The Order of the Companions of Honour

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British order of merit order of chivalry

The Order of the Companions of Honour is a highly prestigious British award recognizing outstanding achievements in fields such as the arts, science, medicine, and public service.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Companion of Honour 40
Order of the Companions of Honour 28
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British order of merit ⓘ
order of chivalry ⓘ
abbreviation CH ⓘ
administeredBy Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood ⓘ
associatedWith Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
awardedFor conspicuous national service ⓘ
outstanding achievements in public life ⓘ
badgeDepicts a mounted knight ⓘ
an oak tree ⓘ
badgeShape oval badge ⓘ
ceremonialOccasion investiture ceremony ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility British subjects ⓘ
citizens of Commonwealth countries ⓘ
honorary foreign recipients ⓘ
establishedDuring World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
foundedBy George V ⓘ
gradeStructure single-class order ⓘ
hasGenderRestrictions no ⓘ
hasNotableMember David Attenborough ⓘ
Desmond Tutu ⓘ
J. K. Rowling ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
headOfOrder monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
honoursSystem British honours system ⓘ
inception 1917 ⓘ
insigniaIncludes badge ⓘ
isPartOf orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
maximumNumberOfMembers 65 ⓘ
membershipIncludes Commonwealth realms ⓘ
membershipType companion ⓘ
motto In Action Faithful and in Honour Clear ⓘ
postNominalLetters CH ⓘ
purpose to recognise outstanding achievements in medicine ⓘ
to recognise outstanding achievements in public service ⓘ
to recognise outstanding achievements in science ⓘ
to recognise outstanding achievements in the arts ⓘ
ranksAbove Order of the British Empire ⓘ
ranksBelow Order of Merit ⓘ
religiousAffiliation none ⓘ
ribbonColour red ⓘ
shortName Companion of Honour ⓘ
surface form: Companions of Honour
sovereign Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Charles III
typeOfAward civilian honour ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British honours system → includes → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
Clementine Ogilvy Hozier → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
David Attenborough → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Order of the British Empire → hasPrecedenceOver → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
L. S. Lowry → nominatedFor → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
James Chadwick → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Anne, Princess Royal → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Richard Rogers → memberOf → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Chris Patten → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
David Hockney → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
A. V. Alexander → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Herbert Howells → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Elton John → honor → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
R. H. Tawney → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Ian McKellen → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
William Maxwell Aitken → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Harold Pinter → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Judi Dench → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Maggie Smith → memberOf → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Noel Annan → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Kenneth Clarke → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Eden → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
subject surface form: Anthony Eden
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
John Hume → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
David Astor → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Michael Heseltine → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Lucian Freud → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Sir John Barbirolli → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Paul Scofield → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Haitink → hasHonor → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernard Haitink
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Austen Chamberlain → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Order of Australia → lowerThan → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Lionel Robbins → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Anthony Powell → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Neil MacGregor → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
subject surface form: Peter Maxwell Davies
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Christopher Soames → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Onora O’Neill → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
1st Viscount Norwich → honour → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
subject surface form: Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Sir Steve Redgrave → receivedHonor → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
subject surface form: Steve Redgrave
this entity surface form: Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
Doris Lessing → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
J. B. Priestley → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Stanley Bruce → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Noël Coward → memberOfOrder → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Lord Woolf → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Vera Lynn → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Alan Bennett → honorificTitle → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour
Jim Callaghan → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Walter de la Mare → awardReceived → The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of Honour