Below is a list of recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain :
Image | Name | Date conferred | Notes | |
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Edward VIII conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign |
Image | Name | Date conferred | Notes |
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Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu | 1937 | ||
Queen Elizabeth LG CI GCVO GBE | 11 May 1937 [25] | Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | |
Queen Mary LG VA CI GCSI GCVO GBE RRC | 11 May 1937 [25] | ||
Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram GCB GCVO CSI PC | 11 May 1937 [26] | Former Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
Leopold III, King of the Belgians KG GCVO | 1937 [17] | ||
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG KP | 10 August 1945 [27] | Governor of Northern Ireland | |
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII GCSI GBE | 1 January 1946 [28] | Nizam of Hyderabad | |
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran | 1948 [17] | ||
Geoffrey Fisher | 1 January 1949 [29] | Archbishop of Canterbury Later Baron Fisher of Lambeth | |
Sir John Weir GCVO | 9 June 1949 [30] | ||
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands | 1950 [17] |
Image | Name | Date conferred | Notes | |
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Charles III has thus far conferred the Chain on no-one during his reign |
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