1970 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

Appointments by Elizabeth II September 2018 September 2018 The 1970 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand that year. The Queen was accompanied by the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and Princess Anne on the tour, and attended celebrations connected with the bicentenary of Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand. The honours were announced on 21 and 26 March 1970.45110 29 May 1970 6039–6040http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1970/33.pdf Royal visit honours list 4 June 1970 New Zealand Gazette 985 33https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/queen-elizabeth-jubilee/royal-tours Royal tours 11 July 2014 New Zealand History Ministry for Culture and Heritage 27 September 2018 The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Royal Victorian Order Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) Sir Arthur Espie Porritt NZL Bt GCMG KCVO CBE – governor-general of New Zealand Commander (CVO) Patrick Jerad O'Dea NZL MVO – of Lower Hutt Commissioner George Colin Urquhart NZL BEM QPM – of Wellington David Claverly Williams – of Wellington Member, fourth class (MVO) Bryan David Crompton – of Days Bay Colonel Henry Noel Hoare – of Wellington Eric Mark Horan – of Lower Hutt Douglas Alexander Johnston MVO – of Wellington Peter John Hope Purvis MVO BEM – of York Bay Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wallingford NZL AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wellington In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).https://www.centralchancery.org.uk/orders-of-chivalry/the-royal-victorian-order/ The Royal Victorian Order Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood 12 March 2024 Member, fifth class (MVO) Chief Superintendent George Claridge – New Zealand Police; of Wellington Squadron Leader Daniel John Cotton AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Raumati Beach Desmond James Cummings – of Wellington Walter James Wynn Williams – of Upper Hutt Francis Eamonn Wilson – of Lower Hutt Royal Victorian Medal Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM) Harold Eugene Symonds NZL RVM – of Lower Hutt Silver (RVM) Detective Senior Sergeant Bruce Fergus Scott – of Auckland References Category:1970 awards Royal Visit Honours Category:Monarchy of New Zealand