This article is about the Royal Horticultural Society award. For other uses, see Victoria Medal (disambiguation).
"VMH" redirects here. For the morphological nucleus, see ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.
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.[1]
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 only sixty-three horticulturists can hold the VMH at any given time, in commemoration of the sixty-three years of Queen Victoria's reign. Therefore, the honour is not awarded every year, but may be made to multiple recipients in other years.
Contents
1Awards
1.11897 – The first 60 medallists
1.21900–1909
1.31910–1919
1.41920–1929
1.51930–1939
1.61940–1949
1.71950–1959
1.81960–1969
1.91970–1979
1.101980–1989
1.111990–1999
1.122000–2009
1.132010–present
2References
3External links
Awards
1897 – The first 60 medallists
The first 60 medals were awarded on 26 October 1897:[2]
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)
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 Kay (c1853 – 1909)
John Laing (1823–1900)
James McIndoe (1836–1910)
Charles Maries (1851–1902)
Henry Ernest Milner (1845–1906)
Edwin Molyneux (1851–1921)
George Monro (c1847 – 1920)
Fredrick William Moore (1857–1949)
Daniel Morris (1844–1933)
George Nicholson (1847–1908)
James O'Brien (1842–1930)
Paul George (1841–1921)
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[3]
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)[4]
1901
Eleanor Ormerod [5]
George King (1840–1909)
1902
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), Mycologist[6]
1904
Edward Mawley (1842–1916)
1905
Henry Eckford (1823-1905) [7]
1906
Harry Veitch (1840–1924)
Richard Irwin Lynch (1850–1924), Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden [8]
1910–1919
1912
Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) [9]
1916
Edward Augustus Bowles (1865–1954)
1917
William Jackson Bean (1863–1947)
Frederick Chittenden (1873–1950),[10] first Director of the RHS Wisley Garden.
Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell (1845–1937)
Peter Veitch (1850–1929)
1920–1929
1921
George Forrest (1873–1932) [11]
1922
Arthur Townshend Boscawen (1862–1935)[12]
1925
Samuel B. Dicks (1845–1926), seedsman [13]
William Rickatson Dykes (1827–1925)[14]
George Yeld (1845–1938)[15]
William Wright Smith (1875–1956) [16]
1926
Herbert George Alexander (orchid grower)
Frederick Vincent Theobald (1868–1930)[17]
1927
Frederick Robert Stephen Balfour (1873–1945) [18]
1928
W. Nelmes
1929
Sir William Lawrence(1870–1934),[5] Lionel de Rothschild (1882–1942) [5]
1930–1939
1931
Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway (1854–1933)[5]
1933
Frederick William Millard (1864–1964)
1934
Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway (1879–1953) [5]
1935
Amos Perry (1871–1953), of Perry's Plant Farm[5]
1936
Stephenson Robert Clarke (1862–1948), of Borde Hill[19]
James Comber (1866–1953), of Nymans, Handcross[20]
Frederick Augustus Secrett (1886–1964) [21]
1938
William Fleming Bewley (1891–1976) [22]
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).[23]
1940–1949
1940
Sir Frederick Claude Stern (1884–1967) – Highdown chalk garden
1941
Edwin Lawrence Hillier – Hillier Nurseries [24]
1942
Lady Iris Lawrence [5]
1944
John Hutchinson (1884–1972) [25]
Arthur Algernon Dorrien-Smith(1876–1955)
1945
Fred Streeter (1879–1975) – horticulturalist and broadcaster
1946
Vera Higgins (1892–1962) [5]
1948
Wilfrid Fox (1875–1962) – Winkworth Arboretum [26]
1949
Ernest Ballard (1870–1952)
Harry Higgott Thomas (1876–1956) – Editor of Popular Gardening
1950–1959
1952
Albert Maurice Amsler (1877–1952)[27]
Thomas Wallace (1891–1965)[28]
1953
Archibald Park Balfour
C Edward Hudson[29]
Sir David Bowes-Lyon (1902–1961)[30]
1954
Raymond Henry Stoughton (1903–1979)
1955
Lilian Snelling (1879–1972)[31]
Robert L. Scarlett : for his contributions to horticultural experimental work in Scotland & United Kingdom.
1957
William MacDonald Campbell[32]
John Scott Lennox Gilmour (1906–1995)[33]
Harold Roy Fletcher(1907–1978), Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh [34]
Harold Hillier (1905–1985) – Hillier Nurseries [24]
1958
Frank P. Knight (1903–1985), Director of Wisley Garden[34]
1960–1969
1960
Maurice Mason (1912–1993)
1961
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900–2002) [35]
Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003)[5]
Sir Edward Bolitho of Trengwainton, Penzance
William Gregor MacKenzie, curator of Chelsea Physic Garden[36]
1963
Sir James Horlick (1886–1972) of The Island of Gigha[37]
S. Millar Gault [38]
1964
Hans Hvass – Danish writer on natural history
Gwendolyn Anley [5]|title=
1965
John Paul Wellington Furse (1904–1978) [39]
Beatrix Havergal (1901–1980) [5]
William T. Stearn (1911–2001)
1967
Arthur Hellyer (1902–1993) – RHS. Horticultural writer and journalist.
Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet (1914–1999) of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham[40][41][42]
1968
Graham Stuart Thomas (1909–2003)[40][43]
1970–1979
1970
Roy Hay (1910–1989)[44]
Alan F. Mitchell (1922–1995) [45]
1971
Alan Bloom (1906–2005)[46][47]
Patrick Synge (1910–1982)
Frances Perry (1907–1993)
1973
Julia Clements [5]
1974
Roy Copeman Elliott (Alpine gardener)
Martin O. Slocock [48]
1975
Valerie Finnis (1924–2006) [49]
Henry Rawnsley Barr (1903–1987) [50]
1976
Marie, Lady Loder of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham[40][42][51]
John Pilkington Hudson (1910–2007)[52]
Christopher D. Brickell [48]
1977
Mrs Desmond Underwood [5]
Percy Thrower (1913–1988), Television gardener [53]
1978
W Martin Robinson, vegetable expert.
1979
Christopher Lloyd (1921–2006)[54]
1980–1989
1980
Sheila Macqueen – Flower arranger[5]
Leonard Broadbent (1916–2002) – Professor in Biology at the University of Bath[55]
1981
John Bond (1932–2001) – Keeper of Windsor Great Park and the Savill Gardens[56]
Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet (1894–1972) [57] and Lady Heathcoat-Amory (1901–1997)[5]
1982
Adrian Frank Posnette
1983
John Stewart Mattock [48]
1984
Kath Dryden (−2009) – alpine plant expert[58]
1985
Adrian Bloom – Bressingham Steam and Gardens[59]
Fred Whitsey (1919–2009)- Gardening correspondent of The Daily Telegraph
Douglas Mackay Henderson (1927–2007), Keeper, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
1986
Lady Anne Berry (1919–)[60]
Robin A.E. Herbert (1934–) [48] Former President of RHS
John B. Simmons (1937–) [48]
1987
Beth Chatto (1923–2018)[61]
W.L. Banks [48]
1988
Roy Lancaster (1937–)[62]
1989
Carolyn Hardy (1930–2016)- Chairman, National Gardens Scheme [5]
A.D. Shilling [48]
1990–1999
1990
Sylvia Crowe(1901–1997) [5]
D.J. Fuller [48]
1991
Frederick Alkmund Roach (1909–2004) [63]
Miriam Rothschild (1908–2005)[5]
P. Cox [48]
B. Mathew [48]
D.J. Sales [48]
1993
Alan Hardy (1926–1999) – Sandling Estate [64]
Mary Shirville Newnes[5]
Charles Notcutt (1935–2015)
1994
James Smart – of Marwood Hill Garden [65]
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900–1996) – Landscape Designer
1995
Raymond J Evison(1944–)[66]
Helen Robinson (1919–2004) – Hyde Hall [5]
1996
Penelope Hobhouse (1929–) [5]
John G. Hillier – Hillier Nurseries [24]
C.R.M. Notcutt [48]
1997
Mary Grierson (1912–2012) – Botanical artist [5]
J.W. Blanchard [48]
Earl of Selborne [48]
1998
Joyce Stewart (1936–2011) – Director of Horticulture, RHS [5]
Rosemary Verey (1918–2001) [5]
1999
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance (1937–)[67]
H. Moggridge [48]
A. Moon [48]
G.H. Rae [48]
2000–2009
2001
P. Erskine [48]
2002
David Austin (1926–2018) for his rose breeding[68][69]
2003[70]
Peter Beales (1936–2013) for his rose breeding and media promotion of gardening
Peter Seabrook (1935–) for his rose breeding
Andrew Dunn for his pioneering of virus-free rootstock
2004[1]
Ray Bilton for his work with orchid hybrids
David S. Ingram (1941–) for his pioneering research into plant diseases
Alan Titchmarsh for his broadcasting and authorial gardening educational outreach[71]
2005[72]
Martin Lane Fox for his work in landscape garden design
Tony Lord for his work as a garden photographer and horticultural consultant
Edmund Leopold de Rothschild for his work with rhododendron hybrids
Tom Wood for his administrative work promoting horticulture
2006[73]
Jim Buttress, for his work as a garden show judge
Sibylle Kreutzberger, for her work at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent
Pamela Schwerdt, for her work at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent
Dr. Henry Oakeley, for his scientific work on orchids, the genera Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa
2007[74]
Sir Richard Carew Pole (1938–) – former RHS President
Colin Ellis – "for his long and distinguished service since 1983 with RHS Council and numerous committees."
Christopher Grey-Wilson – for "his many achievements as botanist, photographer, botanical explorer and author of many books and articles."
Brian Self – "for his lifetime of service to amateur and professional fruit growers."
2008
John Ravenscroft – "for his plantsmanship, entrepreneurial talent and encyclopaedic knowledge of plants."
2009
The Prince of Wales- "for his passion for plants, sustainable gardening and the environment."[75]
Lady Skelmersdale [76]
Lord Howick [76]
John Humphris [76]
2010–present
2010
John Massey – "for his valuable contribution to plantbreeding "
Peter R. Dawson [48]
Michael Hickson [48]
Robert T. Hillier [48]
Dowager Marchioness Salisbury [48]
2011[77]
Giles Coode-Adams
Maurice C. Foster
Richard Webb
2012[78]
Stephen Blackmore
David Clark
John Parker
Alice Boyd, Viscountess of Merton
2013[79]
Nigel Colborn[48]
Brian Humphrey[48]
2014
Chris Sanders[80]
2015 Not awarded
2016 [81]
Johan Hermans
Mark Flanagan (posthumously)
2017 [82]
Jekka McVicar - RH Vice-President
Nick Dunn
2018 [83]
Peter Catt
Carol Klein
Charles Williams
2019
Fergus Garrett
Tony Kirkham
Bill Simpson
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Interaction between novel oscillation within the ventromedial hypothalamus and the sympathetic nervous system.
Iigaya K1, Okazaki S2, Minoura Y3, Onimaru H4.
Neuroscience.Neuroscience.2017 Feb 20;343:213-221. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.11.048. Epub 2016 Dec 10.
The ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) is known to play an important role in feeding behavior and the control of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA). We report the identification of novel neuron groups that showed oscillations on both sides of the VMH in hypothalamus slice preparations from juvenile rats
Connexions between the dorsomedial division of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter are critical in the elaboration of hypothalamically mediated panic-like behaviour.
Behavioural brain research.Behav Brain Res.2017 Feb 15;319:135-147. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.11.026. Epub 2016 Nov 14.
The electrical and chemical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter (dPAG) elicits panic-like explosive escape behaviour. Although neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) seem to organise oriented escape behaviour, when stimulated with excitatory amino acids at higher doses, non-
The Journal of endocrinology.J Endocrinol.2017 Feb;232(2):351-362. doi: 10.1530/JOE-16-0425. Epub 2016 Dec 2.
The canonical view about the effect of thyroid hormones (THs) on thermogenesis assumes that the hypothalamus acts merely as a modulator of the sympathetic outflow on brown adipose tissue (BAT). Recent data have challenged that vision by demonstrating that THs act on the ventromedial nucleus of the h