List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother facts for kids

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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
British Commonwealth and Commonwealth of Nations honours
Foreign honours
Honorary military positions
Non-national titles and honours
Honorific eponyms
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Titles and styles

Quick facts for kids Styles of Queen Elizabeth

Reference style	Her Majesty
Spoken style	Your Majesty

4 August 1900 – 16 February 1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
16 February 1904 – 26 April 1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
26 April 1923 – 11 December 1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952: Her Majesty The Queen
6 February 1952 – 30 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:

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 King 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 King 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 Queen 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	Post-nominal letters
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	Post-nominal letters
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

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
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)
England		London School of Economics	Honorary Fellow
Ontario	28 June 1974 – 30 March 2002	Law Society of Upper Canada	Honorary Bencher
England	1944 – 2002	Honourable Society of the Middle Temple	Honorary Bencher
England		Royal College of Physicians	Honorary Fellow
Scotland		Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh	Honorary Fellow
England		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
Ontario		Ontario Jockey Club	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
England		Royal College of Surgeons of England	Patron
United Kingdom		Royal Commonwealth Society	Patron
United Kingdom		Royal British Legion (Women's Section)	President
Scotland		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
Scotland		Royal Scottish Society of Arts	Patron
Scotland		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
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
England	1953 – 1993	Royal College of Music	President
England	1955 – 1980	University of London	Chancellor
Scotland	1967 – 1977	University of Dundee	Chancellor
England	1981 – 2002	Royal Holloway College	Patron
England		London School of Economics	Honorary Fellow
Ontario	1974 – 2002	Law Society of Upper Canada	Honorary Bencher

Honorary degrees
Nation or Land	Date	Institution	Degree
Northern Ireland	1924	Queen's University Belfast	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Scotland	1929	University of St. Andrews	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Scotland	1932	University of Glasgow	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Scotland	1937	University of Edinburgh	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
South Africa	1947	University of Cape Town	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
England	1948	University of Cambridge	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
England	1951	Victoria University of Manchester	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
England	1954	University of Leeds	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
New York	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)
Nova Scotia	1967	Dalhousie University	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Zimbabwe	1981	University of Zimbabwe	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Scotland	1983	University of Aberdeen	Doctor of Laws (LLD)
England	1931	University of Oxford	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
Scotland	1967	University of Dundee	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
England	1984	Newcastle University	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
England	1966	University of Sheffield	Doctor of Music (D.Mus)
England	5 December 1973	Royal College of Music	Doctor of Music (D.Mus)
Scotland	1994	Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama	Doctor of Music (D.Mus)
England	1937	University of London	Doctor of Letters (D.Litt)
Jamaica	1965	University of the West Indies	Doctor of Letters (D.Litt)
England	1965	University of Keele	Doctor of Letters (D.Litt)
England	1991	Royal Veterinary College	Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)