List of revocations of appointments to orders and awarded decorations and medals of the United Kingdom

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom#Refusal or forfeiture

Dukedom

Murder

• 1397: Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, forfeit upon his murder (whilst awaiting trial for treason).

Treason

• 1400: John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, before being executed due to the Epiphany Rising, title forfeit for the Duke of Gloucester's murder.
• 1400: Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, before being executed due to the Epiphany Rising, title forfeit for the Duke of Gloucester's murder.
• 1425 Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, before being executed.
• 1461: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, had it restored in 1463 and was then executed for treason in 1464.
• 1478: George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, before being executed.
• 1483: Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, before being executed.
• 1523: Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, he was executed in 1521 for treason but didn't forfeit his titles till 1523, two years after his death.
• 1552: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, before being executed.
• 1553: John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, before being executed.
• 1553: Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, before being executed.
• 1567: James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney, stripped of his titles by an Act of Parliament.
• 1572: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, before being executed.
• 1685: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, before being executed. Was the illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter

Poverty

• 1478: George Neville, 1st Duke of Bedford, deprived of the title by act of parliament, ostensibly for lack of money to maintain the style of a duke.

Battle

• 1485: John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KIA, titles forfeit.

Disfavour

• 1547: Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Surrey, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, incurred the Kings disfavour and so had his titles forfeited, but had them restored in 1553.

Title forfeit due to Jacobite rebellion

• 1695: James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, the illegitimate son of King James II and Arabella Churchill.
• 1695: John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort
• 1715: James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, also held titles in the Peerage of Scotland & Peerage of Ireland.
• 1729: Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, also held titles in the Peerage of Great Britain & Peerage of Ireland.

Titles Deprivation Act 1917

• 1919: Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
• 1919: Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany

Marquessates

Treason

• 1536: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and The Marquess of Pembroke, titles forfeit and was executed by her husband Henry VIII of England.
• 1538: Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, titles forfeit and was executed in 1539.
• 1661: Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, titles forfeit and was executed.

Degraded

• 1399: John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Dorset
• 1553: William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, degraded 1553 and restored 1559.

Battle

• 1471: John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, KIA, titles forfeit.

Title forfeit due to Jacobite rebellion

• 1695: William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis

Earldom

Treason

• 1051: Swegen Godwinson, 1st Earl of Hereford
• 1074: Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford
• 1074: Ralph de Guader, 2nd Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk
• 1088: Odo, Earl of Kent
• 1102: Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury
• 1106: William Fitz-Robert, 3rd Earl of Cornwall
• 1106: Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford
• 1266: Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby
• 1323: Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, was then executed.
• 1326: Hugh le Despencer, 1st Earl of Winchester, was then executed.
• 1330: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, was then executed.
• 1330: Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, was then executed.
• 1399: William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, was then executed.
• 1405: Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, was then killed at the Battle of Bramham Moor.
• 1435: George II, Earl of March
• 1455: James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale
• 1455: Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde, was then executed.
• 1461: Thomas Courtenay, 6th Earl of Devon, was then executed.
• 1469: Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran
• 1471: John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon, was then executed.
• 1499: Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, was then executed.
• 1540: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, was then executed.
• 1571: Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland
• 1584: William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, was then executed.
• 1600: John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, killed whilst trying to kidnap King James VI.
• 1601: James FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
• 1612: Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell
• 1615: Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, was then beheaded.

Epiphany Rising

• 1400: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, was then executed by a mob.
• 1400: Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, was then executed by a mob.

Battle

• 1141: Alain de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Cornwall, lost in battle.
• 1265: Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester, killed at the Battle of Evesham.
• 1403: Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, beheaded after the Battle of Shrewsbury.
• 1455: Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, killed at the Battle of Arkinholm.
• 1461: James Butler, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, beheaded after the Battle of Towton.
• 1582: Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, was killed by a local clan in 1583 after a price was put on his head.

Title forfeit due to Jacobite rebellion

• 1689: Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim, was restored to him in 1697.
• 1690: James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline
• 1691: Donough MacCarty, 4th Earl of Clancarty
• 1691: Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn and 5th Baron Hamilton of Strabane, only his Barony was forfeit whilst his Earldom which was a Scottish Peerage was not.
• 1691: Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
• 1695: Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton
• 1715: George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal
• 1716: John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar
• 1716: William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth
• 1716: William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, he escaped from the Tower of London by exchanging clothes with his wife's maid.
• 1716: James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow
• 1716: George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton
• 1716: James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure
• 1716: James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
• 1716: James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, he was then beheaded.
• 1746: David Wemyss, 6th Earl of Wemyss
• 1746: William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, he was then beheaded.
• 1746: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, though he was given a conditional pardon as his wife was pregnant.

Viscount

Treason

• James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass

Title forfeit due to Jacobite rebellion

• 1690: David Graham, 3rd Viscount Dundee, forfeit for his father's support of the Jacobite rebellion, after his father was killed in battle.
• 1691: Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon, was killed at the Battle of Aughrim.
• 1691: Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare
• 1691: Justin MacCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel
• 1691: Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare
• 1691: Ulick Bourke, 1st Viscount Galway, was killed at the Battle of Aughrim.
• 1715: William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, he was then beheaded.
• 1715: James Seton, 3rd Viscount of Kingston
• 1746: James Drummond, de jure 5th Viscount Strathallan, forfeit for his father's support of the Jacobite rebellion, after his father was killed in battle.

Baron

Treason

• 1484: William Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton
• 1488: John Ramsay, Lord Bothwell
• 1545: John Lumley, 4th Baron Lumley, his son was apposed to the Dissolution of the Monasteries
• 1549: Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, was then executed.
• 1691: Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 7th Baron Upper Ossory

Pilgrimage of Grace

• 1537: Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy, was then executed in 1538.
• 1537: John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, was then executed in 1538.

Title forfeit due to Jacobite rebellion

• 1698: Thomas Fraser, 10th Lord Lovat
• 1715: Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
• 1716: William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
• 1746: Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo
• 1746: Charles Douglas, 5th Lord Mordington
• 1746: Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, he was then beheaded.
• 1747: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, he was then beheaded.

Baronet

Title forfeit due to Jacobite rebellion

• 1691: Sir Maurice Eustace, 1st Baronet
• 1691: Sir John Fitzgerald, 2nd Baronet
• 1691: Sir William Hurly, 3rd Baronet
• 1691: Sir Randal Macdonnell, 3rd Baronet
• 1691: Sir Daniel Dowdall of Athlumney, 3rd Baronet
• 1691: Sir Daniel O'Neill, 3rd Baronet
• 1691: Sir Patrick Trant, 2nd Baronet
• 1691: Sir William Talbot, 3rd Baronet
• 28 January 1697: Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, following being found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death after Jacobite Rebellion, he was then beheaded.
• 1710: Sir Richard Kennedy, 4th Baronet
• 1716: Sir George Home, 2nd Baronet
• 1746: Sir Archibald Primrose, 2nd Baronet

Victoria Cross

• 1861: Valentine Bambrick (awarded 1858), following his conviction for assault and theft of a comrade's medals.
• 1861: Edward St John Daniel (awarded 1854?), following his conviction for desertion and evading court martial.
• 1872: Michael Murphy (awarded 1858?), following his conviction for theft.
• 1881: Thomas Lane (awarded 1860?), following his conviction for desertion and theft.
• 1884: Frederick Corbett (awarded 1882?), following his conviction for embezzlement and theft from an officer.
• 1895: James Collis (awarded 1881), following his conviction for bigamy.
• ?: James McGuire (awarded 1858), following his conviction for stealing a cow.
• ?: George Ravenhill (awarded 1901), following his conviction for theft.

Privy Council

The Right Honourable

• 2 March 1687: Sir Thomas Chicheley, following his fall from favour.
• 13 December 1921: Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet, for pro-German activities during the First World War.

Order of the Garter

KG

• 1915: HRH Wilhelm II of Germany, following the start of WW1.
• 1915: HRH Franz Joseph I of Austria, following the start of WW1; Also stripped of his GCVO.
• 1915: HRH Prince Heinrich of Prussia, following the start of WW1.
• 1915: HRH Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, following the start of WW1.
• 1915: HRH Frederick William Victor Augustus Ernest, Crown Prince Imperial of Germany, following the start of WW1.
• 1915: HRH Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, following the start of WW1 and was also stripped of his British titles of Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh and a Prince of the United Kingdom.
• 1915: HRH Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, following the start of WW1 and was also stripped of his British titles of Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, Baron Arklow and a Prince of the United Kingdom.
• 1915: HRH Wilhelm II, King of Württemberg, following the start of WW1.

Order of the Bath

KB

• 1814: Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (appointed 1809; later appointed a GCB in 1847 after the 1815 reforms)

GCB

• 1816: Eyre Coote (appointed 1815)^{[citation needed]}
• 1940: Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) (appointed 1923)
• 1989: Nicolae Ceauşescu
• 2008: Robert Gabriel Mugabe (appointed 1994)

CB

• 1975: William George Pottinger (appointed 1972), following his conviction for corruptly receiving gifts from the architect John Poulson (CVO also revoked)

Order of St Michael and St George

GCMG

• 1931: Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant, for fraud for issuing a misleading stock prospectus; also stripped of his KStJ.

CMG

• 1880: James Craig Loggie

The Royal Victorian Order

GCVO

• 1915: Prince Leopold of Bavaria, following the start of WW1.

KCVO

• 1979: Anthony Blunt, following his exposure as a member of the Cambridge Five, a group of spies working for the Soviet Union from some time in the 1930s to at least the early 1950s.

CVO

• 1975: William George Pottinger (appointed 1953), following his conviction for corruptly receiving gifts from the architect, John Poulson (CB also revoked)

MVO

• 2004: Cyril Littlewood (appointed 2001), following his conviction for sexual abuse (MBE also revoked).
• 2007: Michael Joseph Delaney (appointed 2005)

Knight Bachelor

• 1916: Roger Casement, following his conviction for treason and was subsequently hanged; also stripped of his CMG.
• 1918: Joseph Jonas, after being convicted of a misdemeanour as a result of the anti-German sentiments in Britain at the time because of the First World War. (His crime had been discussions with a potential German customer in 1913, a year before the war.) In addition, his British citizenship was revoked but he was not deported.
• 1991: Jack Lyons (appointed 1967) following his conviction for fraud; also stripped of his CBE. [1]
• 1993: Terry Lewis, after being convicted of 16 counts of perjury, corruption, and forgery. Also stripped of his George Medal, Churchill Fellowship, Queen's Police Medal, Australian National Medal and OBE.
• 2012: Fred Goodwin, after widespread criticism of his conduct as Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group

Order of the British Empire

Number of revocations

Class	Number
KBE	1
DBE	1
CBE	10
OBE	31
MBE	70
Total	113

KBE

• 1980: Albert Royle Henry (appointed 1974), following his conviction for electoral fraud.

DBE

• 2011: Jean Else (appointed 2001), following a General Teaching Council misconduct hearing banning her from running a school.

CBE

• 1921: Basil John Blenkinsop Coulson (appointed 1920)
• 1940: Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (appointed 1929), following his collaboration with Nazi Germany in the occupation of Norway.
• 1967: Thomas Chambers Windsor Roe (appointed 1953)
• 1975: John Alan Maudsley (appointed 1970) [2]
• 1977: George Wilfred Newman (appointed 1966) [3]
• 1990: Edmund Alexander Rouse (appointed 1987) following his conviction for bribery. [4] [5]
• 2000: John Kevin Ashcroft (appointed 1989) following his conviction for breach of fiduciary duties.[6]
• 2001: Frederick Emery-Wallis (appointed 1999), following his conviction for sexual abuse. [7] [8]
• 2005: (William) James "Jim" Speechley (appointed 1992) following his conviction for misconduct in a public office. [9] [10]

OBE

• 1921: Cecil Malone (appointed 1919), following his conviction under the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1920
• 1922: Reginald Stuart Lindsell (appointed 1919)
• 1922: Arthur Henry Jolliffe (appointed 1919)
• 1922: John Stuart Broadbent (appointed 1918)
• 1924: Hugh Lidwell Flack (appointed 1919)
• 1924: Charles James Napier (appointed 1919)
• 1924: Frank Carlyle Kieller Mitchell (appointed 1918)
• 1925: Ernest Brooks (appointed 1920) [11]
• 1926: James Christie (appointed 1919) [12]
• 1947: Philip Henry Tedman (appointed 1945) [13]
• 1947: William Stewart (appointed 1945) [14]
• 1949: Hugh Murray (appointed 1944) [15]
• 1949: Man Wai Wong (appointed 1947), following his conviction for outlawry in Malaya. [16]
• 1950: Louis Pedretti (appointed 1944) [17]
• 1950: Alan Lennox Thomson Naish (appointed 1946) [18]
• 1954: John Hutton (appointed 1946) [19]
• 1961: Stephen Mackenzie (appointed 1949) [20]
• 1965: Kim Philby (appointed 1946), following his conviction for being a double agent. [21]
• 1966: William Gordon Tong (appointed 1960)
• 1979: David Tempest (appointed 1969) [22]
• 1979: Frank Percival Nurdin (appointed 1969) [23]
• 1988: Lester Piggott (appointed 1975), following his conviction for tax fraud. [24]
• 1993: George Walter Hodgson (appointed 1983) [25]
• 1994: James Taylor (appointed 1982) [26]
• 1995: Anthony Leslie Horton (appointed 1989) [27]
• 1997: Richard Stuart Lines (appointed 1990) following his conviction for fraud. [28] [29]
• 2001: Philippe Le Roux (appointed 1990), following his conviction under the Financial Services Act 1986. [30] [31]
• 2001: Robin David Peverett (appointed 1995) following his conviction for child abuse.
• 2001: John Roylance (appointed 1994), following his conviction by the General Medical Council for serious professional misconduct.[32][33]
• 2005: Edward "Eddie" Aldridge (appointed 1996) following his conviction for fraud. [34][35]
• 2006: Dennis Edward Grant (appointed 1984), following his conviction for sexual abuse. [36] [37]

MBE

• 1921: Ernest Middleton (appointed 1919)
• 1921: Harry William John Wilkinson (appointed 1919)
• 1921: Shakar Khan (appointed 1919)
• 1922: James George Annand Forbes (appointed 1919)
• 1922: Ernest Robert Powell (appointed 1918)
• 1923: Edward Seymour Odell (appointed 1919)
• 1923: Ernest Frederick Strachan (appointed 1919)
• 1923: John Morgan Knight (appointed 1919)
• 1923: Richard Williamson (appointed 1918)
• 1924: Douglas McLaren (appointed 1918)
• 1925: Leicester Philip Sydney (appointed 1920) [38]
• 1925: Arthur Nowell Broad (appointed 1919) [39]
• 1925: James Alexander Webster (appointed 1920) [40]
• 1926: Michael John Hanney (appointed 1919) [41]
• 1929: Edward Albert Rix (appointed 1926) [42]
• 1929: Lee Peck Hock (appointed 1923) [43]
• 1930: Francis George Clarkson (appointed 1918) [44]
• 1936: Frank Jago Munford (appointed 1918) [45]
• 1937: William Ewart Gladstone Trigg (appointed 1918) [46]
• 1944: Robert Hutchison (appointed 1940) [47]
• 1944: Edwin Illirgworth (appointed 1943) [48]
• 1949: Frank Reuben Williams (appointed 1944) [49]
• 1949: James Walter McDowell Day (appointed 1944) [50]
• 1949: Thomas Steele Dolan (appointed 1945) [51]
• 1949: Fredreick Donald Reiffer (appointed 1945) [52]
• 1950: Francis Joseph Fone (appointed 1949) [53]
• 1950: William Jardine Barnish (appointed 1945) [54]
• 1950: Robert Charles Deboice Douglas (appointed 1947) [55]
• 1950: George Lofthouse (appointed 1945) [56]
• 1951: John Edward Parr (appointed 1949) [57]
• 1951: Emanuel Saphir (appointed 1945) [58]
• 1951: Frank Peter Edwards (appointed 1944) [59]
• 1952: Frederick George Percy Hicks (appointed 1943) [60]
• 1952: Kenneth Frank Morrill (appointed 1945) [61]
• 1952: Otto Nyquist (appointed 1946) [62]
• 1952: John Musgrave King (appointed 1946) [63]
• 1955: Russell William Hatch (appointed 1945) [64]
• 1956: Harry Holliday (appointed 1954) [65]
• 1956: Arthur James Britnell (appointed 1950) [66]
• 1956: Frank William White (appointed 1944) [67]
• 1958: Lionel Henry Bryson (appointed 1950) [68]
• 1962: Hugh Hickman (appointed 1949) [69]
• 1963: John Sydney Noel Pounds (appointed 1949) [70]
• 1965: William Henry Eardley (appointed 1954) [71]
• 1966: William Alexander McConnach (appointed 1952)
• 1967: Leslie Gordon Creighton (appointed 1951)
• 1968: Jack Constable Price Rowe (appointed 1943) [72]
• 1969: Henry Lyons Webb (appointed 1959) [73]
• 1969: Oliver Alfred Sidney Cutts (appointed 1963) [74]
• 1973: Leslie Albert Shipp (appointed 1972) [75]
• 1975: William Spens, 2nd Baron Spens (appointed 1954), following his conviction for theft. [76]
• 1980: Graham Griffiths (appointed 1970)
• 1986: Margaret Crowfoot (appointed 1977) [77]
• 1987: Peter John Darrington (appointed 1984), following his sentencing by Court Martial.
• 1989: Edward Rutledge (appointed 1987) [78]
• 1994: John Hanna Napier (appointed 1991) [79]
• 1996: William John Johnston (appointed 1991) [80]
• 1996: David Hardman (appointed 1994) [81]
• 1996: Frederick Alwyn Oliver Jones (appointed 1994) [82]
• 1997: Stanley Lewis Brown(appointed 1982), following his conviction for sexual abuse. [83][84]
• 2000: Brian Lawrence Trood (appointed 1991), following his conviction for sexual assault.[85]
• 2001: Cyril Albert Broom (appointed 1996) [86]
• 2002: Philip Douglas Taylor (appointed 2000), following his conviction for sexual assault.
• 2004: Cyril Littlewood (appointed 1971), following his conviction for sexual abuse (MVO also revoked). [87] [88]
• 2006: Trevor Richardson (appointed 1998), following his conviction for child abuse [89] [90]
• 2006: Gordon Crearer Fulton Scott (appointed 1998), following his conviction for possession of child pornography. [91] [92]
• 2006: Jamnadas Virji Sudra (appointed 1996), following his conviction for sexual assault.[93][94]
• 2006: Michael Eke (appointed 2003), following his conviction for theft and deception. [95]
• 2006: Naseem Hamed (appointed 1999), following his conviction for dangerous driving.
• 2008: Nicholas Charles McKeown (appointed 1997), following his conviction for possession of child pornography.
• 2009: Hooman Ghalamkari (appointed 11 June 2005), following conviction on charges of false accounting and theft of prescriptions relating to the pharmacy he ran.
• 2009: Peter Thomas Cornwell (appointed 2003).
• 2012: Dr Roselle Antoine (appoinred 2005). a headmistress who conned foreign students into handing over thousands of pounds for bogus qualifications. She has been jailed.
• 2012: Professor Charles Powys Butler (apppointed 2005). jailed for fraudulently claiming almost £150,000 in expenses from the NHS.
• 2012: Ian John McClure (appointed 2000). a janitor who was convicted of child molestation.

British Empire Medal

• 1966: Norman Frederick Hemmings (awarded 1960)
• 1980: Frederick Thomas Jolley (awarded 1974)
• 2000: Ernest Robert Donald (awarded 1985), following his conviction for sexual abuse.
• 2001: Jim Rendall (awarded 1990) following his conviction for fraud.

Volunteer Officers' Decoration

• 1896: Frederick Walter Roberts
• 1898: Captain and Honorary Major Alexander Hay
• 1899: Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel George Raymond Birt, following his conviction for fraud.
• 1902: Captain and Honorary Major Richard Lewis