Note 207 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
Thackeray: The Four Georges.
George III created one order of Knighthood, that of St. Patrick in 1783, in the hope to conciliate the Irish, who, however, treated it with ridicule.
"George sends his stars and garters to our land, We send him ropes to hang his pensioned band, And, having made the crew disgorge their pelf, He then may, if he pleases, hang himself."