List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck

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Queen Mary wearing the Garter Star, Victoria and Albert Order and the Royal Family Orders, 1912

This is a list of awards, decorations, honours, orders and titles belonging to Mary of Teck, queen consort of the United Kingdom. Where two dates are listed, then the first indicates the date of the attaining of the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss.

Royal and noble titles and styles

Styles of
Queen Mary
Reference style
Her Majesty
Spoken styleYour Majesty
  • 26 May 1867 – 6 July 1893: Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Mary of Teck
  • 6 July 1893 – 22 January 1901: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
  • 22 January 1901 – 9 November 1901: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall and York
  • 9 November 1901 – 6 May 1910: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales
  • 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936: Her Majesty The Queen
  • 20 January 1936 – 24 March 1953: Her Majesty Queen Mary

Other

British and Commonwealth honours

Country Date Appointment Post-nominal letters
 British India 25 May 1889 – 24 March 1953 Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India CI[2]
 United Kingdom 6 July 1893 – 24 March 1953 Member First Class of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert VA
 United Kingdom May 1902 – 24 March 1953 Member of the
Royal Family Order of King Edward VII
 United Kingdom 9 August 1902[3] Recipient of the King Edward VII Coronation Medal
 United Kingdom 6 May 1910 – 24 March 1953 Member of the Royal Red Cross RRC
 England 3 June 1910 – 24 March 1953 Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter LG
 United Kingdom 3 June 1911 – 24 March 1953 Member of the
Royal Family Order of King George V
 British India 14 December 1911 – 24 March 1953 Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India GCSI
 United Kingdom 24 August 1917 – 1936 Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire GBE
27 March 1936 – 24 March 1953 Grand Master and First and Principal Dame Grand Cross
 United Kingdom 10 June 1927 – 24 March 1953 Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem GCStJ[4]
 United Kingdom 23 June 1936 – 24 March 1953 Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
 United Kingdom 9 May 1937 – 24 March 1953 Member of the
Royal Family Order of King George VI
 United Kingdom 11 May 1937 – 24 March 1953 Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
 United Kingdom 25 December 1952 – 24 March 1953 Member of the
Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II
 Canada 22 March 1951 Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration CD

Foreign honours

Country Award or order Class or position Year
 Grand Duchy of Hesse
Grand Ducal Hessian Order of the Golden Lion
 Dame 6 July 1893[5]
 Portugal Order of Queen Saint Isabel Dame August 1893[6]
 Ethiopia Order of the Star of Ethiopia Grand Cross 8 August 1902
 Austrian Empire Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth Grand Cross 1904[7]
Persia Imperial Order of the Sun for Ladies 2nd Class 1904[8]
 Japan Order of the Precious Crown Grand Cordon 28 March 1905[9]
 Denmark Golden Wedding Badge 1906
 Kingdom of Prussia Order of Louise 1st Division 12 November 1907
 Russian Empire Imperial Order of Saint Catherine Grand Cross 5 August 1909
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Order of the Star of Karađorđe Grand Cross 1916
 Kingdom of Italy Red Cross Medal 1919
 Kingdom of Romania Red Cross Medal 1919
 France
National Order of the Legion of Honour
 Grand Cross 16 May 1927[10]
 Egypt Decoration of al-Kamal In Brilliants 4 July 1927
 Afghanistan Order of the Supreme Sun Collar 13 March 1928
 Ethiopia Order of the Queen of Sheba Grand Cross 13 January 1932
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Order of Saint Sava Grand Cross 1935[11]
 Greece Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia Grand Cross 7 November 1938
 Romania
Order of the Crown of Rumania
 Grand Cross 15 November 1938

Honorary military positions

Military Force Unit Position Year
German Army
 Husaren-Regiment Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt Chief 1913
United Kingdom British Army
18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
 Colonel-in-Chief 1914–1922
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Colonel-in-Chief 1920–1922
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)[12]
 Colonel-in-Chief 1922
100th (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA (TA)[12] Colonel-in-Chief 1922–1939
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
 President 1926–1949
Canada Canadian Army
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
 Colonel-in-Chief 1928
United Kingdom British Army Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)[12] Colonel-in-Chief 1937
63rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (TA) Colonel-in-Chief 1939–1942
387th Field Regiment, RA (Queen's Own Oxford Hussars) Colonel-in-Chief 1942–1950
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Colonel-in-Chief 1949
299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and Queen's Own Oxford Hussars) Field Regiment, RA (TA) Colonel-in-Chief 1950

Honorary civil appointments

Degrees
Country Date School Degree
 Wales 1902[13] University of Wales Doctor of Music (D.Mus.)
 England 1921[14] University of Oxford Doctor of Civil Law
 Scotland 1922[15] University of Aberdeen
Doctor of Laws
Freedom of the city

Honorific eponyms

Further information: Royal eponyms in Canada

Academic institutions

Structures

Roads, highways, and bridges

Hospitals

Ships

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ Reville, F Douglas (1920), History of the County of Brant (PDF), Brantford: The Hurley Printing Company Ltd, p. 201, retrieved 22 October 2020
  2. ^ "No. 25939". The London Gazette. 25 May 1889. p. 2874.
  3. ^ "Coronations and the Royal Archives". royal.uk. The Royal Family. Retrieved 5 April 2023. May & I drove to B.P. to see Papa & Mother dear, & he was not a bit tired & was in excellent spirits, he gave us all the Coronation medal & he also gave me a new Order the Victorian chain which he has instituted
  4. ^ "No. 14348". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 June 1927. p. 707.
  5. ^ "Goldener Löwen-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 2
  6. ^ Bragança, Jose Vicente de (2014). "Agraciamentos Portugueses Aos Príncipes da Casa Saxe-Coburgo-Gota" [Portuguese Honours awarded to Princes of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]. Pro Phalaris (in Portuguese). 9–10: 14. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Elisabeth-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, Vienna: Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1918, p. 328
  8. ^ Afsaneh Najmabadi (2005), Women with mustaches and men without beards: Gender and sexual anxieties of Iranian modernity (PDF), University of California Press, pp. 78–85, 265
  9. ^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 157.
  10. ISBN 978-2-35077-135-9
  11. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 364.
  12. ^ a b c "No. 15387". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 May 1937. p. 395.
  13. ^ "The Royal visit to Wales". The Times. No. 36759. London. 5 May 1902. p. 10.
  14. ^ "Queen Mary In Cap And Gown After Receiving The Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Civil Law At Oxford 13th March 1921". Shutterstock. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Queen Mary Receives Dcl At Aberdeen University 1922". British Pathé. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  16. ISBN 0-902238-06-X
  17. ^ Introduction, Queen Mary College, Lahore, retrieved 29 October 2014
  18. ^ "History of the Queen Mary Reservoir – Sunbury Matters", Village Matters, February 2014, retrieved 25 April 2014
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