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The Royal Victorian Order

An order of chivalry founded in 1896 by Queen Victoria, in the personal gift of the sovereign, rewarding distinguished personal service to the monarch. Its grades are GCVO, KCVO/DCVO, CVO, LVO and MVO, with the associated Royal Victorian Medal.

The Royal Victorian Order ribbon

1,671 recipients in the record.

Awarded over time

The Royal Victorian Order appointments by year, split by sub-honour. Toggle a series to isolate one.

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Honours rounds

The rounds behind the chart - open one to see the recipients.

  1. 2026New Year (39) · Birthday (37)
  2. 2025New Year (49) · Birthday (40)
  3. 2024New Year (62) · Birthday (40)
  4. 2023New Year (65) · Birthday (50)
  5. 2022New Year (28) · Birthday (39)
  6. 2021New Year (28) · Birthday (28)
  7. 2020New Year (40) · Birthday (42)
  8. 2019New Year (36) · Birthday (35)
  9. 2018New Year (43) · Birthday (37)
  10. 2017New Year (38) · Birthday (40)
  11. 2016New Year (31) · Birthday (33)
  12. 2015New Year (38) · Birthday (36)
  13. 2014New Year (32) · Birthday (41)
  14. 2013New Year (20) · Birthday (29)
  15. 2012New Year (23) · Birthday (25)
  16. 2011New Year (25) · Birthday (24)
  17. 2010New Year (23) · Birthday (24)
  18. 2009New Year (25) · Birthday (24)
  19. 2008New Year (27) · Birthday (27)
  20. 2007New Year (34) · Birthday (27)
  21. 2006New Year (15) · Birthday (30)
  22. 2005New Year (28) · Birthday (18)
  23. 2004New Year (24) · Birthday (27)
  24. 2003New Year (20) · Birthday (27)
  25. 2002New Year (30) · Birthday (24)
  26. 2001New Year (21) · Birthday (20)
  27. 2000Birthday (28)

Topics

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The topics most recognised among The Royal Victorian Order recipients, sized by number of people. Click a tile to explore.

Royal Protection61Royal Protection — 61Protection Services24Protection Services — 24Charity — 3Nature Conserv…3Nature Conservation — 3Development2Development — 2Music2Music — 2Internati…1International Trade — 1Community1Community — 1Elderly P…1Elderly People — 1Business1Business — 1Philanthr…1Philanthropy — 1ArtsArts — 1Consti…Constitutional Law — 1BankingBanking — 1Financ…Financial Services — 1WomenWomen — 1Economy1Economy — 1Disability1Disability — 1Disadvantag…1Disadvantaged People — 1Choreography1Choreography — 1Theatre — 1Pageantry — 1Public Service — 1Catering — 1Film1Film — 1Ceremonia…1Ceremonial Affairs — 1Media1Media — 1Sport1Sport — 1Environmental Conservation — 1

Topics by number of recipients

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About this honour

An order of chivalry founded in 1896 by Queen Victoria, in the personal gift of the sovereign, rewarding distinguished personal service to the monarch. Its grades are GCVO, KCVO/DCVO, CVO, LVO and MVO, with the associated Royal Victorian Medal.

Recipients by grade

1,671 people hold The Royal Victorian Order. It is conferred in grades — open a grade to see and filter its recipients.

Linked data

Canonical URI
honoria.co.uk/id/honours/royal-victorian-order
Wikidata
Q94050
The Gazette ontology
gaz:TheRoyalVictorianOrder

From the Honoria honours vocabulary (SKOS). exactMatch = Wikidata; closeMatch = The Gazette honours ontology (official but a 2008–2015 beta).

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