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The Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH) is awarded to British horticulturists resident in the United Kingdom whom the Royal Horticultural Society Council considers deserving of special…

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The Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH) is awarded to British horticulturists resident in the United Kingdom whom the Royal Horticultural Society Council considers deserving of special honour by the Society. The award was established in 1897 "in perpetual remembrance of Her Majesty's glorious reign, and to enable the Council to confer honour on British horticulturists." The Society's rules state that…

1897 – The first 60 medallistsThe first 60 medals were awarded on 26 October 1897:, John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920), Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922) and 58 more
1900–19091900, George Herbert Engleheart (1851–1936) breeder of daffodils, Trevor Lawrence (1831–1913), President of the Royal Horticultural Society 1885 to 1913 and 19…
1910–19191911, Charles Robert Fielder (1857-1946 Bramshaw), 1912 and 8 more
1920–19291921, George Forrest (1873–1932), 1922 and 17 more

1897 – The first 60 medallists

The first 60 medals were awarded on 26 October 1897:
John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920)
Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922)
Peter Barr (1826–1909)
Archibald F Barron (1835–1903)
Edward John Beale (1835–1902)
William Boxall (1844–1910)
William Bull (1828–1902)
George Bunyard (1841–1919)
Frederick William Burbidge (1847–1905)
William Crump (1843–1932)
Richard Dean (1830–1905)
George A Dickson (c1835 – 1909)
Henry Honeywood D'ombrain (1818–1905)
Charles Thomas Druery (1843–1917)
Malcolm Dunn (1837–1899)
Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1822–1916)
Henry John Elwes (1846–1922)
Michael Foster (1836–1907)
John Fraser (1821–1900)
Paul George (1841–1921)
George Gordon (1841–1914)
John Heal (c1841 – 1925)
George Henslow (1835–1925)
Hermann Carl Gottlieb Herbst (c1830 – 1904)
Samuel Reynolds Hole (1819–1904)
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911)
Francis Daltry Horner (c1838 – 1912)
James Hudson (1846–1932)
Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932)
Peter Edmund Kay (1853–1909)
John Laing (1823–1900)
Charles Maries (1851–1902)
James McIndoe (1836–1910)
Henry Ernest Milner (1845–1906)
Edwin Molyneux (1851–1921)
George Monro (c1847 – 1920)
Frederick William Moore (1857–1949)
Daniel Morris (1844–1933)
George Nicholson (1847–1908)
James O'Brien (1842–1930)
William Paul (1822–1905)
T Francis Rivers (1831–1899)
Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868–1937)
Frederick Sander (1847–1920)
Henry Schröder (1824–1910)
John Seden (1840–1921)
Nathaniel Newman Sherwood (1846–1916)
James Smith (1837–1903)
Martin Ridley Smith ( – 1908)
Walter Speed (c1835 – 1921) Head Gardener at Penrhyn Castle, Wales
Arthur Warwick Sutton (1854–1925)
Owen Thomas (1843–1923)
William Thompson (1823–1903)
David Thomson (1823–1909)
Harry Turner (c1848 – 1906)
Ellen Willmott (1858–1934)
George Fergusson Wilson (1822–1902)
Charles Wolley-Dod (1826–1904)
John Wright (1836–1916)
George Wythes (1851–1916)

1900–1909

1900
George Herbert Engleheart (1851–1936) breeder of daffodils
Trevor Lawrence (1831–1913), President of the Royal Horticultural Society 1885 to 1913
1901
George King (1840–1909)
Eleanor Ormerod
James Sweet, Messrs J. Sweet & Sons Ltd, nurserymen, Whetstone
1902
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), Mycologist
1903
Thomas Smith, Daisy Hill Nursery
Sir Thomas Hanbury
Thomas Humphreys (afterwards Curator of Birmingham Botanical Gardens)
1904
Edward Mawley (1842–1916)
1905
Henry Eckford (1823–1905)
1906
Richard Irwin Lynch (1850–1924), Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Harry Veitch (1840–1924)
1909
William Botting-Hemsley (1843–1924). Keeper of the Herbarium and library, Kew Gardens.

1910–1919

1911
Charles Robert Fielder (1857-1946 Bramshaw)
1912
Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930)
1916
Edward Augustus Bowles (1865–1954)
1917
William Jackson Bean (1863–1947)
Frederick Chittenden (1873–1950), first Director of the RHS Wisley Garden.
Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell (1845–1937)
Peter Veitch (1850–1929)

1920–1929

1921
George Forrest (1873–1932)
1922
Arthur Boscawen (1862–1935)
1924
Arthur Grove
1925
Samuel B. Dicks (1845–1926), seedsman
William Rickatson Dykes (1827–1925)
William Wright Smith (1875–1956)
George Yeld (1845–1938)
1926
Herbert George Alexander (orchid grower)
Frederick Vincent Theobald (1868–1930)
1927
Frederick Robert Stephen Balfour (1873–1945)
1928
W. Nelmes
1929
Sir William Lawrence (1870–1934), Lionel de Rothschild (1882–1942)

1930–1939

1931
Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway (1854–1933)
1933
George Percival Baker (1856–1951)
Frederick William Millard (1864–1964)
1934
Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway (1879–1953)
George Monro (1876–1951)
1935
Amos Perry (1871–1953), of Perry's Plant Farm
1936
Stephenson Robert Clarke (1862–1948), of Borde Hill
James Comber (1866–1953), of Nymans, Handcross
Frederick Augustus Secrett (1886–1964)
1938
William Fleming Bewley (1891–1976)
Frederick George Preston (1882–1964).
1939
Charles Percival Raffill M.B.E.(1876–1951), Curator, Kew Gardens. Raffill was also honoured in 1934 as an Associate of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society (AHRHS).

1940–1949

1940
Sir Frederick Claude Stern (1884–1967) – Highdown chalk garden
1941
Edwin Lawrence Hillier – Hillier Nurseries
1942
Lady Iris Lawrence
1943
Arthur Disbrowe Cotton
1944
Arthur Dorrien-Smith (1876–1955)
John Hutchinson (1884–1972)
1945
Fred Streeter (1879–1975) – horticulturalist and broadcaster
1946
Vera Higgins (1892–1962)
1948
Wilfrid Fox (1875–1962) – Winkworth Arboretum
1949
Ernest Ballard (1870–1952)
Harry Higgott Thomas (1876–1956) – Editor of Popular Gardening

1950–1959

1951
Peter Crichton Kay (1889–1954)
1952
Albert Maurice Amsler (1877–1952)
Collingwood Ingram (1880-1981)
Thomas Wallace (1891–1965)
1953
Archibald Park Balfour
Sir David Bowes-Lyon (1902–1961)
C Edward Hudson
1954
Raymond Henry Stoughton (1903–1979)
1955
Robert L. Scarlett : for his contributions to horticultural experimental work in Scotland & United Kingdom.
Lilian Snelling (1879–1972)
1957
William MacDonald Campbell
Harold Roy Fletcher(1907–1978), Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
John Scott Lennox Gilmour (1906–1995)
Harold Hillier (1905–1985) – Hillier Nurseries
1958
Frank P. Knight (1903–1985), Director of Wisley Garden

1960–1969

1960
Maurice Mason (1912–1993)
1961
Sir Edward Bolitho of Trengwainton, Penzance
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900–2002)
William Gregor MacKenzie, curator of Chelsea Physic Garden
Thomas Hope Findlay (1910-1994) Keeper of Gardens Windsor Great Park 1943-1975
Charles McLaren, 3rd

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1897 – The first 60 medallistsThe first 60 medals were awarded on 26 October 1897:, John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920), Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922) and 58 more
1900–19091900, George Herbert Engleheart (1851–1936) breeder of daffodils, Trevor Lawrence (1831–1913), President of the Royal Horticultural Society 1885 to 1913 and 19…
1910–19191911, Charles Robert Fielder (1857-1946 Bramshaw), 1912 and 8 more
1920–19291921, George Forrest (1873–1932), 1922 and 17 more

1897 – The first 60 medallists

The first 60 medals were awarded on 26 October 1897:
John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920)
Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922)
Peter Barr (1826–1909)
Archibald F Barron (1835–1903)
Edward John Beale (1835–1902)
William Boxall (1844–1910)
William Bull (1828–1902)
George Bunyard (1841–1919)
Frederick William Burbidge (1847–1905)
William Crump (1843–1932)
Richard Dean (1830–1905)
George A Dickson (c1835 – 1909)
Henry Honeywood D'ombrain (1818–1905)
Charles Thomas Druery (1843–1917)
Malcolm Dunn (1837–1899)
Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1822–1916)
Henry John Elwes (1846–1922)
Michael Foster (1836–1907)
John Fraser (1821–1900)
Paul George (1841–1921)
George Gordon (1841–1914)
John Heal (c1841 – 1925)
George Henslow (1835–1925)
Hermann Carl Gottlieb Herbst (c1830 – 1904)
Samuel Reynolds Hole (1819–1904)
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911)
Francis Daltry Horner (c1838 – 1912)
James Hudson (1846–1932)
Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932)
Peter Edmund Kay (1853–1909)
John Laing (1823–1900)
Charles Maries (1851–1902)
James McIndoe (1836–1910)
Henry Ernest Milner (1845–1906)
Edwin Molyneux (1851–1921)
George Monro (c1847 – 1920)
Frederick William Moore (1857–1949)
Daniel Morris (1844–1933)
George Nicholson (1847–1908)
James O'Brien (1842–1930)
William Paul (1822–1905)
T Francis Rivers (1831–1899)
Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868–1937)
Frederick Sander (1847–1920)
Henry Schröder (1824–1910)
John Seden (1840–1921)
Nathaniel Newman Sherwood (1846–1916)
James Smith (1837–1903)
Martin Ridley Smith ( – 1908)
Walter Speed (c1835 – 1921) Head Gardener at Penrhyn Castle, Wales
Arthur Warwick Sutton (1854–1925)
Owen Thomas (1843–1923)
William Thompson (1823–1903)
David Thomson (1823–1909)
Harry Turner (c1848 – 1906)
Ellen Willmott (1858–1934)
George Fergusson Wilson (1822–1902)
Charles Wolley-Dod (1826–1904)
John Wright (1836–1916)
George Wythes (1851–1916)

1900–1909

1900
George Herbert Engleheart (1851–1936) breeder of daffodils
Trevor Lawrence (1831–1913), President of the Royal Horticultural Society 1885 to 1913
1901
George King (1840–1909)
Eleanor Ormerod
James Sweet, Messrs J. Sweet & Sons Ltd, nurserymen, Whetstone
1902
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), Mycologist
1903
Thomas Smith, Daisy Hill Nursery
Sir Thomas Hanbury
Thomas Humphreys (afterwards Curator of Birmingham Botanical Gardens)
1904
Edward Mawley (1842–1916)
1905
Henry Eckford (1823–1905)
1906
Richard Irwin Lynch (1850–1924), Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Harry Veitch (1840–1924)
1909
William Botting-Hemsley (1843–1924). Keeper of the Herbarium and library, Kew Gardens.

1910–1919

1911
Charles Robert Fielder (1857-1946 Bramshaw)
1912
Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930)
1916
Edward Augustus Bowles (1865–1954)
1917
William Jackson Bean (1863–1947)
Frederick Chittenden (1873–1950), first Director of the RHS Wisley Garden.
Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell (1845–1937)
Peter Veitch (1850–1929)

1920–1929

1921
George Forrest (1873–1932)
1922
Arthur Boscawen (1862–1935)
1924
Arthur Grove
1925
Samuel B. Dicks (1845–1926), seedsman
William Rickatson Dykes (1827–1925)
William Wright Smith (1875–1956)
George Yeld (1845–1938)
1926
Herbert George Alexander (orchid grower)
Frederick Vincent Theobald (1868–1930)
1927
Frederick Robert Stephen Balfour (1873–1945)
1928
W. Nelmes
1929
Sir William Lawrence (1870–1934), Lionel de Rothschild (1882–1942)

1930–1939

1931
Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway (1854–1933)
1933
George Percival Baker (1856–1951)
Frederick William Millard (1864–1964)
1934
Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway (1879–1953)
George Monro (1876–1951)
1935
Amos Perry (1871–1953), of Perry's Plant Farm
1936
Stephenson Robert Clarke (1862–1948), of Borde Hill
James Comber (1866–1953), of Nymans, Handcross
Frederick Augustus Secrett (1886–1964)
1938
William Fleming Bewley (1891–1976)
Frederick George Preston (1882–1964).
1939
Charles Percival Raffill M.B.E.(1876–1951), Curator, Kew Gardens. Raffill was also honoured in 1934 as an Associate of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society (AHRHS).

1940–1949

1940
Sir Frederick Claude Stern (1884–1967) – Highdown chalk garden
1941
Edwin Lawrence Hillier – Hillier Nurseries
1942
Lady Iris Lawrence
1943
Arthur Disbrowe Cotton
1944
Arthur Dorrien-Smith (1876–1955)
John Hutchinson (1884–1972)
1945
Fred Streeter (1879–1975) – horticulturalist and broadcaster
1946
Vera Higgins (1892–1962)
1948
Wilfrid Fox (1875–1962) – Winkworth Arboretum
1949
Ernest Ballard (1870–1952)
Harry Higgott Thomas (1876–1956) – Editor of Popular Gardening

1950–1959

1951
Peter Crichton Kay (1889–1954)
1952
Albert Maurice Amsler (1877–1952)
Collingwood Ingram (1880-1981)
Thomas Wallace (1891–1965)
1953
Archibald Park Balfour
Sir David Bowes-Lyon (1902–1961)
C Edward Hudson
1954
Raymond Henry Stoughton (1903–1979)
1955
Robert L. Scarlett : for his contributions to horticultural experimental work in Scotland & United Kingdom.
Lilian Snelling (1879–1972)
1957
William MacDonald Campbell
Harold Roy Fletcher(1907–1978), Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
John Scott Lennox Gilmour (1906–1995)
Harold Hillier (1905–1985) – Hillier Nurseries
1958
Frank P. Knight (1903–1985), Director of Wisley Garden

1960–1969

1960
Maurice Mason (1912–1993)
1961
Sir Edward Bolitho of Trengwainton, Penzance
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900–2002)
William Gregor MacKenzie, curator of Chelsea Physic Garden
Thomas Hope Findlay (1910-1994) Keeper of Gardens Windsor Great Park 1943-1975
Charles McLaren, 3rd

Source: Victoria Medal of Honour (CC BY-SA)

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