1970 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

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 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.[1][2][3]

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

Contents
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)
Commander (CVO)
Member, fourth class (MVO)
Member, fifth class (MVO)
Royal Victorian Medal
Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)
Silver (RVM)
References

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

Sir Arthur Espie Porritt Bt GCMG KCVO CBE – governor-general of New Zealand

Lord Porritt

Commander (CVO)
Patrick Jerad O'Dea MVO – of Lower Hutt
Commissioner George Colin Urquhart 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 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).[4]

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 RVM – of Lower Hutt

Silver (RVM)
Detective Senior Sergeant Bruce Fergus Scott – of Auckland

References
1. "No. 45110" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45110/page/6039). The London
Gazette. 29 May 1970. pp. 6039–6040.
2. "Royal visit honours list" (http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1970/33.pdf) (PDF). New
Zealand Gazette. 4 June 1970. p. 985.
3. "Royal tours" (https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/queen-elizabeth-jubilee/royal-tours). New
Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September
2018.
4. "A complete guide to the British Orders of Knighthood" (http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/insight/a-
complete-guide-to-the-british-orders-of-knighthood-38869). Royal Central. 30 December 2014.
Retrieved 27 September 2018.

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