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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.
4-(999) The Lord Luce KG, GCVO, PC, DL: Lord Chamberlain and Governor of Gibraltar: 2008: 88: 5-(1002) The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG, PC: Lord Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court: 2011: 87: 6-(1004) Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Stirrup KG, GCB, AFC: Chief of the Defence Staff: 2013: 75: 7-(1005) The Baroness ...
The Garter is worn on ceremonial occasions around the left calf [d] by knights and around the left arm by ladies, and is depicted on several insignia. The Garter is a buckled dark-blue (originally light-blue) velvet strap, and bears the motto in gold letters. The garters of Stranger Knights and Ladies were once set with several jewels. [39]
Knights and Ladies of the Golden Rule – Founded in August 1879, in Cincinnati, but chartered in Kentucky that same month. Many of the founders were members of the Order of Mutual Aid, which had just been dissolved after the yellow fever epidemic that hit Memphis in 1878. Founders also included members of the AOUW and the Knights of Honor.
[4] [5] Benevolent and Protective Order of the Does – unofficial female Auxiliary operating at the local level. [6] [7] Lady Elks – unofficial female Auxiliary operating at the local level. [6] Order of Royal Purple &– Canadian female auxiliary, open to women over 18 who have a close male family member who is an Elk [6]
The legend of the "Twelve of England" was famously related by Portuguese poet Luís de Camões in his 1572 epic poem Os Lusíadas.In Canto VI, Stanzas 40-69, while Vasco da Gama's fleet was crossing the Indian Ocean, a soldier named Fernão Veloso [6] regales his fellow Portuguese sailors with the story of the "Twelve of England" to pass the time and inspire their bravery.
The Order of the Ermine, founded in France by John V, Duke of Brittany, in 1381, was the first order of chivalry to accept women; however, female knights existed for centuries in many places in the world prior to this. [8]