# List of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain

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

## Edward VII (1902–1910)

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

## George V (1910–1936)

| Name | Date conferred | Notes |
| Randall Davidson GCVO | 23 June 1911 | Archbishop of Canterbury Later 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth |
| Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO | 23 June 1911 | Earl Marshal |
| Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG | 13 February 1912 | Secretary of State for India |
| Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO ISO | 13 February 1912 | Viceroy of India |
| Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery KG KT PC | 4 June 1917 | Former Prime Minister |
| Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito GCVO | 28 October 1918 | 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 |
| Edward, Prince of Wales KG GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO MC PC ADC | 1921 | Later Edward VIII Later Duke of Windsor |
| Cosmo Gordon Lang | 26 April 1923 | Archbishop of Canterbury Later 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth |
| Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden GCB GCVO | 1923 | Later Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden |
| Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe GCVO TD JP | 1925 | Former Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra |
| Amānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan | 1928 | |
| Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu | 1930 | Revoked in 1942 |
| Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia GCB GCMG GCVO | 1930 | |
| Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO | 3 June 1932 | |
| William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG GCVO PC | 13 June 1932 | |
| Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia GCVO | 1934 | |
| Umberto, Prince of Piedmont | 1935 | Later Umberto II, King of Italy |
| Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG GCB GCVO PC | 1935 | |
| Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone KG GCB DSO GCVO PC ADC | 1935 | Born Prince Alexander of Teck |
| Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer GCB GCIE GCVO PC | 3 June 1935 | Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
| Prince George, Duke of Kent KG KT GCMG GCVO | 1 January 1936 | |

## Edward VIII (1936)

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

## George VI (1936–1952)

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

## Elizabeth II (1952–2022)

| Name | Date conferred | Notes |
| George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon KG GCMG GCVO PC DL | 24 October 1952 | Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
| Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO PC DL | 1 June 1953 | Earl Marshal |
| Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG GCVO PC | 1 June 1953 | 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 | 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 | Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
| Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton KT GCVO AFC | 3 March 1964 | 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 | |
| Sir Michael Adeane GCB GCVO | 11 April 1972 | 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 | Governor General of Canada |
| Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury | 19 November 1974 | 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 | Former Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Khalid, King of Saudi Arabia | 1981 | |
| Ratu Sir George Cakobau GCMG OBE | 30 October 1982 | 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 | 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 | |
| Robert Runcie, Baron Runcie MC PC | 1991 | Former Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield GCB GCVO OBE QSO PC | 10 July 1992 | 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 | |
| David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie KT GCVO PC | 17 December 1997 | Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
| Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk KG CB CBE MC DL | 1 November 2000 | Earl Marshal |
| George Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton PC | 29 October 2002 | Former Archbishop of Canterbury |
| The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AC QSO | 20 November 2007 | |
| 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 ||||