Royal Family Order of King George V
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The Royal Family Order of King George V was a high honour bestowed as a mark of personal esteem on titled female members of the British Royal Family
for personal service to King George V
.
Queen Elizabeth II
is the only surviving member of the Order.
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|HM The Queen
||1867–1953||née Princess Mary of Teck
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|HRH The Duchess of York
||1900–2002||née Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon; Later Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
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|HRH Princess Elizabeth of York
||1926–||Later Queen Elizabeth II
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|HRH Princess Margaret of York
||1930–2002||Later Countess of Snowdon
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|HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
||1901–2004||née Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott
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|HRH The Duchess of Kent||1906–1968||née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
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|HRH The Princess Mary
||1897–1965|| Later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
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|HRH The Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife
||1867–1931||
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|HRH Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife
||1891–1959||née Lady Alexandra Duff; later Princess Arthur of Connaught
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|HRH The Princess Victoria||1868–1935||
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|HRH Princess Alexander of Teck
||1883–1981||née Princess Alice of Albany; later Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
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|HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
||1846–1923||Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein until 1917
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|HRH The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
||1849–1939||Marchioness of Lorne from 1871 to 1900
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|HRH Princess Henry of Battenberg
||1857–1944||Princess Henry of Battenberg until 1917
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British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
for personal service to King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
.
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
is the only surviving member of the Order.
List of known recipients
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|HM The Queen
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
||1867–1953||née Princess Mary of Teck
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|HRH The Duchess of York
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
||1900–2002||née Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon; Later Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
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|HRH Princess Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
||1926–||Later Queen Elizabeth II
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|HRH Princess Margaret of York
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI....
||1930–2002||Later Countess of Snowdon
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|HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary.The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland’s largest landowner, her brothers Walter and...
||1901–2004||née Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott
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|HRH The Duchess of Kent||1906–1968||née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
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|HRH The Princess Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...
||1897–1965|| Later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
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|HRH The Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife
The Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife was the third child and the eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark...
||1867–1931||
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|HRH Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife
Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife
Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King Edward VII...
||1891–1959||née Lady Alexandra Duff; later Princess Arthur of Connaught
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|HRH The Princess Victoria||1868–1935||
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|HRH Princess Alexander of Teck
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone was a member of the British Royal Family. She was the longest-lived Princess of the Blood Royal of the British Royal Family and the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria...
||1883–1981||née Princess Alice of Albany; later Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
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|HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
Princess Helena was a member of the British Royal Family, the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert....
||1846–1923||Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein until 1917
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|HRH The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
The Princess Louise was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Albert, Prince Consort.Louise's early life was spent moving between the various royal residences in the...
||1849–1939||Marchioness of Lorne from 1871 to 1900
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|HRH Princess Henry of Battenberg
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
The Princess Beatrice was a member of the British Royal Family. She was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Juan Carlos, King of Spain, is her great-grandson...
||1857–1944||Princess Henry of Battenberg until 1917
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