In 1855 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 35) appointed five Knights of the Garter:

709th George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 52).

711th Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 54).

712th George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 70).

713th Emperor Napoléon III (age 46).

714th King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia (age 34).