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Order of the Companions of Honour

An order founded in 1917, limited to 65 members at any one time, recognising outstanding achievement in the arts, science, medicine, politics, industry or religion; post-nominal CH.

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46 recipients in the record.

Awarded over time

Order of the Companions of Honour appointments by year, split by honours list.

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  1. 2026Birthday (2)
  2. 2025New Year (1) · Birthday (2)
  3. 2024New Year (1) · Birthday (1)
  4. 2023New Year (2) · Birthday (3)
  5. 2022New Year (2) · Birthday (3)
  6. 2021New Year (1)
  7. 2020New Year (2) · Birthday (1)
  8. 2019New Year (1)
  9. 2018New Year (3) · Birthday (2)
  10. 2017New Year (6) · Birthday (9)
  11. 2016New Year (1) · Birthday (3)

Topics

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Literature7Literature — 7Music6Music — 6Fashion3Fashion — 3Charity3Charity — 3Higher Education2Higher Education — 2Arts2Arts — 2Drama2Drama — 2Public Service2Public Service — 2Science and Technology2Science and Technology — 2Philanthropy2Philanthropy — 2Medical Research2Medical Research — 2Medicine2Medicine — 2Public Health2Public Health — 2Literary Scholars…1Literary Scholarship — 1Humaniti…1Humanities — 1Journali…1Journalism — 1Food Ind…1Food Industry — 1Cookery1Cookery — 1Illustra…1Illustration — 1Art1Art — 1Advertis…1Advertising — 1Media1Media — 1Emergenc…1Emergency Relief — 1Entertai…1Entertainment — 1Culture1Culture — 1Informat…1Information Technology — 1Economics1Economics — 1International Re…1International Relations — 1Climate Change1Climate Change — 1Dance1Dance — 1Design1Design — 1Politics1Politics — 1Special E…1Special Educational Needs — 1Sport1Sport — 1Photograp…1Photography — 1Photojournalism1Photojournalism — 1History1History — 1International …1International Affairs — 1Broadca…Broadcasting — 1Archite…Architecture — 1Astrono…Astronomy — 1Physics1Physics — 1Diversity1Diversity — 1

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About this honour

An order founded in 1917, limited to 65 members at any one time, recognising outstanding achievement in the arts, science, medicine, politics, industry or religion; post-nominal CH.

Recipients

46 people in the record. Filter by name, citation, year, region or theme.

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Linked data

Canonical URI
honoria.co.uk/id/honours/order-of-the-companions-of-honour
Post-nominal
CH
Wikidata
Q1137694
The Gazette ontology
gaz:CompanionOrderOfTheCompanionsOfHonourgaz:TheOrderOfTheCompanionsOfHonour

From the Honoria honours vocabulary (SKOS). exactMatch = Wikidata; closeMatch = The Gazette honours ontology (official but a 2008–2015 beta).

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