Order of the Companions of Honour

The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, and was founded on June 4, 1917 by King George V in recognition of outstanding achievements in the fields of art, music, literature, science, politics, industry and religion.

Order of classes

The Order has einklassige except the sovereign maximum of 65 members, of which 45 must come from the United Kingdom, 7 from Australia, two from New Zealand and 11 from other countries, whose head of state is the British monarch. The Order can be awarded honorary also to foreign persons; they are not counted for the maximum number.

The award of the Order of the Companions of Honour is the honored not knighted, so should not call sir. Also, no special rank in the log Aryan ranking is provided for the members of the Order. The Esteemed owner may, however, recreate his name the letters ' CH ' (so-called "post- nominals ").

Order decoration

The religious character is an oval medallion on which an oak tree is depicted, while the left is depicted a knight on horseback in full armor. From a branch of the tree the arms of the United Kingdom hanging on. The edge of the medallion is decorated in bright blue. In gold letters it is the motto of the Order IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOUR CLEAR ( In action faithful and in honor clear) reproduced. The religious character is crowned by one of the Imperial State Crown picture.

Carrying method

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

Members of the Order

  • See: winner of the Order of the Companions of Honour

Current Members

  • Foreign members:
Natural science Monarchy of the United Kingdom Order of precedence Medaillon (architecture) Michael Somare Doug Anthony Military Cross Stephen Hawking Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking David Attenborough Order of Merit Douglas Hurd Geoffrey Howe Knight Commander David Hockney Peter Brook John Major Bridget Riley Harrison Birtwistle Dan McKenzie (geophysicist) David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick Ian McKellen Richard Rogers Michael Howard Sir George Young, 6th Baronet Peter Higgs Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde Menzies Campbell Nicholas Serota Peter Maxwell Davies Lee Kuan Yew Sydney Brenner Bernard Haitink
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