Below is a List of Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 until the present day:

List

1930s

*1931: The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair *1932: The Baroness Baden-Powell, The Viscountess Cowdray *1937: The Countess of Athlone, The Countess Baldwin of Bewdley,

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*1938: The Marchioness of Carisbrooke

1940s

*1944: The Dowager Marchioness of Reading *1946:

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*1948: The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Beryl Oliver

1950s

*1951: The Baroness Denman *1953: The Baroness Freyberg *1954: The Countess Alexander of Tunis,

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, The Countess of Limerick, The Baroness Horsbrugh *1957:

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1960s

*1961: The Baroness Sharp *1964:

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1980s

*1983: The Baroness Donaldson of Lymington

2000s

*2005: The Baroness Butler-Sloss

2010s

*2012: The Baroness Hayman *2019: The Baroness Higgins{{London Gazette, nolink=y, issue=62507, supp=1, page=N24, date=29 December 2018

2020s

*2022: Dame Sue Ion *2023: Dame

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References

Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire ''Dame'' is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth realms, such as Australia and New Zeal ...

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...