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x Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II in 2007 Sovereign of the Order of the British Empire    
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known informally as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada,...
Members ex officio 1952  
x David Cooksey   Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 2007 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir David James Scott Cooksey, GBE (born 14 May 1940) is a British businessman, venture capitalist and politician. David Cooksey gained a degree in metallurgy at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. He embarked on a career as an industrial engineer...
x Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock NYWTS Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1980 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both...
x Mike Lazaridis Mike Lazaridis Officer of the Order of Canada    
Mihalis "Mike" Lazaridis, OC, O.Ont (born March 14, 1961) is the founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), which created and manufactures the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. He is also a former chancellor of the University of Waterloo,...
x Roy Kiyooka   Officer of the Order of Canada 1978  
Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (January 18, 1926 – January 8, 1994, age 67) was an influential Canadian photographer, poet and artist of national and international acclaim. A Nisei or second generation Japanese Canadian, Kiyooka was born in Moose Jaw,...
x Frank Gehry Frank Gehry Companion of the Order of Canada 2002  
Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Canadian Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles. His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. Many museums, companies, and...
x Ben Weider BenWeiderPortrait Officer of the Order of Canada 1975  
Benjamin "Ben" Weider, OC, CQ (February 1, 1923 – October 17, 2008) was the co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) along with brother Joe Weider. He was a Canadian businessman from Montreal, well-known in two areas:...
x Luciano Berio Luciano Berio Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI    
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI(October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition Sinfonia for voices and orchestra and his series of numbered solo pieces...
x Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI    
Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born June 26, 1933), is an Italian conductor. Claudio Abbado has served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest...
x Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI    
Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He was one...
x Valentino Valentino Garavani Grande Ufficiale OMRI    
Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, best known as Valentino (born 11 May 1932) is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. His fashion house is among the world's most famous haute couture and ready-to-wear...
Légion d'honneur 2006  
x Yves Saint-Laurent Yves Saint-Laurent Légion d'honneur 2001  
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, known as Yves Saint Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), was an Algerian-born French fashion designer who was considered one of the greatest figures in French fashion in the 20th century. In 1985, Caroline...
x Evelyn Hart   Officer of the Order of Canada    
Evelyn Anne Hart, CC, OM, FRSC (born April 4, 1956) is a Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she studied dancing at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance in London, Ontario, the...
x Rowena Jackson   Member of the Order of the British Empire    
Rowena Othlie Jackson MBE (born 1926) is a New Zealand prima ballerina. Jackson was born in Invercargill, to William Ernest Jackson and Lilliane Jane, née Solomon. She attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School, in Auckland, and in 1941 won the first...
x Rex Harrington Rex Harrington Officer of the Order of Canada    
Rex Howard Harrington, OC, FRSC (born October 30, 1962) is a Canadian ballet dancer. He was a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. He danced in Sleeping Beauty at the National Ballet in 2006. In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of...
Royal Society of Canada    
x David Adams   Officer of the Order of Canada    
David Adams, OC (November 16, 1928 – October 24, 2007) was a Canadian ballet dancer and a founding member of the National Ballet of Canada. After his training under Gweneth Lloyd at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, David began his performing career with...
x Jasper Conran Designers jconran btm Officer of the Order of the British Empire    
Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran OBE (born 12 December 1959) is an English fashion designer. He is the son of the designer Sir Terence Conran and the author Shirley Conran. He was educated at Port Regis and Bryanston School in the 1970s. He also...
x Beryl Grey Dame Beryl Grey in 2006 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire    
Dame Beryl Elizabeth Grey (née Groom), DBE, DMus, DLitt, Ed.D, FRSA (born 11 June 1927, Highgate, London) is a British ballet dancer and ballerina. She began dance classes at the age of 4 while attending Sherbourne Preparatory School, and by age 8...
x Robert Helpmann Robert Helpmann Commander of the Order of the British Empire    
Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, actor, director and choreographer. Born Robert Murray Helpman, he added the extra 'n' to avoid his name having 13 letters, at the suggestion of Anna Pavlova,...
x Roger Norrington SirRoger Commander of the Order of the British Empire    
Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington, CBE (born 16 March 1934) is a British conductor. He is the son of Sir Arthur Norrington and the brother of Humphrey Thomas Norrington. Norrington studied at the Dragon School, Westminster School, Clare College,...
Officer of the Order of the British Empire    
x John Eliot Gardiner Gardiner conducting Commander of the Order of the British Empire    
Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC (born 20 April 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England) is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir (1966), the English Baroque Soloists (1978) and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (1990)....
x Colin Davis Colindavis Commander of the Order of the British Empire    
Sir Colin Rex Davis, CH, CBE (born 25 September 1927 in Weybridge, Surrey) is an English conductor. Davis studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music in London, where he was barred from taking conducting lessons owing to his lack of ability...
x Simon Rattle Sir Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Photo by Monika Rittershaus License Creative Commons BY SA Commander of the Order of the British Empire    
Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE, FRSA, (born 19 January 1955) is an English conductor. He rose to international prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and since 2002 has been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic ...
x Timothy Granville-Chapman Granvillechapman Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 2007 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
General Sir Timothy John Granville-Chapman, GBE, KCB, ADC Gen (born 5 January 1947) is a former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces. He presently holds the ceremonial position of Master Gunner, St James's Park. He was...
x Charles, Prince of Wales HRH The Prince of Wales, the Heir Apparent Members ex officio    
Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1952, he has been heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. After...
x Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne   Knight Companion of the Garter 1983 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Gordon William Humphreys Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne, KG, MBE, TD, PC, DL (born 25 November 1915) is a banker, former lawyer, and former Governor of the Bank of England. Richardson was born to John Robert and Nellie Richardson, and...
x Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton   Knight Companion of the Garter 1976 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, KG DL (b. 3 April 1919, Cape Town) is the son of Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his first wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton, second daughter of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton....
x Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Knight Companion of the Garter 1985 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington and Baron Carington of Upton, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, DL (born 6 June 1919) is a British Conservative politician. He served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as Secretary...
x Ninian Stephen NinianStephen Knight Companion of the Garter 1994 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC (born 15 June 1923) was the 20th Governor-General of Australia and a Justice in the High Court of Australia. Ninian Martin Stephen was born on 15 June 1923 in Oxfordshire, England. His father,...
x John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton Lord Ashburton Knight Companion of the Garter 1994 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, KG, KCVO, DL (born 2 November 1928) is a British merchant banker and former chairman of British Petroleum (BP). Baring also sat on the boards of Jaguar Cars, Dunlop Rubber and Royal Insurance. He...
x Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington 8th Duke of Wellington AV Wellesley Knight Companion of the Garter 1990 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL, FKC (born 2 July 1915), styled Marquess Douro between 1943 and 1972, is a senior British peer and a retired Brigadier in the British Army. Apart from his British...
x Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley Viscount Ridley in the robes of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter Knight Companion of the Garter 1992 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, KG, GCVO, TD (born 29 July 1925) is a British nobleman, who served for approximately a decade as Lord Steward of the Household. The Honourable Matthew Ridley, as he was styled from birth, was educated at...
x Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown Lord Kingsdown in the robes of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter Knight Companion of the Garter 1994 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Robert "Robin" Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, KG, PC (born 5 January 1927) is a crossbencher on the House of Lords, and was formerly a lawyer and banker. Leigh-Pemberton was educated at St Peter's Court, then at Eton College. He attended Trinity...
x John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover Knight Companion of the Garter 1992 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
John Davan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, KG (Born 2 November 1927) is the President of J Sainsbury, a British businessman and politician. He is a life peer with the title Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, of Preston Candover in...
x Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall Lord Bramall Knight Companion of the Garter 1990 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall KG, GCB, OBE, MC, DL, JP (born 18 December 1923) is a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as...
x Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister (1979 - 1990) Lady Companion of the Garter 1995 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to have held either post...
x Erskine William Gladstone   Knight Companion of the Garter 1999 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir Erskine "William" Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, 7th Baronet, KG, JP, DL (born 29 October 1925) is a Knight of the Garter, and was formerly an officer of the Royal Navy. Gladstone is the son of Sir Charles Gladstone, 6th Baronet, and a great...
x James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn His Grace The Duke of Abercorn. Knight Companion of the Garter 1999 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG (born 4 July 1934) is the current Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland succeeding his father in June 1979. The son of James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn and Lady Mary Crichton (daughter of Lt....
x Peter Inge, Baron Inge Field Marshal Sir Peter Inge KG, GCB Knight Companion of the Garter 2001 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge KG, GCB, PC, DL (born 5 August 1935) was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. On 15 March 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and...
x John Major John Major Knight Companion of the Garter 2005 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir John Major, KG, CH, ACIB (born 29 March 1943), is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Leader of the Conservative Party. He held these posts from 1990 to 1997. During his service as Prime Minister, the world went through a...
x Timothy Colman Sir Timothy Colman Knight Companion of the Garter 1999 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir Timothy James Alan Colman KG (born 19 September 1929) is a British multi-millionaire and a previous Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996. He is married to Lady Mary Colman (née Bowes-Lyon), the...
x John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon Knight Companion of the Garter 2003 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, QC (born 5 November 1931) is a retired British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1959 to 2001 and Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979. Morris was born in Capel Bangor...
x Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill Lord Bingham Knight Companion of the Garter 2005 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC, QC, FBA (born 13 October 1933), was the senior law lord in the United Kingdom. The Times called him “the pre-eminent lawyer of his generation with a brilliant, incisive mind.” Lord Bingham was...
x Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell Lord Butler Knight Companion of the Garter 2003 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Frederick Edward Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, KG, GCB, CVO, PC (born 3 January 1938) is a retired British civil servant, now sitting in the House of Lords as a life peer. He had a high profile career in the civil service from 1961 to...
x Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Duke of Westminster Knight Companion of the Garter 2003 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, CB, OBE, TD, DL (born 22 December 1951 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland), is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Hon. Viola Maud...
x Antony Arthur Acland Sir Antony Acland Knight Companion of the Garter 2001 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir Antony Arthur Acland, KG, GCMG, GCVO (born 12 March 1930) is a British diplomat. The son of Peter Acland and Bridget Susan Barnett, he was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, gaining an MA in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, he was...
x Mary Soames, Baroness Soames Lady Soames Lady Companion of the Garter 2005 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE (born 15 September 1922) is the widow of the Lord Soames. She was born Mary Churchill, the youngest of Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine's five children. She is their last surviving child. She was raised...
x Sir Thomas Dunne   Knight Companion of the Garter 2008 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne, KG, KCVO, JP (born October 24, 1933) was the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire from 1998 to 2008. Dunne was born in 1933, the son of the soldier and politician Philip Russell Rendel Dunne. He is the father of Conservative...
x Richard Luce, Baron Luce   Knight Companion of the Garter 2008 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce, KG, GCVO, PC, DL (born 14 October 1936) was Lord Chamberlain to HM The Queen from 2000 to 2006, and was previously Governor of Gibraltar and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) and Government Minister. Born in...
x George VI of the United Kingdom Formal portrait, circa 1940–46      
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India (until 1947), the last King of Ireland ...
x Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip in 1951 Royal Knight of the Garter 1947 George VI of the United Kingdom
The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philippos of Greece and Denmark; born 10 June 1921) is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Philip was originally a royal prince of Greece and Denmark, and thus a member of the Danish-German House of Schleswig...
x Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Kent at celebrations in Jersey, Liberation Day 2007 Royal Knight of the Garter 1985 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Edward George Nicholas Patrick Paul; born 9 October 1935) is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandchild of George V. He has held the title of Duke of Kent since 1942. The Duke of Kent carries out royal duties on...
x Anne, Princess Royal   Royal Lady of the Garter 1994 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third, and later for a few years was second in the line of...
x Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy Alexandra independence Royal Lady of the Garter 2003 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936), is a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She is the widow of Sir Angus...
x Prince William of Wales Prince William at a Polo match 2007 Royal Knight of the Garter 2008 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), KG, is the elder son of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As...
x Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex The Earl and Countess on their wedding day Royal Knight of the Garter 2006 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is the third son and fourth child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was third in the line of succession to the...
x Prince Andrew, Duke of York   Royal Knight of the Garter 2006 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960), is the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession...
x Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester HRH Prince Richard Duke of Gloucester Royal Knight of the Garter 1997 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary. He has been Duke of Gloucester since his father's death in...
x Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I of Spain Stranger Knight of the Garter 1988 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Juan Carlos I of Spain (baptized as Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; born 5 January 1938, Rome, Italy) is the reigning king of Spain. He is the son of the late Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and the late Princess...
x Akihito TennoTanjobiM1085 tenno detail Stranger Knight of the Garter 1998 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Akihito (明仁, born 23 December 1933) is the current Emperor (天皇, tennō) of Japan, and the 125th Emperor according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989, and is the 20th most senior monarch or lifelong leader. He...
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