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The reigning monarch is at the apex of the Royal Victorian Order as its Sovereign, followed by the Grand Master; the latter position was created in 1937 and was occupied by Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) from that date until her death in 2002.
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).
[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, Knight Grand Cross (GCVO), Knight Commander (KCVO), Commander (CVO), Member (fourth class) and Member (fifth class) , the last two of which were abbreviated to MVO.
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.
Queen Victoria appointed 19 Knights Grand Cross, plus an additional 28 honorary Knights Grand Cross, between the order's institution and her death on 22 January 1901; of those 19, six were to Princes of the United Kingdom—her own children, grandchildren or other close relatives—and a further seven to those already holding a peerage. [9]
Master of the Household to the Grand Duke of Baden. Appointed on the occasion of the Duke of Connaught's visit to Karlsruhe (for the purpose of investing the Grand Duke of Baden with the Order of the Garter in the King's name, and of representing the King at the Celebration of the Golden Wedding of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden) [88]
[nb 1] He appointed his mother, Queen Mary, a Dame Grand Cross; she was the only royal to receive either of the two highest grades under Edward VIII and was also the first woman appointed in the order's history. Of the Knights Grand Cross, all but one were members of the Royal Household, two of whom were recognised for their service to King ...
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Grand Master and First and Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; Member of the Royal Family Order of Charles III; Member of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II; Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal