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List of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire

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Below is a list of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 to the present day. The names and titles of recipients are given as at the time of their appointment or promotion to Knight Grand Cross. The date of the award, as given in the announcement The London Gazette, is included in brackets after the names.

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The London Gazette gives his first name as Frederick.

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"No. 30250". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 24 August 1917. p. 8794.

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"No. 30413". The London Gazette. 4 December 1917. p. 12680.

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"No. 30451". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1918. p. 84.

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"No. 30460". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 7 January 1918. p. 365.

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"No. 30730". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 4 June 1918. p. 6685.

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"No. 30759". The London Gazette. 21 June 1918. p. 7317.

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"No. 30935". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 4 October 1918. p. 11772.

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"No. 30935". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 4 October 1918. p. 11775.

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"No. 31097". The London Gazette (6th supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 83.

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"No. 31114". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 8 January 1919. p. 447.

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"No. 31709". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 16097.

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"No. 31522". The London Gazette. 26 August 1919. p. 10753.

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"No. 31840". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 30 March 1920. pp. 3757–3758.

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"No. 31931". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 5 June 1920. p. 6318.

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"No. 31942". The London Gazette. 15 June 1920. p. 6576.

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"No. 32090". The London Gazette. 19 October 1920. p. 10095.

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"Imperial and Foreign News Items". The Times. 21 October 1920. p. 9.

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"Imperial and Foreign News Items". The Times. 11 November 1920. p. 13.

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"No. 32178". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1921. p. 7.

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"No. 32226". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 14 February 1921. p. 1255.

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"G.B.E. For Lord Scarbrough". The Times. 14 February 1921. p. 10.

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"The Crown Prince". The Times. 11 May 1921. p. 10.

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"No. 32563". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1921. p. 10716.

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"No. 32716". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 3 June 1922. p. 4324.

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"No. 32766". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 10 November 1922. p. 8017.

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"No. 32768". The London Gazette. 17 November 1922. p. 8107.

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"No. 32782". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 1 January 1923. p. 6.

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"No. 32795". The London Gazette. 13 February 1923. p. 1065.

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"No. 32840". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 29 June 1923. p. 4606.

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"No. 32867". The London Gazette. 2 October 1923. p. 6575.

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"No. 33125". The London Gazette. 19 January 1926. p. 453.

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"No. 33292". The London Gazette. 8 July 1927. p. 4405.

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"No. 33315". The London Gazette. 27 September 1927. p. 6121.

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"G. B. E. For Lord Mayor". The Daily Telegraph. 27 September 1927. p. 9.

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"No. 33333". The London Gazette. 29 November 1927. p. 7662.

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"The Kapurthala Jubilee". The Times. 28 November 1927. p. 13.

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"The Uruguayan Delegation". The Times. 17 February 1928. p. 16.

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"No. 33390". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 1 June 1928. p. 3858.

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"No. 33410". The London Gazette. 7 August 1928. p. 5309.

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"No. 33435". The London Gazette. 2 November 1928. p. 7123.

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"No. 33472". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 March 1929. p. 1440.

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"No. 33472". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 March 1929. p. 1443.

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"No. 33501". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 May 1929. p. 3675.

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"No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1929. p. 3677.

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"No. 33512". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 29 June 1929. pp. 4354–4355.

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"No. 34056". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 4 June 1934. p. 3564.

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"No. 41909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1960. p. 21.

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"No. 44863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1969. p. 5968.

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"No. 44999". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1970. p. 8.

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"No. 46162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1974. p. 7.

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"No. 47360". The London Gazette. 25 October 1977. p. 13431.

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"No. 48354". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 October 1980. p. 14931.

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"No. 51636". The London Gazette. 6 February 1989. p. 1.

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"No. 51772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 4.

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"No. 51981". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1989. p. 5.

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"No. 52588". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 1991. p. 26.

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"No. 55354". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1998. p. 5.

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"No. 55879". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 2000. p. 7.

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"No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 6.

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"No. 56430". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2001. p. 7.

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"No. 57155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2003. p. 7.

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"No. 58358". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2007. p. 6.

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"No. 58196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2006. p. 5.

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"No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 7.

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"No. 59647". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2010. p. 6.

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"No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 6.

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"No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 6.

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"No. 61092". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N8.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office (10 April 2014). "Honorary British Awards to Foreign Nationals - 2014".

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"No. 61450". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2015. p. N7.

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"No. 61608". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B7.

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"No. 61803". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N7.

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"No. 61962". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 2017. p. B7.

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"No. 62150". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N8.

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"No. 62310". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B7.

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"No. 62310". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B23.

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"No. 63377". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B8.

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"No. 63918". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N8.

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Name	Date	Division	Citation	Notes	References
Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	4 June 1917		"For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
The Viscount Gladstone	4 June 1917		Chairman of the War Refugees Committee. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
The Lord Emmott	4 June 1917		Director of the War Trade Department. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
The Lord Moulton	4 June 1917		Director-General of Explosive Supplies, Ministry of Munitions. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
The Lord Sydenham of Combe	4 June 1917		"For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
The Lord Cunliffe	4 June 1917		Governor of the Bank of England. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
The Honourable Arthur Stanley	4 June 1917		Chairman, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes	4 June 1917		First Lord of the Admiralty, lately Inspector-General of Transportation Headquarter Staff, France. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
Sir Arthur Pearson, Bt.	4 June 1917		Chairman of the Blinded Sailors and Soldiers Care Committee. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
Mr Justice Sankey	4 June 1917		Joint Chairman of the Advisory Committee as to Internment and Repatriation. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
Mr Justice Younger	4 June 1917		Joint Chairman of the Advisory Committee as to Internment and Repatriation. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
Alexander McDowell	4 June 1917		Joint Director for Ireland, Ministry of Munitions. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[1]
The Lord Chelmsford	4 December 1917		Viceroy and Governor-General of India. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[2]
The Lord Willingdon	4 December 1917		Governor of Bombay. "For Services in connection with the War".		^[2]
Honorary Colonel His Highness The Nizam of Hyderabad	4 December 1917		"For Services in connection with the War".		^[2]
Honorary Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Mysore	4 December 1917		"For Services in connection with the War".		^[2]
Honorary Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Gwalior	4 December 1917		"For Services in connection with the War".		^[2]
Lieutenant-General His Highness The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir	1 January 1918		"In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War".		^[3]
Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Jaipur	1 January 1918		"In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War".		^[3]
Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Kotah	1 January 1918		"In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War".		^[3]
Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness The Mahajara of Patiala	1 January 1918		"In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War".		^[3]
Sir Thomas Dunlop, Bt.	1 January 1918		Lord Provost of Glasgow. "For services in connection with the War".^[4]
William Henry Ellis	1 January 1918		Master Cutler of Sheffield. "For services in connection with the War".^[4]
Sir Richard Charles Garton	1 January 1918		Founder of the Garton Foundation for Promoting the Study of International Policy and Economics; Honorary Treasurer of the Trust Fund 'Committee of Queen Mary's Hostel. "For services in connection with the War".^[4]
Sir David Harrel	1 January 1918		Chairman, of the Committee on Production. "For services in connection with the War".^[4]
Sir Robert Arundell Hudson	1 January 1918		Treasurer and Financial Director of the Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For services in connection with the War".^[4]
Colonel Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee	1 January 1918		Director-General of Food Production. "For services in connection with the War".^[4]
Sir William Plender	1 January 1918		"For services in connection with the War".^[4]
General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate	1 January 1918		His Majesty's High Commissioner for Egypt. "For services in connection with the War".^[4]
Basil Zaharoff	19 April 1918 (invested)	Honorary		Presented by Viscount Bertie of Thame, British Ambassador to France
Arthur David Brooks	3 June 1918		Lord Mayor of Birmingham. "For services in connection with the War".		^[5]
Sir William Edmund Garstin	3 June 1918		Member of the Council of the British Red Cross Society and of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the V.A.D. Advisory Committee and of the V.A.D. Selection Board. "For services in connection with the War".		^[5]
Sir Charles Blair Gordon	3 June 1918		Vice-Chairman of the British War Mission to the United States of America. "For services in connection with the War".		^[5]
The Earl of Plymouth	3 June 1918		Sub-Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For services in connection with the War".		^[5]
The Very Reverend Thomas Banks Strong	3 June 1918		Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; late Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. "For services in connection with the War".		^[5]
The Reverend John Pentland Mahaffy	3 June 1918		Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. "For services in connection with the War".		^[6]
The Earl of Liverpool	3 June 1918		Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand. "For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War.".		^[7]
Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles	3 June 1918		Lately Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the City and Garrison of Gibraltar. "For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War."		^[8]
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Crichton Sclater	1 January 1919	Military	"For valuable services rendered in connection with the War".		^[9]
Walter Durnford	8 January 1919	Civil	Provost of King's College, Cambridge. "For services in connection with the war".		^[10]
Sir Charles Edward Ellis	8 January 1919	Civil	Member of Ministry of Munitions Council and Representative of the Ministry in France and Italy; previously Director-General of Ordnance Supply; late Managing Director, Messrs. John Brown & Co., Ltd. "For services in connection with the war".		^[10]
The Viscount Peel	8 January 1919	Civil	Chairman of Panel, Military Service (Government Departments) Committee; Chairman of Disabled Sailors' and Soldiers' 'Compensation Committee; formerly Chairman of the Committee on Detention of Neutral Vessels and of the Black List Committee. "For services in connection with the war".		^[10]
The Lord Raglan	8 January 1919	Civil	Late Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man. "For services in connection with the war".		^[10]
Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, Bt.	8 January 1919	Civil	Director-General of Voluntary Organisations; Commanding and Chief Staff Officer of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. "For services in connection with the war".		^[10]
Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Nawanagar	3 June 1919	Military	"In recognition of valuable services rendered in India in connection with the War".		^[11]
Major-General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes	26 August 1919	Military	"For distinguished services to Aviation in general, and in particular for invaluable work as former Chief of the Air Staff".		^[12]
General Sir Baber Shumshere Jang Bahadoor Rana of Nepal	19 December 1919
Sir Alexander Baird, Bt.	1 January 1920	Civil	President, Permanent Arbitration Board, Egypt. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
The Viscount Chilston	1 January 1920	Civil	Chief County Director, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb	1 January 1920	Civil	Late Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Colonel Sir James Gildea	1 January 1920	Civil	Founder and Chairman of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Families' Association. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir Charles Harris	1 January 1920	Civil	Assistant Financial Secretary, War Office. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir Nathaniel Joseph Highmore	1 January 1920	Civil	Assistant Director, War Trade Department. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir Robert Stevenson Horne	1 January 1920	Civil	Minister of Labour. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir Robert Molesworth Kindersley	1 January 1920	Civil	Chairman, National War Savings Committee. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir Harry Livesey	1 January 1920	Civil	Late Director of Navy Contracts and subsequently Commissioner for Contract Policy, and Admiralty Representative on Lord Colwyn's Inter-departmental Committee. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
The Earl of Meath	1 January 1920	Civil	"For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir Thomas Munro	1 January 1920	Civil	Chairman of Provisional Joint Committee of Industrial Conference; Chief Adviser, Labour Regulation Department, Ministry of Munitions. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir John Denison-Pender	1 January 1920	Civil	Managing Director of Eastern Telegraph Company. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Edward Aurelian Ridsdale	1 January 1920	Civil	Vice-Chairman of Executive Committee, British Red Cross Society. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Arthur Everett Shipley	1 January 1920	Civil	Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Sir Henry Babington Smith	1 January 1920	Civil	Acted as Deputy to the Earl of Reading in the United States of America. "For services in connection with the War."		^[13]
Commanding General Sir Padma Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal	24 March 1920
Sir Percy Elly Bates, Bt.	5 June 1920	Civil	Voluntary services to the Ministry of Shipping for five years. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".^[14]
Sir John Lorne MacLeod	5 June 1920	Civil	Lord Provost of Edinburgh throughout the War. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".^[14]
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson	5 June 1920	Civil	Agent-General for Queensland until end of 1919. Services to Board of Trade in connection with purchase and distribution of frozen meat for Allied Forces. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".^[14]
Herbert Louis Samuel	11 June 1920	Civil	His Majesty's High Commissioner for Palestine.^[15]
Sir Edward Owen Cox	15 October 1920	Civil	"For services in or for certain of the Overseas Dominions, and in connection with the War".^[16]
Frederic Courtland Penfield	October 1920			Presented in Washington D.C.	^[17]
Henry Morgenthau	November 1920			Presented by Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States. "In recognition of his services to British civilian and military prisoners during the war."	^[18]
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking	1 January 1921	Military			^[19]
Honorary Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Bikaner	1 January 1921	Military	"For valuable services rendered during the War".		^[19]
Colonel (Temporary Major-General) The Earl of Scarbrough	12 February 1921	Military	Director-General of the Territorial Force.	"Lord Scarbrough relinquished on Saturday [12 February 1921] his appointment as Director-General of the Territorial Force, after holding that office for the usual period of four years."	^[20]^[21]
Count Sutemi Chinda	May 1921			On the occasion of the visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to the United Kingdom.	^[22]
Evelyn Cecil	2 January 1922	Civil	Secretary-General of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 1915–21. Vice-Chairman Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem.^[23]
Charles Scott Sherrington	2 January 1922	Civil	President of the Royal Society.		^[23]
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt.	3 June 1922	Civil	"On the occasion of His Majesty' Birthday".		^[24]
John Herbert Lewis	19 October 1922	Civil	Under Secretary to the Board of Education since 1916.		^[25]
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, Bt.	19 October 1922	Civil	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Right Honourable David Lloyd George.		^[25]
The Right Honourable The Viscount St Davids	19 October 1922	Civil			^[26]
Admiral Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper	28 December 1922	Military			^[27]
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Harington Harington	28 December 1922	Military			^[27]
Sir John Malcolm Fraser, Bt.	30 December 1922	Civil			^[28]
Sir Harry Harling Lamb	2 June 1923	Civil	Until recently His Majesty's Consul-General at Smyrna. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Major-General Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack	2 June 1923	Civil	Governor-General of the Sudan. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir William Guy Granet	2 June 1923	Civil	For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".^[29]
Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin	2 June 1923	Civil	Lately Administrator of Southern Rhodesia and of Northern Rhodesia.^[30]
Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff	3 June 1924	Military	"On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Robert Donald	3 June 1924	Civil	For public services. Chairman of the Council of the Empire Press Union. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Howard George Frank, Bt.	3 June 1924	Civil	Lately Chairman of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission. For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Josiah Charles Stamp	3 June 1924	Civil	For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay	3 June 1924	Civil	Lately His Majesty's Minister at Christiania. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Field Marshal The Lord Plumber	3 June 1924	Civil	Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Malta. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Major-General The Lord Cheylesmore	3 June 1925	Civil	Chairman of the National Rifle Association; President of the Lord Roberts' Memorial Workshops. Twice Mayor of Westminster and Chairman of London County Council 1912–13. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Frederic George Kenyon	3 June 1925	Civil	Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir John Francis Cleverton Snell	3 June 1925	Civil	Chairman of the Electricity Commission. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford	3 June 1925	Civil	Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, Governor and Commander-in-Chief designate of the Island of Ceylon. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
Ignacy Jan Paderewski	25 June 1925			Conferred by King George V at an audience at Buckingham Palace. "It is understood that the honour is in acknowledgement of M. Paderewski's services to the British Legion in giving recitals on behalf of Lord Haig's Fund."
Lieutenant-General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh	17 July 1925	Military
Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke	19 January 1926	Civil	"In connection with the termination of the British Empire Exhibition".		^[31]
Admiral Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock^{[Notes 1]}	5 June 1926	Military	"On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
The Lord Islington	5 June 1926	Civil	Retiring Chairman of the National Savings Committee. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
Sir William Warrender Mackenzie	5 June 1926	Civil	Late President of the Industrial Court. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
The Lord Queenborough	5 June 1926	Civil	"For public services". "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."
Sir Henry Frank Heath	3 June 1927	Civil	Late Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt.	3 June 1927	Civil	"On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer	3 June 1927	Civil	Controller of Finance, H.M. Treasury. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Sir Richard Threfall	3 June 1927	Civil	"For public services." "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
The Right Honourable Edward Hilton Young	3 June 1927	Civil	Chairman of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
Sir Henry Strakosch	3 June 1927	Civil	Lately Member of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".
General The Earl of Cavan	27 June 1927	Civil	"On the occasion of the Visit of T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia to inaugurate the new capital of the Commonwealth of Australia at Canberra".		^[32]
Sir George Rowland Blades, Bt.	27 September 1927	Civil		On his retirement as Lord Mayor of London. The customary baronetcy could not be conferred as Blades was already a baronet.	^[33]^[34]
Colonel His Royal Highness The Maharaja of Kapurthala	29 November 1927	Civil		Announced by The Lord Irwin, Governor-General of India, on 26 November 1927 in Kapurthala, on the occasion of his visit for the Maharaja's Golden Jubilee.	^[35]^[36]
General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch	9 December 1927	Military	Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery.
Dr Luis Alberto de Herrera	February 1928			Special Ambassador, Uruguayan Special Mission.	^[37]
Sir John Dewrance	4 June 1928		For public and political services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".		^[38]
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Percy Maybury	4 June 1928		Director General of Roads, Ministry of Transport. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".		^[38]
Sir John Hubert Oakley	4 June 1928		Member of the Irish Grants Committee. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".		^[38]
Sir William Grenfell Max Muller	4 June 1928		Lately His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Ministry Plenipotentiary at Warsaw. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".
The Right Honourable The Lord Phillimore	7 August 1928	Civil	"In recognition of services as President of the Naval Prize Tribunal Since its inception in 1918, and on the occasion of the dissolution of the Tribunal."		^[39]
Brigadier-General Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood	2 November 1928	Civil			^[40]
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game	1 January 1929	Military			^[41]
Sir Arthur Henry Crosfield, Bt.	1 March 1929	Civil	Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association.		^[41]
Sir William McLintock	1 March 1929	Civil	Senior partner in Messrs. Thomson McLintock & Co., Chartered Accountants. For public services.		^[41]
Sir William Symington McCormick	1 March 1929	Civil	Chairman of the University Grants Committee and of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.		^[41]
Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs	1 March 1929	Civil	High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Iraq.		^[42]
Sir Arthur McDougall Duckham	3 June 1929	Civil	Chairman, Economic Mission to Australia. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".		^[43]
The Honourable Sir William Francis Kyffin Taylor	3 June 1929	Civil	Lately Vice-President of the War Compensation Court. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".		^[43]
The Right Honourable Sir Beilby Francis Alston	3 June 1929	Civil	His Majesty's Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".		^[44]
Sir Harold Bowden, Bt.	28 June 1929	Civil	"For philanthropic and public services."		^[45]
The Right Honourable Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister	28 June 1929	Civil	Member of Parliament for Hendon Division since 1918. Lately President of the Board of Trade.		^[45]
Commander The Right Honourable Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell	28 June 1929	Civil	Member of Parliament for Evesham Division since 1910. Conservative Chief Whip since 1923.

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List of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire

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