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Emily McPherson College, Melbourne

1970–1980

 

Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund

1946–2002

Formerly Variety Artistes Benevolent Fund

Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society

1942–2002

Also known as Combat Stress

Ex-Flying Squad Officers’ Association

2000

Patron for one year only

Family Service Units

1955–2002

 

Federated Caledonian Society of Southern Africa

1958–2002

Patron-in-Chief

R. Female Orphanage, Beddington

1937–1968

The Beddington Fund was incorporated in the Shaftesbury Society

Fleming Memorial Fund for Medical Research

1959–1969

 

Florence Nightingale Aid-in-Sickness Trust

1966–2002

Formerly Florence Nightingale Hospital

R. Foundation of St Katharine, in Ratcliffe

1953–2002

 

Franco-British Society

1944–2002

 

Friendly Almshouses

1938–2002

 

Friends of Aberbrothock

1933–1948

 

Friends of the Ashmolean Museum

1969–2002

 

Friends of the Bowes Museum

1962–2002

 

Friends of Canterbury Cathedral

1978–2002

 

Friends of the Elderly

1937–2002

Formerly Friends of the Poor and Gentlefolk’s Help

Friends of the Imperial War Museum

1986–2002

Patron-in-Chief

Friends of Lusaka Cathedral, Zambia

1962–2002

 

Friends of Manchester Cathedral

1952–2002

 

Friends of Norwich Cathedral

1951–2002

 

Friends of the Norwich Museums

1959–2002

 

Friends of Old St Peter’s Church, Thurso

1966–2002

 

Friends of St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney

1972–2002

 

Friends of St Martin-in-the-Fields

1952–2002

 

Friends of St Mary s, Haddington

1971–2002

 

Friends of St Paul’s Cathedral

1952–2002

 

Friends of the Tate Gallery

1958–2002

 

Friends of York Minster

1928–2002

 

Future Fisherman Foundation, Auckland NZ

1989–1993

 

Garden Society

1952–2002

 

Garden Society of Scotland

1957–2002

 

R. Gardeners Orphan Fund

1953–2002

 

Gardeners Royal Benevolent Society

1969–1992

 

General Lying-in Hospital

1937–1972

 

Georgian Group

1947–2002

 

Girls’ Brigade, England & Wales

1967–2002

Formed on amalgamation of Girls’ Life Brigade, Girls’ Brigade Ireland and Girls’ Guildry

Girls’ Brigade Scotland

1923–2002

Formerly the Girls’ Guildry

HM was Patron before she was married

Girls’ Friendly Society

1937–2002

 

Girls’ Friendly Society of Scotland

1937–1990

 

Glasgow Angus Association

1952–1959

 

Glasgow Angus & Mearns Benevolent Society

1927–1978

 

Glasgow Caithness Benevolent Association

1956–1997

 

Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow

1927–2002

 

Grand Military Race Committee

1969–2002

 

Greater London Fund for the Blind

1931–2002

 

Grenfell Association of Great Britain & Ireland

1934–1981

The Duke and Duchess of York granted their Patronage pre-1934

Grosvenor House Antiques Fair

1953–2002

Formerly Antique Dealers’ Fair

Guide Association

1937–2002

Formerly The Girl Guides Association

Guild of Glass Engravers

1980–2002

 

Guy’s Hospital Ladies Association

1923-?

President

R. Gwent Hospital

1937–2002

 

Haddo House Choral Society

1958–2002

 

Hepburn Starey Blind Aid Society

1935–2001

 

Heritage Craft Schools, Chailey

1940–2002

 

Hertford British Hospital, Paris

1937–2002

 

Hertfordshire Society, CPRE

1970–2002

 

Highland Home Industries

1923–1974

 

Hillington & District Nursing Association

1937–1948

 

R. Holloway and Bedford New College

1985–2002

Formerly Patron of Bedford College 1953–1985

R. Horticultural Society

1937–2002

 

R. Hospital for Neuro-Disability

1923–2002

Formerly Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables, Putney

R. Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow

1923–2002

 

R. Household Cricket Club

1937–2002

 

Hunters Improvement Society

1960–1961

 

Injured Jockeys Fund

1973–2002

Formerly Injured National Hunt Jockeys Fund

Institute of Journalists – Orphan Fund

1953–2002

 

Institute of Leisure & Amenity Management

1961–2002

Formerly Institute of Park and Recreation Administration

International Students Trust

1965–2002

 

Jockey Club

1968–2002

Patron National Hunt Committee 1954–1968

Keats-Shelley Memorial Association

1950–2002

 

King’s Lynn Festival

1953–2002

 

King’s Lynn Preservation Trust

1972–2002

 

Kingston-on-Thames Victoria Hospital

1923–

Patroness

League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers

1977–2002

 

League of Remembrance

1953–2002

 

R. Liverpool Seamen’s Orphan Institution

1937–2002

 

London Angus Association

1933–1968

 

London Caithness Association

1956–2002

 

London Children’s Flower Society

1974–2002

Formerly London Flower Lovers League

London Gardens Society

1947–2002

 

London Hospitals Street Collections: Hospitals Week

1937–1948

 

London Library

1952–2002

 

London Schools Guild of Arts & Crafts

1937–1955

 

Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust

2001–2002

 

Lord Mayor’s Air Raid Distress Fund

1941–1954

Including Empire Air Raid Distress Fund – Patron 1942

Magdalen Hospital, Streatham

1953–1972

 

Manor Gardens Centre

1923–2002

Formerly North Islington Infant Welfare Centre

Marie Curie Cancer Care

1956–2002

Formerly Marie Curie Memorial Foundation

Mathilda Verne College of Music

1924–

Patroness

R. Medical Benevolent Fund Guild

1927–1972

 

R. Mencap Society

1962–2002

Formerly R. (National) Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults

R. Military Benevolent Fund

1953–1960

 

Moor House School

1957–2002

 

Mothercraft Training Society

1923–1952

President

Mothers Union

1937–2002

 

Mothers Union, Scotland

1926–1983

 

Museums Association

1955–2002

 

National Association of Hospital & Community Friends

1952–2002

Formerly National Association of Leagues of Hospital Friends

National Children Adoption Association

1923–1978

 

National Council of Nurses of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1952–1963

 

National Deaf Children’s Society

1961–2002

 

National Gardens Scheme

1979–2002

 

R. National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest

1937–1964

Formerly R. National Hospital for Consumption, Ventnor

R. National Institute for the Blind

1937–2002

 

R. National Lifeboat Institution

1937–2002

 

National Operatic and Dramatic Association

1960–2002

 

R. National Orthopaedic Hospital

1937–2002

 

R. National Pension Fund for Nurses

1953–2001

 

R. National Rose Society

1965–2002

 

National Savings Committee

1943–1978

 

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

1924–2002

 

National Training College of Domestic Subjects

1937–1962

 

National Trust

1953–2002

President

National Trust for Scotland

1952–2002

 

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

1953–2002

 

R. Naval and R. Marine Children’s Home, Portsmouth

1953–1997

 

Naval Home Industry

1937–1965

Patroness

Norfolk Nursing Association

1946–1950

 

Norfolk Record Society

1953–2002

 

Norwich Philharmonic Society

1948–2002

 

Nuffield Foundation

1945–2002

 

Nuffield Trust

1945–2002

Formerly Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust

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