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ON HER MAJESTYS SERVICE

ON HER MAJESTYS SERVICE

ROYAL HONOURS AND RECOGNITION IN CANADA

Christopher McCreery, PhD, FRCGS

Foreword by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

Copyright Christopher McCreery, 2008

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purposes of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Permission to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

McCreery, Christopher

On Her Majestys service : royal honours and recognition in Canada / Christopher McCreery.

Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-55002-742-6

1. Decorations of honor--Canada--History. 2. Monarchy--Great Britain. I. Title.

CR6257.M322 2008

929.8171

C2007-904671-

1 2 3 4 5 12 11 10 09 08

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and The Association for the Export of Canadian Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credit program and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order

by John C. Perlin, CM, CVO

Chapter One
The Royal Victorian Order in Canada, 18961971:
Recognizing Royal Service

Chapter Two
The Creation of the Canadian Honours System:
The Return of the Royal Victorian Order

Chapter Three
The Royal Victorian Chain:
Vice-Regal Recognition

Chapter Four
The Royal Victorian Medal

Chapter Five
The Vice-Regal and Commissioners Recognition Badge

Chapter Six
The Vice-Regal and Commissioners Commendation

Chapter Seven
Insignia and Heraldry

Conclusion
The Future of the Royal Victorian Order in Canada

Appendix One
Officials of the Royal Victorian Order and Canadian Recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain

Appendix Two
Canadian Members of the Royal Victorian Order since 1972

Appendix Three
Canadian Recipients of the Royal Victorian Medal since 1972

Appendix Four
Canadian Members of the Royal Victorian Order and Recipients of the Medal prior to 1972

Appendix Five
Holders of the Royal Victorian Chain and Members of the Royal Victorian Order Associated with Canada

Appendix Six
Regulations of the Royal Victorian Chain

Appendix Seven
Statutes of the Royal Victorian Order

Appendix Eight
Statistical Analysis of Appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

Appendix Nine
Recipients of the Vice-Regal and Commissioners Recognition Badge

Appendix Ten
Recipients of the Vice-Regal and Commissioners Commendation

PLATES

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FOREWORD

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Since 1896 the Royal Victorian Order has been used to recognize a wide variety of services rendered to the Sovereign and Members of the Royal Family. Throughout the Orders history, the diversity of its recipients and their contributions to the Crown in Canada have represented a great sense of service; one that continues to this day.

The name of Sister Vivien Tremaine will not be familiar to many, however it was certainly known to my great-grandfather King George V. During the early days of the First World War, Sister Tremaine of the Canadian Expeditionary Force nursed The King back to health when he fell ill while visiting the battlefields of France. Her service and devotion was rewarded with the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver).

The image of my grandfather, King George VI, investing the Governor General, Lord Tweedsmuir, as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order on a moving train during the famed 1939 Royal Tour of Canada is also particularly memorable.

Holders of the Royal Victorian Chain, members of the Royal Victorian Order and recipients of the Royal Victorian Medal embody a unique group who have served The Monarch, Her family and Her representatives, the Governor General and Lieutenant Governors, in a distinguished and exemplary manner.

As Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order, I am delighted that Dr McCreerys book examines the history of the Order in Canada, and includes a complete roll of all those associated with the Country who are part of this important element of the national honours system. I am confident that the reader will find the new information and historical detail contained in this work to be of great interest, and that it will serve as an important resource for future historians.

PREFACE

IN THE LATE YEARS of her reign, Queen Victoria found herself in a quandary when it came to the bestowal of honours. Unlike her European counterparts who had Household Orders to bestow upon visiting heads of state and their retinues for personal services, the Queen was without such a mechanism. During her long reign, Queen Victoria had witnessed the control over honours pass to her prime ministers as the honours system expanded and the Royal Prerogative eroded. Because of this situation she was able to persuade one of her prime ministers, Lord Salisbury, of the need for an order that would be entirely at the discretion of the Sovereign.

Thus in 1896, much to Her Majestys pleasure, the Royal Victorian Order was established in five classes, accompanied by the Royal Victorian Medal in gold, silver, and bronze. It remains the only order that Victorias successor Sovereigns have been able to bestow upon those who provide services either directly to members of the House of Windsor or indirectly through the various viceregal households throughout the Commonwealth. All of these appointments must receive the Sovereigns approbation. While the Royal Victorian Chain, Royal Victorian Order, and Royal Victorian Medal are United Kingdom honours they are also, in the case of Canada, Canadian honours presented to Canadians by the Queen of Canada in right of Canada. However, it is worth noting that the two knighthood levels, GCVO and KCVO, are not given to Canadians because of the titles they carry.

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