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The order is limited to twenty-four members, but additional foreigners may be added as "honourary members". The order is open to women; Florence Nightingale was the first of them, being appointed in 1907. Members are entitled to the post-nominal "OM". The badge has the appearance of a red Maltese Cross surmounted by a golden crown.

The Indian Order of Merit , recognizing individual bravery by Indian military persons, was originally called "Order of Merit" when established in 1837, and was renamed when the present-day Order was established.

1 Current Members

• Sovereign: HM The Queen
• Members:
  • HRH The Duke of EdinburghHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten), styled HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (born June 10, 1921), is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Originally a Greek citiz KG KT OM GBE AC QSO PC ( 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the)
  • The Revd Prof. Owen ChadwickSir William Owen Chadwick OM, KBE (born 20 May 1916) is a British professor, writer and prominent theologian. His father, Sir Henry Chadwick, was also a prominent professor and writer. Chadwick attended the Tonbridge School and St John's College, Cambridg OM KBE ( 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu)
  • Sir Andrew HuxleySir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London, England, UK) is a British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve " action po OM ( 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu)
  • Dr Frederick Sanger OM ( 1986)
  • Dame Cicely Saunders OM DBE ( 1989)
  • The Rt Hon. The Baroness Thatcher LG OM PC ( 1990)
  • Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE ( 1991)
  • Sir Michael Atiyah OM ( 1992)
  • Lucian Freud OM CH ( 1993)
  • Sir Aaron Klug OM ( 1995)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM RA ( 1997)
  • Sir Denis Eric Rooke OM CBE ( 1997)
  • Sir James Black OM ( 2000)
  • Sir Anthony Alfred Caro OM CBE ( 2000)
  • Sir Roger Penrose OM ( 2000)
  • Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE ( 2000)
  • HRH The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC ADC ( 2002)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord May of Oxford OM AC ( 2002)
  • The Rt Hon. The Lord Rothschild OM GBE ( 2002)
• Honorary Members:
  • Nelson Mandela OM ( 1995)