The Royal Victorian Order is an order of knighthood awarded by the sovereign of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth realms. It is granted personally by the monarch and recognises personal service to the monarchy, the Royal Household, royal family members, and the organisation of important royal events. [1] [2] The order was officially created and instituted on 23 April 1896 by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Realm by Queen Victoria. [3] It was instituted with five grades, the two highest of which were Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) and Knight Commander (KCVO), which conferred the status of knighthood on holders (apart from foreigners, who typically received honorary awards not entitling them to the style of a knight). [4] [5] [6] Women were not admitted until Edward VIII altered the statutes of the order in 1936; those receiving the highest two awards were styled dames and those grades, when conferred on women, are Dame Grand Cross (GCVO) and Dame Commander (DCVO). [7]
No limit was placed on the number of appointments which could be made. [8] Queen Elizabeth II (reigned since 1952) appointed 288 Knights Commander and 19 Dames Commander of the order during the first 25 years of her reign (from her accession to the end of 1977).
The list below is ordered by date of appointment. Full names, ranks and titles are given where applicable, as correct at the time of appointment to the order. Branch of service or regiment details are given in parentheses to distinguish them from offices. The names, dates, offices and occasions listed are those given by Peter Galloway in his 1996 history of the order, Royal Service. [9]
Name | Date | Notes |
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Albert George Allen, DSO, MC | 5 June 1952 | For personal services as solicitor to members of the Royal Family |
Anthony Bevir, CVO, CBE | 5 June 1952 | For personal services to the Sovereign as the Prime Minister's Private Secretary |
The Earl of Eldon | 5 June 1952 | Lord in Waiting to George VI |
Edward Hedley Fielden, CB, CVO, DFC, AFC | 5 June 1952 | Captain of The Queen's Flight and Extra Equerry to the Queen |
Robert Harvey Kearsley, CMG, CVO, DSO | 5 June 1952 | Lieutenant of the Honorable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms |
Sir William Henry Peat, GBE | 5 June 1952 | Auditor of the Privy Purse |
Victor Michael Barrington-Ward, CBE, DSO | 5 June 1952 | Member of the Railway Executive, appointed in connection with the Royal Train |
The Viscount Clifden, MVO | 25 November 1952 | Member of the Council for the Duchy of Cornwall |
Sir Leslie Cecil Blackmore Bowker, OBE, MC | 1 January 1953 | Remembrancer, City of London |
Thomas Chadwick, CVO, CBE | 1 January 1953 | Accountant, HM Treasury |
Hon. Harold George Nicolson, CMG | 1 January 1953 | For personal services in the field of Literature |
The Baron Tryon, DSO | 1 January 1953 | Keeper of the Privy Purse, Treasurer to the Queen and Secretary of the Royal Victorian Order |
Sir George Dyson | 13 February 1953 | Director of the Royal College of Music |
Dorothy Wood, Countess of Halifax, CI | 1 June 1953 | Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
The Dowager Viscountess Hambledon | 1 June 1953 | Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
The Countess Spencer, OBE | 1 June 1953 | Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax | 1 June 1953 | Master of the Queen's Music |
Hon. Sir George Rothe Bellew, CVO | 1 June 1953 | Garter Principal King of Arms and Honorary Genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order |
Sir John Reginald Hornby Nott-Bower, CVO | 1 June 1953 | Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police |
Sir Arthur Bromley, KCMG | 1 June 1953 | Gentleman Usher to the Queen |
Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning, KBE, CB, DSO | 1 June 1953 | Treasurer to the Duke of Edinburgh |
Geoffrey Ronald Codrington, CB, CMG, CVO, DSO, OBE, TD | 1 June 1953 | Gentleman Usher to the Queen |
Hon. John Spencer Coke, CVO | 1 June 1953 | Equerry to Queen Mary |
Sir Rupert de la Bere | 1 June 1953 | Lord Mayor of London, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Cedric Drewe | 1 June 1953 | Treasurer of the Household, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
David McAdam Eccles | 1 June 1953 | Minister of Works, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Sir Harold Corti Emmerson, KCB | 1 June 1953 | Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Works, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Randle Guy Feilden, CB, CBE | 1 June 1953 | Chief Gold Staff Officer, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Arthur Guy Salisbury-Jones, CMG, CBE, MC | 1 June 1953 | Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps |
Sir Percivale Liesching, GCMG, KCB | 1 June 1953 | Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Commonwealth Relations Office, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Edgar William Light, CMG, MVO, OBE | 1 June 1953 | (Foreign Office) |
Philip Reginald Margetson, CVO, MC | 1 June 1953 | Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police |
Henry Austin Strutt, CB, CVO | 1 June 1953 | Assistant Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Julian Alvery Gascoigne, CB, DSO | 1 July 1953 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
John Arthur Symons Eccles, CB, CBE | 16 July 1953 | In connection with the Naval Review, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Sir Henry William Urquhart McCall, KBE, CB, DSO | 16 July 1953 | In connection with the Naval Review, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Maurice Brian Dowse, CB, CBE | 16 July 1953 | Director of Personal Services at the War Office, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Sir Victor Emmanuel Groom, KBE, CB, DFC | 16 July 1953 | In connection with the Royal Air Force Review, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle, KBE, CB, AFC | 16 July 1953 | In connection with the Royal Air Force Review, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's coronation |
Sir Alexander Hood, GBE, KCB | 24 November 1953 | Governor of Bermuda, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Bermuda |
Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot, KCMG, OBE | 27 November 1953 | Governor of Jamaica, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Jamaica |
Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey, KCMG, MBE | 18 December 1953 | Governor of Fiji, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Fiji |
Gerald Curteis, MVO | 1 January 1954 | Deputy Master, Trinity House |
Irving Blanchard Gane | 1 January 1954 | City Chamberlain, London |
The Rt Rev. Percy Mark Herbert | 1 January 1954 | Lord Bishop of Norwich and Clerk of the Closet |
James McFadyen McNeill, CBE, MC | 1 January 1954 | Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, John Brown and Company Limited, builders of HMY Britannia |
William Alexander Bodkin | 29 January 1954 | Minister for Internal Affairs and Social Security in New Zealand, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New Zealand |
Sir John Northcott, KCMG, CB, MVO | 12 February 1954 | Governor of New South Wales, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir Ronald Hubbert Cross, Bt | 22 February 1954 | Governor of Tasmania, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, KCB, KCMG, DSO | 8 March 1954 | Governor of Victoria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir John Dudley Lavarack, KBE, CB, MC | 17 March 1954 | Governor of Queensland, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir Robert Allingham George, KBE, CB, MC | 26 March 1954 | Governor of South Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Frank Horton Berryman, CB, CBE, DSO | 1 April 1954 | Director General of the Royal Tour of Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, KCMG, CB, CBE | 1 April 1954 | Governor of Western Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Eric John Harrison | 1 April 1954 | Minister in Attendance, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, KCMG, KBE | 21 April 1954 | Finance Minister and Minister in Attendance, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Ceylon. |
David Aitchison | 26 April 1954 | Master of SS Gothic, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon and Aden |
Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, CIE, OBE | 27 April 1954 | Governor of Aden, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Aden |
Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, KCMG, OBE | 30 April 1954 | Governor of Uganda, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Uganda |
Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy, KCMG, OBE | 7 May 1954 | Governor of Malta, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Malta |
Sir Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan of MacMillan, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC | 11 May 1954 | Governor of Gibraltar, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Gibraltar |
Edward Michael Conolly Abel-Smith, CB, CVO | 15 May 1954 | Flag Officer, Royal Yachts and Extra Equerry to the Queen |
William Henry Harris, CVO | 10 June 1954 | Organist and Master of the Choristers, St George's Chapel, Windsor |
Hon. Sir Albert Edward Alexander Napier, KCB, QC | 10 June 1954 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery |
The Rt Rev. Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton | 1 January 1955 | Dean of Windsor and Domestic Chaplain to the Queen |
Sir Gerald Festus Kelly | 1 January 1955 | President, Royal Academy |
John Crocker Bulteel, DSO, MC | 9 June 1955 | Secretary, Ascot Authority |
Eric Humphrey Savill, CVO, CBE, MC | 9 June 1955 | Deputy Ranger, Windsor Great Park |
The Rt Rev. John William Charles Wand | 9 June 1955 | Bishop of London and Dean of the Chapels Royal |
Peter William Shelley Yorke Scarlett, CMG | 26 June 1955 | HM Ambassador in Oslo, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Norway |
Alexander Greig Anderson, CVO | 2 January 1956 | Honorary Physician to the Queen's Household in Scotland |
Albert Edward Richardson | 2 January 1956 | President, Royal Academy |
Sir George Henry Wilkinson, Bt | 2 January 1956 | Chairman, Executive Committee, King George VI National Memorial Fund and King George VI Foundation |
Sir Bryan Evers Sharwood-Smith, KCMG, KBE, ED | 3 February 1956 | Governor of the Northern Region of Nigeria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Nigeria |
Sir Clement John Pleass, KCMG, KBE | 9 February 1956 | Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Nigeria |
Sir John Dalzell Rankine, KCMG | 15 February 1956 | Governor of the Western Region of Nigeria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Nigeria |
Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, CMG, OBE | 16 February 1956 | Chief Secretary of the Federation of Nigeria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit |
Anthony Frederick Blunt, CVO | 31 May 1956 | Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. (Appointment cancelled 16 November 1979.) |
Henry Valentine Bache de Satgé, CMG, CVO, DSO | 31 May 1956 | Gentleman Usher to the Queen |
Hon. Sir Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, KCMG | 10 June 1956 | HM Ambassador in Stockholm, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Sweden |
Hon. Osbert Eustace Vesey, CMG, CVO, OBE | 1 November 1956 | Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant, The Honorurable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms |
Sir John Henry D'Albiac, KBE, CB, DSO | 1 January 1957 | Commandant of London Airport |
Sir James Gow Mann | 1 January 1957 | Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art |
Sir Arthur Espie Porritt, KCMG, CBE | 1 January 1957 | Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen |
Sir Charles Norman Stirling, KCMG | 19 February 1957 | HM Ambassador in Lisbon, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Portugal |
Marcus John Cheke, CMG, CVO | 17 May 1957 | Vice-Marshal, Diplomatic Corps |
Sir Roderick Edward Barclay, KCMG, CVO | 23 May 1957 | HM Ambassador in Copenhagen, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Denmark |
Edward William Spencer Ford, CB, MVO | 13 June 1957 | Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen |
George Frederick Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO | 13 June 1957 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
Ralph Marnham | 13 June 1957 | Surgeon to the Queen |
Sir John Mitchell Harvey Wilson, Bt, CVO | 13 June 1957 | Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection |
Sir Harold Anthony Caccia, KCMG | 20 October 1957 | HM Ambassador in Washington, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the United States of America |
Sir Leslie Knox Munro, KCMG | 20 October 1957 | HM Ambassador for New Zealand to the United States, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the United States of America |
Hon. Sir Percy Claude Spender, KBE | 20 October 1957 | |
Charles Thomas Wheeler, CBE | 1 January 1958 | President, Royal Academy |
Sir Paul Mason, KCMG | 27 March 1958 | HM Ambassador in the Hague, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the Netherlands. |
Sir Arthur William Jarratt | 12 June 1958 | Honorary President, Kinematograph Members Society |
John Dougles McLaggan, CVO | 12 June 1958 | Aurist to the Queen |
John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett, CMG, OBE | 1 January 1959 | For personal services in the field of Literature |
The Rev. Cyril Leonard Cresswell, CVO | 1 January 1959 | Chaplain, Royal Victorian Order |
Arthur Grant Harper, CVO, CBE | 1 January 1959 | For services in connection with Royal Visits to New Zealand |
Ivan de la Bere, CB, CVO, CBE | 13 June 1959 | Secretary, Central Chancery of Orders of Knighthood |
Hon. David Bowes-Lyon | 13 June 1959 | Lord Lieutenant, Hertfordshire, and President, Royal Horticultural Society |
Sir Archibald Montague Henry Gray, CBE, TD | 13 June 1959 | Chairman, Distribution Committee, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London |
Wilfred Percy Henry Sheldon, CVO | 13 June 1959 | Physician-Paediatrician |
James Newton Rodney Moore, CB, CBE, DSO | 13 June 1959 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
Ivan Whiteside Magill, CVO | 1 January 1960 | Anaesthetist |
John Harold Peel | 8 March 1960 | For personal services to The Queen |
Ronald Montague Joseph Harris, CB, MVO | 11 June 1960 | Second Commissioner, Crown Estate |
Lady Constance Harriet Stuart Milnes-Gaskell, CVO | 23 December 1960 | Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent |
Denis John Wolko Browne | 31 December 1960 | |
Alan Philip Hay, CVO, TD | 31 December 1960 | Comptroller and Private Secretary to the Duchess of Kent |
Robert Somerville, CVO | 31 December 1960 | Clerk of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster |
Sir Alexander Colin Burlington Symon, KCMG, OBE | 16 February 1961 | High Commissioner in Pakistan, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Pakistan |
Leonard Arthur Scopes, CMG, OBE | 28 February 1961 | HM Ambassador in Kathmandu, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Nepal |
Sir Paul Henry Gore-Booth, KCMG | 1 March 1961 | High Commissioner in New Delhi, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to India |
Sir Geoffrey Wedgwood Harrison, KCMG | 6 March 1961 | HM Ambassador in Tehran, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Iran |
Marion Féodorovna Louise Villiers, Baroness Hyde, CVO | 6 June 1961 | Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
Lady Katherine Seymour, CVO | 6 June 1961 | Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
The Baron Ashburton | 10 June 1961 | Treasurer, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London |
Sir Charles William Dixon, KCMG, OBE | 10 June 1961 | Commonwealth Relation's Office, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's Asian Tour |
Basil Smallpeice | 10 June 1961 | Managing Director of BOAC, appointed for personal services |
Anthony Richard Wagner, CVO | 7 July 1961 | Garter Principal King of Arms |
The Rt Rev. Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell, MC | 1 November 1961 | Bishop of London and Dean of the Chapels Royal |
Peter Dawnay, CB, MVO, DSC | 2 December 1961 | Flag Officer, Royal Yachts |
Sir Edward Henry Windley, KCMG | 5 December 1961 | Governor of the Gambia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the Gambia |
Katharine Isobel Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough | 1 January 1962 | Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
Martin John Gilliat, CVO, MBE | 1 January 1962 | Private Secretary and Equerry to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
George Proctor Middleton, CVO | 1 January 1962 | Surgeon-Apothecary to the Royal Household at Balmoral |
Mark Vane Milbank, CVO, MC | 1 January 1962 | Master of the Household and Extra Equerry to the Queen |
Sir Arthur Wendell Snelling, KCMG | 1 January 1962 | High Commissioner in Ghana |
Sir Robert Gillman Allen Jackson, CMG, OBE | 20 February 1962 | Appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Ghana |
Sir Paul Copeland Maltby, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC | 16 March 1962 | Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Lords |
Dorothy May Vaisey, OBE | 2 June 1962 | General Secretary, Friends of the Poor and Gentlefolk's Help |
Walter Arthur George Burns, CB, DSO, OBE, MC | 2 June 1962 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
Martin Michael Charles Charteris, CB, MVO, OBE | 2 June 1962 | Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen |
Sir John Walter Cordingley, KCB, CBE | 2 June 1962 | Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund |
Ivor Thomas Percival Hughes, CB, CBE, DSO, MC | 2 June 1962 | Serjeant-at-Arms attending the Speaker |
Patrick Graham Toler Kingsley, CVO | 2 June 1962 | Secretary and Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Cornwall |
Humphrey Clifford Lloyd, CVO, MC | 2 June 1962 | Gentleman Usher to the Queen |
Sir Kenneth Phipson Maddocks, KCMG | 3 February 1963 | Governor and Commander in Chief of Fiji, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Fiji |
Frank Leon Aroho Götz | 18 February 1963 | Minister for Internal Affairs of New Zealand, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New Zealand |
Sir Edric Montague Bastyan, KCMG, KBE, CB | 21 February 1963 | Governor of South Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir Eric Winslow Woodward, KCMG, CB, CBE, DSO | 4 March 1963 | Governor of New South Wales, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Sir Roy Russell Dowling, KBE, CB, DSO | 27 March 1963 | Australian Secretary to the Queen, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Joseph Charles Cameron Henley, CB | 27 March 1963 | Flag Officer, Royal Yachts |
Horace Geoffrey Norman, CB, CBE | 8 June 1963 | National Playing Fields Association |
Henry George Rushbury, CVO, CBE | 1 January 1964 | Keeper of the Royal Academy of Arts |
Reginald Narcissus Macdonald-Buchanan, CVO, MBE, MC | 13 June 1964 | King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers |
John Nigel Loring, CVO | 13 June 1964 | Apothecary to the Royal Household and to the Household of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
Derek Duncombe Steele-Perkins, CB, CVO | 13 June 1964 | Medical Officer on the Queen's Overseas Tours |
Ronald Bodley-Scott | 13 June 1964 | Physician to the Queen |
William Albemarle Fellowes, CVO | 15 October 1964 | Land Agent, Sandringham |
William Godfrey Agnew, CVO | 1 January 1965 | Clerk in Ordinary of the Privy Council |
The Rev. Maurice Frederic Foxell, CVO | 1 January 1965 | Sub-Dean of HM Chapels Royal and Deputy Clerk of the Closet to the Queen |
Francis Galloway Leslie, CVO | 1 January 1965 | Physician in Ordinary to the Princess Royal |
John Wriothesley Russell, CMG | 8 February 1965 | HM Ambassador to Ethiopia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Ethiopia |
Sir Ian Dixon Scott, KCMG, CIE | 12 February 1965 | HM Ambassador to Sudan, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Sudan |
Richard Colville, CB, CVO, DSC | 12 June 1965 | Press Secretary, Private Secretary's Office |
Geoffrey Hugh Eastwood, CVO, CBE | 12 June 1965 | Formerly Comptroller of The Princess Royal |
Sir Edward Milner Holland, CBE, QC | 12 June 1965 | Attorney General to the Duchy of Lancaster |
The Baron McCorquodale of Newton | 12 June 1965 | Chairman of the Management Committee, King Edward VII's Hospital Fund for London |
Stuart Henry Paton, CBE | 12 June 1965 | General Secretary, King George's Fund for Sailors |
Hon. Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, KCMG, OBE | 18 November 1965 | Governor of Southern Rhodesia |
The Very Rev. Eric Symes Abbott | 1 January 1966 | Dean of Westminster |
Alan Cumbrae Rose McLeod, CVO | 1 January 1966 | Surgeon-Dentist to the Queen |
Eustace John Blois Nelson, CB, DSO, MVO, OBE, MC | 1 January 1966 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt, KCMG, DCM | 4 February 1966 | Governor of British Guiana, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to British Guiana |
Sir John Montague Stow, KCMG | 14 February 1966 | Governor of Barbados, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Barbados |
Kenneth Lachlan Mackintosh | 11 June 1966 | Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain |
John Lovegrove Waldron, CVO | 11 June 1966 | Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police |
Anstice Rosa Gibbs, CBE | 1 January 1967 | Chief Commissioner, Girl Guides |
Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, CB, CVO, DSO, MC | 1 January 1967 | Yeoman of the Guard |
Hon. Donald Burnes Sangster | 15 March 1967 | Prime Minister of Jamaica |
Edmund Hakewill-Smith, CB, CBE, MC | 10 June 1967 | Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor and Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle |
John Valentine Meech, CVO | 10 June 1967 | Formerly Secretary for Internal Affairs, New Zealand |
Lady Mary Rachel Pepys, CVO | 1 January 1968 | Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent |
Michael Babington Charles Hawkins, CVO, MBE | 1 January 1968 | Private Secretary and Equerry to the Duke of Gloucester |
The Rt Rev. Edward Michael Gresford-Jones | 1 January 1968 | Lord High Almoner |
Cecil Charles Boyd-Rochfort, CVO | 1 January 1968 | Trainer of the Queen's Racehorses |
Sir George Phillips Coldstream, KCB, QC | 26 March 1968 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor |
Christopher Douglas Bonham-Carter, CB, CVO | 8 June 1968 | Treasurer to the Duke of Edinburgh |
Cyril Harry Colquhoun, CB, CVO, OBE | 8 June 1968 | Secretary, Central Chancery of Orders of Knighthood and Registrar of the Royal Victorian Order |
The Baron Cornwallis, KBE, MC | 8 June 1968 | Lord Lieutenant, Kent |
David Dawnay, CB, DSO | 8 June 1968 | Secretary, Ascot Authority, and Clerk of the Course |
Basil Oscar Paul Eugster, CB, CBE, DSO, MC | 8 June 1968 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
Jack Alexander Sutherland-Harris, CB | 8 June 1968 | Second Crown Estate Commissioner |
Hon. Francis Michael Legh, CVO | 8 June 1968 | Private Secretary and Treasurer to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon |
Murray Tyrrell, CVO, CBE | 8 June 1968 | Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia |
Albert James Galpin, CBE, MVO | 29 October 1968 | Secretary, Lord Chamberlain's Office |
Frederick Cecil Mason, CMG | 17 November 1968 | HM Ambassador in Santiago, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Chile |
The Duchess of Abercorn | 1 January 1969 | Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss | 1 January 1969 | Master of the Queen's Music |
Henry Osmond Osmond-Clarke, CBE | 1 January 1969 | Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Queen |
Francis Vivian Dunn, CVO, OBE | 1 January 1969 | For services as Director of Music, Royal Marines |
John Mandeville Hugo, CVO, OBE | 1 January 1969 | Ceremonial and Protocol Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Gentleman Usher to the Queen |
Sir Norman Samuel Joseph, CBE | 1 January 1969 | Director of J. Lyons and Company |
Philip John Row, CVO, CBE | 1 January 1969 | Deputy Treasurer to the Queen |
Sir Horace Anthony Claude Rumbold, Bt, KCMG, CB | 10 May 1969 | HM Ambassador to Austria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Austria |
James Monteith Grant | 29 May 1969 | Lord Lyon King of Arms |
Lady Jean Marguerite Florence Rankin, CVO | 14 June 1969 | Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
Alastair Campbell Blair, CVO, TD | 14 June 1969 | Purse Bearer to the Lord High Commissioner |
The Earl Cairns, CB | 14 June 1969 | Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps |
Goronwy Hopkin Daniel, CB | 7 July 1969 | On the occasion of the investiture of the Prince of Wales |
William Jones Williams, OBE | 7 July 1969 | On the occasion of the investiture of the Prince of Wales |
John Richard Pestell | 9 July 1969 | For services to the Governor of Southern Rhodesia |
The Countess of Euston, CVO | 1 January 1970 | Mistress of the Robes to the Queen |
Charles Abrahams | 1 January 1970 | Chairman, Friends of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme |
Seymour John Louis Egerton | 1 January 1970 | Chairman, Coutts Bank |
John Hastings James, CB | 1 January 1970 | Deputy Master and Comptroller, Royal Mint |
Sir Joseph Thomas Molony, QC | 1 January 1970 | Attorney General to the Prince of Wales |
The Earl of Westmorland | 1 January 1970 | Lord in Waiting |
Sir Robert Sidney Foster, KCMG | 5 March 1970 | Governor of Fiji, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to Fiji |
Sir Rohan Delacombe, KCMG, KBE, CB, DSO | 8 April 1970 | Governor of Victoria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to Australia |
Hon. Sir Alan James Mansfield, KCMG | 14 April 1970 | Governor of Queensland, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to Australia |
Patrick John Morgan, CB, DSC | 21 April 1970 | Flag Officer, Royal Yachts |
Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, VC, KCMG, CBE | 3 May 1970 | Governor of New South Wales, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to Australia |
Sir Reginald George Pollard, KBE, CB, DSO | 3 May 1970 | Australian Secretary to the Queen, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to Australia |
Alan Hunter Cachemaille Boxer, CB, DSO, DFC | 13 June 1970 | Defence Services Secretary |
Allen John Bridson Goldsmith, CVO | 13 June 1970 | Surgeon-Oculist to the Royal Household |
Lord Adam Granville Gordon, CVO, MBE | 13 June 1970 | Comptroller to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
Sir David Lumden Webster | 13 June 1970 | General Administrator, Royal Opera House |
Hon. Margaret Katherine Hay, CVO | 1 January 1971 | Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
The Very Rev. Robert Wilmer Woods | 1 January 1971 | Dean of Windsor |
Hon. Olivia Vernon Mulholland, CVO | 12 June 1971 | Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen |
The Earl of Ancaster, TD | 12 June 1971 | Lord Lieutenant, County of London |
Hon. Michael Fitzalan-Howard, CB, CBE, MVO, MC | 12 June 1971 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
John Francis Hewitt, CBE | 12 June 1971 | Appointments Secretary to the Prime Minister and Ecclesiastical Secretary to the Lord Chancellor |
Sir Roderick Francis Gisbert Sarell, KCMG | 24 October 1971 | HM Ambassador to Turkey, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Turkey |
James Cecil Hogg, CVO | 1 January 1972 | Aurist to the Queen |
Peter James Kerley, CVO, CBE | 1 January 1972 | Radiologist to the Queen |
Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, CB, DSO | 1 January 1972 | Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Commons |
James Rennie Maudslay, CVO, MBE | 1 January 1972 | Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen |
Douglas Sinclair Miller, CBE | 1 January 1972 | Secretary, King George's Jubilee Trust |
Sir Arthur James de la Mare, KCMG | 10 February 1972 | HM Ambassador in Bangkok, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Thailand |
Samuel Falle, CMG, DSC | 18 February 1972 | British High Commissioner in Singapore, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Singapore |
Sir John Baines Johnston, KCMG | 22 February 1972 | British High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Malaysia |
Angus Mackay MacKintosh, CMG | 13 March 1972 | HM Ambassador to the Maldives, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the Maldives |
Sir Bruce Greatbatch, CMG, CVO, MBE | 20 March 1972 | Governor of the Seychelles, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the Seychelles |
Geoffrey Paul Hardy-Roberts, CB, CBE | 3 June 1972 | Master of the Household |
Eric Charles William Mackenzie Penn, CVO, OBE, MC | 3 June 1972 | Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office |
Dugald Leslie Lorn Stewart, CMG | 17 October 1972 | HM Ambassador in Belgrade, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Yugoslavia |
Chandos Blair, OBE, MC | 25 October 1972 | Defence Services Secretary |
Alexander Lees Mayall, CMG, CVO | 1 December 1972 | Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps |
Lady Rose Gwendolen Louisa Baring, CVO | 19 December 1972 | Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen |
Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, Bt, DSO | 1 January 1973 | Lieutenant, Gentlemen-at-Arms |
Francis John Bagott Watson, CVO | 1 January 1973 | Surveyor, Queen's Works of Art |
Oliver Nicholas Millar, CVO | 2 June 1973 | Surveyor, Queen's Pictures |
The Rt Rev. Robert Wright Stopford, CBE | 2 June 1973 | Bishop of London and Dean of the Chapels Royal |
Albert Edward Perkins, CVO | 7 July 1973 | Personal Police Officer to the Queen |
Elizabeth Mary Coke, Countess of Leicester, CVO | 4 September 1973 | Chief Commissioner, Girl Guides |
Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, CB, OBE, MC | 26 October 1973 | General Officer Commanding, London District |
Arthur George Linfield, CVO, CBE | 1 January 1974 | Gardens consultant, for personal services. |
Sir Ivison Stevenson Macadam, CVO, CBE | 1 January 1974 | Vice-Chairman, Council of King George's Jubilee Trust |
The Baron Plunket, CVO | 1 January 1974 | Equerry to the Queen and Deputy Master of the Household |
William Thomas Charles Skyrme, CB, CBE, TD, JP | 1 January 1974 | Secretary of Commissions, Lord Chancellor's Office |
Patrick Jerad O'Dea, CVO | 8 February 1974 | Secretary for Internal Affairs in New Zealand, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New Zealand |
Willis Ide Combs, CMG | 22 March 1974 | HM Ambassador to Indonesia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Indonesia |
John Mansel Miller, CVO, DSO, MC | 15 June 1974 | Crown Equerry |
Charles Lorz Strong, MVO | 15 June 1974 | Physiotherapist, for personal services |
The Rt Rev. Roger Plumpton Wilson | 15 June 1974 | Clerk of the Closet |
Sir Reginald Francis Stewart Denning, KBE, CB | 1 January 1975 | Chairman, Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Association |
Philip Stuart Milner-Barry, CB, OBE | 1 January 1975 | Ceremonial Officer, Civil Service Department |
Ralph Southward | 1 January 1975 | Apothecary to the Queen |
Edward George Tuckwell | 1 January 1975 | Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen |
Sir Edwin Hartley Cameron Leather, KCMG | 16 February 1975 | Governor of Bermuda, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Bermuda |
John Edgar Galsworthy, CMG | 24 February 1975 | HM Ambassador in Mexico City, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Mexico |
Sir Crawford Murray MacLehose, KCMG, MBE | 4 May 1975 | Governor of Hong Kong, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Hong Kong |
Andrew Hunter Carnwath | 14 June 1975 | Treasurer, King Edward VII's Hospital Fund for London |
John Pendrill Charles, MC | 14 June 1975 | For personal services to the Royal Family |
Ronald Stephen Forrest | 14 June 1975 | Defence Services Secretary |
James Starritt, CVO | 14 June 1975 | Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police |
Robert Christopher Mackworth Mackworth-Young, CVO | 14 June 1975 | Librarian and Assistant Keeper, The Queen's Archives |
Richard John Trowbridge | 31 July 1975 | Flag Officer, Royal Yachts |
John Noel Ormiston Curle, CMG, CVO | 12 December 1975 | Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps |
John Derek Hornung, OBE, MC | 1 January 1976 | Lieutenant, Yeoman of the Guard |
The Baron Luke of Pavenham, TD | 1 January 1976 | Chairman, National Playing Fields Association |
James Eric Cable, CMG | 28 May 1976 | HM Ambassador in Helsinki, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to Finland |
Sir Ralph Hugo Anstruther, Bt, CVO, MC | 12 June 1976 | Treasurer and Equerry to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
The Rt Rev. William Launcelot Scott Fleming | 12 June 1976 | Dean of Windsor |
Wilfred William Hill Hill-Wood, CBE | 12 June 1976 | For personal services |
Philip Brian Cecil Moore, CB, CMG | 12 June 1976 | Deputy Private Secretary to the Queen |
John Oscar Moreton, CMG, MC | 11 July 1976 | Minister at HM Embassy in Washington, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the United States of America |
Philip John Newling Ward, CBE | 27 October 1976 | The Royal Visit Director, Silver Jubilee Visit to Tasmania |
Anthony Arthur Acland, CMG | 10 November 1976 | HM Ambassador in Luxembourg, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Luxembourg |
Ann Parker Bowles, CBE | 31 December 1976 | Chief Commissioner, Girl Guides |
Norman Bishop Hartnell, MVO | 31 December 1976 | Fashion designer, appointed for professional services to the Queen |
The Baron Hayter, CBE | 31 December 1976 | Chairman, Management Committee, King Edward VII's Hospital Fund for London |
James Henry Scholtens, CVO | 7 March 1977 | Commonwealth Visit Director, Silver Jubilee Visit to Australia |
Sir Colin Thomas Hannah, KCMG, KBE, CB | 9 March 1977 | Governor of Queensland, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia to mark her Silver Jubilee |
Sir Stanley Charles Burbury, KBE | 14 March 1977 | Governor of Tasmania, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia to mark her Silver Jubilee |
Hon. Sir Henry Arthur Winneke, AC, KCMG, KCVO, OBE, QC | 16 March 1977 | Governor of Victoria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia to mark her Silver Jubilee |
Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls, OBE | 20 March 1977 | Governor of South Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia to mark her Silver Jubilee |
Sir Soong Chung Yocklunn | 23 March 1977 | Director of Royal Visit, Silver Jubilee Visit to Papua New Guinea |
Sir Wallace Hart Kyle, GCB, CBE, DSO, DFC | 26 March 1977 | Governor of Western Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Australia to mark her Silver Jubilee |
The Viscount Ashbrook, MBE | 5 May 1977 | On retirement from the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster |
Walter Edward Avenon Bull, CVO | 5 May 1977 | On retirement from the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster |
The Baron Clitheroe, PC | 5 May 1977 | On retirement from the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster |
Lady Abel Smith, CVO | 11 June 1977 | Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen |
Richard Philip Cave, CB, MVO | 11 June 1977 | Secretary, Association of Lieutenants of Counties |
Colin Philip Joseph Woods, CBE | 11 June 1977 | Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police |
Gerald Christopher Cash, OBE | 20 October 1977 | Acting Governor General of the Bahamas, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the Bahamas to mark her Silver Jubilee |
Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs, OBE, QC | 28 October 1977 | Governor of Antigua, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Antigua to mark her Silver Jubilee |
Richard Ian Samuel Bayliss | 31 December 1977 | Physician to the Queen and Head of the Medical Household |
Henry Ernest Marking, CBE, MC | 31 December 1977 | Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, British Airways |
The Earl of Stair, CVO, MBE | 31 December 1977 | Captain-General, Royal Company of Archers |
Sir Frank Roddam Twiss, KCB, DSC | 31 December 1977 | Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Serjeant-at-Arms attending the Lord Chancellor |
In the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, personal bravery, achievement, or service are rewarded with honours. The honours system consists of three types of award:
Sir is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the suo jure female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist.
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the monarch. The present monarch, King Charles III, is the sovereign of the order. The order's motto is Victoria. The order's official day is 20 June. The order's chapel is the Savoy Chapel in London.