List of Knights and Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by George VI

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Name Date Notes Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton, CMG, CVO, DSO 1 February 1937 Comptroller and Treasurer to Queen Mary John Fraser, MC 1 February 1937 Surgeon to the King in Scotland Walter Turner Mockton, MC, KC 1 February 1937 Attorney-General, Duchy of Cornwall Edward Howard Marsh, CB, CMB, CVO 11 February 1937 Private Secretary to the Secretaries of State for Dominions and Colonies Lady Helen Cynthia Colville 11 May 1937 Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary Lady Helen Violet Graham 11 May 1937 Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander, CMG, CVO, OBE 11 May 1937 Keeper of the Privy Purse and Extra Equerry to the King Sir John Atkins, KCMG 11 May 1937 Physician to the Duke of Connaught George Nevile Maltby Bland, CMG 11 May 1937 Counselor, Foreign Office Bertram Norman Sergison-Brooke, CB, CMG, DSO 11 May 1937 General Officer Commanding, London District The Hon. Gerald Henry Crofton Chichester, CVO 11 May 1937 Private Secretary to Queen Mary Sir Smith Hill Child, Bt, CB, CMG, CVO, DSO 11 May 1937 Master of the Household and Extra Equerry to the King Arthur William Steuart Cochrane, CVO 11 May 1937 Clarenceux King of Arms Sir Henry Walford Davies, CVO, OBE 11 May 1937 Master of the King’s Music Alan John Hunter, CB, CMG, DSO, MC 11 May 1937 Director of Personal Service, War Office Robert Uchtred Eyre Knox, CVO, DSO 11 May 1937 Private Secretary and Ceremonial Officer, HM Treasury George Frederic Still 11 May 1937 Extra Physician to the King Sir Hugh Stephenson Turnbull, KBE 11 May 1937 Commissioner of Police for the City of London Sir George Thomas Broadbridge 19 May 1937 Lord Mayor of London Gerald Charles Dickens, CB, CMG 20 May 1937 On the occasion of the Coronation Review by the King at Spithead Dudley Burton Napier North, CB, CSI, CMG, CVO 20 May 1937 Vice Admiral Commanding HM Yachts The Baron Marchwood 8 June 1937 Treasurer of the Household Frank Herbert Mitchell, CVO, CBE 14 June 1937 Assistant Private Secretary to the King Sir Charles Patrick Duff, KCB, CVO 23 July 1937 Secretary of the Office of Works Anne Annette Minna Cochrane 1 January 1938 Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Beatrice Alfred Edwin Dunphie, CVO 1 January 1938 Director of Coutts and Company; formerly Assistant Treasurer to Queen Alexandra John Berkeley Monck, CMG, CVO 1 January 1938 Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps The Baron Templemore, DSO, OBE 9 June 1938 Formerly Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard Lord Esme Charles Gordon-Lennox, CMG, DSO, MVO 2 January 1939 Formerly Yeoman-Usher of the Black Rod and Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain The Viscount Gage 10 April 1939 On relinquishing his appointment as Lord-in-Waiting to the King The Baroness Elphinstone 8 June 1939 Alan Frederick Lascelles, CB, CMG, MVO, MC 8 June 1939 Private Secretary to the King and Keeper of the King’s Archives George Arthur Ponsonby, CVO 8 June 1939 Comptroller and Private Secretary to the Queen of Norway Arthur Shuldham Redfern 15 June 1939 Secretary to the Governor General of Canada. Appointed on the occasion of the King and Queen’s visit to Canada and the United States. George Frederick Basset Edward-Collins, CB, CVO 17 June 1939 Appointed on the occasion of the King and Queen’s visit to Canada and the United States. Sir Ulick Roland Burke 5 July 1939 Vice-President, Royal Agricultural Society Walter Gordon Neale, CIE, CVO 1 January 1941 Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India Hon. Piers Walter Legh, CMG, CIE, CVO, OBE 1 January 1942 Master of the Household and Extra Equerry to the King Sir Rupert Beswicke Howorth, KCMG, CB 11 June 1942 Appointed for services as Clerk to the Privy Council Sir Alfred Edward Webb-Johnson, CBE, DSO, TD 11 June 1942 Surgeon to Queen Mary Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb, CVO 1 January 1943 Secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts Harold George Campbell, CVO, DSO 2 June 1943 Equerry and Groom of the Robes to the King Sir Eric Charles Miéville, KCIE, CSI, CMG 2 June 1943 Assistant Private Secretary to the King Henry Hudson Fraser Stockley, CVO, OBE 2 June 1943 Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood and Serjeant-at-Arms to the King Sir Harold Brewer Hartley, CBE, MC 1 January 1944 Vice-President, LMS Railway Company. Appointed in connection with the Royal Train. Sir Ernest Henry Pooley 1 January 1944 Honorary Secretary, King Edward VII’s Hospital Fund for London Charles Alfred Howard, DSO 8 June 1944 Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Commons Owen Frederick Morshead, CVO, DSO, MC 8 June 1944 Librarian, Windsor Castle and Assistant Keeper of the King’s Archives Algar Henry Stafford Howard, CB, CVO, MC 9 June 1944 Garter King of Arms Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, Bt, CB, CBE, DSO, MC 30 July 1944 Appointed on the occasion of the King’s visit to Italy. Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy 1 January 1945 Formerly Vice President, Queen Alexandra’s Army Nursing Board Clarence Henry Kennett Marten 1 January 1945 Provost of Eton College Louis Forbes Fergusson, CVO 14 June 1945 Clerk of the Council and Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Lancaster Sir Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan, CBE 14 June 1945 Director and Secretary, Victoria and Albert Museum Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, CVO, MC 14 June 1945 Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain’s Office and Extra Equerry to the King The Countess Granville 6 July 1945 The Earl Granville, CB, DSO 6 July 1945 Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man Lady Louis Mountbatten, CBE 1 January 1946 For war services Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder 1 January 1946 Surgeon-Oculist to the King Thomas Innes of Learney 13 June 1946 Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary to the Order of the Thistle Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, CVO 13 June 1946 Crown Equerry The Earl of Radnor 13 June 1946 Lord Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon The Hon. Jasper Nicholas Ridley, OBE, TD 13 June 1946 Chairman of Messrs Coutts and Company Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle, CMG, DSO 1 January 1947 Official Secretary to the Duke of Gloucester when Governor General of Australia Sir Alfred James Munnings 1 January 1947 President, Royal Academy Evelyn Campbell Shaw, CVO 1 January 1947 Secretary, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Sir Henry Charles Loyd, KCB, DSO, MC 30 January 1947 General Officer Commanding, London District Sir Eubule John Waddington, KCMG, OBE 12 April 1947 Governor of Northern Rhodesia. Appointed on the occasion of the King and Queen’s visit. Sir John Noble Kennedy, KBE, CB, MC 14 April 1947 Governor of Southern Rhodesia. Appointed on the occasion of the King and Queen’s visit. The Hon. Sir Evelyn Baring, KCMG 23 April 1947 High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in South Africa. Appointed on the occasion of the King and Queen’s visit. The Baroness Harlech 12 June 1947 Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Sir Hugh Lett, Bt, CBE 12 June 1947 Honorary Secretary, King Edward VII’s Hospital Fund for London Sir Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith, KBE, CB, MVO 12 June 1947 Outgoing Chairman and formerly Deputy Chairman, King George’s Fund for Sailors. Henry Ellis Yeo White, CVO, CBE 12 June 1947 Appointed on the occasion of the King and Queen’s visit to South Africa William Gladstone Agnew, CB, CVO, DSO 12 June 1947 Captain, HMS Vanguard. Appointed on the occasion of the King and Queen’s visit to South Africa. Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie, CVO, CBE 5 November 1947 Appointed on retirement as Press Secretary to the King. Roland Clive Wallace Burn, CVO 1 January 1948 Secretary and Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Lancaster Very Rev. Alan Campbell Don 1 January 1948 Dean of Westminster. Sir Bracewell Smith, Bt 1 January 1948 For services while Lord Mayor of London to King George VI Denholme de Montalte Stuart Fraser, CSI, CIE 20 February 1948 Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India Jameson Boyd Adams, CVO, CBE, DSO 10 June 1948 Secretary of King George’s Jubilee Trust Walter Leslie Farrer 10 June 1948 The Queen’s Private Solicitor Louis William Howard Kerr, CMG, CVO, OBE 10 June 1948 Comptroller to the Duke of Gloucester Arthur Noel Mobbs, OBE 10 June 1948 “In connection with the Royal Albert School”. Ernest Dudley Gordon Colles, CVO, OBE 1 January 1949 Deputy Treasurer to the King and Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse Sir William Gilliatt, CVO 1 January 1949 For personal services to Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. Prof. James Rögnvald Learmonth, CBE 25 March 1949 For professional services as Surgeon to the King. Prof. Horace Evans 3 May 1949 For professional services to the King. Prof. James Paterson Ross 3 May 1949 For personal services during the illness of the King. Sir John Herbert McCutcheon Craig, CB 9 June 1949 Deputy Master and Comptroller, Royal Mint. Arthur Horace Penn, CVO, MC 9 June 1949 Groom in Waiting and Extra Equerry to the King. Edward Daymonde Stevenson, CVO, MC 9 June 1949 Purse Bearer to the Duke of Gloucester when Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Harold Kingston Graham Hodgson, CVO 2 January 1950 Middlesex Hospital. For professional services. Very Rev. Charles Laing Warr, CVO 2 January 1950 Dean, Chapel Royal in Scotland and the Order of the Thistle Norman Richard Combe Warwick, CVO, OBE 2 January 1950 Clerk of the Council, Duchy of Lancaster John Charles Oakes Marriott, CB, CVO, DSO, MC 21 February 1950 General Officer Commanding, London District George Camborne Beauclerk Paynter, CMG, CVO, DSO 8 June 1950 Groom in Waiting and Extra Equerry to the King; Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland. Henry Abel Smith, DSO 8 June 1950 Lady Adelaide Margaret Peel, CVO 3 September 1950 Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen Daniel Thomas Davies, CVO 1 January 1951 Extra Physician to the King Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, CVO, DSO 1 January 1951 Assistant Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain’s Office Sir Gerald Robert Stedall Hickson, CB, CBE 1 January 1951 General Secretary, King George’s Fund for Sailors Francis Hugo Teale, CVO 1 January 1951 For professional services to the King. Michael Edward Adeane, CB, MVO 7 June 1951 Assistant Private Secretary and Extra Equerry to the King Sir Eric Cyril Egerton Leadbitter, CVO 7 June 1951 Clerk of the Privy Council Geoffrey Sidney Todd, CVO, OBE 7 June 1951 Medical Superintendent, King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst Geoffrey Marshall, CBE 13 December 1951 For professional personal services to the King Clement Price Thomas 13 December 1951 For professional personal services to the King North Victor Cecil Dalrymple-Hamilton of Bargany, CB, CVO 1 January 1952 Adjutant of the Royal Company of Archers Robert Chaine Alexander McCalmont, CVO, CBE, DSO 1 January 1952 Lieutenant of the Yeoman of the Guard Sydney Arthur White, MVO 1 January 1952 Grand Secretary, United Grand Lodge of England
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