List of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire

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:

1930s

 * 1931: The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
 * 1932: The Baroness Baden-Powell, The Viscountess Cowdray
 * 1937: Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, The Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, The Duchess of Gloucester, The Duchess of Kent, Enid Lyons
 * 1938: The Marchioness of Carisbrooke

1940s

 * 1944: The Dowager Marchioness of Reading
 * 1946: Clementine Churchill, Isobel Cripps
 * 1948: The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Dame Beryl Oliver

1950s

 * 1951: The Baroness Denman
 * 1953: The Baroness Freyberg
 * 1954: The Countess Alexander of Tunis, Pattie Menzies, The Countess of Limerick, The Baroness Horsbrugh
 * 1957: Dame Dehra Parker

1960s

 * 1961: The Baroness Sharp
 * 1964: Lady Dorothy Macmillan

1980s

 * 1983: The Baroness Donaldson of Lymington

2000s

 * 2005: The Baroness Butler-Sloss

2010s

 * 2012: The Baroness Hayman
 * 2019: The Lady Higgins

2020s

 * 2022: Dame Sue Ion
 * 2023: Dame Hermione Lee
 * 2024: Dame Margaret Beckett, Dame Carol Black, Queen Camilla (Grand Master), Dame Jenny Abramsky