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List of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire

January 01, 1970

Below is a list of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 to the present day. The names and titles of recipients are given as at the time of their appointment or promotion to Knight Grand Cross. The date of the award, as given in the announcement The London Gazette, is included in brackets after the names.

Name Date Division Citation Notes References
Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 4 June 1917 "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
The Viscount Gladstone 4 June 1917 Chairman of the War Refugees Committee. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
The Lord Emmott 4 June 1917 Director of the War Trade Department. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
The Lord Moulton 4 June 1917 Director-General of Explosive Supplies, Ministry of Munitions. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
The Lord Sydenham of Combe 4 June 1917 "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
The Lord Cunliffe 4 June 1917 Governor of the Bank of England. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
The Honourable Arthur Stanley 4 June 1917 Chairman, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes 4 June 1917 First Lord of the Admiralty, lately Inspector-General of Transportation Headquarter Staff, France. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
Sir Arthur Pearson, Bt. 4 June 1917 Chairman of the Blinded Sailors and Soldiers Care Committee. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
Mr Justice Sankey 4 June 1917 Joint Chairman of the Advisory Committee as to Internment and Repatriation. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
Mr Justice Younger 4 June 1917 Joint Chairman of the Advisory Committee as to Internment and Repatriation. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
Alexander McDowell 4 June 1917 Joint Director for Ireland, Ministry of Munitions. "For Services in connection with the War". [1]
The Lord Chelmsford 4 December 1917 Viceroy and Governor-General of India. "For Services in connection with the War". [2]
The Lord Willingdon 4 December 1917 Governor of Bombay. "For Services in connection with the War". [2]
Honorary Colonel His Highness The Nizam of Hyderabad 4 December 1917 "For Services in connection with the War". [2]
Honorary Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Mysore 4 December 1917 "For Services in connection with the War". [2]
Honorary Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Gwalior 4 December 1917 "For Services in connection with the War". [2]
Lieutenant-General His Highness The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir 1 January 1918 "In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War". [3]
Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Jaipur 1 January 1918 "In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War". [3]
Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Kotah 1 January 1918 "In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War". [3]
Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness The Mahajara of Patiala 1 January 1918 "In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War". [3]
Sir Thomas Dunlop, Bt. 1 January 1918 Lord Provost of Glasgow. "For services in connection with the War".[4]
William Henry Ellis 1 January 1918 Master Cutler of Sheffield. "For services in connection with the War".[4]
Sir Richard Charles Garton 1 January 1918 Founder of the Garton Foundation for Promoting the Study of International Policy and Economics; Honorary Treasurer of the Trust Fund 'Committee of Queen Mary's Hostel. "For services in connection with the War".[4]
Sir David Harrel 1 January 1918 Chairman, of the Committee on Production. "For services in connection with the War".[4]
Sir Robert Arundell Hudson 1 January 1918 Treasurer and Financial Director of the Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For services in connection with the War".[4]
Colonel Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee 1 January 1918 Director-General of Food Production. "For services in connection with the War".[4]
Sir William Plender 1 January 1918 "For services in connection with the War".[4]
General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate 1 January 1918 His Majesty's High Commissioner for Egypt. "For services in connection with the War".[4]
Basil Zaharoff 19 April 1918 (invested) Honorary Presented by Viscount Bertie of Thame, British Ambassador to France
Arthur David Brooks 3 June 1918 Lord Mayor of Birmingham. "For services in connection with the War". [5]
Sir William Edmund Garstin 3 June 1918 Member of the Council of the British Red Cross Society and of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the V.A.D. Advisory Committee and of the V.A.D. Selection Board. "For services in connection with the War". [5]
Sir Charles Blair Gordon 3 June 1918 Vice-Chairman of the British War Mission to the United States of America. "For services in connection with the War". [5]
The Earl of Plymouth 3 June 1918 Sub-Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For services in connection with the War". [5]
The Very Reverend Thomas Banks Strong 3 June 1918 Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; late Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. "For services in connection with the War". [5]
The Reverend John Pentland Mahaffy 3 June 1918 Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. "For services in connection with the War". [6]
The Earl of Liverpool 3 June 1918 Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand. "For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War.". [7]
Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles 3 June 1918 Lately Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the City and Garrison of Gibraltar. "For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War." [8]
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Crichton Sclater 1 January 1919 Military "For valuable services rendered in connection with the War". [9]
Walter Durnford 8 January 1919 Civil Provost of King's College, Cambridge. "For services in connection with the war". [10]
Sir Charles Edward Ellis 8 January 1919 Civil Member of Ministry of Munitions Council and Representative of the Ministry in France and Italy; previously Director-General of Ordnance Supply; late Managing Director, Messrs. John Brown & Co., Ltd. "For services in connection with the war". [10]
The Viscount Peel 8 January 1919 Civil Chairman of Panel, Military Service (Government Departments) Committee; Chairman of Disabled Sailors' and Soldiers' 'Compensation Committee; formerly Chairman of the Committee on Detention of Neutral Vessels and of the Black List Committee. "For services in connection with the war". [10]
The Lord Raglan 8 January 1919 Civil Late Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man. "For services in connection with the war". [10]
Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, Bt. 8 January 1919 Civil Director-General of Voluntary Organisations; Commanding and Chief Staff Officer of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. "For services in connection with the war". [10]
Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Nawanagar 3 June 1919 Military "In recognition of valuable services rendered in India in connection with the War". [11]
Major-General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes 26 August 1919 Military "For distinguished services to Aviation in general, and in particular for invaluable work as former Chief of the Air Staff". [12]
General Sir Baber Shumshere Jang Bahadoor Rana of Nepal 19 December 1919
Sir Alexander Baird, Bt. 1 January 1920 Civil President, Permanent Arbitration Board, Egypt. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
The Viscount Chilston 1 January 1920 Civil Chief County Director, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb 1 January 1920 Civil Late Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Colonel Sir James Gildea 1 January 1920 Civil Founder and Chairman of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Families' Association. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir Charles Harris 1 January 1920 Civil Assistant Financial Secretary, War Office. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir Nathaniel Joseph Highmore 1 January 1920 Civil Assistant Director, War Trade Department. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir Robert Stevenson Horne 1 January 1920 Civil Minister of Labour. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir Robert Molesworth Kindersley 1 January 1920 Civil Chairman, National War Savings Committee. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir Harry Livesey 1 January 1920 Civil Late Director of Navy Contracts and subsequently Commissioner for Contract Policy, and Admiralty Representative on Lord Colwyn's Inter-departmental Committee. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
The Earl of Meath 1 January 1920 Civil "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir Thomas Munro 1 January 1920 Civil Chairman of Provisional Joint Committee of Industrial Conference; Chief Adviser, Labour Regulation Department, Ministry of Munitions. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir John Denison-Pender 1 January 1920 Civil Managing Director of Eastern Telegraph Company. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Edward Aurelian Ridsdale 1 January 1920 Civil Vice-Chairman of Executive Committee, British Red Cross Society. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Arthur Everett Shipley 1 January 1920 Civil Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Sir Henry Babington Smith 1 January 1920 Civil Acted as Deputy to the Earl of Reading in the United States of America. "For services in connection with the War." [13]
Commanding General Sir Padma Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal 24 March 1920
Sir Percy Elly Bates, Bt. 5 June 1920 Civil Voluntary services to the Ministry of Shipping for five years. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[14]
Sir John Lorne MacLeod 5 June 1920 Civil Lord Provost of Edinburgh throughout the War. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[14]
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson 5 June 1920 Civil Agent-General for Queensland until end of 1919. Services to Board of Trade in connection with purchase and distribution of frozen meat for Allied Forces. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[14]
Herbert Louis Samuel 11 June 1920 Civil His Majesty's High Commissioner for Palestine.[15]
Sir Edward Owen Cox 15 October 1920 Civil "For services in or for certain of the Overseas Dominions, and in connection with the War".[16]
Frederic Courtland Penfield October 1920 Presented in Washington D.C. [17]
Henry Morgenthau November 1920 Presented by Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States. "In recognition of his services to British civilian and military prisoners during the war." [18]
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking 1 January 1921 Military [19]
Honorary Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Bikaner 1 January 1921 Military "For valuable services rendered during the War". [19]
Colonel (Temporary Major-General) The Earl of Scarbrough 12 February 1921 Military Director-General of the Territorial Force. "Lord Scarbrough relinquished on Saturday [12 February 1921] his appointment as Director-General of the Territorial Force, after holding that office for the usual period of four years." [20][21]
Count Sutemi Chinda May 1921 On the occasion of the visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to the United Kingdom. [22]
Evelyn Cecil 2 January 1922 Civil Secretary-General of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 1915–21. Vice-Chairman Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem.[23]
Charles Scott Sherrington 2 January 1922 Civil President of the Royal Society. [23]
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt. 3 June 1922 Civil "On the occasion of His Majesty' Birthday". [24]
John Herbert Lewis 19 October 1922 Civil Under Secretary to the Board of Education since 1916. [25]
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, Bt. 19 October 1922 Civil Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Right Honourable David Lloyd George. [25]
The Right Honourable The Viscount St Davids 19 October 1922 Civil [26]
Admiral Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper 28 December 1922 Military [27]
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Harington Harington 28 December 1922 Military [27]
Sir John Malcolm Fraser, Bt. 30 December 1922 Civil [28]
Sir Harry Harling Lamb 2 June 1923 Civil Until recently His Majesty's Consul-General at Smyrna. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Major-General Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack 2 June 1923 Civil Governor-General of the Sudan. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir William Guy Granet 2 June 1923 Civil For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[29]
Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin 2 June 1923 Civil Lately Administrator of Southern Rhodesia and of Northern Rhodesia.[30]
Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff 3 June 1924 Military "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Robert Donald 3 June 1924 Civil For public services. Chairman of the Council of the Empire Press Union. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Howard George Frank, Bt. 3 June 1924 Civil Lately Chairman of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission. For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Josiah Charles Stamp 3 June 1924 Civil For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay 3 June 1924 Civil Lately His Majesty's Minister at Christiania. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Field Marshal The Lord Plumber 3 June 1924 Civil Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Malta. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Major-General The Lord Cheylesmore 3 June 1925 Civil Chairman of the National Rifle Association; President of the Lord Roberts' Memorial Workshops. Twice Mayor of Westminster and Chairman of London County Council 1912–13. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Frederic George Kenyon 3 June 1925 Civil Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir John Francis Cleverton Snell 3 June 1925 Civil Chairman of the Electricity Commission. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford 3 June 1925 Civil Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, Governor and Commander-in-Chief designate of the Island of Ceylon. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Ignacy Jan Paderewski 25 June 1925 Conferred by King George V at an audience at Buckingham Palace. "It is understood that the honour is in acknowledgement of M. Paderewski's services to the British Legion in giving recitals on behalf of Lord Haig's Fund."
Lieutenant-General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh 17 July 1925 Military
Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke 19 January 1926 Civil "In connection with the termination of the British Empire Exhibition". [31]
Admiral Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock[Notes 1] 5 June 1926 Military "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
The Lord Islington 5 June 1926 Civil Retiring Chairman of the National Savings Committee. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
Sir William Warrender Mackenzie 5 June 1926 Civil Late President of the Industrial Court. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
The Lord Queenborough 5 June 1926 Civil "For public services". "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
Sir Henry Frank Heath 3 June 1927 Civil Late Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt. 3 June 1927 Civil "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer 3 June 1927 Civil Controller of Finance, H.M. Treasury. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Sir Richard Threfall 3 June 1927 Civil "For public services." "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
The Right Honourable Edward Hilton Young 3 June 1927 Civil Chairman of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Sir Henry Strakosch 3 June 1927 Civil Lately Member of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
General The Earl of Cavan 27 June 1927 Civil "On the occasion of the Visit of T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia to inaugurate the new capital of the Commonwealth of Australia at Canberra". [32]
Sir George Rowland Blades, Bt. 27 September 1927 Civil On his retirement as Lord Mayor of London. The customary baronetcy could not be conferred as Blades was already a baronet. [33][34]
Colonel His Royal Highness The Maharaja of Kapurthala 29 November 1927 Civil Announced by The Lord Irwin, Governor-General of India, on 26 November 1927 in Kapurthala, on the occasion of his visit for the Maharaja's Golden Jubilee. [35][36]
General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch 9 December 1927 Military Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery.
Dr Luis Alberto de Herrera February 1928 Special Ambassador, Uruguayan Special Mission. [37]
Sir John Dewrance 4 June 1928 For public and political services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday". [38]
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Percy Maybury 4 June 1928 Director General of Roads, Ministry of Transport. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday". [38]
Sir John Hubert Oakley 4 June 1928 Member of the Irish Grants Committee. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday". [38]
Sir William Grenfell Max Muller 4 June 1928 Lately His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Ministry Plenipotentiary at Warsaw. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
The Right Honourable The Lord Phillimore 7 August 1928 Civil "In recognition of services as President of the Naval Prize Tribunal Since its inception in 1918, and on the occasion of the dissolution of the Tribunal." [39]
Brigadier-General Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood 2 November 1928 Civil [40]
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game 1 January 1929 Military [41]
Sir Arthur Henry Crosfield, Bt. 1 March 1929 Civil Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association. [41]
Sir William McLintock 1 March 1929 Civil Senior partner in Messrs. Thomson McLintock & Co., Chartered Accountants. For public services. [41]
Sir William Symington McCormick 1 March 1929 Civil Chairman of the University Grants Committee and of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. [41]
Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs 1 March 1929 Civil High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Iraq. [42]
Sir Arthur McDougall Duckham 3 June 1929 Civil Chairman, Economic Mission to Australia. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday". [43]
The Honourable Sir William Francis Kyffin Taylor 3 June 1929 Civil Lately Vice-President of the War Compensation Court. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday". [43]
The Right Honourable Sir Beilby Francis Alston 3 June 1929 Civil His Majesty's Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday". [44]
Sir Harold Bowden, Bt. 28 June 1929 Civil "For philanthropic and public services." [45]
The Right Honourable Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister 28 June 1929 Civil Member of Parliament for Hendon Division since 1918. Lately President of the Board of Trade. [45]
Commander The Right Honourable Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell 28 June 1929 Civil Member of Parliament for Evesham Division since 1910. Conservative Chief Whip since 1923.

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  • Anastasios Adossides (August 1919?)

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  • Civil Division
    • José Evaristo Uriburu y Tezanos Pinto (date unknown)

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  • Hereditary Prince of Korea (30 September 1927)
  • HH Commanding-General Sir Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana

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  • Gabriel Terra (1931) (on the occasion of the Prince of Wales' visit)

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  • Raul Regis de Oliveira (1874–1942)
  • Don Agustin Edwards (1927 or before)
  • Saud of Saudi Arabia
  • Agustín Pedro Justo Rolón
  • Juan Carlos Blanco (1926)
  • Jorge Matte Gormaz
  • General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
  • Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
  • Paul Ely

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The London Gazette gives his first name as Frederick.

References edit

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Below is a list of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order s creation in 1917 to the present day The names and titles of recipients are given as at the time of their appointment or promotion to Knight Grand Cross The date of the award as given in the announcement The London Gazette is included in brackets after the names Name Date Division Citation Notes References Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 4 June 1917 For Services in connection with the War 1 The Viscount Gladstone 4 June 1917 Chairman of the War Refugees Committee For Services in connection with the War 1 The Lord Emmott 4 June 1917 Director of the War Trade Department For Services in connection with the War 1 The Lord Moulton 4 June 1917 Director General of Explosive Supplies Ministry of Munitions For Services in connection with the War 1 The Lord Sydenham of Combe 4 June 1917 For Services in connection with the War 1 The Lord Cunliffe 4 June 1917 Governor of the Bank of England For Services in connection with the War 1 The Honourable Arthur Stanley 4 June 1917 Chairman British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem in England For Services in connection with the War 1 Sir Eric Campbell Geddes 4 June 1917 First Lord of the Admiralty lately Inspector General of Transportation Headquarter Staff France For Services in connection with the War 1 Sir Arthur Pearson Bt 4 June 1917 Chairman of the Blinded Sailors and Soldiers Care Committee For Services in connection with the War 1 Mr Justice Sankey 4 June 1917 Joint Chairman of the Advisory Committee as to Internment and Repatriation For Services in connection with the War 1 Mr Justice Younger 4 June 1917 Joint Chairman of the Advisory Committee as to Internment and Repatriation For Services in connection with the War 1 Alexander McDowell 4 June 1917 Joint Director for Ireland Ministry of Munitions For Services in connection with the War 1 The Lord Chelmsford 4 December 1917 Viceroy and Governor General of India For Services in connection with the War 2 The Lord Willingdon 4 December 1917 Governor of Bombay For Services in connection with the War 2 Honorary Colonel His Highness The Nizam of Hyderabad 4 December 1917 For Services in connection with the War 2 Honorary Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Mysore 4 December 1917 For Services in connection with the War 2 Honorary Major General His Highness The Maharaja of Gwalior 4 December 1917 For Services in connection with the War 2 Lieutenant General His Highness The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir 1 January 1918 In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War 3 Major General His Highness The Maharaja of Jaipur 1 January 1918 In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War 3 Lieutenant Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Kotah 1 January 1918 In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War 3 Lieutenant Colonel His Highness The Mahajara of Patiala 1 January 1918 In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War 3 Sir Thomas Dunlop Bt 1 January 1918 Lord Provost of Glasgow For services in connection with the War 4 William Henry Ellis 1 January 1918 Master Cutler of Sheffield For services in connection with the War 4 Sir Richard Charles Garton 1 January 1918 Founder of the Garton Foundation for Promoting the Study of International Policy and Economics Honorary Treasurer of the Trust Fund Committee of Queen Mary s Hostel For services in connection with the War 4 Sir David Harrel 1 January 1918 Chairman of the Committee on Production For services in connection with the War 4 Sir Robert Arundell Hudson 1 January 1918 Treasurer and Financial Director of the Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England For services in connection with the War 4 Colonel Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee 1 January 1918 Director General of Food Production For services in connection with the War 4 Sir William Plender 1 January 1918 For services in connection with the War 4 General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate 1 January 1918 His Majesty s High Commissioner for Egypt For services in connection with the War 4 Basil Zaharoff 19 April 1918 invested Honorary Presented by Viscount Bertie of Thame British Ambassador to France Arthur David Brooks 3 June 1918 Lord Mayor of Birmingham For services in connection with the War 5 Sir William Edmund Garstin 3 June 1918 Member of the Council of the British Red Cross Society and of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England Member of the V A D Advisory Committee and of the V A D Selection Board For services in connection with the War 5 Sir Charles Blair Gordon 3 June 1918 Vice Chairman of the British War Mission to the United States of America For services in connection with the War 5 The Earl of Plymouth 3 June 1918 Sub Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England Member of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England For services in connection with the War 5 The Very Reverend Thomas Banks Strong 3 June 1918 Dean of Christ Church Oxford late Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford For services in connection with the War 5 The Reverend John Pentland Mahaffy 3 June 1918 Provost of Trinity College Dublin For services in connection with the War 6 The Earl of Liverpool 3 June 1918 Governor General and Commander in Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand For services in or for the Oversea Dominions Colonies and Protectorates in connection with the War 7 Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles 3 June 1918 Lately Governor and Commander in Chief of the City and Garrison of Gibraltar For services in or for the Oversea Dominions Colonies and Protectorates in connection with the War 8 Lieutenant General Sir Henry Crichton Sclater 1 January 1919 Military For valuable services rendered in connection with the War 9 Walter Durnford 8 January 1919 Civil Provost of King s College Cambridge For services in connection with the war 10 Sir Charles Edward Ellis 8 January 1919 Civil Member of Ministry of Munitions Council and Representative of the Ministry in France and Italy previously Director General of Ordnance Supply late Managing Director Messrs John Brown amp Co Ltd For services in connection with the war 10 The Viscount Peel 8 January 1919 Civil Chairman of Panel Military Service Government Departments Committee Chairman of Disabled Sailors and Soldiers Compensation Committee formerly Chairman of the Committee on Detention of Neutral Vessels and of the Black List Committee For services in connection with the war 10 The Lord Raglan 8 January 1919 Civil Late Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man For services in connection with the war 10 Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward Bt 8 January 1919 Civil Director General of Voluntary Organisations Commanding and Chief Staff Officer of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary For services in connection with the war 10 Honorary Lieutenant Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Nawanagar 3 June 1919 Military In recognition of valuable services rendered in India in connection with the War 11 Major General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes 26 August 1919 Military For distinguished services to Aviation in general and in particular for invaluable work as former Chief of the Air Staff 12 General Sir Baber Shumshere Jang Bahadoor Rana of Nepal 19 December 1919 Sir Alexander Baird Bt 1 January 1920 Civil President Permanent Arbitration Board Egypt For services in connection with the War 13 The Viscount Chilston 1 January 1920 Civil Chief County Director British Red Cross Society and Order of St John For services in connection with the War 13 Brigadier General Sir Alexander Gibb 1 January 1920 Civil Late Civil Engineer in Chief Admiralty For services in connection with the War 13 Colonel Sir James Gildea 1 January 1920 Civil Founder and Chairman of the Sailors and Soldiers Families Association For services in connection with the War 13 Sir Charles Harris 1 January 1920 Civil Assistant Financial Secretary War Office For services in connection with the War 13 Sir Nathaniel Joseph Highmore 1 January 1920 Civil Assistant Director War Trade Department For services in connection with the War 13 Sir Robert Stevenson Horne 1 January 1920 Civil Minister of Labour For services in connection with the War 13 Sir Robert Molesworth Kindersley 1 January 1920 Civil Chairman National War Savings Committee For services in connection with the War 13 Sir Harry Livesey 1 January 1920 Civil Late Director of Navy Contracts and subsequently Commissioner for Contract Policy and Admiralty Representative on Lord Colwyn s Inter departmental Committee For services in connection with the War 13 The Earl of Meath 1 January 1920 Civil For services in connection with the War 13 Sir Thomas Munro 1 January 1920 Civil Chairman of Provisional Joint Committee of Industrial Conference Chief Adviser Labour Regulation Department Ministry of Munitions For services in connection with the War 13 Sir John Denison Pender 1 January 1920 Civil Managing Director of Eastern Telegraph Company For services in connection with the War 13 Edward Aurelian Ridsdale 1 January 1920 Civil Vice Chairman of Executive Committee British Red Cross Society For services in connection with the War 13 Arthur Everett Shipley 1 January 1920 Civil Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University For services in connection with the War 13 Sir Henry Babington Smith 1 January 1920 Civil Acted as Deputy to the Earl of Reading in the United States of America For services in connection with the War 13 Commanding General Sir Padma Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal 24 March 1920 Sir Percy Elly Bates Bt 5 June 1920 Civil Voluntary services to the Ministry of Shipping for five years On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 14 Sir John Lorne MacLeod 5 June 1920 Civil Lord Provost of Edinburgh throughout the War On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 14 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson 5 June 1920 Civil Agent General for Queensland until end of 1919 Services to Board of Trade in connection with purchase and distribution of frozen meat for Allied Forces On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 14 Herbert Louis Samuel 11 June 1920 Civil His Majesty s High Commissioner for Palestine 15 Sir Edward Owen Cox 15 October 1920 Civil For services in or for certain of the Overseas Dominions and in connection with the War 16 Frederic Courtland Penfield October 1920 Presented in Washington D C 17 Henry Morgenthau November 1920 Presented by Sir Auckland Geddes British Ambassador to the United States In recognition of his services to British civilian and military prisoners during the war 18 Lieutenant General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking 1 January 1921 Military 19 Honorary Major General His Highness The Maharaja of Bikaner 1 January 1921 Military For valuable services rendered during the War 19 Colonel Temporary Major General The Earl of Scarbrough 12 February 1921 Military Director General of the Territorial Force Lord Scarbrough relinquished on Saturday 12 February 1921 his appointment as Director General of the Territorial Force after holding that office for the usual period of four years 20 21 Count Sutemi Chinda May 1921 On the occasion of the visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to the United Kingdom 22 Evelyn Cecil 2 January 1922 Civil Secretary General of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England 1915 21 Vice Chairman Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem 23 Charles Scott Sherrington 2 January 1922 Civil President of the Royal Society 23 Sir Laming Worthington Evans Bt 3 June 1922 Civil On the occasion of His Majesty Birthday 24 John Herbert Lewis 19 October 1922 Civil Under Secretary to the Board of Education since 1916 25 Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon Bt 19 October 1922 Civil Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Right Honourable David Lloyd George 25 The Right Honourable The Viscount St Davids 19 October 1922 Civil 26 Admiral Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper 28 December 1922 Military 27 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Harington Harington 28 December 1922 Military 27 Sir John Malcolm Fraser Bt 30 December 1922 Civil 28 Sir Harry Harling Lamb 2 June 1923 Civil Until recently His Majesty s Consul General at Smyrna On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Major General Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack 2 June 1923 Civil Governor General of the Sudan On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Sir William Guy Granet 2 June 1923 Civil For public services On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 29 Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin 2 June 1923 Civil Lately Administrator of Southern Rhodesia and of Northern Rhodesia 30 Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff 3 June 1924 Military On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Robert Donald 3 June 1924 Civil For public services Chairman of the Council of the Empire Press Union On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Sir Howard George Frank Bt 3 June 1924 Civil Lately Chairman of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission For public services On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Sir Josiah Charles Stamp 3 June 1924 Civil For public services On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay 3 June 1924 Civil Lately His Majesty s Minister at Christiania On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Field Marshal The Lord Plumber 3 June 1924 Civil Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Malta On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Major General The Lord Cheylesmore 3 June 1925 Civil Chairman of the National Rifle Association President of the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops Twice Mayor of Westminster and Chairman of London County Council 1912 13 On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Sir Frederic George Kenyon 3 June 1925 Civil Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Sir John Francis Cleverton Snell 3 June 1925 Civil Chairman of the Electricity Commission On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Sir Hugh Charles Clifford 3 June 1925 Civil Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria Governor and Commander in Chief designate of the Island of Ceylon On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday Ignacy Jan Paderewski 25 June 1925 Conferred by King George V at an audience at Buckingham Palace It is understood that the honour is in acknowledgement of M Paderewski s services to the British Legion in giving recitals on behalf of Lord Haig s Fund Lieutenant General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh 17 July 1925 Military Lieutenant General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke 19 January 1926 Civil In connection with the termination of the British Empire Exhibition 31 Admiral Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock Notes 1 5 June 1926 Military On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday The Lord Islington 5 June 1926 Civil Retiring Chairman of the National Savings Committee On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday Sir William Warrender Mackenzie 5 June 1926 Civil Late President of the Industrial Court On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday The Lord Queenborough 5 June 1926 Civil For public services On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday Sir Henry Frank Heath 3 June 1927 Civil Late Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday Lieutenant Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare Bt 3 June 1927 Civil On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer 3 June 1927 Civil Controller of Finance H M Treasury On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday Sir Richard Threfall 3 June 1927 Civil For public services On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday The Right Honourable Edward Hilton Young 3 June 1927 Civil Chairman of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday Sir Henry Strakosch 3 June 1927 Civil Lately Member of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency On the occasion of His Majesty s birthday General The Earl of Cavan 27 June 1927 Civil On the occasion of the Visit of T R H The Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia to inaugurate the new capital of the Commonwealth of Australia at Canberra 32 Sir George Rowland Blades Bt 27 September 1927 Civil On his retirement as Lord Mayor of London The customary baronetcy could not be conferred as Blades was already a baronet 33 34 Colonel His Royal Highness The Maharaja of Kapurthala 29 November 1927 Civil Announced by The Lord Irwin Governor General of India on 26 November 1927 in Kapurthala on the occasion of his visit for the Maharaja s Golden Jubilee 35 36 General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch 9 December 1927 Military Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery Dr Luis Alberto de Herrera February 1928 Special Ambassador Uruguayan Special Mission 37 Sir John Dewrance 4 June 1928 For public and political services On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 38 Brigadier General Sir Henry Percy Maybury 4 June 1928 Director General of Roads Ministry of Transport On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 38 Sir John Hubert Oakley 4 June 1928 Member of the Irish Grants Committee On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 38 Sir William Grenfell Max Muller 4 June 1928 Lately His Majesty s Envoy Extraordinary and Ministry Plenipotentiary at Warsaw On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday The Right Honourable The Lord Phillimore 7 August 1928 Civil In recognition of services as President of the Naval Prize Tribunal Since its inception in 1918 and on the occasion of the dissolution of the Tribunal 39 Brigadier General Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood 2 November 1928 Civil 40 Air Vice Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game 1 January 1929 Military 41 Sir Arthur Henry Crosfield Bt 1 March 1929 Civil Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association 41 Sir William McLintock 1 March 1929 Civil Senior partner in Messrs Thomson McLintock amp Co Chartered Accountants For public services 41 Sir William Symington McCormick 1 March 1929 Civil Chairman of the University Grants Committee and of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 41 Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs 1 March 1929 Civil High Commissioner and Commander in Chief Iraq 42 Sir Arthur McDougall Duckham 3 June 1929 Civil Chairman Economic Mission to Australia On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 43 The Honourable Sir William Francis Kyffin Taylor 3 June 1929 Civil Lately Vice President of the War Compensation Court On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 43 The Right Honourable Sir Beilby Francis Alston 3 June 1929 Civil His Majesty s Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro On the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday 44 Sir Harold Bowden Bt 28 June 1929 Civil For philanthropic and public services 45 The Right Honourable Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister 28 June 1929 Civil Member of Parliament for Hendon Division since 1918 Lately President of the Board of Trade 45 Commander The Right Honourable Bolton Meredith Eyres Monsell 28 June 1929 Civil Member of Parliament for Evesham Division since 1910 Conservative Chief Whip since 1923 Contents 1 1920s 1 1 1919 1 2 1920 1 3 1922 1 4 1927 2 1930s 2 1 1930 2 2 1931 2 3 1932 2 4 1934 2 5 1935 2 6 1936 3 1940s 4 1950s 5 1960s 6 1970s 7 1980s 8 1990s 9 2000s 10 2010s 10 1 2014 10 2 2015 10 3 2016 10 4 2017 10 5 2018 10 6 2019 11 2020s 11 1 2021 11 2 2022 11 3 2023 12 Unknown 13 See also 14 Notes 15 References1920s edit1919 edit Anastasios Adossides August 1919 1920 edit Division and date unknown Abdullah honorary Prince Zeid bin Hussein honorary Ali of Hejaz honorary 1922 edit Civil Division Jose Evaristo Uriburu y Tezanos Pinto date unknown 1927 edit Hereditary Prince of Korea 30 September 1927 HH Commanding General Sir Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana1930s edit1930 edit Military Division Admiral Sir Edward Bradford 1 January Civil Division Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro honorary 25 March invested by Arthur Henderson Balbino Giuliano Division and date unknown Ras Kassa Darge honorary 1931 edit Gabriel Terra 1931 on the occasion of the Prince of Wales visit 1932 edit Civil Division Sir Robert Gibson 3 June Division and date unknown The Crown Prince of Ethiopia honorary Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia honorary 1934 edit Military Division Admiral Sir Howard Kelly 1 January Civil Division Sir Alan Anderson 4 June 46 Sir John Reith 4 June 46 Colonel Malik Sir Umar Hayat Khan 4 June Division and date unknown Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana honorary 1935 edit Military Division General Sir Felix Ready 3 June Civil Division Sir George Newman 3 June Edward Beatty 3 June Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola 3 June The Sultan of Johore honorary 3 June The Sultan of Zanzibar honorary 3 June Sir Stephen Killik 27 September 1936 edit Civil Division Sir Sidney Barton 1 January 1937 Archibald Rice Cameron Frederic Dreyer Sir Ernest Strohmenger Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana honorary Baron Emile Ernest de Cartier de Marchienne honorary Maharaja HH Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal honorary 1938 Sir Andrew Duncan Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim honorary 29 September removed 194 The Earl of Onslow Leger Marie Rene Alexis Saint Leger honorary 1939 Frank Edward Smith1940s edit1941 Frederick Bowhill Reginald Dorman Smith Thomas Gardiner The Viscount Nuffield Arthur Robinson The Lord Rushcliffe 1st Baron Wilson 1942 Charles Little 1st Baron Riverdale 1943 Prince of Berar Thomas Blamey Henry Hallett Dale Edgar Ludlow Hewitt Percy Noble William Platt William Charles Wright 1944 Cowasji Jehangir 2nd Baronet Allan Powell 1st Baron Salter 1945 Vijayaraji Khengarji Sawai Bahadur Christopher Courtney The Viscount Finlay Ernest Gowers 1st Baronet Lithgow Maharana Shri Vijayasinhji Chhatrasinhji Maharaja of Rajpipla Alexandros Papagos honorary presented 3 August Vasily Sokolovsky honorary Harold R Stark honorary General Walter Bedell Smith honorary General Carl Spaatz honorary 1946 1st Baron Alness Edward Appleton Thomas Barlow Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari Douglas Evill Henry French Alexander Hood Maurice Holmes Harold Howitt Hubert Huddleston 1st Baron Iliffe John Kennedy Arthur Power Charles Kennedy Purvis Henry Peat Thomas Williams Phillips Hubert Rance Bernard Rawlings James Somerville 1st Viscount Slim 1st Baronet Thomson Maharaja of Tripura Clark Haynes Minor honorary 1947 John Chancellor William Currie Geoffrey Layton George Sansom 3rd Baronet Sassoon Winthrop W Aldrich honorary Jean Monnet honorary 1948 4th Baronet Christison Guy Garrod Edward Mellanby Sir Cyril Radcliffe Reginald Leeper John Waddington 1949 Robert Howe Wilson Jameson Walter Moberly Sir Brian Robertson Bt General Shanker Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana honorary 1950s edit1950 Robert Burnett Ralph Cochrane 6th Earl of Ilchester Donald Gainer 1st Baron Silsoe 1st Baronet Stewart of Strathgarry 1951 Patrick Brind 28th Earl of Crawford Lord Porter Neil Ritchie Dirk Stikker honorary 1952 Leslie Hollinghurst Henry Mack 1953 Siddiq Abubakar III honorary Hilary Blood 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara The Duke of Edinburgh Alvary Gascoigne Cecil Harcourt Alexander Knox Helm 1st Baron Llewellin Hugh Pughe Lloyd 5th Earl of Limerick Guy Russell Frank Simpson Charles Woolley John William Davis honorary 1954 3rd Baron Aberdare Idris I of Libya John Wakeling Baker 2nd Baronet Bowater Gilbert Rennie John Whitworth Jones Idris of Libya honorary 1955 3rd Viscount Esher Geoffrey Oliver 1st Baron Rootes John Troutbeck 1956 9th Earl De La Warr Miles Dempsey 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick John Morison Christopher Warner John Whiteley Juscelino Kubitschek honorary Leif Axel Lorentz Belfrage honorary 1957 Nevil Brownjohn 16th Earl of Dalhousie Francis Evans Francis Fogarty Archibald Forbes 1st Baron Hailes Charles Keightley Charles Pizey Geoffrey Thompson Lewis Williams Douglas honorary Nils Thomas Svenningsen honorary 1958 1st Baron Citrine Donald Hardman Claude Pelly Denis Truscott Sir Harold Yarrow Bt 1959 John Balfour 1st Viscount Kemsley William Palmer Frederick Parham Joseph Bech honorary 1960s edit1960 4th Baron Cottesloe Gerald Gladstone Ian Jacob Sir Ivo Mallet 47 Cecil Sugden 1961 5th Earl of Bandon James Bowker Ellis Hunter William Luce Ivan Stedeford 1962 Kenneth Blackburne Hector Hetherington Oscar Morland Ricardo Rivera Schreiber honorary 1963 Colville Deverell Walter Merton Harold Pyman 10th Earl of Selkirk Geoffrey Wallinger Wilfrid Woods 1964 Arthur fforde James Harman George Labouchere Roderick McLeod 1965 Walter Cheshire Alexander Gordon James Miller William Oliver 1966 Robert Bray Lionel Denny Alfred Earle John Graham Hamilton Hugh Stephenson Andre Charles Corbin honorary 1967 John Anderson Robert Bellinger Alexander Bustamante Leslie O Brien 1968 The Duke of Norfolk Nigel Henderson Gilbert Inglefield 1969 Kenneth Darling Charles Gairdner Sir Louis Gluckstein 48 Arthur Kirby David Lee Charles Trinder1970s edit1970 Ian Bowater The Lord Thomson of Fleet 49 1972 Sir Edward Howard Rene Jean Pleven honorary 1973 The Lord Martonmere The Lord Cole 1974 Murray Fox Jack Marshall The Lord Shawcross 50 1975 Lindsay Ring 3rd Baron Rothschild 1976 Hugh Bullock honorary first US citizen to receive this honour Robin Gillett Sir Murray MacLehose Richard Ward Alan Smith 1977 Robert Mark Peter White Peter Vanneck 51 1978 Peter Le Cheminant Kenneth Cork Ronald Davison 1979 Peter Gadsden Yuet keung Kan The Earl St Aldwyn1980s edit1980 Hugh Beach Ronald Gardner Thorpe 52 1981 Robert Freer Christopher Leaver 1982 Anthony Farrar Hockley John Fieldhouse Anthony Jolliffe Anthony Morton Francis Vallat 1984 John Gingell Alan Traill 1985 Allan Davis Frank Kitson 1986 David Rowe Ham 1987 Faisal al Hegelan honorary Joshua Hassan Kenneth Newman The Lord Plowden Greville Spratt 1988 Kenneth Berrill Christopher Collett Taher al Masri honorary Caspar Weinberger honorary 1989 Hugh Bidwell Sze yuen Chung Thomas Eichelbaum 53 David Harcourt Smith Sir John Woodward 54 1990s edit1990 Alexander Graham Sir Richard Vincent 55 Sir Tasker Watkins 1991 Jeremy Black Sir Patrick Hine 56 Brian Jenkins Edward Bernard Raczynski 19 December 1991 1992 Francis McWilliams Anthony Skingsley 1994 Sir Kenneth Eaton 1995 Ion Caramitru 1997 The Lord Keith of Kinkel Sir John Willis 1998 The Lord Rothschild Sir William Wratten 1999 Sir Peter Abbott 57 Sir Stephen Brown George J Mitchell honorary 2000s edit2000 The Lord George 58 2002 Sir Anthony Bagnall 59 Sir Michael Perry 60 Sir Ronald Waterhouse 60 Sir Ronnie Flanagan 2004 Sir Cyril Julian Hebden Taylor 61 2007 Sir David Cooksey 62 Sir Timothy Granville Chapman 63 2010s edit2011 The Lord King of Lothbury 64 The Earl of Selborne 65 The Lord Weidenfeld 65 2012 Sir John Parker 66 2013 Sir Alan Budd 67 Sir Keith Mills 67 2014 edit Civil Division Sir John Bell 31 December 68 Ratan Tata honorary date unknown 69 2015 edit Military Division Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach 31 December 70 2016 edit Civil Division Sir Ian Wood 11 June 71 Sir Cyril Chantler 31 December 72 2017 edit Civil Division Sir Michael Rawlins 17 June 73 Sir David Weatherall 17 June 73 Sir Keith Peters 30 December 74 2018 edit Civil Division Sir Craig Reedie 9 June 75 Sir Christopher Greenwood 9 June 76 2019 edit Civil Division Sir Michael Burton2020s edit2021 edit Civil Division The Earl Howe 12 June 77 2022 edit Civil Division Sir Partha Dasgupta 31 December 78 2023 edit Civil Division Sir Bill Beaumont 30 December Sir James McDonald 30 December Sir Ridley Scott 30 December Unknown editRaul Regis de Oliveira 1874 1942 Don Agustin Edwards 1927 or before Saud of Saudi Arabia Agustin Pedro Justo Rolon Juan Carlos Blanco 1926 Jorge Matte Gormaz General Carlos Ibanez del Campo Luis Miguel Sanchez Cerro Paul ElySee also editList of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire List of knights and ladies of 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