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Companion of the Order of the Crown of India [note 1] CI; Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO; Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE; Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour CH; Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB/DCB; Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India [note ...
The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, or simply the Central Chancery, is an office of the Lord Chamberlain's department within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the administration of orders of chivalry and some aspects of honours in general. It does not deal with nominations or ...
The Order of the British Empire. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. ISBN 978-0-907605-65-2. Hood, Frederic (1967). The Chapel of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. With a foreword by Prince Philip. Weatherly, Cecil (1911). "Knighthood and Chivalry" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.).
The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded on 4 June 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievements. It was founded on the same date as the Order of the British Empire .
Guy Paul Blanch – Senior Honours and Investitures Clerk, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Nicholas Peter Day – Head of Engagement and Events, Crown Estate, Windsor. David Thomas Evans, RVM – Carriage Restorer/Cleaner, Royal Household. Hannah Rebecca Goodall – lately House Manager, Household of The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The order continued for some time as a national order of Hanover, until the Kingdom of Hanover’s defeat against Prussia and forced dissolution in 1866. Since then, it has been a house order to be awarded by the House of Hanover. The order's current head is Ernst August Prinz von Hanover, head of the House of Hanover. The Order includes two ...
Queen Victoria in 1897, the year after she founded the Royal Victorian Order. Prior to the close of the 19th century, most general honours within the British Empire were bestowed by the sovereign on the advice of her British ministers, who sometimes forwarded advice from ministers of the Crown in the Dominions and colonies (appointments to the then most senior orders of chivalry, the Order of ...
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood; ... List of knights and dames commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (2003–2022)