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Order of the British Empire, founded by King George V of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1917. Knightly Order of Vitéz, founded by Miklós Horthy the Regent of Hungary in 1921. Order of the Knights of the Southern Cross Australia, founded by the Catholic Bishops of Australia in 1919. Order of Skanderbeg, founded by Zog I of Albania in 1925.
The five classes of appointment to the Order are, from highest grade to lowest grade: Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE) [a] Knight Commander or Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE or DBE) Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
The senior order, the Order of the Star of India, was divided into three grades, Knight Grand Commander, Knight Commander and Companion, of which the first and highest was conferred upon the Princes and Chiefs of Indian states and upon important British civil servants working in India. Women were not eligible to receive the award.
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.
The two highest orders of chivalry in England and Wales, and in Scotland, are the Order of the Garter, and the Order of the Thistle, respectively. Knights/Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG/LG) and Knights/Ladies of the Order of the Thistle (KT/LT) precede baronets (Bt./Btss.).
It is the world's oldest national order of knighthood in continuous existence and the pinnacle of the British honours system (after the Victoria Cross and George Cross). Its membership is extremely limited, consisting of the Sovereign, the Prince of Wales —both being members ex officio and gaining membership upon acceding to one of the titles ...
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 1] KCSI; Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael ...
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 ...