List of knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath

This is an incomplete list of those who were made knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815. Knights/Dames Grand Cross use the post-nominal GCB. Those Knights living at the time of the reorganisation of the Order automatically became Knights Grand Cross, with the post-nominal GCB.

Knights and dames grand cross

George III

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Field Marshal Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, KG, KB, PC2 January 1815Military division[1][2]
Admiral John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, KB, PC, RN2 January 1815Military division[3][4]
General Sir Robert Abercromby, KB2 January 1815Military division[5][6]
Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, KB, RN2 January 1815Military division[7][8]
Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, Bt., KB, RN2 January 1815Military division[9][10]
General Sir Alured Clarke, KB2 January 1815Military division[11][12]
General Sir John Hely-Hutchinson, commonly called Lord Hutchinson, KB2 January 1815Military division[13][14]
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Bt., KB, RN2 January 1801Military division[8]
Admiral Sir James Saumarez, KB, RN2 January 1815Military division[15][16]
General Sir Eyre Coote, KB2 January 1815Military division[17][18]
General Sir John Francis Cradock, KB2 January 1815Military division[19][20]
General Sir David Dundas, KB2 January 1815Military division[8]
Field Marshal His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, PC2 January 1815Military division[21][22]
General George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow, KB2 January 1815Military division[23][24]
Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, KB, RN2 January 1815Military division[25][26]
Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, KB, RN2 January 1815Military division[27][28]
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan, Bt., KB, RN2 January 1815Military division[29][30]
Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane, KB, RN2 January 1815Military division[31][32]
Lieutenant-General Sir John Stuart, KB2 January 1815Military division[33]
Field Marshal Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, KG, PC2 January 1815Military division[34][35]
Field Marshal Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, KG, KP, PC2 January 1815Military division[36][37]
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, RN2 January 1815Military division[38][39]
Lieutenant-General Henry William Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge2 January 1815Military division[40]
Admiral Sir Richard Onslow, Bt., RN2 January 1815Military division[41][42]
Admiral William Cornwallis, RN2 January 1815Military division[43][44]
Lieutenant-General Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere, KB2 January 1815Military division[45][46]
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth, RN2 January 1815Military division[47][48]
General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, GCB2 January 1815Military division[49][50]
General Sir George Beckwith, GCB2 January 1815Military division[51][52]
Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet, GCB2 January 1815Military division[53][54]
General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, GCB2 January 1815Military division[55][56]
Lieutenant General Sir Harry Calvert, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCH2 January 1815Military division[57][58]
Major General Sir Edward Pakenham, GCB2 January 1815Military division[59]
Sir Robert Gunning, Bt., KB2 January 1815Civil division[60][61]
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, KB, PC2 January 1815Civil division[62][63]
Morton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley, KB, PC2 January 1815Civil division[64][65]
Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth, KB, PC2 January 1815Civil division[66][67]
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt., KB2 January 1815Civil division[68][69]
Sir Arthur Paget, KB2 January 1815Civil division[70][71]
Sir Philip Francis, KB2 January 1815Civil division[72]
Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bt., KB2 January 1815Civil division[73][74]
Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, KB2 January 1815Civil division[75][76]
Sir Henry Wellesley, KB2 January 1815Civil division[77][78]
Sir Charles Stuart, KB2 January 1815Civil division[79][80]
Lieutenant General Sir John Abercromby, GCB7 April 1815Military division[81][82]
Admiral James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, RN7 June 1815Military division[83][84]
Sir Robert Liston21 October 1816Civil division[85][86]
Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, RN20 February 1818Military division[87][88]
Sir William à Court, Bt.20 October 1819Civil division[89][90]

George IV

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell, KCB, RN20 May 1820Military division[91][92]
Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham, KCB, RN20 May 1820Military division[93][94]
Sir Charles Long20 May 1820Civil division[95][96]
Sir Charles Bagot20 May 1820Civil division[97][98]
Sir Edward Thornton8 March 1822Civil division[99][100]
Major-General Sir Benjamin Bloomfield1 April 1822Civil division[101][102]
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Viscount Granville PC1 May 1825Civil division[103][104]
Frederick James Lamb13 December 1827Civil division[105][106]
Sir Stratford Canning7 December 1829Civil division[107][108]
Sir Robert Gordon7 December 1829Civil division[107][109]

William IV

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Lieutenant-General Sir John Byng24 February 1831Military division[110][111]
Sir Robert Adair3 August 1831Civil division[112][113]
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, PC6 June 1832Civil division[114][115]
Charles Manners-Sutton31 August 1833Civil division[116][117]
John Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby3 March 1834Civil division[118][119]
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, PC16 September 1834Civil division[120][121]
Admiral Amelius Beauclerk, commonly called Lord Amelius Beauclerk, RN3 August 1835Military division[122][123]
George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland, PC29 August 1835Civil division[124][125]
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bt., GCH, KCB6 February 1837Military division[126][127]

Victoria

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, PC27 June 1837Civil division[128][129]
George William Frederick Villiers, Esq.19 October 1837Civil division[130][131]
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, KG, KT, GCH, PC15 December 1837Civil division[132][133]
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, PC19 July 1838Civil division[134][135]
Colonel George William Russell, commonly called Lord George William Russell, CB19 July 1838Civil division[136]
Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford19 July 1838Civil division[137][138]
Richard Jenkins, Esq.20 July 1838Civil division[139][140]
John McNeill, Esq.15 April 1839Civil division[141][142]
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, PC19 August 1841Civil division[143][144]
Lieutenant-General Sir Lionel Smith, Bt., KCB27 August 1841Civil division[145][146]
Major-General Sir Henry Pottinger, Bt.2 December 1842Civil division[147][148]
Arthur Ingram Aston, Esq.10 November 1843Civil division[149][150]
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge, KCB1 June 1844Civil division[151][152]
Captain Sir Edmund Lyons, RN10 July 1844Civil division[153][154]
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, PC30 October 1844Civil division[155][156]
Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool, PC11 December 1845Civil division[157][158]
Lieutenant-General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, GCH, KCB, PC24 June 1846Civil division[159][160]
Sir George Hamilton Seymour, GCH28 January 1847Civil division[161][162]
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, GCH, PC10 December 1847Civil division[163][164]
Sir George Grey, Bt.31 March 1849Civil division[165][166]
Sir William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, KCB1 March 1851Civil division[167][168]
John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, PC, FRS23 February 1852Civil division[169][170]
Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley, KCB, PC21 February 1853Civil division[171][12]
Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt.15 April 1854Civil division[172]
Field Marshal Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, KG, KP, GCH, GCMG, PC5 July 1855Military division[173][174]
Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, KCB, RN5 July 1855Military division[175][176]
Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, KCB, RN5 July 1855Military division[177][178]
Fox Maule, 2nd Baron Panmure, KT, PC29 October 1855Civil division[179][180]
Sir Charles Wood, Bt.19 June 1856Civil division[181][182]
Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St. Germans, PC24 January 1857Civil division[183]
Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, KCB11 November 1857Civil division[184][185]
Major-General John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden, KCB5 March 1858Civil division[citation needed]
John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, KCB3 September 1858Civil division[186]
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, PC28 September 1858Civil division[citation needed]
Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning, PC31 March 1859Civil division[187]
John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone, GCH, PC31 March 1859Civil division[188]
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, KCB, RN20 May 1859Military division[189][190]
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, PC15 June 1859Civil division[191]
Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt.15 June 1859Civil division[192][193]
Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, GCH, KCB, RN18 May 1860Military division[194]
Admiral Sir John West, KCB, RN18 May 1860Military division[195]
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons, KCB24 January 1862Civil division[196]
John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney, KCB10 March 1863Civil division[197][198]
Sir James Hudson, KCB11 August 1863Civil division[199][200]
Major-General Sir Henry Knight Storks, GCMG, KCB1 July 1864Civil division[201]
Field Marshal Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, KG, KSI, PC10 February 1865Military division[202][203]
Sir Robert Peel, Bt.5 January 1866Civil division[204]
Captain H.S.H. Ernest Leopold, Prince of Leiningen, KCB, RN29 January 1866Civil division[205][206]
Sir Andrew Buchanan, KCB6 July 1866Civil division[207]
Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, KCB6 July 1866Civil division[208][209]
Sir Arthur Charles Magenis, KCB6 July 1866Civil division[210]
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey, KCB13 March 1867Military division[211][212]
General George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, KCB13 March 1867Military division[213][214]
Sir John Young, Bt., GCMG, KCB13 November 1868Civil division[215][216]
Henry George Elliot22 November 1869Civil division[217]
Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden, PC13 July 1872Civil division[218]
Sir Henry Francis Howard, KCB13 July 1872Civil Division[219][220]
Sir Alexander Jamed Edmund Cockburn, Bt., QC12 February 1873Civil division[221][222]
Lieutenant General Sir Sydney John Cotton, KCB24 May 1873Military division[223][224]
Lord Odo William Leopold Russell21 February 1874Civil division[225][226]
Sir Henry Bartle Frere, GCSI, KCB17 May 1876Civil division[227][228]
Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton, GCSI1 January 1878Civil division[229]
Austen Henry Layard11 June 1878Civil division[230][231]
General Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hartford, PC24 January 1879Civil division[232][233]
Major-General Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, KCB19 August 1879Military division[234][235]
Stephen Cave20 March 1880Civil division[236][237]
Richard Assheton Cross20 April 1880Civil division[237]
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt.20 April 1880Civil division[237]
Lord John James Robert Manners20 April 1880Civil division[237]
Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet Wolseley, GCMG, KCB19 June 1880Military division[238]
Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts, VC, KCB21 September 1880Military division[239]
Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, KCB, RN24 May 1881Military division[240]
Henry Bouverie William Brand20 September 1881Civil division
Lieutenant-General Sir John Miller Adye, KCB17 November 1882Military division
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin, KP, GCMG, KCB, PC15 June 1883Civil division
Sir Edward Thornton, KCB21 August 1883Civil division
Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget, KCB21 August 1883Civil division
John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC PC(Can) KCB QC21 November 1884Civil division
Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, PC, FRS7 January 1885Civil division
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, GCMG, PC9 January 1885Civil division
Sir John Lumley-Savile, KCB15 June 1885Civil division
Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley, PC30 June 1885Civil division
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, PC30 June 1885Civil division
Frederick Arthur Stanley2 February 1886Civil division
Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, GCMG, KCB2 February 1886Civil division
General Sir Charles Reid, KCB29 May 1886Military division[241]
Admiral Sir John Hay, commonly called Lord John Hay, KCB, RN30 July 1886Military division
Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, KCB21 June 1887Civil division
Vice-Admiral Prince Victor Ferdinand Francis Eugene Gustavus Adolphus Constantine Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, RN21 June 1887Civil division
Commander Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, KCB, RN21 June 1887Civil division
General Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duke of Saxony, GCH, KCB1 July 1887Military division
Sir Robert Burnett David Morier, GCMG, KCB30 September 1887Civil division
Sir William Arthur White, GCMG2 June 1888Civil division
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, GCMG, KCB2 January 1889Civil division
Sir Francis Clare Ford, GCMG29 April 1889Civil division
Admiral Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, KP, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, KCB, PC25 May 1889Military division
Sir William Jenner, Bt., KCB25 May 1889Civil division
Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, KCB23 July 1889Civil division
HH Prince Christian Victor Albert Louis Ernest Anton of Schleswig-Holstein19 July 1890Civil division
General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KCB23 October 1891Civil division
Sir Julian Pauncefote, GCMG, KCB25 May 1892Civil division
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom, PC1 August 1892Civil division
Sir Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, KCB1 August 1892Civil division
Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, KCB1 August 1892Civil division
Sir Henry Brougham Loch, GCMG, KCB20 August 1892Civil division
Sir Reginald Earle Welby, KCB20 August 1892Civil division
Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell, PC19 May 1893Civil division
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Cromer, GCMG, KCB8 January 1895Civil division
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, KCB, PC25 May 1895Civil division
James Stansfeld25 May 1895Civil division
Henry Campbell-Bannerman29 June 1895Civil division
Sir Edmund John Monson, GCMG20 May 1896Civil division
Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles, GCMG1 January 1897Civil division
Sir Robert Henry Meade, KCB23 March 1897Civil division
Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford, Bt., KCB, KCSI, ADC22 June 1897Civil division
Sir Arthur Lawrence Haliburton, KCB22 June 1897Civil division
Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor, GCMG, KCB22 June 1897Civil division
Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, KCB22 June 1897Civil division
Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt., GCMG22 June 1897Civil division
Field Marshal Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, KG, KT, KP, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, KCB, PC21 May 1898Military division
Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener, KCB, KCMG15 November 1898Military division
Sir Hugh Owen, KCB2 January 1899Civil division
Sir Charles Lennox Peel, KCB2 January 1899Civil division
Henry Morton Stanley, Esq.9 June 1899Civil division
Sir Charles Stewart Scott, GCMG9 June 1899Civil division
Victor Albert George Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, GCMG, PC23 May 1900Civil division
Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson, KCB, KCMG16 November 1900Civil division
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, Bt., KCB29 November 1900Military division
Sir Alfred Milner, GCMG, KCB1 January 1901Civil division
Sir Francis Mowatt, KCB1 January 1901Civil division

Edward VII

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Sir Robert Romer, KC13 February 1901Civil division
Sir Francis Richard Plunkett, GCMG9 November 1901Civil division
Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon, PC26 June 1902Civil division
Sir Francis Henry Jeune, KCB26 June 1902Civil division
General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn, VC, GCVO, KCB26 June 1902Civil division
Sir Algernon Edward West, KCB26 June 1902Civil division
General Sir John Watson, VC, KCB26 June 1902Military division
Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, KCB29 June 1906Civil division
Sir Kenelm Edward Digby, KCB29 June 1906Civil division
Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, KCB, KCVO, ISO29 June 1906Civil division
Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, VC, GCVO, KCB9 November 1906Military division
Sir Evan MacGregor, KCB9 November 1906Civil division
Colonel Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, GCMG, KCB, KCSI9 November 1906Civil division
Sir Edward Fry, GCMG7 May 1907Civil division
Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bt., GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KCIE10 October 1907Civil division
Francis Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, ISO26 June 1908Civil division
Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, GCMG, GCVO, KCB26 June 1908Civil division
Sir John Arthur Godley, KCB26 June 1908Civil division
Sir George Herbert Murray, KCB, ISO26 June 1908Civil division
Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB9 November 1908Civil division
General Sir John French, GCVO, KCB, KCMG25 June 1909Military division
Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCMG, GCVO25 June 1909Civil division
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, KCB25 June 1909Civil division

George V

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Sir Charles Hardinge, GCMG, GCVO24 June 1910Civil division
Major Prince Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus, Duke of Teck, GCVO, CMG19 June 1911Civil division
Major Prince Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George of Teck, GCVO, DSO19 June 1911Civil division
Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten, GCMG, PC, KC19 June 1911Civil division
Sir (William) Edward Goschen, GCMG, GCVO19 June 1911Civil division
Sir Charles Inigo Thomas, KCB19 June 1911Civil division
Sir Kenneth Augustus Muir Mackenzie, KCB19 June 1911Civil division
Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, KCB, KCSICivil division
William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCMG, GCVO, PC10 October 1911Civil division
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC23 October 1911Civil division
Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman, GCVO, KCB10 December 1912Military division
Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, GCMG, PC22 June 1914Civil division
General Sir Douglas Haig, KCB, KCIE, KCVO, ADC3 June 1915Military division
Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, KCB, KCVO, SGM3 June 1915Military division
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Baron Reading, KCVO, PC3 June 1915Civil division
Sir George William Buchanan, GCMG, GCVO3 June 1915Civil division
Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCMG, KC1 January 1916Civil division
Sir Robert Chalmers, KCB1 January 1916Civil division
Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, KCB, DSO31 May 1916Military division
Admiral Sir George Astley Callaghan, GCVO, KCB3 June 1916Military division
Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham, GCIE, GCVO, KCB, KCSI, KCMG3 June 1916Civil division
Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald, KCB, KC3 June 1916Civil division
Sir Francis John Stephens Hopwood, GCMG, KCB3 June 1916Civil division
Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, KCB, KCVO4 December 1916Military division
King Alexander I of Greece, GCB1918Military division
Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, GCB, GCMG, GCVO1918Military division
Field Marshal Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO1919Military division
John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury, GCB1920Civil division
James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL1921Civil division
Field Marshal William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE1923Military division
Field Marshal Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DL1926Military division
Field Marshal Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO1929Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, GCB, OM, KCMG, CVO, PC, DL1934Military division
Admiral of the Fleet William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, GCB, GCVO1935Military division

George VI

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Sir Isaac Isaacs, GCB, GCMG, KC1937Civil division
Field Marshal Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, GCB, CMG, DSO1938Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, GCB, OM, GCVO1939Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO**1941Military division
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter, GCB, CMG, DSO1941Military division
Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO*1942Military division
Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, CD, PC1942Military division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO*, MC1939Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, GCB, KBE1944Military division
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC1945Military division
Air Vice Marshal Sir Philip Game, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO1945Military division
General Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, KG, GCB, CH, DSO, PC1945Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham, GCB, MVO, DL1946Military division
Gilbert Campion, 1st Baron Campion, GCB1948Civil division
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC1950Military division
Field Marshal Prince Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO1951Military division

Elizabeth II

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC1955Military division
General Geoffrey Bourne, Baron Bourne, GCB, KBE, CMG1960Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Lawrence Mary MacDonald, GCB, CBE, DFC, ADC1965Military division[242]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle, GCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO, DFC1966Military division
General Sir John Hackett, GCB, CBE, DSO*, MC1967Military division
Field Marshal Michael Carver, Baron Carver, GCB, CBE, DSO*, MC1970Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore, GCB, DSC1974Military division
Sir Charles Cunningham, GCB, KBE, CVO1974Civil division
Admiral of the Fleet Charles, Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC, ADC1975Military division
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, GCB, GCVO, GBE, CI1975Civil division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie, KT, GCB, CBE, DSO, DFC1976Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Lowe, GCB, DFC, AFC1977Military division
Lieutenant Colonel Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC1977Civil division
Lieutenant General Sir David House, GCB, KCVO, CBE, MC1977Military division
Field Marshal The Lord Bramall, KG, GCB, OBE, MC, DL1979Military division
General Sir Peter Whiteley, GCB, OBE, DL1979Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans, GCB, CBE1979Military division
Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft, GCB1979Civil division
Sir Douglas Wass, GCB1980Civil division
Admiral Sir James Eberle, GCB1981Military division
General Sir Robert Ford, GCB, CBE1981Military division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson, GCB, AFC1982Military division
Admiral of the Fleet John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse, GCB, GBE1982Military division
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, GCB, CVO1983Civil division
Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi, GCB1983Military division
Sir William Fraser, GCB1984Civil division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Craig of Radley, GCB, OBE1984Military division
General Sir George Cooper, GCB, MC, DL1984Military division
Sir Kenneth Stowe, GCB, CVO1986Civil division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Peter Harding, GCB1988Military division
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, GCB, CBE1988Military division
Sir Clive Whitmore, GCB, CVO1988Civil division
Sir Brian Hayes, GCB1988Civil division
Sir Peter Middleton, GCB1989Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, GCB, GBE1989Military division
Sir Derek Oulton, GCB, QC1989Civil division
Sir William Heseltine, GCB, GCVO, AC, QSO1990Civil division
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst, GCB, DL1991Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Parry-Evans, GCB, CBE1991Military division
General Sir Brian Kenny, GCB, CBE1991Military division
Sir Michael Quinlan, GCB1991Civil division
Field Marshal The Lord Inge, KG, GCB, PC, DL1992Military division
Admiral Sir Jock Slater, GCB, LVO, DL1992Military division
The Lord Butler of Brockwell, KG, GCB, CVO, PC1992Civil division
Sir Terence Heiser, GCB1992Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, GCB, CBE1993Military division
Admiral Sir John Kerr, GCB, DL1993Military division
General The Lord Ramsbotham, GCB, CBE1993Civil division
Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL1994Military division
Sir Clifford Boulton, GCB1994Civil division
Terence Burns, Baron Burns, GCB1995Civil division
General Sir John Wilsey, GCB, CBE, DL1995Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Alcock, GCB, KBE1995Military division
Sir Peter Gregson, GCB1995Civil division
Sir Anthony Battishill, GCB1996Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, GCB, KCVO, CBE1997Military division
General Sir Roger Wheeler, GCB, CBE1997Military division
The Lord Fellowes, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC1998Civil division
Sir John Chilcot, GCB1998Civil division
Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Boyce, KG, GCB, OBE, DL1999Military division
Field Marshal The Lord Walker of Aldringham, GCB, CMG, CBE, DL1999Military division
General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie, GCB, OBE, DL1999Military division
Sir Nigel Wicks, GCB, CVO, CBE1999Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, GCB, DFC, AFC, DL2001Military division
The Lord Wilson of Dinton, GCB2001Civil division
Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh, GCB, DL2002Military division
Sir Hayden Phillips, GCB2002Civil division
Sir David Omand, GCB2004Civil division
Admiral The Lord West of Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC2004Military division
General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL2004Military division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Stirrup, KG, GCB, AFC2005Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, GCB, AFC2006Military division
Sir Richard Mottram, GCB2006Civil division
The Lord Janvrin, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC2007Civil division
General The Lord Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL2008Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, GCB, CBE, DSO2008Military division
Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, GCB, DL2008Military division
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, GCB, OBE, ADC, DL2010Military division
Sir David Normington, GCB2011Civil division
The Lord O'Donnell, GCB2011Civil division
General The Lord Houghton of Richmond, GCB, CBE, ADC Gen2011Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, GCB, ADC2012Military division
General Sir Peter Wall, GCB, CBE, DL2013Military division
The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court, GCB2015Civil division
Admiral Sir George Zambellas, GCB, DSC, ADC, DL2016Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford, GCB, CBE, ADC, DL2016Military division
The Lord Geidt, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC2018Civil division
The Lord Heywood of Whitehall, GCB, CVO2018Civil division
General Sir Nicholas Carter, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen2019Military division
Dame Sally Davies, GCB, DBE, FRS, FMedSci2019Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, GCB, CBE, DFC, ADC2020Military division

Charles III

ImageNameDateNotesReferences
Sir Tom Scholar, GCB2023Civil division
The Lord Young of Old Windsor, GCB, GCVO, PC2023Civil division[243]
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, GCB, CBE2023Military division
Lieutenant Colonel The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, PC, ADC2024

Honorary knights and dames grand cross

Military division

ImageNameYearNotes
Prince Sergey Grigorievich Volkonsky, GCB1819General in the Russian Army
Count Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, GCB1819General in the Russian Army
Ernest Karl, Count of Zieten, GCB1819General in the Prussian Army
Johann Maria Philipp Frimont, GCB1819General in the Austrian Army
Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, GCB1830
Count Ernest of Münster, GCB1831Minister of State and Cabinet of Hanover
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, GCB1834
Ludwig, Count of Wallmoden-Gimborn, GCB1834
Prince Ernest Frederick of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, GCB1835
Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, GCB1836
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, GCB1839
Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara, GCB1840
Prince Waldemar of Prussia, GCB1846
Omar Pasha, GCB1854General in the Ottoman Army
François Certain Canrobert, GCB1855
Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, GCB1855
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, GCB1855French Minister of War
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, GCB1855Commander-in-Chief of the Sardinian Forces in the Crimea
Aimable Pélissier, GCB1855Commander-in-Chief of the French Forces in the Crimea
Pierre Bosquet, GCB1856General in the French Army
Charles de Salles [fr], GCB1856General in the French Army
Patrice de MacMahon, GCB1856General in the French Army
Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, GCB1856General in the French Army
Louis-Michel Morris [fr], GCB1856General in the French Army
Prince William of Prussia (later German Emperor), KG, GCB1857
Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin, GCB1857French Minister of Marine and the Colonies
Jayajirao Scindia, GCB1877Maharaja of Gwalior
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, GCB1878
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, GCB1885
Alexander Joseph of Bulgaria, GCB1886Replaced a Civil GCB from 1879
Prince Komatsu Akihito, GCB1890General-in-Chief of the Japanese Imperial Household Troops
Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine, GCB1892
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, GCB1901
Alfred von Waldersee, GCB1901
Menelik II, GCB, GCMG1902Emperor of Ethiopia
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, GCB1904
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, GCB1904
Nogi Maresuke, GCB, GCVO1911
Ferdinand Foch, GCB, OM, DSO1914
Luigi Cadorna, GCB1915
Nicholas II of Russia, KG, GCB1916
John J. Pershing, GCB1918
Joseph Joffre, GCB, OM?
Chiang Kai-shek, GCB1942
Dwight D. Eisenhower, GCB, OM1943President of the United States (Civil Division in 1957)
Douglas MacArthur, GCB1943
Ernest King, GCB1945
Chester W. Nimitz, GCB1945
George Marshall, GCB1945
Henry H. Arnold, GCB1945
Georgy Zhukov, GCB1945
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, GCB, MC1952
Josip Broz Tito, GCB1972President of Yugoslavia
Suharto, GCB1974President of Indonesia
Ibrahim Babangida, GCB1989President of Nigeria
Abdullah II of Jordan, GCB, GCMG, KCVO2001King of Jordan

Civil division

ImageNameYearNotes
Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, GCB1848
Frederick William, The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, KG, GCB1848Later Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Prince Christian of Denmark, KG, GCB1863Later Christian IX of Denmark
Muhammad III as-Sadiq, GCB1865Bey of Tunis
Prince Francis of Teck, GCB, GCVO1866Later Francis, Duke of Teck
Isma'il Pasha, GCB, GCSI1866Khedive of Egypt
Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, GCB1867
Adolphus Frederick, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, GCB1877Later Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Prince Alexander Joseph of Battenberg, GCB1879Substituted for a Military GCB in 1886
Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, GCB1885
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, GCB1887
Ernest Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, GCB1887Later Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
Bernard, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, GCB1887Later Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Tewfik Pasha, GCB, GCSI1887Khedive of Egypt
Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark, KG, GCB, GCVO1888
Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan, GCB1889Grand Vizier of Persia
Auguste, Baron Lambermont, GCB1890
Prince Aribert of Anhalt, GCB1891
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, GCB1892
Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Romania, KG, GCB, GCVO1893Later Ferdinand I of Romania
Abdur Rahman Khan, GCB1893Emir of Afghanistan
Prince Carl of Denmark, KG, GCB, GCVO, GCStJ1896Later Haakon VII of Norway
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, GCB1897
Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, GCB1897Later Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince George of Greece and Denmark, GCB1900
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, KG, GCB1901
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, KG, GCB1901
Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, KG, GCB1901Later King Gustaf V of Sweden
Abdelaziz of Morocco, GCB1901Sultan of Morocco
Prince Valdemar of Denmark, GCB1901
Itō Hirobumi, GCB1902
Prince Arisugawa Takehito, GCB1902
Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, GCB, GCSI1903Nizam of Hyderabad
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, GCB, GCVO1903
Gustaf VI Adolf, KG, GCB, GCVO1905King of Sweden
Porfirio Díaz, GCB1906President of Mexico
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, GCB1907Prince consort of the Netherlands
Fuad I of Egypt, GCB1917King of Egypt
Hirohito, KG, GCB, GCVO1921Emperor of Japan
Benito Mussolini, GCB1923Prime Minister of Italy (expelled in 1940)
Haile Selassie I, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO1924Emperor of Ethiopia
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, GCB, GCSI1947Maharaja of Mysore
Francisco Craveiro Lopes, GCB1955President of Portugal
Dwight D. Eisenhower, GCB, OM1957President of the United States (Military Division in 1945)
René Coty, GCB1957President of France
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, GCB, GCVO1958Prince consort of the Netherlands
Theodor Heuss, GCB1958President of West Germany
Giovanni Gronchi, GCB1961President of Italy
Eduardo Frei Montalva, GCB1965President of Chile
Artur da Costa e Silva, GCB1968President of Brazil
Franz Jonas, GCB1969President of Austria
Giuseppe Saragat, GCB1969President of Italy
Urho Kekkonen, GCB1969President of Finland
Abdul Halim of Kedah, GCB, KStJ1972Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Georges Pompidou, GCB1972President of France
Luis Echeverría, GCB1973President of Mexico
Mobutu Sese Seko, GCB1973President of Zaire
Ernesto Geisel, GCB1976President of Brazil
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, GCB1976President of France
Nicolae Ceaușescu, GCB1978President of Romania (expelled 24 December 1989)
Walter Scheel, GCB1978President of the Federal Republic of Germany
António Ramalho Eanes, GCB1978President of Portugal
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, GCB, GCMG1979Emir of Qatar
Hassan II of Morocco, GCB1980King of Morocco
Qaboos bin Said al Said, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GCStJ1982Sultan of Oman
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, GCB, KCMG1984Emir of Bahrain
François Mitterrand, GCB1984President of France
Hastings Banda, GCB1985President of Malawi
Ronald Reagan, GCB1989President of the United States
Azlan Shah of Perak, GCB, KStJ1989Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, GCB, GCMG1990President of Iceland
Francesco Cossiga, GCB1990President of Italy
Lech Wałęsa, GCB1991President of Poland
Hassanal Bolkiah, GCB, GCMG1992Sultan of Brunei
Richard von Weizsäcker, GCB1992President of Germany
George H. W. Bush, GCB1993President of the United States
Robert Mugabe, GCB1994President of Zimbabwe (expelled 25 June 2008)
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, GCB, GCMG1995Emir of Kuwait
Martti Ahtisaari, GCB1995President of Finland
Jacques Chirac, GCB1996President of France
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, GCB, GCMG1996President of Poland
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, GCB1997President of Brazil
Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, GCB1998Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Roman Herzog, GCB1998President of Germany
Kim Dae-jung, GCB1999President of South Korea
Árpád Göncz, GCB, KCMG1999President of Hungary
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, GCB, GCMG, GCVO2000Consort of the Danish monarch
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, GCB2000President of Italy
Thabo Mbeki, GCB, GCMG2001President of South Africa
Olusegun Obasanjo, GCB2003President of Nigeria
Horst Köhler, GCB2004President of Germany
Roh Moo-hyun, GCB2004President of South Korea
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, GCB2006President of Brazil
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, GCB2006President of Latvia
Valdas Adamkus, GCB2006President of Lithuania
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, GCB2006President of Estonia
John Kufuor, GCB2007President of Ghana
Abdullah Gül, GCB2008President of Turkey
Nicolas Sarkozy, GCB2008President of France
Danilo Türk, GCB2008President of Slovenia
Felipe Calderón, GCB2009President of Mexico
Jacob Zuma, GCB2010President of South Africa
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, GCB, GCMG2010Emir of Qatar
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, GCB, GCMG2010President of the United Arab Emirates
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, GCB, AC2012President of Indonesia
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, GCB2012Emir of Kuwait
Park Geun-hye, GCB2013President of South Korea
François Hollande, GCB2014President of France
Tony Tan, GCB2014President of Singapore
Enrique Peña Nieto, GCB2015President of Mexico
Joachim Gauck, GCB2015President of Germany
Juan Manuel Santos, GCB2016President of Colombia
Cyril Ramaphosa, GCB2022President of South Africa
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, GCB2023President of Germany
Yoon Suk Yeol, GCB2023President of South Korea

See also

References