This article is about the Thai chivalric order. For the Danish chivalric order, see Order of the Elephant.
See also: Thai Honours Order of Precedence
Order of the White Elephant เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก | |
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Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant | |
Awarded by File:Garuda Emblem of Thailand (Broad wings).svg the King of Thailand | |
Eligibility | Military and Civilian Order |
Status | Currently constituted |
Sovereign | King Vajiralongkorn |
Grades (w/ post-nominals) | Knight/Dame Grand Cordon, Special Class Knight/Dame Grand Cordon Knight/Dame Grand Officer Knight/Dame Commander Knight/Dame Officer Knight/Dame Gold Medal Silver Medal |
Established | 1869 |
First induction | 1869 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of Rama |
Next (lower) | Order of the Crown of Thailand |
File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.png | |
Ribbon bar of the Order of the Knight Grand Cordon |
The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (Thai language: เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก; rtgs: Khrueang Ratcha Itsariyaphon An Pen Thi Choet Chu Ying Chang Phueak) is the most awarded order of Thailand. It was established in 1861 by King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam.
Class[]
The order consists of eight classes:
Ribbon | Class | Name | Postnominals | Former Name[1] | Established Date | Honor Class[2] |
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File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.png | Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) | มหาปรมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Maha Paramabhorn Chang Phueak) |
KGE | - | 16 November 1909 | 8 |
File:Order of the White Elephant - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.png | Knight Grand Cross (First Class) | ประถมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Prathamabhorn Chang Phueak) |
GCE | มหาวราภรณ์ Maha Varabhorn |
1869 | 10 |
File:Order of the White Elephant - 2nd Class (Thailand) ribbon.png | Knight Commander (Second Class) | ทวีติยาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Dhavitiyabhorn Chang Phueak) |
KCE | จุลวราภรณ์ Chula Varabhorn |
1869 | 15 |
File:Order of the White Elephant - 3rd Class (Thailand) ribbon.png | Commander (Third Class) | ตริตาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Tritabhorn Chang Phueak) |
CE | นิภาภรณ์ Nibhabhorn |
1869 | 23 |
File:Order of the White Elephant - 4th Class (Thailand) ribbon.png | Companion (Fourth Class) | จัตุรถาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Chatturathabhorn Chang Phueak) |
OE | ภูษนาภรณ์ Bhusanabhorn |
1869 | 28 |
File:Order of the White Elephant - 5th Class (Thailand) ribbon.png | Member (Fifth Class) | เบญจมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Benchamabhorn Chang Phueak) |
ME | ทิพยาภรณ์ Dibyabhorn |
1873 | 33 |
File:Order of the White Elephant - Medal (Thailand) ribbon.png | Gold Medalist (Sixth Class) | เหรียญทองช้างเผือก (Rian Thong Chang Phueak) |
G.M.E | - | 20 July 1902 | - |
File:Order of the White Elephant - Medal (Thailand) ribbon.png | Silver Medalist (Seventh Class) | เหรียญเงินช้างเผือก (Rian Ngoen Chang Phueak) |
S.M.E | - | 20 July 1902 | - |
Selected recipients[]
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class)
- Sultan Ibrahim of Johor - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah of Kedah - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chavalit Yongchaiyudh - Knight Grand Cordon
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia - Knight Grand Cordon
- Albert du Roy de Blicquy
- Norodom of Cambodia - Knight Grand Cross
- Pakubuwono X - Knight Grand Cross (1929)
- Miklós Horthy - Knight Grand Cross[3]
- The Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Knight Grand Cross
- Sir Samuel Robinson, 1923.[4]
- Graves B. Erskine - Knight Grand Cross
- Dr. Roger Chical - Commander
- Arne Skaug.[5]
- Pierra Vejjabul[6]
- Frederick William Verney - Commander[7]
- Queen Victoria[8]
- General William Westmoreland - Knight Grand Cross
- Vice Admiral Józef Unrug
- Major General Richard Secord[9]
- Jiri Sitler Knight Grand Cross (2006)[10]
References[]
- ↑ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, พระราชบัญญัติเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ช้างเผือก รัตนโกสินทร์ ศก๑๒๘, เล่ม ๒๖, ตอน ๐ ก, ๒๘ พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. ๒๔๕๒, หน้า ๗๐
- ↑ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง ลำดับเกียรติเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ไทย, เล่ม ๑๑๐, ตอน ๒๙ง ฉบับพิเศษ, ๑๒ มีนาคม พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๖, หน้า ๑
- ↑ http://www.vitezirend.co.hu/Tradition/horthy_kituntetesei_2%20oldal.htm
- ↑ "Capt. Samuel Robinson, Who Won Fame For Rescue Work in Jap Quake, Dies," New York Times. September 7, 1958.
- ↑ "Arne Skaug" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=ARSU&tab=Biography.
- ↑ Windsor, Laura Lynn (2002). Women in medicine: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 204. ISBN 1-57607-392-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=QtZtkf35CF0C&lpg=PA204&pg=PA204#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Frederick William Verney". ThePeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p32029.htm#i320289. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ↑
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- ↑ Jiri Sitler
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