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The order has had a chancellor and a secretary since it was founded; the former office is held ex officio by the Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, while the office of secretary has been held ex officio by the Keeper of the Privy Purse (except for the years 1936 to 1943 when the King's Private Secretary was also the order's secretary).
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts (8 January 1872 – 17 December 1899) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Roberts was the son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl ...
Nathaniel Barnardiston (British Army officer) Frank Beck (British Army officer) W. N. T. Beckett; Matthew Best (Royal Navy officer) Richard Bevan (Royal Navy officer) George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning; Christopher Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood; Dermot Blundell; Alan Bourne; Algernon Boyle; Rodney Brazier; Reginald Bridgeman
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Volunteer Officers' Decoration General Sir William Dillon Otter KCB CVO VD (December 3, 1843 – May 6, 1929) was a professional Canadian soldier who became the first Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff , the head of the Canadian Militia .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order Military Cross Major General Frank Keith Simmons , CBE , MVO , MC (21 February 1888 – 22 September 1952) [ 1 ] was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles KCB KCMG KCVO DSO (27 May 1880 – 11 July 1945) was a British officer and the first commander of the newly formed Tank Corps during the First World War .
General Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne: Commanded 11th Infantry Brigade at the Battle of the Tugela Heights during the Second Boer War. Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope CB CMG (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was a British Army officer, killed commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein in the South African War.
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher GCB GCVO (26 March 1875 – 24 June 1937) was a Royal Navy officer who captained a battleship at the Battle of Jutland and became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet .