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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 ...
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348. The most senior order of knighthood in the British honours system , it is outranked in precedence only by the decorations of the Victoria Cross and the George Cross .
A group known as the Association of the Descendants of the Knights of the Garter was founded in the 1920s, composed of knights (KG) and ladies (LG) of the order, and their descendants. Another group known as the Friends of St George's was founded in 1931 to support the college by raising funds to "protect, preserve and enhance" the chapel as ...
Ladies Companion of the Garter (8 P) Ladies of the Garter (48 P) R. Registers of the Order of the Garter (13 P) Pages in category "Order of the Garter"
British women divided by social class. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:British nobility . It includes British nobility that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
This category encompasses British women invested with the Order of the Garter after 1987, when the rank of Lady Companion was instituted. Prior to this time, they were invested as Ladies of the Order of the Garter. British royal women continue to be invested as Ladies of the Order of the Garter.
Camilla is a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, [310] Extra Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, [311] Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, [312] Grand Master and First and Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, [313] recipient of the Royal Family Order of ...