Dames of Malta
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Dames of Malta are female members of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta. Their male counterparts are the Knights of Malta.
Prominent living Dames of Malta include:
Prominent living Dames of Malta include:
- Dr Evelyn Billings
- Anne Burke
- Bernadette CastroBernadette CastroBernadette Castro is a New York politician and businesswoman who served in the Cabinet of former Governor George Pataki. She was the heir and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Castro Convertibles, a sofa business in New Hyde Park, New York. Castro sold the company to Krause...
- Marie Isobel, Countess Cathcart
- Mary Higgins ClarkMary Higgins ClarkMary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney , known professionally as Mary Higgins Clark, is an American author of suspense novels...
- Janne Haaland MatlaryJanne Haaland MatlaryDame Janne Haaland Matláry is a Norwegian political scientist, writer, and Christian Democrat politician.-Life:Matláry grew up in Mandal, in the south of Norway, and studied at the University of Oslo, attaining her doctorate in political science in 1994.She is a professor of international politics...
- Freda PayneFreda PayneFreda Charcilia Payne Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944. is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in...
- Sharon RichSharon RichSharon Rich has written eight books and edited and written over sixty magazine articles about 1930s singing stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. She was close friends for many years with Jeanette's older sister, actress Blossom Rock...
- Karen Garver Santorum
- Phyllis SchlaflyPhyllis SchlaflyPhyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly is a Constitutional lawyer and an American politically conservative activist and author who founded the Eagle Forum. She is known for her opposition to modern feminism ideas and for her campaign against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment...
- Marianna, widow of Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, and mother of Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley; High Sheriff of KentHigh Sheriff of KentThe High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...
(1981-82). - Patricia Mary, Lady Talbot of Malahide (née Riddell)
- Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und TaxisPrincess Elisabeth von Thurn und TaxisPrincess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis is a princess of the German Thurn und Taxis House...
- Princess Michael of KentPrincess Michael of KentPrincess Michael of Kent is an Austrian-Hungarian member of the British Royal Family. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, who is a grandson of King George V....
Deceased Dames of Malta
- Lady Jean Bertie (née Crichton-Stuart), mother of Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, the first Grand Master of the Order of Malta since 1258 to hail from the English-speaking world. †
- Csilla von BoeselagerCsilla von BoeselagerBaroness Csilla von Boeselager founded the Hungarian Maltese Charity Organisation in Germany, initiated the foundation of the Magyar Máltai Szeretet Szolgálat in Hungary and was a member of the Hungarian Dames of Malta.She was born Csilla Fényes, and after the World...
† - Genevieve Garvan BradyNicholas Frederic BradyNicholas Frederic Brady was a New York City businessman and philanthropist who was the first American to receive the Roman Catholic Church honor, the Ordine Supremo del Christo. He was the holder of several papal honors including being a papal duke.Born in Albany, New York, the son of...
, Dame of the Holy Sepulchre, holder of the Cross Pro Ecclesia et PontificePro Ecclesia et PontificeThe Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal is an award of the Roman Catholic Church. It is also known as the "Cross of Honour". The medal was established by Leo XIII on July 17, 1888, to commemorate his golden sacerdotal jubilee and was originally bestowed on those women and men who had aided and...
, founder of the Carroll Club (“for Catholic business girls”), philanthropist; Board Chairman Girls Scouts of America; Vice-President of the Welfare Council of New York † - Virginia A. Dwyer (1921-1997), Director/Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Rochester; and a Board member of Eaton Corporation, Schering-Plough, Borden, Southern Company, the Atlantic Companies, and Georgia Power. †
- Clare Ann Kalkwarf, Vice-President, Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard, the South African Relief Organisation of the Order of Malta; first South African woman to be invested as a Dame of Malta †
- Clare Booth Luce †
- Mary McShain (née Mary J. Horstmann)John McShainJohn McShain was a highly successful American building contractor known as "The Man Who Built Washington."...
, great-niece of Bishop Ignatius F. Horstmann (the third Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland); widow of John McShainJohn McShainJohn McShain was a highly successful American building contractor known as "The Man Who Built Washington."...
† - Regina A. QuickLeslie C. Quick Jr.Leslie C. Quick Jr. was co-founder of Quick & Reilly. He graduated from Widener University and, in 1974, co-founded Quick & Reilly, the first New York Stock Exchange member firm to offer discounted commissions to individuals and one of the nation's leading brokerage firms, expanding the business...
, philanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
† - Lady Hilda Susan Northcote SwanConrad SwanSir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Having been first appointed to work at the College in 1962, he rose to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms in 1992, a position he held until 1995...
, late wife of Sir Conrad SwanConrad SwanSir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Having been first appointed to work at the College in 1962, he rose to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms in 1992, a position he held until 1995...
† - Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two SiciliesPrincess Urraca of Bourbon-Two SiciliesPrincess Urraca Maria Isabella Carolina Aldegonda Carmela of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Family:Urraca was the sixth and youngest child of Prince Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two...
† - Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of BavariaPrincess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of BavariaPrincess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria was a daughter of the final King of Bavaria, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and his wife Maria Theresia of Austria-Este...
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