# List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

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

* 1900–1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
* 1904–1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
* 1923–1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
* 1936–1952: Her Majesty The Queen
* 1952–2002: 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:
   Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His Divine Mercy the late Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Princess Elizabeth, Queen Dowager and Queen Mother, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Relict of His Majesty King George the Sixth and Mother of Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth The Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, whom may God preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.
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 honours :
| Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters |
| United Kingdom | 1923 – 30 March 2002 | Member of the Royal Family Order of George V | |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 8 March 1923 – 6 June 1924 | Lady of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem | LGStJ |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 6 June 1924 – 12 June 1926 | Lady of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem | LJStJ |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 12 June 1926 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem | GCStJ |
| United Kingdom | 8 July 1927 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | GBE |
| British India | 1931 – 30 March 2002 | Member of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India | CI |
| United Kingdom | 14 December 1936 – 30 March 2002 | Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter | LG |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 1 February 1937 – 30 March 2002 | Grand Master and Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order | GCVO |
| United Kingdom | 1937 – 30 March 2002 | Member of the Royal Family Order of George VI | |
| United Kingdom | 11 May 1937 – 30 March 2002 | Extra Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle | LT |
| United Kingdom | 1952 – 30 March 2002 | Member of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II | |
| Canada | 1966 – 30 March 2002 | Member of the Order of the Dogwood | OD |
| United Kingdom | 1978 – 30 March 2002 | Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports | |
| New Zealand | 1990 – 30 March 2002 | Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand | ONZ |
| Canada | 2000 – 30 March 2002 | Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada | CC |
Decorations and medals :
| Country | Date | Decoration | Post-nominal letters |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 1936 | Member of the Royal Red Cross | RRC |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 11 May 1937 | Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain | |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 1935 | Recipient of the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal | |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 1937 | Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal | |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 1953 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal | |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 1977 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal | |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 2002 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal | |
| Canada | 1951 | Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Five Bars | CD |
Awards :
| Country | Date | Award |
| United Kingdom | 1961 | Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour |

## Foreign honours

Appointments :
| Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters |
| Yugoslavia | 1923 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Sava | |
| Afghanistan | 1928 – 17 July 1973 | Member First Class of the Order of the Supreme Sun | |
| Japan | 1937 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown | |
| France | July 1938 – 30 March 2002 | Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour | |
| Romania | 1938 – 30 December 1947 | Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania | |
| Nepal | 1948 – 30 March 2002 | Member Grand Cross of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya | |
| Netherlands | 1950 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands | |
| Greece | 1950 – 30 March 2002 | Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of St Olga and St Sophia | MSOS |
| Peru | 1960 – 30 March 2002 | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun | |
| Tunisia | 1961 – 30 March 2002 | Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence |
Decorations :
| Country | Date | Decoration | Ribbon |
| France | 1945 | Recipient of the Red Cross Medal | |
| Norway | 1945 | Recipient of the Norwegian War Cross | |

## Honorary military positions
### Australia

* 1953 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

### Canada

* 1938 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
* 1947 – 30 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
* 1977 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service

### New Zealand

* 1939 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment
* 1977 – 30 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
* 1935 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish
* 1937–1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
* 1937 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
* 1942 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps
* 1947–1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
* 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
* 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment
* 1949 – 30 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)
* 1953 – September 1960: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
* 1957–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Inns of Court Regiment
* 1958 – 30 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
* 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Regiment
* 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Hussars
* 1959 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
* 1960 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
* 1961 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
* 1961 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
* 1964 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment
* 1967 – 30 March 2002: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry
* 1967–1968: Honorary Colonel of The London Yeomanry and Territorials
* 1968 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Infantry
* 1993 – 30 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
* 1960 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School
* 1994 – 30 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 1999 – 30 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 1994 – 30 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
* 1956: Forfar – Also on Behalf of the Black Watch
* 1956: Musselburgh
* 1956: Wick
* 25 May 1959: Aberdeen
* 13 April 1961: St Albans
* 1980: Windsor and Maidenhead
* 1981: Windsor
* 1981: Maidenhead
* 1990: Caithness
* 1954: Ottawa
* 2000: Volgograd (Honorary Citizen)

### Memberships and fellowships

| Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
| United Kingdom | December 1938 – 2002 | Women's Royal Voluntary Service | President |
| United Kingdom | 1956–2002 | Royal Society | Honorary Fellow (FRS) |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Honorary Fellow (FRSE) |
| United Kingdom | | London School of Economics | Honorary Fellow |
| United Kingdom | 1944–2002 | Honourable Society of the Middle Temple | Honorary Bencher |
| United Kingdom | | Royal College of Physicians | Honorary Fellow |
| United Kingdom | | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Honorary Fellow |
| United Kingdom | | Royal College of Surgeons of England | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Academy of Music | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Marie Curie Memorial Foundation | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Air Force Club | Honorary Life Member |
| United Kingdom | | Royal College of Midwives | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal College of Music | President Emerita |
| United Kingdom | | Royal College of Nursing | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal College of Surgeons of England | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Commonwealth Society | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal British Legion (Women's Section) | President |
| United Kingdom | | Royal British Legion Scotland (Women's Section) | Grand President |
| United Kingdom | | Royal School of Church Music | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Society of Musicians | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Automobile Club | Honorary Member |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Household Cricket Club | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal School of Needlework | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Horticultural Society | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Royal Scottish Society of Arts | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Special Forces Club | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Cavalry and Guards Club | Lady Patron |
| United Kingdom | | Society of Antiquaries of London | Royal Fellow (FSA) |
| Canada | | Victorian Order of Nurses | Patron |
| Canada | | Ontario Jockey Club | Patron |
| Canada | 28 June 1974 – 30 March 2002 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | 1983–2002 | Victoria Cross and George Cross Association | President |
| British Empire and Commonwealth | | Gallantry Medallists' League | Patron |

### Scholastic

Chancellor, president, visitor, governor, and fellowships :
| Country | Date | Institution | Position |
| United Kingdom | 1953–1993 | Royal College of Music | President |
| United Kingdom | 1955–1980 | University of London | Chancellor |
| United Kingdom | 1967–1977 | University of Dundee | Chancellor |
| United Kingdom | 1981–2002 | Royal Holloway College | Patron |
| United Kingdom | | London School of Economics | Honorary Fellow |
| Canada | 1974–2002 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher |
Honorary degrees :
| Country | Date | Institution | Degree |
| United Kingdom | 1924 | Queen's University Belfast | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1929 | University of St. Andrews | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1932 | University of Glasgow | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1937 | University of Edinburgh | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| South Africa | 1947 | University of Cape Town | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1948 | University of Cambridge | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1951 | Victoria University of Manchester | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1954 | University of Leeds | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United States | 1954 | Columbia University | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| Australia | 1958 | University of Melbourne | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| New Zealand | 1966 | University of Auckland | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| Canada | 1967 | Dalhousie University | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| Zimbabwe | 1981 | University of Zimbabwe | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1983 | University of Aberdeen | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
| United Kingdom | 1931 | University of Oxford | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
| United Kingdom | 1967 | University of Dundee | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
| United Kingdom | 1984 | Newcastle University | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
| United Kingdom | 1966 | University of Sheffield | Doctor of Music (DMus) |
| United Kingdom | 5 December 1973 | Royal College of Music | Doctor of Music (DMus) |
| United Kingdom | 1994 | Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama | Doctor of Music (DMus) |
| United Kingdom | 1937 | University of London | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) |
| Jamaica | 1965 | University of the West Indies | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) |
| United Kingdom | 1965 | University of Keele | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) |
| United Kingdom | 1991 | Royal Veterinary College | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) |

## 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