List of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire

Below is a list of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 until the present day:
==List==
Date 	Name 	Born	Died 	Notes 	Ref
rowspan=5 	Queen Mary 	 	 	 	
Annie Allen, Lady Lawley(Baroness Wenlock from 1931) 	1863 	 	Honorary Secretary, Queen Mary's Needlework Guild 	Correcting 	
 	 	 	Serbian Relief Fund 	Correcting 	
 	 	 	 	Correcting 	
 	 	 	Commandant-in-Chief, Women's Voluntary Aid Detachment 	Correcting 	
 	(Viscountess Chelmsford from 1921) 	 	 	For services in connection with the War 	
rowspan=8 	Queen Alexandra 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	President, Bedfordshire Branch and Member of Council, British Red Cross Society; Head of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Department, Devonshire House 	 	
 	 	 	President, Berkshire Branch, British Red Cross Society; Commandant, Englefield House Hospital 	 	
 	1864 	 	Joint Honorary Secretary, Queen Mary's Needlework Guild 	 	
 	 	 	President, Scottish Branch, British Red Cross Society 	 	
(Lady Hudson from 1923) 	 	 	Member, Joint Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem; Donor and Administrator, Lady Northcliffe's Hospital for Officers 	 	
 	 	 	For services rendered by the Native States of India during the War 	 	
 	 	 	For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War 	 	
rowspan=9 	Princess Christian 	 	 	Member of Council, British Red Cross Society; Member, Joint War Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem 	
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 	 	 	President, Kensington Branch and Member of Council, British Red Cross Society 	 	
Princess Helena Victoria 	 	 	Lady President, Young Men's Christian Association; President, Women's Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association for France 	 	
 	1867 	 	Matron-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 	 	
 	 	 	Honorary Secretary, American Women's War Relief Fund 	 	
 	 	 	Founder, Royal Sailors' Rests 	 	
 	 	 	President, Hampshire Branch, British Red Cross Society; Member, VAD Advisory Committee and VAD Selection Board 	 	
Emma Maud McCarthy 	 	 	Matron-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 	Cancelling 	
Lady Helen Munro Ferguson(Viscountess Novar from 1920)	1863 	 	For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War 	 	
rowspan=7 	 	 	 	Matron-in-Chief, Territorial Nursing Service 	
Princess Beatrice 	 	 	President, Isle of Wight Branch, British Red Cross Society 	 	
Princess Marie Louise 	 	 	Head of Bermondsey Voluntary Hospital 	 	
 	 	 	Member, Joint War Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem; President, Ladies' Committee of Order of St John 	 	
(Countess Buxton from 1920) 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	Matron-in-Chief, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem 	 	
(Duchess of St Albans from 1934) 	 	 	Head of Irish War Hospitals Supply Depots; Member, Joint War Committee for Leinster, Munster and Connaught, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem	 	
rowspan=4 	 	 	 	President, Queen Alexandra's Army Nursing Board 	
 	 	 	For service in connection with the War 	 	
(Marchioness of Reading from 1926) 	 	 	For service in connection with the War 	 	
 	1856 	 	President, British Women's Work Association in China 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
rowspan=2 	 	 	 	For services rendered during the War to the British Red Cross Society, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association, the Belgian Soldiers' Club, and Queen Alexandra's Nursing Association	
 	 	 	For services rendered in Australia during the War 	 	
 	(Marchioness of Willingdon from 1936) 	 	 	 	
rowspan=2 	Ellen Alice Carew (Ellen Terry) 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	1868	 	For services in Australia during the period of her husband's Governor Generalship 	
 	 	 	 	For services to the Dominion of New Zealand 	
rowspan=2 	Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, Viscountess Lascelles(Princess Royal from 1932)	 	 	 	
Dame Nellie Melba 	 	 	In recognition of services to the Commonwealth of Australia 	 	
 	Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, Duchess of York(Queen Elizabeth from 1936) 	 	 	On the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia to inaugurate the new capital of the Commonwealth of Australia at Canberra 	
 	 	 	 	For public services 	
 	Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan 	 	 	For public and scientific services 	
==1930s==
*1931: The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
*1932: The Baroness Baden-Powell, The Viscountess Cowdray 
*1937: Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, The Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, The Duchess of Gloucester, The Duchess of Kent, Enid Lyons 
*1938: The Marchioness of Carisbrooke
==1940s==
*1944: The Dowager Marchioness of Reading
*1946: Clementine Churchill, Isobel Cripps
*1948: The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Beryl Oliver
==1950s==
*1951: The Baroness Denman
*1953: The Baroness Freyberg
*1954: The Countess Alexander of Tunis, Pattie Menzies, The Countess of Limerick, The Baroness Horsbrugh
*1957: Dame Dehra Parker
==1960s==
*1961: The Baroness Sharp
*1964: Lady Dorothy Macmillan
==1980s==
*1983: The Baroness Donaldson of LymingtonObituary, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 10 May 2016.
==2000s==
*2005: The Baroness Butler-Sloss
==2010s==
*2012: The Baroness Hayman
*2019: The Baroness Higgins
==2020s==
*2022: Dame Sue Ion
*2023: Dame Hermione Lee
*2024: Dame Margaret Beckett, Dame Carol Black, Queen Camilla (Grand Master)
==See also==
* List of dames commander of the Order of the British Empire
* List of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire
==References==
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Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
British Empire