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
editStyles of Queen Elizabeth | |
---|---|
Reference style | Her Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Majesty |
- 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:
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]
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
editLand | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vereinigtes Königreich | 1923 – 30 March 2002[2] | Member of the Royal Family Order of King George V | ||
British Empire and Commonwealth | 8 March 1923 – 6 June 1924 | Lady of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem | LGStJ[3] | |
British Empire and Commonwealth | 6 June 1924 – 12 June 1926 | Lady of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem | LJStJ[4] | |
British Empire and Commonwealth | 12 June 1926 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem | GCStJ[5] | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | 8 July 1927 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | GBE[6] | |
British India | 1931 – 30 March 2002 | Member of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India | CI | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | 14 December 1936 – 30 March 2002 | Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter | LG[7] | |
British Empire and Commonwealth | 1 February 1937 – 30 March 2002 | Grand Master and Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order | GCVO[8] | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | 1937 – 30 March 2002[9] | Member of the Royal Family Order of King George VI | ||
Vereinigtes Königreich | 11 May 1937 – 30 March 2002 | Extra Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle | LT[10] | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | 1952 – 30 March 2002[9] | Member of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II | ||
Kanada | 1966 – 30 March 2002 | Member of the Order of the Dogwood | OD[11][12] | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | 1978 – 30 March 2002[13][14] | Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports | ||
Neuseeland | 1990 – 30 March 2002 | Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand | ONZ | |
Kanada | 2000 – 30 March 2002 | Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada | CC |
Land | Date | Decoration | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters |
---|---|---|---|---|
British Empire and Commonwealth | 1936 | Member of the Royal Red Cross | RRC | |
British Empire and Commonwealth | 11 May 1937[10] | Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain | ||
British Empire and Commonwealth | 1935 | Recipient of the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal | ||
British Empire and Commonwealth | 1937 | Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal | ||
British Empire and Commonwealth | 1953 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal | ||
British Empire and Commonwealth | 1977 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal | ||
British Empire and Commonwealth | 2002 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal | ||
Kanada | 1951 | Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Five Bars | CD |
Land | Date | Award | Post-nominal letters |
---|---|---|---|
Vereinigtes Königreich | 1961 | Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour |
Foreign honours
editLand | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yugoslavia | 1923 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Sava | ||
Afghanistan | 1928 – 17 July 1973 | Member First Class of the Order of the Supreme Sun | ||
Japan | 1937 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown | ||
Frankreich | July 1938[15] – 30 March 2002 | Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour | ||
Rumänien | 1938 – 30 December 1947 | Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania | ||
Nepal | 1948 – 30 March 2002 | Member Grand Cross of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya | ||
Niederlande | 1950 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands | ||
Griechenland | 1950 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of St Olga and St Sophia | MSOS | |
Peru | 1960 – 30 March 2002 | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun | ||
Tunesien | 1961 – 30 March 2002 | Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence |
Land | Date | Decoration | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frankreich | 1945 | Recipient of the Red Cross Medal | ||
Norwegen | 1945 | Recipient of the Norwegian War Cross |
Honorary military positions
edit- 1953 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1938 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
- 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
- 1953 – 1974: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps[16]
- 1977 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service[17]
- 1939 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment[18]
- 1977 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps
- 1947 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Witwatersrand Rifles
- 1947 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cape Town Highlanders
- 1956 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Transvaal Scottish
- 1955–1965: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police
- Rhodesia
- 1965–1970: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police[19]
- 1927 – 1968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry[20]
- 1930 – 1961: Honorary Colonel the Hertfordshire Regiment
- 1935 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish[21]
- 1937 – 1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)[22]
- 1937 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)[22]
- 1942 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps
- 1947 – 1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
- 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
- 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment[23]
- 1949 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Army Corps[24]
- 1952 – 1961: Royal Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
- 1953 – September 1960: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers[25]
- 1957 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Inns of Court Regiment[26]
- 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
- 1958 – 1989: Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC[27]
- 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Regiment[28]
- 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Hussars[29]
- 1959 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards[30]
- 1960 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)[25]
- 1961 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
- 1961 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
- 1964 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment[31]
- 1967 – 30 March 2002: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry[32]
- 1967 – 1968: Honorary Colonel of The London Yeomanry and Territorials[32]
- 1968 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Infantry[33]
- 1993 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)[34]
- 1996 – 1999: Royal Honorary Colonel of the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry)
- 1949 – 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Air Force[35]
- 1960 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School[36]
- 1994 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief, Women, Royal Air Force[35]
- unk. – 30 March 2002: Air Chief Commandant of the Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- 1949 – 1957 and 1999 – 30 March 2002: Honorary Air Commodore of No. 600 Squadron RAF
- unk. – 11 January 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Naval Service[37]
- 11 January 1994 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief for Women in the Royal Navy[37]
Non-national titles and honours
editFreedom of the City
edit- Commonwealth realms
- 1927: Glasgow[38]
- 29 August 1928: Stirling[39]
- 1928: Dunfermline
- 1935: Perth
- 1936: Edinburgh
- 1953: Inverness - Joint Freedom with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 1953: London
- 26 July 1954: King's Lynn and West Norfolk[40]
- 1954: Dundee - Also on Behalf of the Black Watch
- 1954: Ottawa[41]
- 1956: Forfar - Also on Behalf of the Black Watch[42][43]
- 1956: Musselburgh
- 1956: Wick
- 25 May 1959: Aberdeen[44]
- 13 April 1961: St Albans[45]
- 1980: Windsor and Maidenhead[46]
- 1981: Windsor
- 1981: Maidenhead
- 1990: Caithness
- Foreign
Member and fellowships
editLand | Date | Organisation | Position |
---|---|---|---|
Vereinigtes Königreich | December 1938 – 2002 | Women's Royal Voluntary Service | President[49] |
Vereinigtes Königreich | 1956 – 2002 | Royal Society | Honorary Fellow (FRS) |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Honorary Fellow (FRSE) | |
England | London School of Economics | Honorary Fellow | |
Ontario | 28 June 1974 – 30 March 2002 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher[50] |
England | 1944 – 2002 | Honourable Society of the Middle Temple | Honorary Bencher[51] |
England | Royal College of Physicians | Honorary Fellow | |
Scotland | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Honorary Fellow | |
England | Royal College of Surgeons of England | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Academy of Music | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Marie Curie Memorial Foundation | Patron | |
Ontario | Ontario Jockey Club | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Air Force Club | Honorary Life Member | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal College of Midwives | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal College of Music | President Emerita | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal College of Nursing | Patron | |
England | Royal College of Surgeons of England | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Commonwealth Society | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal British Legion (Women's Section) | President | |
Scotland | Royal British Legion Scotland (Women's Section) | Grand President | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal School of Church Music | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Society of Musicians | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Automobile Club | Honorary Member | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Household Cricket Club | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal School of Needlework | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Horticultural Society | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Patron | |
Scotland | Royal Scottish Society of Arts | Patron | |
Scotland | Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Special Forces Club | Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Cavalry and Guards Club | Lady Patron | |
Vereinigtes Königreich | Society of Antiquaries of London | Royal Fellow (FSA) | |
Kanada | Victorian Order of Nurses | Patron | |
British Empire and Commonwealth | 1983 – 2002 | Victoria Cross and George Cross Association | President[52] |
British Empire and Commonwealth | Gallantry Medallists' League | Patron |
Scholastic
editLand | Date | Institution | Position |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1953 – 1993 | Royal College of Music | President |
England | 1955 – 1980 | University of London | Chancellor |
Scotland | 1967 – 1977 | University of Dundee | Chancellor |
England | 1981 – 2002 | Royal Holloway College | Patron |
England | London School of Economics | Honorary Fellow | |
Ontario | 1974 – 2002 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher[54] |
Nation or Land | Date | Institution | Degree |
---|---|---|---|
Northern Ireland | 1924 | Queen's University Belfast | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Scotland | 1929 | University of St. Andrews | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Scotland | 1932 | University of Glasgow | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Scotland | 1937 | University of Edinburgh | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Südafrika | 1947 | University of Cape Town | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
England | 1948 | University of Cambridge | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
England | 1951 | Victoria University of Manchester | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
England | 1954 | University of Leeds | Doctor of Laws (LLD)[55] |
New York | 1954 | Columbia University | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Australien | 1958 | University of Melbourne | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Neuseeland | 1966 | University of Auckland | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Nova Scotia | 1967 | Dalhousie University | Doctor of Laws (LLD)[56] |
Simbabwe | 1981 | University of Zimbabwe | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Scotland | 1983 | University of Aberdeen | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
England | 1931 | University of Oxford | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
Scotland | 1967 | University of Dundee | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
England | 1984 | Newcastle University | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
England | 1966 | University of Sheffield | Doctor of Music (D.Mus) |
England | 5 December 1973 | Royal College of Music | Doctor of Music (D.Mus) [57][58] |
Scotland | 1994 | Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama | Doctor of Music (D.Mus) |
England | 1937 | University of London | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) |
Jamaika | 1965 | University of the West Indies | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) |
England | 1965 | University of Keele | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) |
England | 1991 | Royal Veterinary College | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) |
Honorific eponyms
editStructures
editBuildings
edit- England: Bowes-Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage
- England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn
- England: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
- England: Lyon Court, part of Queens' College, Cambridge.
- Scotland: Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee, Dundee
- Scotland: Queen Mother Library, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
- Scotland: Queen Elizabeth Wing, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling
Schools
edit- Canada: Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax
- Wales: Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen
- England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxford
- Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth School, Harare
Ships
edit- United Kingdom: RMS Queen Elizabeth
See also
edit- 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
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