1950s
- 1950: Helen Cargill, Marjorie Cox, Frances Farrer, Adeline Genée, Grace Kimmins, Olive Wheeler, Jocelyn Woollcombe
- 1951: Ellen Acton, Florence Cardell-Oliver, Mary Daly, Elizabeth Gilmer, Florence Hancock, Hilda Lloyd, Lillian Penson, Anne Thomson, Ninette de Valois
- 1952: Florence Bevin, Kathleen Courtney, The Viscountess Davidson, Mary Lloyd, Marjorie Maxse
- 1953: The Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, Cynthia Colville, Mary Coulshed, Catherine Fulford, Elisabeth Kelly, Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, Enid Russell-Smith
- 1954: Lilian Bromley-Davenport, Helen Gillespie, Edith Sitwell
- 1955: Mabel Brookes, Elizabeth Cockayne, The Countess of Rosebery, Nancy Salmon, Irene Ward, Roberta Whyte
- 1956: The Countess of Albemarle, Peggy Ashcroft, Margot Fonteyn, Kathleen Lonsdale, Mary Railton, Hilda Ross, Lucile Sayers
- 1957: Anne Bryans, The Viscountess Kilmuir, Annabelle Rankin, Nancy Robertson, Janet Vaughan
- 1958: Mary Barnett, The Baroness Elliot of Harwood, Monica Golding, Mary Jones, Rose Macaulay, The Duchess of Portland, Maggie Teyte, Alice Williamson
- 1959: The Viscountess Brookeborough, Ruth Buckley, Mary Colvin, Rebecca West
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