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The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 Order
Order (decoration)

An order is a decoration, awarded by a government, a Dynasty, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity....
. It was founded by King George V
George V of the United Kingdom

George V was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....
 in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts
ARts

aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is most famous for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
, literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
, music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, science
Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
, politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, industry
Industry

An industry is the manufacturing of a Good or Service within a category. Although industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and products....
, or religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
.

The order consists of the Sovereign
List of British monarchs

This is a list of the monarchs of Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on 1 May 1707 with the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which had been in personal union under the House of Stuart since 24 March 1603....
, plus no more than 65 Companions of Honour with, originally, a quota of 45 members for the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, 7 for Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, 2 for New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 and 11 for other countries. Additionally, foreigners may be added as "honorary members".






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The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 Order
Order (decoration)

An order is a decoration, awarded by a government, a Dynasty, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity....
. It was founded by King George V
George V of the United Kingdom

George V was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....
 in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts
ARts

aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is most famous for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
, literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
, music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, science
Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
, politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, industry
Industry

An industry is the manufacturing of a Good or Service within a category. Although industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and products....
, or religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
.

The order consists of the Sovereign
List of British monarchs

This is a list of the monarchs of Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on 1 May 1707 with the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which had been in personal union under the House of Stuart since 24 March 1603....
, plus no more than 65 Companions of Honour with, originally, a quota of 45 members for the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, 7 for Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, 2 for New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 and 11 for other countries. Additionally, foreigners may be added as "honorary members". The order confers no knight
Knight

File:Gothic armor 2.jpgKnight is the term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. In the Commonwealth of Nations, knighthood is a non-heritable form of gentry....
hood or other status, but recipients of this one-class order are entitled to use the post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters

Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials or post-nominal titles, are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour....
 "CH".

The insignia of the Order consists of an oval medallion with an oak tree, a shield with the royal arms
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom is the official coat of arms of the British monarch, currently Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. These arms are used by the Queen in her official capacity as monarch, and are officially known as her Arms of Dominion....
 hanging from one branch, and on the left a mounted knight
Knight

File:Gothic armor 2.jpgKnight is the term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. In the Commonwealth of Nations, knighthood is a non-heritable form of gentry....
 in armour. The badge's clear blue border bears the motto IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOUR CLEAR (Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope is generally regarded as the greatest England poet of the eighteenth century, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer....
's description (in iambic pentameter
Iambic pentameter

Iambic pentameter is a type of meter that is used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each Line ....
) in his Epistle to Mr Addison of James Craggs
James Craggs the Younger

James Craggs the Younger , son of James Craggs the Elder, was born at Westminster. Part of his early life was spent abroad, where he made the acquaintance of George I of Great Britain, Elector of Hanover, afterwards King George I....
, later used on Craggs' monument in Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic architecture Church , in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster....
) in gold letters, and the oval is surmounted by an imperial crown
Crown (headgear)

A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents Political power, legitimacy, Crown of Immortality, righteousness, victory, Roman triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death....
. Men wear the badge on a ribbon (red with golden border threads) around their necks, and women on a bow at the left shoulder.

Current members

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  • Sovereign: HM The Queen
    Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

    Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
  • Members:
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Ashley of Stoke
      Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke

      Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council , is a Labour Party member of the United Kingdom House of Lords....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1975)
    • The Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser
      Malcolm Fraser

      John Malcolm Fraser, Order of Australia, Order of the Companions of Honour is an Australian Liberal Party of Australia politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia....
       AC CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1976)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Glenamara
      Edward Short, Baron Glenamara

      Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a former Labour Party Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central , England....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1976)
    • The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Somare
      Michael Somare

      Sir Michael Thomas Somare, Order of Logohu, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Companions of Honour, Fijian honours system, Parliament of Papua New Guinea has been List of Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea since 2002; he was previously Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until 1980 and again from 1982 until 1985....
       GCL GCMG CH CF
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1978)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Healey
      Denis Healey

      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British life peer and Labour Party politician....
       CH MBE PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1979)
    • The Rt Hon. Sir Brian Talboys
      Brian Talboys

      Sir Brian Edward Talboys, Order of Australia, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the Bath, was a New Zealand politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand for the first two terms of Robert Muldoon's premiership....
       AC CH KCB
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1981)
    • The Rt Hon. Doug Anthony
      Doug Anthony

      John Douglas Anthony, Order of Australia, Order of the Companions of Honour , is a former Australian politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972 and from 1975 to 1983 and leader of the National Party of Australia from 1971 to 1984....
       AC CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1981)
    • Dr Frederick Sanger
      Frederick Sanger

      Frederick Sanger, Order of Merit , Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society is an England biochemistry and twice a Nobel laureate in chemistry....
       OM CH CBE FRS
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1981)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Carrington
      Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

      Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington and Baron Carington of Upton, Order of the Garter, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Companions of Honour, Military Cross, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Deputy Lieutenant is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and served as British Secretary...
       KG GCMG CH MC PC DL
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1983)
    • Lucian Freud
      Lucian Freud

      Lucian Michael Freud, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour is a British Painting of Germany origin....
       OM CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1983)
    • Dr Sydney Brenner
      Sydney Brenner

      Sydney Brenner, Order of the Companions of Honour Royal Society is a South African biologist and the 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine co-laureate....
       CH FRS
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1987)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Tebbit
      Norman Tebbit

      Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit Order of the Companions of Honour, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and former Member of Parliament for Chingford, who was born in Southgate, London in London Borough of Enfield....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1987)
    • Professor Stephen Hawking
      Stephen Hawking

      Stephen William Hawking Companion of Honour, Commander of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy is a British Theoretical physics....
       CH CBE FRS FRSA
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1989)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Baker of Dorking CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1992)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
      Peter Brooke

      Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , is a United Kingdom politician, a former Conservative Party Cabinet of the United Kingdom member, and former Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster ....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1992)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord King of Bridgwater
      Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater

      Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in Somerset, from 1970 until 2001....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1992)
    • Dame Janet Baker
      Janet Baker

      Dame Janet Abbott Baker Companion of Honour Dame Commander of the British Empire FRSA is an England mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer....
       CH DBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1993)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Owen
      David Owen

      David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen of Plymouth Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council of the United Kingdom Fellowship of King's College London is a United Kingdom politician and Chancellor of the University of Liverpool....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1994)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Hurd of Westwell
      Douglas Hurd

      Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , is a senior United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995....
       CH CBE PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1995)
    • Sir David Attenborough
      David Attenborough

      Sir David Frederick Attenborough Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society is a broadcasting and naturalist....
       OM CH CVO CBE FRS FZS
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1996)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Howe of Aberavon
      Geoffrey Howe

      Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon Order of the Companions of Honour Queen's Counsel Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , previously known as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
       CH PC QC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1996)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Heseltine
      Michael Heseltine

      Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British people businessman, Conservative Party politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1997)
    • David Hockney
      David Hockney

      David Hockney, Order of the Companions of Honour, Royal Academician, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, based in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, although he also maintains a base in London....
       CH RA
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1997)
    • Peter Brook
      Peter Brook

      Peter Stephen Paul Brook Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom theatre director and film director and innovator....
       CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1998)
    • Dr Eric Hobsbawm
      Eric Hobsbawm

      Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm Companion of Honour, FBA, is a United Kingdom historical materialism and author....
       CH FBA
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1998)
    • The Rt Hon. Sir John Major
      John Major

      Sir John Major, Order of the Garter, Order of the Companions of Honour, Chartered Institute of Bankers , was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom and Leaders of the Conservative and Unionist Party of the Conservative Party during 1990 to 1997....
       KG CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1998)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Patten of Barnes
      Chris Patten

      Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Order of the Companions of Honour, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a prominent British Conservative politician and a Patron of the Tory Reform Group....
       CH PC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1998)
    • Bridget Riley
      Bridget Riley

      Bridget Louise Riley Order of the Companions of Honour Order of the British Empire is an England Painting who is one of the foremost proponents of op art....
       CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1998)
    • General John de Chastelain
      John de Chastelain

      Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain, Order of Canada, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of Military Merit , Canadian Forces Decoration is a retired Canada soldier and diplomat....
       CH OC CMM CD
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1999)
    • Doris Lessing
      Doris Lessing

      Doris May Lessing Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire is a Zimbabwe-United Kingdom writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook....
       CH OBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2000)
    • Sir Harrison Birtwistle
      Harrison Birtwistle

      Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle Order of the Companions of Honour is a United Kingdom contemporary composer....
       CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2001)
    • Sir Colin Davis
      Colin Davis

      Sir Colin Rex Davis, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire is an England Conducting. Davis studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music in London, where he was barred from taking conducting lessons owing to his lack of ability at the piano....
       CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2001)
    • Sir George Christie
      George Christie

      George Christie may refer to:* George Christie, singer in Fort * Sir George Christie, son of John Christie ...
       CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2001)
    • Sir Michael Howard
      Michael Howard (historian)

      Sir Michael Eliot Howard, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross is a retired United Kingdom military history, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, and Robert A....
       OM CH CBE MC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2002)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Hannay of Chiswick
      David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick

      David Hugh Alexander Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Companions of Honour is a United Kingdom diplomat....
       GCMG CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2003)
    • Sir Howard Hodgkin
      Howard Hodgkin

      Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom Painting and printmaker. His work is most often associated with Abstract art....
       CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2003)
    • Professor James Lovelock
      James Lovelock

      James Ephraim Lovelock, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society is an independent scientist, author, researcher, environmentalist, and futurist who lives in Devon, in the south west of England....
       CH CBE FRS
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2003)
    • Sir Charles Mackerras
      Charles Mackerras

      Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, Order of Australia, Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire is an Australian conducting. He is a noted authority on the operas of Jan?cek and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan....
       AC CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2003)
    • Sir Denis Mahon
      Denis Mahon

      Sir John Denis Mahon CH is a United Kingdom collector and historian of Italy art. Considered to be one of the few art collectors who is also a respected scholar, he is generally credited with bringing Italian Baroque painters to the attention of the public and scholars throughout the English-speaking world....
       CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2003)
    • Professor Dan McKenzie CH FRS
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2003)
    • Dame Judi Dench
      Judi Dench

      Dame Judith Olivia Dench, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society of Arts is an England actress. She has won nine BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards's and a Tony Award....
       CH DBE FRSA
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2005)
    • Professor Anthony Pawson
      Anthony Pawson

      Anthony James Pawson, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,...
       CH OC OOnt FRS FRSC
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2006)
    • Sir Ian McKellen
      Ian McKellen

      Sir Ian Murray McKellen, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire , is an England actor of theatre and film, the recipient of the Tony Award and two Academy Awards nominations....
       CH CBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2008)
    • The Rt Hon. The Lord Rogers of Riverside
      Richard Rogers

      Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, Order of the Companions of Honour, Royal Institute of British Architects, Chartered Society of Designers, is a British architect noted for his modernist and Functionalism designs....
       CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2008)


  • Honorary Members:
    • The Hon. Lee Kuan Yew
      Lee Kuan Yew

      Lee Kuan Yew, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Companions of Honour was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990....
       GCMG CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (1970)
    • Professor Amartya Sen
      Amartya Sen

      Amartya Kumar Sen Order of the Companions of Honour , is a Bengali people Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998, "for his contributions to welfare economics" for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, and political C...
       CH
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2000)
    • Bernard Haitink
      Bernard Haitink

      Bernard Johan Herman Haitink Order of the Companions of Honour Order of the British Empire is a Netherlands conducting and violinist....
       CH KBE
      List of post-nominal letters

      Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters....
       (2002)


See also

  • List of Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
    List of Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour

    Below is a list of Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour from the order's creation in 1917 until the present day:...
  • List of honorary British Knights
    List of honorary British Knights

    This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry titles....
  • List of people who have declined a British honour
    List of people who have declined a British honour

    The following is a partial list of people who have declined a British honours system, such as a knighthood or an honour usually within the Order of the British Empire....


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