Famous Members
- Colgate Darden, former president of the University of Virginia and Governor of Virginia.
- Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005
- Edgar Allan Poe
- James Madison (accepted honorary membership)
- James Monroe (accepted honorary membership)
- Jim Gilmore, Virginia Governor
- John Casteen, Former President of the University of Virginia
- Margaret Thatcher (accepted honorary membership)
- Woodrow Wilson
- Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley (accepted honorary membership)
- Gilbert du Motier (accepted honorary membership)
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