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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).
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour , KCVO (8 December 1838 – 9 February 1915), known as William Seymour until 1871, was a senior British Army officer.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George – 3 June 1919 [38] (CMG – 1886 [1]) Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order – 1910 [1] (KCVO – 30 June 1897 [39]) Foreign. Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (Italy) – 31 August 1917 [40] Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France) – 17 August 1918 [41]
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
Queen Victoria in 1897, the year after she founded the Royal Victorian Order. Prior to the close of the 19th century, most general honours within the British Empire were bestowed by the sovereign on the advice of her British ministers, who sometimes forwarded advice from ministers of the Crown in the Dominions and colonies (appointments to the then most senior orders of chivalry, the Order of ...
1.13.1 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ... 1.14.3 Officer of the Order of the British ... General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, ...
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.
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards. Fourth Class. Captain Alastair Sturgis Aird. Commander Peter Italo Frank Beeson, Royal Navy.