Order of the Companions of Honor

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Insignia of the Order of the Companions of Honor
Ribbon
Lord Tweedsmuir with the insignia of a companion as a neck medal

The Order of the Companions of Honor ( English for "Order of the Companions of Honor") is an order of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and was created on June 4, 1917 by King George V as an award for outstanding achievements in the fields of art , music , Literature , natural sciences , politics , industry and religion .

Order classes

The one-class order has a maximum of 65 members in addition to the sovereign, of which 45 may come from the United Kingdom , 7 from Australia , 2 from New Zealand and 11 from other countries whose head of state is the British monarch . The medal can also be awarded to foreigners on an honorary basis; they are not included in the maximum number.

With the award of the Order of the Companions of Honor, the honored is not knighted, so may not call himself Sir or Dame . There is also no special rank in the protocol-based hierarchy for members of the order . However, the honoree is authorized to add the letters 'CH' (so-called “ post-nominal ”) to his name .

Order decoration

The medallion is an oval medallion depicting an oak tree , while on the left a knight on horseback is depicted in full armor. The coat of arms of the United Kingdom hangs from a branch of the tree . The edge of the medallion is bright blue. The motto of the order IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOR CLEAR is reproduced in gold letters (loyal in action and clear in honor). The medal is crowned by an image of the Imperial State Crown .

Carrying method

Male members wear the medal as a neck medal on a red ribbon edged in gold, women on a bow on the left shoulder.

Members of the order

Current members

  1. Sir Michael Somare , GCL GCMG CH (1978)
  2. Doug Anthony , AC CH PC (1981)
  3. Lord Tebbit , CH PC (1987)
  4. Lord Baker of Dorking , CH PC (1992)
  5. Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville , CH PC (1992)
  6. Lord King of Bridgwater , CH PC (1992)
  7. Dame Janet Baker , CH DBE (1993)
  8. Lord Owen , CH PC (1994)
  9. Sir David Attenborough , OM CH CVO CBE (1995)
  10. Lord Hurd of Westwell , CH PC (1995)
  11. David Hockney , OM CH (1997)
  12. Lord Heseltine , CH PC (1997)
  13. Lord Patten of Barnes , CH PC (1997)
  14. Peter Brook , CH CBE (1998)
  15. Sir John Major , KG CH (1998)
  16. Bridget Riley , CH CBE (1998)
  17. John de Chastelain , OC CMM CH CD (1998)
  18. Sir Harrison Birtwistle , CH (2000)
  19. James Lovelock , CH CBE FRS (2002)
  20. Dan McKenzie , CH (2003)
  21. Lord Hannay of Chiswick , GCMG CH (2003)
  22. Dame Judi Dench , CH DBE (2005)
  23. Sir Ian McKellen , CH CBE (2007)
  24. Lord Rogers of Riverside , CH (2008)
  25. Lord Howard of Lympne , CH (2011)
  26. Lord Young of Cockham , CH (2012)
  27. Peter Higgs , CH (2012)
  28. Lord Coe , CH (2012)
  29. Lord Strathclyde , CH PC (2013)
  30. Sir Menzies Campbell , CH CBE QC (2013)
  31. Sir Nicholas Serota , CH (2013)
  32. Lady O'Neill of Bengarve CH CBE FBA FRS (2014)
  33. Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE (2014)
  34. Kenneth Clarke , CH QC (2014)
  35. Lady Mary Peters LG CH DBE (2015)
  36. Lord Young of Graffham , CH PC (2015)
  37. Lord Woolf , CH PC FBA (2015)
  38. Sir Roy Strong , CH FRSL (2016)
  39. Lady Amos , CH PC (2016)
  40. Lord Smith of Kelvin , CH KT (2016)
  41. George Osborne , CH (2016)
  42. Sir Richard Eyre , CH CBE (2016)
  43. Dame Evelyn Glennie , CH DBE (2016)
  44. Sir Alec John Jeffreys , CH KBE (2016)
  45. Sir Terence Conran , CH (2017)
  46. Sir Mark Elder , CH, CBE (2017)
  47. Dame Beryl Gray , CH, DBE (2017)
  48. Lady Williams of Crosby , CH PC (2017)
  49. Sir Paul McCartney , CH MBE (2017)
  50. JK Rowling , CH OBE (2017)
  51. Dame Stephanie Shirley , CH, DBE (2017)
  52. Delia Smith , CH, CBE (2017)
  53. Lord Stern of Brentford , CH (2017)
  54. Lord Bragg , CH (2017)
  55. Antonia Fraser , CH, DBE (2017)
  56. Margaret MacMillan , CH CC (2017)
  57. Richard Henderson , CH (2018)
  58. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa , CH DBE ONZ (2018)
  59. Margaret Atwood , CH CC O.ONT FRSC (2019)
  60. Sir Patrick McLoughlin , CH PC (2019)
  61. Sir Elton John , CH, CBE (2019)
  62. Sir Keith Thomas , CH, FBA, FLSW, FRHistS (2019)
  • Foreign members:
  1. Amartya Sen , CH (2000)
  2. Bernard Haitink , CH (2002)
  3. Desmond Tutu , CH (2015)

literature

  • Paul Ohm Hieronymussen: Handbook of European orders in colors . Universitas Verlag, Berlin 1966

Web links

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