HM The King (1988)
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC, KC, FRSE (1989)
Prof. Walter Gilbert, ForMemRS (1991)
Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers, FRS, FREng (1999)
Prof. Dame Ann Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA (1999)
Prof. Jeffrey Goldstone, FRS (2000)
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA (2003)
Prof. Sir Richard Henry Friend, FRS, FREng (2004)
Prof. Jared Mason Diamond (2005)
Judge Stephen Myron Schwebel (2005)
Prof. Peter Goddard, CBE, FRS (2009)
Judge Hisashi Owada (2009)
Prof. Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, GBE, FRS, FBA (2010)
Sir Noel Robert Malcolm, FRSL, FBA (2011)
Prof. Sir Andrew John Wiles, KBE, FRS (2011)
Robert John Anderson Carnwath, The Rt Hon. Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, CVO, PC (2013)
Prof. Michael Lawrence Klein, FRS (2013)
Dr Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, FRS (2014)
Prof. Sir Mark Brian Pepys, FRS (2014)
Prof. Christopher John Raymond Garrett, FRS (2015)
Prof. Anthony Thomas Grafton, FBA (2015)
The Most Rev’d and the Rt Hon. Justin Portal Welby, GCVO (2015)
Prof. Bryan John Birch, FRS (2016)
Prof. Roy Patrick Kerr, FRS  (2016)
Prof. Daan Frenkel, ForMemRS (2016)
Prof. Stephen John Toope (2017)
Richard John Carew Chartres, The Rt Rev. and the Rt Hon. Lord Chartres GCVO (2017)
Prof. Sir Anthony Kevin Cheetham, FRS (2017)
H.E. Mr Anand Panyarachun (2017)
Prof. Martin John Spencer Rudwick, FBA (2017)
Prof. Simon Schaffer, FBA (2018)
Dame Judith Weir, DBE (2018)
Prof. Dominic Christophe Bogdan Lieven, FBA (2019)
Dr Venki Ramakrishnan (2019)
Ms Ali Smith, CBE, FRSL (2023)
David Anthony Stewart Richards, The Rt Hon. Lord Richards of Camberwell (2023)
Sue Lascelles Carr, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, DBE (2023)

_{(The date in brackets is the year of election.)}