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The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687. Dates shown are for election or installation. ... Lord Steward 175 George Baillie-Hamilton ...
Tomb TT280, located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian noble Meketre who was chancellor and chief steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III, during the Eleventh Dynasty. [2]
Arms of Sir Richard de la Vache, KG. Sir Richard de la Vache, KG (d.1366) was an English knight of Buckinghamshire belonging to the Delavache family.. The Delavache family, often claimed to be of Gascon descent from Buckinghamshire, but were more likely Norman [1] and the name was only found in Gascony belonging to a merchant, referenced in the Calendar Patent Roles, 1330-1334, called John del ...
The order also includes Supernumerary Knights and Ladies (e.g., members of the British royal family and foreign monarchs). The order's emblem is a garter circlet with the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (Anglo-Norman for 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it') in gold script. [3] Members of the order wear it on ceremonial occasions.
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.
He became the Grand Stalininkas of Lithuania in 1764, Klucznik (Steward) of Volhynia in 1772 and Starost and Wójt of Łuki and Radoszyce. He produced faience and porcelain at his estate, until the manufactory burnt down. After 1797, he was engaged in making Kontusz sashes (Pas kontuszowy), for the nobility. [2]
The Knights of Labor (K of L), officially the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was an American labor federation that was active in the late 19th century, especially the 1880s. It operated in the United States as well in Canada, [ 1 ] and had chapters also in Great Britain and Australia. [ 2 ]
Tomori was born into a common family in Abaúj County. He began his military career serving the noble family of János Bornemisza. In Transylvania he was a Curian clerk, treasury official, and ispán of the Salt Chamber. Tonorin was appointed steward of the castles in Fogaras (present-day Făgăraș) and Munkács (present-day Mukachevo) in 1505.