CVO for Member of the Private Secretary’s Office

On the 26th March 2024 His Majesty the King appointed Mr John Lynes LVO MBE, to be Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service at the Private Secretary’s Office.

CVO for Apothecary to the late Queen Elizabeth II

On the 20th March 2024 His Majesty the King appointed Dr Timothy Hugh David Evans LVO, to be Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Apothecary to the late Queen Elizabeth II and Apothecary to the wider Royal Household.

New Year Honour List 2024 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the New Years Honour List 2024.


Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
The Right Honourable and the Most Reverend Justin Portal Welby

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Colonel Edward Thomas Bolitho OBE
The Very Reverend Dr David Michael Hoyle MBE


Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)
Ms Rowena Jane Feilden CVO


Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Mr Ian Angus Campbell
Ms Sophia Louisa Densham LVO
Mr Patric Laurence Dickinson LVO
Dr Veronica Mary Geneste Ferguson LVO
Mr Alastair Gilbert Martin
The Right Honourable The Lord Offord of Garvel
Sir Antonio Pappano
Professor James Roy Robertson LVO MBE

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)
Mr Ian Scott Anderson MVO
Mr Mark Appleby
Colonel Jeremy David Bagshaw CBE
Major Grant Vincent Ashley Baker
Mr Paul David Baumann CBE
Mr Charles Harcourt James Davies MVO
Ms Karen Ross Findlay
Dr Michael Terence Isaac
Air Vice-Marshal Richard Howard Lacey CBE
Ms Charlotte Elizabeth Martin MVO
Mr Jonathan David Rogerson Martin
Mr Ian Donald McCowan
Professor Paul Mealor
Mr Graham Paul Midgley
Mr Gavin Donald Reid
Mr Paul John Sedgwick
Lieutenant Colonel James Edward Noel Bridgeman Shaw
Mr Nicholas Kester Smith
Mr David William Courtenay Whelton OBE
Mr James Wyndham Williams


Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Mr Russell Adams RVM
Captain Andrew Mark Aspden
Mr Ian Charles Bartlett
Mr Nicholas John Birch
Mr Ian Leslie Bullock RVM
Ms Emma Jane Clarke
Ms Nicola Charlotte Craig
Mr Andrew John Cranidge
Ms Anne Maria Curran
Ms Sarah Louise Davis
Ms Julie Elizabeth Denby
Mr Michael Robert Duncan
Ms Hannah Elizabeth Evans
Mr David Irwin Foy
Mr Christopher William Andrew Hallworth
Ms Stephanie Kate Howard
Ms Adelaide Georgina Gray Izat
Mr Daniel James Kevin Johnson
Mr Kevin Malkin
Ms Louise Michelle Walker-Pickett
Ms Nicola Jane Pritchard
Warrant Officer Class 1 David Alexander Roper
Warrant Officer Class 2 Julian Philip Desmond Sandford
Mr Christopher Charles Savage
Mr Derrick Andrew Scott
Mr Thomas Nicholas McKinlay Service
Ms Elizabeth Fiona St Clair
Ms Kathryn Elizabeth Stone
Mr Paul Stonell
Mr Christopher Tombling
Ms Karen Louise Willemsen

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)
Mr Gary William Adams RVM
Mr Andrew John Buckland RVM
Mr Neil Hepple Dodds RVM
Mr Jose Manuel Lazarczuk RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)
Mr Andrew David Basson
Mr Gary Clarke
Mr Edward Peter Evans
Mr Malcolm Greenland
Ms Helen Hitchcock
Ms Isabel Lorna Laylo
Mr Matthew Simon Murphy
Mr Timothy James Rayson
Ms Elisabeth Michelle Roberts
Corporal of the Horse Kate Elizabeth Sandford
Mr James Richard Shaw
Ms Fiona Ailsa Smith
Mr John Spelzini
Ms Monica Jane Tandy
Ms Vanessa Anne Wakeford
Mr Barry James Whearty

Honorary Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)
Mr Jorge Manuel Martins Fernandes José

CVO for Communications Secretary

On the 19th December 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Ms Hannah Margaret Louise Howard LVO, to be Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Communications Secretary.

CVO for Former Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales

On the 6th December 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Dr Grahame Clive Davies LVO to be Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales.

His Majesty The King appoints to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order for their part in the King and Queen's State Visit to Kenya in October 2023.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Mr Desmond Patrick Wigan OBE

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Ms Josephine Gauld

CVO for Gardens Manager of the London Palaces

On the 8th November 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Mr Mark James Lane LVO to be Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Gardens Manager of the London Palaces.

His Majesty The King appoints to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order for their part in the King and Queen's State Visit to France in September 2023.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Dame Menna Frances Rawlings DCMG

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)
Mr Alexander Theophilus Rycroft CMG

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Ms Emily Casey
Ms Emily Holdup
Ms Dominique Olley
Mr Benjamin Edward Newick MBE RVM
Ms Emily Partington

His Majesty The King appoints to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed the following within the Royal Victorian Order for their part in the King and Queen's State Visit to Germany in March 2023.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Ms Jill Gallard CMG


Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Ms Ciara Courtney

Ms Harriet Kyle

Ms Gillian Marks

Mr Nicholas Teller

Mr Nicholas Wareham

King's Birthday Honour List 2023 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the King's Birthday Honour List 2023.


Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Mr Nicholas Vincent John Barrett
Mr Paul Christian Bell
Mr Satyajit Bhattacharya LVO
The Rt Hon. The Baron Boateng DL
Mr Alan John Farthing
Dr Angela Josepha Garvey
Ms Sarah Elizabeth Healey CB
Mr Robert Walter Hunter
Mr John Guy Elmhirst Monson
Sir John Wilfred Peace
Mr Andrew Jonathan Smith
Ms Tracy Annette Watkins LVO
Mr Garth John Weston

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Ms Joanne Butcher MVO
Ms Caroline Louise Creer MVO
Colonel Peter Robert Cowley Flach MBE
Ms Gemma Catherine Teresa Kaza MVO
Ms Belinda Margaret Georgiana Kim
Mr Matthew Magee
Mr Timothy Peter Maynard
Ms Linda Susan Savides MVO
Ms Claudia Catherine Spens MVO
Commander Anne Gillian Sullivan MVO RN
Mr Mark Ian Tentori
Ms Susan Elizabeth Theobald MVO

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Mr Timothy John Connery
Ms Sharon Jennifer Ann Gislingham
Mr William John Graham
Ms Anna Margaret Greenleaf
Ms Ruth Hately
Mr Darren Terence Haynes
Ms Natalie Elise Hegarty
Mr Timothy Charles Hewitt
Ms Janice Annette Hook
Ms Laura Louise King
Mr Simon King
Ms Elaine Olive MacLean

Ms Emily Charlotte Louise Martin
Ms Jo-Anne Louise Mead
Ms Sally Ann O’Neill
Ms Shila Patel
Mr Iain Petrie
Mr Julian Charles Phillips
Ms Joanne Sarah Purcell
Ms Anna Maria Rischitelli
Ms Jennifer Helen Wideson
Ms Sophia Katharine Wills
Ms Paula Wilson
Mr Andrew John Wright
Mr Paul Leddington Wright

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Peter Thomas Charles Clayton RVM
Mr Huw Gordon Jones RVM
Mr Nicholas Simon Matthews RVM
Mr Robert James McGee RVM
Mr Gordon Raymond John Robinson RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Stuart Neil Crossan
Mr Terry Alan Humphries
Mr Brian Francis Lees
Ms Stella June McLaren
Mr Stephen John Shand
Ms Anne Theresa Stevens
Ms Estrellita Mateo Talbot
Ms Carol Margaret Leslie Turpie
Mr Peter Whyte

CVO for the Medical Officer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Abroad, and Tour Doctor to His Majesty The King

On the 30th May 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Surgeon Captain David Anthony Hett RN Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Medical Officer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Abroad, and Tour Doctor to His Majesty The King.

New Year Honour List 2023 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

Her Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the New Year Honour List 2023.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon Bt OBE DL

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Ms Eleanor Arran MBE DL
Mr David Mark Bevan
The Honourable Virginia Carington LVO
Professor Justin Peter Cobb
Mr Jonathan Rupert Crow KC
Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Marion Dessau AC
Mr Paul Robert Edgar Double LVO
Mr Adrian Anthony Joseph Evans LVO
Ms Margaret Eleanor Hammond LVO
Ms Claire Theresa Hensman
Mr Donald Martin
Her Honour the Honourable Vicki Susan O’Halloran AO
Mr Bruno Mark Peek LVO OBE
Ms Claire Louise Popplewell
Mr James Henry Lavallin Puxley
Mr John Holmes Stephen
Mr Bernard John Taylor CBE DL
Mr David Mark Thomas
Mr Michael Lindo Charles Webster
Mr James Piran Williams DL

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Mr David Charles Curtis MVO
Dr Alasdair John Emslie
Mr William James Furber
Ms Barbara Ann Gray QPM
Mr Christopher Michael Gregory MVO
Ms Siân Elizabeth Joseph
Ms Ceri Jane Ellen King
Mr Jason Matthew Knauf
Ms Sara Matthews Latham
Colonel Crispin Alexander Lockhart MBE
Ms Rosanna Manuela Machado
Ms Amanda Felicity Mackenzie OBE
Colonel Michael John Miller
Dr James Anthony O’Donnell
Mr Robert John Pooley MBE
Mr Louis William Edward Randall
Mr Stephen John Martin Sheasby MVO
Mr Peter John Stewart MVO
Mr Rustom Tata MVO
Mr Peter Laurence Taylor
Mr Mark Walenty Wasilewski MVO
The Reverend Canon Paul Stephen Wright

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Mr Adesola Monsuru Adelekan
Mr Dale Bone
Ms Lindsey Jane Brummitt
Mr James Chih Kin Chin
Ms Carey Elizabeth Chung
Mr Charles Fraser Craven
Ms Katherine Elizabeth Eaton
Ms Kathryn Elizabeth Gillham
Ms Celia Helen Guy
Mr Simon David Hammett
Ms Catriona Innes
Ms Julia Margaret Knight
Ms Emma Rose Mager
Mr Alun Thomas Mainwaring
Ms Katharine Owen
Ms Michelle Poole
Mr Mark Anthony Randall
Ms Cathy Lynne Bursey-Sabourin
Ms Zoë Alexandra Ware
Ms Fiona Ann Wilson
Mr David Zolkwer

Honorary Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Ms Katrin Richardt

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr David Gerald Hutchins RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Andrew Alloway
Mr Jonathan David Brown
Mr Wayne David Coupland
Mr Michael Devlin
Mr Christopher James Drewitt
Ms Dawn Patricia Murphy
Mr William Tuffs
Mr Peter James Wilson

Honorary Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Krzysztof Janusz Nowak

CVO for the Domestic Chaplain at Sandringham

On the 5th July 2022 Her Majesty the Queen appointed The Reverend Canon Jonathan Byam Valentine Riviere LVO Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Domestic Chaplain at Sandringham.

CVO for the Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office

On the 22nd June 2022, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Ms Melissa Sarah Morris LVO Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Secretary in the Lord Chamberlain’s Office.

Queen's Birthday Honour List 2022 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

Her Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the Queen's Birthday Honour List 2022.

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

His Grace The Duke of Norfolk DL

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Mr Clive Alderton CVO
Mr Ashok Jivraj Rabheru CVO DL

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

Ms Susan Elizabeth Pyper

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Sir Lloyd Marshall Dorfman CBE
Ms Diane Angela Duke LVO DL
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia DBE
Mr Guy Henderson
Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Roy Holcroft LVO OBE
Ms Elizabeth Harriet Bowes-Lyon LVO
Ms Anne Caroline Maw
Ms Helen Gwenllian Nellis
Mr John Frederick Rufus Warren

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Mr Eric Kenneth James Crawford MVO
Colonel Duncan Andrew Dewar OBE
Mr Paul Colin Duffree
Mr Keith Anthony Harrison
Air Vice-Marshal David Anthony Hobart CB
Mr Anthony Eugene George Hylton
Captain Nigel Lamplough Williams

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Mr Paul William Duckett RVM
Ms Karen Janet Emmerson
Mr Christopher Gay RVM
Mr Benjamin Charles Goss OBE
Mr Edward Ernest Green MBE
Dr Matthew Simon Evans Hardy
Mr Michael Graham Hunter
Ms Saranne Elizabeth Malone
Mr Peter McGowran
Ms Jane McKeown
Mr Marc O’Shea
Ms Tina Marie Pipet
Ms Michelle Marie Redpath RVM
Ms Carys Angharad Rees JP
Ms Anna Louise Reynolds
Ms Lorraine Rogers
Ms Carly Anne Rose
Ms Amy Victoria Stocker
Ms Henrietta Matilda Woodford

Honorary Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Mr Jason Clancy

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) (RVM)

Mr Alan Melton RVM

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr John Paul Fallis RVM
Mr Bruce David Kearsey RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr James Adam Banham
Ms Marie Ann Barenskie
Ms Jean Margaret Calder
Mr Kenneth Francis Comley
Mr Colin Bryson Coull
Mr James Ekow Eshun
Mr Gary David Flynn
Ms Anne Taylor McCarthy
Mr Malcolm Roberts
Mr Steven Paul Spong
Mr Andrew Jay Stubbs
Mr Christopher Phillip Thomas
Mr Ross Frederick Wheatley

CVO for the Former Defence Services Secretary

Her Majesty the Queen appointed Rear Admiral James Macleod CB Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service Defence Services Secretary.

New Year Honour List 2022 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

Her Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the New Year Honour List 2022.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Mr Peter James Chenery

Ms Amanda Madeleine MacManus LVO

Ms Caroline Anne Nunneley LVO 

The Right Honourable Dame Patricia Lee Reddy GNZM QSO

Mr Michael John Taylor LVO 

Mr Richard James Tilbrook

Ms Susan Margaret Winfield OBE 

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Mr Mark Paul Flanagan MVO

Air Commodore Malcolm John Fuller

Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Dennis Kaye DL 

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Ms Claire Louise Anderson

Ms Yasin Bharucha

Mr Robert Patrick Biggs

Mr Simon Michael Broughton

Mr Paul Carter

Ms Lorraine Leslie Dale

Mr Mark Joseph Evans

Mr David William Geddes

Group Captain David Scott Glasson

Ms Gwen Jackalin Hamilton

Ms Lucinda Caroline Harby

Ms Andrea Elizabeth Hudson RVM

Mr David Graham Langdown

Mr Mathew Alan Palser

Mr Julian James Richard Payne

Mr David Turner

Ms Denise Mary Ann Vianna

Mr Michael Desmond Watt

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Anthony David Chambers RVM

Mr Ian Charles Watmore RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr James Baxter

Mr Stephen Edwin Duquemin

Mr Jerome Gregory Finnis

Mr Pascal Florian Geeler

Mr Andrew Henry Grocock

Mr Andrew Robert Hampstead

Ms Karen Ann Oram

Mr Trevor John Pope

Mr Stuart Robertson

Mr William Graham Taylor

CVO for the Former Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures

In the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021, Mr Desmond Philip Shawe-Taylor LVO was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures.

CVO for the Lady- in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Royal

In the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021, The Honourable Mrs. Madeleine Mary Louloudis LVO was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Lady- in- Waiting to HRH The Princess Royal.

CVO for the Governor of Queensland

In the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021, His Excellency the Honourable Paul De Jersey AC QC was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Governor of Queensland.