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List of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain

Below is a list of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain:

Edward VII (1902–1910) edit

Image Name Date conferred Notes
  George, Prince of Wales KG KT KP GCMG GCVO PC 1902[1] Later George V
  Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn KG KT KP GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC 1902[2]
  Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark KG GCB GCVO 1902[2] Later Frederick VIII, King of Denmark
  Prince Charles of Denmark GCB GCVO 1902[2] Later Haakon VII, King of Norway
  Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece GCB 1902[1] Later Constantine I, King of the Hellenes
  Prince Henry of Prussia KG GCB 1902[1] Revoked in 1915
  John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KT GCMG GCVO PC 1902[2]
  Ernst Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine KG GCB 1902[2] Revoked in 1915
  Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein KG GCVO PC ADC 1902[1]
  Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife KT GCVO PC 1902[2]
  Wilhelm II, German Emperor KG GCVO 1902[2] Revoked in 1915
  Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves KG 1902[1]
  Frederick Temple 1902[3] Archbishop of Canterbury
  George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston GCSI GCIE 1903[2] Viceroy of India
Later 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
  Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy KG 1903[1] Revoked in 1941
  Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia KG GCB 6 September 1904[4]
  Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria KG 6 September 1904[4] Revoked in 1915
  Christian IX, King of Denmark KG GCB 1904[2]
  Wilhelm, German Crown Prince KG 1904[1] Revoked in 1915
  Alfonso XIII, King of Spain KG GCVO 9 June 1905[5]
  Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan GCB GCMG GCVO 15 June 1905[6]
  George I, King of the Hellenes KG GCVO 1 December 1905[7]
  Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG GCSI GCMG GCIE 22 December 1905[8]
  Prince Arthur of Connaught KG GCVO 15 May 1906[9]
  Gustaf V, King of Sweden KG GCB 5 May 1908[10]
  Armand Fallières 29 May 1908[11] President of the French Republic

George V (1910–1936) edit

Image Name Date conferred Notes
  Randall Davidson GCVO 23 June 1911[12] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth
  Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO 23 June 1911[12] Earl Marshal
  Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG 13 February 1912[13] Secretary of State for India
  Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO ISO 13 February 1912[13] Viceroy of India
  Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery KG KT PC 4 June 1917[14] Former Prime Minister
  Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito GCVO 28 October 1918[15] On the occasion of the Prince's visit to Buckingham Palace to present King George V with the Japanese honorific of Gensui and its accompanying badge and sword[16]
  Edward, Prince of Wales KG GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO MC PC ADC 1921[17] Later Edward VIII
Later Duke of Windsor
  Cosmo Gordon Lang 26 April 1923[18] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth
  Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden GCB GCVO 1923[17] Later Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden
  Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe GCVO TD JP 1925 Former Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra
  Prince Albert, Duke of York KG KT GCMG GCVO PC ADC 1927[19] Later George VI
  Amānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan 1928
  Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu 1930 Revoked in 1942
  Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia GCB GCMG GCVO 1930[17]
  Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO 3 June 1932[20]
  William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG GCVO PC 13 June 1932[21]
  Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia GCVO 1934[17]
  Umberto, Prince of Piedmont 1935 Later Umberto II, King of Italy
  Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG GCB GCVO PC 1935[22]
  Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone KG GCB DSO GCVO PC ADC 1935[22] Born Prince Alexander of Teck
 
  		Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer GCB GCIE GCVO PC 3 June 1935[23] Lord Chamberlain of the Household
  Prince George, Duke of Kent KG KT GCMG GCVO 1 January 1936[24]

Edward VIII (1936) edit

Image Name Date conferred Notes
Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign

George VI (1936–1952) edit

Image Name Date conferred Notes
  Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu 1937
  Queen Elizabeth LG CI GCVO GBE 11 May 1937[25] Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  Queen Mary LG VA CI GCSI GCVO GBE RRC 11 May 1937[25]
Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram GCB GCVO CSI PC 11 May 1937[26] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
  Leopold III, King of the Belgians KG GCVO 1937[17]
  James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG KP 10 August 1945[27] Governor of Northern Ireland
  Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII GCSI GBE 1 January 1946[28] Nizam of Hyderabad
  Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 1948[17]
  Geoffrey Fisher 1 January 1949[29] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later Baron Fisher of Lambeth
Sir John Weir GCVO 9 June 1949[30]
  Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands 1950[17]

Elizabeth II (1952–2022) edit

Image Name Date conferred Notes
  George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon KG GCMG GCVO PC DL 24 October 1952[31] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
  Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO PC DL 1 June 1953[32] Earl Marshal
  Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG GCVO PC 1 June 1953[32] Master of the Horse
  Olav, Crown Prince of Norway GCB GCVO 1955 Later Olav V, King of Norway
  Faisal II, King of Iraq GCVO 1955
  Francisco Craveiro Lopes 1957 President of the Portuguese Republic
  Frederik IX, King of Denmark KG GCB GCVO 1957
  Vincent Massey CH CD 29 July 1960[33] Governor General of Canada
  Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand 1960
  Charles de Gaulle 1960 President of the French Republic
  Mahendra, King of Nepal 1961
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough KG GCSI GCIE GCVO TD PC DL 1 January 1963[34] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton KT GCVO AFC 3 March 1964[35] Former Lord Steward of the Household
  Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia GCMG GBE 1965
  Hussein I, King of Jordan GCVO 1966
  Ayub Khan GCMG MBE 1966 President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia 1967[36]
Sir Michael Adeane GCB GCVO 11 April 1972[37] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Later Baron Adeane
  Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan 1972
  Roland Michener PC CC CMM CD QC 3 August 1973[38] Governor General of Canada
  Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury 19 November 1974[39] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
  Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark 1974 Abdicated in 2024
  Birendra, King of Nepal 1975
  Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden 1975
Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan PC 14 March 1980[40] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
  Khalid, King of Saudi Arabia 1981
  Ratu Sir George Cakobau GCMG OBE 30 October 1982[41] Governor-General of Fiji
  Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands GCVO 1982 Abdicated in 2013
  Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean KT GCVO KBE PC 29 November 1984[42] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
  António Ramalho Eanes GCB 1985 President of the Portuguese Republic
  Juan Carlos I, King of Spain 1986 Abdicated in 2014
  Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia 1987
  The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon CI GCVO CD 21 August 1990[43]
  Robert Runcie, Baron Runcie MC PC 1991[44] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield GCB GCVO OBE QSO PC 10 July 1992[45] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
  François Mitterrand GCB 1992 President of the French Republic
  Richard von Weizsäcker 1992 Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
  Harald V, King of Norway GCVO 1994[46]
  David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie KT GCVO PC 17 December 1997[47] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
  Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk KG CB CBE MC DL 1 November 2000[48] Earl Marshal
  George Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton PC 29 October 2002[49] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
  The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AC QSO 20 November 2007[50]
  Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia 2007
  Qaboos, Sultan of Oman GCB GCMG GCVO 2010
  Rowan Williams PC 4 October 2012 Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Later Baron Williams of Oystermouth
  William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel GCVO PC DL 13 April 2021 Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household

Charles III (2022–present) edit

Image Name Date conferred Notes
Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wm. A. Shaw, The Knights of England, Volume I (London, 1906) p. 415
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  13. ^ a b "No. 28580". The London Gazette. 13 February 1912. p. 1047.
  14. ^ "No. 30111". The London Gazette. 1 June 1917. p. 5462.
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  28. ^ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 12.
  29. ^ "No. 38493". The London Gazette. 31 December 1948. p. 5.
  30. ^ "No. 38640". The London Gazette. 14 June 1949. p. 2947.
  31. ^ "No. 39678". The London Gazette. 24 October 1952. p. 5606.
  32. ^ a b "No. 39863". The London Gazette. 26 May 1953. p. 2946.
  33. ^ "No. 42105". The London Gazette. 29 July 1960. p. 5227.
  34. ^ "No. 42909". The London Gazette. 1 February 1963. p. 979.
  35. ^ "No. 43262". The London Gazette. 3 March 1964. p. 1983.
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  38. ^ "No. 46052". The London Gazette. 14 August 1973. p. 9729.
  39. ^ "No. 46409". The London Gazette. 22 November 1974. p. 11623.
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  42. ^ "No. 49955". The London Gazette. 11 December 1984. p. 16769.
  43. ^ "No. 52253". The London Gazette. 24 August 1990. p. 13769.
  44. ^ "No. 52450". The London Gazette. 15 February 1991. p. 2431.
  45. ^ "No. 52987". The London Gazette. 10 July 1992. p. 11675.
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  47. ^ "No. 54984". The London Gazette. 19 December 1997. p. 14236.
  48. ^ "No. 56024". The London Gazette. 10 November 2000. p. 12689.
  49. ^ "No. 56749". The London Gazette. 12 November 2002. p. 13695.
  50. ^ "No. 58519". The London Gazette. 22 November 2007. p. 16987.
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