List of bailiffs and dames grand cross of the Order of St John explained

This is a list of bailiffs and dames grand cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

AppointmentGradeNameBirthDeathclass=unsortableNotes
Bailiff Grand CrossThe KingSovereign Head of the Order 1910–1936
Colonel The Prince of Wales KG KT PC GCSI GCMG &cSovereign Head of the Order January–December 1936
Colonel The Duke of York KG KT GCVO &cSovereign Head of the Order 1936–1952
Field Marshal The Duke of Connaught KG KT KP PC GCB &cGrand Prior of the Order 1910–1939
Major-General Prince Arthur of Connaught KG KT PC GCMG GCVO &c
Associate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of Norway KG GCB GCVO &c
The King of the Belgians
Bailiff Grand CrossMajor-General The Earl of Scarbrough GBE KCB TDSub-Prior of the Order 1923–1943
The Archbishop of YorkPrelate of the Order
Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston KCB DSO RE MPChancellor of the Order 1924–1938
Sir John Prescott Hewett GCSI KBE CIEBailiff of Egle 1925–
Major-General James Cecil Dalton RA
Colonel The Lord William Cecil CVO
Colonel Sir Charles Wyndham Murray KCB
The Earl of Ranfurly PC(I) GCMG
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Campbell Yate
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Carnac Temple Bt CB CIE
Colonel Sir Herbert Jekyll KCMG
Dame Grand CrossThe QUEEN
The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles
The Duchess of York
The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll GBE VA CI RRC
The Princess Beatrice GBE VA CI RRC
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone VA
Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife RRC
Lady Furley RRC
The Marchioness of Lansdowne GBE CH VA CI
Dame Grand CrossThe Princess Royal VA CI
The Princess Victoria VA CI
The Queen of Norway VA CI
Princess Helena Victoria GBE VA CI RRC
Princess Marie Louise GBE VA CI RRC
Lady Perrott RRC
Lady Cecil CBE
Susan, Duchess of Somerset
Bailiff Grand CrossColonel Sir James Richardson Andrew Clark Bt CB CMG FRCSEd
Bailiff Grand CrossMajor-General The Earl of Athlone KG GCB GCVO DSO ADC
Bailiff Grand CrossThe Duke of Gloucester KG PC GCVOGrand Prior of the Order 1939–1974
The Prince George KG GCVO
Associate Bailiff Grand CrossEx-King George II of Greece
Bailiff Grand CrossColonel The Earl of Onslow OBE PC
Brigader-General The Earl of Shaftesbury KP GCVO CBE PC
Dame Grand CrossLady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay CI
Robinia Marion, Viscountess Mountgarret OBE
Associate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of Sweden
Dame Grand CrossThe Duchess of Kent
Associate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of Denmark
Dame Grand CrossThe Duchess of Gloucester
Bailiff Grand CrossThe Earl of Plymouth PCPrior of the Order 1943
Dame Grand CrossThe Countess of Onslow CBE ARRC
Bailiff Grand CrossThe Earl of Clarendon KG GCVO GCMG PCPrior of the Order 1943–1946
Dame Grand CrossThe Marchioness of Bute DBE
Associate Dame Grand CrossThe Queen of the Netherlands
Bailiff Grand CrossColonel Charles Joseph Trimble CB CMG VD TD LRCPEd
Associate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of Yugoslavia
Dame Grand CrossEdith Marione, Mrs Perowne
Knight Grand CrossThe Earl of Lytton KG GCSI GCIE PC
Sir Edwin James King KCB CMG TD ADCChancellor of the Order 1945–1951
Dame Grand CrossThe Lady Louis Mountbatten CBE
Dame Grand CrossThe Princess Elizabeth CISovereign Head of the Order 1952–2022
Bailiff Grand CrossColonel Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes
Associate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of Denmark
The King of the Hellenes
Bailiff Grand CrossColonel The Earl of Powis
Bailiff Grand CrossColonel The Lord Webb-Johnson GCVO CBE DSO TD MB FRCS
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Sands Elliott VD LLD MD FRACS
Vincent Massey PC CH LLD FRSC
Group Captain Sir Hugh Raymond Guy Poate MVO
Dame Grand CrossThe Princess Margaret CI GCVO
Bailiff Grand CrossSir Alan Thomas Gandell CBE
Dame Grand CrossYvette, Mlle Loiselle
Bailiff Grand CrossSir Neville Drake Pixley MBE VRD
OBE
Associate Bailiff Grand CrossQaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman
Dame Grand CrossThe Lady Moyra Browne DBE SEN
Baliff Grand CrossColonel The Lord Mais GBE
Sir Stephen James Hamilton Miller KCVO MD FRCS
Sir Randal Forbes Elliott KBE
Dame Grand CrossThe Countess Beauchamp MBE
The Lady Serena Mary Barbara James
Bailiff Grand CrossThe Lord Westbury MC DLBailiff of Egle 1988–1993
Dame Grand CrossQueen Noor of Jordan
Bailiff Grand CrossBrigadier-General George E. Beament OBE CM CD QC
Dame Grand CrossJune, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair CBE
Bailiff Grand CrossProfessor Villis Marshall
Bailiff Grand CrossNelson Rolihlahla Mandela OM
Bailiff Grand CrossColonel James Stirling of Garden CBE TD
Dame Grand CrossAudrey Caroline, Baroness Emerton DBE DL
June Daphne, Lady Blundell
Bailiff Grand Cross
Bailiff Grand CrossFra Robert Matthew Festing OBE TD DL
Brigadier John Hemsley OBE27 January 1935
Dame Grand CrossThe Princess Royal KG KT GCVO
Bailiff Grand CrossProfessor Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith
Dame Grand CrossJudith Ann, Mrs Hoban
Bailiff Grand Cross David Patrick Henry Burgess MBE
Bailiff Grand Cross Major General (Retired) Professor John Hemsley Pearn AO RFD
Bailiff Grand Cross Alfred Marshall Acuff Jr
Bailiff Grand CrossLow Bin Tick OBE
Bailiff Grand CrossLieutenant Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross GCVO, OBE
Bailiff Grand CrossThe Right Reverend Timothy John Stevens CBE
Dame Grand CrossMary Angela Fiona, Lady Barttelot MBE DLBailiff of Egle 2017–
Bailiff Grand CrossArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
Bailiff Grand CrossHon Major (rtd) Marsden Madoka
Dame Grand Cross Dr Gillian Elisabeth Willmore
Bailiff Grand CrossProfessor Deon François Schõnland Fourie
Bailiff Grand CrossDr Steven Alan Evans
Dame Grand CrossThe Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO CD
[1] Bailiff Grand CrossRobert Hector White
Dame Grand CrossAnn Elizabeth Cable MBE DL

Notes and References

  1. Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Canada Gazette Part I. 156. 18 . Government of Canada.