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  2. 2025 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    The 2025 New Year Honours are appointments by King Charles III among the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.

  3. Royal Victorian Order - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood - Wikipedia

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    Since 1991, the Secretary of the Central Chancery has been the same individual who serves as Assistant Comptroller to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, and currently serves ex-officio as the registrar of the Royal Victorian Order [4] [5] and of the Order of the British Empire.

  5. Order of the Thistle - Wikipedia

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    Since the Order of the Thistle is the second most senior chivalric order in the UK, a member will wear its star above that of other orders to which he or she belongs, except that of the Order of the Garter; up to four orders' stars may be worn.) [47] The broad riband is a dark green sash worn across the body, from the left shoulder to the right ...

  6. 2003 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by the country (in order of their date of independence from the United Kingdom) whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with grades, such as Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander, and then divisions—Civil ...

  7. List of knights and dames grand cross of the Royal Victorian ...

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    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.

  8. Category:Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian ...

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    This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Royal Victorian Order. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Royal Victorian Order .

  9. 1976 Birthday Honours - Wikipedia

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    John Wilfrid Wright, Deputy Director (Surveys), Ministry of Overseas Development. Diplomatic and Overseas List. The Reverend Doctor Harold Walter Adeney. For medical and welfare services to the community in Burundi. John Ernest Alcantara. For services to the Judiciary in Gibraltar. Ian Peter Allnutt, British Council Representative, Mexico.