Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
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The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British Royal Family Order instituted in 1862 by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864, 15 November 1865, and 15 March 1880. No awards were made after the death of Queen Victoria. The order had four classes and was only granted to women. For the first three classes, the badge consisted of a medallion of Queen Victoria and the Albert, the Prince Consort, differing in the width and jewelling of the border as the classes descend, whilst the fourth substitutes a jewelled cipher. All four were surmounted by a crown, which was attached to a bow of white moire ribbon. The honour conferred no rank or title upon the recipient, but recipients were entitled to use the post-nominal letters "VA".
The last holder of the Order, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, died in 1981. Like other British Orders which have fallen into disuse, it has never been formally abolished. Every British Soverign since Victoria has become Sovereign of the Order upon their accession to the throne. The Current Sovereign Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has been Sovereign of the Order since 1952.
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[edit] Recipients
List of recipients from 1893.
[edit] First Class
- HIM The Empress Frederick of Germany (Princess Royal)
- HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Helena)
- HRH The Princess of Wales
- HRH Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lorne)
- HRH Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenberg)
- HIRH The Duchess of Edinburgh (Grand Duchess of Russia)
- HM The Queen of Denmark
- HM The Queen Marie of Hanover
- HM The Queen of the Belgians
- HRH The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
- HGDH Princess Louise of Battenberg
- HRH The Duchess of Albany
- HRH Princess Louise of Wales (Duchess of Fife)
- HRH Princess Victoria of Wales
- HRH Princess Maud of Wales
- HM The Queen Regent of Spain
- HRH Princess Louise Marie of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Baden
- HIM The Empress-Queen Augusta Victoria of Germany and Prussia
- HM The Queen of Romania
[edit] Second Class
- HIH Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (Grand Duchess Serge of Russia)
- HRH Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meinigen
- HRH Princess Henry of Prussia
- HRH Princess Viktoria of Prussia (Princess Adolphe of Shaumburg-Lippe)
- HGDH Princess of Leiningen
- HH Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
- HRH Princess Sophie of Prussia (Crown Princess of Greece)
- HRH Princess Margarete of Prussia
- HH Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (Princess Aribert of Anhalt)
- HRH Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh
- HRH Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh
- HRH Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh
[edit] Third Class
- The Dowager Duchess of Wellington
- The Dowager Lady Churchill
- The Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe
- The Lady Waterpark
- Duchess Dowager of Atholl
- The Viscountess Clifden
- The Dowager Countess of Mayo
- Dowager Countess of Erroll
- Lady Abernethy
- Dowager Lady Southampton
- The Dowager Duchess of Buccleuch
- The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough
- The Dowager Duchess of Bedford
- The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn
- The Duchess of Roxburghe
- The Countess Spencer
- The Duchess of Buccleuch
- The Lady Ampthill
- The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
- Viscountess Downe
- The Countess of Antrim
- The Marchioness of Salisbury
- The Lady Abercromby
[edit] Fourth Class
- Hon Lady Hamilton-Gordon
- The Viscountess Chewton
- Edith Codrington, Lady Codrington
- The Lady Biddulph
- Lady Eliz. Phillipa Biddulph
- Hon Flora C.I. Macdonald
- Hon Mrs Ferguson
- Hon Horatia Stopford
- Hon Emily Sarah Cathcart
- Lady Cust
- Hon Mrs Magdalen Wellesley
- Hon Lady Ponsonby
- Hon Ina Erskine McNeill
- Lady Geraldine Somerset
- Hon Harriet Lepel Phipps
- Mrs Georgina Townshend Wilson
[edit] Source
| British honours system |
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| Current Orders Garter | Thistle | Bath | St Michael and St George | Distinguished Service | Royal Victorian | Merit | Imperial Service | British Empire | Companions of Honour |
| Old Orders St Patrick | Royal Guelphic | Star of India | Indian Empire | British India | Indian Merit | Crown of India | Victoria and Albert | Burma |
| Other Honours and Appointments Hereditary peer | Life peer | Privy Counsellor | Baronet | Knight | St John | ADC | Other orders and decorations |
