1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The 1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by George V of New Zealanders to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark the visit of the Prince of Wales to New Zealand that year. The recipients were invested by the prince at a dinner aboard HMS Renown in Lyttelton Harbour on 21 March 1920.[1][2]
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander (KCVO)
- Major-General Sir Edward Walter Clerveaux Chaytor KCMG CB – Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces.
- Sir William Fraser – Minister of Mines
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Sir Edward Chaytor
Member, fourth class (MVO)
- Lieutenant-Colonel James Lewis Sleeman CBE – Royal Sussex Regiment, Director of Military Training, Wellington.
- James Hislop OBE – under-secretary, Department of Internal Affairs.
- Gavin Macaulay Hamilton – secretary to the Governor-General.
- Richard William McVilly – general manager, New Zealand Railways.
- John O'Donovan – Commissioner of Police, Wellington.
- Captain Arthur Tahu Gravenor Rhodes – Grenadier Guards, military secretary to the Governor-General.
In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).[3]
References
- ^ "No. 13643". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 October 1920. p. 2228.
- ^ "Official dinner party". The Press. 22 March 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "A complete guide to the British Orders of Knighthood". Royal Central. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.