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GREAT BRITONS: CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE ORDER OF MERIT

List of Members of the Order of Merit, past and present

Composer Edward Elgar Composer Edward Elgar was honoured in 1911
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1.  Field Marshal The Right Honourable Frederick Sleigh, Earl ROBERTS, VC., KG., KP., GCB., OM., GCSI., GCIE. (1932-1914) 26th June 1902

2.  Field Marshal The Right Honourable Garnet Joseph, Viscount WOLSELEY. KP, GCB., OM., GCMG. (1833-1914) 26th June 1902

3.  Field Marshal The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert, Earl KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM, KG., KP., GCB., OM., GCSI., GCMG., GCIE. (1850-1916) 26th June 1902

4.  The Right Honourable John William, Lord RAYLEIGH, OM., FRS. (1942-1919) 26th June 1902

5.  The Right Honourable William, Lord KELVIN, OM., GCVO., FRS. (1824-1907) 26th June 1902

6.  The Right Honourable Joseph, Lord LISTER, OM., FRS. (1827-1912) 26th June 1902

7.  Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry KEPPEL, GCB., OM.  (1809-1904) 26th June 1902

8.  The Right Honourable John,Viscount MORLEY OF BLACKBURN, OM., FBA. (1838-1923) 26th June 1902

9.  The Right Honourable William Edward Hartpole LECKY, OM., FBA.  (1838-1903) 26th June 1902

10. M Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Sir Edward Hobart SEYMOUR, GCB., OM., GCVO. (1840-1929) 26th June 1902

11. Sir William HUGGINS, OM., KCB., FRS. (1824-1910) 26th June 1902

12. George Frederick WATTS, OM., RA. (1817-1904) 26th June 1902

13. M Field Marshal Sir George Stuart WHITE, VC., GCB., OM., GCSI., GCMG., GCIE., GCVO. (1835-1912) 30th June 1905

14. M Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot, Lord FISHER, GCB., OM., GCVO. (1841-1920) 30th June 1905

15. Sir Richard Claverhouse JEBB, OM., FBA. (1841-1905) 30th June 1905

16. Sir Lawrence ALMA-TADEMA, OM., RA. (1836-1912) 30th June 1905

17. George MEREDITH, OM. (1828-1909) 30th June 1905

18. William HOLMAN-HUNT, OM. (1827-1910) 30th June 1905

19. The Right Honourable Evelyn, Earl of CROMER, GCB., OM., GCMG., KCSI., CIE., FRS., FBA. (1841-1917) 29th June 1906

20. The Right Honourable James, Viscount BRYCE, OM., GCVO., FRS., FBA. (1838-1922) 11th February 1907

21. Sir Joshua Dalton HOOKER, OM., GCSI., CB., FRS. (1817-1911) 30th June 1907

22.  Florence NIGHTINGALE, OM., RRC. (1820-1910) 29th November 1907

23. Henry JACKSON, OM., FBA. (1839-1921) 26th June 1908

24. Alfred Russel WALLACE, OM., FRS. (1823-1913) 26th June 1908

25.  Sir William CROOKES, OM., FRS. (1832-1919) 8th July 1910

26.  Thomas HARDY, OM. (1840-1928) 8th July 1910

27.  The Right Honourable Sir George Otto TREVELYAN, BT., OM., FBA. (1838-1928) 19th June 1911

28. Sir Edward ELGAR, BT., OM., GCVO. (1857-1934) 19th June 1911

29. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet WILSON, BT., VC., GCB., OM., GCVO. (1842-1921) 8th March 1912

30. Sir Joseph John THOMSON, OM., FRS. (1856-1940) 15th March 1912

31. Sir Archibald GEIKIE, OM., KCB., FRS. (1835-1924) 1st January 1914

32. Field Marshal The Right Honourable John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of YPRES, KP., GCB., OM., GCVO., KCMG. (1852-1925) 3rd December 1914

33. The Right Honourable Richard Burdon Viscount HALDANE, KT., OM., FRS. (1856-1928) 26th May 1915

34. Henry JAMES, OM. (1843-1916) 1st January 1916

35. M Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth, Earl JELLICOE, GCB., OM., GCVO. (1859-1935) 31st May 1916

36. The Right Honourable Arthur James, Earl of BALFOUR, KG., OM., FRS., FBA. (1848-1930) 3rd June 1916

37. Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable David, Earl BEATTY, GCB., OM., GCVO., DSO. (1871-1936) 3rd June 1919

38. Field Marshal Douglas, Earl HAIG, KT., GCB., OM., GCVO., KCIE. (1861-1928) 3rd June 1919

39. The Right Honourable David, Earl LLOYD GEORGE OF DWYFOR, OM. (1863-1945) 5th August 1919

40. Sir James Matthew BARRIE, BT., OM. (1860-1937) 2nd January 1922

41. Francis Herbert BRADLEY, OM., FBA. (1846-1924) 3rd June 1924

42. Sir Charles Scott SHERRINGTON, OM., GBE., FRS. (1857-1952) 3rd June 1924

43. Sir James George FRAZER, OM., FRS., FBA. (1854-1941) 1st January 1925

44. Ernest, Lord RUTHERFORD OF NELSON, OM., FRS. (1871-1937) 1st January 1925

45. The Honourable Sir Charles Algernon PARSONS, OM., KCB., FRS. (1854-1931) 3rd June 1927

46. Sir George Abraham GRIERSON, OM., KCIE., FBA. (1851-1941) 4th June 1928

47. Robert Seymour BRIDGES, OM. (1844-1930) 3rd June 1929

48. John GALSWORTHY, OM. (1867-1933) 3rd June 1929

49. Samuel ALEXANDER, OM., FBA. (1859-1938) 3rd June 1930

50. Montague RHODES JAMES, OM., FBA. (1862-1936) 3rd June 1930

51. George Macaulay TREVELYAN, OM., CBE., FRS., FBA. (1876-1962) 3rd June 1930

52. M Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edward MADDEN, BT., GCB., OM, GCVO., KCMG. (1862-1935) 1st January 1931

53. Philip Wilson STEER, OM. (1860-1942) 1st January 1931

54. Sir William Henry BRAGG, OM., KBE., FRS. (1862-1942) 3rd June 1931

55. John William MACKAIL, OM., FBA. (1859-1945) 1st January 1935

56. John Edward MASEFIELD, OM. (1878-1967) 3rd June 1935

57. Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, OM. (1872-1958) 3rd June 1935

58. Sir Frederick Gowland HOPKINS, OM., FRS. (1861-1947) 3rd June 1935

59. Field Marshal Philip Walhouse, Lord CHETWODE, GCB., OM., GCSI., KCMG., DSO. (1869-1950) 1st January 1936

60. The Right Honourable Herbert Albert Laurens FISHER, OM., FRS., FBA. (1865-1940) 1st February 1937

61. Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth, Lord BADEN POWELL, BT., OM., GCMG., GCVO., KCB. (1857-1941) 11th May 1937

62. Sir Arthur Stanley EDDINGTON, OM., FRS. (1882-1944) 9th June 1938

63. Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Albert Montacute, Lord CHATFIELD, GCB., OM., KCMG., CVO. (1873-1967) 2nd January 1939

64. Sir James Hopwood JEANS, OM., FRS. (1877-1946) 2nd January 1939

65. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton, Lord NEWALL, GCB., OM., GCMG., CBE., AM. (1886-1963) 29th October 1940

66. George Gilbert Aimé MURRAY, OM., FBA. (1866-1957) 1st January 1941

67. Sir Edwin Landseer LUTYENS, OM., KCIE., RA. (1869-1944) 1st January 1942

68. Augustus Edwin JOHN, OM., RA. (1878-1961) 11th June 1942

69. Edgar Douglas, Lord ADRIAN, OM., FRS. (1889-1977) 11th June 1942

70. Sir William Searle HOLDSWORTH, OM., KC., FBA (1871-1944) 1st January 1943

71. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers POUND, GCB., OM., GCVO. (1877-1943) 3rd September 1943

72. The Right Honourable Sidney James, Lord PASSFIELD, OM. (1859-1947) 8th June 1944

73. Sir Henry Hallett DALE, OM., GBE., FRS. (1875-1968) 8th June 1944

74. Sir Giles Gilbert SCOTT, OM., RA. (1880-1960) 8th June 1944

75. Alfred North WHITEHEAD, OM., FRS., FBA. (1861-1947) 1st January 1945

76. The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard SPENCER CHURCHILL, KG., OM., CH., FRS., FBA. (1874-1965) 1st January 1946

77. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon, Viscount PORTAL OF HUNGERFORD, KG., GCB., OM., DSO., MC. (1893-1971) 1st January 1946

78. Field Marshal Alan Francis, Viscount ALANBROOKE, KG., GCB., OM., GCVO., DSO. (1883-1963) 13th June 1946

79. Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne, Viscount CUNNINGHAM OF HYNDHOPE, KT., GCB., OM., DSO. (1883-1963) 13th June 1946

80. The Right Honourable Edward Frederick Lindsay, Earl of HALIFAX, KG., OM., GCSI., GCMG., GCIE. (1881-1959) 13th June 1946

81. Field Marshal The Right Honourable Jan Christian SMUTS, OM., CH., FRS. (1870-1950) 1st January 1947

82. The Right Honourable William Lyon MACKENZIE KING, OM., CMG. 17th November 1947

83. Thomas Stearns ELIOT, OM. (1888-1965) 1st January 1948

84. Sir Robert ROBINSON, OM., FRS. (1886-1975) 9th June 1949

85. Bertrand Arthur William, Earl RUSSELL, OM., FRS., FBA. (1872-1970) 9th June 1949

86. The Right Honourable Sir Alexander Montagu George CADOGAN, OM., GCMG., KCB. (1884-1968) 1st January 1951

87. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague, Viscount TRENCHARD, GCB., OM., GCVO., DSO. (1873-1956) 1st January 1951

88. George Edward MOORE, OM., FBA. (1873-1958) 7th June 1951

89. The Right Honourable Clement Richard, Earl ATTLEE, KG., OM., CH., FRS. (1883-1967) 5th November 1951

90. Wilder Graves PENFIELD, CC., OM., CMG., FRS. (1891-1976) 1st January 1953

91. Walter John DE LA MARE, OM., CH. (1873-1956) 1st June 1953

92. The Right Honourable William Malcolm, Lord HAILEY, OM., GCSI., GCMG., GCIE. (1872-1969) 31st May 1956

93. Sir John Douglas COCKCROFT, OM., KCB., CBE., FRS. (1897-1967) 1st January 1957

94. The Right Honourable John, Viscount WAVERLEY, GCB., OM., GCSI., GCIE., FRS. (1882-1958) 8th December 1957

95. Sir Frank MacFarlane BURNET, OM., AK., KBE., FRS. (1899-1985) 12th June 1958

96. The Right Honourable Herbert Louis,Viscount SAMUEL, GCB., OM., GBE. (1870-1963) 21st November 1958

97. Field Marshal The Right Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George, Earl ALEXANDER OF TUNIS, KG., GCB., OM., GCMG., CSI., DSO., MC. (1891-1969) 23rd April 1960

98. Sir Cyril Norman HINSHELWOOD, OM., FRS. (1897-1967) 23rd April 1960

99. Graham Vivian SUTHERLAND, OM. (1903-1980) 23rd April 1960

100. Sir Geoffrey DE HAVILLAND, OM., CBE., AFC. (1882-1965) 23rd November 1962

101. Sir Basil Urwin SPENCE, OM., OBE., RA. (1907-1976) 23rd November 1962

102. The Right Honourable Sir Owen DIXON, OM., GCMG., FBA. (1886-1972) 29th May 1963

103. George Peabody GOOCH, OM., CH., FBA. (1873-1968) 16th August 1963

104. Henry MOORE, OM., CH., FBA. (1898-1986) 16th August 1963

105. Edward Benjamin, Lord BRITTEN, OM., CH. (1913-1976) 23rd March 1965

106. Dorothy Mary Crowfoot HODGKIN, OM., FRS. (1910-1994) 23rd March 1965

107. Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, Earl MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, KG., GCB., OM., GCSI., GCIE., GCVO., DSO., FRS. (1900-1979) 15th July 1965

108. Howard Walter, Lord FLOREY, OM., FRS. (1898-1968) 15th July 1965

109. Patrick Maynard Stuart, Lord BLACKETT, OM., CH., FRS. (1897-1974) 20th November 1967

110. Sir William Turner WALTON, OM. (1902-1983) 20th November 1967

111. Ben NICHOLSON, OM. (1894-1982) 23rd April 1968

112. Solly, Lord ZUCKERMAN, OM., KCB., FRS. (1904-1993) 23rd April 1968

113. His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EDINBURGH, KG., KT., OM., GBE., AC., QSO., FRS. (b. 1921) 10th June 1968

114. Edward Morgan FORSTER, OM., CH. (1879-1970) 1st January 1969

115.  The Right Honourable Malcolm John MACDONALD, OM. (1901-1981) 14th July 1969

116.  William George, Lord PENNEY, OM., KBE., FRS. (1909-1991) 14th July 1969

117.  Sir Geoffrey Ingram TAYLOR, OM., FRS. (1886-1975) 14th July 1969

118.  Dame Cicely Veronica WEDGWOOD, OM., DBE., FBA. (1910-1997) 14th July 1969

119.  John Cawte BEAGLEHOLE, OM., CMG. (1901-1971) 21st March 1970

120.  The Right Honourable Lester Bowles PEARSON, CC., OM., OBE. (1897-1972) 20th May 1971

121.  Sir Isaiah BERLIN, OM., CBE., FBA. (1909-1997) 20th May 1971

122.  Sir George Robert EDWARDS, OM., CBE., FRS. (b. 1908) 20th May 1971

123. Sir Alan Lloyd HODGKIN, OM., KBE., FRS. (1914-1998) 17th April 1973

124. Paul Adrian Maurice DIRAC, OM., FRS. (1902-1984) 17th April 1973

125. The Right Honourable Maurice Harold, Earl of STOCKTON, OM., FRS. (1894-1986) 2nd April 1976

126. Christopher, Lord HINTON OF BANKSIDE, OM., KBE., FRS. (1901-1983) 2nd April 1976

127. Kenneth MacKenzie, Lord CLARK, OM., CH., KCB., FBA. (1903-1983) 2nd April 1976

128. Sir Ronald SYME, OM., FBA. (1903-1989) 2nd April 1976

129. Alexander Robertus, Lord TODD, OM., FRS. (1907-1997) 24th October 1977

130. The Right Honourable Oliver Shewell, Lord FRANKS, OM., GCMG., KCB., KCVO., CBE., FBA. (1905-1992) 24th October 1977

131. Sir Frederick William Mallandine ASHTON, OM., CH., CBE. (1904-1988) 24th October 1977

132. John Boyton PRIESTLEY, OM. (1894-1984) 24th October 1977

133. Laurence Kerr, Lord OLIVIER, OM. (1907-1989) 6th February 1981

134. Sir Peter Brian MEDAWAR, OM., CH., CBE., FRS., FBA. (1915-1987) 6th February 1981

135. Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard, Lord CHESHIRE, VC., OM., DSO., DFC. (1917-1992) 6th February 1981

136. The Reverend William Owen CHADWICK, OM., KBE., FBA. (b. 1916) 11th November 1983

137. Sir Andrew Fielding HUXLEY, OM., FRS. (b. 1917) 11th November 1983

138. Sir Sidney Robert NOLAN, OM., AC., CBE., ARA. (1917-1992) 11th November 1983

139. Sir Michael Kemp TIPPETT, OM., CH., CBE. (1905-1998) 11th November 1983

140. Henry Graham GREENE, OM., CH. (1904-1991) 11th February 1986

141. Frederick SANGER, OM., CH., CBE., FRS. (b. 1918) 11th February 1986

142. Air Commodore Sir Frank WHITTLE, OM., KBE., CB., FRS. (1907-1996) 11th February 1986

143. Yehudi, Lord MENUHIN, OM., KBE. (1916-1999) 25th February 1987

144. Sir Ernst Hans Josef GOMBRICH, OM., CBE., FBA. (1909-2001) 15th February 1988

145. Max Ferdinand PERUTZ, OM., CH., CBE., FRS. (1914-2002) 15th February 1988

146. Dame Cicely Mary Strode SAUNDERS, OM., DBE. (b. 1918) 30th November 1989

147. George, Lord PORTER OF LUDDENHAM, OM., FRS. (1920-2002) 30th November 1989

148. The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda, Lady THATCHER OF KESTEVEN, OM., FRS. (b. 1925) 7th December 1990

149. Dame Joan SUTHERLAND, OM., AC., DBE. (b. 1926) 27th November 1991

150. Francis Harry Compton CRICK, OM., FRS. (b. 1916) 27th November 1991

151. Dame Edris Ninette DE VALOIS, OM., CH., DBE. (1898-2001) 17th November 1992

152. Sir Michael Francis ATIYAH, OM., PRS. (b. 1929) 17th November 1992

153. Lucian FREUD, OM., CH. (b. 1922) 6th December 1993

154. The Right Honourable Roy Harris, Lord JENKINS OF HILLHEAD, OM., FBA. (b. 1920) 6th December 1993

155. Sir Aaron KLUG, OM., FRS. (b. 1926) 23rd October, 1995

156. Sir Arthur John GIELGUD, OM., CH. (1904-2000) 9th December, 1996

157. Alfred Thompson, The Lord DENNING, OM. (1899-1999)  25th November, 1997

158. Norman Robert, The Lord FOSTER OF THAMES BANK, OM., RA. (b. 1935)  25th November, 1997

159. Sir Denis Eric ROOKE, OM., CBE., FRS., FEng. (b. 1924) 25th November, 1997

160. Edward James (Ted) HUGHES, OM., OBE. (1930-1998) 10th August, 1998

161. His Eminence Cardinal George Basil HUME, OM., OSB. Archbishop of Westminster (1923-1999) 25th May, 1999

162. Sir James Whyte BLACK, OM., FRCP., FRS. (b. 1924) 9th May, 2000

163. Sir Anthony Alfred CARO, OM., CBE. (b. 1924) 9th May, 2000

164. Sir Roger PENROSE, OM., FRS. (b. 1931) 9th May, 2000

165. Sir Tom STOPPARD, OM., CBE., FRSL. (b. 1937) 9th May, 2000

166. His Royal Highness The Prince of WALES, K.G., K.T., G.C.B., O.M., A.K., Q.S.O., A.D.C. (b. 1948) 27th June, 2002

167. Lord MAY of Oxford, OM. 28th October, 2002

168. The Lord ROTHSCHILD, OM., GBE., GM., FRS. (b. 1936) 28th October, 2002


HONORARY MEMBERS

Field Marshal Prince Aritomo YAMAGATA, OM. (1838-1922) (Japan) 21st February 1906

Field Marshal Prince Iwao OYAMA, OM. ( 1842-1916) (Japan) 21st February 1906

Admiral of the Fleet Marquis Heihachiro TOGO, OM., GCVO. (1848-1934) (Japan) 21st February 1906

Marshal and Field Marshal Ferdinand FOCH, GCB., OM. (1851-1929) (France) 29th November 1918

Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire JOFFRE, GCB., OM. (1852-1931) (France) 26th June 1919

General of the Army Dwight David EISENHOWER, GCB., OM. (1890-1969) (United States of America) 12th June 1945

The Honourable John Gilbert WINANT, OM. (1889-1947) (United States of America) 1st January 1947

Albert SCHWEITZER, OM., FBA (1875-1965) (France) 25th February 1955

Sarvepalli RADHAKRISHNAN, OM., FBA. (1888-1975) (India) 12th June 1963

Agnes Gonxha BOJAXHIU, OM., AC., OBE (MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA) (1910-1997) (India) 18th November 1983

Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA, OM. (b. 1918) (South Africa) 21st March, 1995

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