Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert is a part of the British honor system, and Royal family north of Britain, which was founded on February 10, 1862 by Queen Victoria. After the Queen's death in 1901, the award was not awarded.
The Order, which was awarded exclusively to women, went to people who had served the Majesty personally. These were mostly members of the royal courtiers and family members. The winners of the Order, the so-called Companions, it is permitted to wear the initials VA (so-called "post- nominals " ) after their name but their are no other benefits were granted. The number of carriers of the order was not limited - the last surviving holder of the Order was Alice, Countess of Athlone ( 1883-1981 ).
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, 2nd class
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, 3rd class
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, 4th class
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, 1864 by court jeweler R. and S. Garrard
Known awardees
First Class
- Queen Victoria of Prussia and German Empress
- Princess Helena of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Augustenburg
- Queen Alexandra of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India
- Louise, Duchess of Argyll
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
- Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha
- Queen Louise of Denmark
- Queen Marie of Hanover
- Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium
- Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
- Princess Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven
- Helen, Duchess of Albany
- Louise, Duchess of Fife
- Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland
- Queen Maud of Norway
- Queen Maria Christina of Spain
- Grand Duchess Luise Marie Elisabeth of Baden
- Queen Augusta Victoria of Prussia and German Empress
- Queen Elisabeth of Romania
- Queen Mary of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India
- Tsarina Alexandra of Russia
- Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Second class
- Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanovna
- Duchess Charlotte of Saxe- Meiningen
- Princess Irene of Prussia
- Princess Victoria of Schaumburg -Lippe
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Augustenburg
- Queen Sophie of Greece
- Countess Margarethe of Hesse- Kassel
- Harriet Sutherland - Leveson - Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
- Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Augustenburg
- Queen Marie of Romania
- Grand Duchess Victoria Melita Feodorovna Romanovna
- Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe- Langenburg
- Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden
- Alice, Countess of Athlone
- Princess Beatrice d' Orleans Bourbon
Class Three
- Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington
- Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill
- Susanna Stephania Innes -Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
- Emily Cavendish, Baroness Waterpark
- Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl
- Harriet Agar -Ellis, Viscountess Clifden
- Blance Bourke, Countess of Mayo
- Eliza Hay, Countess of Erroll
- Julia Abercromby, Baroness Abercromby
- Caroline Augusta, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe -
- Frances, Countess of Gainsborough
- Charlotte Montagu -Douglas -Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry
- Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn
- Albertha Spencer - Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
- Georgiana Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
- Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford
- Louisa Jane Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
- Anne Innes -Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
- Charlotte Spencer, Countess Spencer
- Louisa Montagu -Douglas -Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry
- Emily Russell, Baroness Ampthill
- Hariot Hamilton -Temple - Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
- Cecilia Dawnay, Viscountess Downe
- Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim
- Georgina Gascoyne - Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury
- Maud Petty - Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
- Edith Villiers, Countess of Lytton
- Frances Waldegrave, Viscountess Chewton
Fourth class
- The Hon Lady Hamilton - Gordon
- Codrington Edith, Lady Codrington
- Adelaide Biddulph, Biddulph Baroness
- Lady Elizabeth Biddulph Phillipa
- The Hon Emily Sarah Cathcart
- Ina Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
- Geraldine Somerset, Duchess of Cambridge
- The Hon Caroline Fanny Cavendish
Gallery of some medal winners ( picture)
Queen Mary
Louise, Duchess of Fife
Princess Beatrice