--Previous Message-- : This order did not follow the same rules as : the Royal Family Orders that we see today, : which aren't really orders at all, simply : badges/brooches on ribbons. : : The Order of Victoria and Albert was an : official instituted Order, that began in : 1862, and although it has never been : officially abolished, Queen Elizabeth is : still the sovereign of the Order, but no : appointments have been made since Queen : Victoria's death. : : The order was only ever awarded to females, : and it had Four Classes. The recipients : were: : : FIRST CLASS : British Royal Family : - HI&RM The German Empress (formerly The : Princess Royal) : - HRH Princess Christian of : Schleswig-Holstein (formerly The Princess : Helena) : - HRH The Princess of Wales (formerly : Princess Alexandra of Denmark) : - HRH The Princess Louise, Marchioness of : Lorne : - HRH The Princess Beatrice (later Princess : Henry of Battenberg) : - HI&RH The Duchess of Edinburgh (née Grand : Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia) : - HRH The Duchess of Connaught and : Strathearn (née Princess Louise Margaret of : Prussia) : - HRH The Duchess of Albany (née Princess : Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont) : - HRH Princess Louise of Wales (later : Duchess of Fife) : - HRH Princess Victoria of Wales : - HRH Princess Maud of Wales : - HRH The Duchess of York (née Princess Mary : of Teck) : : Foreign : - HM The Queen of Denmark (Louise) : - HM The Queen of Hanover : - HM The Queen of the Belgians (Marie : Henriette) (on the occasion of the Silver : wedding of the King and Queen) : - HGDH Princess Louis of Battenberg : (Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine) : - HM The Queen Regent of Spain (Maria : Christina) : - HRH The Grand Duchess of Baden : - HI&RM The German Empress : - HM The Queen of Romania (Elisabeta) : - HIM The Empress of Russia : - HM The Queen of the Netherlands : : SECOND CLASS : British Royal Family : - HRH Princess Marie of Edinburgh (Princess : Ferdinand of Romania) : - HRH Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh : - HRH Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh : - HRH Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh : - HRH Princess Margaret of Connaught : - HRH Princess Alice of Albany : : Foreign : - HIH Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of : Russia (formerly Princess Elisabeth of Hesse : and by Rhine) : - HRH The Hereditary Princess of : Saxe-Meinigen (formerly Princess Charlotte : of Prussia) : - HRH Princess Henry of Prussia (formerly : Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine) : - HRH Princess Adolphe of Schaumburg-Lippe : (formerly Princess Viktoria of Prussia) : - HGDH The Princess of Leiningen : - HH Princess Aribert of Anhalt (formerly : Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein) : - HRH The Crown Princess of Greece (formerly : Princess Sophie of Prussia) : - HRH Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse : (formerly Princess Margaret of Prussia : - HH Princess Helena Victoria of : Schleswig-Holstein : - HH Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg : (later Queen of Spain) : : Household : - The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (Lady of : the Bedchamber)[2] : - The Lady Churchill (Lady of the : Bedchamber)[3] : : THIRD CLASS : - The Dowager Duchess of Wellington : - The Dowager Lady Churchill : - The Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe : - The Lady Waterpark : - The Dowager Duchess of Atholl : - The Viscountess Clifden : - The Dowager Countess of Mayo : - The Dowager Countess of Erroll : - The Lady Abercromby : - The Lady Portman : - Caroline Augusta, The Countess of : Mount-Edgcumbe : - Frances, Countess of Gainsborough : - The Dowager Lady Southampton : - The Dowager Duchess of Buccleuch : - The Viscountess Jocelyn : - Albertha, Duchess of Marlborough The : Dowager Duchess of Bedford : - The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn : - The Duchess of Roxburghe : - The Countess Spencer : - The Duchess of Buccleuch & Queensberry : - The Lady Ampthill : - The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava : - Viscountess Downe : - The Countess of Antrim : - The Marchioness of Salisbury : - The Marchioness of Lansdowne : - The Countess of Lytton : - Viscountess Chewton : - The Countess Cadogan : : FOURTH CLASS : - Hon Lady Hamilton-Gordon : - Edith Codrington, Lady Codrington : - Adelaide Biddulph, Baroness Biddulph : - Lady Elizabeth Phillipa Biddulph : - Hon Flora C.I. Macdonald : - Hon Mrs. Ferguson : - Hon Horatia C. F. Stopford : - Hon Emily Sarah Cathcart : - Lady Cust : - Hon Mrs Magdalen Wellesley : - Hon Lady Ponsonby : - Hon Ina Erskine McNeill (Duchess of : Argyll) : - Lady Geraldine Somerset : - Hon Harriet Lepel Phipps : - Hon Caroline Fanny Cavendish : - Mrs. Georgina Townshend Wilson : - Lady Cowell : - Hon Mrs. Mallett : - Hon. Mrs. Grant : - Hon. Ethel H. M. Cadogan : - Mrs. Helen Haughton : : : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Victoria_and_Albert : : Here is a drawing of the different badges of : the order: : : : : Here is some more information from the Royal : Collection on the badges of: : : Princess Helena : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/vanda/MicroObject.asp?row=18&themeid=1022&item=18 : : Queen Victoria : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/vanda/MicroObject.asp?item=18&themeid=1022&object=441445&row=19 : : Queen Alexandra : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalweddings/object.asp?row=14&exhibs=WedEVIIQA&item=15 : : Princess Victoria (of Wales) : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/gemsandjewels/MicroObject.asp?row=25&themeid=187&item=25 : : Princess Helena Victoria : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/gemsandjewels/MicroObject.asp?row=24&themeid=187&item=24 : : : The Duchess of Wellington : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/gemsandjewels/MicroObject.asp?row=20&themeid=187&item=20 : : The Duchess of Buccleuch : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/gemsandjewels/MicroObject.asp?row=22&themeid=187&item=22 : : Interestingly this seems to be one of few : orders that can be worn both on the shoulder : as a brooch with the ribbon underneath, but : was also worn, on occasion on a ribband/sash : across the body. As seen here being worn by : HRH The Duchess of Connaught : : : : Thanks for posting.
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