Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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The Commander of the Royal Victorian Order is a high-ranking grade within the British Royal Victorian Order, bestowed personally by the monarch to recognize distinguished personal service to the royal family.

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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf grade of chivalric order
title of honour
alsoKnownAs CVO
associatedWith British honours system
personal gift of the sovereign
awardedBy British monarch
awardedFor personal service rather than public or political service
belongsToCategory British orders of chivalry
Royal decorations
conferredBy reigning sovereign
country United Kingdom
distinctionFromOtherOrders awarded at the sole discretion of the monarch
not usually based on ministerial advice
eligibility Commonwealth citizens
foreign nationals
men
women
foundedBy Queen Victoria
gradeLevel third class of the Royal Victorian Order
hasGenderNeutralTitle yes
hasInsignia badge of the Royal Victorian Order
breast star for Commanders
hasOrderChapel Savoy Chapel
surface form: The King’s Chapel of the Savoy
higherRank Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
inception 1896
isNonHereditary true
lowerRank Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
surface form: Member of the Royal Victorian Order
monarchTitleAtCreation Queen of Canada
surface form: Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
namedAfter Queen Victoria
orderMotto Victoria
orderOfPrecedence above Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
below Knight Commander or Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
partOf The Royal Victorian Order
surface form: Royal Victorian Order
postNominalLetters CVO
purpose recognition of distinguished personal service to the monarch
recognition of distinguished personal service to the royal family
religion Church of England
typicalRecipients diplomats
individuals giving personal service to the sovereign
members of the royal household
senior officials
usesRibbon blue ribbon with narrow red and white stripes at the edges
wearingStyle badge worn from a bow on the left shoulder for women
badge worn from a ribbon at the neck for men

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Group Captain Peter Townsend awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
subject surface form: Peter Townsend
John Julius Norwich awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
CVO standsFor Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever honour Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Frederick Arthur Montague Browning awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex honour Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Marie Bashir awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order precededBy Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order lowerRank Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Sir Christopher Geidt awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
subject surface form: Christopher Geidt
Sir Edward Young honour Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Sir William Heseltine awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Sir Clive Alderton hasHonor Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Sir Michael Stevens awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order