Order Rank
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)
A senior rank within the Royal Victorian Order for personal service to the Sovereign.
DCVO
Awarded over time
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) appointments by year, split by honours list.
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The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the monarch. The present monarch, King Charles III, is the sovereign of the order. The order's motto is Victoria. The order's official day is 20 June. The order's chapel is the Savoy Chapel in London.
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About this honour
The Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) recognises distinguished personal service. It was established in 1896 by Queen Victoria, and is conferred by the Sovereign.
It is awarded to personal service personnel, recognising impact at personal service to the Crown level, in areas such as personal service, loyalty and dedication.
Candidates are put forward through royal household recommendation, assessed by the royal honours committee and approved by the Sovereign. Appointments are announced in the Royal announcements. Recipients are invested at a royal ceremony.
Recipients take the formal title “Dame”. Recipients may use the post-nominal letters DCVO. Recipients wear the badge, star, sash. In the order of precedence it sits above commander (CVO) and below Dame Grand Cross (GCVO).
It signifies personal service to the Monarch, representing loyalty, service and duty.
Recipients
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24 people
2026
Leonora
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2026
Lady-in-Waiting to The Princess Royal
Elisabeth Hunka
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2026
Director of Human Resources
Charlotte Manley
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2026
Celia Innes
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2026
2025
2024
2022
2019
2018
2017
Martina Milburn
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2017
Chief Executive Officer
Ingrid Roscoe
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2017
Jennifer Gretton
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2017
Lorna Muirhead
PersonDame Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2017
2015
2014
2012
2010
2008
2005
Linked data
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order; styled Dame; post-nominal DCVO.
- Post-nominal
- DCVO
- Part of
- The Royal Victorian Order
- Wikidata
- Q12192560
- The Gazette ontology
- gaz:DameCommanderVictorianOrder
From the Honoria honours vocabulary (SKOS). exactMatch = Wikidata; closeMatch = The Gazette honours ontology (official but a 2008–2015 beta).
Related honours
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)CBE
- Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)CVO
- Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)CMG
- Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)CB
- Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)CH
- Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG)DCMG