British honour
The Royal Family Order of George V is an honour that was bestowed on female members of the British royal family by King George V.
Queen Elizabeth II was the last surviving recipient when she died on 8 September 2022.[1]
Appearance
The order consists of a miniature of the king in naval uniform set in a crowned oval diamond frame and suspended from a pale blue ribbon.[1] It was provided in four different sizes: the largest version was bestowed on the King's wife and mother, the next largest went to his daughter and daughters-in-law, his sisters and his aunts; a smaller version was given to his granddaughters and the smallest to a number of other female relations. [1]
List of known recipients
[1]Size 1:
Size 2:
- Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, the King's daughter[3]
- Louise, Princess Royal, the King's sister[3]
- Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, the King's sister[3]
- Queen Maud of Norway, the King's sister[3]
- Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the King's paternal aunt[3]
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, the King's paternal aunt[3]
- Princess Beatrice, the King's paternal aunt[3]
- The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, the King's paternal aunt by marriage[3]
- The Dowager Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the King's paternal aunt by marriage[1]
- The Dowager Duchess of Albany, the King's paternal aunt by marriage[3]
- The Duchess of York, the King's daughter-in-law[3]
- The Duchess of Kent, the King's daughter-in-law[3]
- The Duchess of Gloucester, the King's daughter-in-law[4][3]
Size 3:
Size 4
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Risk, James; Pownall, Henry; Stanley, David; Tamplin, John (2001). Royal Service (Volume II). Lingfield, Surrey: Third Millennium. pp. 13–43.
- ^ Photograph at National Portrait Gallery.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Vickers, Hugo (1994). Royal Orders. Boxtree. p. 147. ISBN 9781852835101.
- ^ Patterson, Stephen (1996). Royal Insignia: British and Foreign Orders of Chivalry from the Royal Collection. London: Merrell Holberton. p. 144. ISBN 9781858940250. Retrieved 24 January 2015.