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Order of the Garter

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The world's oldest chivalrous society, The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded around 1348 by King Edward III as a society, fellowship and college of knights. Its members are styled Knights of the Garter, unless female in which case they are Ladies of the Garter. It has as motto, "Honi soit qui mal y pense" -- shame on him who thinks ill of it.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Emperor Akihito
Royalty
23-Dec-1933   Emperor of Japan
Tsar Alexander I
Royalty
23-Dec-1777 1-Dec-1825 Tsar of Russia, 1801-25
Alan Brooke
Military
23-Jul-1883 17-Jun-1963 Chief military advisor to Churchill
Casimir IV
Royalty
30-Nov-1427 7-Jun-1492 King of Poland, 1447-92
Andrew Cavendish
Aristocrat
2-Jan-1920 3-May-2004 11th Duke of Devonshire
Charles IX
Royalty
27-Jun-1550 30-May-1574 King of France 1561-74
George Nathaniel Curzon
Government
11-Jan-1859 20-Mar-1925 Created the Kingdom of Jordan
Francis I
Royalty
12-Sep-1494 31-Jul-1547 King of France 1515-47
Gustav Adolph the Great
Royalty
9-Dec-1594 6-Nov-1632 King of Sweden 1611-32
Sir Christopher Hatton
Government
1540 1591 Lord Chancellor of England, 1587-91
Henri II
Royalty
31-Mar-1519 10-Jul-1559 King of France, 1547-59
Henri III
Royalty
19-Sep-1551 2-Aug-1589 King of France, Poland
Edmund Hillary
Explorer
20-Jul-1919 11-Jan-2008 First to summit Mt. Everest
Lord Inge
Military
5-Aug-1935   British Field Marshal
John of Gaunt
Royalty
Mar-1340 3-Feb-1399 Duke of Lancaster
King Juan Carlos
Head of State
5-Jan-1938   King of Spain
Louis XVIII
Royalty
17-Nov-1755 16-Sep-1824 King of France, 1814-15 & 1815-24
Maximilian I
Royalty
22-Mar-1459 12-Jan-1519 Holy Roman Emperor, 1493-1519
Maximilian II
Royalty
31-Jul-1527 12-Oct-1576 Holy Roman Emperor, 1564-76
Alfred Milner
Government
23-Mar-1854 13-May-1925 Architect of the Balfour Declaration
Sir Henry Percy
Military
20-Mar-1364 21-Jul-1403 Hotspur
Philip I
Royalty
22-Jul-1478 25-Sep-1506 King of Castile, 1506
Philip II
Royalty
21-May-1527 13-Sep-1598 King of Spain, 1556-98
Sigismund
Royalty
15-Feb-1368 9-Dec-1437 Holy Roman Emperor, 1433-37
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Government
15-Jan-1841 14-Jun-1908 Hockey's Stanley Cup
Margaret Thatcher
Head of State
13-Oct-1925   UK Prime Minister, 1979-90
Arthur Wellesley
Military
1-May-1769 14-Sep-1852 1st Duke of Wellington


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