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Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia; Australian Honours Order of Precedence; Orders, decorations, and medals of Barbados; Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada
Queen Victoria in 1897, the year after she founded the Royal Victorian Order. Prior to the close of the 19th century, most general honours within the British Empire were bestowed by the sovereign on the advice of her British ministers, who sometimes forwarded advice from ministers of the Crown in the Dominions and colonies (appointments to the then most senior orders of chivalry, the Order of ...
Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO/DCVO; Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE/DBE; Knight Bachelor [note 3] Companion of the Order of the Bath CB; Companion of the Order of the Star of India [note 1] CSI; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG; Companion of the Order of the Indian ...
Within the same Order, precedence is accorded to that individual who received the honour earlier. Not all orders have the same number of ranks. The Order of Merit, the Order of the Companions of Honour, the Distinguished Service Order and the Imperial Service Order are slightly different, being single-rank honours, and have been placed at ...
The order of precedence used to determine seating in the House of Lords chamber is governed by the House of Lords Precedence Act 1539. [17] [18] Precedence as provided by the Act is similar to, but not the same as, the order outside Parliament. The sovereign, however, does not have the authority to change the precedence assigned by the Act.
The order of precedence for male members of the royal family is: [1] The sovereign HM The King; Whether male or female. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. HRH The Prince of Wales; i.e. the sovereign's eldest son. The sovereign's younger sons The Duke of Sussex; Ordered according to their births. The sovereign's grandsons HRH Prince ...
The following is the order of precedence for Australia: The King of Australia: His Majesty King Charles III [1] The Governor-General of Australia: Her Excellency the Hon Sam Mostyn AC; The Governor of the State when within their own State. The Governors of the other (or all) States in order of appointment:
The Royal Victorian Order (French: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order established in 1896 by Queen Victoria to recognise those who performed exemplary personal service for the sovereign. The order's day is 20 June, the date of Victoria's accession to the throne, and its motto is Victoria . [ 51 ]