List of knights and dames grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1952–1977)

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 Queen Elizabeth II appointed 79 Knights and 8 Dames Grand Cross between her accession to the throne on 6 February 1952 and the end of her Silver Jubilee year (1977).

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. 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. NameDate of appointmentNotesGazetteSir Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, KCVO, MC5 June 1952Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office and Extra Equerry to the QueenRose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, DCVO1 January 1953Princess Margaret, CI1 June 1953Supplement to the London Gazette, 26 May 1953 (issue 39863), pp. 2940Princess Marie Louise, CI, GBE1 June 1953Mabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie, GBE1 June 1953Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen MarySupplement to the London Gazette, 26 May 1953 (issue 39863), pp. 2946Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, DSO1 June 1953Lord High Constable and Field Marshal commanding Coronation TroopsGeoffrey Francis Fisher1 June 1953Archbishop of CanterburyGeorge Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley1 June 1953Lord Great ChamberlainAdmiral Sir John Hereward Edelsten, GCB, CBE1 June 1953Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, and First and Principal Naval Aide-de-CampAir Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot, KCB, KBE, DFC1 June 1953Air Aide-de-CampSir David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe1 June 1953Secretary of State, Home DepartmentColonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, KCVO1 June 1953Crown EquerryMajor Sir Arthur Horace Penn, KCVO, MC1 June 1953Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth the Queen MotherLawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarborough, KG, PC, GCSI, GCIE, TD1 June 1953Lord Chamberlain to the Queen and Chancellor of the Royal Victorian OrderSir Harold Richard Scott, KCB, KBE1 June 1953Commissioner of Police of the MetropolisSir Harold George Campbell, KCVO, DSO16 November 1953Equerry and Groom of the Robes to the QueenAlfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson, KCVO, CBE, DSO, TD1 January 1954Surgeon to Queen MarySir Charles Wolloughby Moke Norrie, GCMG, CB, DSO, MC15 January 1954Governor-General and Commander in Chief of New Zealand, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New ZealandSir William Joseph Slim, GCB, GCMG, GBE, DSO, MC16 February 1954Governor-General and Commander in Chief of Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to AustraliaHerwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury, PC, GCMG, OBE, MC20 April 1954Governor-General and Commander in Chief of Ceylon, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to CeylonCyril Forster Garbett6 February 1955Archbishop of YorkMary Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire9 June 1955Mistress of the Robes to the QueenSir Horace Evans9 June 1955Physician to the Queen and to Queen Elizabeth the Queen MotherSir James Wilson Robertson, KCMG, KBE3 February 1956Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of Nigeria, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visitSir Harold Brewer Hartley, KCVO, CBE, MC1 January 1957For personal services to the Duke of EdinburghSir Charles Alfred Howard, KCVO, DSO1 January 1957Serjeant-at-Arms attending the Speaker, House of CommonsSir Ernest Henry Pooley, Bt, KCVO1 January 1957Chairman of the Management Committee, King Edward VII's Hospital FundSir Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, GCMG, CB10 April 1957Ambassador to France, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to FranceSir William Stewart Duke-Elder, KCVO1 January 1958Surgeon-Oculist to the QueenSir Edward Michael Conolly Abel Smith, KCVO, CB1 January 1958Flag Officer, Royal Yachts and Extra Equerry to the QueenSir Owen Frederick Morshead, KCB, KCVO, DSO, MC12 June 1958Librarian, Windsor Castle and Assistant Keeper of the Queen's ArchivesSir Frederick Albert Minter, KCVO1 January 1959For services to the Queen's Chapel of the SavoySir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO14 May 1959Treasurer to the Duke of EdinburghPrincess Alexandra of Kent25 December 1960Prince Edward, Duke of Kent25 December 1960Sir Henry Ashley Clarke, KCMG4 May 1961Ambassador to Italy, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to ItalySir Harold Anthony Caccia, GCMG, KCVO31 August 1961Ambassador to the United States of AmericaSir Maurice Henry Dorman, GCMG1 December 1961Governor-General of Sierra Leone, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visitSir Arthur Guy Salisbury-Jones, KCVO, CMG, CBE, MC20 December 1961Marshal of the Diplomatic CorpsSir Michael Edward Adeane, KCB, KCVO1 March 1962Private Secretary and Extra Equerry to the QueenJohn Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon, KCVO1 January 1963Lord in Waiting to the QueenSir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, KCVO, DSO1 January 1963Equerry and Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's OfficeCameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold, PC29 January 1963Lord Chamberlain to the Queen and Chancellor of the Royal Victorian OrderSir Bernard Edward Fergusson, GCMG, DSO, OBE11 February 1963Governor-General of New Zealand, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New ZealandWilliam Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, VC, GCMG, PC14 March 1963Governor-General of Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to AustraliaWalter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, PC, KCMG, KCVO, MC1 January 1964For personal servicesSir Frank Kenyon Roberts, GCMG28 May 1965Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to the Federal Republic of GermanySir Henry Charles Loyd, KCB, KCVO, DSO, MC12 June 1965Colonel of the Coldstream GuardsSir Solomon Hochoy, GCMG, OBE10 February 1966Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the CaribbeanSir Clifford Clarence Campbell, GCMG4 March 1966Governor-General of Jamaica, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the CaribbeanSir Roderick Edward Barclay, KCMG, KCVO11 May 1966Ambassador to Belgium, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to BelgiumSir James Newton Rodney Moore, KCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO11 August 1966Defence Services SecretaryCharles Laing Warr, KCVO1 January 1967Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland and Dean of the Order of the ThistleSir Thomas Innes of Learney, KCVO10 June 1967Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary to the Order of the ThistleSir Edward Hedley Fielden, KCVO, CB, DFC, AFC8 June 1968Senior Air Equerry to the QueenSir John Wriothesley Russell, KCVO, CMG9 November 1968Ambassador to Brazil, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to BrazilCharles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon, KCB, KCVO, DSO1 January 1969Keeper of the Privy Purse, Treasurer to The Queen and Secretary to the Royal Victorian OrderAnthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon7 July 1969On the occasion of the investiture of the Prince of WalesHon. Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, KCMG, KCVO, OBE9 July 1969Governor of Southern RhodesiaSir Arthur Espie Porritt, Bt, GCMG, KCVO, CBE21 March 1970Governor-General of New Zealand, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New ZealandSir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, GCMG27 April 1970Governor-General of Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to AustraliaSir Christopher Douglas Bonham-Carter, KCVO, CB26 November 1970Treasurer to the Duke of EdinburghCharles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, PC, KT, KBE30 November 1971Lord ChamberlainDavid Charles Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns, KCVO, CB2 February 1972Marshal of the Diplomatic CorpsSir Arthur Leonard Williams, GCMG24 March 1972Governor-General of Mauritius, appointed on the occasions of the Queen's visitSir Arthur Christopher John Soames, GCMG, CBE19 March 1972Ambassador to France, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visit to FranceCharles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, KG, PC, GCMG, TD3 June 1972Lord Steward to the Royal HouseholdRalph Francis Alnwick Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton, GCMG, KCVO, OBE2 June 1973Governor of Northern IrelandSir Ronald Bodley-Scott, KCVO9 November 1973Physician to the QueenSir Henry Laurence Lindo, CMG12 December 1973High Commissioner for Jamaica and Doyen of the Diplomatic CorpsSir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett, KCVO, CMG, OBE1 January 1974Historical Advisor, The Queen's ArchivesPrince Richard of Gloucester1 January 1974Sir Edward Denis Blundell, GCMG, KBE7 February 1974Governor-General of New Zealand, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to New ZealandPrincess Anne15 August 1974Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, KCVO, CB, DSO, MC19 December 1974Colonel of the Grenadier GuardsSir Arleigh Winston Scott, GCMG18 February 1975Governor-General of Barbados, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visitHon. Sir Milo Boughton Butler, GCMB20 February 1975Governor-General of the Bahamas, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visitSir Frederick Archibald Warner, KCMG7 May 1975Ambassador to Japan, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's state visitSir Martin Michael Charles Charteris, KCB, KCVO, OBE1 January 1976Private Secretary to the QueenHon. Sir Peter Edward Ramsbotham, KCMG11 July 1976Ambassador to the United States of America, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the United States of AmericaGeoffrey Noel Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave, KG, TD17 December 1976Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Duchy of CornwallSir Seymour John Louis Egerton, KCVO3 February 1977Chairman of Coutts BankRatu Sir George Kadavulevu Cakobau, GCMG, OBE16 February 1977Governor-General of Fiji, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's Silver Jubilee visitSir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG7 March 1977Governor-General of Australia, appointed on the occasion of the Queen's Silver Jubilee visitKatherine, Duchess of Kent9 June 1977George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley, MC11 June 1977Lord Great ChamberlainSir Deighton Harcourt Lisle Ward, GCMG1 November 1977Governor-General of Barbados. appointed on the occasion of the Queen's Silver Jubilee visitLondon Gazette, 17 January 1978 (issue 47440), p. 619 Source: Galloway et al. 1996, pp. 113–114, 116

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