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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.
Member number [N 1] Name Known for Year of appointment Present age Banner 1-(986) The Duke of Abercorn KG: Lord Steward and Lord-Lieutenant of Tyrone: 1999: 90: 2-(992) The Lord Butler of Brockwell KG, GCB, CVO, PC: Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service: 2003: 87: 3-(994) Sir John Major KG, CH, PC: Prime Minister: 2005: 81: 4 ...
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)
Knights founder N° Image Name Life Date Notes S1 King Edward III: 1312–1377 1348 Sovereign of the order upon establishing it 1 Edward, Prince of Wales: 1330–1376 23 April 1348 2 Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster: c. 1310–1361 1348 Later Duke of Lancaster 3 Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick: d. 1369 1348 4 Jean de Grailly, captal ...
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Many people have been created honorary knights or dames by the British crown.There are also those that have been appointed to two comparable orders, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour, and those that have had conferred on them the decoration of the Royal Victorian Chain; none of these carries pre-nominal styles.
Pages in category "Knights of the Legion of Honour" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,051 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .