|
United
Kingdom: Orders, Decorations, and Awards |
Distinctions
and Recipients |
Orders |
Name
|
Tenure |
|
Knights
of the Bath
Extant from c. 1389
|
Arthur,
Prince of Wales |
1489;
†1502 |
Tudor
(201) |
Henry
VIII, K of England |
1494;
†1547 |
Tudor
(201) |
Charles
I, K of England |
1605;
†1649 |
Stuart
(414) |
|
1567;
†1630 |
Wise
(3425) |
|
1661;
†1675 |
Wise
(3425) |
 |
Most
Honourable Order of the Bath
Established
1725 by King George I
|
Great Masters |
|
1901;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Knights Grand Cross |
|
1865;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
Military
|
Knights Grand Cross |
|
1815;
†1942 |
Hanover
(2857) |
|
1898;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Knights Commander |
|
†1815 |
Gardner
(2359) |
|
1890;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Companions |
|
†1878 |
Gardner
(2359) |
|
1882;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
|
1917;
†1942 |
•••• |
Civil
|
Knights/Dames Grand Cross |
|
1857;
†1862 |
Wyse
(3425A) |
Honorary
|
Knights Grand Cross |
|
1995;
†2006 |
Al-Sabah
(1) |
|
2012;
†2020 |
Al-Sabah
(1) |
 |
Order
of the British Empire
Established
1917 by King George V
|
Grand
Masters |
|
1953;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
First
Principal Knight |
|
1953;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
Knights/Dames Grand Cross |
|
1917;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Krishnaraja
Wadiyar IV, Mhrja of Mysore |
1917;
†1940 |
Wadiyar (1451) |
Ellen Terry |
1925;
†1928 |
Terry (4891) |
Georgina Born |
2016;
*1955 |
Born
(4192) |
Knights/Dames Commander |
Commander |
Edward T. Cook |
1917;
†1919 |
(2855.1) |
Campbell
Dodgson |
†1948 |
Dodgson
(4323) |
|
1958;
†1966 |
•••• |
Officer |
Laurence Irving |
†1988 |
Irving
(2855.1) |
Elizabeth
Irving |
1964;
†2003 |
Irving
(2855.1) |
Member |
 |
Crown
of India
Instituted
1878 by Queen Victoria
|
 |
Distinguished
Service Order
Established
1886 by Queen Victoria
|
|
†1937 |
Dodgson
(4323) |
|
†1955 |
Dodgson
(4323) |
 |
Most
Noble Order of the Garter
Founded
1348 by King Edward III
|
Sovereigns |
Edward
III, K of England
|
†1377
|
Plantagenet |
Elizabeth
II, Q of the United Kingdom
|
1952-2022†
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
Charles
III, K of the United Kingdom
|
2022-;
*1948
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
Lieutenant |
Henry
Fitzroy, D of Richmond |
1533;
†1536 |
Tudor
(201) |
Knight
Founders, 1348 |
Edward,
P of Wales
|
†1376
|
Plantagenet |
Henry
of Grosmont, 1st D of Lancaster
|
†1361
|
Plantagenet |
Thomas
Beauchamp, 11th E of Warwick
|
†1369
|
•••• |
Jean
III de Grailly, Captal de Buch
|
†1377
|
•••• |
Ralph
de Stafford, 1st E of Stafford
|
†1372
|
•••• |
William
Montagu, 2nd E of Salisbury
|
†1397
|
•••• |
Sir
Roger de Mortimer, 2nd E of March
|
†1360
|
•••• |
Sir
John de Lisle, 2nd B Lisle of Rougemont
|
†1355
|
•••• |
Sir
Bartholomew de Burghersh, 3rd B Burghersh
|
†1369
|
•••• |
Sir
John de Beauchamp, 1st B Beauchamp of Warwick
|
†1360
|
•••• |
Sir
John de Mohun, 2nd B Mohun of Dunster
|
†1375
|
•••• |
Sir
Hugh de Courtenay |
†<1349 |
Courtenay
(87) |
Sir
Thomas Holand, 1st E of Kent
|
†1360
|
•••• |
Sir
John de Grey, 1st B Grey of Rotherfield |
†1359 |
Grey
(122) |
Sir
Richard Fitz-Simon
|
†>1348
|
•••• |
Sir
Miles Stapleton
|
†1364
|
•••• |
Sir
Thomas Wale
|
†1352
|
•••• |
Sir
Hugh Wrottesley
|
†1381
|
•••• |
Sir
Nele Loryng
|
†1386
|
•••• |
Sir
John Chandos
|
†1369
|
•••• |
Sir
James Audeley
|
†1369
|
•••• |
Sir
Otes Holand
|
†1359
|
•••• |
Sir
Henry d'Enne
|
†>1358
|
•••• |
Sir
Sanchet d'Abrichecourt
|
†>1348
|
•••• |
Sir
Walter Paveley
|
†1375
|
•••• |
Knights
Companion/Ladies
[Ladies reintroduced from 1901; became Ladies Companion from
1987]
Including Stranger Knights Companion/Stranger Ladies Companion
(Extra Knights Companion/Extra Ladies Companion) |
|
c.
1390; †1404 |
Wittelsbach
(311) |
|
bef.
1459; †1495 |
Tudor
(201) |
Federico
da Montefeltro, D of Urbino |
1482† |
Montefeltro
(402) |
Arthur,
Prince of Wales |
1491;
†1502 |
Tudor
(201) |
Henry
VIII, K of England |
1495;
†1547 |
Tudor
(201) |
Henry
Fitzroy, D of Richmond |
1525;
†1536 |
Tudor
(201) |
|
1556;
†1580 |
Savoy
(254) |
Ludovick
Stuart, 2nd D of Lennox |
1603;
1624† |
Stuart
(414) |
Charles
I, K of England |
1611;
†1649 |
Stuart
(414) |
George
Villiers, 1st D of Buckingham |
1616;
†1628 |
Villiers
(320) |
George
III, K of Great Britain |
1750;
†1820 |
Hanover
(2857) |
George
IV, K of Great Britain |
1765;
†1830 |
Hanover
(2857) |
|
1786;
†1942 |
Hanover
(2857) |
|
1841;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
|
1855;
†1878 |
Savoy
(254) |
|
1867;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
|
1878;
†1900 |
Savoy
(254) |
|
1893;
†1918 |
Romanov
(245) |
|
1891-1940
rev; †1947 |
Savoy
(254) |
|
1902;
†1931 |
Savoy
(254) |
|
1947;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
Margrethe II, Q of Denmark
|
1979;
*1940
|
Schleswig-H-S-Glücksburg |
Carl
XVI, K of Sweden
|
1983;
1946
|
Bernadotte |
Juan
Carlos I, K of Spain
|
1988;
*1938
|
Borbon |
Beatrix,
Q of the Netherlands
|
1989;
*1938
|
Orange-Nassau |
Akihito,
Emp of Japan
|
1998;
*1933
|
Yamato |
Harald
V, K of Norway
|
2001;
*1937
|
Schleswig-H-S-Glücksburg |
Felipe
VI, K of Spain
|
2017;
*1968
|
Borbon |
Willem-Alexander,
K of the Netherlands
|
2018;
*1967
|
Orange-Nassau |
Ladies
of the Garter
(discontinued 1488) |
Ly
Margaret Beaufort
|
1488-1509† |
Beaufort |
Royal
Knights Companion/Royal Ladies Companion |
Pss
Alexandra of Denmark
|
1901-25†
|
Schleswig-H-S-Glücksburg |
Elizabeth
II, Q of the United Kingdom
|
1947-2022†
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
Charles
III, K of the United Kingdom
|
1958-;
*1948
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
P
Edward of the United Kingdom, D of Kent
|
1985;
*1935
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
Anne
of the United Kingdom, Pss Royal
|
1994;
*1950
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
P
Richard of the United Kingdom, D of Gloucester
|
1997;
*1944
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
Pss
Alexandra of the United Kingdom
|
2003;
*1936
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
P
Andrew of the United Kingdom, D of York
|
2006;
*1960
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
P
Edward of the United Kingdom, E of Wessex
|
2006;
*1964
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
William,
P of Wales
|
2008;
*1982
|
Windsor
(724.6) |
Camilla
Shand
|
2022;
*1947
|
Shand |
 |
Imperial
Service Order
Founded
by King Edward VII 1902
|
 |
Order
of the Indian Empire
Instituted
1878 by Queen Victoria.
Abolished 1947. |
Knights
Grand Commander |
|
1877;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
|
1887;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Knights
Commander |
Mubarak
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1911;
†1915 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Shk
Abdulaziz Al-Saud Al-Sabah |
*1918 |
Al-Sabah (1.2) |
Ahmad
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1930;
†1950 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Knights
Companion |
Shk
Abdullah Al-Jabir Al-Sabah |
1900s |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Ahmad
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1922;
†1950 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
1938;
†1965 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Shk
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah |
1945;
†1991 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
 |
Knights
Bachelor |
Sir
James Gobbo
|
1982;
†2021
|
•••• |
 |
Order
of Merit |
|
1968;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Royal
Victorian Chain |
|
1902;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
|
2007;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Royal
Victorian Order
Instituted
1897 by Queen Victoria
|
Knights Grand Cross |
|
1896;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
|
1896;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
|
1933;
†1934 |
Elgar
(4441) |
|
2012;
*1962 |
Al-Sabah (1.2) |
|
2012;
*1969 |
Al-Sabah (1.8) |
|
2017;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
Knights Commander |
|
1928;
†1934 |
Elgar
(4441) |
Sir
James Gobbo
|
2000;
†2021
|
•••• |
|
2012;
*1970 |
Al-Sabah (1.3) |
 |
Order of Saint John
Instituted
1888 by Queen Victoria as the Most Venerable Order of the
Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
|
Grand Priors |
|
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Bailiffs and Dames Grand Cross |
|
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Jonathan
Riley-Smith
|
†2016
|
•••• |
Knights and Dames of Justice/Grace |
|
1956;
†1965 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Commanders/Chaplains |
Officers |
|
†1973 |
Cooper
(18.2) |
Ian
Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton |
1974;
*1940 |
Lang
(2593.5) |
Members |
 |
Order of St Michael and St George
Instituted
1818 by the Prince Regent
|
Knights and Dames Grand Cross |
|
1870;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Edward
VII, K of Great Britain (extra) |
1877;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
Sir
Daniel Cooper, 1st Bart |
1888;
†1902 |
Cooper
(18.2) |
|
1959;
†1965 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
1995;
†2006 |
Al-Sabah
(1) |
|
†1988 |
•••• |
|
2012;
*1951 |
Al-Sabah
(1.5) |
|
2012;
*1953 |
Al-Sabah
(1.8) |
Knights/Dames Commander |
|
1877;
†1883 |
Darvall
(4250) |
|
1952;
†1965 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
1959;
†1991 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
1959;
†1977 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
1979;
†2008 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Companion |
|
1869;
†1883 |
Darvall
(4250) |
|
2012;
*1950 |
Al-Sabah (1.2) |
 |
Most
Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick
Instituted
1783 by King George III
|
Knights/Ladies |
|
1783;
†1942 |
Hanover
(2857) |
|
1868;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
|
1869;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
 |
Order
of the Star of India
Instituted
1861 by Queen Victoria
|
Knights
Grand Commander |
|
1866;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
|
1877;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Krishnaraja
Wadiyar IV, Mhrja of Mysore |
1917;
†1940 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Knights
Commander |
Mubarak
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1914;
†1915 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Ahmad
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1944;
†1950 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Knights
Companion |
Jabir
II Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1916;
†1917 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Salim
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1919;
†1921 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Ahmad
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
1929;
†1950 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
 |
Most
Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (Scotland) |
Knight/Lady |
|
1867;
†1910 |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(724.6) |
|
1869;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
|
1952;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Order
of Victoria and Albert
Instituted
1862 by Queen Victoria
|
 |
Victoria
Cross
Instituted
1856 by Queen Victoria
|
Decorations |
1939–1945
Star |
|
1945;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
1939–45
War Medal |
|
1945;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Africa
Star |
|
1945;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Albert
Medal |
Gold |
|
1931;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
 |
Ashantee
Medal
Instituted
1874
|
Medal
with clasp |
|
†1938 |
Hoghton
(1327) |
 |
Atlantic
Star |
|
1945;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Burma
Star |
|
1945;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Conspicuous
Service Cross/Distinguished Service Cross
Instituted
1901 by King Edward VII, altered and renamed 1914 King George
|
James
Lang |
1900s |
Lang
(2593.5) |
Ian
Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton |
*1940 |
Lang
(2593.5) |
 |
Crimea
Medal
Instituted
1901
|
|
1856;
†1877 |
Gramont
(1980) |
 |
Delhi
Durbar Medal |
1903 |
Mubarak
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
†1915 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
1911 |
Mubarak
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
†1915 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
 |
Egyptian
Medal |
|
1882;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
 |
Italy
Star |
|
1945;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Khedive's
Bronze Star |
|
1882;
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
 |
King
George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 |
Shk
Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah |
†1938 |
Al-Sabah (1.8) |
Ahmad
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
†1950 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
 |
King
George VI Coronation Medal 1937 |
Shk
Abdullah Al-Jabir Al-Sabah |
1900s |
Al-Sabah (1) |
Shk
Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah |
†1938 |
Al-Sabah (1.8) |
Ahmad
Al-Sabah, Shk of Kuwait |
†1950 |
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
†1965
|
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Military
Cross |
|
†1947 |
Cooper
(18.2) |
 |
Naval
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
|
2016;
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Queen
Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953 |
|
†1965
|
Al-Sabah (1) |
|
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012 |
British
Medal |
|
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
|
*1940 |
Al-Sabah (1.3) |
Canadian
Medal |
|
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Queen
Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal 2002 |
British
Medal |
|
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Queen
Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1977 |
British
Medal |
|
*1921 |
S-H-S-G-Greece (218.2) |
 |
Queen's
Medal |
|
†1973 |
Cooper
(18.2) |
 |
Territorial
Decoration |
|
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
 |
Volunteer
Officers' Decoration |
|
†1942 |
Windsor
(724.6) |
Other
Awards |
|
British
Academy, Fellows of the |
|
1967;
†1999 |
Elton
(4314) |
|
Royal
Designer for Industry |
Laurence Irving |
1939;
†1988 |
Irving
(2855.1 |
 |
Royal
Society, Fellows of the |
|
1789;
†1830 |
Hanover
(2857) |
|
1939;
†1970 |
Born
(4192) |
Maurice
Pryce |
1951;
†2003 |
•••• |
 |
Royal
Society of Arts, Fellows of the |
Brinley
Newton-John |
1972;
†1992 |
(4192) |
|
פ
with clasp
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