List of titles and honours of George VI

King George VI received numerous decorations and honorary appointments, both during and before his time as monarch of the United Kingdom and the dominions. Of those 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, styles, and honours==
===Titles and styles===
George VI was from birth a Prince of the United Kingdom, and was subsequently created a royal duke. It was as a duke that he succeeded his brother, King Edward VIII, to the throne.
* 14 December 189528 May 1898: His Highness Prince Albert of York
* 28 May 189822 January 1901: His Royal Highness Prince Albert of York
* 22 January 19019 November 1901: His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Cornwall and York
* 9 November 19016 May 1910: His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Wales
* 6 May 19103 June 1920: His Royal Highness The Prince Albert
* 3 June 192011 December 1936: His Royal Highness The Duke of York
**Subsidiary titles: Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney
* 11 December 19366 February 1952: His Majesty The King
===Titles vested in the Crown===
Certain titles are borne and held by the reigning sovereign.
; Isle of Man
*11 December 19366 February 1952: His Majesty The King, Lord of Mann
; Church of England
*11 December 19366 February 1952: Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England
Other titles traditionally attributed to the reigning sovereign are Duke of Lancaster, to reflect that the Duchy of Lancaster is a private estate of the sovereign, and Duke of Normandy in the sovereign's capacity as head of state of the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey.
===Titles held personally===
George VI has held certain titles in a personal capacity, either by virtue of birth, or otherwise.
; House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
*14 December 1895 – 17 July 1917: Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
; Commonwealth of Nations
*Late April 19496 February 1952: Head of the Commonwealth
===Title in the dominions and India===
The Dominions were self-governing entities which had the as their respective head of state the same person as was the British sovereign. These Dominions typically used the style and title of the sovereign as proclaimed in the United Kingdom, which, from the reign of Edward VII came to include the phrase, “and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas”, signifying their reign over said Dominions. However, the sovereign reigned in these Dominions in a capacity independent from their position as monarch of the United Kingdom, similar in meaning and usage to, but not the same as modern-day Commonwealth realms, in that they lacked a separate title for each Dominion, until the reign of Elizabeth II. George VI's reign in the Dominions does not completely match his reign in the United Kingdom and his role as monarch in the Irish Free State is debated.
Per the terms of the Indian Independence Act, the imperial title was to be abolished. However, George VI issued a royal proclamation for that purpose and to that effect only on 22 June 1948, effectively reigning as king in the newly created Dominions of India and Pakistan whilst still bearing the imperial title for himself and his consort.
The title of Kaisar-i-Hind was coined in 1876 by the orientalist G. W. Leitner as the imperial title for the sovereignB.S. Cohn, "Representing Authority in Victorian India", in E. Hobsbawm and T. Ranger (eds.), The Invention of Tradition (1983), 165–209, esp. 201-2. and was also employed in an official capacity, most notably to denote Crown property in India. This title continues to persist as a placeholder to the modern day in official records dating to the British era, despite the prohibition and deprecation of the use of the said title and all its variants for any and all purposes. Its usage is to be so understood as to denote the Government of India per the relevant provisions of the Government Grants Act, read alongside and in the context of the Transfer of Property Act and the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act.
== Military ranks ==
; United Kingdom
* 15 May 19161918: Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy
* 29 December 19181919:Temporary Captain and Staff Officer (3rd Class, Air), Royal Air Force
* 3 June 1919: Personal Aide-de-Camp to the King
* 1 August1 November 1919: Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
* 1 November 19191 June 1920: Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force
* 31 December 19201925: Commander, Royal Navy
* 1 June 192030 June 1921: Wing Commander, Royal Air Force
* 30 June 19213 June 1932: Group Captain, Royal Air Force
* 3 June 19321 January 1936: Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy
* 3 June 19321 January 1936: Major-General, British Army
* 3 June 19321 January 1936: Air Vice-Marshal, Royal Air Force
* 1 January21 January 1936: Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy
*1 January21 January 1936: Lieutenant-General, British Army
* 1 January21 January 1936: Air Marshal, Royal Air Force
* 21 January11 December 1936: Admiral, Royal Navy
* 21 January11 December 1936: General, British Army
* 11 December 19366 February 1952: Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy
* 11 December 19366 February 1952: Marshal of the Royal Air Force
* 11 December 19366 February 1952: Field Marshal, British Army
; Australia
* 2 June 19386 February 1952: Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Australian Navy
* 2 June 19386 February 1952: Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force
* 2 June 19386 February 1952: Field Marshal, Australian Army
== Foreign honours ==
;Appointments
Country 	Date 	Appointment 	Post-nominal letters
 	5 June 191714 September 1917 	Knight 4th Class with Swords of the Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir 	
 	11 August 19172 June 1946 	Knight of the Military Order of Savoy 	
 	19182 December 1945 	Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the White Eagle 	
 	19196 February 1952 	Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour 	
 	30 November 19206 February 1952 	Knight of the Order of the Elephant 	RE
 	18 October 192210 September 1944	Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Carol I 	
 	26 April 19236 February 1952 	Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav 	StkStOO m kjede
 	20 February 19376 February 1952 	Grand Cross of the Civil and Military Equestrian Order of Saint Marinus 	
 	10 May 19376 February 1952 	Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim 	RSerafO
 	2 February 19386 February 1952 	Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri 	MCK
 	2 May 19396 February 1952 	Grand Cross of the Riband of the Three Military Orders"Banda da Grã-Cruz das Três Ordens: Jorge VI (Rei do Reino Unido, da Grã-Bretanha, Irlanda e dos Territórios Britânicos e Imperador das Índias)" (in Portuguese), Arquivo Histórico da Presidência da República. Retrieved 28 November 2019.	BTO
Yugoslavia	19 July 19392 December 1945 	Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Karađorđe 	
 	1 July 19466 February 1952 	Grand Cross of the Military William Order 	MWO
 	13 November 19476 February 1952 	Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-CharlesJournal de Monaco 	
 	8 May 19516 February 1952 	Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog 	SKmd
 	2 April 1960 (posthumous) 	Member of the Ordre de la Libération 	
==Freedom of the City==
;Commonwealth realms
* 28 October 1919: London.
* 1924: Derry.
* 26 October 1926: Glasgow.
* 29 August 1928: Stirling.
* 1929: Ilford.
* 10 August 1935: Perth.
==Honorific eponyms==
A number of geographical features, roads, and institutions are named after George VI. These include King George Hospital in London; King George VI Reservoir in Surrey, United Kingdom; King George Highway and King George Boulevard in Surrey, British Columbia; Kingsway in Edmonton; George VI Sound in Antarctica; and the King George VI Chase, a horse race in the United Kingdom.
The fourth future will be named as .
==See also==
* Style of the British Sovereign
* Title and style of the Canadian monarch
* List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
* List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
* List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
* List of titles and honours of George V
* List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
* List of titles and honours of Charles III
* List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla
* List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales
* List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales
* List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal
* List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
* List of honours of the British royal family by country
== Notes ==
==References==
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