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2007.257.001b
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Order of St. John - HP Bell-Irving
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Order of St. John - HP Bell-Irving
Breast star Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John and black ribbon. Recipient had a coat of arms at the time. White enamel and gold. Black wide ribbon (watered silk?) Worn as a pair neck and breast. [Believed to be that of Brig. H. P. Bell-Irving as found in uniform display].
Henry Pybus "Budge" Bell-Irving, OC DSO OBE OBC ED CD (January 21, 1913 - September 21, 2002 in Vancouver, BC) was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1978 to 1983.
Born in Vancouver, he was educated at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island and Loretto at Musselburgh, Scotland. Bell-Irving met his wife, He returned to attend the University of British Columbia, but dropped out due to the war. Nancy, while attending UBC and was married in April 1937.
During World War II, Bell-Irving was an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. He commanded units of the battalion in Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe before becoming the commander of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division. He was present for the Liberation of Amsterdam.
After the war, he returned to Vancouver and he joined his family real estate company, Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies, which later merged with A.E. LePage in 1972. In 1974 he was elected Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade.
In 1978, Governor General Jules Léger, on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, appointed him Lieutenant-Governor of BC. He remained as the Lieutenant-Governor of BC until 1983. He was also the Honourary Colonel of the Seaforths of Canada.
In 1984 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, in 1985 he received the Order of British Columbia and in 1986- he was appointed a Freeman of the City of Vancouver.

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