List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother received numerous appointments, including to orders, decorations and medals, during and after her time as consort to King George VI. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation:

Titles and styles

• 4 August 1900 – 16 February 1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
• 16 February 1904 – 26 April 1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
• 26 April 1923 – 11 December 1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
• 11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952: Her Majesty The Queen
• 6 February 1952 – 30 March 2002: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Her British honours were read out at her funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows:

In the memorial service held in Canada, her Canadian honours, the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Order of Canada, were read out.

British Commonwealth and Commonwealth of Nations honours

Foreign honours

Honorary military positions

Australia

• 195330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

Canada

• 193830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
• 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
• 1953–1974: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
• 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service

New Zealand

• 193930 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment
• 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps

South Africa

• 1947–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Witwatersrand Rifles
• 1947–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cape Town Highlanders
• 1956–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Transvaal Scottish

Southern Rhodesia

• 1955–1965: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police

Rhodesia

: 1965–1970: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police

United Kingdom

• 1927–1968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
• 1930–1961: Honorary Colonel the Hertfordshire Regiment
• 193530 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish
• 1937–1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
• 193730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
• 194230 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps
• 1947–1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
• 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
• 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment
• 194930 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Army Corps
• 1952–1961: Royal Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
• 1953September 1960: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
• 1957–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Inns of Court Regiment
• 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
• 1958–1989: Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC
• 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Regiment
• 195830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Hussars
• 195930 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
• 196030 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
• 196130 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
• 196130 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
• 196430 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment
• 196730 March 2002: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry
• 1967–1968: Honorary Colonel of The London Yeomanry and Territorials
• 196830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Infantry
• 199330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
• 1996–1999: Royal Honorary Colonel of the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry)
• 1949–1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Air Force
• 196030 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the RAF Central Flying School
• 199430 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief, Women, Royal Air Force
• unk.30 March 2002: Air Chief Commandant of the Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force
• 1949–1957 and 199930 March 2002: Honorary Air Commodore of No. 600 Squadron RAF
• unk.11 January 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Naval Service
• 11 January 199430 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief for Women in the Royal Navy

Non-national titles and honours

Freedom of the City

• 1927: Glasgow
• 29 August 1928: Stirling
• 1928: Dunfermline
• 1935: Perth
• 1936: Edinburgh
• 1953: Inverness – Joint Freedom with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
• 1953: London
• 26 July 1954: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• 1954: Dundee – Also on Behalf of the Black Watch
• 1954: Ottawa
• 1956: Forfar – Also on Behalf of the Black Watch
• 1956: Musselburgh
• 1956: Wick
• 25 May 1959: Aberdeen
• 13 April 1961: St Albans
• 1981: Windsor and Maidenhead
• 1990: Caithness
• 2000: Volgograd (Honorary Citizen)

Memberships and fellowships

Scholastic

Honorific eponyms

Structures

Buildings

• United Kingdom
• England: Bowes-Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage
• England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
• England: Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin
• England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn
• England: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
• England: Lyon Court, part of Queens' College, Cambridge.
• Scotland: Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee, Dundee
• Scotland: Queen Mother Library, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
• Scotland: Queen Elizabeth Wing, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling

Schools

• Canada:
• Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax
• United Kingdom
• Wales: Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen
• England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxford
• Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth School, Harare

Ships

• United Kingdom: RMS Queen Elizabeth

See also

• List of titles and honours of George VI
• 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 Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
• List of titles and honours of George V
• List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
• List of titles and honours of Edward VIII
• List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
• List of honours of the British royal family by country

References