- William Walker
William Walker MVO (1869-1918) was an English diver famous for shoring up the southern and eastern sides of Winchester Cathedral. In his time, William Walker was the most experienced diver of Siebe Gorman Ltd. Working in water up to a depth of 6 m between 1906-1911, he shored up the Cathedral using more than 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks and 900,000 bricks. - Timothy Laurence
Vice-Admiral Timothy James Hamilton Laurence, CB, MVO, CSM, ADC(P) (born 1 March 1955) was Equerry to The Queen from 1986 to 1989 and is the second husband of Anne, Princess Royal. He was born in Camberwell, South London, the son of Guy Stewart Laurence (a salesman for a marine-engine manufacturer) and Barbara Alison Laurence, née Symons - Charles Fergusson
General Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet GCMG, KCB, DSO, MVO (1865-1951) was a Governor-General of New Zealand. Sir Charles was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. Sir Charles' father Sir James Fergusson was a Governor of New Zealand and his son Bernard was also Governor-General of New Zealand. Sir Charles was Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire from 1937 until his death in 1951. - James Patrick
Major James H L Patrick, MVO Irish Guards, was Equerry to The Queen 1992-1995. He obtained a BSC(Hons) at university, and joined the Irish Guards. He was promoted to Captain 13 April 1991. He was acting Major when Equerry to the Queen, and from 15 March 1996. He was made MVO in 1995. - Bertram Ramsay
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB KBE MVO, (January 20, 1883 - January 2, 1945) was a British admiral during World War II. He was an important contributor in the field of amphibious warfare. - Sam Steele
Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, CB, KCMG, MVO (5 January 1849 - 30 January 1919) was a distinguished soldier and famous member of the North West Mounted Police. - Rambahadur Limbu
Rambahadur Limbu VC MVO is a Nepalese recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
Major A James (Jamie) M Lowther-Pinkerton, MVO MBE Irish Guards (retired), is part-time Private Secretary to Their Royal Highnesses Princes William and Harry of Wales, in the Office of the Prince of Wales. He was appointed 2 May 2005. Lowther-Pinkerton was born 1961, and is married with three children in Suffolk. He trained at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in 1979, and joined the Irish Guards. He retired from the British Army in 1998. - Chris Moran
Air Vice-Marshal Christopher Hugh Moran OBE, MVO is a senior Royal Air Force officer and the current Assistant Chief of the Air Staff. Moran joined the Royal Air Force as a university cadet whilst studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He flew Harriers with No IV Squadron, as Qualified Weapons Instructor, and as flight commander, in Belize, the Falkland Islands, and on HMS Illustrious. - Walter Norris Congreve
General Sir Walter Norris Congreve VC, KCB, MVO, (November 20, 1862 - February 26, 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Later, he rose to the rank of general and was knighted. He was also the the father of Major William La Touche Congreve, VC - they are the only father and son to win a VC. From 1924 to 1927, … - Hugh Lindsay
Major Hugh Lindsay, LVO (1954 - 1988), was Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen 1983-1986. He was educated at the University of Exeter. He served in the 9th/12th Royal Lancers. He married 1987 33-year old Miss Sarah Brennan, MVO. Major Lindsay was killed in 1988 in a ski accident while accompanying His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in Switzerland He was made an LVO in 1986. - John Vereker 6th Viscount Gort
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort VC GCB CBE DSO and two Bars MVO MC (commonly known as Lord Gort) (10 July 1886 - 31 March 1946) was a British soldier who served in both World War I and II, rising to the rank of field marshal and receiving the Victoria Cross. - Geoffrey de Bellaigue
Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue (b. 12 March 1931) GCVO MA FBA FSA, was Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art from 1972 to 1996. His was the first full-time appointment to the office, and he did much to professionalise the Royal Collection department after being made the Director of the Royal Collection in 1988. de Bellaigue was born in 1931, son of Vicomte Pierre de Bellaigue and Marie-Antoinette Willemin, and was educated at Wellington College, and Trinity College, Cambridge, … - Anthony Charles Richards
Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Charles Richards, LVO (born 1953) has been Equerry to The Queen, and Deputy Master of the Household in the Royal Household since 1999. Richards was educated at Marlborough College. After attending the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst he joined the Welsh Guards, in which he served 1973-1999. Since 1999 he has been on retired pay. From 1973 to 1982 he served with the 1st Battalion of the Welsh Guards in the United Kingdom, … - Elizabeth Roads
Elizabeth Ann Roads, MVO (born 1951) is Carrick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records for the Court of the Lord Lyon. - Julian Byng 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO (11 September 1862-6 June 1935) was a career British Army officer who served with distinction during World War I with the British Expeditionary Force in France, in the Battle of Gallipoli of the Dardanelles campaign, as commander of the Canadian Corps, and as commander of the British Third Army. Known to friends as "Bungo", Lord Byng later became the twelfth Governor General of Canada. - Walter Cowan
Admiral Sir Walter Henry "Tich" Cowan, 1st Baronet, KCB, DSO*, MVO (11 June 1871 – 14 February 1956) was a British admiral who saw service in World War I and was, in World War II, one of the oldest British servicemen on active duty. - Henry Hall
Dr Henry Reginald Holland Hall MBE, FBA, FSA (30th September 1873 — 13th October 1930) was an English Egyptologist and historian. Henry R.H. Hall was the son of Sydney Hall, MVO, MA, a portrait painter and illustrator for "The Graphic" newspaper, and his wife Hannah Holland. He went to Merchant Taylors' School and showed an interest in history and ancient Egypt from an early age. By the age of 11 he wrote a history of Persia, … - Dudley de Chair
Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair, KCB, KBE, MVO (30 August 1864 - 17 August 1958) was Governor of New South Wales from February 28, 1924 to April 9, 1930. Born in Lennoxville, Lower Canada (now Quebec), de Chair was son of Dudley Raikes de Chair and his wife Frances Emily, sister of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson (also Governor of New South Wales). The family returned to England in 1870. - James Orr
James Orr CVO (born 1917), was a police officer and Private Secretary to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1957-1970. Orr was educated at Harrow School, and Gordonstoun School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the British South Africa Police in 1939, and remained until 1946. From 1941 to 1949 he was attached to the Ethiopia and Eritrea occupied Enemy Territory Administration Police Forces. In 1954-1957 he was a member of the Kenya Police. - Walter Parratt
Sir Walter Parratt KCVO (February 10, 1841 - March 27, 1924) was an English organist and composer. Born in Huddersfield, Parratt began to play the pipe organ from an early age, and held posts as an organist while still a child. He became one of the foremost organ teachers of his day, with many important posts in Britain being filled by his students. He was knighted in 1892 and became Professor of Music at Oxford University in 1908, taking over from Hubert Parry. - Ririd Myddleton
Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddleton, MVO DL JP was a country gentleman and one-time member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He was born in 1902, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was an officer of the Coldstream Guards 1923 to 1946. In 1928-1931 Myddleton was adjutant of the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. In 1934-1937 he was a staff captain in London District. - David Checketts
Squadron Leader Sir David Checketts, KCVO (born 1930) was Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales 1970-1978. He was educated at a grammar school. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1948 and received flying training at RATG Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia in 1948-1950. Checketts served with 14 Squadron in Germany 1950-1954, and then was an instructor at the fighter weapons school 1954-1957. From 1958-1959 he was Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief Malta. - William Willett
Commander William Willett, OBE, MVO, DSC (1919 - 1976) was Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II 1970-1976. Willett was educated at Winchester College and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He joined the Royal Navy in 1937. He was sailing master on the royal yacht "Bloodhound" 1967-1968. Willett received the DSC in 1942. He was made a OBE in 1964 and an MVO in 1969. - Alfred Butler
Alfred Trego Butler MVO, MC, FSA (8 October 1880 - 22 December 1946) was a genealogist and officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. - Benjamin Herman
Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin John Herman, LVO (born 1934), was Private Secretary to The Princess Royal 1974-1976. He was educated at Bedford School. He joined the Royal Marines in 1953, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1954, receiving a regular commission in 1955. Herman served with 40 Commando, Royal Marines, and was Military Assistant and Aide-de-Camp to the Commandant-General Royal Marines in 1964. He attended the Royal Naval Staff College in 1966. - David Murray Anderson
Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson, KCB, KCMG, MVO (11 April 1874 - October 30 1936) was a naval officer and governor. Born in Newton by Chester, England, he served as a naval officer, rising to admiral in 1931 before retiring from the Royal Navy. In 1933 he was appointed governor of Newfoundland and became chairman of the Commission of Government that ruled the dominion with the suspension of responsible government. - Charles Granville Bruce
Brigadier-General Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO (7 April 1866 at London – 12 July 1939 at London) was a Himalayan veteran and leader of the second British expedition to Mount Everest in 1922. Bruce was son of of the politician Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Lord Aberdare, and he grew up on a family estate in Glamorgan, Scotland, and at Queen's Gate, London. - Alec Coryton
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Alec Coryton KCB KBE MVO DFC RAF (February 16 1895 - October 20 1981), commonly known as Alec Coryton, was a senior RAF commander in World War II. * 1942 April 25 AOC, No. 5 Group RAF Bomber Command. It has been claimed that the then Air Commodore Croyton was sacked by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris for refusing to send a small force of Lancasters from his group on a sneak raid to Berlin in poor weather conditions. - John Bernard Arbuthnot
Major John Bernard Arbuthnot MVO (17 May 1875 - 16 September 1950) was a British soldier, banker, and journalist. Born in London, he was the son of Colonel George Arbuthnot and Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison. Arbuthnot served in the Scots Guards, reaching the rank of Major. In 1900 and 1901, he fought in the Second Boer War, and later in the First World War. Invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1902, … - John Heaton-Armstrong
Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong, MVO (1888-1967) was a long-serving English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. His first heraldic appointment at the College came on 6 April 1922, when he was made Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. On 14 October 1926, Heaton-Armstrong was promoted to the position of Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary. This office was made vacant by the promotion of Arthur Cochrane to the office of Norroy King of Arms. - Harold Farncomb
Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb CB, DSO, MVO (28 February 1899 - 12 February 1971) was an Australian Rear Admiral who served in both World War I and World War II and the first Australian to reach a flag rank. - Paul Officer
Paul Officer was the Personal Protection Officer to the Prince of Wales from 1969 to 1981. Officer was made an MVO in 1982. He was born in 1940 and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1960. He was a station sergeant when he was first appointed to protect the Prince, and rose to be a Superintendent in 1981. He retired in 1983, after which he became Director of Civil Defence in New Zealand. - Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice
Lord Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-FitzMaurice MVO (12 February 1874-30 October 1914) was a British soldier and courtier. Petty-FitzMaurice was the youngest son of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Maud. He became a Major in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards and from 1899-90, he was an aide-de-camp to FM Frederick Roberts during the Boer War. - Edmund Fellowes
Edmund Horace Fellowes CH MVO (November 11, 1870-December 21, 1951), was a Church of England clergyman and musical scholar who became well known for his work in promoting the revival of sixteenth and seventeenth century English music. - William Armstrong Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead
William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead GCB, MVO, PC (3 March 1915 - 12 July 1980) was a British civil servant and banker. The son of William Armstrong and Priscilla Hopkins, he was born in Clapton in London. Armstrong was educated at Bec School in Tootingat and Exeter College, Oxford. From 1938 to 1943, Armstrong worked for the Board of Education and from 1943 to 1945 he was private secretary to the Secretary of the War Cabinet Sir Edward Bridges. - John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston
John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, MVO, OBE (9 November 1873-19 April 1930) was a British peer and soldier. Yarde-Buller was the only son of the 2nd Baron Churston and his wife, Barbara, the only child of Sir Hastings Yelverton and the 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. He became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the short-lived 3rd Resident Battalion of the Scots Guards and fought in the Second Boer War from 1900-01. He was also aide-de-camp to The Lord Curzon, … - David Allan Walker
Air Vice-Marshal David Allan Walker OBE MVO FRAeS has been Master of the Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom since 2005. He was born 14 July 1956, and educated at the City of London School, and the University of Birmingham (BSc, 1977). He joined the Royal Air Force in 1974, and served in the Administration Branch. He is a MIPD and staff qualified (qs). Walker served three tours of duty as a junior officer, … - George Keppel
Lieutenant-Colonel George Keppel, MVO (14 October 1865-22 November 1947) was a British soldier and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII. Keppel was a younger son of William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle and his wife, Sophia. He graduated from the Royal Military College in 1885 and soon after joined the Gordon Highlanders. He resigned his commission in 1892, but joined the Norfolk Artillery in 1894. - Benedict Nicolson
(Lionel) Benedict Nicolson, MVO (6 August 1914-1978) was a British art historian and author. Nicolson was the eldest son of authors Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and the brother of writer and politician Nigel. His parents were famously devoted to each other and the boys grew up at Sissinghurst Castle, in the rural depths of Kent, surrounded by the renowned gardens that are now run by the National Trust. Nicolson was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, …
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