List of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
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Below is a List of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's
creation in 1917 until the present day:
1946 Hamdan suliman AL-Bluwi
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
creation in 1917 until the present day:
1910s
- 1917: The Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
, The Lord CunliffeWalter Cunliffe, 1st Baron CunliffeWalter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe GBE was Governor of the Bank of England from 1913 to 1918, during the critical World War I era. He was created 1st Baron Cunliffe in 1914.-Early life and education:...
, Robert YoungerRobert Younger, Baron BlanesburghRobert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh GBE, PC, QC was a Scottish barrister and judge.The son of James Younger and Janet McEwan, and younger brother of the 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in...
, The Viscount Gladstone, Sir Eric GeddesEric Campbell GeddesSir Eric Campbell-Geddes GCB, GBE, PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1917 and 1919 and as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921....
, Arthur StanleyArthur StanleySir Arthur Stanley, GCVO, GBE, CB was a British Conservative politician.Born Hon. Arthur Stanley, he was the third son of Frederick Stanley, Lord Stanley and travelled to Canada with his father on the latter's appointment as Governor General of Canada in 1888, becoming an ice hockey player and a...
, The Lord EmmottAlfred Emmott, 1st Baron EmmottAlfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott GCMG, GBE, PC was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.-Background and education:...
, The Lord Moulton, The Lord Sydenham of CombeGeorge Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of CombeGeorge Sydenham Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe GCSI, GCIE, GCMG, GBE was a British colonial administrator and British Army officer.-Background and education:Clarke was born in Lincolnshire...
, The Lord StrathclydeAlexander Ure, 1st Baron StrathclydeAlexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde GBE was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at the University of Glasgow he was admitted to membership of the Faculty of Advocates in 1878....
, The Lord CunliffeWalter Cunliffe, 1st Baron CunliffeWalter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe GBE was Governor of the Bank of England from 1913 to 1918, during the critical World War I era. He was created 1st Baron Cunliffe in 1914.-Early life and education:...
, Eric Campbell GeddesEric Campbell GeddesSir Eric Campbell-Geddes GCB, GBE, PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1917 and 1919 and as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921....
, Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet, Mr. Justice SankeyJohn Sankey, 1st Viscount SankeyJohn Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey GBE, KStJ, PC, KC was a prominent British lawyer, judge and Labour politician, famous for many of his judgments in the House of Lords...
, Alexander McDowellAlexander McDowellAlexander McDowell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IVKrishna Raja Wadiyar IVKrishna Raja Wadiyar IV , also known popularly as Nalvadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar , was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Mysore from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is regarded as one of the most celebrated rulers among the Indian States when India was still under British rule...
, the Maharajah of Mysore. - 1918: John Pentland MahaffyJohn Pentland MahaffyThe Rev. John Pentland Mahaffy GBE CVO was an Irish classicist and polymathic scholar.-Education and interests:...
, Richard Garton, Sir Thomas Dunlop, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Dunlop, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Dunlop, 1st Baronet, GBE was a Scottish businessman.Dunlop was the eldest son of Thomas Dunlop , a grain merchant and founder of the shipping company, Thomas Dunlop & Sons, and his wife, Robina...
, The Earl of LiverpoolArthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool-References:...
, The Earl of PlymouthRobert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of PlymouthRobert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth GBE, CB, PC , known as The Lord Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background:...
, Sir William Plender, Sir Howard SpicerHoward SpicerHoward Handley Spicer, Sir, KBE, was a prominent papermaker and wholesale stationer and a magazine editor... - 1919: Sir Henry SclaterHenry SclaterGeneral Sir Henry Crichton Sclater GCB GBE was a British Army General during World War I.-Military career:Henry Sclater was commissioned the Royal Artillery in 1875....
, The Lord RaglanGeorge Somerset, 3rd Baron RaglanGeorge FitzRoy Henry Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan GBE, CB , styled The Honourable George Somerset until 1884, was a British soldier and Conservative politician...
, The Viscount PeelWilliam Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl PeelWilliam Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI, GBE, PC, TD was a British politician.-Background and education:...
, Walter Durnford, Sir Charles Ellis, Sir Edward Ward, 1st Baronet,
1920s
- 1920: Sir Alexander GibbAlexander GibbBrigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb GBE CB FRS was a Scottish civil engineer.Gibb was born in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, the son of the civil engineer, Alexander Easton Gibb, and the grandson of John Gibb, a founder member of the Institution of Civil Engineers...
, Sir Percy Bates, 4th Baronet, Herbert SamuelHerbert Samuel, 1st Viscount SamuelHerbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Early years:...
, The Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston GBE PC , born Aretas Akers and known as Aretas Akers-Douglas between 1875 and 1911, was a British Conservative statesman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until he was raised to the peerage in 1911...
, Sir Robert Kindersley, Sir Henry Babington SmithHenry Babington SmithSir Henry Babington Smith GBE CH KCB CSI was a senior British civil servant.Smith was born in Jordanhill, the son of the lawyer and mathematician Archibald Smith. His brothers were James Parker Smith, later an MP, and Arthur Hamilton Smith, later Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the...
, Sir Alexander Baird, 1st BaronetSir Alexander Baird, 1st BaronetSir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Baronet, GBE was Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire from 1889 to 1918 and later served as president of the Permanent Arbitration Board in Egypt....
, The Earl of MeathReginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of MeathReginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath KP GCVO GBE PC was a British politician and philanthropist.The Honourable Reginald Brabazon was born in London, second son of Lord Brabazon. When his father succeeded as 11th Earl of Meath in 1851, Reginald, now heir , was styled Lord Brabazon...
, Sir Edward Cox - 1921: The Earl of ScarbroughAldred Lumley, 10th Earl of ScarbroughMajor-General Aldred Frederick George Beresford Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough, KG, GBE, KCB, GStJ was a British peer and soldier. His first name is sometimes rendered as Alfred, not Aldred....
- 1922: Evelyn CecilEvelyn Cecil, 1st Baron RockleyEvelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, GBE, PC was a British, Conservative Party politician.Born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square in the heart of London's Mayfair, Cecil was the eldest son of Lord Eustace Cecil and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford...
, Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd BaronetPhilip SassoonSir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE, CMG , was a British politician, art collector and social host, entertaining many celebrity guests at his homes, Port Lympne, Kent, and Trent Park, Hertfordshire, England.-Family:Sassoon was a member of the prominent Sassoon family and...
, The Viscount St DavidsJohn Philipps, 1st Viscount St DavidsJohn Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids PC was a British peer and former Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid Lanarkshire 1888–1894 and Pembrokeshire 1898–1908. He was educated at Felsted School....
, John Lewis - 1923: Sir Reginald Tupper, Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet, Sir Guy GranetGuy GranetSir William Guy Granet, GBE trained as a barrister but became a noted railway administrator, first as general manager of the Midland Railway then as a director-general in the War Office.-Biography:...
, Sir Francis ChaplinFrancis ChaplinSir Francis Percy Drummond Chaplin served as administrator for the British South Africa Company in Southern Rhodesia from 1914 to 1923. He succeeded William Milton....
, Sir Harry Lamb, Sir Lee StackLee StackSir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack was a British army officer and Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. On 19 November 1924, he was shot and assassinated while driving through Cairo.... - 1924: Sir Howard Frank, 1st Baronet, Josiah StampJosiah Stamp, 1st Baron StampJosiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Bt, GCB, GBE, FBA, was a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician, writer, and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.Josiah was born in London, the third of seven...
, Sir Alexander DuffAlexander Ludovic DuffAdmiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff GCB GBE KCVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.-Naval career:...
, Mansfeldt Findlay - 1925: Ignacy Jan PaderewskiIgnacy Jan PaderewskiIgnacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...
- 1926: The Lord QueenboroughAlmeric Paget, 1st Baron QueenboroughAlmeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough GBE was born into a noble family, but left school with only £5 to his name...
, Sir Travers ClarkeTravers ClarkeLieutenant General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke GBE KCB KCMG was a British Army officer who served in the South African War and the First World War. During the First World War, he held various staff positions; he was Quartermaster-General to the Armies in France from 1917 to 1921, when he became... - 1927: Edward YoungEdward Hilton Young, 1st Baron KennetSir Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, GBE, PC , was a British politician and writer.- Family and early life :...
, The Earl of CavanFrederick Lambart, 10th Earl of CavanField Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British Army officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff.-Army career:...
, Samuel Hoare, Jagatjit Singh BahadurJagatjit Singh BahadurJagatjit Singh Bahadur was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Kapurthala in the British Empire of India from 1877 until his death... - 1928: The Lord PhillimoreWalter Phillimore, 1st Baron PhillimoreWalter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore PC , known as Sir Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baronet, from 1885 to 1918, was a British lawyer and judge.-Biography:...
, Sir William Horwood - 1929: Sir William McLintock, Sir Harold Bowden, 2nd BaronetSir Harold Bowden, 2nd BaronetSir Harold Bowden, 2nd Baronet, GBE , was the chairman and chief executive of the Raleigh Bicycle Company and Sturmey-Archer Ltd from his father's death in 1921 until his own retirement in 1938...
, Sir Beilby Alston, Sir Philip Cunliffe-ListerPhilip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of SwintonPhilip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton GBE, CH, MC, PC , known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.-Background and early life:Born as Philip Lloyd-Graeme, he was the...
, Bolton Eyres-MonsellBolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount MonsellBolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.His parents were Lt.Col...
1930s
- 1932: The Lord Baden-PowellRobert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-PowellRobert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Bt, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB , also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement....
, Sir Robert GibsonRobert Gibson (businessman)Sir Robert Gibson, GBE, was a Scottish-born Australian businessman, a president of the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia.-Early life:... - 1934: John ReithJohn Reith, 1st Baron ReithJohn Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom...
, Alan AndersonAlan Garrett AndersonSir Alan Garrett Anderson GBE DL was a British civil servant and shipowner.- Early life and career:Anderson was born in 1877 to James George Skelton Anderson and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. Anderson's father was a shipping magnate who merged the family shipping business, Anderson, Anderson & Co.,... - 1935; Edward Wentworth BeattyEdward Wentworth BeattySir Edward Wentworth Beatty, GBE was a Canadian lawyer, university chancellor, and businessman. He was president of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1918 to 1943, chancellor of Queen's University from 1919 to 1923, and chancellor of McGill University from 1920 to 1943.He studied at Upper Canada...
- 1937: Sir Frederic Dreyer, Sir Archibald CameronArchibald Rice CameronGeneral Sir Archibald Rice Cameron of Locheil GBE KCB CMG was a British Army General during the 1930s.-Military career:...
, Sir Ernest Strohmenger - 1938: The Earl of OnslowRichard Onslow, 5th Earl of OnslowRichard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE, PC , styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.-Background and education:...
, Sir Andrew Duncan, BaronBaronBaron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
Carl Gustaf Emil MannerheimCarl Gustaf Emil MannerheimBaron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and a Finnish statesman. He was Regent of Finland and the sixth President of Finland... - 1939: Sir Frank SmithFrank Edward SmithSir Frank Edward Smith, GCB, GBE, FRS was a British physicist.He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918. His candidacy citation read: "Principal Assistant in the National Physical Laboratory . Author of a number of papers dealing with electrical units which have appeared in the...
1940s
- 1941: Sir Henry WilsonHenry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron WilsonField Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO , also known as "Jumbo" Wilson, saw active service in the Second Boer War and First World War, and became a senior British general in the Middle East and Mediterranean during the Second World War...
- 1942: The Lord RiverdaleArthur Balfour, 1st Baron RiverdaleArthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale GBE , known as Sir Arthur Balfour, 1st Baronet, from 1929 to 1935, was a British steel manufacturer.Balfour was the son of Herbert Balfour...
- 1943: Sir Thomas BlameyThomas BlameyField Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars, and the only Australian to date to attain the rank of field marshal....
- 1944: Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd BaronetCowasji JehangirSir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet, GBE, KCIE was a prominent member of the Bombay Parsi community. He was the son of Sir Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, 1st Bt...
- 1945: Sir James Lithgow, 1st BaronetSir James Lithgow, 1st BaronetSir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet CB GBE MC TD was a Scottish industrialist who played a major role in restructuring the British shipbuilding and steelmaking industries in the 1930s in addition to playing an important role in formulating public policy and supervising wartime production.-Early...
, Salote Tupou III of TongaSalote Tupou III of TongaSālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tupou III, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DStJ , but usually named only Sālote, was Queen of Tonga from 5 April 1918 to her death in 1965.-Personal history:... - 1946: The Lord IliffeEdward Iliffe, 1st Baron IliffeEdward Mauger Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe , was a British newspaper magnate, public servant and Conservative Member of Parliament.Iliffe was the son of William Isaac Iliffe, a publisher and Justice of the Peace, of Allesley near Coventry...
, William SlimWilliam Slim, 1st Viscount SlimField Marshal William Joseph "Bill"'Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia....
, Sir Harold Howitt, Sir Thomas BarlowThomas Dalmahoy BarlowSir Thomas Dalmahoy Barlow, GBE was a British businessman and art historian.Barlow was the second son of the royal physician Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet, and his wife Ada Dalmahoy. His brother was Alan Barlow, 2nd Bt...
, Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan ChhatariMuhammad Ahmad Said Khan ChhatariLieutenant Colonel Saeed ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari, GBE, KCSI, KCIE, LL.D also known as Nawab of Chhatari was Governor of the United Provinces, Chief Minister of United Provinces, President of the Executive Council of the Nizam of Hyderabad Lieutenant Colonel Saeed... - 1947: Sir John ChancellorJohn Chancellor (British administrator)Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Chancellor, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO was a British soldier and colonial official.After a career in the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers, which included service on the North West Frontier and being Secretary of the Colonial Defence Committee, he became a...
, Sir Victor Sassoon, 3rd BaronetVictor SassoonSir Ellice "Victor" Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE was a businessman and hotelier from the Sassoon banking family. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father Edward Elias Sassoon in 1924...
, The Lord AlnessRobert Munro, 1st Baron AlnessRobert Munro, 1st Baron Alness GBE, PC, KC, DL was a Scottish lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland between 1916 and 1922 in David Lloyd George's coalition government and as Lord Justice Clerk between 1922 and 1933.-Background and education:Munro was born in... - 1949: Sir Walter MoberlyWalter Hamilton MoberlySir Walter Hamilton Moberly, GBE, KCB, Kt, DSO was a British academic.-Life:The son of Rev. Robert Campbell Moberly and the grandson of George Moberly, he was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford...
, Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd BaronetBrian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of OakridgeGeneral Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC , known as Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet, from 1933 to 1961, was a British Army General....
1950s
- 1950: Sir Ralph CochraneRalph CochraneAir Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane, GBE, KCB, AFC, RAF was a British pilot and Royal Air Force officer, perhaps best known for his role in Operation Chastise, the famous "Dambusters" raid....
, Sir Kenneth Stewart, Sir Malcolm Eve, 1st Baronet, The Earl of IlchesterGiles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of IlchesterGiles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester GBE, FSA, DL , styled Lord Stavordale until 1905, was a British peer and philanthropist.-Background and education:... - 1951: The Earl of CrawfordDavid Lindsay, 28th Earl of CrawfordDavid Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, KT, GBE , known as Lord Balniel from 1913 to 1940, was a British Unionist politician....
, The Lord Porter - 1953: The Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
, The Lord Brabazon of TaraJohn Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of TaraJohn Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, GBE, MC, PC was an English aviation pioneer and Conservative politician...
, Sir Guy Russell, The Earl of LimerickEdmond Pery, 5th Earl of LimerickColonel Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, GBE CH KCB DSO TD was a British peer and soldier.Pery was the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Limerick and his second wife, Isabella, and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford...
, Sir Alvary Trench-Gascoigne, The Lord LlewellinJohn Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron LlewellinColonel John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin GBE, PC, MC, TD was a British army officer, Conservative Party politician and minister in Winston Churchill's war government.-Background:... - 1954: Sir Noël Bowater, 2nd BaronetNoël Vansittart BowaterSir Noël Vansittart Bowater, 2nd Baronet, of Friston, GBE was Lord Mayor of London from 1953 to 1954, the eldest son of Sir Frank Bowater, 1st Baronet and his wife Ethel Anita née Fryar.-Career:...
, The Lord AberdareClarence Bruce, 3rd Baron AberdareClarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, GBE , styled The Honourable from 1895 to 1929, was a British military officer, cricketer, tennis player, and also an excellent golfer... - 1955: Sir William RootesWilliam Rootes, 1st Baron RootesWilliam Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE was a noted Coventry motor manufacturer and the innovative Chairman of the Promotion Committee which founded the University of Warwick.-Early life:...
, The Viscount Esher - 1956: The Earl De La WarrHerbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La WarrHerbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr, GBE, PC, DL, JP , styled Lord Buckhurst until 1915 , was a British politician. He was the first hereditary peer to join the Labour Party and became a government minister at the age of 23...
, Sir Christopher Warner - 1957: The Lord HailesPatrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron HailesPatrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...
, Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of DalhousieSimon Ramsay, 16th Earl of DalhousieSimon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO, GBE, MC, DL was a British land-owner, statesman and politician.... - 1958: Sir Walter CitrineWalter Citrine, 1st Baron CitrineWalter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine, GBE, PC was a British trade unionist and politician....
, Denis Wyatt, Sir Harold Yarrow, 2nd Baronet, Claude PellyClaude PellyAir Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly GBE, KCB, MC, ADC, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the middle of the 20th century.-RAF career:...
, Sir Denis Truscott - 1959: The Viscount KemsleyJames Berry, 1st Viscount KemsleyJames Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley GBE was a Welsh newspaper publisher.Berry was born the son of John Mathias and Mary Ann Berry, the third of three brothers from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales....
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1960s
- 1960: Sir Gerald GladstoneGerald GladstoneGerald Gladstone was a Canadian sculptor and painter. Born in Toronto, Canada, as a child Gladstone was as committed to music as he was to painting, teaching himself to play the clarinet and forming a jazz band.-Biography:...
, The Lord CottesloeJohn Fremantle, 4th Baron CottesloeJohn Walgrave Halford Fremantle, 4th Baron Cottesloe, 5th Baron Fremantle, GBE, TD was Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and the South Bank Theatre Board....
, Sir Ellis Hunter - 1961: Ivan StedefordIvan StedefordSir Ivan Arthur Rice Stedeford, GBE was a British industrialist and philanthropist.Stedeford was Chairman and Managing Director of Tube Investments and one of Britain's leading 20th-century industrialists....
, The Earl of BandonPercy Bernard, 5th Earl of BandonAir Chief Marshal Percy Ronald Gardner Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon, GBE, CB, CVO, DSO, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century. He was a squadron, station and group commander during World War II and the fifth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps after the War... - 1963: The Earl of SelkirkGeorge Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of SelkirkGroup Captain George "Geordie" Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, KT, GCMG, GBE, AFC, AE, PC, QC , was a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician.-Early life:...
- 1964: James Harman
- 1965: Sir James Miller
- 1966: Sir Lionel Denny
- 1967: Sir Alexander BustamanteAlexander BustamanteSir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, National Hero of Jamaica was a Jamaican politician and labour leader....
- 1968: The Duke of NorfolkBernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of NorfolkBernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who died when Bernard was only 9 years old...
- 1969: Sir Kenneth DarlingKenneth DarlingGeneral Sir Kenneth Thomas Darling GBE KCB DSO was a senior British Army officer who was Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1967 to 1969.-Early life:...
, David LeeDavid Lee (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir David John Pryer Lee GBE CB RAF was a senior Royal Air Force officer during World War II and a senior commander in the in the 1950s and early 1960s.-RAF career:...
1970s
- 1970: The Lord Thomson of FleetRoy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of FleetRoy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE was a Canadian newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur.-Career:...
, Ian Frank BowaterIan Frank BowaterLieutenant Colonel Sir Ian Frank Bowater, GBE, DSO, TD was Lord Mayor of London from 1969 to 1970, the youngest son of Sir Frank Bowater, 1st Baronet , and Ethel Anita Fryar.-Career:... - 1972: Sir Edward Howard, 2nd Baronet, Sir Henry Bolte
- 1973: The Lord MartonmereJohn Robinson, 1st Baron MartonmereJohn Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere, GBE KCMG PC , was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Governor of Bermuda from 1964 to 1972....
- 1974: The Lord ShawcrossHartley Shawcross, Baron ShawcrossHartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, GBE, PC, KC was a British barrister and politician and the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal.- Early life :...
, Jack MarshallJack MarshallSir John Ross Marshall, GBE, CH, , generally known as Jack Marshall, was a New Zealand politician. After spending twelve years as Deputy Prime Minister, he served as the 28th Prime Minister for most of 1972....
, Henry Fox - 1975: The Lord RothschildVictor Rothschild, 3rd Baron RothschildNathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, GBE, GM, FRS was a biologist by training, a cricketer and a member of the prominent Rothschild family...
, Lindsay Ring - 1976: Sir Hugh Bullock, first US Citizen to receive this honour £, Sir Murray MacLehose, Robin GillettRobin GillettSir Robin Danvers Penrose Gillett, 2nd Baronet, GBE, RD , was Lord Mayor of London 1976-77. He was also Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod 1985 – 30 November 2000.-Family and education:...
, Sir Richard Ward - 1977: Robert MarkRobert MarkSir Robert Mark, GBE, QPM was an English police officer who served as Chief Constable of Leicester City Police, and later as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 1972 to 1977....
, Peter WhitePeter WhitePeter White, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.White was born into a family that had established its homestead at the junction of the Muskrat and Ottawa Rivers where the town of Pembroke, Ontario was soon established...
, Peter VanneckPeter VanneckAir Commodore Sir Peter Beckford Rutgers Vanneck, GBE, CB, AFC, AE, DL was a British Royal Navy officer, jet pilot, engineer, stockbroker and politician... - 1978: Ronald DavisonRonald DavisonSir Ronald Keith Davison, GBE, CMG, QC was the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989.Sir Ronald headed the government inquiry into certain matters related to overseas company taxation, popularly known as the Winebox Inquiry. This involved allegations against a number of parties...
, Peter Le CheminantPeter Le CheminantAir Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacy Le Cheminant GBE KCB DFC & Bar was Vice-Chief of Defence Staff.-Military career:Educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the RAF College, Cranwell, Le Cheminant was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1939...
, Kenneth CorkKenneth CorkSir Kenneth Russell Cork GBE was a British accountant and insolvency expert, and the Lord Mayor of London from 1978-1979. He is best known for chairing a major review of UK insolvency law .He was a partner in Cork Gully, a well-known firm of insolvency... - 1979: Peter GadsdenPeter GadsdenSir Peter Drury Haggerston Gadsden, GBE, AC, JP was a Canadian born British chartered engineer and globe-trotting trader. He was the 652nd Lord Mayor of London in 1979 and 1980.-Background:...
, Kan Yuet Keung, The Earl St AldwynMichael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St AldwynMichael John Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn PC, GBE TD was a British Conservative politician.St Aldwyn was the only son of Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington, who was killed in action in 1916, and the grandson of Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn. His mother was Marjorie, who also...
, David Smiles, Ned G. Kendall Jr.
1980s
- 1980: Hugh BeachHugh BeachGeneral Sir Hugh Beach, GBE, KCB, MC is a British soldier who, in retirement, researches and advises on defence policy, arms control and disarmament, with an active interest in promoting concerns about ethical issues of peace and war....
, Ronald Gardner-Thorpe - 1981: Robert FreerRobert FreerAir Chief Marshal Sir Robert William George Freer GBE KCB is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command.-RAF career:...
, Christopher Leaver - 1982: Francis Vallat, Anthony Farrar-HockleyAnthony Farrar-HockleyGeneral Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC , affectionately known as 'Farrar the Para' , was a British soldier and a military historian who distinguished himself in a number of British conflicts...
, Anthony MortonAnthony MortonAdmiral Sir Anthony Storrs Morton GBE KCB was Vice-Chief of Defence Staff.-Naval career:Educated at Loretto School, Morton was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941 during World War II....
, Anthony Jolliffe - 1984: Alan Traill, John Gingell
- 1985: Allan DavisAllan DavisAllan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002...
, Frank KitsonFrank KitsonGeneral Sir Frank Edward Kitson GBE, KCB, MC and Bar, DL is a retired British Army officer and writer on military subjects, notably low intensity operations... - 1986: David Rowe-Ham
- 1987: Faisal Alhegelan, Greville Spratt, Kenneth NewmanKenneth NewmanSir Kenneth Leslie Newman, GBE, QPM was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 1982 to 1987 and Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary from 1976 to 1980...
, The Lord Plowden - 1988: Kenneth BerrillKenneth BerrillSir Kenneth Berrill, GBE, KCB, was an English economist and public servant.Throughout his career, he held a number of posts including head of the Central Policy Review Staff from 1974 to 1980 and the chairmanship of the Securities and Investments Board until 1988....
, Christopher Collett, Taher Nashat Masri, Caspar WeinbergerCaspar WeinbergerCaspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger , was an American politician, vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation, and Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987, making him the third longest-serving defense secretary to date, after... - 1989: Hugh Bidwell, Chung Sze YuenChung Sze YuenSir Sze-yuen Chung, GBE, GBM is a mechanical engineer, industrialist, business executive and politician in Hong Kong. He succeeded Sir Yuet Keung Kan, as the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in 1980 and served in the latter body until his first retirement...
, Thomas EichelbaumThomas EichelbaumSir Johann Thomas Eichelbaum, GBE, QC was the eleventh Chief Justice of New Zealand.-Early life:He was born in Königsberg, Germany, and his family emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand in 1938 to escape the persecution of Jews...
, David Harcourt-SmithDavid Harcourt-SmithAir Chief Marshal Sir David Harcourt-Smith GBE KCB DFC is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Support Command.-RAF career:...
, Sandy WoodwardSandy WoodwardAdmiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward GBE, KCB is a British Admiral who commanded the British Naval Force in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.-Naval career:...
, David Alliance
1990s
- 1990: Alexander Graham, Tasker WatkinsTasker WatkinsThe Rt Hon Sir Tasker Watkins VC GBE PC was a Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice...
, Richard VincentRichard Vincent, Baron Vincent of ColeshillField Marshal Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, GBE, KCB, DSO , was Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces... - 1991: Jeremy Black, Patrick HinePatrick HineAir Chief Marshal Sir Patrick "Paddy" Bardon Hine GCB, GBE is a former senior Royal Air Force commander. Most notably, he was joint commander of all British forces during the first Gulf War.-RAF career:...
, Brian Jenkins, Ian Knowles - 1992: Anthony SkingsleyAnthony SkingsleyAir Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley GBE KCB RAF is a former senior Royal Air Force commander.-RAF career:Educated at St Bartholomew's School in Newbury and the University of Cambridge, Skingsley joined the Royal Air Force in 1955...
, Francis McWilliams, - 1994: Kenneth EatonKenneth EatonAdmiral Sir Kenneth John Eaton GBE KCB is a Royal Navy officer who served as Controller of the Navy between 1989 and 1994.-Naval career:...
- 1997: John WillisJohn WillisAir Chief Marshal Sir John Frederick Willis GBE, KCB, FRAeS , was a senior Royal Air Force officer.-Flying career:...
, The Lord Keith of KinkelHenry Keith, Baron Keith of KinkelHenry Shanks Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel GBE, PC, QC was a Scottish judge.He was educated in the Edinburgh Academy, at the Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Law... - 1998: William WrattenBill WrattenAir Chief Marshal Sir William John Wratten GBE, CB, AFC was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Strike Command from 1994.-Flying career:...
, The Lord RothschildJacob Rothschild, 4th Baron RothschildNathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Bt, OM, GBE, FBA is a British investment banker and a member of the prominent Rothschild family of bankers... - 1999: Peter AbbottPeter AbbottAdmiral Sir Peter Charles Abbott GBE KCB is a former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.-Naval career:Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, Abbott was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1964...
, Stephen BrownStephen Brown (judge)Sir Stephen Brown, GBE is a judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal and a President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales.-Personal life:...
, George J. MitchellGeorge J. MitchellGeorge John Mitchell, Jr., is the former U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace under the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995...
2000s
- 2000: Zafar Jung Khan
- 2000: Edward George
- 2002: Anthony BagnallAnthony BagnallAir Chief Marshal Sir Anthony John Crowther "Tony" Bagnall, GBE, KCB, FRAeS is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.- Flying career :...
, Michael PerryMichael Sydney PerrySir Michael Sydney Perry GBE is a former Chairman of Centrica Plc.; a post he held from 1997 until 10 May 2004. He is currently on the Business Advisory Forum of Oxford Said Business School.-References:...
, Ronald WaterhouseRonald WaterhouseSir Ronald Waterhouse, GBE, QC was a retired High Court judge who led a three-year inquiry into the Wales child abuse scandal in the 1990s. Ronald Gough Waterhouse was born in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK... - 2004: Cyril Taylor
- 2007: David CookseyDavid CookseySir David James Scott Cooksey, GBE is a British businessman, venture capitalist and politician.David Cooksey gained a degree in metallurgy at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford...
, Timothy Granville-ChapmanTimothy Granville-ChapmanGeneral Sir Timothy John Granville-Chapman, GBE, KCB, ADC Gen is a former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces. He presently holds the ceremonial position of Master Gunner, St James's Park.- Military career :...
2010s
- 2011: John Palmer, 4th Earl of SelborneJohn Palmer, 4th Earl of SelborneJohn Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne, GBE, FRS, FIBiol is a British peer and businessman. He is one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999....
, Lord Weidenfeld, Mervyn KingMervyn King (economist)An ex-officio member of the Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary Policy Committee since its inception in 1997, Sir Mervyn is the only person to have taken part in every one of its monthly meetings to date. His voting style is often seen as "hawkish", a perspective that emphasises the dangers of...
, Sir Paul Fuller