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Madame Clicquot (French: [madam kliko]), (née Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin French: [baʁb nikɔl pɔ̃saʁdɛ̃]; 16 December 1777 – 29 July 1866), also known as Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, Widow Clicquot, Veuve Clicquot, and the Grande Dame of Champagne, was a French Champagne producer. She took on her husband's wine business when widowed at 27.
When the champagne reached St.Petersburg, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Tsar Alexander I's brother, declared that Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin champagne would be the only kind he would drink. [11] Word of his preference spread throughout the Russian court. [11] 1814 was a turning point in the history of the Veuve Clicquot company.
The Countess Granville stood godmother to her niece, Princess Margaret Rose of York, at the latter's christening on 3 October 1930. She was invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (GCStJ). [1] She was also awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Queen's University Belfast. [1]
The six office-holders of the order wear pearl-grey mantles lined with rose-pink, having on the right side a purple shield charged with the roundel from the badge. [29] Each of these office-holders wears a unique badge of office, suspended from a gold chain worn around the neck. Knight and Dame Grand Cross insignia
1995: The Baroness Anelay of St. Johns; Elizabeth Clarke Anson; Josephine Barstow; Marjorie Bean; June Clark; Sister Pauline Engel; Elizabeth Esteve-Coll; Elizabeth Harper; The Lady Higgins; Mary Hogg; Rose Kekedo; Anne Salmond; The Lady Thorneycroft
Dame Nellie Melba: 19 May 1861: 23 February 1931: In recognition of services to the Commonwealth of Australia [22] 27 June 1927: Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, Duchess of York (Queen Elizabeth from 1936) 4 August 1900: 30 March 2002
Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), are entitled to the honorific prefix "Dame" before their Christian name or firstname, only when it is a substantive appointment and not an honorary appointment. See also Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
This is an incomplete list of those who were made knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815. Knights/Dames Grand Cross use the post-nominal GCB.
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