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Order of the Companions of Honour
Order of the Companions of Honour ;
	Riband and badge of the "Companions of Honour"
Awarded by the sovereign of the Commonwealth realms
Type	Order
Motto	In Action Faithful and in Honour Clear
Awarded for	Nationally important service
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereign	Queen Elizabeth II
Grades	Companion (CH)
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Lord Tweedsmuir, as Governor General of Canada, wearing the Companion of Honour badge around his neck as part of his ceremonial Windsor uniform

The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded in June 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry, and religion. It is sometimes regarded as the junior order to the Order of Merit.^[1]

Composition

The order consists of the Sovereign plus no more than 65 members. Additionally, foreigners from outside the realms may be added as honorary members. Membership confers no title or precedence, but those inducted into the single-class order are entitled to use the post-nominal letters CH. Appointments can be made on the advice of Commonwealth realm prime ministers.^[1] For Canadians, the advice to the Sovereign can come from a variety of officials.^[2]

Originally, the order was limited to 50 ordinary members, but in 1943 it was enlarged to 65, with a quota of 45 members for the United Kingdom, seven for Australia, two each for New Zealand and South Africa, and 9 for India, Burma, and the colonies. The quota numbers were altered in 1970 to 47 for the United Kingdom, 7 for Australia, 2 for New Zealand, and 9 for other Commonwealth realms. The quota was adjusted again in 1975 by adding 2 places to the New Zealand quota and reducing the 9 for the other countries to 7.^[3]

While able to nominate candidates to the Order, New Zealand and Australia have effectively stopped the allocation of this award to their citizens in preference to their national awards. Up to this point in time,^[when?] those countries have nominated only politicians who have served as Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister.

Insignia

The insignia of the order is in the form of an oval medallion, surmounted by an imperial crown, and with a rectangular panel within, depicting on it an oak tree, a shield with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom hanging from one branch, and, on the left, a mounted knight in armour. The insignia's blue border bears in gold letters the motto IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOUR CLEAR, Alexander Pope's description (in iambic pentameter) in his Epistle to Mr Addison of James Craggs, later used on Craggs' monument in Westminster Abbey. Men wear the badge on a neck ribbon (red with golden border threads) and women on a bow at the left shoulder.

Current Companions

Sovereign
- Queen Elizabeth II

Member number^{[n 1]}	Name	Post-nominals	Known for	Date of appointment	Age
1 (237)	Sir Michael Somare	GCL, GCMG, CH, PC, MP	Former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea	3 June 1978	88
2 (246)	Doug Anthony	AC, CH, PC	Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia	31 December 1981	94
3 (249)	The Lord Carrington	KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, DL	Politician	11 June 1983	105
4 (265)	Sydney Brenner	CH, FRS, FMedSci	Biologist	31 December 1986	97
5 (267)	The Lord Tebbit	CH, PC	Politician	31 July 1987	93
6 (269)	Stephen Hawking	CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA	Physicist	17 June 1989	82
7 (270)	The Lord Baker of Dorking	CH, PC	Politician	13 April 1992	90
8 (271)	The Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville	CH, PC	Politician	13 April 1992	90
9 (278)	The Lord King of Bridgwater	CH, PC	Politician	13 April 1992	91
10 (282)	Dame Janet Baker	CH, DBE	Opera singer	31 December 1993	91
11 (287)	The Lord Owen	CH, PC	Politician	11 June 1994	86
12 (289)	Sir David Attenborough	OM, CH, CVO, CBE	Broadcaster and naturalist	30 December 1995	98
13 (291)	The Lord Hurd of Westwell	CH, CBE, PC	Politician	30 December 1995	94
14 (294)	David Hockney	OM, CH	Artist	14 June 1997	87
15 (296)	The Lord Heseltine	CH, PC	Politician	2 August 1997	91
16 (297)	The Lord Patten of Barnes	CH, PC	Politician and former Governor of Hong Kong	31 December 1997	80
17 (298)	Peter Brook	CH, CBE	Theatre director	13 June 1998	99
18 (299)	Sir John Major	KG, CH, PC	Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	31 December 1998	81
19 (300)	Bridget Riley	CH, CBE	Artist	31 December 1998	93
20 (305)	John de Chastelain	CC, CMM, CD, CH	Canadian general and diplomat	31 December 1998	87
21 (311)	Sir Harrison Birtwistle	CH	Composer	30 December 2000	90
22 (312)	Sir Michael Howard	OM, CH, CBE, MC, FBA	Historian	15 June 2002	101
23 (313)	Sir Howard Hodgkin	CH, CBE	Artist	31 December 2002	92
24 (316)	James Lovelock	CH, CBE, FRS	Scientist and environmentalist	31 December 2002	105
25 (317)	Dan McKenzie	CH, FRS	Geophysicist	14 June 2003	82
26 (318)	The Lord Hannay of Chiswick	GCMG, CH	Diplomat	14 June 2003	79
27 (320)	Dame Judi Dench	CH, DBE	Actress	11 June 2005	89
28 (321)	Sir Ian McKellen	CH, CBE	Actor	31 December 2007	85
29 (322)	The Lord Rogers of Riverside	CH	Architect	14 June 2008	91
30 (323)	The Lord Howard of Lympne	CH, QC, PC	Politician	11 June 2011	83
31 (324)	The Lord Young of Cookham	Bt, CH, PC	Politician	20 September 2012	83
32 (325)	The Lord Coe	CH, KBE	Athlete, politician, organiser of 2012 Olympics	29 December 2012	68
33 (326)	Peter Higgs	CH, FRS	Physicist	29 December 2012	95
34 (327)	The Lord Strathclyde	CH, PC	Politician	7 January 2013	64
35 (328)	The Lord Campbell of Pittenweem	CH, CBE, PC, QC	Politician	15 June 2013	83
36 (329)	Sir Nicholas Serota	CH	Museum curator	15 June 2013	78
37 (331)	The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve	CH, CBE, FBA, FRS, FMedSci	Philosopher	31 December 2013	83
38 (332)	Dame Maggie Smith	CH, DBE	Actress	14 June 2014	89
39 (333)	Kenneth Clarke	CH, QC, PC, MP	Politician	22 July 2014	84
40 (334)	The Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon	GCMG, CH, KBE, PC	Politician	1 January 2015	83
41 (336)	Dame Mary Peters	CH, DBE	Athlete	1 January 2015	85
42 (337)	The Lord Young of Graffham	CH, PC, DL	Politician	1 January 2015	92
43 (338)	Sir Neville Marriner	CH, CBE	Conductor	12 June 2015	100
44 (339)	The Lord Woolf	CH, PC, FBA, FMedSci	Judge	12 June 2015	91
45 (341)	Sir Roy Strong	CH, FRSL	Art historian, museum director	1 January 2016	89

Honorary Companions

Member number	Name	Post-nominals	Known for	Date of appointment	Age
1 (261)	Amartya Sen	CH	Economist	11 May 2000	91
2 (304)	Bernard Haitink	CH, KBE	Conductor	12 June 2002	95
3 (340)	Desmond Tutu	CH	Social rights activist and clergyman	30 November 2015	93

Notes

^ The number shown in brackets is the individual's place in the wider sequence of appointment since the Order's inception.

References

^ ^a ^b "The Monarch of the Today > Queen Ann arbor to the new one w public > Honours > Companions of Honour". Royal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ McCreery, Christopher (2005a). The Canadian Honours System. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-55002-554-5.
^ Rayment, Leigh. "Companions of Honour". Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[Order-4] The number shown in brackets is the individual's place in the wider sequence of appointment since the Order's inception.

[CH-1] "The Monarch of the Today > Queen Ann arbor to the new one w public > Honours > Companions of Honour". Royal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] McCreery, Christopher (2005a). The Canadian Honours System. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-55002-554-5.

[3] Rayment, Leigh. "Companions of Honour". Retrieved 7 December 2013.

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