The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III of England in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system.
Before 1904 - Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). After 1904 - date of appointment
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1900)
Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, 1st woman appointed to the order since the end of the creation of "Ladies of the Garter" in 1488, although obviously Queens Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, and Victoria had been ex officio members (1901)
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Field Marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1901)
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, great grandson of Queen Victoria (1901)
King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1902)
Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (1902)
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1902)
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, brother of Emperor Nicholas II (1902)
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, presumptive heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne (1902)
Prince Emanuel Philibert of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1902)
Crown Prince Luis Filipe of Portugal (1902)
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, grandson of Queen Victoria (1902)
Prince Arthur of Connaught, grandson of Queen Victoria (1902)
Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington (1902)
Cromartie Sutherland Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland (1902)
Shah Muzaffer ed-Din of Persia (1903)
King Wilhelm II of Württemberg (1904)
Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden, later King Gustav V of Sweden (1905)
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox and 2nd Duke of Gordon (1905)
Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan (1905)
Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden (1906)
Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Earl Carrington, later Marquess of Lincolnshire, Lord Privy Seal (1906)
King Haakon VII of Norway, son-in-law of King Edward VII (1906)
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe (1908)
William George Spencer Scott Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton (1908)
John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (1909)
William Waldegrave, 2nd Earl of Selborne, 1st Lord of the Admiralty, High Commissioner of South Africa (1909)
King Manuel II of Portugal (1909)
Queen Mary, Consort of King George V (1910)
Gilbert John Elliot, 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India, Governor-General of Canada (1910)
Prince Luitpold, Regent of Bavaria (1911)
Edward, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King George V (1911)
Grand Duke Adolf Frederick V of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1911)
John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, Governor-General of Canada (1911)
Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, brother-in-law of King George V (1911)
Emperor Yoshihito of Japan (1912)
Sir Edward Grey, later Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Foreign Secretary (1912)
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1913)
King Christian X of Denmark (1914)
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, Lord President (1914)
King Albert I of the Belgians (1914)
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, Secretary for War (1915)
Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield (1914)
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Field Marshal, Secretary for War (1915)
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Foreign Secretary, Lord President (1916)
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Governor General of Canada
Charles Hardinge, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India, Permanent Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs (1916)
Prince Albert, later Duke of York, and eventually King George VI, second son of King George V (1916)
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, Lord Privy Seal (1917)
Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (1917)
Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (1918)
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1919)
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, Secretary of State for War, Colonial Secretary (1921)
Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester, 3rd son of King George V (1921)
Henry George Charles Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood, son-in-law of King George V (1922)
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister (1922)
Prince George, later Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V (1923)
King Ferdinand of Romania (1924)
Edmund Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent (1925)
Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (1925)
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister (1925)
Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, etc. (1925)
Alexander Cambridge (formerly Prince Alexander of Teck), Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary and husband of Princess Alice, daughter of Prince Leopold, Governor-General of South Africa (1928)
James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1928)
William Henry Grenfell, 1st Lord Desborough (1928)
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1928)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan (1929)
Alfred Frederick George Beresford Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarborough (1929)
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Lord Irwin, later 3rd Viscount Halifax and 1st Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1931)
Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytotn, 2nd Earl of Lytton (1933)
James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope (1934)
Charles Alfred Worlsey Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough (1935)
King Leopold III of the Belgians (1935)
Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI (1936)
George Herbert Hyde, 6th Earl of Clarendon (1937)
Bernard Marmaduke Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1937)
William Thomas Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter (1937)
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, father-in-law of King George VI (1937)
Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1937)
Stanley Baldwin, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Prime Minister, Chancellor of Cambridge University (1937)
King George II of Greece (1938)
King Carol II of Romania (1938)
Prince Paul, Regent of Yugoslavia (1939)
Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1941)
Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland (1942)
Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1943)
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1944)
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison (1946)
Robert Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury (1946)
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, commander of the Burma Theater in World War II, Viceroy of India, great grandson of Queen Victoria and uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh (1946)
Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, World War II CIGS (1946)
Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1946)
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, World War II general (1946)
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, World War II general (1946)
Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, later Queen Elizabeth II, elder daughter of King George VI (1947)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Princess Elizabeth (1947)
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1948)
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech (1948)
Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarborough (1948)
Bertram Francis Gurdon, 2nd Baron Cranworth (1948)
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington (1951)
Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue (1951)
Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale (1951)
King Frederik IX of Denmark (1951)
William Spencer Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville (1952)
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister (1953)
King Gustav VI Adolf of Swden (1954)
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1954)
Anthony Eden, later 1st Earl of Avon, Prime Minister (1954)
Rupert Edward Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1955)
Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, Prime Minister (1955)
Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1957)
Michael Guy Percival Willoughby, 11th Baron Middleton (1957)
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1958)
Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II (1958)
William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla, World War II General (1959)
Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1959)
King Olav V of Norway (1959)
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor (1960)
Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby (1960)
John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (1962)
King Baudouin of Belgium (1963)
King Paul of Greece (1963)
Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer (1963)
Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, First Lord of the Admiralty (1964)
Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1964)
