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

Edward VII (1902–1910)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
George, Prince of Wales KG KT KP GCMG GCVO PC 1902[1] Later George V
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn KG KT KP GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC 1902[2]
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark KG GCB GCVO 1902[2] Later Frederik VIII, King of Denmark
Prince Charles of Denmark GCB GCVO 1902[2] Later Haakon VII, King of Norway
Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece GCB 1902[1] Later Constantine I, King of the Hellenes
Prince Henry of Prussia KG GCB 1902[1] Revoked in 1915
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KT GCMG GCVO PC 1902[2]
Ernst Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine KG GCB 1902[2] Revoked in 1915
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein KG GCVO PC ADC 1902[1]
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife KT GCVO PC 1902[2]
Wilhelm II, German Emperor KG GCVO 1902[2] Revoked in 1915
Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves KG 1902[1]
Frederick Temple 1902[3] Archbishop of Canterbury
George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston GCSI GCIE 1903[2] Viceroy of India
Later 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy KG 1903[1] Revoked in 1941
Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia KG GCB 6 September 1904[4]
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria KG 6 September 1904[4] Revoked in 1915
Christian IX, King of Denmark KG GCB 1904[2]
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince KG 1904[1] Revoked in 1915
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain KG GCVO 9 June 1905[5]
Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan GCB GCMG GCVO 15 June 1905[6]
George I, King of the Hellenes KG GCVO 1 December 1905[7]
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG GCSI GCMG GCIE 22 December 1905[8]
Prince Arthur of Connaught KG GCVO 15 May 1906[9]
Gustaf V, King of Sweden KG GCB 5 May 1908[10]
Armand Fallières 29 May 1908[11] President of the French Republic

George V (1910–1936)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
Randall Davidson GCVO 23 June 1911[12] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO 23 June 1911[12] Earl Marshal
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG 13 February 1912[13] Secretary of State for India
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO ISO 13 February 1912[13] Viceroy of India
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery KG KT PC 4 June 1917[14] Former Prime Minister
Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito GCVO 28 October 1918[15] On 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 sword[16]
Edward, Prince of Wales KG GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO MC PC ADC 1921[17] Later Edward VIII
Later Duke of Windsor
Cosmo Gordon Lang 26 April 1923[18] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth
Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden GCB GCVO 1923[17] Later Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden
Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe GCVO TD JP 1925 Former Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra
Prince Albert, Duke of York KG KT GCMG GCVO PC ADC 1927[19] Later George VI
Amānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan 1928
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu 1930 Revoked in 1942
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia GCB GCMG GCVO 1930[17]
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO 3 June 1932[20]
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG GCVO PC 13 June 1932[21]
Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia GCVO 1934[17]
Umberto, Prince of Piedmont 1935 Later Umberto II, King of Italy
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG GCB GCVO PC 1935[22]
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone KG GCB DSO GCVO PC ADC 1935[22] Born Prince Alexander of Teck

Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer GCB GCIE GCVO PC 3 June 1935[23] Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Prince George, Duke of Kent KG KT GCMG GCVO 1 January 1936[24]

Edward VIII (1936)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign

George VI (1936–1952)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu 1937
Queen Elizabeth LG CI GCVO GBE 11 May 1937[25] Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Queen Mary LG VA CI GCSI GCVO GBE RRC 11 May 1937[25]
Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram GCB GCVO CSI PC 11 May 1937[26] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Leopold III, King of the Belgians KG GCVO 1937[17]
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG KP 10 August 1945[27] Governor of Northern Ireland
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII GCSI GBE 1 January 1946[28] Nizam of Hyderabad
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 1948[17]
Geoffrey Fisher 1 January 1949[29] Archbishop of Canterbury
Later Baron Fisher of Lambeth
Sir John Weir GCVO 9 June 1949[30]
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands 1950[17]

Elizabeth II (1952–2022)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon KG GCMG GCVO PC DL 24 October 1952[31] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO PC DL 1 June 1953[32] Earl Marshal
Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG GCVO PC 1 June 1953[32] Master of the Horse
Olav, Crown Prince of Norway GCB GCVO 1955 Later Olav V, King of Norway
Faisal II, King of Iraq GCVO 1955
Francisco Craveiro Lopes 1957 President of the Portuguese Republic
Frederik IX, King of Denmark KG GCB GCVO 1957
Vincent Massey CH CD 29 July 1960[33] Governor General of Canada
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand 1960
Charles de Gaulle 1960 President of the French Republic
Mahendra, King of Nepal 1961
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough KG GCSI GCIE GCVO TD PC DL 1 January 1963[34] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton KT GCVO AFC 3 March 1964[35] Former Lord Steward of the Household
Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia GCMG GBE 1965
Hussein I, King of Jordan GCVO 1966
Ayub Khan GCMG MBE 1966 President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia 1967[36]
Sir Michael Adeane GCB GCVO 11 April 1972[37] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Later Baron Adeane
Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan 1972
Roland Michener PC CC CMM CD QC 3 August 1973[38] Governor General of Canada
Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury 19 November 1974[39] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark 1974 Abdicated in 2024
Birendra, King of Nepal 1975
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden 1975
Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan PC 14 March 1980[40] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Khalid, King of Saudi Arabia 1981
Ratu Sir George Cakobau GCMG OBE 30 October 1982[41] Governor-General of Fiji
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands GCVO 1982 Abdicated in 2013
Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean KT GCVO KBE PC 29 November 1984[42] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
António Ramalho Eanes GCB 1985 President of the Portuguese Republic
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain 1986 Abdicated in 2014
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia 1987
The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon CI GCVO CD 21 August 1990[43]
Robert Runcie, Baron Runcie MC PC 1991[44] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield GCB GCVO OBE QSO PC 10 July 1992[45] Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
François Mitterrand GCB 1992 President of the French Republic
Richard von Weizsäcker 1992 Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Harald V, King of Norway GCVO 1994[46]
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie KT GCVO PC 17 December 1997[47] Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk KG CB CBE MC DL 1 November 2000[48] Earl Marshal
George Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton PC 29 October 2002[49] Former Archbishop of Canterbury
The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AC QSO 20 November 2007[50]
Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia 2007
Qaboos, Sultan of Oman GCB GCMG GCVO 2010
Rowan Williams PC 4 October 2012 Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Later Baron Williams of Oystermouth
William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel GCVO PC DL 13 April 2021 Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household

Charles III (2022–present)

Image Name Date conferred Notes
Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign

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