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==
* 4 August 190016 February 1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
* 16 February 1904 – 26 April 1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
* 26 April 192311 December 1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
* 11 December 19366 February 1952: Her Majesty The Queen
* 6 February 195230 March 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:
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 	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters
United Kingdom 	192330 March 2002 	Member of the Royal Family Order of King George V 	 	
British Empire and Commonwealth	8 March 19236 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 192412 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 192630 March 2002 	Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem	 	GCStJ
United Kingdom 	8 July 192730 March 2002 	Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 	 	GBE
British India 	193130 March 2002 	Member of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India 	 	CI
United Kingdom 	14 December 193630 March 2002	Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter 	 	LG
British Empire and Commonwealth	1 February 193730 March 2002 	Grand Master and Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order 	 	GCVO
United Kingdom 	193730 March 2002 	Member of the Royal Family Order of King George VI 	 	
United Kingdom 	11 May 193730 March 2002 	Extra Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle 	 	LT
United Kingdom 	195230 March 2002 	Member of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II 	 	
Canada 	196630 March 2002 	Member of the Order of the Dogwood 	 	OD
United Kingdom 	197830 March 2002 	Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 	 	
New Zealand 	199030 March 2002 	Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand 	 	ONZ
Canada 	200030 March 2002 	Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada 	 	CC
 Decorations and medals
Country 	Date 	Decoration 	Ribbon	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 	Post-nominal letters
United Kingdom	1961	Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour	
==Foreign honours==
 Appointments
Country 	Date 	Appointment 	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters
Yugoslavia 	192330 March 2002 	Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Sava 	 	
Afghanistan	192817 July 1973 	Member First Class of the Order of the Supreme Sun 	 	
Japan 	193730 March 2002 	Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown 	 	
France 	July 193830 March 2002	Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour 	 	
Romania 	193830 December 1947 	Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania 	 	
Nepal 	194830 March 2002 	Member Grand Cross of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya 	 	
Netherlands	195030 March 2002 	Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands	 	
Greece 	195030 March 2002 	Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of St Olga and St Sophia	 	MSOS
Peru 	196030 March 2002 	Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun 	 	
Tunisia 	196130 March 2002 	Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence 	 	
 Decorations
Country	Date	Decoration 	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters
France 	1945	Recipient of the Red Cross Medal 	 	
Norway 	1945	Recipient of the Norwegian War Cross	 	
==Honorary military positions==
; Australia
* 195330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
; Canada
* 193830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
* 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
* 19531974: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
* 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service
; New Zealand
* 193930 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment
* 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps
; South Africa
* 19471961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Witwatersrand Rifles
* 19471961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cape Town Highlanders
* 19561961: 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
* 19271968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
* 19301961: Honorary Colonel the Hertfordshire Regiment
* 193530 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish
* 19371959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
* 193730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
* 194230 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps
* 19471958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
* 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
* 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment
* 194930 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Army Corps
* 19521961: Royal Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
* 1953September 1960: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
* 19571961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Inns of Court Regiment
* 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
* 19581989: Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC
* 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Regiment
* 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Hussars
* 195930 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
* 196030 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
* 196130 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
* 196130 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
* 196430 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment
* 196730 March 2002: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry
* 19671968: Honorary Colonel of The London Yeomanry and Territorials
* 196830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Infantry
* 199330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
* 19961999: Royal Honorary Colonel of the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry)
* 19491994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Air Force
* 196030 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School
* 199430 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief, Women, Royal Air Force
* unk.30 March 2002: Air Chief Commandant of the Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force
* 19491957 and 199930 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 199430 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief for Women in the Royal Navy
==Non-national titles and honours==
===Freedom of the City===
;Commonwealth realms
* 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
* 1954: Ottawa
* 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
;Foreign
* 2000: Volgograd (Honorary Citizen)
===Member and fellowships===
Country 	Date 	Organisation 	Position
 	December 19382002 	Women's Royal Voluntary Service 	President
 	19562002 	Royal Society 	Honorary Fellow (FRS)
 	 	Royal Society of Edinburgh 	Honorary Fellow (FRSE)
 	 	London School of Economics 	Honorary Fellow
 	28 June 197430 March 2002	Law Society of Upper Canada 	Honorary Bencher
 	19442002 	Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 	Honorary Bencher
 	 	Royal College of Physicians 	Honorary Fellow
 	 	Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 	Honorary Fellow
 	 	Royal College of Surgeons of England 	Patron
 	 	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 	Patron
 	 	Royal Academy of Music 	Patron
 	 	Marie Curie Memorial Foundation 	Patron
 	 	Ontario Jockey Club 	Patron
 	 	Royal Air Force Club 	Honorary Life Member
 	 	Royal College of Midwives 	Patron
 	 	Royal College of Music 	President Emerita
 	 	Royal College of Nursing 	Patron
 	 	Royal College of Surgeons of England 	Patron
 	 	Royal Commonwealth Society 	Patron
 	 	Royal British Legion (Women's Section) 	President
 	 	Royal British Legion Scotland (Women's Section) 	Grand President
 	 	Royal School of Church Music 	Patron
 	 	Royal Society of Musicians 	Patron
 	 	Royal Automobile Club 	Honorary Member
 	 	Royal Household Cricket Club 	Patron
 	 	Royal School of Needlework 	Patron
 	 	Royal Horticultural Society 	Patron
 	 	Royal National Lifeboat Institution 	Patron
 	 	Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	Patron
 	 	Royal Scottish Society of Arts 	Patron
 	 	Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded 	Patron
 	 	Special Forces Club 	Patron
 	 	Cavalry and Guards Club 	Lady Patron
 	 	Society of Antiquaries of London 	Royal Fellow (FSA)
 	 	Victorian Order of Nurses 	Patron
British Empire and Commonwealth	19832002 	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
 	19531993	Royal College of Music 	President
 	19551980	University of London 	Chancellor
 	19671977	University of Dundee 	Chancellor
 	19812002	Royal Holloway College 	Patron
 	 	London School of Economics 	Honorary Fellow
 	19742002	Law Society of Upper Canada	Honorary Bencher
 Honorary degrees
Nation or Land	Date 	Institution 	Degree
 	1924 	Queen's University Belfast 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1929 	University of St. Andrews 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1932 	University of Glasgow 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1937 	University of Edinburgh 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1947 	University of Cape Town 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1948 	University of Cambridge 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1951 	Victoria University of Manchester 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1954 	University of Leeds 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1954 	Columbia University 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1958 	University of Melbourne 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1966 	University of Auckland 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1967 	Dalhousie University 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1981 	University of Zimbabwe 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1983 	University of Aberdeen 	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 	1931 	University of Oxford 	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
 	1967 	University of Dundee 	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
 	1984 	Newcastle University 	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
 	1966 	University of Sheffield 	Doctor of Music (D.Mus)
 	5 December 1973	Royal College of Music 	Doctor of Music (D.Mus)
 	1994 	Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama	Doctor of Music (D.Mus)
 	1937 	University of London 	Doctor of Letters (D.Litt)
 	1965 	University of the West Indies 	Doctor of Letters (D.Litt)
 	1965 	University of Keele 	Doctor of Letters (D.Litt)
 	1991 	Royal Veterinary College 	Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
==Honorific eponyms==
===Structures===
====Buildings====
* England: Bowes-Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage
* England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
* 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: Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax
* 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
==See also==
* List of titles and honours of George VI
* 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 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 George V
* List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
* List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
* List of honours of the British royal family by country
==References==
 
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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