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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).
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 ...
Seymour was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1934 New Year Honours. He then served as an Extra Equerry to Edward VIII in 1936 and to George VI from 1937 to his death in 1948. In 1905 Seymour married Lady Blanche Frances Conyngham, daughter of Henry Conyngham, 4th Marquess Conyngham, with whom he had a son and a daughter.
List of knights and dames commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (2003–2022) List of knights and dames commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1952–1977) List of officers of the Royal Victorian Order; List of knights and dames commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by George VI
John Chapple (Royal Navy officer) Charles de Chassiron (British diplomat) Arthur Reginald Chater; Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield; George Lenthal Cheatle; Trevor Chinn; Terence Clark; Peter Clarke (police officer) Sarah Clarke (Black Rod) John Clauson; Eric Arthur Cleugh; Robert Clinton (British lawyer) Jock Colville; Howard Colvin ...
Full names, 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 names, dates, offices and occasions listed are those given by Peter Galloway in his 1996 history of the order, Royal Service. [9]
Alastair Watson (British Army officer) Philip Watson; Robert Watt (officer of arms) Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington; Peter Westmacott; Noel Wilby; Ashe Windham (equerry) Adam Wise; Richard Woodman; David Wright (British diplomat) Paul Wright (Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal) Robert Wright (priest, born 1949)