1981 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

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The Queen with the Cabinet during her visit to New Zealand in 1981

The 1981 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand in October that year. The honours were announced between 15 October and 20 October 1981.[1][2]

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

Royal Victorian Order[]

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)[]

  • Sir David Stuart Beattie GCMG – governor-general of New Zealand

  • Sir David Beattie

Member, fourth class (MVO)[]

  • Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Betton Bath MBE
  • Richard Butler MVO
  • Superintendent Ian Lindsay Mills

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

Member, fifth class (MVO)[]

  • Flight Lieutenant John Henry Staples Hamilton – Royal New Zealand Air Force
  • Raymond George Hawthorn RVM
  • Genevieve Margaret Jordan

Royal Victorian Medal[]

Silver (RVM)[]

  • Robert Harold Francis Sisson-Stretch

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 48801". The London Gazette. 20 November 1981. p. 14783.
  2. ^ "Royal tours". New Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ "A complete guide to the British Orders of Knighthood". Royal Central. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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