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

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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
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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.
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members, and the organisation of important royal events. The order was officially created and instituted on 23 April 1896 by
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realms. It is granted personally by the monarch and recognises personal service to the monarchy, the
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altered the statutes of the order in 1936; those receiving the highest two awards were styled
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List of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by George VI
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No limit was placed on the number of appointments which could be made. King
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The star of a Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
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On Her Majesty's Service: Royal Honours and Recognition in Canada
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Royal West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal
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Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
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Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster
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Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Meritorious Service
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Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
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Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Silver
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David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
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Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
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Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Gold
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King's Fire Service Medal, for Distinguished Service
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Knights and dames grand cross appointed by George VI
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George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon
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Index

List of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by George VI
The embroidered star of an English order of Knighthood, with radiating silver rays, topped with a white Maltese cross and royal cypher in the centre
Royal Victorian Order
order of knighthood
United Kingdom
Commonwealth
Royal Household
royal family
letters patent
Great Seal of the Realm
Queen Victoria
Edward VIII
George VI
Elizabeth
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten
Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan
Maud, Queen of Norway
Mary, Princess Royal
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Princess Beatrice
Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster
William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baronet
George Sidney Clive
Philip Woolcott Game
Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge
Cosmo Gordon Lang
John Allsebrook Simon
Roger Roland Charles Backhouse

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