List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
(Redirected from Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's honours)
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother received numerous appointments, including to orders, decorations and medals, during and after her time as consort to King George VI. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation:
Titles and styles
- 1900–1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
- 1904–1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
- 1923–1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
- 1936–1952: Her Majesty The Queen
- 1952–2002: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Her British honours were read out at her funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows:
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Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His Divine Mercy the late Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Princess Elizabeth, Queen Dowager and Queen Mother, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Relict of His Majesty King George the Sixth and Mother of Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth The Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, whom may God preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.[1]
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In the memorial service held in Canada, her Canadian honours, the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Order of Canada, were read out.
British Commonwealth and Commonwealth of Nations honours
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| Country | Date | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon United Kingdom | 1961 | Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour |
Foreign honours
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| Country | Date | Decoration | Ribbon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon France | 1945 | Recipient of the Red Cross Medal | File:Royal Red Cross (UK) ribbon.png |
| Template:Flagicon Norway | 1945 | Recipient of the Norwegian War Cross | File:Krigskorset med sverd stripe.svg |
Honorary military positions
- Template:Flagicon Australia
- Template:Flagicon 1953Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
- Template:Flagicon Canada
- Template:Flagicon 1938Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
- Template:Flagicon 1947Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
- Template:Flagicon 1953–1974: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps[16]
- Template:Flagicon 1977Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service[17]
- Template:Flagicon New Zealand
- Template:Flagicon 1939Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment[18]
- Template:Flagicon 1977Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps
- Template:Flagicon South Africa
- Template:Flagicon 1947–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Witwatersrand Rifles
- Template:Flagicon 1947–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cape Town Highlanders
- Template:Flagicon 1956–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Transvaal Scottish
- Template:Flagicon 1955–1965: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police
- Template:Flagicon Rhodesia
- Template:Flagicon 1965–1970: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police[19]
- Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon 1927–1968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry[20]
- Template:Flagicon 1930–1961: Honorary Colonel the Hertfordshire Regiment
- Template:Flagicon 1935Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish[21]
- Template:Flagicon 1937–1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)[22]
- Template:Flagicon 1937Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)[22]
- Template:Flagicon 1942Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps
- Template:Flagicon 1947–1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
- Template:Flagicon 1947Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
- Template:Flagicon 1947Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment[23]
- Template:Flagicon 1949Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Army Corps[24]
- Template:Flagicon 1952–1961: Royal Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
- Template:Flagicon 1953Template:Spaced ndashSeptember 1960: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers[25]
- Template:Flagicon 1957–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Inns of Court Regiment[26]
- Template:Flagicon 1958Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
- Template:Flagicon 1958–1989: Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC[27]
- Template:Flagicon 1958Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Regiment[28]
- Template:Flagicon 1958Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Hussars[29]
- Template:Flagicon 1959Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards[30]
- Template:Flagicon 1960Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)[25]
- Template:Flagicon 1961Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
- Template:Flagicon 1961Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
- Template:Flagicon 1964Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment[31]
- Template:Flagicon 1967Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry[32]
- Template:Flagicon 1967–1968: Honorary Colonel of The London Yeomanry and Territorials[32]
- Template:Flagicon 1968Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Infantry[33]
- Template:Flagicon 1993Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)[34]
- Template:Flagicon 1996–1999: Royal Honorary Colonel of the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry)
- Template:Flagicon 1949–1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Air Force[35]
- Template:Flagicon 1960Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School[36]
- Template:Flagicon 1994Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief, Women, Royal Air Force[35]
- Template:Flagicon unk.Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Air Chief Commandant of the Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- Template:Flagicon 1949–1957 and 1999Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Honorary Air Commodore of No. 600 Squadron RAF
- Template:Flagicon unk.Template:Spaced ndash11 January 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Naval Service[37]
- Template:Flagicon 11 January 1994Template:Spaced ndash30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief for Women in the Royal Navy[37]
Non-national titles and honours
Freedom of the City
- Template:Flagicon 1927: Glasgow[38]
- Template:Flagicon 29 August 1928: Stirling[39]
- Template:Flagicon 1928: Dunfermline
- Template:Flagicon 1935: Perth
- Template:Flagicon 1936: Edinburgh
- Template:Flagicon 1953: Inverness – Joint Freedom with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- Template:Flagicon 1953: London
- Template:Flagicon 26 July 1954: King's Lynn and West Norfolk[40]
- Template:Flagicon 1954: Dundee – Also on Behalf of the Black Watch
- Template:Flagicon 1956: Forfar – Also on Behalf of the Black Watch[41][42]
- Template:Flagicon 1956: Musselburgh
- Template:Flagicon 1956: Wick
- Template:Flagicon 25 May 1959: Aberdeen[43]
- Template:Flagicon 13 April 1961: St Albans[44]
- Template:Flagicon 1980: Windsor and Maidenhead[45]
- Template:Flagicon 1981: Windsor
- Template:Flagicon 1981: Maidenhead
- Template:Flagicon 1990: Caithness
- Template:Flagicon 1954: Ottawa[46]
- Template:Flagicon 2000: Volgograd (Honorary Citizen)[47]
Memberships and fellowships
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Scholastic
| Country | Date | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagu | 1953–1993 | Royal College of Music | President |
| 1955–1980 | University of London | Chancellor | |
| 1967–1977 | University of Dundee | ||
| 1981–2002 | Royal Holloway College | Patron | |
| London School of Economics | Honorary Fellow | ||
| Template:Flagu | 1974–2002 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher[54] |
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Honorific eponyms
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Structures
Buildings
- Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon England: Bowes-Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage
- Template:Flagicon England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- Template:Flagicon England: Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin
- Template:Flagicon England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn
- Template:Flagicon England: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
- Template:Flagicon England: Lyon Court, part of Queens' College, Cambridge.
- Template:Flagicon Scotland: Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee, Dundee
- Template:Flagicon Scotland: Queen Mother Library, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
- Template:Flagicon Scotland: Queen Elizabeth Wing, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling
Schools
- Template:Flagicon Canada:
- Template:Flagicon Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax
- Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth School, Harare
Ships
- File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom: RMS Queen Elizabeth
See also
- List of titles and honours of George VI
- List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
- List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- List of titles and honours of Charles III
- List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla
- List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales
- List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales
- List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal
- List of titles and honours of George V
- List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
- List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
- List of honours of the British royal family by country
References
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