Order of the Bath Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order". He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never
Maid of honour maid of honour to Queen Alexandra. In 1912, King George V granted maids of honour the style of The Honourable, with precedence next after daughters of barons. At her coronation, Queen Elizabeth II had maids of honour who attended to her throughout the ceremony, especially carrying the trains of her robes. The Queen had six Maids of Honour: A "lady-in-waiting" is a woman who attends a female member of the Royal Family other than the queen regnant or queen consort. An attendant upon one of the latter is a "Lady of the Bedchamber" or "Woman of the Bedchamber", and the