Grade
Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
The highest grade of the Order of St Michael and St George (Knight or Dame Grand Cross); post-nominal GCMG.
GCMG
26 recipients in the record.
Awarded over time
Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George appointments by year, split by honours list.
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- 2025Birthday (1)
- 2024New Year (1)
- 2023New Year (1) · Birthday (1)
- 2022Birthday (1)
- 2021Birthday (1)
- 2020Birthday (3)
- 2018New Year (1)
- 2016New Year (1) · Birthday (1)
- 2015New Year (1)
- 2011New Year (1) · Birthday (1)
- 2008New Year (1)
- 2007Birthday (1)
- 2006Birthday (1)
- 2004New Year (1) · Birthday (1)
- 2003New Year (1) · Birthday (1)
- 2002Birthday (1)
- 2001New Year (1) · Birthday (1)
Topics
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About this honour
The highest grade of the Order of St Michael and St George (Knight or Dame Grand Cross); post-nominal GCMG.
Recipients
26 people in the record. Filter by name, citation, year, region or theme.
26 people
2026
2025
2024
2023
Simon Lawrance Gass
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2023
“For services to National Security and British Foreign Policy.”
Mark The Lord Sedwill Of Sherborne
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2023
“For services to British foreign policy, to National Security and H.M. Government.”
2022
2021
2020
Timothy Barrow
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2020
“For services to British foreign policy.”
David Attenborough
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2020
“For services to television broadcasting and to conservation.”
Julian King
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2020
“For services to Security in Europe.”
2018
2016
Peter Westmacott
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2016
“For services to British Diplomacy.”
Simon Fraser
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2016
“For services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and to the pursuit of British foreign policy interests.”
2015
2011
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
Linked data
- Post-nominal
- GCMG
- Wikidata
- Q12177423
From the Honoria honours vocabulary (SKOS). exactMatch = Wikidata; closeMatch = The Gazette honours ontology (official but a 2008–2015 beta).