List of titles and honours of George V

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

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 Most Noble Order of the Garter, 4 August 1884White, Geoffrey H.; Lea, R. S. (eds.) (1959) Complete Peerage, London: St Catherine's Press, vol. XII, pp. 924–925 ADC: Personal aide-de-camp, 21 June 1887 KT: Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, 5 July 1893 Sub-Prior of the Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, 1893 PC: Privy Counsellor, 18 July 1894 Privy Counsellor (Ireland), 20 August 1897 GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 30 June 1897 KP: Extra Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, 20 August 1897 GCMG: Extra Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, 9 March 1901 Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain, 9 August 1902Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, p. 416 ISO: Companion of the Imperial Service Order, 31 March 1903 GCSI: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, 28 September 1905 GCIE: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, 28 September 1905 Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal, with 1897 bar King Edward VII Coronation Medal, 9 August 1902 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1905–1907

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

Military appointments Military ranks and naval appointments September 1877: Cadet, HMS BritanniaKidd, Charles; Williamson, David (eds; 1999) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, London: Debrett's Peerage, vol. 1, p. cv 8 January 1880: Midshipman, and the corvette HMS Canada 3 June 1884: Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy 8 October 1885: Lieutenant, ; ; ; July 1889 I/C HMS Torpedo Boat 79Rose, p. 18 By May 1890 I/C the gunboat Clay, p. 139 24 August 1891: Commander, I/C HMS Melampus 2 January 1893: Captain, Royal Navy 1 January 1901: Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy 26 June 1903: Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy 1 March 1907: Admiral, Royal Navy 1910: Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy 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)Hart′s Army list, 1903 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 Welch 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 8 March 1912: Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment 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 NavyThe Times (London), Saturday, 2 February 1901, p. 5 26 January 1902: Colonel-in-Chief of the Rhenish Cuirassier Regiment "Count Geßler" No. 8 (Prussia)The Times (London), Monday, 27 January 1902, p. 5 24 May 1910: Admiral of the Royal Danish Navy Honorary Colonel of the Infantry Regiment "Zamora" No. 8 (Spain)"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 2016Official Gazette of the Army , 8 January 1936, vol. I, p. 287, Virtual Library of the Defence (Spain), retrieved 28 April 2016 23 September 1915: Special General of the Royal Thai ArmyBua Sajisawi. “King Rama VI, the only Thai monarch who received the rank of Special General of the British Army” Vajiravudh Anusorn Journal, Journal of the King Rama VI Memorial Foundation, Year 4, Issue 1, January 1, 1984 29 October 1918: Gensui of the Imperial Japanese Army 1923: Honorary Admiral of the Swedish Navy

Honorary degrees and offices 8 June 1893: Royal Fellow of the Royal Society, installed 6 February 1902The Times (London), Friday, 7 February 1902, p. 12 1899: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of the Cape of Good HopeBoucher, Maurice (1973) Spes in Arduis: a history of the University of South Africa, Pretoria: UNISA, pp. 74 and 114 1901: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of SydneyThe Times (London), 1 June 1901, p. 3 1901: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of TorontoThe Times (London), Saturday, 12 October 1901, p. 5 1901: Doctor of Civil Law (DCL), Queen's University, OntarioThe Times (London), Wednesday, 16 October 1901, p. 3 1902: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of WalesThe Times (London), Monday, 5 May 1902, p. 10 1901: Chancellor of the University of Cape TownThe Times (London), 22 August 1901, p. 3 1903: Honorary degree, University of London 1907: Honorary degree, University of Glasgow 1901–1912: Chancellor of the University of the Cape of Good Hope 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 Edward VIII 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 Edward, Duke of Edinburgh List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

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