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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).
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 ...
In the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Grand Master is styled "Sovereign", e.g. Sovereign Grand Master, due to its status as an internationally independent sovereign entity. In republican nations, a president may also serve as the grand master of the various state orders such as in France, where the president is the grand master of the ...
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.
[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 ...
List of knights and dames grand cross 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 (1978–2002)
Grand Chamberlain to the Crown Prince of Japan, and Master of Ceremonies to the Emperor of Japan. Special Mission of Prince Arthur of Connaught to Japan, to invest the Emperor of Japan with the most noble Order of the Garter [75] Vice-Admiral Shichiro Kataoka* Japan 15 March 1906 Commander-in-Chief, 1st Squadron Imperial Japanese Navy. [75]
Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus; Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) Grand Master of the Order of St Michael and St George; List of grand masters of the Order of Santiago