List_of_knights_and_dames_grand_cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order_appointed_by_Elizabeth_II_(2003–2022)

List of knights and dames grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (2003–2022)

List of knights and dames grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (2003–2022)

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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.[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, the two highest of which were Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) and Knight Commander (KCVO), which conferred the status of knighthood on holders (apart from foreigners, who typically received honorary awards not entitling them to the style of a knight).[4][5][6] Women were not admitted until Edward VIII altered the statutes of the order in 1936; those receiving the highest two awards were styled dames and those grades, when conferred on women, are Dame Grand Cross and Dame Commander (DCVO).[7]

The star of a Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

No limit was placed on the number of appointments which could be made.[8] Queen Elizabeth II appointed 23 Knights and 5 Dames Grand Cross between 2003 and her death on 8 September 2022.

Knights and dames grand cross appointed by Elizabeth II

The list below is ordered by date of appointment. Full names, styles, 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. Where applicable, the occasion is given that was listed either with the notices or in published material elsewhere, in which case that material is cited.

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      "No. 62078". The London Gazette. 11 October 2017. p. 18918.
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      "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B4.
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      "No. 63071". The London Gazette. 31 July 2020. p. 13006.
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      "No. 63322". The London Gazette. 15 April 2021. p. 7050.
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      "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 2022. p. B4.

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