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The London Gazette, August 4, 1863. 3809 THE LONDON GAZETTE, AUGUST 4, 1863. 3809 Her Majesty Ihe Queen of the United His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Charles Sieur Joseph Alphonse Paul, Baron de Malarct, Augustus Lord Howard de Walden and Sea- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of ford, a Peer of the United Kingdom, Knight the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover, Grand Cross Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the of the Order of Henry the Lion of Brunswick, Bath, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Supernumerary Commander of the Order of Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Charles III of Spain, &c., His Envoy Extraordi- Belgians; nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty His Majesty thg Emperor of Austria, King of the King of the Belgians ; Hungary and Bohemia., the Sieur Charles Baron His Majesty the King of Hanover, the Sieur de^ETugel, Knight of the Imperial and Royal Order Boldo, Baron do Hodcnbcrg, decorated with the of the Iron Crown of the first class, Knight of the fourth class of the Order of the Guelphs of Imperial and Royal Order of Leopold of Austria, Hanover, Commander of the Order of the Nether- Grand Cross of the Order of St. Joseph of Tuscany, land Lion, Minister Resident of His Majesty the Grand Cordon of the Order .of St. Gregory the King of Hanover to Their Majesties the King of Great, Senator Grand Cross of the Constantino the Belgians and the King of the Netherlands ; Order of St. George of Parma, Knight of the Papal His Majesty the King of Italy, the Sieur Albert Order of Christ, Commander of the Royal Order Lupi, Count de Montallo, Grand Cordon of the of Danebrog of Denmark and of the Royal Order Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand of Wasa of Sweden, Officer of the Order of Leopold Cordon of the Order of the Netherland Lion, of Belgium, Knijrht of the Royal Order of the Red His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- Eagle of Prussia, &c., Doctor of Laws of the tentiary to His Majesty Ihe King of the Belgians ; University of Oxford, actual Member of the His Royal Highness the Grr.nd Duke of Olden- Imperial Academies of Sciences of Vienna and of burg, the Sicur Geffckcn, Knight of the second Leopold!no Carolina, President of the Imperial class with badge of the Order of the Crown of Society of Horticulture of Vienna, Honorary and Prussia, Officer of the Imperial Order of the Rose Actual Member of many learned Societies, His of Brazil, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Doctor Actual Privy Councillor, His Envoy Extraordinary of Laws, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the King of the Belgians ; Belgians ; His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Sieur His Excellency the President of the Republic of Charles Rogier, Grand Officer of His Order of Peru, Don Manuel Yrigbyen, His Charge d'Affaires Leopold, decorated with the Iron Cross, Grand to the Government of His Majesty the King of the Cordon of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of Belgians ; the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, Grand Cross Algarves, the Sieur Joseph Maurice Corrca of the Order, of the Ernestine Branch of the Houre Hcuviquez, Viscount of Seisal, a Member of His of Saxony, Grand Cross of the Order of Our Lady Council, Grand Cross of His Order of Christ, of the Conception of Villa Vicosa, Grand Cross of Commander of His Order of Our Lady of thn the Order of the White Eagle, Grand Cross of the Conception of Villa Vicosa, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Grand Cross of the Order of Order of Leopold of Belgium, Granl Cross of the the Red Eagle, His Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Order of the Netherland Lion, Grand Cross of the and the Sieur Augustus Baron Lambcrmont, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of Italy, Officer of His Order of Leopold, Grand Cordon of Grand Cross of the Orders of St. Anne and St. the Order of St. Stanislaus, Grand Officer of the Stanislaus of Russia,Grand Cross of the Order of Legion of Honour, Knight of the first class of the the Iron Crown of Austria, Grand Qross of the Order of St. Ferdinand of Spain, &c., Secretary Order of Albert the Valorous of Saxony, Com- General in the Office for Foreign Affairs ; mander of the Order of Danebrog of Denmark, decorated with the Imperial Ottoman Order of His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, the Sicur Nichan Iftihar of the first class, His Envoy Extra- Joachim Thomas do Amaral, Commander of His ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Ma- Imperial Order of the Rose, Commander of the jesty the King of the Belgians and His Majesty the Order of Francis I of Naples, His Minister Resident King of the Netherlands ; to His Majesty the King of the Belgians ; His Majesty thelving'of Prussia, the Sieur His Excellency the President of the Republic of Charles Frederick de Savigny, Knight of His Order Chile. Den Manuel Carvallo, His Envoy Extraor- of the Red Eagle of the second class with the badge, dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Zaehringeu Majesty the King of'the Belgians ; of Baden, Grand Cordon of tho. Orders of the His Majesty the King of Denmark, the Sicur Ernestine Branch of the House of Saxony, of Francis Preben, Baron de Bille-Brahc, Knight of Anhalt, &c., &c., &c., His Chamberlain and Actual His Order of Danebrog, Officer of the Order of Privy Councillor, His Envoy Extraordinary and Leopold of Belgium, Knight of the Orders of the Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King Polar Star of Sweden and of the Red Eagle of of the Belgians ; Prussia, Chamberlain and Huntsman of his Court, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russia?, His Minister Resident to His Majesty the King of the Prince Nicholas Orlotf', Knight of His Order the Belgians ; of St. Wladimir of the third class with the swords, Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, Don Diego Knight of His Order of fc?t. Anne of the second .Coello de Portugal y Quesada, Grand Cordon of class, Knight of His Order of St. George of the Her Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander fourth class, Knight of thu Order of St. John of of Her Order of Charles III, Grand Cordon of Jerusalem, Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand of Prussia of the third class, Knight of the Order Cordon of the Order of St. George of Parma, of the Crown of Wurtomberg of the third class, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Knight of the Order of the Saxe -Ernestine House, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, a Deputy to the of the third class, Knight of tliu Order of Leopold Cortes, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister of Austria of tlic second class, Knight of the Order Plenipotentiary to'l-lis Majesty the King of the of the Iron Crown of Austria of the second d:isp,' Belgians and to the Swiss'Confederation *) Commander of the Order of the White Falcon of.
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