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London – Monday 16 April 2012. Within the Delegation of Great Britain and Ireland the following knights and dames are current members of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George – the second Order of Knighthood of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies. Within the Order are three categories of membership – Justice, Grace and Merit with each consisting of several grades. The Order includes a three grade Bronze, Silver and Gold Benemerenti Medal.

 

IN THE CATEGORY OF JUSTICE

Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice with the Collar decoration

  • HE Count Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, GCSG, KM, KJ, GCJCO, GCFO,** Delegate for Poland of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George,
  • HMEH Frà Matthew Festing, OBE, KStJ, TD, KM, KJ, GCJCO, DL,* Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,

 

Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice

  • HH Duke Georg von Hohenberg, GCPO, KM, GCJCO,**

 

Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice for Cardinals

  • His Eminence Cormac, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, GCJCO, STL,* Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, Prior of the British and Irish Delegation of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George,
  • His Eminence Desmond, Cardinal Connell, GCHS, GCJCO,* Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Chief Chaplain of Ireland of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George,

 

Knight Grand Cross of Justice

  • Captain Peregrine Bertie, KStJ, KCSG, KM, GCJCO, former President of the British Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,
  • HSH Prince Peter von Hohenberg, KCSG, KM,  GCJCO,**
  • Sir Conrad Swan, KCVO, KGCN, KM, GCJCO, KCFO, Phd, LLD, FSA,* former Garter King of Arms, College of Arms,

 

Dame Grand Cross of Justice

  • HH Duchess Eleonore von Hohenberg, GCJCO,**
  • HSH Princess Marie-Therese von Hohenberg, Mrs Anthony Bailey, GCJCO,
  • HRH Princess Michael of Kent, GCJCO,

 

Knight Commander of Justice

  • General The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, LVO, OBE, KCSG, KM, KCJCO,* former British Chief of the Defence Staff, Vice President of the British Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,
  • Don Riccardo Tomacelli Filomarino, KCJCO,
  • Mr Dudley Heathcote, KM, KCJCO,*
  • Mr Rory More O'Ferrall, KM, KCJCO,

 

Knight of Justice

  • The Lord Belhaven and Stenton, KJCO, Delegate Emeritus,
  • Nobile Averardo dei conti Borghini Baldovinetti de' Bacci, KJCO,**
  • Nobile Vittorio Calvi di Bergolo Rocca Saporiti dei conti di Bergolo, KJCO,**
  • Don Stefano Colonna dei principi di Paliano e Summonte, KJCO,
  • Mr James Hart-Dyke, KJCO,
  • Nobile Luigi Ferrante Bellini, KJCO,**
  • Count Michel de Liedekerke, KM, KJCO,
  • Nobile Francesco Lombardo dei Baroni di San Chirico, KJCO,**
  • Nobile Giancarlo dei Marchesi Doria dei Conti Montaldeo, KJCO,**
  • Prince Don Cristoforo Rocco di Torrepadula, KJCO,
  • Baron Marco Marrocco Trischitta di Serramarrocco, KM, KJCO,* / **
  • Mr Patrick Esmonde White, KM, KJCO, former Vice-President of the Irish Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,
  • Count Adam Zamoyski, KJCO,
  • Nobile Vincenzo Patrizio dei Baroni Gallo Zuggaro, KJCO,**

 

Dame of Justice

  • Countess Michel de Liedekerke, DJCO,
  • Her Grace The Duchess of Norfolk, DJCO,



IN THE SPECIAL CATEGORY

Dame Grand Cross with Gold Star with Collar

  • HE Mrs Mary McAleese, GCCO, former President of Ireland,

 

Knight Grand Cross with Gold Star

  • HE Mr Bertie Ahern, GCCO, former Taoiseach of Ireland,
  • HE Mr John Bruton, GCCO, former Taoiseach of Ireland,



IN THE CATEGORY OF GRACE

Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace

  • His Excellency Archbishop Antonio Mennini, GCGCO, Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of St James's,
  • His Grace The Most Rev Vincent Nichols, GCGCO, MA, MEd, STL, Archbishop of Westminster,
  • His Grace The Most Rev George Stack, KC*HS, GCGCO,* Archbishop of Cardiff and Sub Prior of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George,

 

Knight Commander of Grace

  • Dr Colin Smythe, OStJ, KCGCO, KCFO,* formerly the Grand Chancellor's Chargé d’affaires in Great Britain,

 

Ecclesiastical Knight Commander of Grace

  • HE Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, GCVO, KCGCO,* Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain,
  • The Rt Rev Thomas Burns, KC*HS, KCGCO, Bishop of Menevia,
  • The Rt Rev Mgr Canon Adrian Arrowsmith, KCGCO, Canon Emeritus,
  • The Rev Fr Mark Turnham Elvins, KCGCO, OFM, Cap.,
  • The Most Rev Dr Raymond Field, KCHS, KCGCO, DD, BL, Bishop of Ard Mór & Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin,
  • The Rt Rev Mgr Canon Coronato Grima, KHS, KCGCO,
  • The Rev Fr Michael Seed, KCGCO, SA, former Ecumenical Secretary of the Archdiocese of Westminster,

 

Knight of Grace

  • Mr John George, KSG, KM, KGCO, FHS,
  • Mr Anthony Lombard, KHS, KGCO, former Mayor of Gibraltar,
  • Mr Michael Joseph McDonnell, KCSG, KM, GCHS, KGCO, former Lieutenant of Ireland of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre,
  • Mr Mark Railing, KGCO,

 

Ecclesiastical Knight of Grace

  • The Rev Fr Dr Shafiq Abouzayd, KGCO, Official Representative in the UK of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III,
  • The Rev Mgr Vincent Brady, KGCO, Private Secretary to HE The Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of Saint James's,
  • The Very Rev Paul Chavasse, KGCO,
  • The Rev Fr Antony Conlon, KGCO,
  • The Rev Fr Ian Dickie, KGCO,
  • The Rev Fr Edmund Eggleston, KGCO,
  • The Very Rev Mgr Vladimir Felzmann, KCHS, KGCO, KFO,
  • The Rev Fr Feargal McGrady, KCHS, KGCO,
  • The Rev Fr Anthony Pellegrini, KSG, KGCO,
  • The Rt Rev Mgr Dr Stanislaw Swierczynski, KGCO, Notary Apostolic,
  • The Rev Canon Christopher Tuckwell, KGCO, Administrator of Westminster Cathedral,
  • The Rt Rev Mgr Canon Dr Wladyslaw Wyszowadzki, KHS, KGCO, Primatial Canon,

 

Dame of Grace

  • The Lady Guthrie of Craigiebank, DGCO,



IN THE CATEGORY OF MERIT

Knight Grand Cross of Merit

  • HE Signor Luigi Amaduzzi, GCVO, GCSG, KM, GCMCO,** former Ambassador of the Italian Republic to the Court of Saint James's,
  • HE Mr Anthony Bailey, OBE, GCSS, KCHS, GCMCO, KCFO, Delegate of Great Britain & Ireland Grand Magistral Delegate of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George,
  • The Hon Peter Caruana, KHS, GCMCO, QC, Leader of the Opposition, former Chief Minister of Gibraltar,

 

Dame Grand Cross of Merit

  • Her Excellency Ms Barbara Tuge-Erecińska, GCMCO, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Court of St James’s,

 

Knight Commander of Merit with Star

  • Professor The Lord Alton of Liverpool, KCSG, KCMCO,* Vice Delegate of England of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George,
  • Cllr Royston Brady, KCMCO, former Lord Mayor of Dublin,
  • The Lord Brennan of Bibury, KCFO, KCSG, KCMCO, QC,* Delegate Emeritus of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George, and President of the Catholic Union of Great Britain,
  • HE Señor Gilbert Chauny de Porturas-Hoyle, KM, KCMCO,** former Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to the Court of Saint James’s,
  • His Honour Judge Patrick Clyne, KM, KCMCO,* Judge of Ireland,
  • HE Mr Valentin Dobrev, KCMCO,** former Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Court of Saint James's and Ireland,
  • Dr Alberto Laplaine Guimarãis, KCMCO, Secretary General of the City of Lisbon and former Secretary of the State Council of the Portuguese Republic,
  • HE Señor Rodolfo Gutiérrez Carranza, KCMCO,** former Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica to the Court of Saint James’s,
  • Mr Bernard Kerik, CBE, KCMCO, former New York City Chief of Police,
  • HE Señor Alfonso Lopez-Caballero, KCMCO,** former Ambassador of Republic of Colombia to the Court of St James’s,
  • Dr Peter Löw, GCSS, KCMCO,**
  • HE Mr Donal Lydon, KCSG, KM, GCHS, KCMCO, KCFO,* President Emeritus of the Association of Papal Knights in Ireland, former Senator of Ireland,
  • HE Mr Alexander Nixon, KCMCO, JP,
  • Mr Richard Model, KCMCO,*
  • The Rt Hon Paul Murphy, KSG, KCMCO, MP, former Secretary of State for Wales and for Northern Ireland,
  • HE Mr Dáithí O'Ceallaigh, KCMCO, former Ambassador of Ireland to the Court of Saint James's,
  • HE Mr Francis O’Donnell, KC*SG, KM, KCHS, KCMCO, Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Slovak Republic
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  • Lieutenant General Sir Michael Willcocks, KCB, KCMCO, former Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod,
  • HE Mr Witold Sobkow, KCMCO,** Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations and former Ambassador to Ireland,

 

Knight Commander of Merit

  • Professor Richard Conroy, GCHS, KCMCO, Vice Delegate for Ireland of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George, former Senator of Ireland,
  • Mr Timothy George, KCMCO,
  • Dr Daniel McCarthy, TD, KM, KCMCO,
  • Colonel Alan Roberts, OBE, TD, KCMCO, JP, DL,

 

Knight of Merit with Star

  • Mr Krzysztof Barbarski, KMCO,
  • The Hon Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Britto, OBE, KMCO, ED, former Minister for the Environment & Tourism,
  • Mr James Dobbin, KSG, KMCO, MP, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Pro Life Group,
  • Mr Kevin Grant, KMCO, KFO,*
  • Mr Leslie Hayward, KMCO,
  • Mr John Graeme Igoe, KM, KMCO,* Chancellor of the Irish Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,
  • Mr Peter Jennings, KMCO, Press Secretary of the Archbishop of Birmingham,
  • Mr John Kennedy, CBE, KSG, KHS, KMCO, DL,*
  • Mr John King, KMCO,*
  • Mr Gerard Lawler, GCHS, KMCO, former Chairman of the Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital,
  • Professor Vincent McBrierty, KC*SG, KCHS, KMCO,
  • Mr James McDonald, LVO, CBE, KCSG, GCHS, KMCO, JP, DL, former Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland and former Chairman of The Prince’s Trust in Northern Ireland,
  • Brigadier Thomas Ogilvie-Graham, MBE, QHVS, OStJ, KSG, KMCO, KFO,*
  • Mr Niranjan de Silva Deva-Aditya, KMCO, DL, MEP,
  • Mr Leo Simmonds, KCSG, KCHS, KMCO, Honorary Secretary of the Association of Papal Orders in Great Britain,
  • Mr Christian Sulger-Büel, KM, KMCO,
  • Mr Santo Volpe, KMCO,
  • Dr Martin Vorderwülbecke, KMCO,**

 

Dame of Merit with Star

  • The Lady Brennan of Bibury, DMCO,
  • Mrs Teresa Downes, DC*HS, DMCO,
  • The Lady Durie, DMCO,
  • Sister Ellen Flynn, DMCO, Chairman, The Passage Homeless Centre,
  • HE Mrs Maria Rosa Picart de Francis, DMCO, former Ambassador of the Principality of Andorra to the Court of St James’s,
  • HE Señora Ariadne Singares Robinson, DMCO, DCFO,** former Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the Court of St James’s,
  • The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal, DMCO, QC, former Attorney General of the United Kingdom,
  • Mrs Allyson Volpe, DMCO,
  • The Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe, DMCO, former Cabinet Minister and MP,
  • Mrs Ann Willis, DMCO,

 

Knight of Merit

  • Mr Michael Barry, KM, KMCO,
  • Professor Trond Beravale, KMCO,
  • The Hon Alexander Brennan, KMCO,
  • The Hon Daniel Brennan, KMCO,
  • The Hon Patrick Brennan, KMCO,
  • Mr Joseph Byllam-Barnes, KMCO,
  • Mr Franck-Luis Galland, KMCO,
  • Mr John McIntosh, OBE, KMCO,
  • Mr Brian Melia, KHS, KMCO,
  • Mr D'Arcy Myers, KMCO,
  • Dr David O'Connell, KM, KMCO,
  • Dr Nicola Pedroni, KMCO,
  • Mr Adrian de Redman, KM, KMCO,
  • Mr Bernard O'Reilly, KMCO,
  • Mr Christopher William Riddell, KMCO,
  • Mr Andrew Rogers, KMCO,
  • Professor John Ryan, KCHS, KMCO,
  • Mr John Turley, KC*HS, KMCO,
  • Captain Josef Wojtecki, KMCO,

 

Dame of Merit

  • Dr Sorca Conroy-Sherman, DMCO,
  • Miss Anne Francesca Hodson-Pressinger, DMCO,
  • Mrs Maureen Jones, DMCO,
  • Dr Jordan Lancaster, DMCO,
  • Professor Sarah Rogers, DMCO,



IN THE CATEGORY OF OFFICE

Knight of Office

  • Mr Glendon Martinez, KOCO, Managing Director of the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau Ltd,
  • Mr Andreas Sas-Skrowonski, KOCO,



RECIPIENTS OF BENEMERENTI MEDALS

Gold Benemerenti

  • Mr Nadhmi Auchi, KSS, GCFO, President of the Anglo-Arab Organisation,
  • HE Mr Anthony Bailey, OBE, GCSS, KCHS, GCMCO, KCFO, Delegate of Great Britain & Ireland andGrand Magistral Delegate of the SM Constantinian Order of Saint George,
  • The Rev Fr Mark Turnham Elvins, KCGCO, OFM, Cap.,
  • The Rt Hon Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable for Scotland,
  • General The Rt Hon Lord Ramsbotham, GCB, CBE, formerly Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons,
  • The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, DCFO,
  • Dr Colin Smythe, OStJ, KCGCO, KCFO,* formerly the Grand Chancellor's Chargé d’affaires in Great Britain,

 

Silver Benemerenti

  • Mr Krzysztof Barbarski, KMCO,
  • Captain Paul Champness, TD, former Captain of Company of Pikemen and Musketeers,
  • Mr Murray Craig, Clerk of the Chamberlain's Court of the City of London,
  • Dr Harold Elletson, KFO, former Member of Parliament,
  • Mr David Feeney, Principal Office, Department of Taoiseach of Ireland,
  • Mr Norman Gooding, OStJ, KCFO,* past President of the Orders and Medals Research Society,
  • Mr Robert Stuart Innes-Smith
  • HE Ambassador Dr Lachezar Matev, KCFO,** former Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Court of St James's,
  • Mr Brian McCarthy, former Secretary General of The President of Ireland,
  • Miss Branimira Nacheva*
  • The Rev Fr Michael O'Kelly, former Secretary to the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin,
  • Lady Sternberg, DSS, DFO,
  • Professor Michael Sternberg, KFO, QC, Chairman of Trustees, Three Faiths Forum,
  • Sir Sigmund Sternberg, OStJ, KC*SG, GCFO, JP, Founder of the Three Faiths Forum,
  • Mr John Tamplin, MBE, TD,

 

Bronze Benemerenti

  • The Rev David Campton, former Director of Forthspring Inter-Community Group,
  • Mrs Elaine Carolan, Protocol Officer, Office of The President of Ireland,
  • Mrs Teodora Chamberlain*
  • Miss Christina Charenkova*
  • Sister Noreen Christian, former director of Forthspring Inter-Community Group
  • Mr Michael Clarke, Chief Executive, The Passage Homeless Centre,
  • Mr Brian Clivaz, KFO,
  • The Rt Rev Mgr Canon Coronato Grima, KHS, KCGCO,**
  • Dr Anthony Lombard, KHS, KGCO, former Mayor of Gibraltar,
  • Mrs Fidelma Rogers, Department of Social Protection in Ireland,
  • Mr Noam Tamir

 

* Denotes existing or past Delegation Council Member

** Denotes Honorary Delegation Member as prescribed by the Council of the Delegation

 

 
 

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