order of merit adalah sebuah tanda kehormatan yang ada di britania raya dan persemakmuran yang diberikan oleh ratu elizabeth ii dari britania raya. tanda kehormatan ini diberikan untuk pertama kali pada tahun 1902 oleh raja edward vii (yang didasarkan pada prussian pour le mrite) sebagai sebuah penghargaan untuk pekerjaan yang mengagumkan di dunia kemiliteran, ilmu pengetahuan, seni, literatur, atau untuk promosi budaya.
tanda kehormatan ini berada setingkat lebih rendah daripada knight grand cross of the order of the bath; dan walaupun tidak memberikan tambahan gelar apapun, penerimanya berhak untuk menambahkan "o.m." setelah nama keluarganya.
lencana-nya terbentuk dari sebuah palang merah dengan sebuah mahkkota emas diatasnya.
untuk versi militernya sedikit berbeda dengan untuk orang sipil, di mana versi militer ditambahkan dengan sepasang pedang bersilang di belakang dari tengah-teengah medalinya.
pitanya untuk lencana ini berwarna merah dan biru.
tanda kehormatan ini terbatas diberikan pada beberapa orang tertentu yang bisa dilihat pada daftar dari monarki dari britania raya dan dua puluh empat anggota khusus, namun ada juga beberapa orang asing bisa mendapatkannya dan mereka masuk pada daftar yang dikenal sebagai "anggota kehormatan".
dari awalnya, tanda kehormatan ini juga diberikan untuk wanita, dan florence nightingale adalah orang pertama yang menerimanya pada tahun 1907.
para anggotanya sekarang
sovereign: hm the queen
the duke of edinburgh kg kt om gbe ac qso cd pc (1968), royal consort
owen chadwick om kbe (1983), theological historian
sir andrew huxley om frs (1983), physiologist, nobel laureate (medicine) dan president of the royal society (1980 - 1985)
dr frederick sanger om ch cbe frs (1986), biochemist and double nobel laureate (chemistry)
baroness thatcher lg om pc frs (1990), british prime minister (1979-1990)
dame joan sutherland om ac dbe (1991), coloratura soprano
sir michael atiyah om frs (1992), mathematician, fields medalist, abel laureate and president of the royal society (1990 - 1995)
lucian freud om ch (1993), painter
sir aaron klug om frs (1995), biophysicist, nobel laureate (chemistry) and president of the royal society (1995 - 2000)
lord foster of thames bank om ra (1997), architect and pritzker laureate
sir james black om frs (2000), pharmacologist and nobel laureate (medicine)
sir anthony caro om cbe (2000), sculptor
sir roger penrose om frs (2000), mathematical physicist
sir tom stoppard om cbe (2000), playwright
the prince of wales kg kt gcb om ak qso cd pc adc (2002), heir to the throne
lord may of oxford om ac frs (2002), ecologist and president of the royal society (2000 - 2005)
lord rothschild om gbe fba (2002), philanthropist
sir david attenborough om ch cvo cbe frs (2005), broadcaster
baroness boothroyd om pc (2005), wanita pertama speaker of the house of commons
sir michael howard om ch cbe mc (2005), military historian
sir timothy berners-lee om kbe frs freng frsa (2007), inventor of the world wide web, director of the w3c
lord rees of ludlow om prs (2007), astronomer royal (1995 - ) and president of the royal society (2005 - )
lord eames om (2007), anglican primate of all ireland and archbishop of armagh (1986 - 2006)
there is one vacancy, following the death of sir denis rooke di bulan september 2008.
nelson mandela om cc ac qc (1995), statesman dan nobel laureate (peace).
anggota-anggotanya terdahulu: 1902 - 2002
para anggota yang sekarang sebelum tahun 2002 sudah digaris bawahi; tanggal yang ditampilkan adalah tanggal di mana yang bersangkutan mendapatkan penghargaannya; gelar di bidang formalnya dan penghargaannya lainnya juga dicantumkan disini.
field marshal right hon. frederick roberts, 1st earl roberts, vc., kg., kp., gcb., om., gcsi., gcie. (1832 - 1914) 26 juni 1902
field marshal right hon. garnet joseph wolseley, 1st viscount wolseley.
kp, gcb., om., gcmg. (1833 - 1913) 26 juni 1902
field marshal right hon. herbert kitchener, 1st earl kitchener kg., kp., gcb., om., gcsi., gcmg., gcie. (1850 - 1916) 26 juni 1902
right hon. john william strutt, lord rayleigh, om., frs. (1842 - 1919) 26 juni 1902
right hon. william, lord kelvin, om., gcvo., frs. (1824 - 1907) 26 juni 1902
right hon. joseph, lord lister, om., frs. (1827 - 1912) 26 juni 1902
admiral of the fleet right hon. sir henry keppel, gcb., om. (1809 - 1904) 26 juni 1902
right hon. john, viscount morley of blackburn, om., fba. (1838 - 1923) 26 juni 1902
right hon. william edward hartpole lecky, om., fba. (1838 - 1903) 26 juni 1902
admiral of the fleet right hon. sir edward hobart seymour, gcb., om., gcvo. (1840 - 1929) 26 juni 1902
sir william huggins, om., kcb., frs. (1824 - 1910) 26 juni 1902
george frederick watts, om., ra. (1817 - 1904) 26 juni 1902
field marshal sir george white, vc., gcb., om., gcsi., gcmg., gcie., gcvo. (1835 - 1912) 30 juni 1905
admiral of the fleet john arbuthnot, lord fisher, gcb., om., gcvo. (1841 - 1920) 30 juni 1905
sir richard jebb, om., fba. (1841 - 1905) 30 juni 1905
sir lawrence alma-tadema, om., ra. (1836 - 1912) 30 juni 1905
george meredith, om. (1828 - 1909) 30 juni 1905
william holman hunt, om. (1827 - 1910) 30 juni 1905
right hon. evelyn baring, 1st earl of cromer, gcb., om., gcmg., kcsi., cie., frs., fba. (1841 - 1917) 29 juni 1906
right hon. james, viscount bryce, om., gcvo., frs., fba. (1838 - 1922) 11 februari 1907
sir joseph dalton hooker, om., gcsi., cb., frs. (1817 - 1911) 30 juni 1907
florence nightingale, om., rrc. (1820 - 1910) 29 november 1907
henry jackson (classicist), om., fba. (1839 - 1921) 26 juni 1908
alfred russel wallace, om., frs. (1823 - 1913) 26 juni 1908
sir william crookes, om., frs. (1832 - 1919) 8 juli 1910
thomas hardy, om. (1840 - 1928) 8 juli 1910
right hon. sir george otto trevelyan, bt., om., fba. (1838 - 1928) 19 juni 1911
sir edward elgar, bt., om., gcvo. (1857 - 1934) 19 juni 1911
admiral of the fleet sir arthur knyvet wilson, bt., vc., gcb., om., gcvo. (1842 - 1921) 8 maret 1912
sir joseph john thomson, om., frs. (1856 - 1940) 15 maret 1912
sir archibald geikie, om., kcb., frs. (1835 - 1924) 1 januari 1914
field marshal right hon. john denton pinkstone french, 1st earl of ypres, kp., gcb., om., gcvo., kcmg. (1852 - 1925) 3 desember 1914
right hon. richard burdon sanderson viscount haldane, kt., om., frs. (1856 - 1928) 26 mei 1915
henry james, om. (1843 - 1916) 1 januari 1916
admiral of the fleet john jellicoe, 1st earl jellicoe, gcb., om., gcvo. (1859 - 1935) 31 mei 1916
right hon. arthur balfour, 1st earl of balfour, kg., om., frs., fba. (1848 - 1930) 3 juni 1916
admiral of the fleet right hon. david beatty, 1st earl beatty , gcb., om., gcvo., dso. (1871 - 1936) 3 juni 1919
field marshal douglas haig, 1st earl haig, kt., gcb., om., gcvo., kcie. (1861 - 1928) 3 juni 1919
right hon. david lloyd george 1st earl lloyd-george, om. (1863 - 1945) 5 agustus 1919
sir james matthew barrie, bt., om. (1860 - 1937) 2 januari 1922
francis herbert bradley, om., fba. (1846 - 1924) 3 juni 1924
sir charles scott sherrington, om., gbe., frs. (1857 - 1952) 3 juni 1924
sir james george frazer, om., frs., fba. (1854 - 1941) 1 januari 1925
ernest, lord rutherford of nelson, om., frs. (1871 - 1937) 1 januari 1925
hon. sir charles algernon parsons, om., kcb., frs. (1854 - 1931) 3 juni 1927
sir george abraham grierson, om., kcie., fba. (1851 - 1941) 4 juni 1928
robert seymour bridges, om. (1844 - 1930) 3 juni 1929
john galsworthy, om. (1867 - 1933) 3 juni 1929
samuel alexander, om., fba. (1859 - 1938) 3 juni 1930
montague rhodes james, om., fba. (1862 - 1936) 3 juni 1930
george macaulay trevelyan, om., cbe., frs., fba. (1876 - 1962) 3 juni 1930
admiral of the fleet sir charles edward madden, 1st baronet, bt., gcb., om, gcvo., kcmg. (1862 - 1935) 1 januari 1931
philip wilson steer, om. (1860 - 1942) 1 januari 1931
sir william henry bragg, om., kbe., frs. (1862 - 1942) 3 juni 1931
john william mackail, om., fba. (1859 - 1945) 1 januari 1935
john edward masefield, om. (1878 - 1967) 3 juni 1935
ralph vaughan williams, om. (1872 - 1958) 3 juni 1935
sir frederick gowland hopkins, om., frs. (1861 - 1947) 3 juni 1935
field marshal philip chetwode, 1st baron chetwode, gcb., om., gcsi., kcmg., dso. (1869 - 1950) 1 januari 1936
right hon. herbert albert laurens fisher, om., frs., fba. (1865 - 1940) 1 februari 1937
lieutenant general robert stephenson smyth, lord baden powell, bt., om., gcmg., gcvo., kcb. (1857 - 1941) 11 mei 1937
sir arthur stanley eddington, om., frs. (1882 - 1944) 9 juni 1938
admiral of the fleet right hon. albert montacute, ernle chatfield, 1st baron chatfield, gcb., om., kcmg., cvo. (1873 - 1967) 2 januari 1939
sir james jeans, om., frs. (1877 - 1946) 2 januari 1939
marshal of the royal air force cyril newall, 1st baron newall, gcb., om., gcmg., cbe., am. (1886 - 1963) 29 oktober 1940
george gilbert aim murray, om., fba. (1866 - 1957) 1 januari 1941
sir edwin landseer lutyens, om., kcie., ra. (1869 - 1944) 1 januari 1942
augustus edwin john, om., ra. (1878 - 1961) 11 juni 1942
edgar adrian, lord adrian, om., frs. (1889 - 1977) 11 juni 1942
sir william searle holdsworth, om., kc., fba (1871 - 1944) 1 januari 1943
admiral of the fleet sir alfred dudley pound, gcb., om., gcvo. (1877 - 1943) 3 september 1943
right hon. sidney james webb, lord passfield, om. (1859 - 1947) 8 juni 1944
sir henry hallett dale, om., gbe., frs. (1875 - 1968) 8 juni 1944
sir giles gilbert scott, om., ra. (1880 - 1960) 8 juni 1944
alfred north whitehead, om., frs., fba. (1861 - 1947) 1 januari 1945
right hon. sir winston leonard spencer churchill, kg., om., ch., frs., fba. (1874 - 1965) 1 januari 1946
marshal of the r.a.f. charles portal, 1st viscount portal of hungerford, kg., gcb., om., dso., mc. (1893 - 1971) 1 januari 1946
field marshal alan francis, viscount alanbrooke, kg., gcb., om., gcvo., dso. (1883 - 1963) 13 juni 1946
admiral of the fleet andrew browne, viscount cunningham of hyndhope, kt., gcb., om., dso. (1883 - 1963) 13 juni 1946
right hon. e. f. l. wood, 1st earl of halifax, kg., om., gcsi., gcmg., gcie. (1881 - 1959) 13 juni 1946
field marshal right hon. jan christian smuts, om., ch., frs. (1870 - 1950) 1 januari 1947
right hon. william lyon mackenzie king, om., cmg. 17 november 1947
thomas stearns eliot, om. (1888 - 1965) 1 januari 1948
sir robert robinson, om., frs. (1886 - 1975) 9 juni 1949
bertrand russell, earl russell, om., frs., fba. (1872 - 1970) 9 juni 1949
right hon. sir alexander cadogan, om., gcmg., kcb. (1884 - 1968) 1 januari 1951
marshal of the royal air force hugh trenchard, viscount trenchard, gcb., om., gcvo., dso. (1873 - 1956) 1 januari 1951
george edward moore, om., fba. (1873 - 1958) 7
right hon. clement attlee, earl attlee, kg., om., ch., frs. (1883 - 1967) 5 november 1951
wilder graves penfield, cc., om., cmg., frs. (1891 - 1976) 1 januari 1953
walter john de la mare, om., ch. (1873 - 1956) 1 juni 1953
right hon. william hailey, lord hailey, om., gcsi., gcmg., gcie. (1872 - 1969) 31 mei 1956
sir john douglas cockcroft, om., kcb., cbe., frs. (1897 - 1967) 1 januari 1957
right hon. john anderson, 1st viscount waverley, gcb., om., gcsi., gcie., frs. (1882 - 1958) 8 desember 1957
sir frank macfarlane burnet, om., ak., kbe., frs. (1899 - 1985) 12 juni 1958
right hon.herbert samuel, 1st viscount samuel, gcb., om., gbe. (1870 - 1963) 21 november 1958
field marshal right hon. harold alexander, 1st earl alexander of tunis, kg., gcb., om., gcmg., csi., dso., mc. (1891 - 1969) 23 april 1960
sir cyril hinshelwood, om., frs. (1897 - 1967) 23 april 1960
graham vivian sutherland, om. (1903 - 1980) 23 april 1960
sir geoffrey de havilland, om., cbe., afc. (1882 - 1965) 23 november 1962
sir basil urwin spence, om., obe., ra. (1907 - 1976) 23 november 1962
right hon. sir owen dixon, om., gcmg., fba. (1886 - 1972) 29 mei 1963
george peabody gooch, om., ch., fba. (1873 - 1968) 16 agustus 1963
henry moore, om., ch., fba. (1898 - 1986) 16 agustus 1963
edward benjamin britten, lord britten, om., ch. (1913 - 1976) 23 maret 1965
dorothy mary hodgkin, om., frs. (1910 - 1994) 23 maret 1965
admiral of the fleet right hon. louis francis albert victor nicholas, lord mountbatten of burma, kg., gcb., om., gcsi., gcie., gcvo., dso., frs. (1900 - 1979) 15 juli 1965
howard florey, lord florey, om., frs. (1898 - 1968) 15 juli 1965
patrick blackett, lord blackett, om., ch., frs. (1897 - 1974) 20 november 1967
sir william turner walton, om. (1902 - 1983) 20 november 1967
ben nicholson, om. (1894 - 1982) 23 april 1968
solly, lord zuckerman, om., kcb., frs. (1904 - 1993) 23 april 1968
the duke of edinburgh, kg., kt., om., gbe., ac., qso., frs. (b. 1921) 10 juni 1968
edward morgan forster, om., ch. (1879 - 1970) 1 januari 1969
right hon. malcolm john macdonald, om. (1901 - 1981) 14 juli 1969
william george penney, lord penney, om., kbe., frs. (1909 - 1991) 14 juli 1969
sir geoffrey ingram taylor, om., frs. (1886 - 1975) 14 juli 1969
dame cicely veronica wedgwood, om., dbe., fba. (1910 - 1997) 14 juli 1969
john cawte beaglehole, om., cmg. (1901 - 1971) 21 maret 1970
right hon. lester bowles pearson, cc., om., obe. (1897 - 1972) 20 mei 1971
sir isaiah berlin, om., cbe., fba. (1909 - 1997) 20 mei 1971
sir george edwards, om., cbe., frs. (1908 - 2003) 20 mei 1971
sir alan lloyd hodgkin, om., kbe., frs. (1914 - 1998) 17 april 1973
paul adrien maurice dirac, om., frs. (1902 - 1984) 17 april 1973
right hon. harold macmillan, earl of stockton, om., frs. (1894 - 1986) 2 april 1976
christopher hinton, lord hinton of bankside, om., kbe., frs. (1901 - 1983) 2 april 1976
kenneth clark, lord clark, om., ch., kcb., fba. (1903 - 1983) 2 april 1976
sir ronald syme, om., fba. (1903 - 1989) 2 april 1976
alexander robertus, lord todd, om., frs. (1907 - 1997) 24 oktober 1977
right hon. oliver shewell, lord franks, om., gcmg., kcb., kcvo., cbe., fba. (1905 - 1992) 24 oktober 1977
sir frederick ashton, om., ch., cbe. (1904 - 1988) 24 oktober 1977
132. j b priestley, om. (1894 - 1984) 24 oktober 1977
laurence kerr, lord olivier, om. (1907 - 1989) 6 februari 1981
sir peter brian medawar, om., ch., cbe., frs., fba. (1915 - 1987) 6 februari 1981
group captain geoffrey leonard cheshire, lord cheshire, vc., om., dso., dfc. (1917 - 1992) 6 februari 1981
reverend william owen chadwick, om., kbe., fba. (b. 1916) 11 november 1983
sir andrew fielding huxley, om., frs. (b. 1917) 11 november 1983
sir sidney robert nolan, om., ac., cbe., ara. (1917 - 1992) 11 november 1983
sir michael tippett, om., ch., cbe. (1905 - 1998) 11 november 1983
henry graham greene, om., ch. (1904 - 1991) 11 februari 1986
frederick sanger, om., ch., cbe., frs. (b. 1918) 11 februari 1986
air commodore sir frank whittle, om., kbe., cb., frs. (1907 - 1996) 11 februari 1986
yehudi, lord menuhin, om., kbe. (1916 - 1999) 25 februari 1987
sir ernst gombrich, om., cbe., fba. (1909 - 2001) 15 februari 1988
max ferdinand perutz, om., ch., cbe., frs. (1914 - 2002) 15 februari 1988
dame cicely saunders, om., dbe. (1918 - 2005) 30 november 1989
george porter, lord porter of luddenham, om., frs. (1920 - 2002) 30 november 1989
right hon. margaret thatcher, lady thatcher of kesteven, om., frs. (b. 1925) 7 desember 1990
dame joan sutherland, om., ac., dbe. (b. 1926) 27 november 1991
francis harry compton crick, om., frs. (1916 - 2004) 27 november 1991
dame ninette de valois, om., ch., dbe. (1898 - 2001) 17 november 1992
sir michael francis atiyah, om., prs. (b. 1929) 17 november 1992
lucian freud, om., ch. (b. 1922) 6 desember 1993
right hon. roy harris, lord jenkins of hillhead, om., fba. (1920 - 2003) 6 desember 1993
sir aaron klug, om., frs. (b. 1926) 23 oktober, 1995
sir john gielgud, om., ch. (1904 - 2000) 9 desember, 1996
alfred thompson, the lord denning, om. (1899 - 1999) 25 november, 1997]]
norman robert, the lord foster of thamesbank, om., ra. (b. 1935) 25 november, 1997
sir denis rooke, om., cbe., frs., feng. (1924 - 2008) 25 november, 1997
edward james ted hughes, om., obe. (1930 - 1998) 10 agustus, 1998
his eminence cardinal george basil hume, om., osb. archbishop of westminster (1923 - 1999) 25 mei, 1999
sir james whyte black, om., frcp., frs. (b. 1924) 9 mei, 2000
sir anthony caro, om., cbe. (b. 1924) 9 mei, 2000
sir roger penrose, om., frs. (b. 1931) 9 mei, 2000
sir tom stoppard, om., cbe., frsl. (b. 1937) 9 mei, 2000
the prince of wales , k.g., k.t., g.c.b., o.m., a.k., q.s.o., a.d.c. (b. 1948) 27 juni, 2002
lord may of oxford, om. (b. 1936) 28 oktober, 2002
jacob rothschild, 4th baron rothschild om., gbe., gm., frs. (b. 1936) 28 oktober, 2002
para anggota kehormatan terdahulu
daftar berikut para anggota kehormatan:
field marshal prince aritomo yamagata (jepang; 1906)
field marshal prince iwao oyama (jepang; 1906)
admiral of the fleet marquis heihachiro togo (jepang; 1906)
marshal and field marshal ferdinand foch (perancis; 1918)
marshal joseph joffre (perancis; 1919)
general of the army dwight eisenhower (amerika serikat; 1945)
john gilbert winant (amerika serikat; 1947)
albert schweitzer (perancis; 1955)
sarvepalli radhakrishnan (india; 1963)
bunda teresa (india; 1983)
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