List of members of the Order of Merit

Below is a list of Members of the Order of Merit from the order's creation in 1902 until the present day. The number shown is the individual's place in the wider order of appointment since the Order of Merit's inception;

  the blue colour denotes honorary members.
  the yellow colour denotes current members.
Member numberCountryImageNameDate of appointmentLifetimeOccupation
1.The Earl Roberts26 June 190230 September 1832 – 14 November 1914Field Marshal
2.The Viscount Wolseley26 June 19024 June 1833 – 25 March 1913Field Marshal
3.The Lord Kitchener of Khartoum26 June 190224 June 1850 – 5 June 1916Field Marshal, Statesman
4.The Lord Rayleigh26 June 190212 November 1842 – 30 June 1919Physicist
5.The Lord Kelvin26 June 190226 June 1824 – 17 December 1907Physicist
6.The Lord Lister26 June 19025 April 1827 – 10 February 1912Surgeon
7.Sir Henry Keppel26 June 190214 June 1809 – 17 January 1904Admiral
8.John Morley26 June 190224 December 1838 – 23 September 1923Politician
9.William Edward Hartpole Lecky26 June 190226 March 1838 – 22 October 1903Historian, Politician
10.Sir Edward Hobart Seymour26 June 190230 April 1840 – 2 March 1929Admiral
11.Sir William Huggins26 June 19027 February 1824 – 12 May 1910Astronomy
12.George Frederic Watts26 June 190223 February 1817 – 1 July 1904Painter
13.Sir George Stuart White30 June 19056 July 1835 – 24 June 1912Field Marshal
14.Sir John Fisher30 June 190525 January 1841 – 10 July 1920Admiral
15.Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb30 June 190527 August 1841 – 9 December 1905Classicist, Politician
16.Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema30 June 19058 January 1836 – 25 June 1912Painter
17.George Meredith30 June 190512 February 1828 – 18 May 1909Novelist
18.William Holman Hunt30 June 19052 April 1827 – 7 September 1910Painter
19.Prince Yamagata Aritomo21 February 190614 June 1838 – 1 February 1922Field Marshal, Statesman
20.Prince Ōyama Iwao21 February 190612 November 1842 – 10 December 1916Field Marshal
21.Marquess Tōgō Heihachirō21 February 190627 January 1848 – 30 May 1934Admiral
22.The Earl of Cromer29 June 190626 February 1841 – 29 January 1917Colonial Administrator
23.James Bryce11 February 190710 May 1838 – 22 January 1922Politician, Historian
24.Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker30 June 190730 June 1817 – 10 December 1911Botanist
25.Florence Nightingale12 May 190712 May 1820 – 13 August 1910Nurse
26.Henry Jackson26 June 190812 March 1839 – 25 September 1921Classicist
27.Alfred Russel Wallace26 June 19088 January 1823 – 7 November 1913Naturalist
28.Sir William Crookes8 July 191017 June 1832 – 4 April 1919Chemist
29.Thomas Hardy8 July 19102 June 1840 – 11 January 1928Novelist
30.Sir George Trevelyan, Bt19 June 191120 July 1838 – 17 August 1928Politician
31.Sir Edward Elgar19 June 19112 June 1857 – 23 February 1934Composer
32.Sir Arthur Wilson8 March 19124 March 1842 – 25 May 1921Admiral
33.Sir Joseph John Thomson15 March 191218 December 1856 – 30 August 1940Physicist
34.Sir Archibald Geikie1 January 191428 December 1835 – 10 November 1924Geologist
35.Sir John French3 December 191428 September 1852 – 22 May 1925Field Marshal
36.The Viscount Haldane26 May 191530 July 1856 – 19 August 1928Politician
37.Henry James1 January 191615 April 1843 – 28 February 1916Novelist
38.Sir John Jellicoe31 May 19165 December 1859 – 20 November 1935Admiral
39.Arthur Balfour3 June 191625 July 1848 – 19 March 1930Politician
40.Ferdinand Foch29 November 19182 October 1851 – 20 March 1929General
41.Sir David Beatty3 June 191917 January 1871 – 11 March 1936Admiral
42.Sir Douglas Haig3 June 191919 June 1861 – 29 January 1928Field Marshal
43.Joseph Joffre26 June 191912 January 1852 – 3 January 1931General
44.David Lloyd George5 August 191917 January 1863 – 26 March 1945Politician
45.Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bt2 January 19229 May 1860 – 19 June 1937Novelist
46.F. H. Bradley3 June 192430 January 1846 – 18 September 1924Philosopher
47.Sir Charles Scott Sherrington3 June 192427 November 1857 – 4 March 1952Physiologist
48.Sir James George Frazer1 January 19251 January 1854 – 7 May 1941Sociologist
49.
Sir Ernest Rutherford1 January 192530 August 1871 – 19 October 1937Physicist
50.Sir Charles Algernon Parsons3 June 192713 June 1854 – 11 February 1931Engineer
51.Sir George Abraham Grierson4 June 19287 January 1851 – 9 March 1941Linguist
52.Robert Seymour Bridges3 June 192923 October 1844 – 21 April 1930Poet
53.John Galsworthy3 June 192914 August 1867 – 31 January 1933Novelist
54.
Samuel Alexander3 June 19306 January 1859 – 13 September 1938Philosopher
55.M. R. James3 June 19301 August 1862 – 12 June 1936Historian, Writer
56.G. M. Trevelyan3 June 193016 February 1876 – 21 July 1962Historian
57.Sir Charles Madden, Bt1 January 19315 September 1862 – 5 June 1935Admiral
58.Philip Wilson Steer1 January 193128 December 1860 – 18 March 1942Painter
59.Sir William Henry Bragg3 June 19312 July 1862 – 10 March 1942Physicist
60.John William Mackail1 January 193526 August 1859 – 13 December 1945Classicist
61.John Masefield3 June 19351 June 1878 – 12 May 1967Poet
62.Ralph Vaughan Williams3 June 193512 October 1872 – 26 August 1958Composer
63.Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins3 June 193520 June 1861 – 16 May 1947Biochemist
64.Sir Philip Chetwode, Bt1 January 193621 September 1869 – 6 July 1950Field Marshal
65.Herbert Fisher1 February 193721 March 1865 – 18 April 1940Historian, Politician
66.The Lord Baden-Powell11 May 193722 February 1857 – 8 January 1941Soldier, Scouting Pioneer
67.Sir Arthur Eddington9 June 193828 December 1882 – 22 November 1944Astronomer
68.The Lord Chatfield2 January 193927 September 1873 – 15 November 1967Admiral, Statesman
69.Sir James Hopwood Jeans2 January 193911 September 1877 – 16 September 1946Physicist
70.Sir Cyril Newall29 October 194015 February 1886 – 30 November 1963Marshal of the Air Force
71.
Gilbert Murray1 January 19412 January 1866 – 20 May 1957Classicist
72.Sir Edwin Lutyens1 January 194229 March 1869 – 1 January 1944Architect
73.Augustus John11 June 19424 January 1878 – 31 October 1961Painter
74.Edgar Adrian11 June 194230 November 1889 – 4 August 1977Physiologist
75.Sir William Searle Holdsworth1 January 19437 May 1871 – 2 January 1944Legal Scholar
76.Sir Dudley Pound3 September 194329 August 1877 – 21 October 1943Admiral
77.The Lord Passfield8 June 194413 July 1859 – 13 October 1947Economist, Politician
78.Sir Henry Hallett Dale8 June 19449 June 1875 – 23 July 1968Pharmacologist
79.Sir Giles Gilbert Scott8 June 19449 November 1880 – 8 February 1960Architect
80.
Alfred North Whitehead1 January 194515 February 1861 – 30 December 1947Mathematician, Philosopher
81.Dwight D. Eisenhower12 June 194514 October 1890 – 28 March 1969General, Statesman
82.Winston Churchill1 January 194630 November 1874 – 24 January 1965Politician
83.The Viscount Portal of Hungerford1 January 194621 May 1893 – 22 April 1971Marshal of the Air Force
84.The Viscount Alanbrooke13 June 194623 July 1883 – 17 June 1963Field Marshal
85.The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope13 June 19467 January 1883 – 12 June 1963Admiral
86.The Earl of Halifax13 June 194616 April 1881 – 23 December 1959Politician
87.Jan Smuts1 January 194724 May 1870 – 11 September 1950Politician, Soldier
88.John Gilbert Winant1 January 194723 February 1889 – 3 November 1947Politician, Diplomat
89.William Lyon Mackenzie King17 November 194717 December 1874 – 22 July 1950Politician
90.T. S. Eliot1 January 194826 September 1888 – 4 January 1965Poet
91.Sir Robert Robinson9 June 194913 September 1886 – 8 February 1975Chemist
92.The Earl Russell9 June 194918 May 1872 – 2 February 1970Philosopher, Mathematician
93.Sir Alexander Cadogan1 January 195125 November 1884 – 9 July 1968Civil Servant
94.The Viscount Trenchard1 January 19513 February 1873 – 10 February 1956Marshal of the Air Force
95.G. E. Moore7 June 19514 November 1873 – 24 October 1958Philosopher
96.Clement Attlee5 November 19513 January 1883 – 8 October 1967Politician
97.Wilder Penfield1 January 195326 January 1891 – 5 April 1976Surgeon
98.Walter de la Mare1 June 195325 April 1873 – 22 June 1956Writer
99.Albert Schweitzer25 February 195514 January 1875 – 4 September 1965Physician, Missionary, Theologian
100.The Lord Hailey31 May 195615 February 1872 – 1 June 1969Colonial Administrator
101.Sir John Cockcroft1 January 195727 May 1897 – 18 September 1967Physicist
102.The Viscount Waverley8 December 19578 July 1882 – 4 January 1958Civil Servant, Statesman
103.Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet12 June 19583 September 1899 – 31 August 1985Physiologist
104.The Viscount Samuel21 November 19586 November 1870 – 2 February 1963Politician
105.The Earl Alexander of Tunis23 April 196010 December 1891 – 16 June 1969Field Marshal
106.Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood23 April 196019 June 1897 – 9 October 1967Chemist
107.Graham Sutherland23 April 196024 August 1903 – 17 February 1980Artist
108.Sir Geoffrey de Havilland23 November 196227 July 1882 – 21 May 1965Aircraft Engineer
109.Sir Basil Spence23 November 196213 August 1907 – 19 November 1976Architect
110.Sir Owen Dixon29 May 196328 April 1886 – 7 July 1972Judge
111.Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan12 June 19635 September 1888 – 17 April 1975Statesman, Philosopher
112.George Peabody Gooch16 August 196321 October 1873 – 31 August 1968Historian, Politician
113.Henry Moore16 August 196330 July 1898 – 31 August 1986Sculptor
114.Benjamin Britten23 March 196522 November 1913 – 4 December 1976Composer
115.Dorothy Hodgkin23 March 196512 May 1910 – 29 July 1994Biochemist
116.The Earl Mountbatten of Burma15 July 196525 June 1900 – 27 August 1979Admiral, Statesman
117.
The Lord Florey15 July 196524 September 1898 – 21 February 1968Pharmacologist
118.Patrick Blackett20 November 196718 November 1897 – 13 July 1974Physicist
119.Sir William Walton20 November 196729 March 1902 – 8 March 1983Composer
120.Ben Nicholson23 April 196810 April 1894 – 6 February 1982Painter
121.
Sir Solly Zuckerman23 April 196830 May 1904 – 1 April 1993Zoologist
122. The Duke of Edinburgh10 June 196810 June 1921 –Prince Consort
123.E. M. Forster1 January 19691 January 1879 – 7 June 1970Novelist
124.Malcolm MacDonald14 July 196917 August 1901 – 11 January 1981Politician
125.The Lord Penney14 July 196924 June 1909 – 3 March 1991Mathematician
126.Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor14 July 19697 March 1886 – 27 June 1975Physicist
127.Dame Veronica Wedgwood14 July 196920 July 1910 – 9 March 1997Historian
128.John Beaglehole21 March 197013 June 1901 – 10 October 1971Historian
129.Lester B. Pearson20 May 197123 April 1897 – 27 December 1972Politician
130.Sir Isaiah Berlin20 May 19716 June 1909 – 5 November 1997Philosopher, Historian
131.Sir George Edwards20 May 19719 July 1908 – 2 March 2003Aircraft Engineer
132.Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin17 April 19735 February 1914 – 20 December 1998Physiologist
133.Paul Dirac17 April 19738 August 1902 – 20 October 1984Physicist
134.Harold Macmillan2 April 197610 February 1894 – 29 December 1986Politician
135.The Lord Hinton of Bankside2 April 197612 May 1901 – 22 June 1983Engineer
136.The Lord Clark2 April 197613 July 1903 – 21 May 1983Art Historian, Broadcaster
137.
Sir Ronald Syme2 April 197611 March 1903 – 4 September 1989Historian
138.The Lord Todd24 October 19772 October 1907 – 10 January 1997Biochemist
139.The Lord Franks24 October 197716 February 1905 – 15 October 1992Civil Servant, Diplomat
140.Sir Frederick Ashton24 October 197717 September 1904 – 18 October 1988Ballet Dancer
141.J. B. Priestley24 October 197713 September 1894 – 14 August 1984Playwright, Novelist
142.The Lord Olivier6 February 198122 May 1907 – 11 July 1989Actor
143.Sir Peter Medawar6 February 198128 February 1915 – 2 October 1987Biologist
144.Leonard Cheshire6 February 19817 September 1917 – 31 July 1992Soldier, Philanthropist
145.The Reverend Owen Chadwick11 November 198320 May 1916 – 17 July 2015Priest, Historian
146.Sir Andrew Huxley11 November 198322 November 1917 – 30 May 2012Physiologist
147.Sir Sidney Nolan11 November 198322 April 1917 – 28 November 1992Painter
148.Sir Michael Tippett11 November 19832 January 1905 – 8 January 1998Composer
149.
Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa)18 November 198326 August 1910 – 5 September 1997Nun, Missionary
150.Graham Greene11 February 19862 October 1904 – 3 April 1991Novelist
151.Frederick Sanger11 February 198613 August 1918 – 19 November 2013Biochemist
152.Sir Frank Whittle11 February 19861 June 1907 – 9 August 1996Aircraft Engineer
153.Sir Yehudi Menuhin25 February 198722 April 1916 – 12 March 1999Violinist
154.Sir Ernst Gombrich15 February 198830 March 1909 – 3 November 2001Art Historian
155.Max Perutz15 February 198819 May 1914 – 6 February 2002Biologist
156.Dame Cicely Saunders30 November 198922 June 1918 – 14 July 2005Nurse, Social Worker
157.Sir George Porter30 November 19896 December 1920 – 31 August 2002Chemist
158.Margaret Thatcher7 December 199013 October 1925 – 8 April 2013Politician
159.Dame Joan Sutherland29 November 19917 November 1926 – 10 October 2010Soprano
160.Francis Crick27 November 19918 June 1916 – 28 July 2004Biologist
161.Dame Ninette de Valois17 November 19926 June 1898 – 8 March 2001Ballet Dancer
162.Sir Michael Atiyah17 November 199222 April 1929 – 11 January 2019Mathematician
163.Lucian Freud6 December 19938 December 1922 – 20 July 2011Painter
164.The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead6 December 199311 November 1920 – 5 January 2003Politician
165.Nelson Mandela21 March 199518 July 1918 – 5 December 2013Statesman
166.Sir Aaron Klug23 October 199511 August 1926 – 20 November 2018Chemist
167.Sir John Gielgud9 December 199614 April 1904 – 21 May 2000Actor
168.The Lord Denning25 November 199723 January 1899 – 5 March 1999Judge
169.Sir Norman Foster25 November 19971 June 1935 –Architect
170.Sir Denis Rooke25 November 19972 April 1924 – 2 September 2008Engineer
171.Ted Hughes10 August 199817 August 1930 – 28 October 1998Poet, Writer
172.Basil Hume25 May 19992 March 1923 – 17 June 1999Archbishop, Cardinal
173.Sir James Whyte Black9 May 200014 June 1924 – 22 March 2010Pharmacologist
174.Sir Anthony Caro9 May 20008 March 1924 – 23 October 2013Sculptor
175.Sir Roger Penrose9 May 20008 August 1931 –Mathematician
176.Sir Tom Stoppard9 May 20003 July 1937 –Playwright
177. The Prince of Wales27 June 200214 November 1948 –Heir Apparent
178.The Lord May of Oxford28 October 20028 January 1936 – 28 April 2020Ecologist
179.The Lord Rothschild28 October 200229 April 1936 –Banker, Philanthropist
180.Sir David Attenborough10 June 20058 May 1926 –Broadcaster, Naturalist
181.The Baroness Boothroyd10 June 20058 October 1929 –Politician
182.Sir Michael Howard10 June 200529 November 1922 – 30 November 2019Historian
183.The Lord Eames13 June 200727 April 1937 –Archbishop
184.Sir Tim Berners-Lee13 June 20078 June 1955 –Computer Scientist
185.The Lord Rees of Ludlow13 June 200723 June 1942 –Astronomer
186.Jean Chrétien13 July 200911 January 1934 –Politician
187.Neil MacGregor4 November 201016 June 1946 –Art Historian
188.David Hockney1 January 20129 July 1937 –Painter
189.John Howard1 January 201226 July 1939 –Politician
190.Sir Simon Rattle1 January 201419 January 1955 –Conductor
191.Martin Litchfield West1 January 201423 September 1937 – 13 July 2015Classicist
192.
Sir Magdi Yacoub1 January 201416 November 1935 –Surgeon
193.The Lord Darzi of Denham31 December 20157 May 1960 –Surgeon
194.Dame Ann Dowling31 December 201515 July 1952 –Engineer
195.Sir James Dyson31 December 20152 May 1947 –Industrial Designer

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