List of Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Below is a List of Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 until the present day:
1910s
- 1917: Queen Mary, The Begum of Bhopal, Katharine Furse, Louise Paget, Flora Reid, The Baroness Wenlock
- 1918: The Baroness Ampthill, Edith Benyon, Sidney Jane Browne, The Viscountess Chelmsford, Aimée Dawson, Margaret Lloyd George, The Viscountess Harcourt, The Countess of Liverpool, The Duchess of Montrose, The Viscountess Northcliff, The Viscountess Novar, Agnes Weston, The Marchioness of Winchester
- 1919: The Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, The Duchess of Bedford, Ethel Becher, The Countess of Buxton, Princess Marie Louise, Maud McCarthy, Sarah Swift, The Marchioness of Waterford
1920s
- 1920: The Countess of Airlie, The Marchioness of Reading
- 1922: The Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston,[1] Mary Hughes[1]
- 1924: The Baroness Willingdon[2]
- 1925: Ivy Chamberlain, Ellen Terry, Millicent Fawcett
- 1926: The Baroness Forster, Christina Massey
- 1927: HRH The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, Nellie Melba
- 1929: Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Edith Balfour Lyttelton
1930s
- 1931: The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
- 1932: The Baroness Baden-Powell, The Viscountess Cowdray
- 1937: The Countess of Athlone, The Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, The Duchess of Gloucester, The Duchess of Kent, Enid Lyons
- 1938: The Marchioness of Carisbrooke
1940s
- 1944: The Dowager Marchioness of Reading[3]
- 1946: Isobel Cripps
- 1946: Clementine Churchill
- 1947: The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
- 1948: Beryl Oliver
1950s
- 1951: The Baroness Denman[4]
- 1953: The Baroness Freyberg
- 1954: The Countess Alexander of Tunis, The Countess of Limerick, Pattie Menzies[5]
- 1957: Dehra Parker
1960s
- 1961: The Baroness Sharp[6]
- 1964: Lady Dorothy Macmillan
1980s
2000s
2010s
- 2012: The Baroness Hayman[9]
- 2019: The Baroness Higgins
See also
References
- "No. 32563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1921. p. 10716.
- "No. 32941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1924. p. 4417.
- "No. 36544". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1944. p. 2586.
- "No. 39104". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1951. p. 10.
- "No. 40054". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1954. p. 40.
- "No. 42370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1961. p. 4152.
- Obituary, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 10 May 2016.
- "No. 57509". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2004. p. 7.
- "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 6.
External links
- Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition, burkes-peerage.net; accessed 15 November 2017.
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