1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The 1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by George V of New Zealanders to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark the visit of the Prince of Wales to New Zealand that year. The recipients were invested by the prince at a dinner aboard HMS Renown in Lyttelton Harbour on 21 March 1920.[1][2]

The Prince of Wales at Rotorua on his 1920 visit to New Zealand. On the left is Sir Joseph Ward, and on the right is Māui Pōmare.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander (KCVO)
- Major-General Sir Edward Walter Clerveaux Chaytor KCMG CB – Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces.
- Sir William Fraser – Minister of Mines
- Sir Edward Chaytor
Member, fourth class (MVO)
- Lieutenant-Colonel James Lewis Sleeman CBE – Royal Sussex Regiment, Director of Military Training, Wellington.
- James Hislop OBE – under-secretary, Department of Internal Affairs.
- Gavin Macaulay Hamilton – secretary to the Governor-General.
- Richard William McVilly – general manager, New Zealand Railways.
- John O'Donovan – Commissioner of Police, Wellington.
- Captain Arthur Tahu Gravenor Rhodes – Grenadier Guards, military secretary to the Governor-General.
In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).[3]
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References
- "No. 13643". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 October 1920. p. 2228.
- "Official dinner party". The Press. 22 March 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- "A complete guide to the British Orders of Knighthood". Royal Central. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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