Order of the White Elephant
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 the King of Thailand | |
Type | Military and Civilian Order |
Eligibility | Royal officials |
Awarded for | Five years service |
Status | Currently constituted |
Sovereign | King Vajiralongkorn |
Grades |
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 |
Former grades | 4 until 1902, 6 until 1909 |
Statistics | |
First induction | 1869 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of Rama |
Next (lower) | Order of the Crown of Thailand |
Ribbon bar of the Order of the Knight Grand Cordon |
The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (Thai: เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก; RTGS: Khrueang Ratcha-itsariyaphon An Pen Thi Choetchu Ying Chang Phueak) is an order of Thailand. It was established in 1861 by King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam. Along with the Order of the Crown of Thailand, it is regularly awarded to government officials for each five years of service, making it Thailand's most-awarded order.[1]
Class
The order consists of eight classes:
Ribbon | Class | Name | Postnominals | Former Name[2] | Established Date | Honor Class[3] |
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Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) | มหาปรมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Maha Paramaphon Chang Phueak) | KGE | - | 16 November 1909 | 8 | |
Knight Grand Cross (First Class) | ประถมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Prathamaphon Chang Phueak) | GCE | มหาวราภรณ์ Maha Waraphon | 1869 | 10 | |
Knight Commander (Second Class) | ทวีติยาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Thawitiyaphon Chang Phueak) | KCE | จุลวราภรณ์ Chunlawaraphon | 1869 | 15 | |
Commander (Third Class) | ตริตาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Tritaphon Chang Phueak) | CE | นิภาภรณ์ Niphaphon | 1869 | 23 | |
Companion (Fourth Class) | จัตุรถาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Chatturathaphon Chang Phueak) | OE | ภูษนาภรณ์ Phusanaphon | 1869 | 28 | |
Member (Fifth Class) | เบญจมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Benchamphon Chang Phueak) | ME | ทิพยาภรณ์ Thipphayaphon | 1873 | 33 | |
Gold Medalist (Sixth Class) | เหรียญทองช้างเผือก (Rian Thong Chang Phueak) | G.M.E | - | 20 July 1902 | 52 | |
Silver Medalist (Seventh Class) | เหรียญเงินช้างเผือก (Rian Ngoen Chang Phueak) | S.M.E | - | 20 July 1902 | 55 |
Selected recipients
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram - Knight Grand Cordon
- 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[4]
- The Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Knight Grand Cross
- Foster C. LaHue
- Sir Samuel Robinson, 1923.[5]
- Graves B. Erskine - Knight Grand Cross
- Arne Skaug.[6]
- Pierra Vejjabul[7]
- Frederick William Verney - Commander[8]
- Queen Victoria[9]
- General William Westmoreland - Knight Grand Cross
- Vice Admiral Józef Unrug
- Major General Richard Secord[10]
- Jiri Sitler - Knight Grand Cross (2006)[11]
- Lieutenant Commander Saman Kunan - Knight Grand Cross (2018)[12]
See also
References
- ↑ Regulation of the Office of the Prime Minister regarding nominations for the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant and the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, B.E. 2536. Royal Thai Government Gazette. 1993.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "A kormányzó érdemrendjei, kitüntetései és jelvényei" [The awards and badges of the governor]. Vitezirend.co.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ↑ "Capt. Samuel Robinson, Who Won Fame For Rescue Work in Jap Quake, Dies," New York Times. September 7, 1958.
- ↑ "Arne Skaug" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ↑ Windsor, Laura Lynn (2002). Women in medicine: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 204. ISBN 1-57607-392-0.
- ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Frederick William Verney". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ↑ "Court Circular". Court and Social. The Times (29924). London. 3 July 1880. col G, p. 11.
- ↑ "Major General Richard V. Secord". www.af.mil. United States Air Force. February 1982. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ↑ Jiri Sitler
- ↑ "Ex-Seal Saman posthumously promoted". Bangkok Post. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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