Knight Grand Cross (GCB), Knight Commander (KCB) and Companion (CB). The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing which, in former times, was often part of the preparation of a candidate for ...

The Order was enlarged in 1815 and three classes of knights were formed: Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commander and Companions. A small number of distinguished civilians were also admitted at this ...

has a stall plate in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. He is buried at Beaumont cum Moze in Essex. He was a son of George, 2nd Earl of Strafford ...