# List of bailiffs and dames grand cross of the Order of St John

This is a list of bailiffs and dames grand cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.
| Appointment | Grade | Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The King | 3 June 1865 | 20 January 1936 | Sovereign Head of the Order 1910–1936 |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel The Prince of Wales KG KT PC GCSI GCMG &c | 23 June 1894 | 28 May 1972 | Sovereign Head of the Order January–December 1936 |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel The Duke of York KG KT GCVO &c | 14 December 1895 | 6 February 1952 | Sovereign Head of the Order 1936–1952 |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Field Marshal The Duke of Connaught KG KT KP PC GCB &c | 1 May 1850 | 16 January 1942 | Grand Prior of the Order 1910–1939 |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Major-General Prince Arthur of Connaught KG KT PC GCMG GCVO &c | 13 January 1883 | 12 September 1938 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | The King of Norway KG GCB GCVO &c | 3 August 1872 | 21 September 1957 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | The King of the Belgians | 8 April 1875 | 17 February 1934 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Major-General The Earl of Scarbrough GBE KCB TD | 16 November 1857 | 4 March 1945 | Sub-Prior of the Order 1923–1943 |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Archbishop of York | 31 October 1864 | 5 December 1945 | Prelate of the Order |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston KCB DSO RE MP | 23 September 1854 | 18 March 1940 | Chancellor of the Order 1924–1938 |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Sir John Prescott Hewett GCSI KBE CIE | 25 August 1854 | 27 September 1941 | Bailiff of Egle 1925– |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Major-General James Cecil Dalton RA | 31 August 1848 | 12 May 1931 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel The Lord William Cecil CVO | 2 November 1854 | 16 April 1943 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel Sir Charles Wyndham Murray KCB | 22 February 1844 | 1 November 1928 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Earl of Ranfurly PC(I) GCMG | 14 August 1856 | 1 October 1933 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Edmund Fraser | | 23 July 1937 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Campbell Yate | 28 February 1853 | 12 June 1929 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Carnac Temple Bt CB CIE | 15 October 1850 | 3 March 1931 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel Sir Herbert Jekyll KCMG | 22 November 1846 | 30 September 1932 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | The QUEEN | 26 May 1867 | 24 March 1953 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles | 25 April 1897 | 28 March 1965 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | The Duchess of York | 4 August 1900 | 30 March 2002 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll GBE VA CI RRC | 18 March 1848 | 3 December 1939 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Beatrice GBE VA CI RRC | 14 April 1857 | 26 October 1944 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone VA | 25 February 1883 | 3 January 1981 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife RRC | 17 May 1891 | 26 February 1959 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | Lady Furley RRC | | 11 February 1940 | |
| 12 June 1926 | Dame Grand Cross | The Marchioness of Lansdowne GBE CH VA CI | 17 December 1850 | 21 October 1932 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Royal VA CI | 20 February 1867 | 4 January 1931 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Victoria VA CI | 6 July 1868 | 3 December 1935 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | The Queen of Norway VA CI | 26 November 1869 | 20 November 1938 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | Princess Helena Victoria GBE VA CI RRC | 3 May 1870 | 13 March 1948 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | Princess Marie Louise GBE VA CI RRC | 12 August 1872 | 8 December 1956 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | Lady Perrott RRC | | 4 July 1939 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | Lady Cecil CBE | 30 July 1865 | 14 September 1941 | |
| 20 June 1928 | Dame Grand Cross | Susan, Duchess of Somerset | 11 January 1853 | 30 January 1936 | |
| 19 December 1928 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel Sir James Richardson Andrew Clark Bt CB CMG FRCSEd | 24 August 1852 | 18 January 1948 | |
| 23 December 1929 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Major-General The Earl of Athlone KG GCB GCVO DSO ADC | 14 April 1874 | 16 January 1957 | |
| 23 December 1930 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO PC | 31 March 1900 | 10 June 1974 | Grand Prior of the Order 1939–1974 |
| 23 December 1930 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Prince George KG GCVO | 20 December 1902 | 25 August 1942 | |
| 23 December 1931 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | Ex-King George II of Greece | 19 July 1890 | 1 April 1947 | |
| 22 June 1934 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel The Earl of Onslow OBE PC | 23 August 1876 | 9 June 1945 | |
| 22 June 1934 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Brigader-General The Earl of Shaftesbury KP GCVO CBE PC | 31 August 1869 | 25 March 1961 | |
| 22 June 1934 | Dame Grand Cross | Lady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay CI | 17 March 1886 | 12 January 1974 | |
| 22 June 1934 | Dame Grand Cross | Robinia Marion, Viscountess Mountgarret OBE | | 13 December 1944 | |
| 21 June 1935 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | The King of Sweden | 16 June 1858 | 29 October 1950 | |
| 21 June 1935 | Dame Grand Cross | The Duchess of Kent | 13 December 1906 | 27 August 1968 | |
| 18 December 1935 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | The King of Denmark | 26 September 1870 | 20 April 1947 | |
| 22 December 1936 | Dame Grand Cross | The Duchess of Gloucester | 25 December 1901 | 29 October 2004 | |
| 22 December 1938 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Earl of Plymouth PC | 4 February 1889 | 1 October 1943 | Prior of the Order 1943 |
| 22 December 1938 | Dame Grand Cross | The Countess of Onslow CBE ARRC | 7 November 1883 | 23 October 1954 | |
| 18 June 1940 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Earl of Clarendon KG GCVO GCMG PC | 7 June 1877 | 13 December 1955 | Prior of the Order 1943–1946 |
| 18 June 1940 | Dame Grand Cross | The Marchioness of Bute DBE | 19 August 1880 | 16 May 1947 | |
| 19 June 1941 | Associate Dame Grand Cross | The Queen of the Netherlands | 31 August 1880 | 28 November 1962 | |
| 24 December 1941 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel Charles Joseph Trimble CB CMG VD TD LRCPEd | 16 March 1856 | 8 October 1944 | |
| 21 June 1943 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | The King of Yugoslavia | 6 September 1923 | 3 November 1970 | |
| 21 June 1943 | Dame Grand Cross | Edith Marione, Mrs Perowne | 1874 | | |
| December 1945 | Knight Grand Cross | The Earl of Lytton KG GCSI GCIE PC | 9 August 1876 | 25 October 1947 | |
| December 1945 | Knight Grand Cross | Sir Edwin James King KCB CMG TD ADC | 1877 | 11 July 1952 | Chancellor of the Order 1945–1951 |
| December 1945 | Dame Grand Cross | The Lady Louis Mountbatten CBE | 28 November 1901 | 21 February 1960 | |
| 2 July 1947 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Elizabeth CI | 21 April 1926 | 8 September 2022 | Sovereign Head of the Order 1952–2022 |
| 2 July 1947 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes | 27 February 1861 | 30 July 1956 | |
| 23 June 1948 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | The King of Denmark | 11 March 1899 | 14 January 1972 | |
| 23 June 1948 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | The King of the Hellenes | 14 December 1901 | 6 March 1964 | |
| 23 June 1948 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel The Earl of Powis | 24 June 1862 | 9 November 1952 | |
| 1 July 1955 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel The Lord Webb-Johnson GCVO CBE DSO TD MB FRCS | 4 September 1880 | 28 May 1958 | |
| 1 July 1955 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Sands Elliott VD LLD MD FRACS | 28 May 1880 | 26 October 1959 | |
| 1 July 1955 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Vincent Massey PC CH LLD FRSC | 20 February 1887 | 30 December 1967 | |
| 1 July 1955 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Group Captain Sir Hugh Raymond Guy Poate MVO | 16 January 1884 | 26 January 1961 | |
| 20 June 1956 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Margaret CI GCVO | 21 August 1930 | 9 February 2002 | |
| 18 December 1980 | Dame Grand Cross | Olivera Rowena, Lady Traherne OBE | 3 September 1910 | 22 October 1986 | |
| 11 January 1983 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Sir Alan Thomas Gandell CBE | 8 October 1904 | 10 July 1988 | |
| 11 January 1983 | Dame Grand Cross | Yvette, Mlle Loiselle | | | |
| 19 March 1984 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Sir Neville Drake Pixley MBE VRD | 21 September 1905 | 12 August 1993 | |
| 19 March 1984 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Thomas Hippisley Coulter OBE | | | |
| 19 March 1984 | Associate Bailiff Grand Cross | Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman | 18 November 1940 | 10 January 2020 | |
| 19 March 1984 | Dame Grand Cross | The Lady Moyra Browne DBE SEN | 2 March 1918 | 4 December 2016 | |
| 9 July 1987 | Baliff Grand Cross | Colonel The Lord Mais GBE | 7 July 1911 | 28 November 1993 | |
| 9 July 1987 | Baliff Grand Cross | Sir Stephen James Hamilton Miller KCVO MD FRCS | 19 July 1915 | 12 April 1996 | |
| 9 July 1987 | Baliff Grand Cross | Sir Randal Forbes Elliott KBE | 12 October 1922 | 20 July 2010 | |
| 9 July 1987 | Dame Grand Cross | The Countess Beauchamp MBE | 1895 | 1989 | |
| 9 July 1987 | Dame Grand Cross | The Lady Serena Mary Barbara James | 30 March 1901 | 26 October 2000 | |
| 11 March 1988 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Lord Westbury MC DL | 16 July 1922 | 12 October 2001 | Bailiff of Egle 1988–1993 |
| 16 June 1989 | Dame Grand Cross | Queen Noor of Jordan | 23 August 1951 | | |
| 22 August 1995 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Brigadier-General George E. Beament OBE CM CD QC | 12 April 1908 | 8 September 2005 | |
| 22 August 1995 | Dame Grand Cross | June, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair CBE | 29 December 1913 | 22 June 2009 | |
| 22 January 1998 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Professor Villis Marshall | | | |
| 22 January 1998 | Bailiff Grand Cross | John Alexander Strachan | | | |
| 19 January 2004 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela OM | 18 July 1918 | 5 December 2013 | |
| 24 August 2004 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Colonel James Stirling of Garden CBE TD | 8 September 1930 | | |
| 24 August 2004 | Dame Grand Cross | Audrey Caroline, Baroness Emerton DBE DL | 10 September 1935 | | |
| 24 August 2004 | Dame Grand Cross | June Daphne, Lady Blundell | 19 June 1922 | 31 October 2012 | |
| 27 July 2005 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Neville Byron Darrow | 1 March 1938 | | |
| 5 May 2009 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Fra Robert Matthew Festing OBE TD DL | 30 November 1949 | 12 November 2021 | |
| 5 May 2009 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Brigadier John Hemsley OBE | 27 January 1935 | | |
| 5 May 2009 | Dame Grand Cross | The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO | 15 August 1950 | | |
| 22 April 2013 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Professor Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith | 27 June 1938 | 13 September 2016 | |
| 22 April 2013 | Dame Grand Cross | Judith Ann, Mrs Hoban | | | |
| 26 June 2014 | Bailiff Grand Cross | David Patrick Henry Burgess MBE | | | |
| 30 July 2014 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Major General (Retired) Professor John Hemsley Pearn AO RFD | | | |
| 19 September 2014 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Alfred Marshall Acuff Jr | | | |
| 19 September 2014 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Low Bin Tick OBE | | | |
| 21 October 2016 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Lieutenant Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross GCVO, OBE | 27 October 1943 | 27 October 2019 | |
| 21 October 2016 | Bailiff Grand Cross | The Right Reverend Timothy John Stevens CBE | 31 December 1946 | | Prelate of the Order 2016 - 2025 |
| 15 May 2017 | Dame Grand Cross | Mary Angela Fiona, Lady Barttelot MBE DL | 26 February 1944 | | Bailiff of Egle 2017– |
| 21 September 2017 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu | 7 October 1931 | 26 December 2021 | |
| 29 January 2020 | Hon Major (rtd) Marsden Madoka | 15 March 1943 | | |
| 20 April 2020 | Dame Grand Cross | Dr Gillian Elisabeth Willmore | December 1949 | | Chancellor of the Order 2022 - 2023 |
| 15 February 2021 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Professor Deon François Schõnland Fourie | 17 November 1932 | | |
| 15 February 2021 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Dr Steven Alan Evans | | | Subprior of the Order 2022 - 2025 |
| 14 April 2022 | Dame Grand Cross | The Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO CD | 20 January 1965 | | |
| 30 April 2022 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Robert Hector White | | | |
| 7 February 2023 | Dame Grand Cross | Ann Elizabeth Cable MBE DL | | | |
| 26 June 2023 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Thomas Matthew Budd | | | Chancellor of the Order 2023 - |
| 31 January 2024 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Cameron John Oxley | | | |
| 23 January 2025 | Bailiff Grand Cross | Sir David Hempleman-Adams KCVO OBE DL | 10 October 1956 | | |