List of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain

Below is a list of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain:

Edward VII (1902–1910) ImageNameDate conferredNotesGeorge, Prince of Wales 1902Later George VPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1902Wm. A. Shaw, The Knights of England, Volume I (London, 1906) p. 415Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark 1902Later Frederick VIII, King of DenmarkPrince Charles of Denmark 1902Later Haakon VII, King of NorwayConstantine, Crown Prince of Greece 1902Later Constantine I, King of the HellenesPrince Henry of Prussia 1902Revoked in 1915John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll 1902Ernst Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine 1902Revoked in 1915Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1902Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife 1902Wilhelm II, German Emperor 1902Revoked in 1915Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves 1902Frederick Temple1902H. M. Spooner, 'Temple, Frederick (1821–1902)’, rev. Mark D. Chapman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 5 Feb 2012Archbishop of CanterburyGeorge Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston 1903Viceroy of IndiaLater 1st Earl Curzon of KedlestonLater 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonVictor Emmanuel III, King of Italy 1903Wm. A. Shaw, The Knights of England, Volume I (London, 1906) p. 416Revoked in 1941Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia 6 September 1904Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria 6 September 1904Revoked in 1915Christian IX, King of Denmark 1904Wilhelm, German Crown Prince 1904Revoked in 1915Alfonso XIII, King of Spain 9 June 1905Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan 15 June 1905George I, King of the Hellenes 1 December 1905Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 22 December 1905Prince Arthur of Connaught 15 May 1906Gustaf V, King of Sweden 5 May 1908Armand Fallières29 May 1908President of the French Republic

George V (1910–1936) ImageNameDate conferredNotesRandall Davidson 23 June 1911Archbishop of CanterburyLater 1st Baron Davidson of LambethHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk 23 June 1911Earl MarshalRobert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe 13 February 1912Secretary of State for IndiaCharles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst 13 February 1912Viceroy of India Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery 4 June 1917Former Prime MinisterPrince Higashifushimi Yorihito 28 October 1918On the occasion of the Prince's visit to Buckingham Palace to present King George V with the Japanese honorific of Gensui and its accompanying badge and swordEdward, Prince of Wales 1921Whitaker's Almanack 1960Later Edward VIIILater Duke of WindsorCosmo Gordon Lang26 April 1923Archbishop of CanterburyLater 1st Baron Lang of LambethGustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden 1923Later Gustaf VI Adolf, King of SwedenRichard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe 1925Former Lord Chamberlain to Queen AlexandraAmānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan1928Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu1930Revoked in 1942Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia 1930Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 3 June 1932William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland 13 June 1932Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia 1934Umberto, Prince of Piedmont1935Later Umberto II, King of ItalyEdward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby 1935Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone 1935Born Prince Alexander of TeckRowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer 3 June 1935Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdPrince George, Duke of Kent 1 January 1936

Edward VIII (1936) ImageNameDate conferredNotes Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign

George VI (1936–1952) ImageNameDate conferredNotesYasuhito, Prince Chichibu1937Queen Elizabeth 11 May 1937Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen MotherQueen Mary 11 May 1937Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram 11 May 1937Former Private Secretary to the SovereignLeopold III, King of the Belgians 1937James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn 10 August 1945Governor of Northern IrelandMir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII 1 January 1946Nizam of HyderabadMohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran21 July 1948 Geoffrey Fisher1 January 1949Archbishop of CanterburyLater Baron Fisher of LambethSir John Weir 9 June 1949Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands1950

Elizabeth II (1952–2022) ImageNameDate conferredNotesGeorge Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon 24 October 1952Former Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdBernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 1 June 1953Earl MarshalHenry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort 1 June 1953Master of the HorseOlav, Crown Prince of Norway 1955Later Olav V, King of NorwayFaisal II, King of Iraq 1955Francisco Craveiro Lopes1957President of the Portuguese RepublicFrederik IX, King of Denmark 1957Vincent Massey 29 July 1960Governor General of CanadaBhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand1960Charles de Gaulle1960President of the French RepublicMahendra, King of Nepal1961Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough 1 January 1963Former Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdDouglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton 3 March 1964Former Lord Steward of the HouseholdAmha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia 1965Hussein I, King of Jordan 1966Ayub Khan 1966President of the Islamic Republic of PakistanFaisal, King of Saudi Arabia1967Sir Michael Adeane 29 March 1972Former Private Secretary to the SovereignLater Baron AdeaneMohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan1972Roland Michener 3 August 1973Governor General of CanadaMichael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury19 November 1974Former Archbishop of CanterburyMargrethe II, Queen of Denmark1974Abdicated in 2024Birendra, King of Nepal1975Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden1975Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan 14 March 1980Former Archbishop of CanterburyKhalid, King of Saudi Arabia1981Ratu Sir George Cakobau 30 October 1982Governor-General of FijiBeatrix, Queen of the Netherlands 1982Abdicated in 2013Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean 29 November 1984Former Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdAntónio Ramalho Eanes 1985President of the Portuguese RepublicJuan Carlos I, King of Spain1986Abdicated in 2014Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia1987The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon 21 August 1990Robert Runcie, Baron Runcie 1991Former Archbishop of CanterburyMartin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield 10 July 1992Former Private Secretary to the SovereignFrançois Mitterrand 1992President of the French RepublicRichard von Weizsäcker1992Federal President of the Federal Republic of GermanyHarald V, King of Norway 1994David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie 17 December 1997Former Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdMiles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk 1 November 2000Earl MarshalGeorge Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton 29 October 2002Former Archbishop of CanterburyThe Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 20 November 2007Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia2007Qaboos, Sultan of Oman 2010Rowan Williams 4 October 2012Former Archbishop of CanterburyLater Baron Williams of OystermouthWilliam Peel, 3rd Earl Peel 13 April 2021Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household

Charles III (2022–present) ImageNameDate conferredNotes Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign

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