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:

List

DateNameBornDiedNotesRef
4 June 1917Queen Mary26 May 186724 March 1953[1]
Annie Allen, Lady Lawley
(Baroness Wenlock from 1931)		186329 April 1944Honorary Secretary, Queen Mary's Needlework Guild[2]
Louise Margaret Leila Wemyss, Lady Paget9 October 188124 September 1958Serbian Relief Fund
Flora, Lady Reid10 November 18671 September 1950
Katharine Furse23 November 187525 November 1952Commandant-in-Chief, Women's Voluntary Aid Detachment
4 December 1917Frances Charlotte, Baroness Chelmsford
(Viscountess Chelmsford from 1921)		22 March 186924 September 1957For services in connection with the War[3]
1 January 1918Queen Alexandra1 December 184420 November 1925[4]
Margaret, Baroness Ampthill8 October 187412 December 1957President, Bedfordshire Branch and Member of Council, British Red Cross Society; Head of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Department, Devonshire House
Edith Isabel Benyon30 April 185728 March 1919President, Berkshire Branch, British Red Cross Society; Commandant, Englefield House Hospital
Aimée Evelyn, Lady Dawson186424 December 1946Joint Honorary Secretary, Queen Mary's Needlework Guild
Violet Hermione, Duchess of Montrose10 September 185421 November 1940President, Scottish Branch, British Red Cross Society
Mary Elizabeth, Viscountess Northcliffe
(Lady Hudson from 1923)		22 December 186729 July 1963Member, Joint Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem; Donor and Administrator, Lady Northcliffe's Hospital for Officers
Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal9 July 185812 May 1930For services rendered by the Native States of India during the War[5]
Annette Louise, Countess of Liverpool23 May 187525 May 1948For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War[6]
3 June 1918Princess Christian25 May 18469 June 1923Member of Council, British Red Cross Society; Member, Joint War Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem[7]
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll18 March 18483 December 1939President, Kensington Branch and Member of Council, British Red Cross Society
Princess Helena Victoria3 May 187013 March 1948Lady President, Young Men's Christian Association; President, Women's Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association for France
Ethel Hope Becher186710 May 1948Matron-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Mary Ethel, Viscountess Harcourt26 August 18747 January 1961Honorary Secretary, American Women's War Relief Fund
Agnes Weston26 March 184023 October 1918Founder, Royal Sailors' Rests
Charlotte Josephine, Marchioness of Winchester28 December 1924President, Hampshire Branch, British Red Cross Society; Member, VAD Advisory Committee and VAD Selection Board
Emma Maud McCarthy22 September 18591 April 1949Matron-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service[8]
Lady Helen Munro Ferguson
(Viscountess Novar from 1920)		18639 April 1941For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War[9]
1 January 1919Sidney Jane Browne5 January 185013 August 1941Matron-in-Chief, Territorial Nursing Service[10]
Princess Beatrice14 April 185726 October 1944President, Isle of Wight Branch, British Red Cross Society[11]
Princess Marie Louise12 August 18728 December 1956Head of Bermondsey Voluntary Hospital
Adeline Marie, Duchess of Bedford24 September 185212 April 1920Member, Joint War Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem; President, Ladies' Committee of Order of St John
Mildred, Viscountess Buxton
(Countess Buxton from 1920)		29 June 18667 December 1955
Sarah Ann Swift22 November 185427 June 1937Matron-in-Chief, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem
Beatrix Frances, Marchioness of Waterford
(Duchess of St Albans from 1934)		25 March 18775 August 1953Head of Irish War Hospitals Supply Depots; Member, Joint War Committee for Leinster, Munster and Connaught, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem
1 January 1920Mabell Frances Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Airlie10 March 18667 April 1956President, Queen Alexandra's Army Nursing Board[12]
Maud Evelyn, Marchioness of Lansdowne17 December 185021 October 1932For service in connection with the War
Alice Edith, Countess of Reading
(Marchioness of Reading from 1926)		30 January 1930
Annie, Lady de Sausmarez185615 March 1947President, British Women's Work Association in China[13]
16 August 1920Margaret Lloyd George4 November 186420 January 1941[14]
1 January 1922Grace Elvina, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston16 May 188529 June 1958For services rendered during the War to the British Red Cross Society, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association, the Belgian Soldiers' Club, and Queen Alexandra's Nursing Association[15]
Mary Ethel Hughes6 June 18742 April 1958For services rendered in Australia during the War
3 June 1924Marie Adelaide, Baroness Willingdon
(Marchioness of Willingdon from 1936)		24 March 187530 January 1960[16]
1 January 1925Ellen Alice Carew (Ellen Terry)27 February 184721 July 1928[17]
Millicent Garrett Fawcett11 June 18475 August 1929
1 December 1925Ivy Muriel Chamberlain10 October 187813 February 1941[18]
1 January 1926Rachel Cecily, Baroness Forster186812 April 1962For services in Australia during the period of her husband's Governor Generalship[19]
5 June 1926Christina Allen Massey11 January 186319 April 1932For services to the Dominion of New Zealand[20]
3 June 1927Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, Viscountess Lascelles
(Princess Royal from 1932)		25 April 189728 March 1965[21]
Dame Nellie Melba19 May 186123 February 1931In recognition of services to the Commonwealth of Australia[22]
27 June 1927Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, Duchess of York
(Queen Elizabeth from 1936)		4 August 190030 March 2002On the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia to inaugurate the new capital of the Commonwealth of Australia at Canberra[23]
1 March 1929Edith Sophy Lyttelton4 April 18652 September 1948For public services[24]
3 June 1929Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan21 January 187926 August 1967For public and scientific services[25]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "No. 30250". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 24 August 1917. p. 8794.
  2. ↑ "No. 30255". The London Gazette. 28 August 1917. p. 8890. Correcting "No. 30250". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 24 August 1917. p. 8794.
  3. ↑ "No. 30413". The London Gazette. 4 December 1917. p. 12680.
  4. ↑ "No. 30460". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 7 January 1918. pp. 366–367.
  5. ↑ "No. 30451". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1918. p. 84.
  6. ↑ "No. 30576". The London Gazette (5th supplement). 15 March 1918. p. 3284.
  7. ↑ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 7 June 1918. pp. 6685–6686.
  8. ↑ "No. 30905". The London Gazette. 17 September 1918. p. 11089. Cancelling "No. 30730". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 7 June 1918. p. 6690.
  9. ↑ "No. 30935". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 October 1918. p. 11771.
  10. ↑ "No. 31097". The London Gazette (6th supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 83.
  11. ↑ "No. 31114". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 8 January 1919. pp. 447–448.
  12. ↑ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3757.
  13. ↑ "No. 31924". The London Gazette. 1 June 1920. p. 6037.
  14. ↑ "No. 32071". The London Gazette. 1 October 1920. p. 9619.
  15. ↑ "No. 32563". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1921. p. 10716.
  16. ↑ "No. 32941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1924. p. 4417.
  17. ↑ "No. 33007". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1925. p. 5.
  18. ↑ "No. 33109". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 November 1925. p. 7945.
  19. ↑ "No. 33119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1926. p. 7.
  20. ↑ "No. 33179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 July 1926. p. 4414.
  21. ↑ "No. 33280". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1927. p. 3611.
  22. ↑ "No. 33280". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1927. p. 3616.
  23. ↑ "No. 33292". The London Gazette. 8 July 1927. p. 4405.
  24. ↑ "No. 33472". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 March 1929. p. 1440.
  25. ↑ "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1929. p. 3675.
  26. ↑ "No. 33675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1931. p. 8.
  27. ↑ "No. 33831". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1932. p. 3576.
  28. ↑ "No. 33785". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1932. p. 7.
  29. ↑ "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3074.
  30. ↑ "No. 34402". The London Gazette. 28 May 1937. p. 3430.
  31. ↑ "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3095.
  32. ↑ "No. 34518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1938. p. 3697.
  33. ↑ "No. 36544". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1944. p. 2586.
  34. ↑ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (5th supplement). 13 June 1946. p. 2783.
  35. ↑ "No. 38161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1948. p. 25.
  36. ↑ "No. 38161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1948. p. 14.
  37. ↑ "No. 39104". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1951. p. 10.
  38. ↑ "No. 39735". The London Gazette (4th supplement). 1 January 1953. p. 44.
  39. ↑ "No. 40053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1954. p. 10.
  40. ↑ "No. 40054". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1954. p. 40.
  41. ↑ "No. 40188". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1954. p. 3266.
  42. ↑ "No. 40306". The London Gazette. 22 October 1954. p. 5985.
  43. ↑ "No. 41089". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1957. p. 3377.
  44. ↑ "No. 42370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1961. p. 4152.
  45. ↑ "No. 43245". The London Gazette. 14 February 1964. p. 1347.
  46. ↑ "No. 49523". The London Gazette. 28 October 1983. p. 14203.
  47. ↑ Obituary, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 10 May 2016.
  48. ↑ "No. 57509". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2004. p. 7.
  49. ↑ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 6.
  50. ↑ "No. 62507". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N24.
  51. ↑ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N8.
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