| 1990 | Miss Molly Coyle (RSGS Assistant Secretary; upon retiral) |
| 1968 | Hon. Lord Cameron |
| 1965 | Joy Tivy |
| 1964 |
(On the occasion of the International Congress) Kazi Ahmad A.N. Baranov D.P. Bickmore Hans Boesch Stephane de Brommer Henri Gausser I.P. Gerasimov Erwin Gigas C.B. Hitchcock S. Kinchi R.E. Murphy Carl Troll |
| 1958 | General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall |
| 1950 | John McFarlane |
| 1947 | Dr. L.S. Berg |
| 1946 | Sir D'Arcy Thompson |
| 1945 | Mrs. John Mathieson |
| 1939 | Captain Angus Buchanan MC FRSGS |
| 1918 | Mrs. Ralph Richardson |
| 1903 | Commander R.E. Peary ESN |
| 1902 | Sir Harry H. Johnston GCMG KCB Dr. Sven Hedin |
| 1896 | Dr. Fridtjof Nansen |
| 1889 | Major J.W. Powell Professeur Elisée Reclus |
| 1888 | Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld |
| 1886 | Lieutenant A.W. Greely Baron von Richthofen Dr. Heinrich Kiepert |
| 1885 | Rt. Hon. Lord Aberdare GCB DCE FRS (President, Royal Geographical Society) Joseph Thomson FRGS |
| 1884 | H.M. The King of the Belgians Henry M. Stanley MP |