List of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain

Below is a list of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain:
==Edward VII (1902–1910)==
Image	Name 	Date conferred 	Notes
 	George, Prince of Wales 	1902 	Later George V, King of the United Kingdom
 	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 	1902Wm. A. Shaw, The Knights of England, Volume I (London, 1906) p. 415 	
 	Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark 	1902 	Later Frederick VIII, King of Denmark
 	Prince Charles of Denmark 	1902 	Later Haakon VII, King of Norway
 	Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece 	1902 	Later Constantine I, King of the Hellenes
 	Prince Henry of Prussia 	1902 	Revoked in 1915
 	John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll 	1902 	
 	Ernst Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine 	1902 	Revoked in 1915
 	Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 	1902 	
 	Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife 	1902 	
 	Wilhelm II, German Emperor 	1902 	Revoked in 1915
 	Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves 	1902 	
75px 	Frederick Temple 	1902H. M. Spooner, 'Temple, Frederick (1821–1902)’, rev. Mark D. Chapman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 5 Feb 2012	Archbishop of Canterbury
 	George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston 	1903 	Viceroy of IndiaLater 1st Earl Curzon of KedlestonLater 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
 	Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy 	1903Wm. A. Shaw, The Knights of England, Volume I (London, 1906) p. 416 	Revoked in 1941
 	Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia 	6 September 1904 	
 	Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria 	6 September 1904 	Revoked in 1915
 	Christian IX, King of Denmark 	1904 	
 	Wilhelm, German Crown Prince 	1904 	Revoked in 1915
 	Alfonso XIII, King of Spain 	9 June 1905 	
 	Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan 	15 June 1905 	
 	George I, King of the Hellenes 	1 December 1905 	
 	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne	22 December 1905 	
 	Prince Arthur of Connaught 	15 May 1906 	
 	Gustaf V, King of Sweden 	5 May 1908 	
 	Armand Fallières 	29 May 1908 	President of the French Republic
==George V (1910–1936)==
Image	Name 	Date conferred 	Notes
 	Randall Davidson 	23 June 1911 	Archbishop of CanterburyLater 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth
 	Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk 	23 June 1911 	Earl Marshal
 	Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe 	13 February 1912 	Secretary of State for India
 	Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst	13 February 1912 	Viceroy of India
 	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery 	4 June 1917 	Former Prime Minister
 	Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito 	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 	1921Whitaker's Almanack 1960 	Later Edward VIIILater Duke of Windsor
 	Cosmo Gordon Lang 	26 April 1923 	Archbishop of CanterburyLater 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth
 	Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden 	1923 	Later Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden
 	Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe 	1925 	Former Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra
 	Prince Albert, Duke of York 	1927Whitaker's. Almanack 1947	Later George VI
 	Amānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan 	1928 	
 	Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu 	1930 	Revoked in 1942
 	Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia 	1930 	
 	Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 	3 June 1932 	
 	William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland 	13 June 1932 	
 	Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia 	1934 	
 	Umberto, Prince of Piedmont 	1935 	Later Umberto II, King of Italy
 	Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby 	1935 	
 	Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone 	1935 	Born Prince Alexander of Teck
 	Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer 	3 June 1935 	Lord Chamberlain of the Household
 	Prince George, Duke of Kent 	1 January 1936 	
==Edward VIII (1936)==
Image 	Name 	Date conferred 	Notes 	
Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign	Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign	Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign	Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign	Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign
==George VI (1936–1952)==
Image	Name 	Date conferred	Notes
 	Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu 	1937 	
 	Queen Elizabeth 	11 May 1937 	Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
 	Queen Mary 	11 May 1937 	
 	Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram 	11 May 1937 	Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
 	Leopold III, King of the Belgians 	1937 	
 	James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn	10 August 1945	Governor of Northern Ireland
 	Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII 	1 January 1946	Nizam of Hyderabad
 	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 	1948 	
 	Geoffrey Fisher 	1 January 1949	Archbishop of CanterburyLater Baron Fisher of Lambeth
 	Sir John Weir 	9 June 1949 	
 	Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands 	1950 	
==Elizabeth II (1952–2022)==
Image	Name 	Date conferred 	Notes
 	George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon 	24 October 1952 	Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
 	Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 	1 June 1953 	Earl Marshal
 	Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort 	1 June 1953 	Master of the Horse
 	Olav, Crown Prince of Norway 	1955 	Later Olav V, King of Norway
 	Faisal II, King of Iraq 	1955 	
 	Francisco Craveiro Lopes 	1957 	President of the Portuguese Republic
 	Frederik IX, King of Denmark 	1957 	
 	Vincent Massey 	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 	1 January 1963 	Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
 	Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton	3 March 1964 	Former Lord Steward of the Household
 	Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia 	1965 	
 	Hussein I, King of Jordan 	1966 	
75px 	Ayub Khan 	1966 	President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
 	Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia 	1967 	
 	Sir Michael Adeane 	11 April 1972 	Former Private Secretary to the SovereignLater Baron Adeane
 	Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan 	1972 	
 	Roland Michener 	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 	14 March 1980 	Former Archbishop of Canterbury
 	Khalid, King of Saudi Arabia 	1981 	
 	Ratu Sir George Cakobau 	30 October 1982 	Governor-General of Fiji
 	Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands 	1982 	Abdicated in 2013
 	Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean 	29 November 1984	Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
 	António Ramalho Eanes 	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 	21 August 1990 	
 	Robert Runcie, Baron Runcie 	1991 	Former Archbishop of Canterbury
 	Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield 	10 July 1992 	Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign
 	François Mitterrand 	1992 	President of the French Republic
 	Richard von Weizsäcker 	1992 	Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
 	Harald V, King of Norway 	1994 	
 	David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie 	17 December 1997	Former Lord Chamberlain of the Household
 	Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk 	1 November 2000 	Earl Marshal
 	George Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton 	29 October 2002 	Former Archbishop of Canterbury
 	The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 	20 November 2007	
 	Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia 	2007 	
 	Qaboos, Sultan of Oman 	2010 	
 	Rowan Williams 	4 October 2012 	Former Archbishop of CanterburyLater Baron Williams of Oystermouth
 	William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel 	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	Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign	Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign	Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign	Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign
==References==
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Category:Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
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