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Dames of Malta are female members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The male counterparts of these Dames are the Knights of Malta.

Prominent living Dames of Malta include:

Deceased Dames of Malta

Lady Jean Bertie (née Crichton-Stuart), mother of Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, first Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 1258 to hail from the English-speaking world
Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815), awarded the Maltese Cross by Emperor Paul I of Russia for her aid to blockaded Malta. Lady Hamilton was the first English woman to be invested as a Dame of Malta ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Csilla von Boeselager, Hungarian philanthropist; founded the Hungarian Maltese Charity Organisation (Ungarischer Malteser Caritas Dienst)
Genevieve Garvan Brady, Papal Duchess, Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, holder of the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, founder of the Carroll Club (“for Catholic business girls”), philanthropist; board chairman Girl Scouts of the USA; vice-president of the Welfare Council of New York
Marie Isobel, Countess Cathcart
Mary Higgins Clark
Virginia A. Dwyer (1921-1997), director and deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Rochester; and a board member of Eaton Corporation, Schering-Plough, Borden, Southern Company, the Atlantic Companies, and Georgia Power
Clare Ann Kalkwarf, Vice-President, Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard, the South African Relief Organisation of the Order of Malta; first South African woman to be invested as a Dame of Malta
Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright and political activist
Dorothea Angela McElduff (1926–2013), Member of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and Dame of Malta
Mary McShain (née Mary J. Horstmann), great-niece of Bishop Ignatius F. Horstmann (the third Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland); widow of John McShain
Regina A Quick, American philanthropist
Phyllis Schlafly, American constitutional lawyer and conservative activist
Lady Hilda Susan Northcote Swan, late wife of Sir Conrad Swan
Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria

References

^ Gibson, David (2010-07-31). "Sex Abuse Critic to Pope: Swap White Cassock for Black, Lose the Red Shoes". PoliticsToday.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.
^ "Janne H. Matlary". Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
^ "Freda Payne's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
^ "Emma Hamilton and the decade that shook Europe". Royal Museums Greenwich | UNESCO World Heritage Site In London. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
^ Pettigrew 1849, vol. ii., p. 631, n.1.
^ Pettigrew 1849, vol. ii., pp. 619-20.
^ Williams 2006, p, 234.

[1] Gibson, David (2010-07-31). "Sex Abuse Critic to Pope: Swap White Cassock for Black, Lose the Red Shoes". PoliticsToday.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.

[2] "Janne H. Matlary". Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

[3] "Freda Payne's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

[4] "Emma Hamilton and the decade that shook Europe". Royal Museums Greenwich | UNESCO World Heritage Site In London. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2019-08-09.

[5] Pettigrew 1849, vol. ii., p. 631, n.1.

[6] Pettigrew 1849, vol. ii., pp. 619-20.

[7] Williams 2006, p, 234.

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-'''Dames of Malta''' are Female Knights of the '''[[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]].'''
+'''Dames of Malta''' are female members of the '''[[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]].''' The male counterparts of these '''[[Dames]]''' are the '''[[Knights of Malta]]'''.
 Prominent living Dames of Malta include: