Below is: a list of members of the: Order of the Companions of Honour from the "order's creation in 1917 until the present day."
Membersβ»
Blue denotes honorary members.
Yellow denotes living (ordinary) members.
Pink denotes royal companions.
Date | Portrait | Name | BirthβDeath | Area of achievement |
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4 June 1917 | ![]() |
Jan Smuts | 1870β1950 | Statesman |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
Harry Gosling | 1861β1930 | Politician and trade unionist |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
The Marchioness of Lansdowne | 1850β1932 | Courtier and humanitarian |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
Elizabeth Haldane | 1862β1937 | Suffragist, writer |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
K. B. Quinan | 1878β1948 | Chemical engineer |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
Sir Henry Smith | 1863β1923 | Civil servant |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
The Lord Burnham | 1862β1933 | Newspaper proprietor and politician |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
Sir Frank Swettenham | 1850β1946 | Colonial administrator |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
Edward Strutt | 1854β1930 | Agriculturalist |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
The Lord Faringdon | 1850β1934 | Financier and politician |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
The Viscount Chetwynd | 1863β1936 | Industrialist |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
William Ripper | 1853β1937 | Educationalist |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
May Tennant | 1869β1946 | Civil servant and social reformer |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
Violet Markham | 1872β1959 | Social reformer |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
William John Davis | 1848β1934 | Trade unionist |
4 June 1917 | ![]() |
George Wardle | 1865β1947 | Politician |
4 June 1917 | Alexander Wilkie | 1850β1928 | Politician | |
1 January 1918 | ![]() |
Sir John Furley | 1836β1919 | Humanitarian |
1 January 1918 | ![]() |
James Andrew Seddon | 1868β1939 | Politician and trade unionist |
1 January 1918 | James Parker | 1863β1948 | Politician | |
25 February 1918 | ![]() |
Sir Alfred Keogh | 1857β1936 | Doctor, head of Army Medical Service |
3 June 1918 | ![]() |
Sir Herbert Perrott, Bt | 1849β1922 | Humanitarian |
3 June 1918 | ![]() |
Sir Samuel Provis | 1845β1926 | Civil servant |
29 April 1919 | ![]() |
Walter Layton | 1884β1966 | Economist and newspaper proprietor |
29 April 1919 | ![]() |
Sir Thomas Royden, Bt | 1871β1950 | Businessman and politician |
1 January 1920 | ![]() |
George Nicoll Barnes | 1859β1940 | Politician |
1 January 1920 | ![]() |
Philip Kerr | 1882β1940 | Diplomat |
1 January 1921 | ![]() |
Sir John Ellerman, Bt | 1862β1933 | Entrepreneur and shipping magnate |
1 January 1921 | ![]() |
John Clifford | 1836β1923 | Nonconformist minister |
4 June 1921 | ![]() |
The Viscount Dillon | 1844β1932 | Antiquary and heraldist |
4 June 1921 | ![]() |
Arthur Headlam | 1862β1947 | Bishop of Gloucester |
4 June 1921 | ![]() |
Sir William Robertson Nicoll | 1851β1923 | Church minister and journalist |
2 January 1922 | ![]() |
Sir Henry Jones | 1852β1922 | Philosopher |
2 January 1922 | ![]() |
Sir Henry Newbolt | 1862β1938 | Poet |
2 January 1922 | ![]() |
Joseph Havelock Wilson | 1859β1929 | Trade unionist |
19 October 1922 | ![]() |
Sir Hall Caine | 1853β1931 | Novelist |
19 October 1922 | ![]() |
Winston Churchill | 1874β1965 | Statesman |
19 October 1922 | ![]() |
Sir Evan Vincent Evans | 1851β1934 | Journalist and promoter of the Welsh national revival |
19 October 1922 | ![]() |
John Henry Jowett | 1863β1923 | Congregationalist minister |
25 May 1923 | ![]() |
J. C. C. Davidson | 1889β1970 | Conservative politician |
1 January 1926 | ![]() |
Wilson Carlile | 1847β1942 | Church Army founder |
5 June 1926 | ![]() |
Herbert Armitage James | 1844β1931 | Cleric and school administrator |
1 January 1927 | ![]() |
Hugh Sheppard | 1880β1937 | Anglican priest |
9 May 1927 | ![]() |
Stanley Bruce | 1883β1967 | Prime Minister of Australia |
3 June 1927 | ![]() |
John Jones | 1865β1942 | Congregational minister |
4 June 1928 | ![]() |
John Scott Haldane | 1860β1936 | Physiologist |
1 March 1929 | ![]() |
Florence, Lady Barrett | 1867β1945 | Gynaecologist |
1 March 1929 | ![]() |
John Carlile | 1862β1941 | Baptist minister, social reformer |
1 March 1929 | ![]() |
Lilian Baylis | 1874β1937 | Theatre producer |
1 March 1929 | ![]() |
Frederick Delius | 1862β1934 | Composer |
30 April 1929 | ![]() |
Bramwell Booth | 1856β1929 | Leader of The Salvation Army |
3 June 1929 | ![]() |
Thomas Jones | 1870β1955 | Civil servant and educationalist |
1 January 1930 | Maude Royden | 1876β1956 | Suffragist | |
1 January 1930 | ![]() |
V. S. Srinivasa Sastri | 1869β1946 | Indian politician |
1 January 1930 | ![]() |
Gertrude Tuckwell | 1861β1951 | Trade unionist and social worker |
3 June 1930 | ![]() |
Margaret McMillan | 1860β1931 | Trade unionist |
1 January 1931 | ![]() |
Helena Swanwick | 1864β1939 | Feminist and pacifist |
1 January 1931 | ![]() |
Jane Harriett Walker | 1859β1938 | Medical doctor |
3 June 1931 | ![]() |
Albert Mansbridge | 1876β1952 | Educator |
3 June 1931 | ![]() |
Seebohm Rowntree | 1871β1954 | Industrialist and philanthropist |
1 January 1932 | ![]() |
John Buchan | 1875β1940 | Scottish author and Governor General of Canada |
3 June 1932 | ![]() |
E. V. Lucas | 1868β1938 | Writer |
3 June 1932 | ![]() |
Laurence Binyon | 1869β1943 | Poet |
2 January 1933 | ![]() |
Tubby Clayton | 1885β1972 | Priest and philanthropist |
2 January 1933 | ![]() |
John Scott Lidgett | 1854β1953 | Methodist priest and educationist |
3 June 1933 | ![]() |
Annie Horniman | 1860β1937 | Theatre manager |
1 January 1934 | ![]() |
Thomas Page | 1850β1936 | Classicist |
3 June 1935 | ![]() |
William Bruce | 1858β1936 | Lawyer, "politician," educationalist |
3 June 1935 | ![]() |
John White | 1867β1951 | Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
1 January 1936 | ![]() |
J. Dover Wilson | 1881β1969 | Shakespeare scholar |
23 June 1936 | ![]() |
Joseph Lyons | 1879β1939 | Prime Minister of Australia |
23 June 1936 | ![]() |
Janet Trevelyan | 1879β1956 | Writer |
23 June 1936 | ![]() |
Hugh MacDowell Pollock | 1852β1937 | Businessman and Ulster Unionist politician |
23 June 1936 | ![]() |
George Adams | 1874β1966 | Political scientist and academic |
11 May 1937 | ![]() |
Melbourn Aubrey | 1885β1957 | Baptist Union of Great Britain General Secretary |
11 May 1937 | ![]() |
John Alfred Spender | 1862β1942 | Journalist and editor |
11 May 1937 | ![]() |
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson | 1869β1959 | Physicist |
11 May 1937 | ![]() |
The Viscountess Astor | 1879β1964 | Pioneering woman politician |
11 May 1937 | ![]() |
Gwendoline Davies | 1882β1951 | Philanthropist and patron of the arts |
1 January 1938 | ![]() |
Howell Arthur Gwynne | 1865β1950 | Newspaper editor and author |
8 June 1939 | ![]() |
James Mallon | 1875β1961 | Social reformer |
8 June 1939 | ![]() |
George Peabody Gooch | 1873β1968 | Historian |
1 January 1941 | ![]() |
James Louis Garvin | 1868β1947 | Journalist and author |
1 January 1941 | ![]() |
Arthur Henry Mann | 1876β1972 | Journalist |
1 January 1941 | ![]() |
Billy Hughes | 1862β1952 | Prime Minister of Australia |
12 June 1941 | ![]() |
A. V. Alexander | 1885β1965 | Labour politician |
11 June 1942 | ![]() |
The Lord Woolton | 1883β1964 | Businessman turned-politician |
23 June 1942 | ![]() |
Sir Earle Page | 1880β1961 | Prime Minister of Australia |
1 January 1943 | ![]() |
Joseph Hertz | 1872β1946 | Chief Rabbi of Great Britain. And the Commonwealth |
1 January 1943 | ![]() |
The Lord Leathers | 1883β1965 | Industrialist turned-politician |
21 May 1943 | ![]() |
J. M. Andrews | 1871β1956 | Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
2 June 1943 | ![]() |
Ernest Hives | 1886β1965 | Industrialist |
2 June 1943 | The Lord Snell | 1865β1944 | Labour politician | |
9 August 1943 | ![]() |
The Viscount Swinton | 1884β1972 | Conservative politician |
24 September 1943 | ![]() |
Essington Lewis | 1881β1961 | Industrialist |
1 January 1944 | ![]() |
Richard Casey | 1890β1976 | Australian politician and British colonial administrator |
1 January 1944 | ![]() |
Edmund Fellowes | 1870β1951 | Theologian and musicologist |
1 January 1944 | ![]() |
Robert Hudson | 1886β1957 | Conservative politician |
8 June 1944 | ![]() |
Sir Henry Wood | 1869β1944 | Conductor, founded the Proms |
4 August 1944 | ![]() |
Sir Godfrey Huggins | 1883β1971 | Prime Minister of Rhodesia |
1 January 1945 | ![]() |
The Earl of Selborne | 1887β1971 | Conservative politician |
8 June 1945 | ![]() |
Clement Attlee | 1883β1967 | Labour politician |
8 June 1945 | ![]() |
Arthur Greenwood | 1880β1954 | Labour politician |
14 June 1945 | ![]() |
Henry Williams | 1872β1961 | Bishop of Carlisle |
5 July 1945 | ![]() |
Harry Crerar | 1888β1965 | Canadian general |
17 August 1945 | ![]() |
Leo Amery | 1873β1955 | Conservative politician |
17 August 1945 | ![]() |
Ernest Brown | 1881β1962 | Liberal politician |
17 August 1945 | ![]() |
Hastings Ismay | 1887β1965 | Soldier |
1 January 1946 | ![]() |
Archibald Hill | 1886β1977 | Physiologist |
4 January 1946 | ![]() |
Peter Fraser | 1884β1950 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
22 May 1946 | ![]() |
Vincent Massey | 1887β1967 | Governor General of Canada |
13 June 1946 | ![]() |
George Gibson | 1885β1953 | Trade unionist |
13 June 1946 | ![]() |
Andrew McNaughton | 1887β1966 | Canadian general and diplomat |
12 June 1947 | ![]() |
James Bone | 1872β1962 | Journalist |
12 June 1947 | ![]() |
J. W. Robertson Scott | 1866β1962 | Writer, campaigner on rural issues |
1 January 1948 | ![]() |
Margaret Bondfield | 1873β1953 | Pioneering woman politician |
1 January 1948 | ![]() |
Vita Sackville-West | 1892β1962 | Writer |
10 June 1948 | ![]() |
Walter de la Mare | 1873β1956 | Writer |
10 June 1948 | ![]() |
Howell Elvet Lewis | 1860β1953 | Bard, Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales |
10 June 1948 | ![]() |
William Whiteley | 1882β1955 | Labour politician |
1 January 1949 | ![]() |
Lord David Cecil | 1902β1986 | Biographer, historian and academic |
1 January 1949 | ![]() |
Arthur Deakin | 1890β1955 | Trade unionist |
9 June 1949 | ![]() |
Lionel George Curtis | 1872β1955 | Soldier and author |
1 January 1951 | ![]() |
Sir Stafford Cripps | 1889β1952 | Politician |
1 January 1951 | ![]() |
Robert Menzies | 1894β1978 | Prime Minister of Australia |
7 June 1951 | ![]() |
Sidney Holland | 1893β1961 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
30 November 1951 | ![]() |
Herbert Morrison | 1888β1965 | Politician |
5 June 1952 | ![]() |
Walter Elliot | 1888β1958 | Scottish Unionist politician |
1 January 1953 | ![]() |
E. M. Forster | 1879β1970 | Novelist |
1 June 1953 | ![]() |
Benjamin Britten | 1913β1976 | Composer |
1 June 1953 | ![]() |
James Chuter Ede | 1882β1965 | Labour politician |
1 June 1953 | ![]() |
Ian Fraser | 1897β1974 | Conservative politician |
1 June 1953 | ![]() |
Tom Johnston | 1881β1965 | Labour politician |
10 November 1953 | ![]() |
The Lord Cherwell | 1886β1957 | Physicist |
1 January 1954 | ![]() |
John Christie | 1882β1962 | Founder of Glyndebourne Festival Opera |
8 January 1954 | ![]() |
Rab Butler | 1902β1982 | Politician |
10 June 1954 | ![]() |
W. Somerset Maugham | 1874β1965 | Writer |
21 December 1954 | ![]() |
RenΓ© Massigli | 1888β1988 | French diplomat |
1 January 1955 | ![]() |
Harry Crookshank | 1893β1961 | Conservative politician |
1 January 1955 | ![]() |
Hugh Martin | 1890β1964 | Christian activist |
9 June 1955 | ![]() |
Henry Moore | 1898β1986 | Sculptor |
2 January 1956 | ![]() |
The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | 1864β1958 | Conservative politician |
2 January 1956 | ![]() |
Sir John Kotelawala | 1897β1980 | Prime Minister of Ceylon |
2 January 1956 | ![]() |
Arthur Waley | 1889β1966 | Orientalist and sinologist |
31 May 1956 | ![]() |
Edward Gordon Craig | 1872β1966 | Theatre practitioner |
31 May 1956 | ![]() |
Arnold J. Toynbee | 1889β1975 | Historian |
16 July 1956 | ![]() |
Nuri al-Said | 1888β1958 | Prime Minister of Iraq |
1 January 1957 | ![]() |
John Baillie | 1886β1960 | Theologian |
14 January 1957 | ![]() |
James Stuart | 1897β1971 | Scottish Unionist politician |
13 June 1957 | ![]() |
Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt | 1879β1961 | Conductor and musical impresario |
13 June 1957 | ![]() |
John Gregg | 1873β1961 | Clergyman, theologian |
1 January 1958 | ![]() |
The Viscount Nuffield | 1877β1963 | Industrialist |
12 June 1958 | ![]() |
Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bt | 1892β1969 | Writer |
1 January 1959 | ![]() |
Sir John Beazley | 1885β1970 | Archaeologist and art historian |
1 January 1959 | ![]() |
Sir Kenneth Clark | 1903β1983 | Art historian |
13 June 1959 | ![]() |
Walter Nash | 1882β1968 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
1 January 1960 | ![]() |
Alan Lennox-Boyd | 1904β1983 | Politician |
31 December 1960 | ![]() |
The Earl of Limerick | 1888β1967 | Soldier |
31 December 1960 | ![]() |
Tunku Abdul Rahman | 1903β1990 | Prime Minister of Malaysia |
10 June 1961 | ![]() |
C. H. Dodd | 1884β1973 | Theologian |
1 January 1962 | ![]() |
Walter Matthews | 1881β1973 | Church of England priest |
2 June 1962 | ![]() |
The Lord Hailes | 1901β1974 | Politician |
20 July 1962 | ![]() |
Selwyn Lloyd | 1904β1978 | Politician |
20 July 1962 | ![]() |
John Maclay | 1905β1992 | Politician |
20 July 1962 | ![]() |
Harold Watkinson | 1910β1995 | Politician |
1 January 1963 | ![]() |
Keith Holyoake | 1904β1983 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
14 May 1963 | ![]() |
Paul-Henri Spaak | 1899β1972 | Belgian politician and statesman |
1 January 1964 | ![]() |
I. A. Richards | 1893β1979 | Literary critic |
1 December 1964 | ![]() |
Henry Brooke | 1903β1984 | Politician |
1 January 1965 | ![]() |
The Lord Silkin | 1889β1972 | Politician |
12 June 1965 | ![]() |
Patrick Blackett | 1897β1974 | Physicist |
12 June 1965 | ![]() |
Manny Shinwell | 1884β1986 | Politician |
1 January 1966 | ![]() |
Graham Greene | 1904β1991 | Writer |
1 January 1966 | ![]() |
The Baroness Summerskill | 1901β1980 | Physician, "politician," writer |
19 May 1966 | ![]() |
Jim Griffiths | 1890β1975 | Politician |
19 May 1966 | ![]() |
Lady Megan Lloyd George | 1902β1966 | Politician |
1 January 1967 | ![]() |
Sir William Lawrence Bragg | 1890β1971 | Physicist |
1 January 1967 | ![]() |
Sir Mortimer Wheeler | 1890β1976 | Archaeologist |
5 January 1967 | ![]() |
Douglas Houghton | 1898β1996 | Politician |
10 June 1967 | ![]() |
Sir Arthur Bryant | 1899β1985 | Historian and writer |
10 June 1967 | ![]() |
Sir Harold Hartley | 1878β1972 | Chemist |
10 June 1967 | ![]() |
The Lord Reid | 1890β1975 | Judge and politician |
14 June 1967 | ![]() |
Harold Holt | 1908β1967 | Prime Minister of Australia |
1 January 1968 | ![]() |
The Lord Boyd-Orr | 1880β1971 | Biologist, head of FAO |
1 January 1968 | ![]() |
Ernest Alexander Payne | 1902β1980 | Baptist administrator |
1 January 1968 | ![]() |
The Lord Robbins | 1898β1994 | Economist, academic |
8 June 1968 | ![]() |
Patrick Gordon Walker | 1907β1980 | Politician |
1 January 1969 | ![]() |
Sir Adrian Boult | 1889β1983 | Conductor |
1 January 1969 | ![]() |
Sir John McEwen | 1900β1980 | Prime Minister of Australia |
1 January 1969 | ![]() |
Michael Stewart | 1906β1990 | Politician |
14 June 1969 | ![]() |
Sir John Barbirolli | 1899β1970 | Conductor |
14 June 1969 | ![]() |
Sir Allen Lane | 1902β1970 | Publisher |
14 June 1969 | ![]() |
Eric Williams | 1911β1981 | Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago |
1 January 1970 | ![]() |
Sir James Chadwick | 1891β1974 | Physicist, discovered the neutron |
1 January 1970 | ![]() |
Sir A. P. Herbert | 1890β1971 | Writer and advocate of law reform |
1 January 1970 | ![]() |
Lee Kuan Yew | 1923β2015 | Singaporean politician |
14 June 1970 | ![]() |
Sir Frederick Ashton | 1904β1988 | Dancer and choreographer |
14 June 1970 | ![]() |
Dame Sybil Thorndike | 1882β1976 | Actress |
1 January 1971 | ![]() |
Sir Maurice Bowra | 1898β1971 | Classicist |
12 June 1971 | ![]() |
Charles Best | 1899β1978 | Medical researcher |
12 June 1971 | ![]() |
Sir Arthur Bliss | 1891β1975 | Composer |
12 June 1971 | ![]() |
John Gorton | 1911β2002 | Prime Minister of Australia |
14 June 1971 | ![]() |
Joseph Luns | 1911β2002 | Dutch politician |
1 January 1972 | ![]() |
William McMahon | 1908β1988 | Prime Minister of Australia |
1 January 1972 | ![]() |
Sir Peter Medawar | 1915β1987 | Biologist |
22 January 1972 | ![]() |
Jean Monnet | 1888β1979 | French economist and diplomat |
3 June 1972 | ![]() |
The Lord Goodman | 1915β1995 | Lawyer, administrator |
3 June 1972 | ![]() |
Herbert Howells | 1892β1983 | Composer |
3 June 1972 | ![]() |
John Piper | 1903β1992 | Artist |
1 January 1973 | ![]() |
Jack Marshall | 1912β1988 | New Zealand politician |
1 January 1973 | ![]() |
Sir Robert Mayer | 1879β1985 | Businessman and philanthropist |
1 January 1973 | ![]() |
Duncan Sandys | 1908β1987 | Politician |
2 June 1973 | ![]() |
Bernard Leach | 1887β1979 | Potter |
2 June 1973 | ![]() |
Irene Ward | 1895β1980 | Politician |
1 January 1974 | ![]() |
The Lord Cohen of Birkenhead | 1900β1977 | Physician |
1 January 1974 | ![]() |
The Countess of Limerick | 1897β1981 | Humanitarian, prominent in Red Cross |
1 January 1974 | ![]() |
William Whitelaw | 1918β1999 | Politician |
5 April 1974 | ![]() |
The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone | 1907β2001 | Politician |
15 June 1974 | ![]() |
David Jones | 1895β1974 | Poet |
15 June 1974 | ![]() |
Nathaniel Micklem | 1888β1976 | Theologian |
1 January 1975 | ![]() |
Jack Ashley | 1922β2012 | Politician |
1 January 1975 | ![]() |
The Lord Gardiner | 1900β1990 | Politician |
1 January 1975 | ![]() |
Max Perutz | 1914β2002 | Molecular biologist |
29 April 1975 | ![]() |
Arnold Smith | 1915β1994 | Canadian diplomat |
14 June 1975 | ![]() |
The Lord Aylestone | 1905β1994 | Politician |
14 June 1975 | ![]() |
The Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest | 1896β1979 | Judge |
1 January 1976 | ![]() |
John Diefenbaker | 1895β1979 | Prime Minister of Canada |
27 May 1976 | ![]() |
The Lord Elwyn-Jones | 1909β1989 | Politician |
27 May 1976 | ![]() |
Edward Short | 1912β2012 | Politician |
31 December 1976 | ![]() |
Cledwyn Hughes | 1916β2001 | Politician |
31 December 1976 | ![]() |
Jack Jones | 1913β2009 | Trade unionist |
31 December 1976 | ![]() |
F. R. Leavis | 1895β1978 | Academic, literary critic |
26 January 1977 | ![]() |
Malcolm Fraser | 1930β2015 | Prime Minister of Australia |
11 June 1977 | ![]() |
Sir John Gielgud | 1904β2000 | Actor |
11 June 1977 | ![]() |
Robert Muldoon | 1921β1992 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
11 June 1977 | The Baroness Wootton of Abinger | 1897β1988 | Sociologist, criminologist | |
3 June 1978 | ![]() |
Michael Somare | 1936-2021 | Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea |
12 June 1979 | ![]() |
Denis Healey | 1917β2015 | Politician |
16 June 1979 | ![]() |
Sir Michael Tippett | 1905β1998 | Composer |
31 December 1979 | ![]() |
The Lord Thorneycroft | 1909β1994 | Politician |
14 June 1980 | ![]() |
The Lord Soames | 1920β1987 | Politician |
31 December 1980 | ![]() |
Victor Pasmore | 1908β1998 | Artist |
30 April 1981 | ![]() |
Brian Talboys | 1921β2012 | New Zealand politician |
13 June 1981 | ![]() |
The Lord Boyle of Handsworth | 1923β1981 | Politician |
13 June 1981 | ![]() |
Frederick Sanger | 1918β2013 | Biochemist |
31 December 1981 | ![]() |
Doug Anthony | 1929β2020 | Australian politician |
31 December 1981 | ![]() |
Dame Ninette de Valois | 1898β2001 | Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director of ballet |
12 June 1982 | ![]() |
Sir Karl Popper | 1902β1994 | Philosopher |
11 June 1983 | ![]() |
The Lord Carrington | 1919β2018 | Politician |
11 June 1983 | ![]() |
Lucian Freud | 1922β2011 | Artist |
31 December 1983 | ![]() |
Sir Steven Runciman | 1903β2000 | Historian |
31 December 1983 | ![]() |
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt | 1897β1988 | Art critic and writer |
16 June 1984 | ![]() |
The Viscount Eccles | 1904β1999 | Politician |
16 June 1984 | ![]() |
Friedrich Hayek | 1899β1992 | Economist and philosopher |
16 June 1984 | ![]() |
Sir Philip Powell | 1921β2003 | Architect |
4 July 1984 | ![]() |
Pierre Trudeau | 1919β2000 | Prime Minister of Canada |
31 December 1984 | ![]() |
Sir Hugh Casson | 1910β1999 | Architect and broadcaster |
15 June 1985 | ![]() |
Philip Larkin | 1922β1985 | Poet |
15 June 1985 | ![]() |
Rodney Robert Porter | 1917β1985 | Biochemist |
21 May 1986 | ![]() |
Sir Keith Joseph, Bt | 1918β1994 | Politician |
31 December 1986 | ![]() |
Sydney Brenner | 1927β2019 | Biologist |
31 December 1986 | ![]() |
Sir John Summerson | 1904β1992 | Architectural historian |
13 June 1987 | ![]() |
Dadie Rylands | 1902β1999 | Academic and theatre director |
13 June 1987 | ![]() |
Sir Peter Scott | 1909β1989 | Naturalist and conservationist |
31 July 1987 | Norman Tebbit | b. 1931 | Politician | |
31 December 1987 | ![]() |
Anthony Powell | 1905β2000 | Author |
17 June 1989 | ![]() |
Stephen Hawking | 1942β2018 | Physicist |
30 December 1989 | ![]() |
David Lange | 1942β2005 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
13 April 1992 | ![]() |
Kenneth Baker | b. 1934 | Politician |
13 April 1992 | ![]() |
Peter Brooke | 1934β2023 | Politician |
13 April 1992 | ![]() |
Tom King | b. 1933 | Politician |
13 June 1992 | ![]() |
Dame Elisabeth Frink | 1930β1993 | Artist |
13 June 1992 | ![]() |
Joseph Needham | 1900β1995 | Biochemist and sinologist |
31 December 1992 | ![]() |
Sir Victor Pritchett | 1900β1997 | Writer |
12 June 1993 | ![]() |
C. H. Sisson | 1914β2003 | Writer |
12 June 1993 | ![]() |
Elsie Widdowson | 1906β2000 | Nutritionist |
31 December 1993 | ![]() |
David Astor | 1912β2001 | Newspaper publisher |
31 December 1993 | ![]() |
Dame Janet Baker | b. 1933 | Opera singer |
31 December 1993 | ![]() |
Sir John Smith | 1923β2007 | Politician |
11 June 1994 | ![]() |
Sir Alec Guinness | 1914β2000 | Actor |
11 June 1994 | ![]() |
Reginald Victor Jones | 1911β1997 | Physicist, scientific military intelligence expert |
11 June 1994 | ![]() |
The Lord Owen | b. 1938 | Politician |
31 December 1994 | ![]() |
CΓ©sar Milstein | 1927β2002 | Biochemist |
31 December 1994 | ![]() |
Carel Weight | 1908β1997 | Artist |
17 June 1995 | ![]() |
Sir Denys Lasdun | 1914β2001 | Architect |
17 June 1995 | ![]() |
Sir Nevill Francis Mott | 1905β1996 | Physicist |
30 December 1995 | ![]() |
Sir David Attenborough | b. 1926 | Broadcaster and naturalist |
30 December 1995 | ![]() |
Sir Richard Doll | 1912β2005 | Epidemiologist |
30 December 1995 | ![]() |
Douglas Hurd | b. 1930 | Politician |
30 December 1995 | ![]() |
Derek Worlock | 1920β1996 | Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool |
15 June 1996 | ![]() |
The Lord Howe of Aberavon | 1926β2015 | Politician |
31 December 1996 | ![]() |
A. L. Rowse | 1903β1997 | Historian |
14 June 1997 | ![]() |
David Hockney | b. 1937 | Artist |
2 August 1997 | ![]() |
Michael Heseltine | b. 1933 | Politician |
31 December 1997 | ![]() |
Eric Hobsbawm | 1917β2012 | Historian |
31 December 1997 | ![]() |
Chris Patten | b. 1944 | Politician and governor of Hong Kong |
13 June 1998 | Peter Brook | 1925β2022 | Theatre director | |
31 December 1998 | ![]() |
John Major | b. 1943 | Politician |
31 December 1998 | ![]() |
Bridget Riley | b. 1931 | Artist |
31 December 1998 | ![]() |
John de Chastelain | b. 1937 | Canadian general and diplomat |
31 December 1999 | ![]() |
Richard Hamilton | 1922β2011 | Artist |
31 December 1999 | ![]() |
Doris Lessing | 1919β2013 | Writer |
31 December 1999 | ![]() |
Chad Varah | 1911β2007 | Founder of The Samaritans |
11 May 2000 | ![]() |
Amartya Sen | b. 1933 | Indian economist |
30 December 2000 | ![]() |
Sir Harrison Birtwistle | 1934-2022 | Composer |
30 December 2000 | ![]() |
Paul Scofield | 1922β2008 | Actor |
16 June 2001 | ![]() |
Sir Colin Davis | 1927β2013 | Conductor |
31 December 2001 | ![]() |
Sir George Christie | 1934β2014 | Opera manager |
12 June 2002 | ![]() |
Bernard Haitink | 1929β2021 | Dutch conductor |
15 June 2002 | ![]() |
Harold Pinter | 1930β2008 | Playwright |
15 June 2002 | ![]() |
Sir Michael Howard | 1922β2019 | Historian |
31 December 2002 | ![]() |
Sir Howard Hodgkin | 1932β2017 | Artist |
31 December 2002 | ![]() |
James Lovelock | 1919β2022 | Scientist and environmentalist |
31 December 2002 | ![]() |
Sir Denis Mahon | 1910β2011 | Art historian |
14 June 2003 | ![]() |
Sir Charles Mackerras | 1925β2010 | Conductor |
14 June 2003 | ![]() |
Dan McKenzie | b. 1942 | Geophysicist |
14 June 2003 | ![]() |
The Lord Hannay of Chiswick | b. 1935 | Diplomat |
11 June 2005 | ![]() |
Dame Judi Dench | b. 1934 | Actress |
2006 | ![]() |
Anthony Pawson | 1952β2013 | Microbiologist |
31 December 2007 | ![]() |
Sir Ian McKellen | b. 1939 | Actor |
14 June 2008 | ![]() |
The Lord Rogers of Riverside | 1933β2021 | Architect |
11 June 2011 | ![]() |
The Lord Howard of Lympne | b. 1941 | Politician |
20 September 2012 | ![]() |
Sir George Young, Bt | b. 1941 | Politician |
29 December 2012 | ![]() |
The Lord Coe | b. 1956 | Athlete, politician, organiser of 2012 Olympics |
29 December 2012 | ![]() |
Peter Higgs | 1929β2024 | Physicist |
7 January 2013 | ![]() |
The Lord Strathclyde | b. 1960 | Politician |
15 June 2013 | ![]() |
Sir Menzies Campbell | b. 1941 | Politician |
15 June 2013 | ![]() |
Sir Nicholas Serota | b. 1946 | Museum curator |
31 December 2013 | ![]() |
Peter Maxwell Davies | 1934β2016 | Composer and conductor |
31 December 2013 | ![]() |
The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | b. 1941 | Philosopher |
14 June 2014 | ![]() |
Dame Maggie Smith | b. 1934 | Actress |
22 July 2014 | ![]() |
Kenneth Clarke | b. 1940 | Politician |
1 January 2015 | ![]() |
The Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon | 1941β2018 | Politician |
1 January 2015 | ![]() |
Sir Adrian Cadbury | 1929β2015 | Businessman |
1 January 2015 | ![]() |
Dame Mary Peters | b. 1939 | Athlete |
1 January 2015 | ![]() |
The Lord Young of Graffham | 1932β2022 | Politician |
13 June 2015 | ![]() |
Sir Neville Marriner | 1924β2016 | Conductor |
13 June 2015 | ![]() |
The Lord Woolf | b. 1933 | Judge |
30 November 2015 | ![]() |
Desmond Tutu | 1931β2021 | Clergyman and activist |
31 December 2015 | ![]() |
Sir Roy Strong | b. 1935 | Art historian |
11 June 2016 | ![]() |
Dame Vera Lynn | 1917β2020 | Singer |
11 June 2016 | ![]() |
The Lord Smith of Kelvin | b. 1944 | Businessman |
11 June 2016 | ![]() |
The Baroness Amos | b. 1954 | Politician and diplomat |
4 August 2016 | ![]() |
George Osborne | b. 1971 | Politician |
31 December 2016 | ![]() |
Sir Roger Bannister | 1929β2018 | Athlete |
31 December 2016 | ![]() |
Sir Richard Eyre | b. 1943 | Director and playwright |
31 December 2016 | ![]() |
Dame Evelyn Glennie | b. 1965 | Percussionist |
31 December 2016 | ![]() |
Sir Alec Jeffreys | b. 1950 | Geneticist |
31 December 2016 | The Baroness Warnock | 1924β2019 | Philosopher | |
31 December 2016 | ![]() |
The Baroness Williams of Crosby | 1930β2021 | Politician |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
Sir Terence Conran | 1931β2020 | Designer |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
Sir Mark Elder | b. 1947 | Conductor |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
Dame Beryl Grey | 1927β2022 | Ballet dancer |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
Sir Paul McCartney | b. 1942 | Musician |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
J. K. Rowling | b. 1965 | Author |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
Dame Stephanie Shirley | b. 1933 | Entrepreneur and philanthropist |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
Delia Smith | b. 1941 | Cook and writer |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
The Lord Stern of Brentford | b. 1946 | Economist |
16 June 2017 | ![]() |
Sir John Sulston | 1942β2018 | Biologist |
30 December 2017 | ![]() |
The Lord Bragg | b. 1939 | Broadcaster |
30 December 2017 | ![]() |
Lady Antonia Fraser | b. 1932 | Author |
30 December 2017 | ![]() |
Margaret MacMillan | b. 1943 | Historian |
9 June 2018 | ![]() |
Richard Henderson | b. 1945 | Biologist |
9 June 2018 | ![]() |
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa | b. 1944 | Opera singer |
29 December 2018 | ![]() |
Margaret Atwood | b. 1939 | Author |
10 September 2019 | ![]() |
Sir Patrick McLoughlin | b. 1957 | Politician |
28 December 2019 | Sir Elton John | b. 1947 | Musician | |
28 December 2019 | ![]() |
Sir Keith Thomas | b. 1933 | Historian |
10 October 2020 | ![]() |
Sir Paul Smith | b. 1946 | Fashion designer |
31 December 2020 | Sir David Chipperfield | b. 1953 | Architect | |
1 January 2022 | ![]() |
Sir Paul Nurse | b. 1949 | Geneticist |
1 January 2022 | ![]() |
The Lord Field of Birkenhead | 1942β2024 | Politician |
1 June 2022 | Sir Quentin Blake | b. 1932 | Illustrator | |
1 June 2022 | ![]() |
Sir Salman Rushdie | b. 1947 | Writer |
1 June 2022 | ![]() |
Dame Marina Warner | b. 1946 | Academic |
30 December 2022 | ![]() |
Sir Michael Marmot | b. 1945 | Academic |
30 December 2022 | ![]() |
Dame Mary Quant | 1930β2023 | Fashion designer |
9 June 2023 | ![]() |
Sir Bill Cash | b. 1940 | Politician |
16 June 2023 | Sir John Bell | b. 1952 | Physician | |
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Ian McEwan | b. 1948 | Writer |
16 June 2023 | ![]() |
Dame Anna Wintour | b. 1949 | Media executive |
29 December 2023 | ![]() |
Dame Shirley Bassey | b. 1937 | Singer |
23 April 2024 | The Princess of Wales | b. 1982 | Royal family | |
14 June 2024 | ![]() |
Gordon Brown | b. 1951 | Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Referencesβ»
- ^ James, H. E. (2004). "Evans, Sir (Evan) Vincent (1851β1934)". In Roberts, Brynley F. (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33037.
- ^ Watts, Michael (2004). "Jowett, John Henry (1863β1923)". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58298.
Further readingβ»
- COMPANIONS OF HONOUR. leighrayment.com