List of knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath
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This is an incomplete list of those who were made knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815. Knights/Dames Grand Cross use the post-nominal GCB. Those Knights living at the time of the reorganisation of the Order automatically became Knights Grand Cross, with the post-nominal GCB.
Knights and dames grand cross[edit]
George III[edit]
Image | Name | Date | Notes | References |
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Field Marshal Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, KG, KB, PC | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [1][2] | |
Admiral John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, KB, PC, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [3][4] | |
General Sir Robert Abercromby, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [5][6] | |
Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, KB, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [7][8] | |
Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, Bt., KB, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [9][10] | |
General Sir Alured Clarke, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [11][12] | |
General Sir John Hely-Hutchinson, commonly called Lord Hutchinson, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [13][14] | |
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Bt., KB, RN | 2 January 1801 | Military division | [8] | |
Admiral Sir James Saumarez, KB, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [15][16] | |
General Sir Eyre Coote, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [17][18] | |
General Sir John Francis Cradock, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [19][20] | |
General Sir David Dundas, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [8] | |
Field Marshal His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, PC | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [21][22] | |
General George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [23][24] | |
Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, KB, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [25][26] | |
Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, KB, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [27][28] | |
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan, Bt., KB, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [29][30] | |
Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane, KB, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [31][32] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir John Stuart, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [33] | |
Field Marshal Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, KG, PC | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [34][35] | |
Field Marshal Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, KG, KP, PC | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [36][37] | |
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [38][39] | |
Lieutenant-General Henry William Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [40] | |
Admiral Sir Richard Onslow, Bt., RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [41][42] | |
Admiral William Cornwallis, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [43][44] | |
Lieutenant-General Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere, KB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [45][46] | |
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth, RN | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [47][48] | |
General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, GCB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [49][50] | |
General Sir George Beckwith, GCB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [51][52] | |
Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet, GCB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [53][54] | |
General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, GCB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [55][56] | |
Lieutenant General Sir Harry Calvert, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCH | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [57][58] | |
Major General Sir Edward Pakenham, GCB | 2 January 1815 | Military division | [59] | |
Sir Robert Gunning, Bt., KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [60][61] | |
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, KB, PC | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [62][63] | |
Morton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley, KB, PC | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [64][65] | |
Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth, KB, PC | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [66][67] | |
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt., KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [68][69] | |
Sir Arthur Paget, KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [70][71] | |
Sir Philip Francis, KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [72] | |
Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bt., KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [73][74] | |
Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [75][76] | |
Sir Henry Wellesley, KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [77][78] | |
Sir Charles Stuart, KB | 2 January 1815 | Civil division | [79][80] | |
Lieutenant General Sir John Abercromby, GCB | 7 April 1815 | Military division | [81][82] | |
Admiral James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, RN | 7 June 1815 | Military division | [83][84] | |
Sir Robert Liston | 21 October 1816 | Civil division | [85][86] | |
Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, RN | 20 February 1818 | Military division | [87][88] | |
Sir William à Court, Bt. | 20 October 1819 | Civil division | [89][90] |
George IV[edit]
Image | Name | Date | Notes | References |
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Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell, KCB, RN | 20 May 1820 | Military division | [91][92] | |
Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham, KCB, RN | 20 May 1820 | Military division | [93][94] | |
Sir Charles Long | 20 May 1820 | Civil division | [95][96] | |
Sir Charles Bagot | 20 May 1820 | Civil division | [97][98] | |
Sir Edward Thornton | 8 March 1822 | Civil division | [99][100] | |
Major-General Sir Benjamin Bloomfield | 1 April 1822 | Civil division | [101][102] | |
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Viscount Granville PC | 1 May 1825 | Civil division | [103][104] | |
Frederick James Lamb | 13 December 1827 | Civil division | [105][106] | |
Sir Stratford Canning | 7 December 1829 | Civil division | [107][108] | |
Sir Robert Gordon | 7 December 1829 | Civil division | [107][109] |
William IV[edit]
Image | Name | Date | Notes | References |
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Lieutenant-General Sir John Byng | 24 February 1831 | Military division | [110][111] | |
Sir Robert Adair | 3 August 1831 | Civil division | [112][113] | |
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, PC | 6 June 1832 | Civil division | [114][115] | |
Charles Manners-Sutton | 31 August 1833 | Civil division | [116][117] | |
John Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby | 3 March 1834 | Civil division | [118][119] | |
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, PC | 16 September 1834 | Civil division | [120][121] | |
Admiral Amelius Beauclerk, commonly called Lord Amelius Beauclerk, RN | 3 August 1835 | Military division | [122][123] | |
George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland, PC | 29 August 1835 | Civil division | [124][125] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bt., GCH, KCB | 6 February 1837 | Military division | [126][127] |
Victoria[edit]
Edward VII[edit]
Image | Name | Date | Notes | References |
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Sir Robert Romer, KC | 13 February 1901 | Civil division | ||
Sir Francis Richard Plunkett, GCMG | 9 November 1901 | Civil division | ||
Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon, PC | 26 June 1902 | Civil division | ||
Sir Francis Henry Jeune, KCB | 26 June 1902 | Civil division | ||
General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn, VC, GCVO, KCB | 26 June 1902 | Civil division | ||
Sir Algernon Edward West, KCB | 26 June 1902 | Civil division | ||
General Sir John Watson, VC, KCB | 26 June 1902 | Military division | ||
Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, KCB | 29 June 1906 | Civil division | ||
Sir Kenelm Edward Digby, KCB | 29 June 1906 | Civil division | ||
Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, KCB, KCVO, ISO | 29 June 1906 | Civil division | ||
Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, VC, GCVO, KCB | 9 November 1906 | Military division | ||
Sir Evan MacGregor, KCB | 9 November 1906 | Civil division | ||
Colonel Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, GCMG, KCB, KCSI | 9 November 1906 | Civil division | ||
Sir Edward Fry, GCMG | 7 May 1907 | Civil division | ||
Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bt., GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KCIE | 10 October 1907 | Civil division | ||
Francis Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, ISO | 26 June 1908 | Civil division | ||
Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, GCMG, GCVO, KCB | 26 June 1908 | Civil division | ||
Sir John Arthur Godley, KCB | 26 June 1908 | Civil division | ||
Sir George Herbert Murray, KCB, ISO | 26 June 1908 | Civil division | ||
Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB | 9 November 1908 | Civil division | ||
General Sir John French, GCVO, KCB, KCMG | 25 June 1909 | Military division | ||
Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCMG, GCVO | 25 June 1909 | Civil division | ||
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, KCB | 25 June 1909 | Civil division |
George V[edit]
George VI[edit]
Image | Name | Date | Notes | References |
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Sir Isaac Isaacs, GCB, GCMG, KC | 1937 | Civil division | ||
Field Marshal Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, GCB, CMG, DSO | 1938 | Military division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, GCB, OM, GCVO | 1939 | Military division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO** | 1941 | Military division | ||
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter, GCB, CMG, DSO | 1941 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO* | 1942 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, CD, PC | 1942 | Military division | ||
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO*, MC | 1939 | Military division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, GCB, KBE | 1944 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC | 1945 | Military division | ||
Air Vice Marshal Sir Philip Game, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO | 1945 | Military division | ||
General Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, KG, GCB, CH, DSO, PC | 1945 | Military division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham, GCB, MVO, DL | 1946 | Military division | ||
Gilbert Campion, 1st Baron Campion, GCB | 1948 | Civil division | ||
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC | 1950 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal Prince Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO | 1951 | Military division |
Elizabeth II[edit]
Image | Name | Date | Notes | References |
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Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC | 1955 | Military division | ||
General Geoffrey Bourne, Baron Bourne, GCB, KBE, CMG | 1960 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Lawrence Mary MacDonald, GCB, CBE, DFC, ADC | 1965 | Military division | [242] | |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle, GCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO, DFC | 1966 | Military division | ||
General Sir John Hackett, GCB, CBE, DSO*, MC | 1967 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal Michael Carver, Baron Carver, GCB, CBE, DSO*, MC | 1970 | Military division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore, GCB, DSC | 1974 | Military division | ||
Sir Charles Cunningham, GCB, KBE, CVO | 1974 | Civil division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet King Charles III, KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC, ADC | 1975 | Military division | ||
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, GCB, GCVO, GBE, CI | 1975 | Civil division | ||
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie, KT, GCB, CBE, DSO, DFC | 1976 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Lowe, GCB, DFC, AFC | 1977 | Military division | ||
Lieutenant Colonel Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC | 1977 | Civil division | ||
Lieutenant General Sir David House, GCB, KCVO, CBE, MC | 1977 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal The Lord Bramall, KG, GCB, OBE, MC, DL | 1979 | Military division | ||
General Sir Peter Whiteley, GCB, OBE, DL | 1979 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans, GCB, CBE | 1979 | Military division | ||
Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft, GCB | 1979 | Civil division | ||
Sir Douglas Wass, GCB | 1980 | Civil division | ||
Admiral Sir James Eberle, GCB | 1981 | Military division | ||
General Sir Robert Ford, GCB, CBE | 1981 | Military division | ||
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson, GCB, AFC | 1982 | Military division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse, GCB, GBE | 1982 | Military division | ||
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, GCB, CVO | 1983 | Civil division | ||
Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi, GCB | 1983 | Military division | ||
Sir William Fraser, GCB | 1984 | Civil division | ||
Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Craig of Radley, GCB, OBE | 1984 | Military division | ||
General Sir George Cooper, GCB, MC, DL | 1984 | Military division | ||
Sir Kenneth Stowe, GCB, CVO | 1986 | Civil division | ||
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Peter Harding, GCB | 1988 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, GCB, CBE | 1988 | Military division | ||
Sir Clive Whitmore, GCB, CVO | 1988 | Civil division | ||
Sir Brian Hayes, GCB | 1988 | Civil division | ||
Sir Peter Middleton, GCB | 1989 | Civil division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, GCB, GBE | 1989 | Military division | ||
Sir Derek Oulton, GCB, QC | 1989 | Civil division | ||
Sir William Heseltine, GCB, GCVO, AC, QSO | 1990 | Civil division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst, GCB, DL | 1991 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Parry-Evans, GCB, CBE | 1991 | Military division | ||
General Sir Brian Kenny, GCB, CBE | 1991 | Military division | ||
Sir Michael Quinlan, GCB | 1991 | Civil division | ||
Field Marshal The Lord Inge, KG, GCB, PC, DL | 1992 | Military division | ||
Admiral Sir Jock Slater, GCB, LVO, DL | 1992 | Military division | ||
The Lord Butler of Brockwell, KG, GCB, CVO, PC | 1992 | Civil division | ||
Sir Terence Heiser, GCB | 1992 | Civil division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, GCB, CBE | 1993 | Military division | ||
Admiral Sir John Kerr, GCB, DL | 1993 | Military division | ||
General The Lord Ramsbotham, GCB, CBE | 1993 | Civil division | ||
Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL | 1994 | Military division | ||
Sir Clifford Boulton, GCB | 1994 | Civil division | ||
Terence Burns, Baron Burns, GCB | 1995 | Civil division | ||
General Sir John Wilsey, GCB, CBE, DL | 1995 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Alcock, GCB, KBE | 1995 | Military division | ||
Sir Peter Gregson, GCB | 1995 | Civil division | ||
Sir Anthony Battishill, GCB | 1996 | Civil division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, GCB, KCVO, CBE | 1997 | Military division | ||
General Sir Roger Wheeler, GCB, CBE | 1997 | Military division | ||
The Lord Fellowes, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC | 1998 | Civil division | ||
Sir John Chilcot, GCB | 1998 | Civil division | ||
Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Boyce, KG, GCB, OBE, DL | 1999 | Military division | ||
Field Marshal The Lord Walker of Aldringham, GCB, CMG, CBE, DL | 1999 | Military division | ||
General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie, GCB, OBE, DL | 1999 | Military division | ||
Sir Nigel Wicks, GCB, CVO, CBE | 1999 | Civil division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, GCB, DFC, AFC, DL | 2001 | Military division | ||
The Lord Wilson of Dinton, GCB | 2001 | Civil division | ||
Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh, GCB, DL | 2002 | Military division | ||
Sir Hayden Phillips, GCB | 2002 | Civil division | ||
Sir David Omand, GCB | 2004 | Civil division | ||
Admiral The Lord West of Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC | 2004 | Military division | ||
General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL | 2004 | Military division | ||
Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Stirrup, KG, GCB, AFC | 2005 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, GCB, AFC | 2006 | Military division | ||
Sir Richard Mottram, GCB | 2006 | Civil division | ||
The Lord Janvrin, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC | 2007 | Civil division | ||
General The Lord Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL | 2008 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, GCB, CBE, DSO | 2008 | Military division | ||
Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, GCB, DL | 2008 | Military division | ||
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, GCB, OBE, ADC, DL | 2010 | Military division | ||
Sir David Normington, GCB | 2011 | Civil division | ||
The Lord O'Donnell, GCB | 2011 | Civil division | ||
General The Lord Houghton of Richmond, GCB, CBE, ADC Gen | 2011 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, GCB, ADC | 2012 | Military division | ||
General Sir Peter Wall, GCB, CBE, DL | 2013 | Military division | ||
The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court, GCB | 2015 | Civil division | ||
Admiral Sir George Zambellas, GCB, DSC, ADC, DL | 2016 | Military division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford, GCB, CBE, ADC, DL | 2016 | Military division | ||
The Lord Geidt, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC | 2018 | Civil division | ||
The Lord Heywood of Whitehall, GCB, CVO | 2018 | Civil division | ||
General Sir Nicholas Carter, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen | 2019 | Military division | ||
Dame Sally Davies, GCB, DBE, FRS, FMedSci | 2019 | Civil division | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, GCB, CBE, DFC, ADC | 2020 | Military division |
Charles III[edit]
Image | Name | Date | Notes | References |
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Sir Tom Scholar, GCB | 2023 | Civil division | ||
The Lord Young of Old Windsor, GCB, GCVO, PC | 2023 | Civil division | [243] | |
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, GCB, CBE | 2023 | Military division | ||
Lieutenant Colonel The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, PC, ADC | 2024 | Military Division |