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The Knights and Ladies of Honor originated as a splinter group of the Knights of Honor, a fraternal secret society founded in 1873.In 1875, the Knights of Honor created an auxiliary, the Degree of Protection, open to wives, mothers, widows and unmarried daughters and sisters of members of the Knights of Honor, as well as male members of the parent order.
Thereafter, representatives of the degree met in Louisville and organized a new society, the Order of Mutual Protection of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, subsequently known as the Knights and Ladies of Honor. [12] The Knights were founded by an original group of 17 men in 1873 and increased to 99 by the end of the year.
Male members are known as Knights Companion, whilst female members are known as Ladies Companion. The Order can also include supernumerary members (members of the British royal family and foreign monarchs), known as "Royal" and "Stranger" Knights and Ladies (Companion), respectively. The Sovereign alone grants membership to the Order, meaning ...
Knights and Ladies of the Thistle may also be admitted to the Order of the Garter. Formerly, many, but not all, Knights elevated to the senior order would resign from the Order of the Thistle. [ 33 ] The first to resign from the Order of the Thistle was John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll in 1710; [ 34 ] the last to take such an action was Thomas ...
R. Knights of the Round Table; List of knights and dames commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1952–1977) List of knights and dames commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1978–2002)
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This category encompasses women of the Commonwealth realms, invested with the Order of the Garter before 1987, when the rank of Lady Companion was instituted, and British Royal Women invested with the Order of the Garter (before and after 1987).
Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire or Commonwealth when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time), were substantive knights or dames, not honorary. The knighthood does not become honorary, and the person may choose to use his or her title(s), after their country becomes a republic.