Companion of Honour

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Companion_of_Honour

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:admission	by invitation of the monarch
gptkbp:awardedFor	outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry, or religion
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established	1917
gptkbp:female_members_admitted	since inception
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:King_George_V
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Companion of Honour
gptkbp:includes_honorary_members	yes
gptkbp:insignia	badge with an oak tree and royal crown
gptkbp:monarch_as_sovereign	gptkb:King_Charles_III
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:In_Action_Faithful_and_in_Honour_Clear
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Sir_David_Attenborough gptkb:Sir_Elton_John gptkb:Sir_Ian_McKellen gptkb:Sir_John_Betjeman gptkb:Sir_John_Eccles gptkb:Sir_John_Gielgud gptkb:Sir_John_Gurdon gptkb:Sir_John_Sulston gptkb:Sir_John_Vane gptkb:Sir_Mark_Walport gptkb:Sir_Paul_McCartney gptkb:Sir_Roger_Penrose gptkb:Sir_Terence_Conran gptkb:Sir_Tom_Stoppard gptkb:Dame_Judi_Dench gptkb:Sir_John_Barbirolli gptkb:Sir_John_Eliot_Gardiner gptkb:Sir_John_Major gptkb:Sir_John_Meurig_Thomas gptkb:Sir_Nicholas_Stern gptkb:Baroness_Shirley_Williams gptkb:Sir_John_Boyd_Orr gptkb:Sir_Richard_Eyre gptkb:Sir_Quentin_Blake gptkb:Sir_Michael_Marmot gptkb:Sir_Simon_Rattle Sir John Cockcroft Sir John Cornforth Sir John Polkinghorne Sir John Walker
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	65
gptkbp:postNominals	CH
gptkbp:precedence	below Order of Merit
gptkbp:purpose	recognition of service of national importance
gptkbp:type	single-class order
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_Stephenson
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3