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The monarch is known as the Sovereign of the Garter, and the Prince of Wales is known as a Royal Knight Companion of the Garter. [21] Male members of the Order are titled "Knights Companion" and female members are called "Ladies Companion". Formerly, the sovereign filled vacancies upon the nomination of the members.
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.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is a British order of chivalry.It is the world's oldest national order of knighthood in continuous existence and the pinnacle of the British honours system (after the Victoria Cross and George Cross).
John Writhe (died 1504) was a long-serving English officer of arms.He was probably the son of William Writhe, who represented the borough of Cricklade in the Parliament of 1450–51, and is most remembered for being the first Garter King of Arms to preside over the College of Arms.
Garter Day is celebrated each year in the grounds of Windsor Castle with a procession led by the monarch and a service. The Order of the Garter is the most senior order of chivalry in Britain. It ...
St George's claims to be the original church of the Order of the Garter. [2] Originally the chancel contained a series of seven windows containing portraits of the Knights of the Garter, but little remains apart from a collection of garter panes in the north chancel window and a few fragments in the south window including the centre panes of St ...
Sir Otho Holland, KG, shown wearing his garter robes over his tunic. Illustration from the 1430 "Bruges Garter Book" made by William Bruges (1375–1450), first Garter King of Arms Arms of Sir Otho Holland, KG. Sir Otho Holand (c. 1316 – 3 September 1359) was an English soldier and a founder Knight of the Garter. He was alternatively called ...
Arms of Hoo. Sir Thomas Hoo, 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings, KG, bore these quartered with St. Omer, with an escutcheon of pretence for St Leger. Thomas Hoo (died 1455), was an English landowner, courtier, soldier, administrator and diplomat who was created a Knight of the Garter in 1446 and Baron Hoo and Hastings in 1448 but left no son to inherit his title.