James Bernard Vivian Orr

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(19 November 1917 – 14 June 2008) was a police officer and Private Secretary to the

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from 1957 to 1970. Orr was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

, and Gordonstoun School, and the

Royal Military College, Sandhurst The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry a ...

. He joined the British South Africa Police in 1939, and remained until 1946. From 1941 to 1949, he was attached to the Ethiopia and Eritrea occupied Enemy Territory Administration Police Forces. In 1954–1957, he was a member of the

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Police. Orr joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1957. He retired in May 1970. From 1970 he was an Extra

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to the Duke of Edinburgh, and he subsequently worked as Secretary of the Medical Commission on Accident Prevention. He was unmarried. Orr was appointed a

Member of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

(MVO) in 1962, and was promoted to Commander (CVO) in the

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1917 births 2008 deaths People educated at Gordonstoun Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order British South Africa Police officers British colonial police officers People educated at Harrow School Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Kenyan police officers Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub