List of titles and honours of George V explained

George V received numerous decorations and honorary appointments, both during and before his time as monarch of the United Kingdom and the dominions.

Titles and styles

Royal Name:	King George V
Dipstyle:	His Majesty
Offstyle:	Your Majesty

• 3 June 1865 – 24 May 1892: His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales
• 24 May 1892 – 22 January 1901: His Royal Highness The Duke of York
• 22 January – 9 November 1901: His Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York
• 9 November 1901 – 6 May 1910: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
• 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936: His Majesty The King

His full style as king was "George the Fifth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India" until the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, when it changed to "George V, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India".

British honours

• KG: Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, 4 August 1884^[1]
• ADC: Personal aide-de-camp, 21 June 1887
• KT: Extra Knight of the Thistle, 5 July 1893^[1]
• Sub-Prior of the Venerable Order of St. John, 1893
• PC: Privy Counsellor, 18 July 1894^[1]
  • Privy Counsellor (Ireland), 20 August 1897^[1]
• GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 30 June 1897^[1]
• KP: Knight of St Patrick, 20 August 1897^[1]
• GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George, 9 March 1901^[1]
• Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain, 9 August 1902^[2]
• ISO: Companion of the Imperial Service Order, 31 March 1903^[1]
• GCSI: Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, 28 September 1905^[1]
• GCIE: Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire, 28 September 1905^[1]
• Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal, with 1897 bar
• King Edward VII Coronation Medal, 9 August 1902^[3]
• Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1905–1907^[4]

On 4 June 1917, he founded the Order of the British Empire.

Military appointments

Military ranks and naval appointments

• September 1877: Cadet, HMS Britannia^[5]
• 8 January 1880: Midshipman, and the corvette HMS Canada^[1]
• 3 June 1884: Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy^[1]
• 8 October 1885: Lieutenant, ; ; ; ^[1]
• July 1889 I/C HMS Torpedo Boat 79^[6]
• By May 1890 I/C the gunboat ^[7]
• 24 August 1891: Commander, I/C HMS Melampus^[1]
• 2 January 1893: Captain, Royal Navy^[1]
• 1 January 1901: Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy^[1]
• 26 June 1903: Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy^[1]
• 1 March 1907: Admiral, Royal Navy^[1]
• 1910: Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy^[1]
• 1910: Field Marshal, British Army
• 1919: Chief of the Royal Air Force (title not rank)

Honorary military appointments

• 18 July 1900: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)^[8]
• 1 January 1901: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Marine Forces
• 25 February 1901: Personal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King
• 29 November 1901: Honorary Colonel of the 4th County of London Yeomanry Regiment (King's Colonials)
• 21 December 1901: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
• 12 November 1902: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
• 8 March 1912: Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles^[9]
• 8 March 1912: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment^[9]
• April 1917: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Flying Corps (Naval and Military Wings)

Foreign honours

Honorary foreign military appointments

• 1 February 1901: À la suite of the Imperial German Navy^[10]
• 26 January 1902: Colonel-in-Chief of the Rhenish Cuirassier Regiment "Count Geßler" No. 8 (Prussia)^[11]
• 24 May 1910: Admiral of the Royal Danish Navy
• Honorary Colonel of the Infantry Regiment "Zamora" No. 8 (Spain)^{[12] [13]}
• 29 October 1918: Gensui of the Imperial Japanese Army^[14]
• 1923: Honorary Admiral of the Swedish Navy

Honorary degrees and offices

• 8 June 1893: Royal Fellow of the Royal Society,^[1] installed 6 February 1902^[15]
• 1899: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of the Cape of Good Hope^[16]
• 1901: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of Sydney^[17]
• 1901: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of Toronto^[18]
• 1901: Doctor of Civil Law (DCL), Queen's University, Ontario^[19]
• 1902: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of Wales^[20]
• 1901: Chancellor of the University of Cape Town^[21]
• 1901–1912: Chancellor of the University of the Cape of Good Hope^[16]
• 1902–1910: Chancellor of the University of Wales

See also

• Style of the British Sovereign
• Title and style of the Canadian monarch
• List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
• List of titles and honours of George VI
• List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
• List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
• List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• List of titles and honours of Charles III
• List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla
• List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales
• List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales
• List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal
• List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
• List of honours of the British royal family by country

Notes and References

1. White, Geoffrey H.; Lea, R. S. (eds.) (1959) Complete Peerage, London: St Catherine's Press, vol. XII, pp. 924–925
2. Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, p. 416
3. Web site: Coronations and the Royal Archives. www.royal.uk. The Royal Family. 5 April 2023. 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..
4. Web site: List of Lord Wardens. The Confederation of Cinque Ports. 31 March 2024.
5. Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (eds; 1999) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, London: Debrett's Peerage, vol. 1, p. cv
6. Rose, p. 18
7. Clay, p. 139
8. Hart′s Army list, 1903
9. Web site: Despatches from the secretary of state for the colonies to the governor of New Zealand. Appendix to the Journal of the House of Representatives. 1913. 7.
10. The Times (London), Saturday, 2 February 1901, p. 5
11. The Times (London), Monday, 27 January 1902, p. 5
12. "Un jefe y un oficial del Ejército, a las exequias por el Rey Jorge ", ABC, 25 January 1936 (Andalusia ed.), p. 34, retrieved 28 April 2016
13. Official Gazette of the Army , 8 January 1936, vol. I, p. 287, Virtual Library of the Defence (Spain), retrieved 28 April 2016
14. Jenzen-Jones . N.R. . The King George V Gensuitō: An Imperial Japanese rarity in the Royal Collection . Arms & Armour . 20 October 2022 . 19 . 2 . 185–197 . 10.1080/17416124.2022.2126100 . 253055340 . 21 October 2022.
15. The Times (London), Friday, 7 February 1902, p. 12
16. Boucher, Maurice (1973) Spes in Arduis: a history of the University of South Africa, Pretoria: UNISA, pp. 74 and 114
17. The Times (London), 1 June 1901, p. 3
18. The Times (London), Saturday, 12 October 1901, p. 5
19. The Times (London), Wednesday, 16 October 1901, p. 3
20. The Times (London), Monday, 5 May 1902, p. 10
21. The Times (London), 22 August 1901, p. 3