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The Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. 26 June 1902. 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916. Military officer, Colonial Administrator. 4. The Lord Rayleigh. 26 June 1902. 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919.
An order of merit is an honorific order that is conferred by a state, government, royal family, or other sovereign entity to an individual in recognition of military or civil merit. The historical background of the modern honours system of orders of merit may be traced to the emergence of chivalric orders during the Middle Ages .
The honours system consists of three types of award: Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service; Decorations tend to be used to recognise specific deeds; Medals are used to recognise service on a particular operation or in a specific theatre, long or valuable service, and good conduct.
The honours are split into the following several categories, in their order of precedence: [ 1] Victoria Cross. George Cross. British Orders of Knighthood. Decorations, Medals for Gallantry and Distinguished Conduct. Badge of Honour. Campaign Medals and Stars. Polar Medals. Imperial Service Medal.
Royal Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. Member of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II. Recipient of the Service Medal of the Order of St John.
George V. Sovereign. Charles III. Grades. Member (CH) Ribbon bar of the order. The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded on 4 June 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievements. It was founded on the same date as the Order of the British Empire.
Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode. Jean Chrétien. Winston Churchill. Kenneth Clark. John Cockcroft. Francis Crick. Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer. William Crookes. Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope.
Merit order. The merit order is a way of ranking available sources of energy, especially electrical generation, based on ascending order of price (which may reflect the order of their short-run marginal costs of production) and sometimes pollution, together with amount of energy that will be generated. In a centralized management, the ranking ...