Many recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom have had them revoked, often following conviction for crimes or breaches of military discipline, or when their conduct has been widely considered discreditable. In other cases, prominent nationals of countries with which the UK has later found itself at war or in dispute have had their honours revoked.

Victoria Cross

All 8 revocations were restored to the Victoria Cross register by King George V in the 1920s.

Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1861 Valentine Bambrick 1858 Convicted of assault and theft of a comrade's medals 1861 Edward St John Daniel 1857 Convicted of desertion and evading court-martial 1862 James McGuire 1858 Convicted of stealing a cow 1872 Michael Murphy 1859 Convicted of theft 1881 Thomas Lane 1861 Convicted of desertion and theft 1884 Frederick Corbett 1883 Convicted of embezzlement and theft from an officer 1895 James Collis 1881 Convicted of bigamy 1908 George Ravenhill 1901 Convicted of theft Name was never formally struck from the Victoria Cross register

Military Cross

Date of revocation Recipient Date of award Reason Notes1921Major Ewen Cameron Bruce1917Convicted of robbing a creameryAlso stripped of his DSO1936Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Daly1919Convicted by court-martial of "offences against men in his employ"Also stripped of his DSO 2014 Major Robert Armstrong 2009 The medal citation may not have been accurate in its details. 2016 Captain William Boreham 2012 Senior officers exaggerated his bravery

Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 2 March 1687 Sir Thomas Chicheley 1670 Fell from favour 23 June 1692 John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough 14 February 1689 Being suspected of intrigues with the deposed former King James II"Complete Peerage", New edition ed. by H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden, St Catherine Press, 1932, Vol VIII, p. 493. Restored 19 June 1698 23 June 1692 Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 14 February 1689 Being suspected of intrigues with the deposed former King James II"Complete Peerage", New edition ed. by H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden, St Catherine Press, 1932, Vol VIII, p. 493. Restored 4 March 1694 September 1714 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 6 April 1696 Struck out of the list after the accession of King George I"Complete Peerage", New edition ed. by H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White and Lord Howard de Walden, St Catherine Press, 1945, Vol X, p. 159. Attainted 20 August 1715 January 1721 John Aislabie Convicted of corruption 7 November 1724 Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby 13 April 1693 Result of a petition from the Leominster corporation arising from his "tyranny and injustice" as a landowner there"CONINGSBY, Thomas, 1st Baron Coningsby [I] (1656-1729)", The History of Parliament 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970, vol. I p. 571. 31 May 1725 Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield 30 March 1710 Convicted of corruption and fined £30,000"Complete Peerage", New edition ed. by H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden, St Catherine Press, 1932, Vol VIII, p. 333. 1 July 1731 William Pulteney 6 July 1716 Wrote an offensive pamphlet against both Robert Walpole and King George II"PULTENEY, William (1684-1764)", The History of Parliament 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970, vol. II pp. 375-6. Restored 20 February 1742 25 April 1760 Lord George Sackville 27 January 1758 Failed to obey orders to bring up the cavalry at the Battle of Minden"SACKVILLE (afterwards GERMAIN), Lord George (1716-85)", The History of Parliament 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke, 1964, vol. III p. 391. Restored 20 December 1765 1781 Henry Flood 20 September 1776 Struck out of the list "by the King's own hand""Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 203. 9 May 1798 Charles James Fox 30 March 1782 Made a toast to the sovereignty of the people"FOX, Hon. Charles James (1749-1806)", The History of Parliament 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986, vol III pp. 816-7. Readmitted 5 February 1806 9 May 1805 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 31 July 1782 Following criticism in the Tenth Report of the Naval Commissioners of Inquiry"DUNDAS, Henry (1742-1811)", The History of Parliament 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986, vol III p 642. Readmitted 8 April 1807 13 December 1921 Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Bt 22 November 1909 Pro-German activities during World War I 23 June 1963 John Profumo 8 February 1960 Admitted to giving a false statement to Parliament following an affair Also resigned as Secretary of State for War and Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-AvonLater appointed CBE 17 August 1976 John Stonehouse 28 June 1968 Convicted of theft and false pretences, and being sentenced to seven years' imprisonment Also resigned as Member of Parliament for Walsall North 26 June 1997 Jonathan Aitken 21 July 1994 Following his withdrawal from a libel case; police had begun investigating him for perjury 8 June 2011 Elliot Morley 19 December 2006 United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal 13 March 2013 Chris Huhne 13 May 2010 Pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice 10 October 2013 Denis MacShane April 2002 United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal 6 November 2013 John Prescott, Baron Prescott 27 July 1994 In protest at the delay in granting the Royal Charter on self-regulation of the press 14 April 2018 Sir Seamus Treacy 12 January 2018 Requested to be removed 13 April 2022 P. J. Patterson 1993 In recognition of a consensus in Jamaica that there should be a locally chosen head of state 10 March 2026 Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson 1998 His association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein Also resigned from the House of Lords8 July 2026 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson 2007 Convicted of 18 counts of sex abuse Also stripped of his status as knight bachelor8 July 2026 Craig Williams 15 November 2023 2024 United Kingdom general election betting scandal

Order of the Garter

Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1915 Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia 1877 World War I Also stripped of Royal Victorian Chain and honorary GCVO Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary 1867 Also stripped of Royal Victorian Chain Prince Heinrich of Prussia 1889 Also stripped of honorary GCB and Royal Victorian Chain Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine 1892 Wilhelm, German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia 1901 Also stripped of Royal Victorian Chain Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale 1878 Later stripped of the titles Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh by the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Albany 1902 Also stripped of honorary GCVO; later stripped of the titles of Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow by the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 Wilhelm II, King of Württemberg 1904 1941 Vittorio Emanuele, King of Italy 1891 World War II Also stripped of honorary GCB and Royal Victorian Chain Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1929 Restored in 1971 2025 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 2006 Disfavour following a friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Earlier in the same year stripped of the titles Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh on the King's orders. Also stripped of GCVO

Order of the Bath

Knight Companion Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1814 Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane 1809 Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 Later appointed GCB in 1847

Knight Grand Cross Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1816 Eyre Coote 1815 "Conduct unworthy of an officer and a gentleman" 1915 Prince Heinrich of Prussia 1889 World War I Also stripped of KG and Royal Victorian Chain Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine 1892 1940 Benito Mussolini 1923 World War II 1941 Vittorio Emanuele, King of Italy 1891 Also stripped of KG and Royal Victorian Chain 1989 Nicolae Ceaușescu 1978 Convicted of economic sabotage and genocide Stripped the day before his execution 25 June 2008 Robert Mugabe 1994 On the advice of the Foreign Secretary

Knight Commander Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1 October 2026 Ben Key 2020 Falling "far short of the values and standards expected of service personnel" Also stripped of CBE

Companion Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1918 Colonel Percy Holland 1913 Possibly for writing letters of an incriminating sexual nature to Sidney Harry Fox 1975 George Pottinger 1972 Convicted of corruptly receiving gifts from architect John Poulson Also stripped of CVO 2013 Vicky Pryce 2009 Convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1931 Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant 1918 Convicted of fraud for issuing a misleading stock prospectus Also stripped of his KStJ

Companion

Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1880 James Craig Loggie 1873 Convicted of embezzlement and misappropriation of moneyThe Times, Tuesday, 12 October 1880; p. 5; Issue 30010; col F 1916 Roger Casement 1905 Convicted of high treason Stripped prior to his execution; also stripped of his knighthood1920Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney Douglas Rumbold1919Also stripped of his DSO

Royal Victorian Chain

Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes1915 Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia 1877 World War I Also stripped of KG and honorary GCVO Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary 1867 Also stripped of KG Prince Heinrich of Prussia 1889 Also stripped of KG and honorary GCB Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine 1892 Also stripped of KG and honorary GCB Wilhelm, German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia 1901 Also stripped of KG 1941 Vittorio Emanuele, King of Italy 1891 World War II Also stripped of KG and honorary GCB 1942 Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu 1930

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes1915 Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia 1877 World War I Also stripped of KG and Royal Victorian Chain Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Albany 1902 Also stripped of KG; later stripped of the titles of Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow by the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 Prince Leopold of Bavaria 1907 2025 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 2011 Disfavour following a friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Also stripped of KG; earlier stripped of the titles of Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh

Knight Commander Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1979 Anthony Blunt 1956 Exposed as a member of the Cambridge Five

Commander Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1948 Major FitzRoy Hubert Fyers 1939 Convicted of "persistently importuning male persons for an immoral purpose at South Kensington District Railway Station" 1975 George Pottinger 1953 Convicted of corruption Also stripped of CB 2018 Hubert Chesshyre 2003 Found to have committed child sexual abuse offences in a trial of the facts

Member Member (fifth class) prior to 1984

Date of revocation Recipient Date of appointment Reason Notes 1911 The Rev. Frederic Percival Farrar 1911 2004 Cyril Littlewood 2001 Convicted of sexual abuse Also stripped of MBE 2007 Michael Joseph Delaney 2005 2017 Ronald Clifford Harper 2004 Convicted of conspiracy to make corrupt payments