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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).
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order George Cross and its ribbon bar James Wallace Beaton , GC , CVO [ 1 ] (born 17 February 1943) is a retired British police officer who was awarded the George Cross , Britain's highest gallantry award for civilians.
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 ...
Smyth-Osbourne relinquished command of the Household Division on 11 June 2016 and was knighted and invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen. [8] He became Deputy Commander of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy in July 2016, [9] and took command of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in July 2019. [10]
Member of the Royal Victorian Order John Grant Malcolmson , VC , MVO (9 February 1835 – 14 August 1902) was a Bengal Army officer and a Scottish 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.
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 .
Yvonne Bell – Public Protection Unit Officer, Home Office. For services to Safeguarding; Myrna Miriam Bernard – Social Worker, Association of Jewish Refugees. For services to the Jewish Community and to the Disabled in Scotland; Peter John Best – For services to Steam and Heritage Railways