The fount of honour (Latin: fons honorum) is a person, who, by virtue of their official position, has the exclusive right of conferring legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry on other persons.
The fountofhonour (Latin: fons honorum) is a person, who, by virtue of their official position, has the exclusive right of conferring legitimate titles...
his wife Sofía retain courtesy titles of King and Queen of Spain. The monarch's position as the fountofhonour within Spain is codified in Article 62...
the British honours system. The British monarch is considered the fountofhonour and is notionally the only person who can grant peerages, though there...
escutcheon of the arms of British Columbia, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown symbolizing the Canadian monarch's role as the fountofhonour. The ribbon...
(see fountofhonour), or a private organisation or individual. The latter may also include ecclesiastical authorities, such as in the case of ecclesiastical...
between them, and a St. Edward's Crown, as a symbol of the Canadian monarch's role as the fountofhonour, capping the top arm. At the cross' centre, on the...
papal order. The position of the Crown of Portugal was that the only legitimate fountofhonour was the Crown. The position of the Catholic Church is that...
escutcheon of the arms of Ontario, all surmounted by a St Edward's Crown symbolizing the Canadian monarch's role as the fountofhonour. The name of the member...
of baronial rank could also be so created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 for senior judges (referred to as Law Lords). The Crown, as fount...
open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election. Most learned societies are non-profit organizations...
escutcheon of the arms of Nova Scotia, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown symbolizing the Canadian monarch's role as the fountofhonour. The ribbon...
purpose: Monarchical chivalric orders: foundation by a monarch who is a fountofhonour; either ruling or not Confraternal chivalric orders: foundation by...
affixed with the Great Seal of the Realm. The Sovereign is considered to be the fountofhonour and, as "the fountain and source of all dignities cannot hold...
the fountofhonour for "life peerages, knighthoods and gallantry awards", with no mention of hereditary titles. Until the coming into force of the Peerage...
the battleground in the ancien régime Fountofhonour Gaetano Mosca's sociological concept of the "circulation of elites" Meritocracy, or political order...
Royal patronage may refer to: Fountofhonour, a representative of a sovereign or formerly sovereign entity who, by virtue of his or her official position...
culture starting in the 15th century. They were the right of the monarch, as the fountofhonour, to create and grant. The earliest developed courts were...
coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 2023. The Canadian monarch, seen as the fountofhonour, is at the apex of the...
established with the granting of royal assent by Quebec's lieutenant governor and the Canadian sovereign is the fountofhonour, the viceroy does not, as...
ancestor by a fountof honor. Some individuals, associations or corporations purport to grant or transmit a legal or official right to a title, honour, acknowledgement...
divisions and regiments. The monarch is regarded as the fountofhonour and the Canadian system of orders, decorations, and medals includes numerous specifically...
the fountofhonour to bestow new titles of nobility in Denmark. The royal palaces of Denmark became property of the state with the introduction of the...
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