List of dames commander of the Order of the British Empire

1910s

• 1917: The Lady Byron; Edith Balfour Lyttelton; The Marchioness of Willingdon
• 1918: Eva Anstruther; Caroline Arnott; Florence, Lady Bell; Anna Maria, Lady Donner; Margaret Pryse-Rice; Clarissa Reid; The Viscountess Ridley; The Countess Roberts; Edith Sclater; Olive Smith-Dorrien; Janet Stancomb-Wills; The Countess Waldegrave; Mary Webster
• 1919: Rachel Crowdy; The Countess of Darnley; The Countess of Harrowby; Henrietta Henderson; Gian, Lady Mount Stephen; Una, Lady O'Dwyer; Florence Simpson

1920s

• 1920: Georgiana Buller; Clara Butt; The Dowager Countess of Eglinton; Beryl Oliver, Sophia Wintz
• 1921: Adelaide Anderson; Edith Dixon
• 1922: The Viscountess Greenwood; Ethel Smyth;
• 1923: Belle, Lady Cox; Barbara, Lady Strickland
• 1924: Henrietta Barnett; The Viscountess Bridgeman; Janet Campbell;
• 1925: Emma Albani; Louisa Aldrich-Blake; Mary Cook; Louisa Lumsden; The Lady St Helier; Anne Smith; Mary Wills
• 1926: Agnes Hunt; Maude Lawrence; Jessie Phipps; Mary Scharlieb
• 1927: Edith Antrobus; The Countess of Cavan; The Dowager Countess of Jersey; Emily Penrose; The Countess of Stradbroke; The Viscountess Templewood
• 1928: The Duchess of Bedford; Frances Dove; Elizabeth Wordsworth
• 1929: Alida Brittain; Harriet Findlay; Laura Knight; Anne McIlroy; Bertha Phillpotts

1930s

• 1930: Mary Bailey
• 1931: Joanna Cruickshank; Maharani Lakshmi Devi of Dhar; Sarah Mair; Sybil Thorndike
• 1932: Margaret Tuke; Edith Brown
• 1933: The Lady Denman; The Viscountess Simon
• 1934: Elizabeth Cadbury; Alicia Lloyd Still
• 1935: Annie Jean Connor; Constance D'Arcy; Ethel MacDonald; Rosalind Paget; The Duchess of Portland
• 1936: The Duchess of Abercorn; Regina Evans; Lady Susan Gilmour; Christabel Pankhurst
• 1937: Edith Muriel Anderson; Geraldine Cadbury; Ellen Pinsent; The Lady Strickland; Marie Tempest; Violet Wills
• 1938: The Countess of Elgin; Florence Lambert; Gwendoline Trubshaw
• 1939: The Lady Hillingdon; Ellen Musson

1940s

• 1941: The Viscountess Craigavon; The Marchioness of Reading; Irene Vanbrugh
• 1942: Katharine Jones
• 1943: Emily Blair; Lilian Braithwaite; Anne Loughlin; Ethel Walker
• 1944: Lilian Barker; Doris Beale; Jane Trefusis Forbes
• 1945: Joan Marsham; Vera Laughton Mathews; Katherine Watt
• 1946: Edith Evans; The Countess of Limerick; Leslie Whateley
• 1947: Madeline Brock; Gertrude Cosgrove; Evelyn Fox; Matilda Goodrich; Caroline Haslett; Emmeline Tanner; Eileen Walwyn
• 1948: The Baroness Sharp; Louisa Wilkinson
• 1949: Harriette Chick; Myra Curtis; Anne Curwen; Mary Smieton; Mary Tyrwhitt

1950s

• 1950: Marjorie Cox; Frances Farrer; Grace Kimmins;
• 1951: Ellen Acton; Florence Cardell-Oliver; Helen Cargill; Mary Daly; Elizabeth Gilmer; Florence Hancock; Hilda Lloyd; Ninette de Valois
• 1952: Florence Bevin; Kathleen Courtney; Marjorie Maxse
• 1953: The Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury; Cynthia Colville; Catherine Fulford; Flora MacLeod of MacLeod; Enid Russell-Smith
• 1954: Lilian Bromley-Davenport; Helen Gillespie; Edith Sitwell
• 1955: Mabel Brookes; Elizabeth Cockayne; The Countess of Rosebery; Roberta Whyte
• 1956: The Countess of Albemarle; Peggy Ashcroft; Margot Fonteyn; Hilda Ross; Lucile Sayers
• 1957: Anne Bryans; The Countess De La Warr; Annabelle Rankin; Nancy Robertson; Janet Vaughan
• 1958: Mary Henrietta Barnett; Monica Golding; Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones; Rose Macaulay;
• 1959: The Viscountess Brookeborough; Ruth Buckley; Mary Colvin; Rebecca West

1960s

• 1960: Judith Anderson; Alice Berry; The Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte; Mary Herring; Elizabeth Hoyer-Millar; Alice Lowrey, Merlyn Myer; Flora Robson
• 1961: Kitty Anderson; Elizabeth Couchman; The Baroness Hornsby-Smith; Anne Stephens
• 1962: Anne Godwin; Edith Pitt; Marie Rambert; Jean Roberts; Barbara Salt; Eva Turner
• 1963: Joyce Bishop; Jean Conan Doyle; Barbara Cozens; Jean Davies; Honor Fell; Alicia Markova; Elisabeth Murdoch
• 1964: Veronica Ashworth; Jean Rivett-Drake; Margaret Shepherd; The Baroness Vickers; The Baroness Wakehurst; Eileen Younghusband
• 1965: The Lady Adrian; Florence Cayford; Mabel Crout; Sibyl Hathaway; Joan Henderson; Barbara Hepworth; Elizabeth Lane; Catherine Scott; Margot Turner
• 1966: Elsie Abbot; Margaret Drummond; Felicity Hill; Leah Manning; Ngaio Marsh; Annie, Lady McEwen; Ruth Railton; Grace Tebbutt; Mabel Tylecote
• 1967: Margery Corbett Ashby; The Countess of Brecknock; Ivy Compton-Burnett; Gladys Cooper; Helen Gardner; Pauline Giles; Mabel Miller; Beryl Paston Brown; Margaret Rutherford; Ivy Wedgwood; Albertine Winner
• 1968: Zara Bate; Annis Gillie; Isabel Graham-Bryce; Mary Green; Muriel Powell; Kathleen Raven; Hilda Stevenson; Muriel Stewart; Dorothy Tangney; Veronica Wedgwood; Ethel Wormald
• 1969: Rita Buxton; Hilda Bynoe; Olwen, Lady Carey Evans; Mary Cartwright; Molly Gibbs; Ella Macknight; Daphne du Maurier; Anna Neagle; Sister Mary Regis; Lucy Stuart Sutherland; Elizabeth Yarwood

1970s

• 1970: Dorothy Ackroyd; Mary Anderson; Te Atairangikaahu; Sara Barker; Bessie Bottomley; Margaret Cole; Marion Kettlewell; Margaret Miles; Peggy van Praagh
• 1971: Kate Campbell; Agatha Christie; Mabel Coles; Mary Cramer; Adelaide Doughty; Kathleen Ollerenshaw
• 1972: Nancy Buttfield; Cicely Courtneidge; Diana Reader Harris; Unity Lister; The Lady Plowden; Freya Stark; Susan Walker
• 1973: Jill Bolte; Sylvia Crowe; Kathleen Kenyon; Sister Mary Leo; Marjorie Williamson
• 1974: Josephine Barnes; Emma Clode; The Baroness Denington; Phyllis Frost; Joan Hammond; Rose Heilbron; Albertha Isaacs; The Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden; Margot Smith
• 1975: Jacobena Angliss; Helen Blaxland; Bridget D'Oyly Carte; Joyce Daws; Frances Gardner; Wendy Hiller; Margaret Kidd; Ruth Kirk; Vera Lynn; Dorothy Rees; Betty Ridley
• 1976: Janet Baker; Edith Burnside; Violet Dickson; Joan Evans; Monica Gallagher; Elizabeth Hill; Ada Norris
• 1977: Geraldine Aves; Moyra Browne; Patricia Mackinnon; Rosemary Murray; Iris Origo; Marjorie Parker; Cecily Pickerill; Winifred Prentice; Frances Yates
• 1978: Isobel Baillie; Mary Durack; Audrey Reader; Joan Howard Roberts; Sheila Sherlock; Meere Uatioa
• 1979: Mary Austin; Margaret Booth; Sister Philippa Brazill; The Baroness Butler-Sloss; Elizabeth Coker; Gracie Fields; Judith Hart; Naomi James; Doris Johnson; Daphne Purves; Joan Sutherland; Margaret Weston

1980s

• 1980: Rachel Cleland; Miriam Dell; Phyllis Friend; Margaret Guilfoyle; Ida Mann; Raigh Roe; Cicely Saunders; The Lady Soames; Ann Springman
• 1981: Beryl Beaurepaire; Margaret Blackwood; Mary Bridges; Whina Cooper; Pamela Hunter; Celia Johnson; Ruby Litchfield; Betty Paterson; The Baroness Pike; Shelagh Roberts; Margaret Scott
• 1982: Doris Fitton; Elisabeth Frink; Catherine Hall; Roma Mitchell; Kiri Te Kanawa; Alice Wedega; Ida Yonge
• 1983: The Marchioness of Anglesey; Rosamund Holland-Martin; Leonie Kramer; Olga Uvarov
• 1984: The Baroness Seccombe; Guinevere Tilney; Catherine Tizard; The Baroness Warnock
• 1985: Jean Herbison; The Baroness Jenkins of Hillhead; The Baroness Knight of Collingtree; Alison Munro; Joan Varley
• 1986: Vivienne Boyd; Peggy Fenner; Dorothea Horsman; Christian Howard; Gwyneth Jones; Merle Park; Simone Prendergast; Barbara Shenfield; Rosa Tokiel
• 1987: Elizabeth Chesterton; Marie Clay; Dorothy Fraser; Penelope Jessel; Mary Kekedo; Elizabeth Maconchy; Joan Metge; Iris Murdoch; Sheila Quinn
• 1988: Barbara Clayton; Judi Dench; Beryl Grey; Rosalinde Hurley; Elaine Kellett-Bowman; Laurie Salas
• 1989: Silvia Cartwright; The Baroness Dunn; The Baroness Emerton; The Baroness Fookes; Margaret Fry; Barbara Goodman; Rosemary Rue

1990s

• 1990: Josephine Abaijah; Venetia Blaize; Joyanne Bracewell; The Baroness Hylton-Foster; The Baroness Lloyd of Highbury; Maggie Smith; Miraka Szászy; Rachel Waterhouse; Dorothy Winstone
• 1991: Barbara Cartland; Stella Casey; Eugenia Charles; The Lady Digby; Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies; Jane Gow; Malvina Major; Shirley Porter; Paddy Ridsdale; Lucie Rie; Sue Tinson; Margaret Turner-Warwick
• 1992: Jocelyn Barrow; Ann Ebsworth; Rangimārie Hetet; Edna Lewis; Moura Lympany; Wendy Mitchell; Shirley Oxenbury; Anne Poole; Norma Restieaux; Angela Rumbold; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; The Baroness Serota; Janet Smith
• 1993: Lady Arden of Heswall; Ann Ballin; Patricia Bergquist; Catherine Cookson; Mary Corsar; Pat Evison; Mary Glen-Haig; Phyllis Guthardt, Louise Henderson; Thora Hird; Dawn Lamb; Anne McLaren; Thea Muldoon; Annette Penhaligon; Margaret Price; Muriel Spark; Heather Steel; Augusta Wallace
• 1994: Margaret Brain; The Baroness Byford; The Baroness Hale of Richmond; Marea Hartman; Georgina Kirby; Eileen Mayo; Diana Rigg; Gillian Wagner
• 1995: The Baroness Anelay of St. Johns; Elizabeth Clarke Anson; Josephine Barstow; Marjorie Bean; June Clark; Sister Pauline Engel; Elizabeth Esteve-Coll; Elizabeth Harper; The Lady Higgins; Mary Hogg; Rose Kekedo; Anne Salmond; The Lady Thorneycroft
• 1996: Fiona Caldicott; The 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth; Jane Drew; The Baroness Fritchie; Felicity Lott; The Baroness Noakes; Antoinette Sibley; Gillian Weir
• 1997: Rachael Dyche; Deirdre Hine; Cleo Laine; Barbara Mills; Bridget Ogilvie; Joan Sawyer; Rosanna Wong
• 1998: Gillian Beer; Lorna Boreland-Kelly; Patricia Collarbone; Tamsyn Imison; Betty Kershaw; Helen Metcalf; Gillian Oliver; The Viscountess Runciman of Doxford; Veronica Sutherland; Mary Uprichard
• 1999: Lady Black of Derwent; Lois Browne-Evans; A. S. Byatt; Diana Collins; Pauline Fielding; Mavis Grant; The Baroness Hallett; Norma Major; Yvonne Moores; Helen Reeves; Margaret Seward; Helena Shovelton; Lesley Southgate; Maureen Thomas

2000s

• 2000: Julie Andrews; Beryl Bainbridge; Shirley Bassey; Beulah Bewley; Jill Macleod Clark; Marie Descartes; Vivien Duffield; Anne Evans; Glynne Evans; Geraldine Keegan; Judith Kilpatrick; Patricia Morgan-Webb; Lorna Muirhead; Mary Peters; Anne Rafferty; Marlene Robottom; Miriam Rothschild; Steve Shirley; Patricia Symmonds; Elizabeth Taylor; Dorothy Tutin
• 2001: Ingrid Allen; Eileen Atkins; The Baroness Campbell of Surbiton; Wendy Davies; Karlene Davis; Jill Ellison; Jean Else; Julia Higgins; Sharon Hollows; Thea King; Sheila McKechnie; Sally Powell; Lesley Rees; Mary Richardson; Dela Smith; Marilyn Strathern; Janet Trotter
• 2002: Margaret Barbour; Laura Cox; The Baroness Deech; Catherine Elcoat; Judith Mayhew Jonas; Jessica Rawson; Janet Ritterman; Marjorie Scardino; Meg Taylor; Sheila Wallis
• 2003: Elizabeth Blackadder; Yve Buckland; Pamela Coward; Pauline Green; Louise Johnson; Helen Mirren; Elizabeth Neville; Anna Pauffley; Julia Polak; Ruth Robins; Anita Roddick; Rita Weller; Jenifer Wilson-Barnett
• 2004: Florence Baron; Enid Bibby; The Lady Brittan of Spennithorne; Alexandra Burslem; Hilary Cropper; Sandra Dawson; Jacqueline Docherty; Jane Goodall; Elizabeth Gloster; Joan Harbison; The Lady Harris of Peckham; Patricia Hodgson; Elisabeth Hoodless; Olwen Hufton; Deirdre Hutton; Gillian Morgan; The Baroness Neuberger; The Lady Olivier; Denise Platt; Jane Roberts; Marion Roe; Gail Ronson
• 2005: Carol Black; Maureen Brennan; Linda Dobbs; The Baroness Grey-Thompson; Kelly Holmes; Carol Kidu; Ellen MacArthur; Mary Macdonald; Julia Macur; Sarah Mullally; Gillian Pugh; Nancy Rothwell; Jennifer Smith; Caroline Swift; Jean Thomas; Fanny Waterman
• 2006: Averil Cameron; Liz Forgan; Anna Hassan; Carole Jordan; Susan Leather; Julie Mellor; Janet Nelson; Daphne Sheldrick; Ruth Silver; Vivienne Westwood
• 2007: Yasmin Bevan; Jocelyn Bell Burnell; Marcela Contreras; Mary Douglas; Ann Dowling; Evelyn Glennie; Joan Higgins; Janet Husband; Mary Keegan; Barbara Kelly; Emma Kirkby; Ann Leslie; Mary Marsh; Mary Perkins; Josephine Williams
• 2008: The Baroness Bakewell; Christine Beasley; Hilary Blume; Lynne Brindley; Kay Davies; Margaret Drabble; Janet Finch; Clara Furse; Eleanor King; Donna Kinnair; Monica Mason; The Baroness O'Loan; Judith Parker; Sonia Proudman; Fiona Reynolds; Elizabeth Slade; Barbara Stocking; Mary Tanner; Jacqueline Wilson
• 2009: Jenny Abramsky; Sally Davies; Elizabeth Fradd; The Lady Gould of Brookwood; Barbara Hakin; Wendy Hall; Anne Owers; Linda Partridge; Philippa Russell; Rosalind Savill; Victoria Sharp; Joan Stringer; Mitsuko Uchida

2010s

• 2010: Valerie Beral; Claire Bertschinger; Monica Dacon; Nicola Velfor Davies; Athene Donald; The Baroness Eaton; Amelia Fawcett; Jacqueline Fisher; Janet Gaymer; Julia Goodfellow; Susan Ion; Barbara Monroe; Janet Paraskeva; Paula Rego; Alison Richard; Kathryn Thirlwall; Clare Tickell; Marcia Twelftree; Naila Zaffar
• 2011: Helen Alexander; Elish Angiolini; Patricia Bacon; Anne Begg; Ruth Carnall; Rosemary Cramp; Antonia Fraser; Susan John; Reena Keeble; Sally Macintyre; Beverley Lang; Jenni Murray; Felicity Palmer; Indira Patel; Anne Rafferty; The Lady Rees of Ludlow; Janet Suzman; Lucy Theis; The Lady Wallace of Saltaire; Harriet Walter
• 2012: Mary Archer; Margaret Makea Karika Ariki; Glynis Breakwell; Moira Gibb; Zaha Hadid; Judith Hill; Tessa Jowell; The Baroness Brown of Cambridge; Tina Lavender; Penelope Lively; Julie Moore; Sylvia Morris; The Baroness Neville-Rolfe; Joan Ruddock; Theresa Sackler; Janet Thornton
• 2013: Sarah Asplin; Margaret Beckett; Janet Wolfson de Botton; Susan Bourne; Christine Braddock, Sally Coates, Sarah Cowley; Nicky Cullum; Diana Ellis; Nancy Hallett; Helen Hyde; Anne Mandall Johnson; Monica Joseph; Hermione Lee; Joan McVittie; Priscilla Newell; Vicki Paterson; Janice Pereira; Judith Rees; Carol Robinson; Vivien Rose; Dana Ross-Wawrzynski; Phyllis Somers; Sarah Storey; Angela Watkinson
• 2014: Geraldine Andrews; Kathryn August; Susan Bailey; Kate Barker; Maizie Barker-Welch; Mary Colette Bowe; Rosemary Butler; Alison Carnwath; Sue Carr; Jessica Corner; Laura Davies; Celia Hoyles; Penelope Keith; Asha Khemka; Frances Kirwan; Elisabeth Laing; Angela Lansbury; Gillian Lynne; Louise Makin; Hilary Mantel; Maura McGowan; Nicola Nelson-Taylor; Frances Patterson; Alison Peacock; Shirley Pearce; Erica Pienaar; Dawn Primarolo; Seona Reid; Zandra Rhodes; Jennifer Roberts; Alison Russell; Pamela Shaw; Ingrid Simler; Julia Slingo; Rachel de Souza
• 2015: Frances Ashcroft; Annette Brooke; Sue Bruce; Victoria Bruce; Frances Cairncross; Bobbie Cheema-Grubb; Joan Collins; Kate Dethridge; Carol Ann Duffy; Oremi Evans; Anne Glover; Pippa Harris; Margaret Hodge; Siobhan Keegan; Fiona Kendrick; Zarine Kharas; Juliet May; Denise McBride; Anne McGuire; Joyce Plotnikoff; Mary Quant; Esther Rantzen; Teresa Rees; Nemat Shafik; Eileen Sills; Kristin Scott Thomas; Dianne Thompson; Marina Warner; Philippa Whipple; Glenis Willmott; Fiona Woolf
• 2016: Anita Allen; The Baroness Black of Strome; Louise Casey; Denise Coia; Polly Courtice; Caroline Dean; Anna Dominiczak; Lesley Fallowfield; Judith Hackitt; Alice Hudson; Nerys Jefford; Susan Jowett; Rotha Johnston; Frances Lannon; Christine Lenehan; Georgina Mace; Natalie Massenet; Carolyn McCall; Henrietta Moore; Finola O'Farrell; Julia Peyton-Jones; Siân Phillips; Heather Rabbatts; Benita Refson; Caroline Spelman; Glenys Stacey; Arabella Warburton; Margaret Whitehead; Penelope Wilton; Barbara Windsor; Rosie Winterton; Til Wykes
• 2017: Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu; Vera Baird; Inga Beale; Hilary Boulding; Carmen Callil; Sarah Connolly; Olivia De Havilland; Jessica Ennis-Hill; Amanda Fisher; Helen Fraser; Barbara Frost; Katherine Grainger; Carolyn Hamilton; Jane Jiang; Parveen Kumar; Gwynneth Knowles; Ottoline Leyser; Theresa Marteau; Helena Morrissey; Clare Moulder; Patricia Routledge; Cilla Snowball; Angela Strank; Julie Walters; Caroline Leigh Watkins; June Whitfield; Anna Wintour; Amanda Yip
• 2018: Mary Beard; Janet Beer; Darcey Bussell; Hilary Chapman; Sara Cockerill; Johannah Cutts; Jane Dacre; Jacqueline Daniel; Louise Ellman; Pratibha Gai; Cheryl Gillan; Moya Greene; Sue Hill; Vivian Hunt; Eleanor Laing; Christina Lambert; Stella Manzie; Clare Marx; Angela McLean; Angela Pedder; Susan Rice; Christine Ryan; Frances Saunders; Rosemary Squire; Emma Thompson; Janet Vitmayer; Cathy Warwick
• 2019: Madeleine Atkins; Glenda Bailey; Janet Bostwick; Elizabeth Corley; Cressida Dick; Jennifer Eady; Carolyn Fairbairn; Sarah Falk; Judith Farbey; Alison Foster; Jacqueline Foster; Uta Frith; Jayne-Anne Gadhia; Ann Gloag; Marianne Griffiths; Frances Judd; Julie Kenny; Sandra Lau; Lesley Lawson; Laura Lee; Nathalie Lieven; Louise Martin; Constance Mitcham; Mary Ney; Alison Nimmo; Ann Louise Robinson; Elan Closs Stephens; Karen Steyn; Justine Thornton; Sara Thornton; Rachel Whiteread

2020s

• 2020: Caroline Allen; The Baroness Benjamin; Mary Berry; Muffy Calder; The Baroness Campbell of Loughborough; Siobhan Davies; Clare Gerada; Lynn Gladden; Teresa Graham; Gillian Guy; Victoria Heywood; Susan Hill; Elaine Inglesby-Burke; Diana Johnson; Donna Langley; Maureen Lipman; Olivia Newton-John; Magdalene Odundo; Cally Palmer; Linda Pollard; Anne Marie Rafferty; Lesley Regan; Rose Tremain; Julia Unwin; Emma Walmsley; Sarah Whatmore; Sharon White; Sarah Worthington
• 2021: Helen Atkinson; Karin Barber; Phyllida Barlow; Catherine Bingham; Imogen Cooper; Angela Eagle; Uta Frith; Sarah Gilbert; Jane Glover; Rachel Griffith; Sheila Hancock; Meg Hillier; Sandra Horley; Jean Kekedo; Andrea Leadsom; Prue Leith; Sara Llewellin; Irene Lucas-Hays; Caroline MacEwen; Caroline Mason; Pat McGrath; Carol Propper; Arlene Phillips; Maura Regan; Anne Richards; Jo da Silva; Alwen Williams
• 2022: The Lady Arbuthnot of Edrom; Kelyn Bacon; Linda Colley; Rowena Collins Rice; Vivienne Cox; Flora Duffy; Naomi Ellenbogen; Arlene Foster; Christine Gilbert; Sue Gray; Clare Grey; Nia Griffith; Jenny Harries; Sylvia Heal; Deborah James; Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle; Karen Jones; Laura Kenny; Sara Khan; The Lady Lancaster of Kimbolton; Emily Lawson; Diane Lees; Ann Limb; Joanna Lumley; Julie Lydon; Sally Mapstone; Ruth May; Maria Miller; Fiona Powrie; June Raine; Vanessa Redgrave; Louise Richardson; The Lady Sainsbury of Turville; Joanna Smith; Sarah Springman; Mary Stacey; Helen Stokes-Lampard; Amanda Tipples; Heather Williams
• 2023: Angela Ahrendts; Jackie Baillie; Karen Bradley; Dawn Childs; Lyn Chitty; Susan Langley; Denise Lewis;Averil Mansfield; Julie Maxton; Kathryn McDowell; Heather McGregor; Virginia McKenna; Amanda Milling; Eleanor Milner-Gulland; Sarah Morgan; Elizabeth Nicholl; Cathy Nutbrown; Priti Patel; Norma Redfearn; Alison Rose-Slade; Robina Shah; Ann Sindall; Neslyn Watson-Druée; Melanie Welham; Shelley Williams-Walker
• 2024: Maggie Aderin-Pocock; Harriett Baldwin; Amanda Blanc; Sonia Boyce; Karen Buck; Thérèse Coffey; Jilly Cooper; Tracey Crouch; Felicity Dahl; Jennifer Dixon; Tracey Emin; The Lady Hague of Richmond; Rebecca Harris; Tristia Harrison; Anya Hindmarch; Julia Hoggett; Karen Holford; Dianne Jeffrey; Valerie Lund; Clare Marchant; Siobhain McDonagh; Ruth Miskin; Dervilla Mitchell; Marit Mohn; Judith Petts; Hannah Rothschild; Jasvinder Sanghera; Janice Sigsworth; Imelda Staunton; Helen Stephenson; Molly Stevens; Cristina Taylor; Evelyn Taylor; Emma Thomas; Judith Weir; Moira Whyte; The Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
• 2025: Stephanie Amiel; Claire Barclay; Pat Barker; Julia Black; Emma Bridgewater; Julia Buckingham; Debbie Crosbie; Jane Cummings; Alison Etheridge; Alison Fuller; Marie Gabriel; Anne Glover; Linda Heggs; Patricia Hewitt; Anne Hudson; Celia Ingham Clark; Nicole Jacobs; Ursula Martin; Caroline Michel; Penny Mordaunt; Carmen Munroe; Chi Onwurah; Elaine Paige; Lesley Ann Powell; Barbara Rae; Lisbet Rausing; Emily Thornberry; Jayne Torvill; Ijeoma Uchegbu

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