Gautier, Léon, translated from French by Henry Frith (1891). Chivalry. Glasglow: G. Routledge and Sons. pp.223. «Every knight has the power to create knights».
McCreery, Christopher (2008). Maple leaf and the white cross: a history of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Canada.. Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn. pp.26. ISBN9781550027402. «Before the Royal Charter of Incorporation of 1888, the Order of St. John had no official status in Britain or throughout the British Empire as an honour. The situation was not unlike that now experienced by bodies using the name designation The Order of St. Lazarus. The Order of St. John was simply a charitable organization that involved itself in the teaching of first aid ambulance duties that happened to have attached to it an order of chivalry; on that was unrecognized by all relevant authorities--the Order of Malta, Papal officials, and, most important, the government of the United Kingdom...The involvement of the Prince of Wales was central in affording legitimacy to the Order as it evolved from what was little more than a private club to an official British order of chivalry engaged in important charitable works».
Pitt-Rivers, Julian, Honor and Social Status, Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society, Jean G. Peristany, ed., 20-77 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965), 30.
«Queen and Honours». The Official website of the British Monarchy. London: The Royal Household. 2009. Archivado desde el original el 16 de enero de 2013. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2012. «As the 'fountain of honour' the Queen has the sole right of conferring all titles of honour, including life peerages, knighthoods and gallantry awards.»
«Queen and Honours». The Official website of the British Monarchy. London: The Royal Household. 2009. Archivado desde el original el 16 de enero de 2013. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2012. «As the 'fountain of honour' the Queen has the sole right of conferring all titles of honour, including life peerages, knighthoods and gallantry awards.»
JSP 761: Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces (2nd edición). London: Joint Service Publication, Ministry of Defense. May 2008. pp.12B-4. Archivado desde el original el 11 de junio de 2019. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2012. «only the Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John, The Royal Humane Society medals, Stanhope Gold Medal and the medal of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution may be worn on the right side of the chest».
JSP 761: Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces (2nd edición). London: Joint Service Publication, Ministry of Defense. May 2008. pp.12B-4. Archivado desde el original el 11 de junio de 2019. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2012. «only the Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John, The Royal Humane Society medals, Stanhope Gold Medal and the medal of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution may be worn on the right side of the chest».
«DomRaider». drimm.fr. Archivado desde el original el 27 de octubre de 2014. Consultado el 22 de agosto de 2019.
JSP 761: Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces (2nd edición). London: Joint Service Publication, Ministry of Defense. May 2008. pp.12B-4. Archivado desde el original el 11 de junio de 2019. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2012. «only the Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John, The Royal Humane Society medals, Stanhope Gold Medal and the medal of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution may be worn on the right side of the chest».
JSP 761: Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces (2nd edición). London: Joint Service Publication, Ministry of Defense. May 2008. pp.12B-4. Archivado desde el original el 11 de junio de 2019. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2012. «only the Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John, The Royal Humane Society medals, Stanhope Gold Medal and the medal of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution may be worn on the right side of the chest».
