This is a list of awards, decorations, honours, orders and titles belonging to Mary of Teck, queen consort of the United Kingdom. Where two dates are listed, then the first indicates the date of the attaining of the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss.
Styles of Queen Mary | |
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Reference style | Her Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Majesty |
Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters | |
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British India | 25 May 1889 –24 March 1953 | Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India | CI [2] | ||
United Kingdom | 6 July 1893 –24 March 1953 | Member First Class of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert | VA | ||
United Kingdom | May 1902 –24 March 1953 | Member of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII | |||
United Kingdom | 9 August 1902 [3] | Recipient of the King Edward VII Coronation Medal | |||
United Kingdom | 6 May 1910 –24 March 1953 | Member of the Royal Red Cross | RRC | ||
England | 3 June 1910 –24 March 1953 | Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter | LG | ||
United Kingdom | 3 June 1911 –24 March 1953 | Member of the Royal Family Order of King George V | |||
British India | 14 December 1911 –24 March 1953 | Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India | GCSI | ||
United Kingdom | 24 August 1917 –1936 | Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | GBE | ||
27 March 1936 –24 March 1953 | Grand Master and First and Principal Dame Grand Cross | ||||
United Kingdom | 10 June 1927 –24 March 1953 | Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem | GCStJ [4] | ||
United Kingdom | 23 June 1936 –24 March 1953 | Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order | GCVO | ||
United Kingdom | 9 May 1937 –24 March 1953 | Member of the Royal Family Order of King George VI | |||
United Kingdom | 11 May 1937 –24 March 1953 | Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain | |||
United Kingdom | 25 December 1952 –24 March 1953 | Member of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II | |||
Canada | 22 March 1951 | Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration | CD |
Country | Award or order | Class or position | Ribbon | Year |
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Grand Duchy of Hesse | Grand Ducal Hessian Order of the Golden Lion | Dame | 6 July 1893 [5] | |
Portugal | Order of Queen Saint Isabel | August 1893 [6] | ||
Ethiopia | Order of the Star of Ethiopia | Grand Cross | 8 August 1902 | |
Austrian Empire | Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth | 1904 [7] | ||
Persia | Imperial Order of the Sun for Ladies | 2nd Class | 1904 [8] | |
Japan | Order of the Precious Crown | Grand Cordon | 28 March 1905 [9] | |
Denmark | Golden Wedding Badge | 1906 | ||
Kingdom of Prussia | Order of Louise | 1st Division | 12 November 1907 | |
Russian Empire | Imperial Order of Saint Catherine | Grand Cross | 5 August 1909 | |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Order of the Star of Karađorđe | 1916 | ||
Kingdom of Italy | Red Cross Medal | 1919 | ||
Kingdom of Romania | Red Cross Medal | |||
France | National Order of the Legion of Honour | Grand Cross | 16 May 1927 [10] | |
Egypt | Decoration of al-Kamal | In Brilliants | 4 July 1927 | |
Afghanistan | Order of the Supreme Sun | Collar | 13 March 1928 | |
Ethiopia | Order of the Queen of Sheba | Grand Cross | 13 January 1932 | |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Order of Saint Sava | 1935 [11] | ||
Greece | Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia | 7 November 1938 | ||
Romania | Order of the Crown of Rumania | 15 November 1938 |
Military Force | Unit | Position | Year |
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German Army | Husaren-Regiment Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt | Chief | 1913 |
British Army | 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) | Colonel-in-Chief | 1914–1922 |
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars | 1920–1922 | ||
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) [12] | 1922 | ||
100th (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA (TA) [12] | 1922–1939 | ||
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | President | 1926–1949 | |
Canadian Army | The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada | Colonel-in-Chief | 1928 |
British Army | Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [12] | 1937 | |
63rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (TA) | 1939–1942 | ||
387th Field Regiment, RA (Queen's Own Oxford Hussars) | 1942–1950 | ||
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps | 1949 | ||
299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and Queen's Own Oxford Hussars) Field Regiment, RA (TA) | 1950 |
Country | Date | School | Degree |
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Wales | 1902 [13] | University of Wales | Doctor of Music (D.Mus.) |
England | 1921 [14] | University of Oxford | Doctor of Civil Law |
Scotland | 1922 [15] | University of Aberdeen | Doctor of Laws |
Alfred was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893 until his death in 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire.
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, later known as the Duchess of Teck, was a member of the British royal family. She was one of the first royals to patronise a wide range of charities and was a first cousin of Queen Victoria.
Francis, Duke of Teck, known as Count Francis von Hohenstein until 1863, was an Austrian-born nobleman who married into the British royal family. His wife, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, was a first cousin of Queen Victoria. He was the father of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. Francis held the Austrian title of Count of Hohenstein, and the German titles of Prince (Fürst) and later Duke of Teck, and was given the style of Serene Highness in 1863. He was granted the British style of Highness in 1887.
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany. He was a British Army commander, who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and Governor General of Canada.
Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, born Lady Alexandra Duff and known as Princess Arthur of Connaught after her marriage, was the eldest surviving grandchild of Edward VII and also the first cousin of Edward VIII and George VI. Alexandra and her younger sister, Maud, had the distinction of being the only female-line descendants of a British sovereign officially granted both the title of Princess and the style of Highness.
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later the Duke of Teck, was a relative of the British royal family, a great-grandson of George III and younger brother of Queen Mary, the wife of George V. In 1900, he succeeded his father as Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He relinquished his German titles in 1917 to become Marquess of Cambridge.
Princess Victoria was the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and the younger sister of King George V.
George was king of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin.
Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach,, PC(Ire) was a British military officer of German descent. After a career in the Grenadier Guards, he became Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District in 1870, General Officer Commanding Southern District in October 1878 and Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in October 1885. He was promoted to field marshal in 1897 despite his career including no great military achievements.
Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a royal title normally granted to sons and grandsons of reigning and past British monarchs, plus consorts of female monarchs. The title is granted by the reigning monarch, who is the fount of all honours, through the issuing of letters patent as an expression of the royal will.
Ernest II was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His father became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1826 through an exchange of territories.
Margaret Evelyn Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge, also known after her marriage as Princess Adolphus of Teck and the Duchess of Teck, was the sixth child and third daughter of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and the wife of Prince Adolphus.
Bernhard III, was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Frederick William was a German sovereign who ruled over the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as grand duke from 1860 until his death.
St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal Peculiar, and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter. St George's Chapel was founded in the 14th century by King Edward III and extensively enlarged in the late 15th century. It is located in the Lower Ward of the castle.
On 6 July 1893, Prince George, Duke of York, and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck were married at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, in London, England.
May & I drove to B.P. to see Papa & Mother dear, & he was not a bit tired & was in excellent spirits, he gave us all the Coronation medal & he also gave me a new Order the Victorian chain which he has instituted