List of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain

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Template:Use dmy datesBelow is a list of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain:

Edward VII (1902–1910)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
File:King George 1923 LCCN2014715558 (cropped).jpg George, Prince of Wales Template:Post-nominals 1902[1] Later George V
File:Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.jpg Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Template:Post-nominals 1902[2]
File:Frederik VIII of Denmark 1909.jpg Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark Template:Post-nominals 1902[2] Later Frederick VIII, King of Denmark
File:Haakon VII FSA.jpg Prince Charles of Denmark Template:Post-nominals 1902[2] Later Haakon VII, King of Norway
File:Constantine I of Greece.jpg Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece Template:Post-nominals 1902[1] Later Constantine I, King of the Hellenes
File:Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929), brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.jpg Prince Henry of Prussia Template:Post-nominals 1902[1] Revoked in 1915
File:John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll.jpg John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll Template:Post-nominals 1902[2]
File:Ernst Ludwig von Hessen 1905 Foto Jacob Hilsdorf.jpeg Ernst Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine Template:Post-nominals 1902[2] Revoked in 1915
File:Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1831-1917).jpg Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Template:Post-nominals 1902[1]
File:1st Duke of Fife - Walery.jpg Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife Template:Post-nominals 1902[2]
File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg Wilhelm II, German Emperor Template:Post-nominals 1902[2] Revoked in 1915
File:King Carlos I of Portugal - National Portrait Gallery.png Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves Template:Post-nominals 1902[1]
File:Frederick Temple 1900 Bradford.JPG Frederick Temple 1902[3] Archbishop of Canterbury
File:George Curzon2.jpg George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston Template:Post-nominals 1903[2] Viceroy of India
Later 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
File:Vitorioemanuel.jpg Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy Template:Post-nominals 1903[1] Revoked in 1941
File:Mikola II (cropped)-2.jpg Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia Template:Post-nominals 6 September 1904[4]
File:Emperor Francis Joseph.jpg Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria Template:Post-nominals 6 September 1904[4] Revoked in 1915
File:Christian IX of Denmark color altered.jpg Christian IX, King of Denmark Template:Post-nominals 1904[2]
File:William, German Crown Prince.jpg Wilhelm, German Crown Prince Template:Post-nominals 1904[1] Revoked in 1915
File:Rey Alfonso XIII de España, by Kaulak.jpg Alfonso XIII, King of Spain Template:Post-nominals 9 June 1905[5]
File:His Highness Abbas Hilmy II.png Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan Template:Post-nominals 15 June 1905[6]
File:George I of Greece, c.1912.jpg George I, King of the Hellenes Template:Post-nominals 1 December 1905[7]
File:Marquess of Lansdowne.jpg Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne Template:Post-nominals 22 December 1905[8]
File:Prince Arthur of Connaught Garter.jpg Prince Arthur of Connaught Template:Post-nominals 15 May 1906[9]
File:Kung Gustav V 1935.jpg Gustaf V, King of Sweden Template:Post-nominals 5 May 1908[10]
File:Armand Fallières Paris.jpg Armand Fallières 29 May 1908[11] President of the French Republic

George V (1910–1936)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
File:Randall Thomas Davidson losslesscropstrict.jpg Randall Davidson Template:Post-nominals 23 June 1911[12] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth
File:Henry Fitzalan-Howard (1890).jpg Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Template:Post-nominals 23 June 1911[12] Earl Marshal
File:Marquess of Crewe.jpg Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe Template:Post-nominals 13 February 1912[13] Secretary of State for India
File:Charles Hardinge.jpg Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst Template:Post-nominals 13 February 1912[13] Viceroy of India
File:The Earl of Rosebery.jpg Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Template:Post-nominals 4 June 1917[14] Former Prime Minister
File:Prince Yorihito.jpg Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito Template:Post-nominals 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]
File:HRH The Prince of Wales No 4 (HS85-10-36416).jpg Edward, Prince of Wales Template:Post-nominals 1921[17] Later Edward VIII
Later Duke of Windsor
File:Archb. York LCCN2014716215.tif Cosmo Gordon Lang 26 April 1923[18] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth
File:Gustaf VI Adolf av Sverige som kronprins.jpg Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden Template:Post-nominals 1923[17] Later Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden
File:Richard George Penn Curzon, Vanity Fair, 1896-06-04.jpg Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe Template:Post-nominals 1925 Former Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra
File:King Amanullah Khan.jpg Amānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan 1928
File:Takamatsunomiya nobuhito.jpg Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu 1930 Revoked in 1942
File:Haile Selassie in full dress (cropped).jpg Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia Template:Post-nominals 1930[17]
File:Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.jpg Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Template:Post-nominals 3 June 1932[19]
File:William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, by Elliott & Fry.jpg William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland Template:Post-nominals 13 June 1932[20]
File:Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.jpg Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia Template:Post-nominals 1934[17]
File:Umberto II, 1944.jpg Umberto, Prince of Piedmont 1935 Later Umberto II, King of Italy
File:17th Earl of Derby.jpg Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby Template:Post-nominals 1935[21]
File:Earlofathlone.jpg Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone Template:Post-nominals 1935[21] Born Prince Alexander of Teck
File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg
File:Earl of Cromer COA.svg
Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer Template:Post-nominals 3 June 1935[22] Lord Chamberlain of the Household
File:Prince George, Duke of Kent.jpg Prince George, Duke of Kent Template:Post-nominals 1 January 1936[23]

Edward VIII (1936)

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

George VI (1936–1952)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
File:Chichibunomiya Yasuhito.jpg Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu 1937
File:Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother portrait.jpg Queen Elizabeth Template:Post-nominals 11 May 1937[24] Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
File:Queenmaryformalportrait edit3.jpg Queen Mary Template:Post-nominals 11 May 1937[24]
Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram Template:Post-nominals 11 May 1937[25] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
File:Leopold III (1934).jpg Leopold III, King of the Belgians Template:Post-nominals 1937[17]
File:James Hamilton 3rd Duke of Abercorn.png James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn Template:Post-nominals 10 August 1945[26] Governor of Northern Ireland
File:NezamHaydarabad (cropped to image only).jpg Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII Template:Post-nominals 1 January 1946[27] Nizam of Hyderabad
File:Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1973.jpg Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 1948[17]
File:Geoffrey Fisher by RG Eves.jpg Geoffrey Fisher 1 January 1949[28] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later Baron Fisher of Lambeth
Sir John Weir Template:Post-nominals 9 June 1949[29]
File:Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1961 studio portrait (by Max Koot) – Nationaal Archief.jpg Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands 1950[17]

Elizabeth II (1952–2022)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
File:George Herbert Hyde Villiers in October of 1899.jpg George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon Template:Post-nominals 24 October 1952[30] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
File:Shield of Arms of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, GBE, TD, PC.png Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk Template:Post-nominals 1 June 1953[31] Earl Marshal
File:10th Duke of Beaufort 3 Allan Warren.jpg Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort Template:Post-nominals 1 June 1953[31] Master of the Horse
File:Olav V of Norway.jpg Olav, Crown Prince of Norway Template:Post-nominals 1955 Later Olav V, King of Norway
File:Faisal II of Iraq, 1950s.jpg Faisal II, King of Iraq Template:Post-nominals 1955
File:General Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes, Presidente de Portugal.tif Francisco Craveiro Lopes 1957 President of the Portuguese Republic
File:Frederik IX (cropped) - Det Kongelige Bibliotek (KE062449).jpg Frederik IX, King of Denmark Template:Post-nominals 1957
File:Governor General Vincent Massey (cropped).jpg Vincent Massey Template:Post-nominals 29 July 1960[32] Governor General of Canada
File:Aankomst Koning Bhumibol en Koningin Sirikit te Den Haag, Koning Bhumibol, Bestanddeelnr 911-6993 (cropped).jpg Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand 1960
File:De Gaulle-OWI (cropped)-(c).jpg Charles de Gaulle 1960 President of the French Republic
File:Mahendra Ratna 1957 (cropped).jpg Mahendra, King of Nepal 1961
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough Template:Post-nominals 1 January 1963[33] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton Template:Post-nominals 3 March 1964[34] Former Lord Steward of the Household
File:Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen.jpg Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia Template:Post-nominals 1965
File:Hussein of Jordan in 1997.jpg Hussein I, King of Jordan Template:Post-nominals 1966
File:Muhammed Ayub Khan.JPG Ayub Khan Template:Post-nominals 1966 President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
File:King Faisal bin Abdulaziz.jpg Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia 1967[35]
Sir Michael Adeane Template:Post-nominals 11 April 1972[36] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Later Baron Adeane
File:King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan in 1963.jpg Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan 1972
File:Governor General Roland Michener at Alma College graduation ceremonies 1972 (crop).jpg Roland Michener Template:Post-nominals 3 August 1973[37] Governor General of Canada
File:Michael Ramsey 1974.jpg Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury 19 November 1974[38] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
File:Drottning Margrethe av Danmark.jpg Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark 1974 Abdicated in 2024
File:Birendra Bir Bikram Shah c. 1967 (restoration).jpg Birendra, King of Nepal 1975
File:Crafoord Prize D81 9141 (42282165922) (cropped).jpg Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden 1975
Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan Template:Post-nominals 14 March 1980[39] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
File:King Khalid bin Abdulaziz.jpg Khalid, King of Saudi Arabia 1981
File:George Cakobau (cropped).jpg Ratu Sir George Cakobau Template:Post-nominals 30 October 1982[40] Governor-General of Fiji
File:Prinses Beatrix.jpg Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands Template:Post-nominals 1982 Abdicated in 2013
File:Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean coat of arms.svg Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean Template:Post-nominals 29 November 1984[41] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
File:General António Ramalho Eanes.png António Ramalho Eanes Template:Post-nominals 1985 President of the Portuguese Republic
File:Ministru prezidents Valdis Dombrovskis oficiālās pusdienās tiekas ar Spānijas karali Huanu Karlosu I un karalieni Sofiju (3506936051) (cropped).jpg Juan Carlos I, King of Spain 1986 Abdicated in 2014
File:Fahd of Saudi Arabia Portrait.jpg Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia 1987
File:Prinses Margaret , Lord Snowdon en Prins Bernhard in de Hoovercraft, Prinses Mar, Bestanddeelnr 917-7816 (cropped).jpg The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Template:Post-nominals 21 August 1990[42]
File:Runcie Escutcheon.png Robert Runcie, Baron Runcie Template:Post-nominals 1991[43] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield Template:Post-nominals 10 July 1992[44] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
File:President François Mitterrand in 1983.jpg François Mitterrand Template:Post-nominals 1992 President of the French Republic
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1991-039-11, Richard v. Weizsäcker.jpg Richard von Weizsäcker 1992 Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
File:King Harald V 2021.jpg Harald V, King of Norway Template:Post-nominals 1994[45]
File:Coat of Arms of the Earldom of Airlie.svg David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie Template:Post-nominals 17 December 1997[46] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
File:17th Duke of Norfolk Allan Warren.jpg Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk Template:Post-nominals 1 November 2000[47] Earl Marshal
File:Archbishop george carey1.jpg George Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton Template:Post-nominals 29 October 2002[48] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
File:Duke of Edinburgh 33 Allan Warren.jpg The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Template:Post-nominals 20 November 2007[49]
File:King Abdullah bin Abdul al-Saud January 2007.jpg Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia 2007
File:QaboosBinSaidAlSaid (cropped).jpg Qaboos, Sultan of Oman Template:Post-nominals 2010
File:Rowan Williams -001b.jpg Rowan Williams Template:Post-nominals 4 October 2012 Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Later Baron Williams of Oystermouth
File:Official portrait of Earl Peel crop 2.jpg William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel Template:Post-nominals 13 April 2021 Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household

Charles III (2022–present)

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

References

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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
  3. H. M. Spooner, 'Temple, Frederick (1821–1902)’, rev. Mark D. Chapman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 5 Feb 2012
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