Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother received numerous appointments, including to orders, decorations and medals, during and after her time as consort to King George VI. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation:

Titles and styles

4 August 1900 – 16 February 1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 16 February 1904 – 26 April 1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 26 April 1923 – 11 December 1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York 11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952: Her Majesty The Queen 6 February 1952 – 30 March 2002: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Her British honours were read out at her funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows:

In the memorial service held in Canada, her Canadian honours, the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Order of Canada, were read out.

British Commonwealth and Commonwealth of Nations honours + Appointments, including honoursCountryDateAppointmentRibbonPost-nominal letters United Kingdom 1923 Member of the Royal Family Order of George V British Empire and Commonwealth 8 March 1923 Lady of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem LGStJ 6 June 1924 Lady of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem LJStJ 12 June 1926 Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem GCStJ United Kingdom 8 July 1927 Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire GBE British India 1931 Member of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India CI United Kingdom 14 December 1936 Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter LG British Empire and Commonwealth 1 February 1937 Grand Master and Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO United Kingdom 1937 Member of the Royal Family Order of George VI 11 May 1937 Extra Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle LT 1952 Member of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II Canada 1966 Member of the Order of the Dogwood OD United Kingdom 1978 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports New Zealand 1990 Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand ONZ Canada 2000 Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada CC

+ Decorations and medalsCountryDateDecorationRibbonPost-nominal letters British Empire and Commonwealth 1936 Member of the Royal Red Cross RRC 11 May 1937 Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain 1935 Recipient of the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1937 Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal 1953 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1977 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 2002 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Canada 1951 Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Five Bars CD

+ AwardsCountryDateAward United Kingdom 1961 Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour

Foreign honours + AppointmentsCountryDateAppointmentRibbonPost-nominal letters Yugoslavia 1923 Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Sava Afghanistan 1928 Member First Class of the Order of the Supreme Sun Japan 1937 Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown France July 1938 Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour Romania 1938 Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania Nepal 1948 Member Grand Cross of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya Netherlands 1950 Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Greece Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia MSOS Peru 1960 Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun Tunisia 1961 Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence

+ DecorationsCountryDateDecorationRibbon France 1945 Recipient of the Red Cross Medal Norway Recipient of the Norwegian War Cross

Honorary military positions Australia 195330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

Canada 193830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own) 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada 1953–1974: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service

New Zealand 193930 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps

South Africa 1947–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Witwatersrand Rifles 1947–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cape Town Highlanders 1956–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Transvaal Scottish

Southern Rhodesia 1955–1965: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police Rhodesia 1965–1970: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police

United Kingdom 1927–1968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1930–1961: Honorary Colonel the Hertfordshire Regiment 193530 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish 1937–1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 193730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 194230 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1947–1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment 194930 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Army Corps 1952–1961: Royal Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 1953September 1960: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 1957–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Inns of Court Regiment 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) 1958–1989: Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Regiment 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Hussars 195930 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 196030 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) 196130 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 196130 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry 196430 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment 196730 March 2002: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry 1967–1968: Honorary Colonel of The London Yeomanry and Territorials 196830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Infantry 199330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) 1996–1999: Royal Honorary Colonel of the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry) 1949–1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Air Force 196030 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School 199430 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief, Women, Royal Air Force unk.30 March 2002: Air Chief Commandant of the Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1949–1957 and 199930 March 2002: Honorary Air Commodore of No. 600 Squadron RAF unk.11 January 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Naval Service 11 January 199430 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief for Women in the Royal Navy

Non-national titles and honours Freedom of the City 1927: Glasgow 29 August 1928: Stirling 1928: Dunfermline 1935: Perth 1936: Edinburgh 1953: Inverness – Joint Freedom with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1953: London 26 July 1954: King's Lynn and West Norfolk 1954: Dundee – Also on Behalf of the Black Watch 1954: Ottawa 1956: Forfar – Also on Behalf of the Black Watch 1956: Musselburgh 1956: Wick 25 May 1959: Aberdeen 13 April 1961: St Albans 1981: Windsor and Maidenhead 1990: Caithness 2000: Volgograd (Honorary Citizen)

Memberships and fellowships CountryDateOrganisationPosition December 19382002 Women's Royal Voluntary Service President 1956–2002 Royal Society Honorary Fellow (FRS) Royal Society of Edinburgh Honorary Fellow (FRSE) London School of Economics Honorary Fellow 1944–2002 Honourable Society of the Middle TempleHonorary Bencher Royal College of Physicians Honorary Fellow Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons of England Patron Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Royal Academy of Music Marie Curie Memorial Foundation Royal Air Force Club Honorary Life Member Royal College of Midwives Patron Royal College of Music President Emerita Royal College of Nursing Patron Royal College of Surgeons of England Royal Commonwealth Society Royal British Legion (Women's Section) President Royal British Legion Scotland (Women's Section) Grand President Royal School of Church Music Patron Royal Society of Musicians Royal Automobile Club Honorary Member Royal Household Cricket Club Patron Royal School of Needlework Royal Horticultural Society Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Royal Scottish Society of Arts Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded Special Forces Club Cavalry and Guards Club Lady Patron Society of Antiquaries of London Royal Fellow (FSA) Victorian Order of Nurses PatronOntario Jockey Club28 June 197430 March 2002Law Society of Upper CanadaHonorary Bencher British Empire and Commonwealth 1983–2002 Victoria Cross and George Cross Association President Gallantry Medallists' League Patron

Scholastic + Chancellor, president, visitor, governor, and fellowshipsCountryDateInstitutionPosition 1953–1993 Royal College of Music President 1955–1980 University of London Chancellor 1967–1977 University of Dundee 1981–2002 Royal Holloway College Patron London School of Economics Honorary Fellow 1974–2002 Law Society of Upper Canada Honorary Bencher

+ Honorary degreesCountryDateInstitutionDegree 1924 Queen's University Belfast Doctor of Laws (LLD) 1929 University of St. Andrews 1932 University of Glasgow 1937 University of Edinburgh 1947 University of Cape Town 1948 University of Cambridge 1951 Victoria University of Manchester 1954 University of Leeds Columbia University 1958 University of Melbourne 1966 University of Auckland 1967 Dalhousie University 1981 University of Zimbabwe 1983 University of Aberdeen 1931 University of Oxford Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) 1967 University of Dundee 1984 Newcastle University 1966 University of Sheffield Doctor of Music (DMus) 5 December 1973 Royal College of Music 1994 Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama 1937 University of London Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 1965 University of the West Indies University of Keele 1991 Royal Veterinary College Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

Other +CountryDatePosition 1970–2002 Chieftain of the Mey Highland Games

Honorific eponyms

Structures

Buildings United Kingdom England: Bowes-Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham England: Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn England: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate England: Lyon Court, part of Queens' College, Cambridge. Scotland: Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee, Dundee Scotland: Queen Mother Library, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Scotland: Queen Elizabeth Wing, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling

Schools Canada: Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax United Kingdom Wales: Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxford Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth School, Harare

Ships United Kingdom: RMS Queen Elizabeth

See also List of titles and honours of George VI List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh List of titles and honours of Charles III List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales