1981_New_Zealand_Royal_Visit_Honours

1981 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

1981 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

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The 1981 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand in October that year. The honours were announced between 15 October and 20 October 1981.[1][2]

The Queen with the Cabinet during her visit to New Zealand in 1981

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

  • Sir David Beattie

Member, fourth class (MVO)

  • Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Betton Bath MBE
  • Richard Butler MVO
  • Superintendent Ian Lindsay Mills

In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).[3]

Member, fifth class (MVO)

Royal Victorian Medal

Silver (RVM)

  • Robert Harold Francis Sisson-Stretch

References

  1. [1]
    "No. 48801". The London Gazette. 20 November 1981. p. 14783.
  2. [2]
    "Royal tours". New Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. [3]
    "The Royal Victorian Order". Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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