Order of the Companions of Honour

The Order of the Companions of Honour (Æresriddernes orden) er en britisk orden som blev stiftet af kong Georg 5. af Storbritanien i juni 1917.

I lighed med Order of the British Empire er den for belønning for særlige fortjenester indenfor kunst, litteratur, musik, videnskab, politik, industri og religion.

Motto

In action faithful and in honour clear

Nulevende medlemmer

• • The Rt Hon. The Lord Ashley of Stoke (1975)
  • The Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser (1976)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Glenamara (1976)
  • The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Somare (1978)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Healey (1979)
  • The Rt Hon. Sir Brian Talboys (1981)
  • The Rt Hon. Doug Anthony (1981)
  • Dr Frederick Sanger (1981)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Carrington (1983)
  • Lucian Freud (1983)
  • Dr Sydney Brenner (1987)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Tebbit (1987)
  • Prof Stephen Hawking (1989)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Baker of Dorking (1992)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (1992)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord King of Bridgwater(1992)
  • Dame Janet Baker (1993)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Owen (1994)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Hurd of Westwell (1995)
  • Sir David Attenborough (1996)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Howe of Aberavon (1996)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Heseltine (1997)
  • David Hockney (1997)
  • Peter Brook (1998)
  • Dr Eric Hobsbawm (1998)
  • The Rt Hon. Sir John Major (1998)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Patten of Barnes (1998)
  • Bridget Riley (1998)
  • General John de Chastelain (1999)
  • Doris Lessing (2000)
  • The Rev Chad Varah (2000)
  • Sir Harrison Birtwistle (2001)
  • Sir Colin Davis(2001)
  • Paul Scofield (2001)
  • Michael Howard (2002)
  • Harold Pinter (2002)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Hannay of Chiswick (2003)
  • Sir Howard Hodgkin (2003)
  • Dr James Lovelock (2003)
  • Sir Charles Mackerras (2003)
  • Sir Denis Mahon (2003)
  • Prof Dan McKenzie (2003)
  • Dame Judi Dench (2005)
  • Prof Anthony Pawson (2006)
  • Sir Ian Murray McKellen (2007)
• Æresmedlemmer:
  • Lee Kuan Yew (1970)
  • Dr Amartya Sen (2000)
  • Bernard Haitink (2002)