KCVO

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KCVO is the rank of Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, a British dynastic order of knighthood awarded for personal service to the monarch.

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Label Occurrences
KCVO canonical 13

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chivalric rank
post‑nominal letters
appliesToJurisdiction British honours system
awardedBy British monarch
awardedFor personal service to the monarch
personal service to the royal family
confersTitle Sir
country United Kingdom
entailsMembership second highest grade of the Royal Victorian Order
establishedBy Queen Victoria
establishedIn 1896
femaleEquivalent DCVO
genderRestriction male recipients
gradeOf Royal Victorian Order
hasInsignia badge of the Royal Victorian Order
riband of the Royal Victorian Order
star of a Knight Commander
honourCategory order of chivalry
isPersonalGiftOf the sovereign
linked to: Sovereign
monarchAsSovereignOfOrder reigning British monarch
orderMotto Victoria
orderMottoLanguage Latin
orderType dynastic order of knighthood
partOf Royal Victorian Order
postNominalUsage used after recipient’s name
rankAbove GCVO
rankBelow CVO
recommendationProcess not made on advice of government ministers
religiousAffiliation Church of England
standsFor Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CVO higherRank KCVO
CVO relatedOrder KCVO
John Sentamu honorificSuffix KCVO
subject linked to: Archbishop John Sentamu
Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe honorificSuffix KCVO
subject linked to: Henry Cubitt
Christopher Steel hasTitle KCVO
subject linked to: Sir Christopher Steel