The arms depicted here represent the shield of a Hereditary Commander of the Order of St John, augmented with a white cross in chief and superimposed on a Maltese cross, the whole encircled by the collar of the Order with its pendant. Engravings of the full achievement with crest and supporters, where applicable, of each family are also reproduced on each page.

Complete List of Hereditary Commanders

Russian Grand Priory

(Orthodox/Œcumenical)
Hereditary Family Commanders in the reign of Paul I
1799
Mr. Léon NARYSHKINE (Naryshkin)
Prince Nicolas de YOUSSOUPOFF (Yusupov)
Prince Boris de YOUSSOUPOFF (Yusupov)
Count Nicholas CHÉRÉMETEFF  (Sheremetev)
Baron Alexandre de STROGANOFF (Strogonov)
Count Grégoire SAMOILOFF (Samoilov)
Prince Alexandre de BELOSELSKY 
Prince Basile de DOLGOROUKY (Dolgoruky)
Mr Leon de DAVIDOFF (Davydov)
Prince Ivan de BORÄTINSKY (Bariatinsky, Boriatinsky)
Mr Nicolas de DEMIDOFF (Demidov)
Prince Basile de TROUBETSKOY (Trubetskoy)
Count Ivan de WORONTZOFF 
(Vorontzov)
Marquis Constantin de MARUZZI
Mr Pierre de BÉKÉTOFF (Beketov)
Prince Pierre de TOUFIAKIN (Tufiakin)
Mr Mathieu d’OLSOUFIEW(Olsufiev)
Mr Alexandre de GERBETZOFF 
(Zherbetzov)
Count Paul STROGANOFF (Stroganov)
Mr Porphyre de BOUTOURLIN (Buturlin)
1800 
Mr de POTEMKIN
Mr de TCHIRIKOW (Chirikov)

 

Russian Grand Priory

(Orthodox/Œcumenical)

Hereditary Family Commanders in the reign of Alexander I
1802
Prince KHILKOFF (Khilkov)
1805
Prince ODOÉVSKY

 

Russian Grand Priory

(Orthodox/Œcumenical)

Hereditary Knights with the rank of honorary Commander. 
1799/1800 
The Count de GOLOVKIN, first General in the service of Holland
The Count de GOLOVKIN, Senator
The Count de GOLOVKIN, Master of Ceremonies of Court
The Count de GOLOVKIN, Current Chamberlain
The Count de GOLOVKIN, Captain in the second Regiment of Semenovsk

Catholic Grand Priory of Russia 
1610*

Louis Prince RADZIVIL.

1774*
Casimir Comte PLATTER.
1775*

Adam Comte LOPOTT

Commanderie PLATTER, Comte Ogiarofski.
1797

Auguste Comte ILINSKI
1798
Michel Prince LUBOMIRSKI
François Prince SAPIEHA.
Octave Comte CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER.
Joseph Comte BORCH

1800
Joseph Comte KORVIN KOSSAKOWSKI

1804
Eugène Prince LUBOMIRSKI

1806
Joseph Calasantin Prince CZETWERTYNSKI

M. Leon D’OSZTROP
1808
Jean Josaphat Comte ZABA

Stanis1as Comte POTPOCKI.
* ex Polish Grand Priory (converted to Catholic Grand Priory of Russia 1797)

Hereditary Commanders in Paris 1928

Leo NARICHKINE (Naryshkin)
Count Dmitri CHÉRÉMETEFF (Sheremetev)
Prince Serge BELOSSELSKY-BELOZERSKY
Prince Serge DOLGOROUKI (Dolgoruky)
Denis DAVYDOFF (Davydov)
Paul DEMIDOFF(Demidov)
Prince Nikita TROUBETZKOY (Trubetskoy)
Count Hilarion WORONTZOFF-DACHKOFF (Vorontzov-Dashkov)
Count Dmitri OLSOUFIEFF (Olsufiev)
Dmitri JEREBZOFF (Zherbetzov)
Dmitri BOUTOURLINE (Buturlin)
Nicholas TCHIRIKOFF (Chirikov)

The thirteenth Hereditary Commander, Andrei Alexandrovitch Bariatinsky was not able to attend the meeting in June 1928. His uncle Prince Vladimir Vladimirovitch Bariatinsky was invited to join the Council of the Russian Grand Priory circa 1929. At the time the Council were seeking recognition from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and Prince Vladimir was a second cousin to Prince Don Ludovico Chigi della Rovere Albani, Bailiff  on the Sovereign Council and later Grandmaster of SMOM.
Present at the gathering in 1928 was Count Vladimir BORCH, a Hereditary Commander of the Catholic Grand Priory of Russia.
Also present were Aspirants for Knighthood, Prince Vladimir GALITZINE, Count Alexander MORDVINOFF, and Count Andre LANSKOI.

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