List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother received numerous appointments, including to orders, decorations and medals, during and after her time as consort to King George VI. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation:

Titles and styles

• 1900 – 1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
• 1904 – 1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
• 1923 – 1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
• 1936 – 1952: Her Majesty The Queen
• 1952 – 2002: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Her British honours were read out at her funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows:

Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His Divine Mercy the late Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Princess Elizabeth, Queen Dowager and Queen Mother, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Relict of His Majesty King George the Sixth and Mother of Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth The Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, whom may God preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.

In the memorial service held in Canada, her Canadian honours, the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Order of Canada, were read out.

British Commonwealth and Commonwealth of Nations honours

Foreign honours

Honorary military positions

Australia

• 1953 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

Canada

• 1938 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
• 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
• 1953 – 1974: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
• 1977 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service

New Zealand

• 1939 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment
• 1977 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps

South Africa

• 1947 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Witwatersrand Rifles
• 1947 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cape Town Highlanders
• 1956 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Transvaal Scottish

Southern Rhodesia

• 1955–1965: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police

Rhodesia

1965–1970: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police

United Kingdom

• 1927 – 1968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
• 1930 – 1961: Honorary Colonel the Hertfordshire Regiment
• 1935 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish
• 1937 – 1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
• 1937 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
• 1942 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps
• 1947 – 1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
• 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
• 1947 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment
• 1949 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Army Corps
• 1952 – 1961: Royal Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
• 1953 – September 1960: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
• 1957 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Inns of Court Regiment
• 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
• 1958 – 1989: Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC
• 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Regiment
• 1958 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Hussars
• 1959 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
• 1960 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
• 1961 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
• 1961 – 30 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
• 1964 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment
• 1967 – 30 March 2002: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry
• 1967 – 1968: Honorary Colonel of The London Yeomanry and Territorials
• 1968 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Infantry
• 1993 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
• 1996 – 1999: Royal Honorary Colonel of the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry)
• 1949 – 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Air Force
• 1960 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School
• 1994 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief, Women, Royal Air Force
• unk. – 30 March 2002: Air Chief Commandant of the Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force
• 1949 – 1957 and 1999 – 30 March 2002: Honorary Air Commodore of No. 600 Squadron RAF
• unk. – 11 January 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Naval Service
• 11 January 1994 – 30 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief for Women in the Royal Navy

Non-national titles and honours

Freedom of the City

Commonwealth realms

• 1927: Glasgow
• 29 August 1928: Stirling
• 1928: Dunfermline
• 1935: Perth
• 1936: Edinburgh
• 1953: Inverness - Joint Freedom with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
• 1953: London
• 26 July 1954: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• 1954: Dundee - Also on Behalf of the Black Watch
• 1954: Ottawa
• 1956: Forfar - Also on Behalf of the Black Watch
• 1956: Musselburgh
• 1956: Wick
• 25 May 1959: Aberdeen
• 13 April 1961: St Albans
• 1980: Windsor and Maidenhead
• 1981: Windsor
• 1981: Maidenhead
• 1990: Caithness

Foreign

• 2000: Volgograd (Honorary Citizen)

Member and fellowships

Scholastic

Honorific eponyms

Structures

Buildings

• England: Bowes-Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage
• England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
• England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn
• England: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
• England: Lyon Court, part of Queens' College, Cambridge.
• Scotland: Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee, Dundee
• Scotland: Queen Mother Library, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
• Scotland: Queen Elizabeth Wing, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling

Schools

• Canada: Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax
• Wales: Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen
• England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxford
• Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth School, Harare

Ships

• United Kingdom: RMS Queen Elizabeth

See also

• List of titles and honours of George VI
• List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
• List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• List of titles and honours of Charles III
• List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla
• List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales
• List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales
• List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal
• List of titles and honours of George V
• List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
• List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
• List of honours of the British royal family by country

References

1. List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla
2. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
3. List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
4. Death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
5. List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales
6. List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales
7. List of titles and honours of Charles III
8. List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
9. List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal
10. List of titles and honours of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
11. List of titles and honours of George V
12. List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
13. Queen Camilla
14. Elizabeth II
15. Queen of Ghana
16. Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II
17. List of titles and honours of George VI
18. Descendants of Queen Victoria
19. List of honours of the British royal family by country
20. Beatrix of the Netherlands