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Knights of the Garter created during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)

The references in red give the location of the stall plates in the Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor (e.g. South 5 is the fifth stall on the south side as viewed from the entrance to the chapel).

The current Knights or Ladies Companion of the Garter are numbered in bold blue.

911. William Spencer [Leveson-Gower], 4th Earl Granville

North 20; nom. 5 Dec 1952; not. inv. or inst. d. 25 Jun 1953

912. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

North 23; nom. 24 Apr 1953; inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1954 ; d. 24 Jan 1965

913. HM Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden

North 9; nom. and dec. Knight 28 Jun 1954 ; d. 15 Sep 1973

914. HIH Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia

South 9; nom. and dec. Knight 14 Oct 1954; d. 27 Aug 1975

915. Robert Anthony Eden later 1st Earl of Avon

South 24; nom. 20 Oct 1954, inv. and inst. 18 Jun 1956; d. 14 Jan 1977

916. Rupert Edward C L [Guinness], 1st Earl of Iveagh

North 22; nom. 23 Apr 1955; inv. and inst. 18 Jun 1956 ; d. 14 Sep 1967

917. Clement Richard [Attlee], 1st Earl Attlee

North 18; nom. 7 Apr, inv .and inst. 18 Jun 1956; d. 8 Oct 1967

918. Hastings Lionel [Ismay], 1st Baron Ismay

South 22; nom. 23 Apr, inv. 15 May, inst. 17 Jun 1957 ; d. 12 Dec 1965

919. Michael Guy P [Willoughby], 11th Baron Middleton

North 27; nom., inv. and inst. by disp. 25 Apr 1957; d. 16 Nov 1970

920. HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales now HM King Charles III

North 1; cr. Prince of Wales 26 Jul 1958, and by the Statutes of 10 Jan 1805 became at the same time a Knight of the Order; inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1968

921. William Joseph Slim, later 1st Viscount Slim

North 25; nom. 23 Apr 1959, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1960 ; d. 14 Dec 1970

922. Hugh Algernon [Percy], 10th Duke of Northumberland

North 24; nom. 23 Apr 1959, nom. and inst. 13 Jun 1960; d. 11 Oct 1988

923. HM Olav V, King of Norway

North 13; nom. 29 May 1959; d. 17 Jan 1991

924. William [Pleydell-Bouverie], 7th Earl of Radnor

North 18; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1960 ; d. 23 Nov 1968

925. Edward Kenelm [Digby], 11th Baron Digby

North 16 ; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1960; d. 29 Jan 1964

926. John de Vere [Loder], 2nd Baron Wakehurst

North 14; nom. and inv. 2 May 1962 ; d. 30 Oct 1970

927. HM Baudouin, King of the Belgians

North 11; nom. 14 May 1963; d. 31 Jul 1993

928. HM Paul, King of the Hellenes

North 6; nom. 9 Jul 1963; d. 6 Mar 1964

929. Sir Gerald Walter Templer

South 23; nom. 16 Sep 1963, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1964; d. 25 Oct 1979

930. Albert Victor [Alexander], 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough

South 21; nom. 12 Apr., inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1964; d. 11 Jan 1965

931. Charles John [Lyttelton], 10th Viscount Cobham

South 20; nom. 10 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1964 ; d. 20 Mar 1977

932. Basil Stanlake [Brooke], 1st Viscount Brookeborough

South 21; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1965; d. 18 Aug 1973

933. Edward Ettingdene [Bridges], 1st Baron Bridges

North 23; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1965 ; d. 27 Aug 1969

934. Derick [Heathcoat-Amory], 1st Viscount Amory

South 22; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1968; d. 20 Jan 1981

935. William Philip [Sidney], 1st Viscount De L'Isle and Dudley

North 26; bon. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1968; d. 5 Apr 1991

936. Richard Gardiner [Casey], Baron Casey (Life Peer)

North 23; nom. 10 Feb, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 1969 ; d. 17 Jun 1976

937. Alexander Francis St Vincent [Baring], 6th Baron Ashburton

North 22; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 1969; d. 12 Jun 1991

938. Oliver [Lyttelton], 1st Viscount Chandos

North 21; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1970; d. 21 Jan 1972

939. Cameron Fromenteel [Cobbold], 1st Baron Cobbold

North 18; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1970; d. 1 Nov 1987

940. Sir Edmund Castell Bacon, 13th Bt.

North 17; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1970 ; d. 30 Sep 1982

941. Sir Cennydd George Traherne

South 16; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1970; d. 16 Jan 1995

942. Geoffrey Noel [Waldegrave], 12th Earl Waldegrave

North 27; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1971; d. 23 May 1995

943. Francis Aungier [Pakenham], 7th Earl of Longford

South 24; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1971; d. 3 Aug 2001

944. Richard Austen [Butler], Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (Life Peer)

North 25; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1971; d. 9 Mar 1982

945. Hervey [Rhodes], Baron Rhodes (Life Peer)

North 19; nom. 23 Apr, inv and inst. 14 Jun 1972; d. 11 Sep 1987

946. Evelyn [Baring], 1st Baron Howick of Glendale

South 27; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1972; d. 10 Mar 1973

947. Charles Garrett P [Moore], 11th Earl of Drogheda

North 21; Nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1972; d. 24 Dec 1989

948. HRH Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

South 7; nom. and decl. Knight 13 Jun 1972; d. 23 Apr 2019

949. Edward Arthur A [Shackleton], Baron Shackleton (Life Peer)

South 27; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1974; d. 22 Feb 1994

950. Humphrey [Trevelyan], Baron Trevelyan (Life Peer)

South 21; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1974; d. 9 Feb 1985

951. John Henry G [Nevill], 5th Marquess of Abergavenny

South 14; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1974; d. 23 Feb 2000

952. James Harold Wilson, later Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (Life Peer)

South 26; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1976; d. 24 May 1995

953. Hugh Denis C [Fitzroy], 11th Duke of Grafton

South 19; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1976; d. 7 Apr 2011

954. George Rowland Stanley [Baring], 3rd Earl of Cromer

South 24; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1977; d. Mar 1991

955. Samuel Charles [Elworthy], Baron Elworthy (Life Peer)

North 23; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1977; d. 4 Apr 1993

956. Henry Cecil John [Hunt], Baron Hunt (Life Peer)

South 20; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 18 Jun 1979 ; d. 8 Nov 1998

957. Sir Paul Meernaa C Hasluck

North 20; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 18 Jun 1979; d. 9 Jan 1993

958. Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake

South 18; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 1980; d. 8 Dec 1983

959. Sir Richard Amyatt Hull

South 23; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 1980; d. Sep 1989

960. Miles Francis [Fitzalan-Howard], 17th Duke of Norfolk

North 18; nom. 23 Apr, inv. 12 May, inst. 13 Jun 1983; d. 24 Jun 2002

961. Terence Thornton [Lewin], Baron Lewin (Life Peer)

South 22; nom. 23 Apr, inv. 17 May, inst. 13 Jun 1983; d. 23 Jan 1999

962. Gordon William H [Richardson], Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne (Life Peer)

North 25; nom. 22 Apr, inv. 18 May, inst. 13 Jun 1983; d. 22 Jan 2010

963. HM Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden

South 10; nom. and inv. 25 May 1983

964. Oswald Constantine John [Phipps], 4th Marquess of Normanby

South 17; nom. 23 Apr, inst. 17 Jun 1985; d. 30 Jan 1994

965. Peter Alexander Rupert [Carrington], 6th Baron Carrington

South 18; nom. 23 Apr, inst. 17 Jun 1985; d. 9 Jul 2018

966. HRH Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, 2nd Duke of Kent

North 4; nom. 9 Oct 1985; inv. and inst. 16 Jun 1986

967. Leonard James [Callaghan], Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (Life Peer)

South 21; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 1987; d. 26 Mar 2005

968. Philip William Bryce [Lever], 3rd Viscount Leverhulme

North 18; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1988; d. 4 Jul 2000

969. Quentin McGarel [Hogg], Baron Hailsham of Marylebone (Life Peer)

North 20; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1988; d. 12 Oct 2001

970. HM Juan Carlos, King Emeritus of Spain

North 8; nom. 1988; inv. and inst. 19 Jun 1989

971. Lavinia Mary [Fitzalan-Howard], Duchess of Norfolk

North 21; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 1990; d. 10 Dec 1995

972. Arthur Valerian [Wellesley], 8th Duke of Wellington

North 24; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 18 Jun 1990; d. 31 Dec 2014

973. Edwin Noel Westby [Bramall], Baron Bramall (Life Peer)

South 23; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 18 Jun 1990; d. 12 Nov 2019

974. Sir Edward Richard George Heath

South 25; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1992; d. 17 Jul 2005

975. Matthew White [Ridley], 4th Viscount Ridley

North 26; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1992; d. 22 Mar 2012

976. Alan John [Sainsbury], Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover (Life Peer)

North 22; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 15 Jun 1992; d. 14 Jan 2022

977. Sir Ninian Martin Stephen

North 20; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1994; d. 29 Oct 2017

978. Robert [Leigh-Pemberton], Baron Kingsdown (Life Peer)

North 23; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1994; d. 24 Nov 2013

979. John Francis Harcourt [Baring], 7th Baron Ashburton

South 17; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 13 Jun 1994; d. 6 Oct 2020

980. Margaret Hilda [Thatcher], Baroness Thatcher (Life Peeress)

South 27; nom. 22 Apr, inv. and inst. 19 Jun 1995; d. 8 Apr 2013

981. Sir Edmund Percival Hilary

South 16; nom. 22 Apr, inv. and inst. 19 Jun 1995; d. 11 Jan 2008

982. Andrew Robert [Cavendish], 11th Duke of Devonshire

North 27; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1996; d. 3 May 2004

983. Sir Timothy James Alan Colman

South 26; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 17 Jun 1996; d. 9 Sep 2021

984. HRH Prince Richard Alexander Walter George, 2nd Duke of Gloucester

South 4; nom. 23 Apr, inv and inst. 16 Jun 1997

985. HIM Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan

North 14; nom. 23 Apr, inv. May 1998 during State Visit to United Kingdom

986. James [Hamilton], 5th Duke of Abercorn

North 21; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1999

987. Sir Erskine William Gladstone, 7th Bt.

South 20; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 14 Jun 1999; d. 29 Mar 2018

988. Sir Antony Arthur Acland

South 14; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 18 Jun 2001; d. 8 Sep 2021

989. Peter Anthony [Inge], Baron Inge (Life Peer)

South 22; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst 18 Jun 2001; d. 20 Jul 2022

990. HM Harald V, King of Norway

North 11; nom. and inv. 30 May 2001, inst. 17 Jun 2002

991. Gerald Cavendish [Grosvenor], 6th Duke of Westminster

North 19; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2003; d. 9 Aug 2016

992. Frederick Edward Robin [Butler], Baron Butler of Brockwell (Life Peer)

South 24; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2003

993. John [Morris], Baron Morris of Aberavon (Life Peer)

North 18; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2003; d. 5 Jun 2023

994. Mary [Soames], Lady Soames

North 17; nom. 23 Apr, inv. 9 Jun, inst. 13 Jun 2005; D. 31 May 2014

995. Thomas Henry [Bingham], Baron Bingham of Cornhill (Life Peer)

North 27; nom. 23 Apr, inv. 2 Jun, inst. 13 Jun 2005; d. 11 Sep 2010

996. Sir John Roy Major

South 21; nom. 23 Apr, inv. 3 Jun, inst. 13 Jun 2005

997. HRH Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, 1st Duke of York

North 2; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 19 Jun 2006

998. HRH Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, 1st Duke of Edinburgh

South 6; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 19 Jun 2006

999. Richard Napier [Luce], Baron Luce (Life Peer)

South 24 (banner and crest over South 25); nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2008

1000. HRH Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, later Prince of Wales

North 6; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2008

1001. Sir Thomas Dunne

South 16; nom. 23 Apr, inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2008

1002. Nicholas Addison [Phillips], Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers (Life Peer)

North 25; nom. 23 Apr 2011; inv. and inst. 13 Jun 2011

1003. Michael Cecil [Boyce], Baron Boyce (Life Peer)

North 27; nom. 23 Apr 2011; inv. and inst. 13 Jun 2011; d. 8 Nov 2022

1004. Graham Eric [Stirrup], Baron Stirrup (Life Peer)

nom. 23 Apr 2013; inv. and inst. 17 Jun 2013

1005. Eliza [Manningham-Buller], Baroness Manningham-Buller (Life Peeress)

nom. 23 Apr 2014; inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2014

1006. Mervyn [King], Baron King of Lothbury (Life Peer)

nom. 23 Apr 2014; inv. and inst. 16 Jun 2014

1007. Charles Geoffrey Nicholas [Kay-Shuttleworth], 5th Baron Shuttleworth

nom. 23 Apr 2016; inv. and inst. 13 Jun 2016

1008. Sir David Brewer

nom. 23 Apr 2016; inv. and inst. 13 Jun 2016; d. 28 May 2023

1009. HM Felipe VI, King of Spain

nom. 23 Apr 2017

1010. Lady Mary Fagan DCVO

nom. 23 Apr 2018; inv. and inst. 18 Jun 2018

1011. Alan Hey [Brooke], 3rd Viscount Brookeborough

nom. 23 Apr 2018; inv. and inst. 18 Jun 2018

1012. HM Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands

nom. 23 Apr 2018

1013. Lady Mary Peters CG DBE

nom. 23 Apr 2019; inv. and inst. 15 Jun 2019

1014. Robert Michael James [Gascoyne-Cecil], 7th Marquess of Salisbury KCVO

nom. 23 Apr 2019; inv. and inst. 15 Jun 2019

1015. Valerie Ann [Amos], Baroness Amos CH (Life Peeress)

nom. 23 Apr 2022; inv. and inst. 13 Jun 2022

1016. Sir Tony Blair

nom. 23 Apr 2022; inv. and inst. 13 Jun 2022

Last updated 20 Jul 2023

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