Dames of Malta are female members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Their male counterparts are the Knights of Malta.
Prominent living Dames of Malta include:
Anne M. Burke
Bernadette Castro
Marie Isobel, Countess Cathcart
Mary Higgins Clark
Janne Haaland Matláry
Freda Payne
Sharon Rich
Karen Garver Santorum
Phyllis Schlafly
Marianna, Dowager Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley, served as High Sheriff of Kent (1981–82); widow of Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
Patricia Mary, Lady Talbot of Malahide (née Riddell)
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis
Princess Michael of Kent
Lady Jean Bertie (née Crichton-Stuart), mother of Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, first Grand Master of the Order of Malta since 1258 to hail from the English-speaking world
Csilla von Boeselager
Genevieve Garvan Brady, Dame of the Holy Sepulchre, holder of the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, founder of the Carroll Club (“for Catholic business girls”), philanthropist; Board Chairman Girl Scouts of the USA; 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 Boothe Luce
Dorothea Angela McElduff (1926–2013), Member of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and Dame of Malta
Emma, Lady Hamilton was awarded Petite Croix de l'Ordre de St. Jean de Jerusalem on 21 December 1799 by Czar Paul I of Russia for her bravery in aiding the starving Maltese during the British blockade of the occupying French. Emma, Lady Hamilton's Maltese Cross is currently on display, though not publicly catalogued, in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth along with the letter of award, written in French, signed by Paul I.
Mary McShain (née Mary J. Horstmann), great-niece of Bishop Ignatius F. Horstmann (the third Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland); widow of John McShain
Regina A. Quick, philanthropist
Lady Hilda Susan Northcote Swan, late wife of Sir Conrad Swan
Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria
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