Royal_Order_of_Victoria_and_Albert

Royal Order of Victoria and Albert

Royal Order of Victoria and Albert

British royal family order awarded from 1872 to 1901

The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert is a British Royal Family Order instituted on 10 February 1862[1] by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864, 15 November 1865, and 15 March 1880. No award has been made since the death of Queen Victoria.

Quick Facts Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Awarded by Queen Victoria ...
Portrait of Queen Victoria at her Golden Jubilee, wearing the Sovereign's badge of the Order
The German Empress Victoria wearing the Order, along with the Prussian Order of Louise (also an order only for women)

The order had four classes and was only granted to female members of the British royal family and female courtiers. For the first three classes, the badge consisted of a medallion of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 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 silk moiré 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.

Recipients

a full list of recipients is published on pages 37–41 of Royal Service Volume 2 [7]

Sources

See also

References

  1. [1]
    British Imperial Calendar, 1900
  2. [2]
    Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1925). Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem. Vol. 1. Westerville, Ohio: American Issue Publishing Company. p. 343. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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    "Obituary". Obituary. The Times. No. 30343. London. 4 November 1881. col F, p. 16.
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    "The Dowager Lady Churchill". Obituaries. The Times. No. 36335. London. 26 December 1900. col E, p. 3.
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    "Court Circular". Court and Social. The Times. No. 32607. London. 28 January 1889. col F, p. 9.
  6. [6]
    Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  7. [7]
    Risk, James; Pownall, Henry; Stanley, David; Tamplin, John (2001). Royal Service (Volume II). Lingfield, Surrey: Third Millennium.
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