calmore

Updated: August 5, 2026

Immediately after the session of parliament, the king revived the order of the Bath, thirty-eight in number, including the sovereign. William Bateman was created baron of Calmore in Ireland, and viscount Bateman; and sir Kobert Walpole, who had been one of the revived knights of the Bath, was now honoured with the order of the Garter.

T. (Tobias) Smollett - The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. : Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II.