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 recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Royal Victorian Order

Gavin Macaulay Hamilton – secretary to the governor-general.
James Hislop – under-secretary, Department of Internal Affairs.
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.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Lewis Sleeman – Royal Sussex Regiment; director of military training, Wellington.

In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).^[3]

^ "No. 13643". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 October 1920. p. 2228.
^ "Official dinner party". The Press. 22 March 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "The Royal Victorian Order". Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Retrieved 12 March 2024.