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

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

AppointmentGradeNameBirthDeathNotesBailiff Grand CrossThe KingSovereign Head of the Order 1910–1936Colonel The Prince of Wales KG KT PC GCSI GCMG &cSovereign Head of the Order January–December 1936Colonel The Duke of York KG KT GCVO &cSovereign Head of the Order 1936–1952Field Marshal The Duke of Connaught KG KT KP PC GCB &cGrand Prior of the Order 1910–1939Major-General Prince Arthur of Connaught KG KT PC GCMG GCVO &cAssociate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of Norway KG GCB GCVO &cThe King of the BelgiansBailiff Grand CrossMajor-General The Earl of Scarbrough GBE KCB TDSub-Prior of the Order 1923–1943The Archbishop of YorkPrelate of the OrderLieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston KCB DSO RE MPChancellor of the Order 1924–1938Sir John Prescott Hewett GCSI KBE CIEBailiff of Egle 1925–Major-General James Cecil Dalton RAColonel The Lord William Cecil CVOColonel Sir Charles Wyndham Murray KCBThe Earl of Ranfurly PC(I) GCMG Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Campbell YateLieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Carnac Temple Bt CB CIEColonel Sir Herbert Jekyll KCMGDame Grand CrossThe QUEENThe Princess Mary, Viscountess LascellesThe Duchess of YorkThe Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll GBE VA CI RRCThe Princess Beatrice GBE VA CI RRCPrincess Alice, Countess of Athlone VAPrincess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife RRCLady Furley RRC The Marchioness of Lansdowne GBE CH VA CIDame Grand CrossThe Princess Royal VA CIThe Princess Victoria VA CIThe Queen of Norway VA CIPrincess Helena Victoria GBE VA CI RRCPrincess Marie Louise GBE VA CI RRCLady Perrott RRC Lady Cecil CBESusan, Duchess of SomersetBailiff Grand CrossColonel Sir James Richardson Andrew Clark Bt CB CMG FRCSEdMajor-General The Earl of Athlone KG GCB GCVO DSO ADCThe Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO PCGrand Prior of the Order 1939–1974The Prince George KG GCVOAssociate Bailiff Grand CrossEx-King George II of GreeceBailiff Grand CrossColonel The Earl of Onslow OBE PCBrigader-General The Earl of Shaftesbury KP GCVO CBE PCDame Grand CrossLady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay CIRobinia Marion, Viscountess Mountgarret OBE Associate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of SwedenDame Grand CrossThe Duchess of KentAssociate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of DenmarkDame Grand CrossThe Duchess of GloucesterBailiff Grand CrossThe Earl of Plymouth PCPrior of the Order 1943Dame Grand CrossThe Countess of Onslow CBE ARRCBailiff Grand CrossThe Earl of Clarendon KG GCVO GCMG PCPrior of the Order 1943–1946Dame Grand CrossThe Marchioness of Bute DBEAssociate Dame Grand CrossThe Queen of the NetherlandsBailiff Grand CrossColonel Charles Joseph Trimble CB CMG VD TD LRCPEdAssociate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of YugoslaviaDame Grand CrossEdith Marione, Mrs Perowne Knight Grand CrossThe Earl of Lytton KG GCSI GCIE PCSir Edwin James King KCB CMG TD ADCChancellor of the Order 1945–1951Dame Grand CrossThe Lady Louis Mountbatten CBEThe Princess Elizabeth CISovereign Head of the Order 1952–2022Bailiff Grand CrossColonel Sir Robert Heaton RhodesAssociate Bailiff Grand CrossThe King of DenmarkThe King of the HellenesBailiff Grand CrossColonel The Earl of PowisColonel The Lord Webb-Johnson GCVO CBE DSO TD MB FRCSLieutenant-Colonel Sir James Sands Elliott VD LLD MD FRACSVincent Massey PC CH LLD FRSCGroup Captain Sir Hugh Raymond Guy Poate MVODame Grand CrossThe Princess Margaret CI GCVOOlivera Rowena, Lady Traherne OBEBailiff Grand CrossSir Alan Thomas Gandell CBEDame Grand CrossYvette, Mlle Loiselle Bailiff Grand CrossSir Neville Drake Pixley MBE VRD OBE Associate Bailiff Grand CrossQaboos bin Said, Sultan of OmanDame Grand CrossThe Lady Moyra Browne DBE SENBaliff Grand CrossColonel The Lord Mais GBESir Stephen James Hamilton Miller KCVO MD FRCSSir Randal Forbes Elliott KBEDame Grand CrossThe Countess Beauchamp MBEThe Lady Serena Mary Barbara JamesBailiff Grand CrossThe Lord Westbury MC DLBailiff of Egle 1988–1993Dame Grand CrossQueen Noor of Jordan Bailiff Grand CrossBrigadier-General George E. Beament OBE CM CD QCDame Grand CrossJune, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair CBEBailiff Grand CrossProfessor Villis Marshall 5 September 2025Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela OMColonel James Stirling of Garden CBE TD Dame Grand CrossAudrey Caroline, Baroness Emerton DBE DL June Daphne, Lady BlundellBailiff Grand Cross Fra Robert Matthew Festing OBE TD DL Brigadier John Hemsley OBE 27 January 1935 Dame Grand CrossThe Princess Royal KG KT GCVO Bailiff Grand CrossProfessor Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-SmithDame Grand CrossJudith Ann, Mrs Hoban Bailiff Grand Cross David Patrick Henry Burgess MBE Major General (Retired) Professor John Hemsley Pearn AO RFD Alfred Marshall Acuff Jr Low Bin Tick OBE Lieutenant Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross GCVO, OBE The Right Reverend Timothy John Stevens CBE Prelate of the Order 2016 - 2025Dame Grand CrossMary Angela Fiona, Lady Barttelot MBE DL Bailiff of Egle 2017–Bailiff Grand CrossArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu Hon Major (rtd) Marsden Madoka Dame Grand Cross Dr Gillian Elisabeth Willmore Chancellor of the Order 2022 - 2023Bailiff Grand CrossProfessor Deon François Schonland Fourie Dr Steven Alan Evans Subprior of the Order 2022 - 2025Dame Grand CrossThe Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO CD Bailiff Grand CrossRobert Hector White Dame Grand CrossAnn Elizabeth Cable MBE DL 26 June 2023Bailiff Grand CrossThomas Matthew BuddChancellor of the Order 2023 -31 January 2024Cameron John Oxley23 January 2025Sir David Hempleman-Adams KCVO OBE DL10 October 1956Dr Michel C. DoréSub Prior of the Order 2025 - Archbishop Emeritus Sir David Moxon KNZMPelate of the Order 2025 -

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