List of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire

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Below is a list of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 until the present day:

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DateNameBornDiedNotesRef
4 June 1917 Queen Mary 26 May 186724 March 1953 [1]
Annie Allen, Lady Lawley
(Baroness Wenlock from 1931)		186329 April 1944Honorary Secretary, Queen Mary's Needlework Guild [2]
Louise Margaret Leila Wemyss, Lady Paget 9 October 188124 September 1958Serbian Relief Fund
Flora, Lady Reid 10 November 18671 September 1950
Katharine Furse 23 November 187525 November 1952Commandant-in-Chief, Women's Voluntary Aid Detachment
4 December 1917 Frances Charlotte, Baroness Chelmsford
(Viscountess Chelmsford from 1921)		22 March 186924 September 1957For services in connection with the War [3]
1 January 1918 Queen Alexandra 1 December 184420 November 1925 [4]
Margaret, Baroness Ampthill 8 October 187412 December 1957President, Bedfordshire Branch and Member of Council, British Red Cross Society; Head of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Department, Devonshire House
Edith Isabel Benyon 30 April 185728 March 1919President, Berkshire Branch, British Red Cross Society; Commandant, Englefield House Hospital
Aimée Evelyn, Lady Dawson 186424 December 1946Joint Honorary Secretary, Queen Mary's Needlework Guild
Violet Hermione, Duchess of Montrose 10 September 185421 November 1940President, Scottish Branch, British Red Cross Society
Mary Elizabeth, Viscountess Northcliffe
(Lady Hudson from 1923)		22 December 186729 July 1963Member, Joint Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem; Donor and Administrator, Lady Northcliffe's Hospital for Officers
Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal 9 July 185812 May 1930For services rendered by the Native States of India during the War [5]
Annette Louise, Countess of Liverpool 23 May 187525 May 1948For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War [6]
3 June 1918 Princess Christian 25 May 18469 June 1923Member of Council, British Red Cross Society; Member, Joint War Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [7]
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 18 March 18483 December 1939President, Kensington Branch and Member of Council, British Red Cross Society
Princess Helena Victoria 3 May 187013 March 1948Lady President, Young Men's Christian Association; President, Women's Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association for France
Ethel Hope Becher 186710 May 1948Matron-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Mary Ethel, Viscountess Harcourt 26 August 18747 January 1961Honorary Secretary, American Women's War Relief Fund
Agnes Weston 26 March 184023 October 1918Founder, Royal Sailors' Rests
Charlotte Josephine, Marchioness of Winchester 28 December 1924President, Hampshire Branch, British Red Cross Society; Member, VAD Advisory Committee and VAD Selection Board
Emma Maud McCarthy 22 September 18591 April 1949Matron-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [8]
Lady Helen Munro Ferguson
(Viscountess Novar from 1920)		18639 April 1941For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War [9]
1 January 1919 Sidney Jane Browne 5 January 185013 August 1941Matron-in-Chief, Territorial Nursing Service [10]
Princess Beatrice 14 April 185726 October 1944President, Isle of Wight Branch, British Red Cross Society [11]
Princess Marie Louise 12 August 18728 December 1956Head of Bermondsey Voluntary Hospital
Adeline Marie, Duchess of Bedford 24 September 185212 April 1920Member, Joint War Committee of British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem; President, Ladies' Committee of Order of St John
Mildred, Viscountess Buxton
(Countess Buxton from 1920)		29 June 18667 December 1955
Sarah Ann Swift 22 November 185427 June 1937Matron-in-Chief, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem
Beatrix Frances, Marchioness of Waterford
(Duchess of St Albans from 1934)		25 March 18775 August 1953Head of Irish War Hospitals Supply Depots; Member, Joint War Committee for Leinster, Munster and Connaught, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem
1 January 1920 Mabell Frances Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Airlie 10 March 18667 April 1956President, Queen Alexandra's Army Nursing Board [12]
Maud Evelyn, Marchioness of Lansdowne 17 December 185021 October 1932For service in connection with the War
Alice Edith, Countess of Reading
(Marchioness of Reading from 1926)		30 January 1930
Annie, Lady de Sausmarez 185615 March 1947President, British Women's Work Association in China [13]
16 August 1920 Margaret Lloyd George 4 November 186420 January 1941 [14]
1 January 1922 Grace Elvina, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston 16 May 188529 June 1958For services rendered during the War to the British Red Cross Society, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association, the Belgian Soldiers' Club, and Queen Alexandra's Nursing Association [15]
Mary Ethel Hughes 6 June 18742 April 1958For services rendered in Australia during the War
3 June 1924 Marie Adelaide, Baroness Willingdon
(Marchioness of Willingdon from 1936)		24 March 187530 January 1960 [16]
1 January 1925Ellen Alice Carew (Ellen Terry)27 February 184721 July 1928 [17]
Millicent Garrett Fawcett 11 June 18475 August 1929
1 December 1925 Ivy Muriel Chamberlain 10 October 187813 February 1941 [18]
1 January 1926 Rachel Cecily, Baroness Forster 186812 April 1962For services in Australia during the period of her husband's Governor Generalship [19]
5 June 1926 Christina Allen Massey 11 January 186319 April 1932For services to the Dominion of New Zealand [20]
3 June 1927 Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, Viscountess Lascelles
(Princess Royal from 1932)		25 April 189728 March 1965 [21]
Dame Nellie Melba 19 May 186123 February 1931In recognition of services to the Commonwealth of Australia [22]
27 June 1927 Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, Duchess of York
(Queen Elizabeth from 1936)		4 August 190030 March 2002On the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia to inaugurate the new capital of the Commonwealth of Australia at Canberra [23]
1 March 1929 Edith Sophy Lyttelton 4 April 18652 September 1948For public services [24]
3 June 1929Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan 21 January 187926 August 1967For public and scientific services [25]

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