British Honours.

British Honours.

By Lord Leonard Carr, KLO., M.D.

Edited By Uncle Monty.

Writeovers By Alex Albion.
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Around 20 (British Royal) Investitures are held in

The Ballroom at Buckingham Palace each year. Another

takes place at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh,

and sometimes one more at Cardiff Castle in Wales.

Investitures are also occasionally held overseas, during

a State visit by The Queen or a foreign visit by another

member of the Royal Family.
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Peers, like Dukes, Marquesses, Earls,Viscounts and

Barons, generally inherit their titles. Alot of hard

work in the name of the country may earn a

person a baronetcy or knighthood/damehood.

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Recipients can bring with them to The Investiture

up to three friends or relations, who are invited to sit

in the audience to witness the occasion. At the start of

the ceremony The Queen enters the room attended

by two Gurkha orderly officers, a tradition begun

by Queen Victoria in 1876.

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Also on duty are members of The Queen's Body Guard

of the Yeomen of the Guard, which was created by Henry

VII in 1485. Music is provided by either a military band

or an orchestra from the Purcell School of Music. The

Queen, or the member of the Royal Family, holding

the Investiture, remains standing throughout.

Each Investiture takes about an hour.
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After the National Anthem has been played either the

Lord Chamberlain or the Lord Steward announces the

name of each recipient and the achievement for which

he or she is being honoured. The Queen then places

the decoration on the person concerned before

congratulating them on receiving the award.

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Those who are to receive a knighthood (and who are

therefore entitled to style themselves Sir), kneel on an

Investiture stool before The Queen. She uses the sword

that belonged to her father, King George VI, to dub the

knight. As well as receiving awards within one of the

Orders of Chivalry, recipients may also attend to re-

ceive a decoration for gallantry such as the George

Cross or The Queen's Gallantry Medal.
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Occasionally an award for gallantry may be made

posthumously, and in this case The Queen presents

the decoration or medal to the recipient's next of kin

at a private ceremony before the formal Investiture

begins.The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knight-

hood, which is a department of the Lord Chamberlain's

Office, is responsible for the organisation of each In-

vestiture. The Central Chancery also organises the

distribution of British insignia awarded by The

Queen throughout the Commonwealth.

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"In (the) ceremony of knighting, the knight-elect

kneels on a knighting-stool in front of The Queen,

who then lays the sword blade on the knight's right

and then left shoulder. After he has been dubbed, the

new knight stands up, and The Queen invests the

knight with the insignia of the Order to which he

has been appointed. Contrary to popular belief,

the words 'Arise, Sir ...' are not used."

http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Honours/Investitures.aspx
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The current system is made up of ten orders of chivalry.

The statutes of each order specify matters such as the

size of the order, the use of post-nominal letters and

insignia design and display. Complete with name

and Ranks / Letters.

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The Most Noble Order of the Garter
KG/LG
1348
King Edward III
Honi soit qui mal y pense

("shame upon him who thinks evil of it")
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The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
KT/LT
1687
James VII
Nemo me impune lacessit

("No one provokes me with impunity")
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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
GCB, KCB/DCB, CB
18 May 1725
George I
Tria iuncta in uno

("Three joined in one")
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The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
GCMG, KCMG/DCMG, CMG
28 April 1818
George, Prince of Wales
Auspicium melioris ævi

("Token of a better age")
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The Distinguished Service Order
DSO (plus bars)
6 September 1886
Queen Victoria
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The Royal Victorian Order
GCVO, KCVO/DCVO, CVO, LVO, MVO
21 April 1896
Queen Victoria

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Victoria ("Victory")
The Royal Victorian Medal, The Royal Victorian Chain

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The Order of Merit
OM
1902
King Edward VII
For Merit
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The Imperial Service Order
ISO August 1902
King Edward VII
For Faithful Service

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The Imperial Service Medal
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
GBE, KBE/DBE, CBE, OBE, MBE
4 June 1917
King George V

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For God and The Empire
The British Empire Medal
The Order of the Companions of Honour
CH
June 1917
King George V
In Action Faithful and In Honour Clear.
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Dormant orders of chivalry:
Orders were created for particular reasons at particular

times. In some cases these reasons have ceased to have

any validity and orders have fallen into abeyance, pri-

marily due to the decline of the British Empire during

the twentieth century. Reforms of the system have some-

times made other changes. For example the British Empire

Medal ceased to be awarded in the UK in 1993, as was the

companion level award of the Imperial Service Order

(although its medal is still used). These changes were

made because it was believed they perpetuated "class"

differences.
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N.B.
Leonard Carr has been an old friend of Uncle

Monty’s since before 1993 when they both were

expats in America. Lord Carr now lives at Monaco

as a windower and retired physician. He is also a
Knight of the Anglican Order of Archbishop Robert

Leighton (1611-84) along with Uncle Monty.

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