List of current knights and ladies of the Garter

The Most Noble Order of the Garter is a British order of chivalry. It is the world's oldest national order of knighthood in continuous existence and the pinnacle of the British honours system (after the Victoria Cross and George Cross). Its membership is extremely limited, consisting of the Sovereign, the Prince of Wales—both being members ex officio and gaining membership upon acceding to one of the titles if not already held—and not more than 24 full members known as Companions. Male members are known as Knights Companion, whilst female members are known as Ladies Companion. The Order can also include supernumerary members (members of the British Royal Family and foreign monarchs), known as "Royal" and "Stranger" Knights and Ladies (Companion), respectively. The Sovereign alone grants membership to the Order, meaning that ministerial advice is not sought.

Sovereign

Name	Year of appointment	Present age	Banner
The King (ex officio)	1958 as The Prince of Wales; Sovereign since 2022	75

Royal Knights and Ladies (Companion)

Name	Year of appointment	Present age	Notes
The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO CD ADC	1985	88
The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO GCL CMM CD ADC	1994	73	^[1]
The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO GCStJ SSI	1997	79
Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO CD	2003	87	^[1]
The Duke of York KG GCVO CD	2006	64
The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GCVO CD ADC	2006 as The Earl of Wessex; The Duke of Edinburgh since 2023	59
The Prince of Wales KG KT PC ADC (ex officio)	2008 as Prince William of Wales; The Prince of Wales since 2022	41	1000th Knight of the Garter
The Queen LG LT GCVO ONZ CSM CD PC	January 2022 as The Duchess of Cornwall; The Queen since September 2022	76

Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion

Name	Year of appointment	Present age	Notes
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark LG	1979 as Queen; abdicated 2024	83	recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
The King of Sweden KG	1983	77	recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
King Juan Carlos I of Spain KG	1988 as King; abdicated 2014	86	recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands LG GCVO	1989 as Queen; abdicated 2013	86	recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
Emperor Akihito of Japan KG GCVO	1998 as Emperor; abdicated 2019	90
The King of Norway KG GCVO	2001	87	recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
The King of Spain KG GCVO	2017	56	^[2]
The King of the Netherlands KG	2018	56

Knights and Ladies Companion

Member number^[N 1]	Name	Known for	Year of appointment	Present age
1-(986)	The Duke of Abercorn KG	Former Lord Steward and former Lord-Lieutenant of Tyrone	1999	89
2-(992)	The Lord Butler of Brockwell KG GCB CVO PC	Former Cabinet Secretary and former Head of the Home Civil Service	2003	86
3-(994)	Sir John Major KG CH PC	Former Prime Minister	2005	80
4-(999)	The Lord Luce KG GCVO PC DL	Former Lord Chamberlain and former Governor of Gibraltar	2008	87
5-(1001)	Sir Thomas Dunne KG KCVO JP	Former Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire and former Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire	2008	90
6-(1002)	The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG PC KC	Former Lord Chief Justice and former President of the Supreme Court	2011	86
7-(1004)	Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Stirrup KG GCB AFC	Former Chief of the Defence Staff	2013	74
8-(1005)	The Baroness Manningham-Buller LG DCB	Former Director General of the Security Service	2014	75
9-(1006)	The Lord King of Lothbury KG GBE DL FBA	Former Governor of the Bank of England	2014	75
10-(1007)	The Lord Shuttleworth KG KCVO	Former Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire	2016	75
11-(1010)	The Viscount Brookeborough KG KStJ	Lord in Waiting to The King and Lord-Lieutenant of Fermanagh	2018	71
12-(1011)	Lady Mary Fagan LG DCVO JP	Former Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire	2018	84
13-(1013)	The Marquess of Salisbury KG KCVO PC DL	Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and former Leader of the House of Lords	2019	77
14-(1014)	Lady Mary Peters LG CH DBE	Olympic gold medallist and former Lord-Lieutenant of Belfast	2019	84
15-(1015)	The Baroness Amos LG CH PC	Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, former Leader of the House of Lords and former Secretary of State for International Development	2022	69
16-(1016)	Sir Tony Blair KG PC	Former Prime Minister	2022	70
17-(1017)	The Baroness Ashton of Upholland LG GCMG PC	Former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and former Leader of the House of Lords	2023	67
18-(1018)	The Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH PC	Final Governor of Hong Kong, former Chairman of the BBC Trust, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford	2023	79
19	Vacant ^[N 2]
20	Vacant ^[N 3]
21	Vacant ^[N 4]
22	Vacant ^[N 5]
23	Vacant ^[N 6]
24	Vacant ^[N 7]

Officers

Prelate: Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Winchester (ex officio, 2023)
Chancellor: The Duke of Abercorn KG (2012)
Register:^[3] Christopher Cocksworth, Dean of Windsor (ex officio, 2023)
King of Arms: David White OStJ, Garter Principal King of Arms (ex officio, 2021)
Secretary: Patric Dickinson CVO (2004)
Usher: Sarah Clarke CVO OBE, Lady Usher of the Black Rod (ex officio, 2018)

Notes

^ The number shown in brackets is the individual's place in the wider order of appointment since the Order's inception.
^ Vacant following the death of Sir Timothy Colman on 9 September 2021.
^ Vacant following the death of The Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover on 14 January 2022.
^ Vacant following the death of The Lord Inge on 20 July 2022.
^ Vacant following the death of The Lord Boyce on 6 November 2022.
^ Vacant following the death of Sir David Brewer on 28 May 2023.
^ Vacant following the death of The Lord Morris of Aberavon on 5 June 2023.

References

^ ^a ^b Addressing the Royal Family - Debrett's at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 February 2017)
^ ""Every terrorist attack is an attack on every one of us": King of Spain pays tribute to Britain after Manchester and London atrocities - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ "The Register of the Order of the Garter". The Companion – magazine for the College of St George. No. 21. The Dean and Canons of Windsor. 13 June 2015. p. 12. Retrieved 23 April 2021 – via issuu.com.

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