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The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Male members are known as Knights Companion, whilst female members are known as Ladies Companion. The Order can also include supernumerary members (members of the British royal family and foreign monarchs), known as "Royal" and "Stranger" Knights and Ladies (Companion), respectively. The Sovereign alone grants membership to the Order, meaning ...
Noble is a 2014 film written and directed by Stephen Bradley about the true life story of Christina Noble, a children's rights campaigner, charity worker and writer, who founded the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in 1989. It stars Deirdre O'Kane, Sarah Greene, Brendan Coyle, Mark Huberman and Ruth Negga.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of the Garter. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Order of the Garter .
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This category encompasses British women invested with the Order of the Garter after 1987, when the rank of Lady Companion was instituted. Prior to this time, they were invested as Ladies of the Order of the Garter. British royal women continue to be invested as Ladies of the Order of the Garter.
Shortly after the founding of the Order, women were appointed "Ladies of the Garter" but did not become companions. King Henry VII ceased the practice in 1488; his mother, Margaret Beaufort , was the last Lady of the Garter before again the next Lady of the Garter was named, i.e. Queen Alexandra , by her husband King Edward VII .
Marianne Stone (23 August 1922 – 21 December 2009) was an English character actress. [1] She performed in films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s, typically playing working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies.