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)
Russian Grand Priory (Orthodox/Œcumenical) Hereditary Family Commanders in the reign of Alexander I
| Russian Grand Priory (Orthodox/Œcumenical) Hereditary Knights with the rank of honorary Commander. Catholic Grand Priory of Russia Louis Prince RADZIVIL. 1774* Adam Comte LOPOTT Commanderie PLATTER, Comte Ogiarofski. Auguste Comte ILINSKI 1800 1804 1806 M. Leon D’OSZTROP Stanis1as Comte POTPOCKI. |
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.