MCC Honorary Life membership recognises outstanding service to the club.
It has been bestowed sparingly and, including visiting royalty, only 86 members have been honoured since the club's foundation in 1838.The complete list of those afforded Honorary Life membership is below:
| Year | Member |
| 1861 | D.S. Campbell |
| 1861 | G. Cavenagh |
| 1875 | R.C. Bagot |
| 1878 | T.J.D. Kelly |
| 1879 | W.H. Handfield |
| 1881 | HRH Prince Albert Victor of Wales |
| 1881 | HRH Prince George of Wales |
| 1881 | I.D. Walker |
| 1882 | E.A.L. Vieusseux |
| 1883 | Hon Ivo Bligh |
| 1883 | C.F.H. Leslie |
| 1883 | W.W. Read |
| 1883 | A.G. Steel |
| 1883 | C.T. Studd |
| 1883 | G.B. Studd |
| 1883 | G.F. Vernon |
| 1883 | E.F.S. Tylecote |
| 1883 | H.S. Barlow |
| 1886 | J. McLaughlin |
| 1887 | A.M. Ollivier |
| 1887 | F.D. White |
| 1888 | M.P. Bowden |
| 1888 | Hon Lord Hawke |
| 1888 | A.E. Newton |
| 1888 | T.C. O'Brien |
| 1888 | Alfred Stoddart |
| 1895 | F.G.J. Ford |
| 1895 | L.H. Gay |
| 1895 | H. Phillipson |
| 1895 | A.C. MacLaren |
| 1898 | N.F. Durce |
| 1898 | J.R. Mason |
| 1898 | Prince Ranjitsinhji |
| 1898 | J. Travis |
| 1901 | Major T.F. Morkham |
| 1901 | R. Murchison |
| 1901 | C.H. Ross |
| 1902 | A.O. Jones |
| 1902 | H.G. Garnett |
| 1902 | Gilbert Jessop |
| 1902 | C. McGahey |
| 1902 | C. Robson |
| 1904 | Hugh Trumble |
| 1909 | John Blackman |
| 1910 | Major J.B. Wardill |
| 1920 | King Edward VIII |
| 1921 | Rt Hon Lord Forster |
| 1922 | Warwick Armstrong |
| 1923 | Sir Leo Cussen |
| 1923 | Henry Harrison |
| 1925 | C. Forrester |
| 1927 | King George VI |
| 1931 | Vernon Ransford |
| 1934 | Dr Ramsay Mailer |
| 1934 | HRH The Duke of Gloucester |
| 1937 | Rt Hon Lord Somers |
| 1939 | Dr William McClelland |
| 1939 | Sir Edward Mitchell |
| 1939 | Charles Simmonds |
| 1945 | J.C. Blair |
| 1945 | Hector Donahoo |
| 1948 | F.T. Krcrouse |
| 1952 | D.J. McClelland Sr |
| 1954 | HRH The Duke of Edinburgh |
| 1959 | Hans Ebeling |
| 1959 | Albert Chadwick |
| 1971 | HRH The Prince of Wales |
| 1971 | David Sutherland |
| 1975 | L.R. Armstrong |
| 1976 | Eric Tolhurst |
| 1981 | Keith Rigg |
| 1983 | Ian Johnson |
| 1987 | Sir Bernard Callinan |
| 1987 | Percy Beames |
| 1991 | Clive Fairbairn |
| 1993 | Donald Cordner |
| 1998 | John Mitchell |
| 2000 | Dr Ian McDonald |
| 2001 | Dr John Lill |
| 2004 | Bruce Church |
| 2005 | John Cain Junior |
| 2008 | David Jones |
| 2012 | David Meiklejohn |
| 2014 | Bob Lloyd |
| 2017 | Paul Sheahan |
| 2021 | Steven Smith |
| 2023 | Stephen Gough |
| 2024 | Michael Happell |