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List of knights and dames grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by George VI

January 01, 1970

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 and Dame Commander (DCVO).[7]

The star of a Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

No limit was placed on the number of appointments which could be made.[8] King George VI appointed 43 Knights Grand Cross and 12 Dames Grand Cross between his accession to the throne on 11 December 1936 and his death on 6 February 1952.

Knights and dames grand cross appointed by George VI edit

The list below is ordered by date of appointment. Full names, styles, 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 offices listed are those given in the official notice, printed in the London Gazette. Where applicable, the occasion is given that was listed either with the notices or in published material elsewhere, in which case that material is cited.

Name Date Refs.
Queen Elizabeth 1 February 1937 [9]
Commander Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten 1 February 1937 [10]
Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan 1 February 1937 [10]
Maud, Queen of Norway 11 May 1937 [11]
Mary, Princess Royal 11 May 1937 [11]
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 11 May 1937 [11]
Princess Beatrice 11 May 1937 [11]
Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire 11 May 1937 [12]
Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 May 1937 [12]
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster 11 May 1937 [12]
Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baronet 11 May 1937 [12]
Lieutenant-General Sir George Sidney Clive 11 May 1937 [12]
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game 11 May 1937 [12]
Major Sir Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge 11 May 1937 [12]
Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang 11 May 1937 [12]
Sir John Allsebrook Simon 11 May 1937 [12]
Admiral Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse 20 May 1937 [13]
Admiral Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound 20 May 1937 [13]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding 26 June 1937 [13]
Helen Magdalen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland 1 January 1938 [14]
Lieutenant-Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie 1 January 1938 [14]
Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1st Baron Horder 1 January 1938 [14]
Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay 6 July 1938 [15]
Sir George Frankenstein 25 July 1938
George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan 2 January 1939 [16]
Sir John Charles Walsham Reith 2 January 1939 [16]
Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps 21 March 1939 [17]
George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon 8 June 1939 [17]
Sir John Weir 8 June 1939 [17]
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir 15 June 1939 [18]
Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet 30 June 1941
Hon. Sir Arthur Stanley 1 January 1944 [19]
Rear-Admiral Sir Basil Vernon Brooke 2 June 1945 [20]
Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 1 January 1946 [21]
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon 1 January 1946 [21]
Lieutenant-General Sir Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir 1 January 1946 [21]
Margaret Russell, Dowager Baroness Ampthill 13 June 1946 [22]
Sir Edward Ettingdene Bridges 13 June 1946 [22]
Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles 12 June 1947 [23]
Admiral Sir Dudley Burton Napier North 12 June 1947 [23]
The Duchess of Gloucester 1 January 1948 [24]
The Duchess of Kent 1 January 1948 [24]
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone 1 January 1948 [24]
Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas, 10th Baronet 1 January 1948 [24]
Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander 10 June 1948 [25]
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Sir Piers Walter Legh 10 June 1948 [25]
Major-General Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Baronet 1 January 1949 [26]
Sir Maurice Alan Cassidy 3 May 1949 [27]
Brigadier Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill 3 May 1949 [27]
Sir Morton Smart 3 May 1949 [27]
Captain Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton 9 June 1949 [28]
Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman 2 January 1950 [29]
Sir Henry Davies Foster MacGeagh 2 January 1950 [29]
Sir Oliver Charles Harvey 8 June 1950 [30]
Sir John Berkeley Monck 21 July 1950 [31]

Source: Galloway et al., 1996, p. 112

References edit

Notes edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ "Royal Victorian Order", The British Monarchy (accessed 16 August 2014)
  2. ^ "Royal Victorian Order", The Governor-General of Canada (accessed 16 August 2014)
  3. ^ The London Gazette, issue 26733, p. 2455
  4. ^ McCreery, 2008, p. 29
  5. ^ Honorary Knighthood 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Debrett's (accessed on 20 August 2014)
  6. ^ Knighthood, The British Monarchy (accessed on 20 August 2014)
  7. ^ Duckers, 2004, p. 38
  8. ^ McCreery, 2008, pp. 28–29
  9. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 29 January 1937 (issue 34365), p. 687
  10. ^ a b Supplement to the London Gazette, 29 January 1937 (issue 34365), p. 693
  11. ^ a b c d Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 May 1937 (issue 34396), p. 3074
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 May 1937 (issue 34396), p. 3084
  13. ^ a b c London Gazette, 23 July 1937 (issue 34420), p. 4733
  14. ^ a b c Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1937 (issue 34469), p. 7
  15. ^ London Gazette, 29 July 1938 (34536), p. 4877
  16. ^ a b Edinburgh Gazette, 6 January 1939 (issue 15559), p. 15
  17. ^ a b c London Gazette, 13 June 1939 (issue 15605), p. 505
  18. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 June 1939 (issue 34641), p. 4435
  19. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1943 (issue 36309), p. 7
  20. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 28 May 1943 (issue 36033), p. 2423
  21. ^ a b c London Gazette, 28 December 1945 (issue 37407), p. 12
  22. ^ a b Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 June 1946 (issue 37598), p. 2764
  23. ^ a b Supplement to the London Gazette, 6 June 1947 (issue 37977), p. 2577
  24. ^ a b c d Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1947 (issue 38161), p. 9
  25. ^ a b London Gazette, 4 June 1948 (issue 38311), p. 3369
  26. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1948 (issue 38493), p. 5
  27. ^ a b c London Gazette, 3 May 1949 (issue 38601), p. 2178
  28. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 June 1949 (issue 38628), p. 2797
  29. ^ a b Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1949 (issue 38797), p. 5
  30. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 June 1950 (issue 38929), p. 2779
  31. ^ London Gazette, 28 July 1950 (issue 38979), p. 3874

Bibliography edit

  • P. Duckers (2004), British Orders and Decorations (Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd, ISBN 0-7478-0580-6)
  • P. Galloway, D. Stanley, D. Martin (1996), Royal Service, volume 1 (London: Victorian Publishing, ISBN 0-9528527-0-5)
  • C. McCreery (2008), On Her Majesty's Service: Royal Honours and Recognition in Canada (Toronto: Dundurn Press; ISBN 1-77070-282-2)
  • W. M. Shaw (1906), The Knights of England, volume i (London: Sherratt and Hughes; OCLC 185192520)

January 01, 1970
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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 and Dame Commander DCVO 7 The star of a Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order No limit was placed on the number of appointments which could be made 8 King George VI appointed 43 Knights Grand Cross and 12 Dames Grand Cross between his accession to the throne on 11 December 1936 and his death on 6 February 1952 Contents 1 Knights and dames grand cross appointed by George VI 2 References 2 1 Notes 2 2 Citations 2 3 BibliographyKnights and dames grand cross appointed by George VI editThe list below is ordered by date of appointment Full names styles 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 offices listed are those given in the official notice printed in the London Gazette Where applicable the occasion is given that was listed either with the notices or in published material elsewhere in which case that material is cited Name Date Refs Queen Elizabeth 1 February 1937 9 Commander Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten 1 February 1937 10 Hugh Pattison Macmillan Baron Macmillan 1 February 1937 10 Maud Queen of Norway 11 May 1937 11 Mary Princess Royal 11 May 1937 11 Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll 11 May 1937 11 Princess Beatrice 11 May 1937 11 Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire 11 May 1937 12 Nina Cecilia Bowes Lyon Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 May 1937 12 Gilbert Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 2nd Earl of Ancaster 11 May 1937 12 Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood 1st Baronet 11 May 1937 12 Lieutenant General Sir George Sidney Clive 11 May 1937 12 Air Vice Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game 11 May 1937 12 Major Sir Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge 11 May 1937 12 Most Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang 11 May 1937 12 Sir John Allsebrook Simon 11 May 1937 12 Admiral Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse 20 May 1937 13 Admiral Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound 20 May 1937 13 Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding 26 June 1937 13 Helen Magdalen Percy Duchess of Northumberland 1 January 1938 14 Lieutenant Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy 12th Earl of Airlie 1 January 1938 14 Thomas Jeeves Horder 1st Baron Horder 1 January 1938 14 Vice Admiral Hon Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay 6 July 1938 15 Sir George Frankenstein 25 July 1938 George Charles Bingham 5th Earl of Lucan 2 January 1939 16 Sir John Charles Walsham Reith 2 January 1939 16 Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps 21 March 1939 17 George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl of Clarendon 8 June 1939 17 Sir John Weir 8 June 1939 17 John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir 15 June 1939 18 Sir Smith Hill Child 2nd Baronet 30 June 1941 Hon Sir Arthur Stanley 1 January 1944 19 Rear Admiral Sir Basil Vernon Brooke 2 June 1945 20 Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan Howard 16th Duke of Norfolk 1 January 1946 21 Douglas Douglas Hamilton 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon 1 January 1946 21 Lieutenant General Sir Hari Singh Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir 1 January 1946 21 Margaret Russell Dowager Baroness Ampthill 13 June 1946 22 Sir Edward Ettingdene Bridges 13 June 1946 22 Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles 12 June 1947 23 Admiral Sir Dudley Burton Napier North 12 June 1947 23 The Duchess of Gloucester 1 January 1948 24 The Duchess of Kent 1 January 1948 24 Princess Alice Countess of Athlone 1 January 1948 24 Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas 10th Baronet 1 January 1948 24 Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander 10 June 1948 25 Lieutenant Colonel Hon Sir Piers Walter Legh 10 June 1948 25 Major General Sir Harold Augustus Wernher 3rd Baronet 1 January 1949 26 Sir Maurice Alan Cassidy 3 May 1949 27 Brigadier Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill 3 May 1949 27 Sir Morton Smart 3 May 1949 27 Captain Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton 9 June 1949 28 Boyd Merriman 1st Baron Merriman 2 January 1950 29 Sir Henry Davies Foster MacGeagh 2 January 1950 29 Sir Oliver Charles Harvey 8 June 1950 30 Sir John Berkeley Monck 21 July 1950 31 Source Galloway et al 1996 p 112References editNotes edit Citations edit Royal Victorian Order The British Monarchy accessed 16 August 2014 Royal Victorian Order The Governor General of Canada accessed 16 August 2014 The London Gazette issue 26733 p 2455 McCreery 2008 p 29 Honorary Knighthood Archived 2015 03 16 at the Wayback Machine Debrett s accessed on 20 August 2014 Knighthood The British Monarchy accessed on 20 August 2014 Duckers 2004 p 38 McCreery 2008 pp 28 29 Supplement to the London Gazette 29 January 1937 issue 34365 p 687 a b Supplement to the London Gazette 29 January 1937 issue 34365 p 693 a b c d Supplement to the London Gazette 11 May 1937 issue 34396 p 3074 a b c d e f g h i Supplement to the London Gazette 11 May 1937 issue 34396 p 3084 a b c London Gazette 23 July 1937 issue 34420 p 4733 a b c Supplement to the London Gazette 31 December 1937 issue 34469 p 7 London Gazette 29 July 1938 34536 p 4877 a b Edinburgh Gazette 6 January 1939 issue 15559 p 15 a b c London Gazette 13 June 1939 issue 15605 p 505 Supplement to the London Gazette 30 June 1939 issue 34641 p 4435 Supplement to the London Gazette 31 December 1943 issue 36309 p 7 Supplement to the London Gazette 28 May 1943 issue 36033 p 2423 a b c London Gazette 28 December 1945 issue 37407 p 12 a b Supplement to the London Gazette 4 June 1946 issue 37598 p 2764 a b Supplement to the London Gazette 6 June 1947 issue 37977 p 2577 a b c d Supplement to the London Gazette 30 December 1947 issue 38161 p 9 a b London Gazette 4 June 1948 issue 38311 p 3369 Supplement to the London Gazette 31 December 1948 issue 38493 p 5 a b c London Gazette 3 May 1949 issue 38601 p 2178 Supplement to the London Gazette 3 June 1949 issue 38628 p 2797 a b Supplement to the London Gazette 30 December 1949 issue 38797 p 5 Supplement to the London Gazette 8 June 1950 issue 38929 p 2779 London Gazette 28 July 1950 issue 38979 p 3874 Bibliography edit P Duckers 2004 British Orders and Decorations Princes Risborough Shire Publications Ltd ISBN 0 7478 0580 6 P Galloway D Stanley D Martin 1996 Royal Service volume 1 London Victorian Publishing ISBN 0 9528527 0 5 C McCreery 2008 On Her Majesty s Service Royal Honours and Recognition in Canada Toronto Dundurn Press ISBN 1 77070 282 2 W M Shaw 1906 The Knights of England volume i London Sherratt and Hughes OCLC 185192520 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of knights and dames grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by George VI amp oldid 1192437265, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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