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List of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

February 02, 2023

This is an incomplete list of those who were made Knights/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/Dames Grand Cross

George III

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

George IV

Image Name Date Notes References
  Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell, KCB, RN 20 May 1820 Military division [91][92]
Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham, KCB, RN 20 May 1820 Military division [93][94]
  Sir Charles Long 20 May 1820 Civil division [95][96]
  Sir Charles Bagot 20 May 1820 Civil division [97][98]
Sir Edward Thornton 8 March 1822 Civil division [99][100]
  Major-General Sir Benjamin Bloomfield 1 April 1822 Civil division [101][102]
  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Viscount Granville PC 1 May 1825 Civil division [103][104]
  Frederick James Lamb 13 December 1827 Civil division [105][106]
  Sir Stratford Canning 7 December 1829 Civil division [107][108]
  Sir Robert Gordon 7 December 1829 Civil division [107][109]

William IV

Image Name Date Notes References
  Lieutenant-General Sir John Byng 24 February 1831 Military division [110][111]
  Sir Robert Adair 3 August 1831 Civil division [112][113]
  Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, PC 6 June 1832 Civil division [114][115]
  Charles Manners-Sutton 31 August 1833 Civil division [116][117]
  John Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby 3 March 1834 Civil division [118][119]
  Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, PC 16 September 1834 Civil division [120][121]
  Admiral Amelius Beauclerk, commonly called Lord Amelius Beauclerk, RN 3 August 1835 Military division [122][123]
  George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland, PC 29 August 1835 Civil division [124][125]
  Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bt., GCH, KCB 6 February 1837 Military division [126][127]

Victoria

Image Name Date Notes References
  John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, PC 27 June 1837 Civil division [128][129]
  George William Frederick Villiers, Esq. 19 October 1837 Civil division [130][131]
  Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, KG, KT, GCH, PC 15 December 1837 Civil division [132][133]
  Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, PC 19 July 1838 Civil division [134][135]
Colonel George William Russell, commonly called Lord George William Russell, CB 19 July 1838 Civil division [136]
Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford 19 July 1838 Civil division [137][138]
Richard Jenkins, Esq. 20 July 1838 Civil division [139][140]
  John McNeill, Esq. 15 April 1839 Civil division [141][142]
  Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, PC 19 August 1841 Civil division [143][144]
Lieutenant-General Sir Lionel Smith, Bt., KCB 27 August 1841 Civil division [145][146]
  Major-General Sir Henry Pottinger, Bt. 2 December 1842 Civil division [147][148]
Arthur Ingram Aston, Esq. 10 November 1843 Civil division [149][150]
  Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge, KCB 1 June 1844 Civil division [151][152]
  Captain Sir Edmund Lyons, RN 10 July 1844 Civil division [153][154]
  Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, PC 30 October 1844 Civil division [155][156]
Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool, PC 11 December 1845 Civil division [157][158]
  Lieutenant-General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, GCH, KCB, PC 24 June 1846 Civil division [159][160]
Sir George Hamilton Seymour, GCH 28 January 1847 Civil division [161][162]
  Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, GCH, PC 10 December 1847 Civil division [163][164]
  Sir George Grey, Bt. 31 March 1849 Civil division [165][166]
  Sir William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, KCB 1 March 1851 Civil division [167][168]
  John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, PC, FRS 23 February 1852 Civil division [169][170]
  Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley, KCB, PC 21 February 1853 Civil division [171][12]
  Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt. 15 April 1854 Civil division [172]
  Field Marshal Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, KG, KP, GCH, GCMG, PC 5 July 1855 Military division [173][174]
  Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, KCB, RN 5 July 1855 Military division [175][176]
Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, KCB, RN 5 July 1855 Military division [177][178]
  Fox Maule, 2nd Baron Panmure, KT, PC 29 October 1855 Civil division [179][180]
  Sir Charles Wood, Bt. 19 June 1856 Civil division [181][182]
Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St. Germans, PC 24 January 1857 Civil division [183]
  Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, KCB 11 November 1857 Civil division [184][185]
Major-General John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden, KCB 5 March 1858 Civil division [citation needed]
  John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, KCB 3 September 1858 Civil division [186]
  James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, PC 28 September 1858 Civil division [citation needed]
  Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning, PC 31 March 1859 Civil division [187]
John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone, GCH, PC 31 March 1859 Civil division [188]
  Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, KCB, RN 20 May 1859 Military division [189][190]
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, PC 15 June 1859 Civil division [191]
  Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt. 15 June 1859 Civil division [192][193]
  Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, GCH, KCB, RN 18 May 1860 Military division [194]
  Admiral Sir John West, KCB, RN 18 May 1860 Military division [195]
  Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons, KCB 24 January 1862 Civil division [196]
  John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney, KCB 10 March 1863 Civil division [197][198]
  Sir James Hudson, KCB 11 August 1863 Civil division [199][200]
  Major-General Sir Henry Knight Storks, GCMG, KCB 1 July 1864 Civil division [201]
  Field Marshal Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, KG, KSI, PC 10 February 1865 Military division [202][203]
  Sir Robert Peel, Bt. 5 January 1866 Civil division [204]
  Captain H.S.H. Ernest Leopold, Prince of Leiningen, KCB, RN 29 January 1866 Civil division [205][206]
Sir Andrew Buchanan, KCB 6 July 1866 Civil division [207]
  Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, KCB 6 July 1866 Civil division [208][209]
Sir Arthur Charles Magenis, KCB 6 July 1866 Civil division [210]
  Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey, KCB 13 March 1867 Military division [211][212]
  General George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, KCB 13 March 1867 Military division [213][214]
  Sir John Young, Bt., GCMG, KCB 13 November 1868 Civil division [215][216]
  Henry George Elliot 22 November 1869 Civil division [217]
  Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden, PC 13 July 1872 Civil division [218]
Sir Henry Francis Howard, KCB 13 July 1872 Civil Division [219][220]
  Sir Alexander Jamed Edmund Cockburn, Bt., QC 12 February 1873 Civil division [221][222]
Lieutenant General Sir Sydney John Cotton, KCB 24 May 1873 Military division [223][224]
  Lord Odo William Leopold Russell 21 February 1874 Civil division [225][226]
  Sir Henry Bartle Frere, GCSI, KCB 17 May 1876 Civil division [227][228]
  Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton, GCSI 1 January 1878 Civil division [229]
  Austen Henry Layard 11 June 1878 Civil division [230][231]
  General Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hartford, PC 24 January 1879 Civil division [232][233]
  Major-General Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, KCB 19 August 1879 Military division [234][235]
  Stephen Cave 20 March 1880 Civil division
  Richard Assheton Cross 20 April 1880 Civil division
  Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt. 20 April 1880 Civil division
  Lord John James Robert Manners 20 April 1880 Civil division
  Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet Wolseley, GCMG, KCB 19 June 1880 Military division
  Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts, VC, KCB 21 September 1880 Military division
  Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, KCB, RN 24 May 1881 Military division
  Henry Bouverie William Brand 20 September 1881 Civil division
  Lieutenant-General Sir John Miller Adye, KCB 17 November 1882 Military division
  Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin, KP, GCMG, KCB, PC 15 June 1883 Civil division
  Sir Edward Thornton, KCB 21 August 1883 Civil division
  Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget, KCB 21 August 1883 Civil division
  John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC PC(Can) KCB QC 21 November 1884 Civil division
  Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, PC, FRS 7 January 1885 Civil division
  George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, GCMG, PC 9 January 1885 Civil division
Sir John Lumley-Savile, KCB 15 June 1885 Civil division
  Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley, PC 30 June 1885 Civil division
  Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, PC 30 June 1885 Civil division
  Frederick Arthur Stanley 2 February 1886 Civil division
  Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, GCMG, KCB 2 February 1886 Civil division
  General Sir Charles Reid, KCB 29 May 1886 Military division [236]
  Admiral Sir John Hay, commonly called Lord John Hay, KCB, RN 30 July 1886 Military division
  Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, KCB 21 June 1887 Civil division
  Vice-Admiral Prince Victor Ferdinand Francis Eugene Gustavus Adolphus Constantine Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, RN 21 June 1887 Civil division
  Commander Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, KCB, RN 21 June 1887 Civil division
  General Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duke of Saxony, GCH, KCB 1 July 1887 Military division
  Sir Robert Burnett David Morier, GCMG, KCB 30 September 1887 Civil division
  Sir William Arthur White, GCMG 2 June 1888 Civil division
  Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, GCMG, KCB 2 January 1889 Civil division
  Sir Francis Clare Ford, GCMG 29 April 1889 Civil division
  Admiral Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, KP, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, KCB, PC 25 May 1889 Military division
  Sir William Jenner, Bt., KCB 25 May 1889 Civil division
  Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, KCB 23 July 1889 Civil division
  HH Prince Christian Victor Albert Louis Ernest Anton of Schleswig-Holstein 19 July 1890 Civil division
General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KCB 23 October 1891 Civil division
  Sir Julian Pauncefote, GCMG, KCB 25 May 1892 Civil division
  Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom, PC 1 August 1892 Civil division
Sir Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, KCB 1 August 1892 Civil division
  Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, KCB 1 August 1892 Civil division
  Sir Henry Brougham Loch, GCMG, KCB 20 August 1892 Civil division
  Sir Reginald Earle Welby, KCB 20 August 1892 Civil division
  Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell, PC 19 May 1893 Civil division
  Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Cromer, GCMG, KCB 8 January 1895 Civil division
  Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, KCB, PC 25 May 1895 Civil division
  James Stansfeld 25 May 1895 Civil division
  Henry Campbell-Bannerman 29 June 1895 Civil division
  Sir Edmund John Monson, GCMG 20 May 1896 Civil division
  Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles, GCMG 1 January 1897 Civil division
  Sir Robert Henry Meade, KCB 23 March 1897 Civil division
  Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford, Bt., KCB, KCSI, ADC 22 June 1897 Civil division
Sir Arthur Lawrence Haliburton, KCB 22 June 1897 Civil division
  Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor, GCMG, KCB 22 June 1897 Civil division
  Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, KCB 22 June 1897 Civil division
Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt., GCMG 22 June 1897 Civil division
  Field Marshal Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, KG, KT, KP, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, KCB, PC 21 May 1898 Military division
  Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener, KCB, KCMG 15 November 1898 Military division
Sir Hugh Owen, KCB 2 January 1899 Civil division
Sir Charles Lennox Peel, KCB 2 January 1899 Civil division
  Henry Morton Stanley, Esq. 9 June 1899 Civil division
Sir Charles Stewart Scott, GCMG 9 June 1899 Civil division
  Victor Albert George Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, GCMG, PC 23 May 1900 Civil division
  Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson, KCB, KCMG 16 November 1900 Civil division
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, Bt., KCB 29 November 1900 Military division
  Sir Alfred Milner, GCMG, KCB 1 January 1901 Civil division
Sir Francis Mowatt, KCB 1 January 1901 Civil division

Edward VII

Image Name Date Notes References
  Sir Robert Romer, KC 13 February 1901 Civil division
  Sir Francis Richard Plunkett, GCMG 9 November 1901 Civil division
  Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon, PC 26 June 1902 Civil division
  Sir Francis Henry Jeune, KCB 26 June 1902 Civil division
  General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn, VC, GCVO, KCB 26 June 1902 Civil division
  Sir Algernon Edward West, KCB 26 June 1902 Civil division
  General Sir John Watson, VC, KCB 26 June 1902 Military division
  Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, KCB 29 June 1906 Civil division
Sir Kenelm Edward Digby, KCB 29 June 1906 Civil division
  Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, KCB, KCVO, ISO 29 June 1906 Civil division
  Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, VC, GCVO, KCB 9 November 1906 Military division
Sir Evan MacGregor, KCB 9 November 1906 Civil division
  Colonel Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, GCMG, KCB, KCSI 9 November 1906 Civil division
  Sir Edward Fry, GCMG 7 May 1907 Civil division
  Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bt., GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KCIE 10 October 1907 Civil division
  Francis Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, ISO 26 June 1908 Civil division
  Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, GCMG, GCVO, KCB 26 June 1908 Civil division
  Sir John Arthur Godley, KCB 26 June 1908 Civil division
Sir George Herbert Murray, KCB, ISO 26 June 1908 Civil division
Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB 9 November 1908 Civil division
  General Sir John French, GCVO, KCB, KCMG 25 June 1909 Military division
  Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCMG, GCVO 25 June 1909 Civil division
  Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, KCB 25 June 1909 Civil division

George V

Image Name Date Notes References
  Sir Charles Hardinge, GCMG, GCVO 24 June 1910 Civil division
  Major Prince Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus, Duke of Teck, GCVO, CMG 19 June 1911 Civil division
  Major Prince Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George of Teck, GCVO, DSO 19 June 1911 Civil division
  Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten, GCMG, PC, KC 19 June 1911 Civil division
Sir (William) Edward Goschen, GCMG, GCVO 19 June 1911 Civil division
Sir Charles Inigo Thomas, KCB 19 June 1911 Civil division
  Sir Kenneth Augustus Muir Mackenzie, KCB 19 June 1911 Civil division
  Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, KCB, KCSI Civil division
  William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCMG, GCVO, PC 10 October 1911 Civil division
  Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC 23 October 1911 Civil division
  Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman, GCVO, KCB 10 December 1912 Military division
  Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, GCMG, PC 22 June 1914 Civil division
  General Sir Douglas Haig, KCB, KCIE, KCVO, ADC 3 June 1915 Military division
  Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, KCB, KCVO, SGM 3 June 1915 Military division
  Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Baron Reading, KCVO, PC 3 June 1915 Civil division
  Sir George William Buchanan, GCMG, GCVO 3 June 1915 Civil division
  Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCMG, KC 1 January 1916 Civil division
  Sir Robert Chalmers, KCB 1 January 1916 Civil division
  Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, KCB, DSO 31 May 1916 Military division
  Admiral Sir George Astley Callaghan, GCVO, KCB 3 June 1916 Military division
  Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham, GCIE, GCVO, KCB, KCSI, KCMG 3 June 1916 Civil division
  Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald, KCB, KC 3 June 1916 Civil division
Sir Francis John Stephens Hopwood, GCMG, KCB 3 June 1916 Civil division
Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, KCB, KCVO 4 December 1916 Military division
King Alexander I of Greece, GCB 1918 Military division
  Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, GCB, GCMG, GCVO 1918 Military division
  Field Marshal Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO 1919 Military division
John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury, GCB 1920 Civil division
  James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL 1921 Civil division
  Field Marshal William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE 1923 Military division
  Field Marshal Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DL 1926 Military division
  Field Marshal Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO 1929 Military division
  Admiral of the Fleet Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, GCB, OM, KCMG, CVO, PC, DL 1934 Military division
  Admiral of the Fleet William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery, GCB, GCVO 1935 Military division

George VI

Image Name Date Notes References
  Sir Isaac Isaacs, GCB, GCMG, KC 1937 Civil division
  Field Marshal Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, GCB, CMG, DSO 1938 Military division
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, GCB, OM, GCVO 1939 Military division
  Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO** 1941 Military division
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter, GCB, CMG, DSO 1941 Military division
  Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO* 1942 Military division
  Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, CD, PC 1942 Military division
  Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO*, MC 1939 Military division
  Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, GCB, KBE 1944 Military division
  Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC 1945 Military division
  Air Vice Marshal Sir Philip Game, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO 1945 Military division
  General Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, KG, GCB, CH, DSO, PC 1945 Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham, GCB, MVO, DL 1946 Military division
Gilbert Campion, 1st Baron Campion, GCB 1948 Civil division
  Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC 1950 Military division
  Field Marshal Prince Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO 1951 Military division

Elizabeth II

Image Name Date Notes References
  Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC 1955 Military division
  General Geoffrey Bourne, Baron Bourne, GCB, KBE, CMG 1960 Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Lawrence Mary MacDonald, GCB, CBE, DFC, ADC 1965 Military division [237]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle, GCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO, DFC 1966 Military division
General Sir John Hackett, GCB, CBE, DSO*, MC 1967 Military division
Field Marshal Michael Carver, Baron Carver, GCB, CBE, DSO*, MC 1970 Military division
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore, GCB, DSC 1974 Military division
Sir Charles Cunningham, GCB, KBE, CVO 1974 Civil division
  Admiral of the Fleet Charles, Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC, ADC 1975 Military division
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, GCB, GCVO, GBE, CI 1975 Civil division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie, KT, GCB, CBE, DSO, DFC 1976 Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Lowe, GCB, DFC, AFC 1977 Military division
Lieutenant Colonel Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC 1977 Civil division
Lieutenant General Sir David House, GCB, KCVO, CBE, MC 1977 Military division
  Field Marshal The Lord Bramall, KG, GCB, OBE, MC, DL 1979 Military division
General Sir Peter Whiteley, GCB, OBE, DL 1979 Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans, GCB, CBE 1979 Military division
Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft, GCB 1979 Civil division
Sir Douglas Wass, GCB 1980 Civil division
Admiral Sir James Eberle, GCB 1981 Military division
General Sir Robert Ford, GCB, CBE 1981 Military division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson, GCB, AFC 1982 Military division
Admiral of the Fleet John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse, GCB, GBE 1982 Military division
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, GCB, CVO 1983 Civil division
Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi, GCB 1983 Military division
Sir William Fraser, GCB 1984 Civil division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Craig of Radley, GCB, OBE 1984 Military division
General Sir George Cooper, GCB, MC, DL 1984 Military division
Sir Kenneth Stowe, GCB, CVO 1986 Civil division
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Peter Harding, GCB 1988 Military division
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, GCB, CBE 1988 Military division
Sir Clive Whitmore, GCB, CVO 1988 Civil division
Sir Brian Hayes, GCB 1988 Civil division
Sir Peter Middleton, GCB 1989 Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, GCB, GBE 1989 Military division
Sir Derek Oulton, GCB, QC 1989 Civil division
Sir William Heseltine, GCB, GCVO, AC, QSO 1990 Civil division
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst, GCB, DL 1991 Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Parry-Evans, GCB, CBE 1991 Military division
General Sir Brian Kenny, GCB, CBE 1991 Military division
Sir Michael Quinlan, GCB 1991 Civil division
  Field Marshal The Lord Inge, KG, GCB, PC, DL 1992 Military division
Admiral Sir Jock Slater, GCB, LVO, DL 1992 Military division
  The Lord Butler of Brockwell, KG, GCB, CVO, PC 1992 Civil division
Sir Terence Heiser, KG, GCB, CVO, PC 1992 Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, GCB, CBE 1993 Military division
Admiral Sir John Kerr, GCB, DL 1993 Military division
General The Lord Ramsbotham, GCB, CBE 1993 Civil division
  Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL 1994 Military division
Sir Clifford Boulton, GCB 1994 Civil division
  Terence Burns, Baron Burns, GCB 1995 Civil division
General Sir John Wilsey, GCB, CBE, DL 1995 Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Alcock, GCB, KBE 1995 Military division
Sir Peter Gregson, GCB 1995 Civil division
Sir Anthony Battishill, GCB 1996 Civil division
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, GCB, KCVO, CBE 1997 Military division
General Sir Roger Wheeler, GCB, CBE 1997 Military division
The Lord Fellowes, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC 1998 Civil division
Sir John Chilcot, GCB 1998 Civil division
  Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Boyce, KG, GCB, OBE, DL 1999 Military division
  Field Marshal The Lord Walker of Aldringham, GCB, CMG, CBE, DL 1999 Military division
General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie, GCB, OBE, DL 1999 Military division
Sir Nigel Wicks, GCB, CVO, CBE 1999 Civil division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, GCB, DFC, AFC, DL 2001 Military division
The Lord Wilson of Dinton, GCB 2001 Civil division
Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh, GCB, DL 2002 Military division
Sir Hayden Phillips, GCB 2002 Civil division
Sir David Omand, GCB 2004 Civil division
  Admiral The Lord West of Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC 2004 Military division
  General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL 2004 Military division
  Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Stirrup, KG, GCB, AFC 2005 Military division
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, GCB, AFC 2006 Military division
Sir Richard Mottram, GCB 2006 Civil division
The Lord Janvrin, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC 2007 Civil division
  General The Lord Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL 2008 Military division
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, GCB, CBE, DSO 2008 Military division
  Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, GCB, DL 2008 Military division
  Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, GCB, OBE, ADC, DL 2010 Military division
  Sir David Normington, GCB 2011 Civil division
  The Lord O'Donnell, GCB 2011 Civil division
  General The Lord Houghton of Richmond, GCB, CBE, ADC Gen 2011 Military division
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, GCB, ADC 2012 Military division
  General Sir Peter Wall, GCB, CBE, DL 2013 Military division
  The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court, GCB 2015 Civil division
  Admiral Sir George Zambellas, GCB, DSC, ADC, DL 2016 Military division
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford, GCB, CBE, ADC, DL 2016 Military division
  The Lord Geidt, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC 2018 Civil division
  The Lord Heywood of Whitehall, GCB, CVO 2018 Civil division
  General Sir Nicholas Carter, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen 2019 Military division
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, GCB, CBE, DFC, ADC 2020 Military division

Charles III

Image Name Date Notes References
  Sir Tom Scholar, GCB 2023 Civil division

Honorary Knights/Dames Grand Cross

Military division

Image Name Year Notes
  Prince Sergey Grigorievich Volkonsky, GCB 1819 General in the Russian Army
  County Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, GCB 1819 General in the Russian Army
  Ernest Karl, Count of Zieten, GCB 1819 General in the Prussian Army
  Johann Maria Philipp Frimont, GCB 1819 General in the Austrian Army
  Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, GCB 1830
  Count Ernest of Münster, GCB 1831 Minister of State and Cabinet of Hanover
  Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, GCB 1834
  Ludwig, Count of Wallmoden-Gimborn, GCB 1834
  Prince Ernest Frederick of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, GCB 1835
Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, GCB 1836
  Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, GCB 1839
  Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara, GCB 1840
Prince Waldemar of Prussia, GCB 1846
  Omar Pasha, GCB 1854 General in the Ottoman Army
  François Certain Canrobert, GCB 1855
  Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, GCB 1855
  Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, GCB 1855 French Minister of War
  Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, GCB 1855 Commander-in-Chief of the Sardinian Forces in the Crimea
  Aimable Pélissier, GCB 1855 Commander-in-Chief of the French Forces in the Crimea
  Pierre Bosquet, GCB 1856 General in the French Army
Charles de Salles, GCB 1856 General in the French Army
  Patrice de MacMahon, GCB 1856 General in the French Army
  Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, GCB 1856 General in the French Army
  Louis-Michel Morris, GCB 1856 General in the French Army
  Prince William of Prussia (later German Emperor), KG, GCB 1857
  Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin, GCB 1857 French Minister of Marine and the Colonies
  Jayajirao Scindia, GCB 1877 Maharaja of Gwalior
  Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, GCB 1878
  Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, GCB 1885
  Alexander Joseph of Bulgaria, GCB 1886 Replaced a Civil GCB from 1879
  Prince Komatsu Akihito, GCB 1890 General-in-Chief of the Japanese Imperial Household Troops
Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine, GCB 1892
  Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, GCB 1901
  Alfred von Waldersee, GCB 1901
  Menelik II, GCB, GCMG 1902 Emperor of Ethiopia
  Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, GCB 1904
  Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, GCB 1904
  Nogi Maresuke, GCB, GCVO 1911
  Ferdinand Foch, GCB, OM, DSO 1914
  Luigi Cadorna, GCB 1915
  Nicholas II of Russia, KG, GCB 1916
  John J. Pershing, GCB 1918
  Joseph Joffre, GCB, OM ?
  Chiang Kai-shek, GCB 1942
  Dwight D. Eisenhower, GCB, OM 1943 President of the United States (Civil Division in 1957)
  Douglas MacArthur, GCB 1943
  Ernest King, GCB 1945
  Chester W. Nimitz, GCB 1945
  George Marshall, GCB 1945
  Henry H. Arnold, GCB 1945
  Georgy Zhukov, GCB 1945
  Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, GCB, MC 1952
  Josip Broz Tito, GCB 1972 President of Yugoslavia
  Suharto, GCB 1974 President of Indonesia
  Ibrahim Babangida, GCB 1989 President of Nigeria
  Abdullah II of Jordan, GCB, GCMG, KCVO 2001 King of Jordan

Civil division

Image Name Year Notes
  Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, GCB 1848
  Frederick William, The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, KG, GCB 1848 Later Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Prince Christian of Denmark, KG, GCB 1863 Later Christian IX of Denmark
  Muhammad III as-Sadiq, GCB 1865 Bey of Tunis
  Prince Francis of Teck, GCB, GCVO 1866 Later Francis, Duke of Teck
  Isma'il Pasha, GCB, GCSI 1866 Khedive of Egypt
  Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, GCB 1867
  Adolphus Frederick, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, GCB 1877 Later Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Prince Alexander Joseph of Battenberg, GCB 1879 Substituted for a Military GCB in 1886
Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, GCB 1885
  Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, GCB 1887
  Ernest Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, GCB 1887 Later Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
  Bernard, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, GCB 1887 Later Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
  Tewfik Pasha, GCB, GCSI 1887 Khedive of Egypt
  Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark, KG, GCB, GCVO 1888
  Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan, GCB 1889 Grand Vizier of Persia
  Auguste, Baron Lambermont, GCB 1890
  Prince Aribert of Anhalt, GCB 1891
  Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, GCB 1892
  Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Romania, KG, GCB, GCVO 1893 Later Ferdinand I of Romania
  Abdur Rahman Khan, GCB 1893 Emir of Afghanistan
  Prince Carl of Denmark, KG, GCB, GCVO, GCStJ 1896 Later Haakon VII of Norway
  Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, GCB 1897
  Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, GCB 1897 Later Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  Prince George of Greece and Denmark, GCB 1900
  Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, KG, GCB 1901
  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, KG, GCB 1901
  Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, KG, GCB 1901 Later King Gustaf V of Sweden
  Abdelaziz of Morocco, GCB 1901 Sultan of Morocco
  Prince Valdemar of Denmark, GCB 1901
  Itō Hirobumi, GCB 1902
  Prince Arisugawa Takehito, GCB 1902
  Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, GCB, GCSI 1903 Nizam of Hyderabad
  Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, GCB, GCVO 1903
  Gustaf VI Adolf, KG, GCB, GCVO 1905 King of Sweden
  Porfirio Díaz, GCB 1906 President of Mexico
  Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, GCB 1907 Prince consort of the Netherlands
  Fuad I of Egypt, GCB 1917 King of Egypt
  Hirohito, KG, GCB, GCVO 1921 Emperor of Japan
  Benito Mussolini, GCB 1923 Prime Minister of Italy (expelled in 1940)
  Haile Selassie I, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO 1924 Emperor of Ethiopia
  Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, GCB, GCSI 1947 Maharaja of Mysore
  Francisco Craveiro Lopes, GCB 1955 President of Portugal
  Dwight D. Eisenhower, GCB, OM 1957 President of the United States (Military Division in 1945)
  René Coty, GCB 1957 President of France
  Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, GCB, GCVO 1958 Prince consort of the Netherlands
  Giovanni Gronchi, GCB 1961 President of Italy
  Eduardo Frei Montalva, GCB 1965 President of Chile
  Artur da Costa e Silva, GCB 1968 President of Brazil
  Franz Jonas, GCB 1969 President of Austria
  Giuseppe Saragat, GCB 1969 President of Italy
  Urho Kekkonen, GCB 1969 President of Finland
  Abdul Halim of Kedah, GCB, KStJ 1972 Yang di-Pertuan Agong
  Georges Pompidou, GCB 1972 President of France
  Luis Echeverría, GCB 1973 President of Mexico
  Mobutu Sese Seko, GCB 1973 President of Zaire
  Ernesto Geisel, GCB 1976 President of Brazil
  Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, GCB 1976 President of France
  Nicolae Ceaușescu, GCB 1978 President of Romania (expelled 24 December 1989)
  Walter Scheel, GCB 1978 President of the Federal Republic of Germany
  António Ramalho Eanes, GCB 1978 President of Portugal
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, GCB, GCMG 1979 Emir of Qatar
  Hassan II of Morocco, GCB 1980 King of Morocco
  Qaboos bin Said al Said, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GCStJ 1982 Sultan of Oman
  Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, GCB, KCMG 1984 Emir of Bahrain
  François Mitterrand, GCB 1984 President of France
  Hastings Banda, GCB 1985 President of Malawi
  Ronald Reagan, GCB 1989 President of the United States
  Azlan Shah of Perak, GCB, KStJ 1989 Yang di-Pertuan Agong
  Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, GCB, GCMG 1990 President of Iceland
  Francesco Cossiga, GCB 1990 President of Italy
  Lech Wałęsa, GCB 1991 President of Poland
  Hassanal Bolkiah, GCB, GCMG 1992 Sultan of Brunei
  Richard von Weizsäcker, GCB 1992 President of Germany
  George H. W. Bush, GCB 1993 President of the United States
  Robert Mugabe, GCB 1994 President of Zimbabwe (expelled 25 June 2008)
  Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, GCB, GCMG 1995 Emir of Kuwait
  Martti Ahtisaari, GCB 1995 President of Finland
  Jacques Chirac, GCB 1996 President of France
  Aleksander Kwaśniewski, GCB, GCMG 1996 President of Poland
  Fernando Henrique Cardoso, GCB 1997 President of Brazil
  Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, GCB 1998 Yang di-Pertuan Agong
  Roman Herzog, GCB 1998 President of Germany
  Kim Dae-jung, GCB 1999 President of South Korea
  Árpád Göncz, GCB, KCMG 1999 President of Hungary
  Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, GCB, GCMG, GCVO 2000 Consort of the Danish monarch