List of knights and dames grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by George VI

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."Royal Victorian Order", The British Monarchy (accessed 16 August 2014)"Royal Victorian Order", The Governor-General of Canada (accessed 16 August 2014) The order was officially created and instituted on 23 April 1896 by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Realm by Queen Victoria.The London Gazette, issue 26733, p. 2455 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).McCreery, 2008, p. 29Honorary Knighthood , Debrett's (accessed on 20 August 2014)Knighthood, The British Monarchy (accessed on 20 August 2014) 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).Duckers, 2004, p. 38

No limit was placed on the number of appointments which could be made.McCreery, 2008, pp. 28–29 King George VI appointed 43 Knights Grand Cross and 12 Dames Grand Cross between his accession to the throne on 11 December 1936 and his death on 6 February 1952.

Knights and dames grand cross appointed by George VI

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. The offices listed are those given in the official notice, printed in the London Gazette. 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. NameDateRefs.Queen Elizabeth1 February 1937Supplement to the London Gazette, 29 January 1937 (issue 34365), p. 687Commander Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten1 February 1937Supplement to the London Gazette, 29 January 1937 (issue 34365), p. 693Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan1 February 1937Maud, Queen of Norway11 May 1937Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 May 1937 (issue 34396), p. 3074Mary, Princess Royal11 May 1937Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll11 May 1937Princess Beatrice11 May 1937Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire11 May 1937Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 May 1937 (issue 34396), p. 3084Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne11 May 1937Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster11 May 1937Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baronet11 May 1937Lieutenant-General Sir George Sidney Clive11 May 1937Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game11 May 1937Major Sir Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge11 May 1937The Most Rev. & Rt Hon. Cosmo Gordon Lang11 May 1937Sir John Allsebrook Simon11 May 1937Admiral Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse20 May 1937London Gazette, 23 July 1937 (issue 34420), p. 4733Admiral Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound20 May 1937Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding26 June 1937Helen Magdalen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland1 January 1938Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1937 (issue 34469), p. 7Lieutenant-Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie1 January 1938Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1st Baron Horder1 January 1938Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay6 July 1938London Gazette, 29 July 1938 (34536), p. 4877Sir George Frankenstein25 July 1938George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan2 January 1939Edinburgh Gazette, 6 January 1939 (issue 15559), p. 15Sir John Charles Walsham Reith2 January 1939Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps21 March 1939London Gazette, 13 June 1939 (issue 15605), p. 505George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon8 June 1939Sir John Weir8 June 1939John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir15 June 1939Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 June 1939 (issue 34641), p. 4435Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet30 June 1941The Hon. Sir Arthur Stanley1 January 1944Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1943 (issue 36309), p. 7Rear-Admiral Sir Basil Vernon Brooke2 June 1945Supplement to the London Gazette, 28 May 1943 (issue 36033), p. 2423Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk1 January 1946London Gazette, 28 December 1945 (issue 37407), p. 12Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon1 January 1946Lieutenant-General Sir Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir1 January 1946Margaret Russell, Dowager Baroness Ampthill13 June 1946Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 June 1946 (issue 37598), p. 2764Sir Edward Ettingdene Bridges13 June 1946Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles12 June 1947Supplement to the London Gazette, 6 June 1947 (issue 37977), p. 2577Admiral Sir Dudley Burton Napier North12 June 1947The Duchess of Gloucester1 January 1948Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1947 (issue 38161), p. 9The Duchess of Kent1 January 1948Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone1 January 1948Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas, 10th Baronet1 January 1948Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander10 June 1948London Gazette, 4 June 1948 (issue 38311), p. 3369Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir Piers Walter Legh10 June 1948Major-General Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Baronet1 January 1949Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1948 (issue 38493), p. 5Sir Maurice Alan Cassidy3 May 1949London Gazette, 3 May 1949 (issue 38601), p. 2178Brigadier Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill3 May 1949Sir Morton Smart3 May 1949Captain Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton9 June 1949Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 June 1949 (issue 38628), p. 2797Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman2 January 1950Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1949 (issue 38797), p. 5Sir Henry Davies Foster MacGeagh2 January 1950Sir Oliver Charles Harvey8 June 1950Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 June 1950 (issue 38929), p. 2779Sir John Berkeley Monck21 July 1950London Gazette, 28 July 1950 (issue 38979), p. 3874 Source: Galloway et al., 1996, p. 112

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Bibliography P. Duckers (2004), British Orders and Decorations (Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd, ) P. Galloway, D. Stanley, D. Martin (1996), Royal Service, volume 1 (London: Victorian Publishing, ) C. McCreery (2008), On Her Majesty's Service: Royal Honours and Recognition in Canada (Toronto: Dundurn Press; ) W. M. Shaw (1906), The Knights of England, volume i (London: Sherratt and Hughes; OCLC 185192520)