Editing Order of Merit (section)

==Current members==
{{Further|List of members of the Order of Merit}}

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=== Sovereign ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:white; border:#01796f solid;"
!Name
!'''Year of appointment'''
!'''Present age'''
|-
|King [[Charles III]] (''ex officio'')
|2002 as The Prince of Wales; sovereign since 2022{{efn|The sovereign of the order, who was appointed a member on 27 June 2002 as [[Prince of Wales]], is technically no longer a member of the Order of Merit. However, as its sovereign, he may continue to wear the insignia.}}
|{{age|1948|11|14}}
|}

===Substantive members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; background:white; border:#01796f solid;"
!Member 
number{{efn|name=order|The number shown in brackets is the individual's place in the wider order of appointment since the Order's inception.}}
!Name
!Known for
!'''Year of''' 
'''appointment'''
!'''Present age'''
|-
|1 (169)
|[[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|RA|HonFREng}}
|[[Foster and Partners|Architect]] and [[Pritzker Architecture Prize|Pritzker laureate]]
|1997
|{{age nts|1935|06|1}}
|-
|2 (175)
|Sir [[Roger Penrose]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|FRS|HonFInstP}}
|[[Penrose tiling|Mathematical physicist and Nobel Laureate]]
| rowspan="2" |2000
|{{age nts|1931|08|08}}
|-
|3 (176)
|Sir [[Tom Stoppard]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|CBE|FRSL|HonFBA}}
|Playwright
|{{age nts|1937|07|03}}
|-
|4 (180)
|Sir [[David Attenborough]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|GCMG|CH|CVO|CBE|FRS|FSA|FRSA|FLS|FZS|FRSGS|FRSB|HonFLI}}[[Landscape Institute|HonFLI]]
|Television broadcaster and conservationist
|2005
|{{age nts|1926|05|08}}
|-
|5 (183)
|[[Robin Eames]], Baron Eames {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM}}
|[[Primacy of Ireland|Primate of All Ireland]] and [[Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)|Archbishop of Armagh]]
| rowspan="3" |2007
|{{age nts|1937|05|27}}
|-
|6 (184)
|Sir [[Tim Berners-Lee]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|KBE|FRS|FREng|FRSA|FBCS}}
|Inventor of the [[World Wide Web]], Founder of the [[World Wide Web Foundation]] and Director of the [[World Wide Web Consortium]]
|{{age nts|1955|06|08}}
|-
|7 (185)
|[[Martin Rees]], Baron Rees of Ludlow {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|FRS|FREng|FMedSci|FRAS|HonFInstP}}
|[[Astronomer Royal]] and [[President of the Royal Society]]
|{{age nts|1942|06|23}}
|-
|8 (186)
|[[Jean Chrétien]] {{post-nominals|country=CAN|sep=,|PC|OMt|CC|KC|AdE}}
|[[Prime Minister of Canada]]
|2009
|{{age nts|1934|01|11}}
|-
|9 (187)
|[[Neil MacGregor]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|AO|FSA}}
|[[Art history|Art historian]] and [[List of directors of the British Museum|Director of the British Museum]]
|2010
|{{age nts|1946|06|16}}
|-
|10 (188)
|[[David Hockney]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OM|CH|RA|sep=,}}
|Artist
| rowspan="2" |2012
|{{age nts|1937|07|09}}
|-
|11 (189)
|[[John Howard]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|OM|AC|SSI}}
|[[Prime Minister of Australia]]
|{{age nts|1939|07|26}}
|-
|12 (190)
|Sir [[Simon Rattle]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|CBE}}
|[[conducting|Conductor]]
| rowspan="2" |2014
|{{age nts|1955|01|19}}
|-
|13 (192)
|Sir [[Magdi Yacoub]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|FRS}}
|[[cardiothoracic surgery|Cardiothoracic surgeon]]
|{{age nts|1935|11|16}}
|-
|14 (193)
|[[Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|KBE|PC|FRS|FMedSci|FRCSI|FRCS|FRCSE|FRCPGlas|FACS|FRCP|FREng}}
|[[Surgeon]]
| rowspan="3" |2016
|{{age nts|1960|05|07}}
|-
|15 (194)
|Dame [[Ann Dowling]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|DBE|FRS|FREng}}
|[[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical engineer]]
|{{age nts|1952|07|15}}
|-
|16 (195)
|Sir [[James Dyson]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|CBE|RDI|FRS|FREng|FCSD|FIEE}}
|[[Invention|Inventor]] and [[Industrial design|industrial designer]]
|{{age nts|1947|05|02}}
|-
|17 (196)
|Dame [[Elizabeth Anionwu]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|DBE|FRCN}}
|[[Nursing|Nurse]]
| rowspan="6" |2022
|{{age nts|1947|7|2}}
|-
|18 (197)
|[[Floella Benjamin]], Baroness Benjamin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|DBE|DL}}
|[[Television presenter|Broadcaster]]
|{{age nts|1949|09|23}}
|-
|19 (198)
|[[Margaret MacMillan]] {{post-nominals|country=CAN|sep=,|OMt|CC|CH|FRSL|FRSC|FBA|FRCGS}}
|Author and Provost of [[Trinity College, Toronto]]
|{{age nts|1943|12|23}}
|-
|20 (199)
|Sir [[David Adjaye]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|OBE|RA}}
|[[Architect]]
|{{age nts|1966|09|22}}
|-
|21 (200)
|Sir [[Paul Nurse]] {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OM|CH|FRS|FMedSci|HonFREng|HonFBA|MAE}}
|[[Geneticist]] and [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate]]
|{{age nts|1949|1|25}}
|-
|22 (201)
|[[Venki Ramakrishnan]]{{efn|Venki Ramakrishnan accepts titles, but prefers not to use them and post-nominal initials.}}
|[[Structural biology|Structural biologist]] and [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Laureate]]
|{{age nts|1952|4|1}}
|-
|23
|''Vacant''{{efn|Vacant following the death of [[Betty Boothroyd]], Baroness Boothroyd on 26 February 2023.}}
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|24
|''Vacant''{{efn|Vacant following the death of [[Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild]] on 26 February 2024.}}
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| colspan="6" | {{Notelist}}
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===Honorary members===
There have been no honorary members of the Order of Merit since the death of the last such member, [[Nelson Mandela]], in December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/103836#:~:text=There%20have%20only%20been%2011,of%20Mandela%20in%20December%202013.|title=What is the Order of Merit?|website=thegazette.co.uk|access-date=12 January 2022|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113093054/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/103836#:~:text=There%20have%20only%20been%2011,of%20Mandela%20in%20December%202013.|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Officers ===
'''Secretary and Registrar''': [[Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCVO|QSO|PC|sep=,}}