Lot Essay
In 1687, James II (VII of Scotland) founded the Order, dedicated to St. Andrew. The King fully appreciated that the real origins of the order went back to 800 AD circa.
The King's engorced abdication in 1689 prevented the Order being formally recognised and it was his daughter, Queen Anne, who revived it properly by the issue of a Royal Warrabt on 31 December 1705. The number of knights remained at eight, as it had been in her father's time.
Prince Charles Edward Stuart was the first royal to be invested with the Order, wearing the badge on his field dress.
The King's engorced abdication in 1689 prevented the Order being formally recognised and it was his daughter, Queen Anne, who revived it properly by the issue of a Royal Warrabt on 31 December 1705. The number of knights remained at eight, as it had been in her father's time.
Prince Charles Edward Stuart was the first royal to be invested with the Order, wearing the badge on his field dress.