Birthday Honours 1937
Hugh Seymour Walpole GCVO
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
• C.B.E.
Organisation: C.B.E
“For services to literature.”
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The Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order was awarded 105 times in the Birthday Honours List 1937 — about 9% of the list.
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4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in the Birthday Honours 1937
Alexander West Russell
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for Tynemouth since Novem- ber, 1922.”
Archibald Campbell Black
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“For political and public services in Glasgow.”
Archibald Richard James Southby
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for the Epsom division since 1928.”
Armigel de Vins Wade
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Arthur Edwin Horn
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Arthur Frederick Hurst
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Arthur Giver
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Best & Co.
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Brigadier-General Alexander Gore Arkwright
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Charles Ewan Law
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Charles George Matheson
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Charles Granville Gibson
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for Pudsey and Otley since 1929.”
Charles John Boyd Norwood
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“For public services in the Dominion of New Zealand.”
Charles Sydney Jones
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“For public services.”
Claude George
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for the Fairfield division of Liverpool since 1931 and for East Nottingham 1924 to 1929.”
Comptroller of His Majesty's Household
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
David Milne-Watson
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
David Rowland Evans
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“For political and public services.”
Director of Survey of English Place Names.
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Diwan Bahadur Subbarayalu Kumaraswami Reddiyar Avargal
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for Education and Public Health to the Governor of Madras, Madras.”
Edmund Vivian Gabriel
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Edward Hearle Cole
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Ernest Davis
PersonDame Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order · 1937
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1937 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1937.
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