What is Order of Merit?
{{Infobox order |title = Order of Merit |image = [[File:Order of Merit Dorothy Hodgkin (cropped).jpg|200px|]] |caption = Insignia of the Order of Merit presented to [[Dorothy Hodgkin]], displayed in the [[Royal Society]] in [[London]] |awarded_by = the<br>[[File:Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg|30px]]<br>[[Commonwealth realm|sovereign of the Commonwealth realms]] |type = [[Dynastic order of knighthood|Dynastic order]] |motto = ''FOR MERIT'' |day = |eligibility = All living citizens of the [[Commonwealth realm]]s |for = At the monarch's pleasure |status = Currently awarded |head_title = Sovereign |head = [[Charles III]] |house = [[House of Windsor]] |chancellor = |commander = |grades = Member (OM) |former_grades = |date = 1902 |first_induction = |last_induction = |total = |recipients = |individual = |higher = [[#Precedence in each realm|Dependent on state]] |lower = [[#Precedence in each realm|Dependent on state]] |image2 = [[File:Sovereign of the Order of Merit ribbon.svg|150px]] |caption2 = Ribbon of the Order of Merit}} The '''Order of Merit''' ({{lang-fr|Ordre du Mérite}}){{#tag:ref|For use in Canada, which uses French and English as official languages at federal level.|group=n|name=Lingo}} is an award, for notable work in the [[armed forces]], [[science]], [[art]], [[literature]], or for the promotion of [[culture]]. The order was set up in 1902, by [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]]. Membership of the order is a personal gift of its Sovereign (the monarch does not take advice from politicians about who should be a member). The sovereign of the order is the reigning monarch of the [[Commonwealth realm]]s. The award is limited to 24 living recipients at any one time from these countries, plus a small number of honorary members.<ref name=RHOM>{{cite web| url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/Monar