List of wearers of the Order of the Garter

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Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Lüneburg in the regalia of a knight of the Order of the Garter

This page contains a list of the members of the Order of the Garter ( Knights and Ladies of the Garter ).

Unless otherwise stated, it is Knights Companion of the Garter .

Founding members

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
1348 Edward, Prince of Wales 1330 1376
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Earl of Derby 1306 1361 later Duke of Lancaster
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick 1313/14 1369
Jean III de Grailly, Captal de Buch 1376
Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford 1301 1372 later Earl of Stafford
William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury 1329 1397
Roger Mortimer, 4th Baron Mortimer (of Wigmore) 1328 1360 later 2nd Earl of March
John de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle 1318 1355
Bartholomew de Burghersh before 1329 1369 later 2nd Baron Burghersh
John de Beauchamp around 1316 1360 later Baron Beauchamp (de Warwick)
John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun 1320 1376
Hugh Courtenay 1348
Thomas Holland around 1314 1360 later Earl of Kent
John Gray, 1st Baron Gray of Rotherfield around 1300 1359
Richard Fitz-Simon around 1295 1348/49
Miles Stapleton 1364
Thomas Wale 1352
Hugh Wrottesley 1381 also Hugh Wriothesley
Nele Loring 1386 also Neil Loryng
John Chandos 1369
James Audley around 1318 1369
Otho Holland 1359
Henry Eam also Henry d'Enne
Sanchet D'Abrichecourt also Sanchet d'Abridgecourt
Walter Pavely 1375

14th Century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
around 1348 William Fitzwaryne 1361 also William FitzWarin
Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk 1298 1369
1350 William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton around 1312 1360
1352 Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham around 1295 1361
1356 Richard de la Vache 1366
1358 Thomas Ughtred, 1st Baron Ughtred 1292 1365
Philippa of Hainaut 1311 1369 Lady of the Garter; Wife of King Edward III.
1359 Walter Mauny, 1st Baron Mauny 1372
Frank van Hale
1360 Thomas Ufford
around 1361 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Earl of Ulster 1338 1368 later Duke of Clarence
John of Gaunt 1340 1399 later Duke of Lancaster
Edmund of Langley 1341 1402 later Duke of York
Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser 1336 1375
John Sully 1388
1361 William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer around 1329 1381
1365 Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford 1342 1373
Enguerrand VII. De Coucy 1340 1397 later Earl of Bedford
around 1366 Henry Percy 1342 1408/09 later Earl of Northumberland
around 1368 Ralph Basset, 4th Baron Basset de Drayton 1335 1390
Richard Pembrugge 1375
1369 John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby 1341 1388
Robert de Namur 1323 1391 Son of John I of Dampierre , Count of Namur
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1347 1375
Thomas de Granson 1375
1370 Guy Brian, 1st Baron Brian 1390
1372 Guichard d'Angle , Earl of Huntingdon 1380
Alan Buxhull 1381
1373 Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick 1401 Degraded in 1397, reinstated in 1400
1375 Johann V, Duke of Brittany around 1339 1399
Thomas Banastre 1379
William de Ufford , 2nd Earl of Suffolk 1382
Hugh Stafford , 2nd Earl of Stafford around 1342 1386 Son of Ralph Stafford (specified above)
1376 Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent 1350 1397
Thomas Percy 1343 1403 later Earl of Worcester
William Beauchamp 1411 later Baron Bergavenny
Isabella Plantagenet , Countess of Bedford 1332 1382 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of King Edward III.
1377 Richard, Prince of Wales 1367 1400 later Richard II, King of England
Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby 1366 1413 later Henry IV, King of England
John Burley 1383
Lewis Clifford 1404
1378 Joan, Princess of Wales 1328 1385 Lady of the Garter; Mother of King Richard II
Constance of Castile 1354 1394 Lady of the Garter; second wife of John of Gaunt
Maud, Lady Courtenay, "niece of King Richard II." Lady of the Garter; probably Margaret de Bohun († 1391), wife of Hugh de Courtenay , 2nd Earl of Devon (1303-1377), daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (X 1321) and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282-1316) , a daughter of King Edward I.
Philippa of Lancaster 1360 1415 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of John of Gaunt, later Queen of Portugal
Elizabeth of Lancaster , Duchess of Exeter 1364 1425 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of John of Gaunt
Philippa de Coucy, Countess of Oxford 1367 1411 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Isabella of England, daughter of King Edward III, wife of Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford
Isabella of Castile, Countess of Cambridge around 1355 1392 Lady of the Garter; Wife of Edmund of Langley, later Duchess of York
1379 Bermond Arnaud de Preissac
1380 Thomas of Woodstock 1355 1397 later Duke of Gloucester
1381 Thomas Felton 1381
John Holland around 1355 1400 later Duke of Exeter
Simon Burley 1388
Bryan Stapleton 1394
1382 Richard Burley 1387
1384 Thomas Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham around 1365 1400 later Duke of Norfolk
Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford 1362 1392 later Duke of Ireland; demoted in 1388
Anne of Bohemia 1366 1394 Lady of the Garter; Wife of King Richard II
Eleanor de Bohun , Countess of Buckingham Lady of the Garter; Wife of Thomas of Woodstock , later Duchess of Gloucester
Anne Hastings, Countess of Pembroke 1355 1384 Lady of the Garter
Elizabeth de Mohun, Countess of Salisbury Lady of the Garter; Wife of William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury , daughter of John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun
Catherine of Lancaster 1372/73 1418 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of John of Gaunt, later Queen of Castile
Joan, Lady Mohun Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh , widow of John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun , mother of Elizabeth de Mohun (see above)
1386 Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel around 1348 1397
Nicholas Sarnesfeld 1395
Elizabeth FitzAlan , Countess of Nottingham 1366 1399 Lady of the Garter; later Duchess of Norfolk, second wife of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1386)
Constance Langley , Lady le Despenser around 1374 1416 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Edmund of Langley, wife (since 1384) of Thomas le Despenser , 1st Earl of Gloucester (1386)
Elizabeth, Lady de Vere Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Hugh de Courtenay , 10th Earl of Devon , wife of Sir Andrew Luttrell and Sir John de Vere, younger son of the 7th Earl of Oxford
Blanche, Lady Poynings Lady of the Garter; Daughter of John de Mowbray, 3rd Lord Mowbray and Joan Plantagenet (daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster), wife of (I) Robert Bertram, Baron Bertram of Bothall, (II) Thomas, 3rd Lord Poynings († 1375), and (III) Sir John Worth
1387 Edward, Earl of Rutland 1373 1415 later Duke of York
NN, Lady Gomeneys Lady of the Garter; Wife of John de Geaux, Sire de Gomeneys (maybe also “Comines”)
Catherine Swynford around 1350 1403 Lady of the Garter; third wife of John of Gaunt
around 1388 Thomas le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despenser 1373 1400 later 1st Earl of Gloucester (his wife was inducted into the order in 1386)
1388 Henry Percy 1403
John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux 1393
Peter Courtenay 1349 1409
Alice FitzAlan, Countess of Kent around 1350 1416 Lady of the Garter; Wife of Thomas Holland , 2nd Earl of Kent , sister-in-law of King Richard II.
around 1389 Mary de Bohun , Duchess of Derby around 1369 1394 Lady of the Garter; Wife of Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby, mother of King Henry V
1390 Wilhelm I , Duke of Geldern and Jülich 1364 1402
Wilhelm VI., Count of Holland and Zealand 1365 1417
Elizabeth, Lady Trivet Lady of the Garter; Wife of Thomas Swinburne and Sir Thomas Trivet († 1388)
Lady Joan Beauchamp 1375 1435 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Richard, 4th Earl of Arundel , wife of Sir William Beauchamp
Lady Joan Fitzwalter 1379 1409 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of John, 1st Lord Devereux (see above), wife of Sir Walter Fitzwalter, later Lord Fitzwalter, and Hugh, 2nd Lord Burnell (see above)
1392 John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier 1400
1393 John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont 1361 1396
1394 William le Scrope around 1350 1399 later Earl of Wiltshire
around 1395 William Arundel 1400
1396 John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset 1373 1410
1397 Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent 1374 1400 later Duke of Surrey
John Montacute , 3rd Earl of Salisbury 1350 1400
Albrecht I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing-Holland 1336 1404
Simon Felbrigge 1442
Isabella of Valois 1389 1409 Lady of the Garter; Wife of King Richard II
1399 Philip de la Vache 1348 1408
Henry, Prince of Wales 1387 1422 later Henry V, King of England
Katharina, Duchess of Geldern Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Count Albrecht I of Bavaria (see above), wife of Duke Wilhelm von Geldern and Jülich (see above)
Joan Holland, Duchess of York Lady of the Garter; second wife of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
Margaret Holland , Marchioness of Dorset 1385 1439 Lady of the Garter; Wife of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland 1379 1440 Lady of the Garter
Blanche Bradeston Lady of the Garter; perhaps daughter of Sir John Bradeston
Agnes, Lady Arundel Lady of the Garter; Wife of Sir William Arundel (specified above)
Margaret, Lady Roe of Hamlake Lady of the Garter; Daughter of John FitzAlan, Lord Maltravers, wife of William, 7th Lord Ros of Hamlake (see above)
Marguerite de Courcy Lady of the Garter; Wife of Guillaume de Courcy , Queen Isabella's maid of honor
around 1400 Thomas of Lancaster 1388 1421 later Duke of Clarence
John of Lancaster 1389 1435 later Duke of Bedford
Humphrey of Lancaster 1390 1447 later Duke of Gloucester
1400 Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel 1381 1415
Thomas Beaufort around 1377 1426 later Duke of Exeter
William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby around 1370 1409
Thomas Rempston 1406
John I, King of Portugal 1357 1433

15th century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
1401 Thomas Erpingham 1357 1428
1402 Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford 1378 1403
Ralph Neville, 4th Baron Nevill de Raby around 1364 1425 later Earl of Westmorland
1403 Richard Beauchamp , 13th Earl of Warwick 1382 1439
Edmund Holland , 4th Earl of Kent 1384 1408
Richard Gray, 4th Baron Gray of Codnor 1418
William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros 1369 1414
1404 John Stanley , King of Man around 1350 1414
Erik VII, King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway 1382 1459
1405 John Lovel, 5th Baron Lovel 1341 1408
1406 Hugh Burnell, 2nd Baron Burnell 1347 1420
around 1407 Edward Charlton, 5th Baron Charlton 1371 1421
1408 Gilbert Talbot , 5th Baron Talbot around 1383 1419
Henry Fitzhugh , 3rd Baron FitzHugh 1363 1425
Robert de Umfraville 1437
Joan of Navarre 1370 1437 Lady of the Garter; Wife of Heinrich IV.
Philippa of England 1394 1430 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Henry IV, later Queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
Margaret, Countess of Holland 1374 1441 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (see above), wife of Wilhelm II of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Zealand (see above)
Blanca of England 1392 1409 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of King Henry IV.
Philippa de Mohun, Duchess of York Lady of the Garter; Wife of Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
Maud, Countess of Salisbury Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Sir Adam Francis, wife of Alan Buxhull (see above), and John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (see above)
Margaret, Lady Waterton Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Thomas Clarell, wife of Sir Robert Waterton,
Margaret, Lady Beaufort Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Sir Thomas Nevill of Hornby, wife of Sir Thomas Beaufort (see above), later Earl of Dorset and Duke of Exeter
Agnes de Gomeneys Lady of the Garter; Wife of William de Gomeneys
1410 John Cornewall, 1st Baron Fanhope around 1364 1443
Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham around 1373 1415
around 1411 Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley around 1354 1416
1413 John d'Abrichecourt 1415
Beatrix of Portugal around 1386 1447 Lady of the Garter; illegitimate daughter of King John I of Portugal
1414 Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury 1388 1428
1415 Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys before 1368 1421
William Harrington 1440
William Zouche, 4th Baron Zouche of Haryngworth around 1373 1415
John Holland 1395 1447 later Duke of Exeter
Richard de Vere , 11th Earl of Oxford around 1386 1417
Emperor Sigismund 1368 1437 Investiture 1416
1416 Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby 1385 1452
1417 John Blount 1418
John Robessart 1450
1418 Hugh Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford 1382 1420 Son of Hugh de Stafford , 2nd Earl of Stafford
around 1419 William Phelipp 1383 1441 later Baron Bardolph
1419 John Gray, Earl of Tancarville 1421
1420 Catherine de Valois 1401 1437 Lady of the Garter; Wife of Heinrich V.
1421 Walter Hungerford 1378 1449 later Baron Hungerford
Lewis Robessart 1431
Hertong from Clux 1446
John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford 1390 1422
John Mowbray, 5th Earl of Norfolk 1392 1432 later Duke of Norfolk
William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk 1396 1450 later Duke of Suffolk
1422 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 1396 1467 elected, but declined
1424 John Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot 1384 1453 later Earl of Shrewsbury
1426 Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron Scales around 1400 1460
John Fastolf 1459
1427 Peter of Portugal , Duke of Coimbra 1392 1449 Investiture 1428
Rowland de Standish 1435
1429 Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford 1402 1460 later 1st Duke of Buckingham
John Radcliffe 1441
1432 John FitzAlan , 14th Earl of Arundel 1408 1435
Isabel le Despenser , Countess of Warwick 1400 1439 Daughter of Thomas le Despenser, wife of Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester
Alice Chaucer, Countess of Suffolk 1404 1475 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Thomas Chaucer , wife of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
1433 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York 1411 1460
1435 Edward, King of Portugal 1391 1438
1436 Edmund Beaufort , Count of Mortain around 1406 1455 later Duke of Somerset
John Gray 1439
Eleanor Cobham , Duchess of Gloucester around 1400 1452 Lady of the Garter; Wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Jacquetta of Luxembourg , Duchess of Bedford around 1415 1472 Lady of the Garter
1438 Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury 1400 1460
Albrecht II, Roman-German King 1397 1439 Not introduced into the Order
Gaston de Foix , Captal de Buch 1458 see House Grailly
around 1439 John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset 1404 1444 later Duke of Somerset
1440 William Nevill, Baron Fauconberg around 1410 1463 later Earl of Kent
Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley 1473
1441 John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont 1409 1460 see Brienne house
John Beauchamp 1475 later Baron Beauchamp
around 1443 Henry the Navigator , Duke of Viseu 1394 1460
1445 Thomas Hoo, 1st Baron of Hoo 1455 later Baron of Hoo and Hastings
Dom Álvaro Vaz de Almada , 1st Count of Avranches around 1390 1449
1446 Jean de Foix , Captal de Buch 1485 resigns around 1462, see House Grailly
1447 Alfonso V, King of Portugal 1432 1481
François de Surienne, Sire de Lunée 1462? resigned around 1450
1448 Margaret of Anjou 1429 1482 Lady of the Garter; Wife of King Henry VI.
Anne, Lady Moleyns Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Sir John Whalesburgh, wife of Sir William Moleyns, later Lord Moleyns
Emmeline, Lady Saye and Sele Lady of the Garter; of the Sir William Cromers family, Lord Mayor of London, wife of James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele
Margaret, Lady Beauchamp Lady of the Garter; Sister of Richard Ferrers, wife of John, 1st Lord Beauchamp of Powick (specified above)
Alice Norreys around 1405 around 1450 Lady of the Garter
1450 Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Naples 1396 1458
Wilhelm I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1392 1482 Not introduced into the Order
Casimir IV Jagiełło , King of Poland 1427 1492 Not introduced into the Order
Richard Woodville, 1st Baron Rivers 1405 1469 later Earl Rivers
1451 John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk 1415 1461
1452 Henry Bourchier, 5th Lord Bourchier 1406 1483 later Earl of Essex
1453 Edward Hull 1453 Not introduced into the Order
1457 John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1413 1460
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley around 1405 1459
Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles 1406 1461
Emperor Friedrich III. 1415 1493 Not introduced into the Order
1459 James Butler , 2nd Earl of Wiltshire 1420 1461
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley 1400 1487
John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners 1474
Jasper Tudor, 1st Earl of Pembroke around 1430 1495 later Duke of Bedford; 1461 demoted; Reinstated in 1485
1461 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick 1428 1471 Degraded 1468
William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville de Chuton 1392 1461
Thomas Kyriell 1461 Loser of the Battle of Formigny 1450
John Wenlock 1471 later Baron Wenlock
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence 1449 1478
William Chamberlain 1462
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester 1427 1470
1462 William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings around 1430 1483
John Nevill, 1st Baron Montagu around 1431 1471 1470 Marquess of Montagu
William Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert around 1423 1469 1468 Earl of Pembroke
John Astley 1430 1486
1463 Ferdinand I, King of Naples 1424 1494
Gaillard III. de Durfort, Seigneur de Duras around 1430 1481 resigns around 1476
John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton 1435 1498
Francesco I. Sforza , Duke of Milan 1401 1466
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas 1426 1491
Robert Harcourt 1410 1470
around 1465 Richard, Duke of Gloucester 1452 1485 later Richard III, King of England
1466 Anthony Woodville, Baron Scales 1442 1483 later Earl Rivers
1467 Iñigo I. de Avalos , Conte de Monteodorisio 1484 Not introduced into the Order
around 1468 Margaret, Lady Harcourt Lady of the Garter; Daughter of Sir John Byron, wife of Sir Robert Harcourt (specified above)
1468 Charles the Bold , Duke of Burgundy 1433 1477
1471 William FitzAlan , 16th Earl of Arundel 1417 1488
1472 John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1444 1476
John Stafford , 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1473
Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 1485
Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy around 1420 1474 1464–1466 Lord High Treasurer
John Howard, 1st Baron Howard around 1430 1485 later Duke of Norfolk
around 1473 John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk 1442 1492
around 1474 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1455 1483
1474 Thomas Fitzalan, Baron Maltravers 1524 later 17th Earl of Arundel
William Parr 1434 around 1483
Federico da Montefeltro , Duke of Urbino 1422 1482
Henry Percy , 4th Earl of Northumberland around 1449 1489
1475 Edward, Prince of Wales 1470 1483? later Edward V, King of England
Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York 1473 1483?
1476 Thomas Gray , 1st Marquess of Dorset 1451 1501 demoted in 1483; reinstated in 1485
Thomas Montgomery 1495
1477 Elizabeth Woodville 1437 1492 Lady of the Garter; Wife of King Edward IV
Elizabeth of York 1466 1503 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of King Edward IV, later wife of King Henry VII.
Elizabeth of York , Duchess of Suffolk Lady of the Garter; Sister of King Edward IV
1480 Ferdinand II, King of Aragon and Castile 1452 1516
Ercole I. d'Este , Duke of Modena and Ferrara 1431 1505
Cecily of York 1469 1507 Lady of the Garter; later Lady Welles, daughter of King Edward IV.
Mary of York 1467 1482 Lady of the Garter; Daughter of King Edward IV.
1482 John II, King of Portugal 1455 1495 Not introduced into the Order; Re-elected in 1488
1483 Francis Lovel, 1st Viscount Lovel 1456 1487 demoted in 1485
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Surrey 1443 1524 demoted in 1485; reinstated in 1489; later Duke of Norfolk
Richard Ratcliffe 1485
Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley around 1435 1504 later Earl of Derby
Thomas Burgh 1496 later Baron Burgh
Richard Tunstall around 1427 1491
John Conyers 1490
1486 John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford 1442 1513
John Cheney 1499 later Baron Cheney
1487 John Dinham around 1432 1501 probably 7th Lord Dinham
Giles Daubeny, 1st Baron Daubeny 1508
William Stanley around 1435 1495
George Stanley , 9th Baron Strange 1497
around 1488 Robert Willoughby, 9th Baron Latymer around 1452 1502
1488 George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 1468 1538
Edward Wydville 1488
John de Welles, 1st Viscount Welles 1499
John Savage 1491
Margaret Beaufort , Countess of Derby 1443 1509 Lady of the Garter; Mother of King Henry VII.
1489 Maximilian I, Roman-German King 1459 1519 later Emperor Maximilian I.
Edward Courtenay , 1st Earl of Devon around 1527 1509
1491 Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales 1486 1502
around 1493 Alfonso, Duke of Calabria 1448 1495 later Alfonso II, King of Naples
Edward Poyning 1459 1521
John I, King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway 1455 1513 Not introduced into the Order
1495 Gilbert Talbot 1452 1517 Son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
Henry, Duke of York 1491 1547 later Henry VIII, King of England
Henry Algernon Percy , 5th Earl of Northumberland 1478 1527
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham 1478 1521 degraded in 1521
1496 Charles Somerset around 1460 1526 later Earl of Worcester
Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk around 1471 1513 degraded 1500
Henry Bourchier , 2nd Earl of Essex 1472 1540
1498 Thomas Lovell 1524
1499 Richard Pole 1462 1505
around 1500 Richard Guildford 1506

16th Century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
1501 Reginald Bray around 1440 1503
Thomas Gray 1477 1530 later 2nd Marquess of Dorset
1503 Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria 1478 1506 later King Philip I of Castile
1504 Guidobaldo da Montefeltro , Duke of Urbino 1472 1508
1505 Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare around 1456 1513
Richard Gray , 3rd Earl of Kent 1481 1524
Lord Henry Stafford around 1479 1523 later Earl of Wiltshire
1506 Rhys ap Thomas Fitz-Urian 1525
1507 Thomas Brandon 1510
1508 Karl, Archduke of Austria 1500 1558 later Emperor Charles V
1509 Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy 1538 degraded in 1538
Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley 1459 1532
1510 Manuel I, King of Portugal 1469 1521 Not introduced into the Order
Thomas Howard 1473 1554 demoted in 1547; reinstated in 1553; later 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Henry Marney around 1447 1523
Thomas West, 8th Baron de la Warr around 1457 1525
1513 George Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny 1469 1535
Edward Howard 1476/77 1513 not introduced into the order because of premature death
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk around 1484 1545
1514 Giuliano di Lorenzo de 'Medici , Duke of Nemours 1479 1516 Not introduced into the Order
Edward Stanley around 1460 1523 later Baron Monteagle
1518 Thomas Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre 1467 1525
William Sandys 1470 1540 later Baron Sandys of the Vyne
1521 Henry Courtenay , 2nd Earl of Devon around 1498 1539 demoted in 1539; later Marquess of Exeter
1522 Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria 1503 1564 later Emperor Ferdinand I.
Richard Wingfield around 1456 1525
1523 Thomas Boleyn 1477 1539 later Earl of Wiltshire
Walter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers 1491 1558 later Viscount Hereford
1524 Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle around 1470 1542
Robert Radcliffe, 10th Baron FitzWalter 1483 1542 later Earl of Sussex
1525 William FitzAlan , 18th Earl of Arundel 1476 1544
Thomas Manners, 14th Baron de Ros around 1492 1543 later Earl of Rutland
Henry Fitzroy 1519 1536 later Duke of Richmond
Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland 1498 1549
1526 William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy 1478 1534
William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton around 1490 1542
Henry Guildford 1489 1532
1527 Francis I, King of France 1494 1547
John de Vere , 15th Earl of Oxford 1540
1531 Henry Percy , 6th Earl of Northumberland around 1502 1537
1532 Anne de Montmorency , Duc de Montmorency 1493 1567
Philippe Chabot , Admiral of France 1492 1543
1535 James V, King of Scotland 1512 1542
1536 Nicholas Carew around 1496 1539 degraded in 1539
1537 Henry Clifford , 1st Earl of Cumberland 1493 1542
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell 1485 1540 later Earl of Essex, demoted in 1540
1539 John Russell, 1st Baron Russell 1485 1555 later Earl of Bedford
Thomas Cheney around 1485 1558
William Kingston before 1476 1540
1540 Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden 1488 1544
Anthony Browne around 1500 1548
1541 Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford around 1500 1552 later Duke of Somerset
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey around 1517 1547 degraded in 1547
Sir John Gage 1556
Anthony Wingfield around 1480 1552
1543 John Dudley, 7th Viscount Lisle 1502 1553 demoted in 1553; later Duke of Northumberland
William Paulet, 1st Baron St. John around 1483 1572 later Marquess of Winchester
William Parr, 1st Baron Parr around 1512 1571 demoted in 1553; reinstated in 1559; later Marquess of Northampton
John Wallop around 1490 1551
1544 Henry FitzAlan , 19th Earl of Arundel around 1513 1580
Anthony St. Leger around 1496 1559
1545 Francis Talbot , 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 1500 1560
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley 1505 1550 later Earl of Southampton
1547 Henry Gray, 3rd Marquess of Dorset around 1515 1554 demoted in 1554; later Duke of Suffolk
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby around 1508 1572
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley around 1508 1549
William Paget 1506 1563 demoted in 1552; reinstated in 1553; later Baron Paget
1549 Francis Hastings , 2nd Earl of Huntingdon around 1514 1561
George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham around 1497 1558
Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr around 1475 1554
William Herbert 1501 1570 later in 1551 Earl of Pembroke
1551 Henry II, King of France 1519 1559
Edward Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton 1512 1585 later Earl of Lincoln
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche 1506 1558
1552 Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland around 1525 1563
Andrew Dudley 1559 degraded in 1553
1554 Prince Philip of Spain 1527 1598 later King Philip II.
Henry Radclyffe , 2nd Earl of Sussex around 1507 1557
Emanuel Philibert , Duke of Savoy 1528 1580
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham around 1510 1573
1555 Edward Hastings around 1520 1572 later Baron Hastings of Loughborough, younger son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu around 1528 1592
1557 Thomas Radclyffe , 3rd Earl of Sussex around 1525 1583
William Gray , 13th Baron Gray de Wilton 1562
Robert Rochester around 1500 1557 An official admission to the order did not take place because he died earlier
1559 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1538 1572 degraded in 1572
Henry Manners , 2nd Earl of Rutland 1526 1563
Robert Dudley 1532 1588 later Earl of Leicester
1560 Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf 1526 1586
1561 George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 1528 1590
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 1526 1596
1563 Thomas Percy , 7th Earl of Northumberland 1528 1572 degraded in 1569
Ambrose Dudley , 3rd Earl of Warwick around 1528 1590
1564 Charles IX, King of France 1550 1574
Francis Russell , 2nd Earl of Bedford 1527 1585
Henry Sidney 1529 1586
1567 Emperor Maximilian II 1527 1576
1570 Henry Hastings , 3rd Earl of Huntingdon around 1536 1595
William Somerset , 3rd Earl of Worcester around 1527 1589
1572 François de Montmorency , 2nd Duc de Montmorency 1530 1579
Walter Devereux, 2nd Viscount Hereford 1541 1576 later Earl of Essex
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley 1521 1598
Arthur Gray, 14th Baron Gray de Wilton 1536 1593
Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos 1573
1574 Henry Stanley , 4th Earl of Derby 1531 1593
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke around 1534 1601
1575 Henry III, King of France 1551 1589
Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham around 1536 1624 later Earl of Nottingham
1578 Emperor Rudolf II 1552 1612
Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway 1534 1588
1579 Johann Casimir von Pfalz-Simmern 1543 1592
1584 Edward Manners , 3rd Earl of Rutland 1548 1587
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 1527 1597
Henry Scrope , 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton around 1534 1591
1588 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex 1565 1601 degraded in 1601
Thomas Butler , 10th Earl of Ormonde 1532 1614
Christopher Hatton 1540 1591
1589 Henry Radclyffe , 4th Earl of Sussex around 1532 1593
Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst 1536 1608 later Earl of Dorset
1590 Henry IV, King of France 1553 1610
James VI, King of Scotland 1566 1625 later King James I of England
1592 Gilbert Taylor , 7th Earl of Shrewsbury 1552 1616
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland 1558 1605
1593 Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland 1564 1632
Edward Somerset , 4th Earl of Worcester around 1550 1628
Thomas Burgh , 7th Baron Strabolgi around 1555 1597
Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield around 1564 1646 1626 Earl of Mulgrave, see Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
Francis Knollys 1514 1596
1597 Friedrich I. Duke of Württemberg 1557 1608
Thomas Howard, 1st Baron Howard de Walden 1561 1626 later Earl of Suffolk
George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon around 1556 1603
Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy 1563 1606 later Earl of Devonshire
Henry Lea 1611
1599 Robert Radclyffe , 5th Earl of Sussex 1573 1629
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 1564 1619 degraded in 1604
Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton around 1567 1609

17th century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
1601 William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby around 1561 1642
Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Burghley 1542 1623 later Earl of Exeter
1603 Henry, Duke of Rothesay 1594 1612 later Prince of Wales
Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway 1577 1648 Investiture 1605
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond 1574 1624
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton 1573 1624
John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar 1562 1634
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1580 1630
1605 Ulrich of Denmark , Duke of Holstein 1578 1624 Brother of King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
Henry Howard , 1st Earl of Northampton 1540 1614
1606 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury 1563 1612
Thomas Howard , 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon around 1520 1611
1608 George Home , 1st Earl of Dunbar around 1556 1612
Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery around 1584 1650 later Earl of Pembroke
1611 Charles, Duke of York 1600 1649 later King Charles I of England
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 1585 1646
Robert Carr, 1st Viscount Rochester around 1587 1645 later Earl of Somerset
1612 Friedrich V, Elector Palatinate 1596 1632
Moritz of Nassau 1567 1625 later Prince of Orange
1615 Thomas Erskine, 1st Viscount of Fentoun 1566 1639 later Earl of Kellie
William Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys around 1547 1632 later Earl of Banbury
1616 Francis Manners , 6th Earl of Rutland 1578 1632
George Villiers 1592 1628 later Duke of Buckingham
Robert Sidney, 1st Viscount Lisle 1563 1626 later Earl of Leicester
1623 James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton 1589 1625
1624 Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox 1579 1624
Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1599 1626
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury 1591 1668
James Hay , 1st Earl of Carlisle around 1580 1636
1625 Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset 1590 1652
Henry Rich , 1st Earl of Holland 1590 1649
Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Andover around 1590 1669 later Earl of Berkshire
Claude de Lorraine , Duc de Chevreuse 1578 1657 see also House Guise
1627 Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden 1594 1632
Friedrich Heinrich of Orange 1584 1647
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 1584 1640
1628 William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton 1630
1630 Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston 1577 1635 later Earl of Portland
Robert Bertie , 1st Earl of Lindsey 1582 1642
William Cecil , 2nd Earl of Exeter 1566 1640
James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton 1606 1649 later Duke of Hamilton
1633 Karl I. Ludwig, Elector Palatinate 1617 1680
James Stewart, 4th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond 1612 1655
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby 1573 1644
William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton 1582 1648
1635 Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland 1602 1668
1638 Charles, Prince of Wales 1630 1685 later King Charles II of England
1640 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1593 1641
1642 James, Duke of York 1633 1701 later King James II of England
Ruprecht von der Pfalz, Duke of Cumberland 1619 1682
1645 William II of Orange 1626 1650
Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette, Duc d'Epernon 1592 1661
1649 Moritz of the Palatinate 1621 1652 Not introduced into the Order
James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde 1610 1688 later Duke of Ormonde
Eduard, Count Palatine of Simmern 1625 1663
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1628 1687
1650 William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford 1588 1660 Not introduced into the Order; later Duke of Somerset
Thomas Wriothesley , 4th Earl of Southampton 1607 1667
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton 1616 1651 Not introduced into the Order
William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle 1592 1676 later Duke of Newcastle
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose 1612 1650 Not introduced into the Order
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby 1607 1651 Not introduced into the Order
1653 George Digby , 2nd Earl of Bristol 1612 1677
Henry Stuart , Duke of Gloucester 1640 1660 Not introduced into the Order
Henri de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars 1598 1674
William III. of Orange 1650 1702 later King Wilhelm III. from England
1654 Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg 1620 1688
1658 Jean Gaspard Ferdinand, Comte de Marchin 1673 Father of Ferdinand de Marsin
1660 George Monck 1608 1670 later Duke of Albemarle
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich 1625 1672
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford 1627 1703
1661 Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 1639 1672
Montague Bertie , 2nd Earl of Lindsey 1608 1666
Edward Montagu , 2nd Earl of Manchester 1602 1671
William Wentworth , 2nd Earl of Strafford 1626 1695
1662 Christian, Prince of Denmark 1646 1699 later King Christian V of Denmark and Norway
1663 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1649 1685 degraded in 1685
1666 James Stuart , Duke of Cambridge 1663 1667 Not introduced into the Order
1668 Charles XI, King of Sweden 1655 1697
Johann Georg II., Elector of Saxony 1613 1680 Investiture 1669
1670 Christopher Monck , 2nd Duke of Albemale 1653 1688
1672 John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale 1616 1682
Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester 1629 1699 later Duke of Beaufort
Henry Jermyn , 1st Earl of St Albans around 1604 1684
William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford 1613 1700 later Duke of Bedford
Henry Bennet , 1st Earl of Arlington 1618 1685
Thomas Butler , 6th Earl of Ossory 1634 1680
1673 Charles Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Southampton 1662 1730 later Duke of Southampton
1674 John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 1648 1721 later Duke of Buckingham
1677 Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1630 1691
Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby 1631 1712 later Duke of Leeds
1680 Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton 1663 1690
James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury 1648 1683
Charles II, Elector Palatinate 1651 1685
1681 Charles Lennox 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1672 1723
1682 William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton 1634 1694
1684 George of Denmark 1653 1708
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 1662 1748
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1665 1716
1685 Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 1654 1701
Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 1621 1697
Laurence Hyde , 1st Earl of Rochester 1642 1711
Louis de Duras , 2nd Earl of Feversham 1641 1709
1687 Robert Spencer , 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1641 1702
1688 James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed 1670 1734 Not introduced into the Order
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 1665 1745 degraded in 1716
1689 Friedrich von Schomberg , 1st Duke of Schomberg 1615 1690
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire 1640 1707 later Duke of Devonshire
1690 Friedrich III., Elector of Brandenburg 1657 1713 later Friedrich I, King in Prussia
Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624 1705
1692 Johann Georg IV., Elector of Saxony 1668 1694 Investiture 1693
Charles Sackville , 6th Earl of Dorset 1638 1706
1694 Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 1660 1718 later Duke of Shrewsbury
1696 William of Denmark and Norway , Duke of Gloucester 1689 1700
1697 Johann Wilhelm Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland 1648 1709
1698 John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1662 1711
1700 Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke around 1656 1733
Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle 1669 1718

18th century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
1701 Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover 1660 1727 later King George I of Great Britain
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry 1672 1711
1702 Wriothesley Russell , 2nd Duke of Bedford 1680 1711
John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough 1650 1722 later Duke of Marlborough
1703 Meinhard von Schomberg , 3rd Duke of Schomberg 1641 1719
1704 Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin 1645 1712 later Earl of Godolphin
1706 Georg August Prince of Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1683 1760 later George II, King of Great Britain
1710 William Cavendish , 2nd Duke of Devonshire 1672 1729
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll 1680 1743
1712 Henry Somerset , 2nd Duke of Beaufort 1684 1714
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton 1658 1712
Henry Gray, 1st Duke of Kent 1671 1740
John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett around 1663 1743
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer 1661 1724
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1672 1739
1713 Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough around 1658 1735
1714 Charles Paulet , 2nd Duke of Bolton 1661 1722
John Manners , 2nd Duke of Rutland 1676 1721
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 7th Earl of Dorset 1688 1765 later Duke of Dorset
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax 1661 1715
1717 Friedrich Ludwig of Hanover 1707 1751 later Prince of Wales
Ernst August II of Hanover 1674 1728 later Duke of York and Albany
1718 Charles Beauclerk , 1st Duke of St. Albans 1670 1726
John Montagu , 2nd Duke of Montagu 1689 1749
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1693 1768
James Berkeley , 3rd Earl of Berkeley 1680 1736
1719 Evelyn Pierrepont , 1st Duke of Kingston upon Hull 1665 1726
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland 1674 1722
1721 Charles FitzRoy , 2nd Duke of Grafton 1683 1757
Henry Clinton , 7th Earl of Lincoln 1684 1728
1722 Charles Paulet , 3rd Duke of Bolton 1685 1754
John Manners , 3rd Duke of Rutland 1696 1779
John Ker , 1st Duke of Roxburghe around 1680 1741
1724 Richard Lumley , 2nd Earl of Scarbrough around 1688 1740
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 1674 1738
1726 Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1701 1750
Robert Walpole 1676 1745 later Earl of Orford
1730 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland 1721 1765
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield 1694 1773
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 1694 1753
1733 William IV, Prince of Orange 1711 1751
William Cavendish , 3rd Duke of Devonshire 1698 1755
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington around 1674 1743
1738 William Capell , 3rd Earl of Essex 1697 1743
James Waldegrave , 1st Earl Waldegrave 1684 1741
1741 Friedrich II., Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1720 1785
Charles Beauclerk , 2nd Duke of St. Albans 1696 1751
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 1706 1758
Evelyn Pierrepont , 2nd Duke of Kingston upon Hull 1711 1773
William Bentinck , 2nd Duke of Portland 1709 1762
Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1699 1772
1745 Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels 1685 1746 Not introduced into the Order
1749 George William Frederick 1738 1820 later George III, King of Great Britain
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1712 1757
Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds 1713 1789
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 1710 1771
Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle 1702 1754
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville 1690 1763
1752 Prince Edward Augustus 1739 1767 later Duke of York and Albany
William V, Prince of Orange 1748 1806
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln 1720 1794 later Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea 1689 1769
George Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan 1712 1790 later Duke of Montagu
1756 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire 1720 1764
Henry Howard , 4th Earl of Carlisle 1684 1758
Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland around 1714 1786 later Duke of Northumberland
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford 1718 1794 later Marquess of Hertford
1757 James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave 1715 1763
1759 Ferdinand of Braunschweig 1721 1792
1760 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham 1730 1782
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple 1711 1779
1762 Prince William Henry 1743 1805 later Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 1713 1792
1764 Adolf Friedrich IV., Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1738 1794
George Montague-Dunk , 2nd Earl of Halifax 1716 1771 Not introduced into the Order
1765 George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales 1762 1830 later George IV, King of Great Britain
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1735 1806 later Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle 1724 1772
1767 Prince Henry Frederick 1745 1790 later Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn
1768 George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough 1739 1817
1769 Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton 1735 1811
1771 Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham 1721 1803 later Marquess of Stafford
Prince Frederick Augustus 1763 1827 later Duke of York and Albany
1772 Frederick North 1732 1792 Not introduced into the Order; later Earl of Guilford
1778 Henry Howard , 12th Earl of Suffolk 1739 1779 Not introduced into the Order
William Nassau de Zuylestein , 4th Earl of Rochford 1717 1781 Not introduced into the Order
Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth 1734 1796 Not introduced into the Order; later Marquess of Bath
1782 Prince William Henry 1765 1837 later Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, then King William IV of Great Britain
Charles Lennox 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1735 1806
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire 1748 1811
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne 1737 1805 later Marquess of Lansdowne
Charles Manners , 4th Duke of Rutland 1754 1787 Not introduced into the Order
1786 Prince Edward Augustus 1767 1820 later Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Prince Ernest Augustus 1771 1851 later Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and King of Hanover
Prince Augustus Frederick 1773 1843 later Duke of Sussex
Prince Adolphus Frederick 1774 1850 later Duke of Cambridge
Wilhelm IX., Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1743 1821 later elector
Henry Somerset , 5th Duke of Beaufort 1744 1803
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 1753 1813
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl of Cornwallis 1738 1805 later Marquess Cornwallis
1788 John Frederick Sackville , 3rd Duke of Dorset 1745 1799 Not introduced into the Order
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1742 1817
1790 Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1745 1804 Investiture 1791
Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds 1751 1799 Not introduced into the Order
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham 1756 1835
1793 James Cecil , 1st Marquess of Salisbury 1748 1823
John Fane , 10th Earl of Westmorland 1759 1841
Frederick Howard , 5th Earl of Carlisle 1748 1825
1794 Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch 1746 1812
Prince William Frederick 1776 1834 later Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 1738 1809
1797 Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe 1726 1799 Not introduced into the Order
1799 George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer 1758 1834
John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden 1759 1840 later Marquess Camden

19th century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
1801 John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe 1740 1804
1803 John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 1778 1857
Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke 1757 1834
1805 Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort 1766 1835
John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn 1756 1818
George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke 1759 1827
George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea 1752 1826
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield 1755 1815
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth 1755 1810
1806 George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford 1758 1833 later Duke of Sutherland
1807 Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford 1743 1822
William Lowther , 1st Earl of Lonsdale 1757 1844
1810 Richard Colley-Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley 1760 1842
1812 Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1764 1819
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose 1755 1836
Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Earl of Moira 1754 1826 later Marquess of Hastings
Henry Pelham-Clinton , 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne 1785 1851
1813 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington 1769 1852 later Duke of Wellington
Alexander I, Tsar of Russia 1777 1825
1814 Louis XVIII, King of France 1755 1824
Franz I, Emperor of Austria 1768 1835
Friedrich Wilhelm III., King of Prussia 1770 1840
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool 1770 1828
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh 1769 1822 later Marquess of Londonderry
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain 1784 1833 Investiture 1815
William VI, Prince of Orange 1772 1843 later Wilhelm I, King of the Netherlands
1816 Leopold Georg Friederich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1790 1865 later Leopold I, King of the Belgians
1817 Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst 1762 1834
1818 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey 1768 1854
1819 Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland 1785 1847
1820 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham 1776 1839 later Duke of Buckingham
1822 Frederick VI, King of Denmark and Norway 1768 1839
John VI, King of Portugal 1767 1826 Investiture 1823
George Cholmondeley , 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley 1749 1827
Francis Seymour-Conway , 3rd Marquess of Hertford 1777 1842
1823 Thomas Thynne , 2nd Marquess of Bath 1765 1837
1825 Charles X, King of France 1757 1836
1826 Charles Sackville-Germain , 5th Duke of Dorset 1767 1843
1827 Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia 1796 1855
George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds 1775 1838
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire 1790 1858
Brownlow Cecil , 2nd Marquess of Exeter 1795 1867
1829 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1791 1860
George Ashburnham , 3rd Earl of Ashburnham 1760 1830
1830 Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1800 1882
Wilhelm I, King of Württemberg 1781 1864
John Russell , 6th Duke of Bedford 1766 1839
1831 Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray 1764 1845
Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg 1806 1884
1834 Bernard Howard , 12th Duke of Norfolk 1765 1842
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton 1760 1844
1835 Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott , 5th Duke of Buccleuch 1806 1884
Prince George of Cumberland 1819 1878 later Georg V, King of Hanover
Prince George of Cambridge 1819 1904 later Duke of Cambridge
1836 Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton 1767 1852
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 1780 1863
1837 George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle 1773 1848
Edward St Maur , 11th Duke of Somerset 1775 1855
Karl zu Leiningen 1804 1856
1838 Ernst I., Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1784 1844
1839 Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby 1775 1851
William Vane , 1st Duke of Cleveland 1766 1842
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1819 1861 later Albert, Prince Consort
1841 George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland 1786 1861
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster 1767 1845
1842 Friedrich Wilhelm IV., King of Prussia 1795 1861
Friedrich August II., King of Saxony 1797 1854
Henry Somerset , 7th Duke of Beaufort 1792 1853
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville , 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1797 1861
James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil , 2nd Marquess of Salisbury 1791 1868
Henry Vane , 2nd Duke of Cleveland 1788 1864
1844 Louis Philippe, King of the French 1773 1850
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1818 1893
Thomas Philip de Gray , 2nd Earl de Gray 1781 1859
James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn 1811 1885 later Duke of Abercorn
Charles Chetwynd-Talbot , 2nd Earl Talbot 1777 1849
Edward Herbert , 2nd Earl of Powis 1785 1848
1846 George Pratt , 2nd Marquess Camden 1799 1866
Richard Seymour-Conway , 4th Marquess of Hertford 1800 1870
1847 Francis Russell , 7th Duke of Bedford 1788 1861
1848 Henry Charles Howard , 13th Duke of Norfolk 1791 1856
1849 George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 1800 1870
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer 1798 1857
1851 Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby 1797 1863
Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam , 5th Earl FitzWilliam 1786 1857
1853 Algernon Percy , 4th Duke of Northumberland 1792 1865
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 1778 1854
1855 George Howard , 7th Earl of Carlisle 1802 1864
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere 1800 1857
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen 1784 1860
Napoleon III , Emperor of the French 1808 1873
Victor Emanuel II , King of Sardinia 1820 1878 later King of Italy
1856 Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue 1783 1861
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 1784 1865
Abdülmecid I , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1823 1861
1857 Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville 1815 1891
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster 1795 1869
1858 Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl, Crown Prince of Prussia 1831 1888 later Emperor Friedrich III.
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington 1807 1884
William Cavendish , 7th Duke of Devonshire 1808 1891
Pedro V, King of Portugal 1837 1861
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1841 1910 later Edward VII, King of Great Britain
1859 Dudley Ryder , 2nd Earl of Harrowby 1798 1882
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby 1799 1869
1860 Henry Pelham-Clinton , 5th Duke of Newcastle 1811 1864
1861 Wilhelm I, King of Prussia 1797 1888 later Kaiser Wilhelm I.
1862 Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning 1812 1862
Edward Seymour , 12th Duke of Somerset 1804 1885
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1792 1878
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury 1801 1885
William Wentworth-FitzWilliam , 6th Earl FitzWilliam 1815 1902
Prince Ludwig of Hesse and the Rhine 1837 1892 later Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse
Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1819 1904
1863 Prince Alfred Ernst Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1844 1900 later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Henry Gray, 3rd Earl Gray 1802 1894
1864 George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland 1828 1892
George Brudenell-Bruce , 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury 1804 1878
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice , 4th Marquess of Lansdowne 1816 1866
1865 John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1835 1910
Harry Powlett , 4th Duke of Cleveland 1803 1891
Luis I, King of Portugal 1838 1889
Christian IX, King of Denmark 1818 1906
Ludwig III., Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine 1806 1877
Francis Cowper , 7th Earl Cowper 1834 1905
1866 Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley 1804 1884
Leopold II, King of the Belgians 1835 1909
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1831 1917
1867 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1818 1903
Charles Manners , 6th Duke of Rutland 1815 1888
Henry Somerset , 8th Duke of Beaufort 1824 1899
Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert 1850 1942 later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria 1830 1916 Appointment canceled in 1915
Alexander II, Tsar of Russia 1818 1881
Abdülaziz , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1830 1876
1868 John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough 1822 1883
1869 Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert 1853 1884 later Duke of Albany
Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe 1786 1880
George Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon 1827 1909 later Marquess of Ripon
1870 Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster 1825 1899 later Duke of Westminster
1871 Peter II, Emperor of Brazil 1825 1891
1872 Thomas Dundas , 2nd Earl of Zetland 1795 1873
1873 Naser ad-Din, Shah of Persia 1831 1896
Thomas Coke , 2nd Earl of Leicester 1822 1909
1876 George I, King of the Hellenes 1845 1913
1877 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 1859 1941 later Kaiser Wilhelm II, appointment canceled in 1915
1878 Umberto I, King of Italy 1844 1900
Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover 1845 1923 Appointment canceled in 1915
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield 1804 1881
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1830 1903
1880 Francis Russell , 9th Duke of Bedford 1819 1891
1881 Alexander III, Tsar of Russia 1845 1894
Oskar II, King of Sweden and Norway 1829 1907
Alfonso XII, King of Spain 1857 1885
1882 Albert, King of Saxony 1828 1902
William III, King of the Netherlands 1817 1890
1883 Augustus FitzRoy , 7th Duke of Grafton 1821 1918
Prince Albert Victor of Wales 1864 1892 later Duke of Clarence and Avondale
1884 George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 1823 1900
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 1826 1893
Prince George of Wales 1865 1936 later George V, King of Great Britain
1885 John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1826 1902
William Compton , 4th Marquess of Northampton 1818 1897
William Molyneux , 4th Earl of Sefton 1835 1897
Heinrich Moritz von Battenberg 1858 1896
1886 Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland 1810 1899
William Nevill , 1st Marquess of Abergavenny 1826 1915
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk 1847 1917
1887 Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph, Crown Prince of Austria 1858 1889
1888 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart , 6th Marquess of Londonderry 1852 1915
1889 Prince Heinrich of Prussia 1862 1929 Appointment canceled in 1915
1890 Karl, King of Württemberg 1823 1891
1891 Victor Emanuel, Prince of Naples 1869 1947 later King Victor Emanuel III. from Italy
John James Robert Manners , 7th Duke of Rutland 1818 1906
George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan 1840 1915
1892 Prince Ernst Ludwig of Hesse 1868 1937 1892 Grand Duke of Hesse, appointment canceled in 1915
Carol, King of Romania 1839 1914
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire 1833 1908
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn 1838 1913
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery 1847 1929
1893 Grand Duke Nikolaus Alexandrovich of Russia 1868 1918 later Tsar Nicholas II.
1894 Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane 1851 1922
Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1874 1899
1895 Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 1845 1927
Carlos I, King of Portugal 1863 1908
1896 Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark 1843 1912 later King Frederick VIII of Denmark
1897 Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby 1841 1908
William Montagu-Douglas-Scott , 6th Duke of Buccleuch 1831 1914
1899 Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin 1849 1917
Henry Percy , 7th Duke of Northumberland 1846 1918
1900 William Cavendish-Bentinck , 6th Duke of Portland 1857 1943

20th century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
1901 Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts 1832 1914 later 1st Earl Roberts
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 1882 1951 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter, appointment canceled in 1915
Alexandra of Denmark 1844 1925 Royal Lady of the Garter
1902 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain 1886 1941 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Herbrand Russell , 11th Duke of Bedford 1858 1940
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough 1871 1934
Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov , Grand Duke of Russia 1878 1918
Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este 1863 1914 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Emanuel Philibert of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Aosta 1869 1931 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Luis Filipe, Crown Prince of Portugal 1887 1908 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884 1954 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter, appointment canceled in 1915
Arthur of Connaught 1883 1938 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter
Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington 1849 1934
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland 1851 1913
1903 Mozaffar ad-Din, Shah of Persia 1853 1907
1904 Wilhelm II, King of Württemberg 1848 1921 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter, appointment canceled in 1915
1905 Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden 1858 1950 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter, later King Gustav V.
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1845 1928
Meiji, Emperor of Japan 1852 1912 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1906 Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden 1826 1907 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Earl Carrington 1843 1928 later 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire
Håkon VII, King of Norway 1872 1957 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1908 Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe 1858 1945 later 1st Marquess of Crewe
William Compton , 5th Marquess of Northampton 1851 1913
1909 John Lambton , 3rd Earl of Durham 1855 1928
William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne 1859 1942
Manuel II, King of Portugal 1889 1932 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1910 Maria von Teck 1867 1953 Royal Lady Companion of the Garter
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto 1845 1914
1911 Luitpold of Bavaria 1821 1912 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Edward, Prince of Wales 1894 1972 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, later Edward VIII, King of Great Britain (1936: Sovereign of the Order)
Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1848 1914
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll 1845 1914
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife 1849 1912
1912 Yoshihito, Emperor of Japan 1879 1926 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Edward Gray 1862 1933 later 1st Viscount Gray of Fallodon
1913 Charles Spencer , 6th Earl Spencer 1857 1922
1914 Christian X, King of Denmark 1870 1947 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
William Lygon , 7th Earl Beauchamp 1872 1938
Albert I, King of the Belgians 1875 1934 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1915 Edward Stanley , 17th Earl of Derby 1865 1948
Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope , 10th Earl of Chesterfield 1854 1933
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum 1850 1916
1916 George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 1859 1925 later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire 1868 1938
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst 1858 1944
Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George 1895 1952 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, later King George VI. of Great Britain (1936-1952: sovereign of the order)
1917 James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury 1861 1947
Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath 1862 1946
1918 Henry Manners , 8th Duke of Rutland 1852 1925
1919 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 1878 1949
1921 Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner 1854 1925
Prince Henry 1900 1974 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, later Duke of Gloucester
1922 Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles 1882 1947 later 1st Earl of Harewood
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour 1848 1930
1923 Prince George 1902 1942 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, later Duke of Kent
1924 Ferdinand, King of Romania 1865 1927 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1925 Edmund Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent 1855 1947
Alan Percy , 8th Duke of Northumberland 1880 1930
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1852 1928
Austen Chamberlain 1863 1937
1928 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone 1874 1957
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn 1869 1953
William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough 1855 1945
Hugh Lowther , 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1857 1944
1929 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1901 1989 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter, demoted in 1941; reinstated in 1971
Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarborough 1857 1945
1931 Edward Wood, 1st Baron Irwin 1881 1959 later 1st Earl of Halifax
1933 Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton 1876 1947
1934 James Stanhope , 7th Earl Stanhope 1880 1967
1935 Charles Pelham , 4th Earl of Yarborough 1859 1936
Leopold III, King of the Belgians 1901 1983 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1936 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1900 2002 Royal Lady of the Garter
1937 George Villiers , 6th Earl of Clarendon 1877 1955
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 1908 1975
William Cecil , 5th Marquess of Exeter 1876 1956
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1855 1944
Henry Somerset , 10th Duke of Beaufort 1900 1984
Stanley Baldwin , 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 1867 1947
1938 George II, King of the Hellenes 1890 1947 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Carol II, King of Romania 1893 1953 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1939 Paul of Yugoslavia 1893 1976 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1942 Edward Cavendish , 10th Duke of Devonshire 1895 1950
Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland 1876 1961
1943 Victor Hope , 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow 1887 1952
1944 Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 1880 1962 Stranger Lady of the Garter
1946 Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison 1869 1951
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury 1893 1972
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma 1900 1979 later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke 1883 1963
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford 1893 1971
Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis 1891 1969 later 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 1887 1976
1947 Princess Elizabeth 1926 Royal Lady of the Garter, later Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (since 1952: Sovereign of the Order)
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter
1948 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland 1893 1977
William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech 1885 1964
Lawrence Lumley , 11th Earl of Scarbrough 1896 1969
Bertram Gurdon, 2nd Baron Cranworth 1877 1964
1949 Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington 1885 1972
1951 Hugh Fortescue , 5th Earl Fortescue 1888 1958
Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale 1890 1956
Frederick IX, King of Denmark 1899 1972 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1952 William Leveson-Gower , 4th Earl Granville 1880 1953
1953 Winston Churchill 1874 1965 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1954 Gustav VI. Adolf, King of Sweden 1882 1973 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Haile Selassie , Emperor of Ethiopia 1892 1975 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Anthony Eden 1897 1977 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, later 1st Earl of Avon
1955 Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh 1874 1967
1956 Clement Attlee , 1st Earl Attlee 1883 1967 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1957 Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay 1887 1965
Michael Guy Percival Willoughby, 11th Baron Middleton 1887 1970
1958 Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands 1909 2004 Stranger Lady of the Garter
Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall 1948 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, later Prince of Wales
1959 William Slim 1891 1970 later 1st Viscount Slim
Hugh Percy , 10th Duke of Northumberland 1914 1988
Olav V, King of Norway 1903 1991 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1960 William Pleydell-Bouverie , 7th Earl of Radnor 1895 1968
Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby 1894 1964
1962 John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst 1895 1970
1963 Baudouin I, King of the Belgians 1930 1993 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Paul, King of the Hellenes 1901 1964 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
Gerald Templer 1898 1979
1964 Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough 1885 1965
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham 1909 1977
1965 Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough 1888 1973
Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges 1892 1969
1968 Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory 1899 1981
William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle 1909 1991
1969 Richard Casey, Baron Casey 1890 1976
Alexander Baring , 6th Baron Ashburton 1898 1991
1970 Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos 1893 1972
Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold 1904 1987
Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th Baronet 1903 1982
Sir Cennydd George Traherne 1910 1995
1971 Geoffrey Waldegrave , 12th Earl Waldegrave 1905 1995
Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford 1905 2001
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden 1902 1982
1972 Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes 1895 1987
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale 1903 1973
Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda 1910 1989
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1921 2019 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1974 Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton 1911 1994
Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan 1905 1985
John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny 1914 2000
1976 Harold Wilson 1916 1995 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, later Baron Wilson of Rievaulx
Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton 1919 2011
1977 Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer 1918 1991
Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy 1911 1993
1979 John Hunt, Baron Hunt 1910 1998
Paul Hasluck 1905 1993
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark 1940 Stranger Lady of the Garter
1980 Keith Holyoake 1904 1983
Richard Amyatt Hull 1907 1989
1983 Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk 1915 2002
Terence Lewin, Baron Lewin 1920 1999
Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne 1915 2010
Carl XVI. Gustaf, King of Sweden 1946 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1985 Oswald Phipps , 4th Marquess of Normanby 1912 1994
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington 1919 2018
Edward, 2nd Duke of Kent 1935 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter
1987 James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan 1912 2005 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1988 Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme 1915 2000
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone 1907 2001
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain 1938 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1989 Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands 1938 Stranger Lady Companion of the Garter
1990 Lavinia Mary Fitzalan-Howard , Duchess of Norfolk 1916 1995
Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington 1915 2014
Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall 1923 2019
1992 Edward Heath 1916 2005 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley 1925 2012
John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover 1927
1994 Anne, Princess Royal 1950 Royal Lady Companion of the Garter
John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton 1928
Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 1927 2013
Ninian Stephen 1923 2017
1995 Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher 1925 2013 Lady Companion of the Garter; former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Edmund Hillary 1919 2008
1996 Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire 1920 2004
Timothy Colman 1929 1996
1997 Richard, 2nd Duke of Gloucester 1944 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter
1998 Akihito, Emperor of Japan 1933 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
1999 James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn 1934
Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet 1925 2018

21st century

admission Surname Born Died Remarks
2001 Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge 1935
Sir Antony Arthur Acland 1930
Harald V, King of Norway 1937 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
2003 Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy 1936 Royal Lady Companion of the Garter
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster 1951 2016
Frederick Edward Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell 1938
John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon 1931
2005 John Major 1943 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill 1933 2010
Mary Soames 1922 2014 Lady Companion of the Garter
2006 Andrew, Duke of York 1960 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter
Edward, Earl of Wessex 1964 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter
2008 William, Duke of Cambridge 1982 Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, 1000th registered member
Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce 1936
Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne 1933
2011 Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers 1938
Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce 1943
2013 Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup 1949
2014 Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury 1948
Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller 1948 Lady Companion of the Garter
2016 Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth 1948
David Brewer 1940
2017 Felipe VI. , King of Spain 1968 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
2018 Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough 1952
Mary Fagan 1939 Lady Companion of the Garter
Willem-Alexander , King of the Netherlands 1967 Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter
2019 Mary Peters 1939 Lady Companion of the Garter
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury 1946

literature

  • William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, pp. 1-72 ( archive.org ).

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