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 (abbreviated SMOM).

Their male counterparts are the Knights of Malta.

Prominent Dames include(d):

• Bernadette Castro
• Karen Garver Santorum
• Mary Higgins Clark
• Clare Booth Luce
• Csilla von Boeselager
• Freda Payne
• Regina C. Quick, philanthropist; widow of Leslie C. Quick Jr.
• Marianna, widow of Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, and mother of Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley