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The 1937 Coronation Honours were awarded in honour of the
coronation of George VI The coronation of George VI and his wife, Elizabeth, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and as Emperor and Empress of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on Wednesday 12 May 1937 ...
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Royal Honours


Order of the Thistle

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The Queen In the English-speaking world, The Queen most commonly refers to: * Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death The Queen may also refer to: * Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), ...


Royal Victorian Chain

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The Queen In the English-speaking world, The Queen most commonly refers to: * Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death The Queen may also refer to: * Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), ...
* Queen Mary * Clive, Baron Wigram


Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

* The Queen of Norway *
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965), was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the sister of Kings Edward VIII ...
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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In her public life, she was a strong proponent of the arts and highe ...
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Princess Beatrice Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of Charle ...


Order of the British Empire (GBE)

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The Duchess of Gloucester Duke of Gloucester () is a British royal title (after Gloucester), often conferred on one of the sons of the reigning monarch. The first four creations were in the Peerage of England and the last in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the curren ...
* The Duchess of Kent *
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family. She is the longest-lived British princess of royal blood, and was the last surviving grand ...


Privy Council

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The Duke of Kent Duke of Kent is a title that has been created several times in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, most recently as a royal dukedom for the fourth son of King George V. Since 1942, the title has been held by Prince Edwar ...
* Edward Leslie Burgin, MP for Luton


Peerages


Earldoms

* Vere Brabazon,
Earl of Bessborough Earl of Bessborough is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1739 for Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, who had previously represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons. In 1749, he was given t ...
,
GCMG The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...
* Claude George,
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created as Earl of Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland in 1606 for Patrick Lyon. In 1677, the designation of the earldom c ...
, KT, GCVO, TD


Viscountcies

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Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Robert Stevenson Horne, GBE, KC, MP * Sir Herbert Louis Samuel, GCB, GBE, MP


Baronies

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Christopher Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, (19 June 1869 – 11 December 1951), was a British medical doctor and politician. A member of the Liberal and Labour parties, he served as Minister of Munitions during the First World War and was lat ...
, MD,
FRCS Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) is a professional qualification to practise as a senior surgeon in Ireland or the United Kingdom. It is bestowed on an intercollegiate basis by the four Royal Colleges of Surgeons (the Royal ...
, MP * Sir George Bowyer, Bt., MC, DL, MP * Sir John Cadman, GCMG * Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, GCB, KCMG, CVO * Julius Salter Elias *
Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge ...
John Cuthbert Denison-Pender, MP * Sir Frederick George Penny, Bt., JP, MP * Sir Walter Russell Rea, Bt. * Sir
John Davenport Siddeley John Davenport Siddeley, 1st Baron Kenilworth (5 August 1866 – 3 November 1953), was a pioneer of the motor industry in the United Kingdom, manufacturing aero engines and airframes as well as motor vehicles. Career The eldest son of William ...
, CBE


Knights/Ladies of the Order of the Garter (KG/LG)

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Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
His Grace His Grace or Her Grace is an English style used for various high-ranking personages. It was the style used to address English monarchs until Henry VIII and the Scottish monarchs up to the Act of Union of 1707, which united the Kingdom of Scot ...
Bernard Marmaduke,
Duke of Norfolk Duke of Norfolk is a title in the peerage of England. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the county of Norfolk. The current duke is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk. The dukes ...
* Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy,
Duke of Beaufort Duke of Beaufort (), a title in the Peerage of England, was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of S ...
, GCVO (additional Knight) * William Thomas Brownlow,
Marquess of Exeter Marquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon. For more ...
, CMG, TD * Claude George, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KT, GCVO, TD (additional Knight)


Knights/Ladies of the Order of the Thistle (KT/LT)

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Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colo ...
John James Hamilton,
Earl of Stair Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the lawyer and statesman John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount of Stair. Dalrymple's father, James Dalrymple, had been a prominent lawyer; having served as Lord President ...
, DSO * Sir
Iain Colquhoun Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet, 29th Laird of Luss, KT, DSO & Bar, FRSE (20 June 1887 – 12 November 1948), was a Scottish landowner and British Army soldier during the First World War. Military career During the First World War, Colquh ...
, Bt., DSO


Privy Counsellors

* Edward Leslie Burgin, MP * Sir Felix Cassel, Bt., KC * Colonel Sir George Loyd Courthope, Bt., MC, JP, DL, MP *
Sir Patrick Duncan Sir Patrick Duncan, (21 December 1870 – 17 July 1943) was the sixth Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1937 until his death in 1943. Early life Born in Scotland in 1870, he took degrees in classics at the Un ...
, GCMG,
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa The governor-general of the Union of South Africa ( af, Goewerneur-generaal van Unie van Suid-Afrika, nl, Goeverneur-generaal van de Unie van Zuid-Afrika) was the highest state official in the Union of South Africa between 31 May 1910 and 31 ...
*
Isaac Foot Isaac Foot (23 February 1880 – 13 December 1960) was a British Liberal politician and solicitor. Early life Isaac Foot was born in Plymouth, the son of a carpenter and undertaker who was also named Isaac Foot, and educated at Plymouth Publi ...
, MP *
Viscount Galway Viscount Galway is a title that has been created once in the Peerage of England and thrice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1628 in favour of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. He was made Earl ...
, GCMG, DSO, OBE
Governor-General of New Zealand The governor-general of New Zealand ( mi, te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa) is the Viceroy, viceregal representative of the Monarchy of New Zealand, monarch of New Zealand, currently King Charles III. As the King is concurrently the monarch of 14 ...
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Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. ...
Baron Gowrie Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or ...
, GCMG, CB, DSO,
Governor-General of Australia The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Ernest Lapointe Ernest Lapointe (October 6, 1876 – November 26, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of Parliament from Quebec City, he was a senior minister in the government of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, playing an importa ...
, KC * Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, MP * Sir Robert William Hugh O'Neill, Bt., MP * Lord Snell, CBE, JP, MP *
Lord Tweedsmuir John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...
, GCMG, CH,
Governor-General of Canada The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, t ...


Baronetcies

* Sir
Richard Dawson Bates Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet (23 November 1876 – 10 June 1949), known as Dawson Bates, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland. He was born in Strandtown, Belfast, the son of Richard D ...
, OBE, DL, MP *
Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
Sir William Edge, JP, MP *
Major Major ( commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicato ...
Sir
Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet Sir (Collingwood) George Clements Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1 November 1877 – 12 January 1947) was an English electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician. Born in Northumberland, he was the son of a prominent Church of England cler ...
, JP, MP *
Commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...
Archibald Richard James Southby, JP, DL, MP * Sir
Cuthbert Sidney Wallace Sir Cuthbert Sidney Wallace, 1st Baronet (20 June 1867 – 24 May 1944) was a British surgeon. He was born in Surbiton, Surrey, the youngest son of the Rev. John Wallace and educated at Winchester House School, Haileybury College, 1881–86, an ...
, KCMG, CB, FRCS, LRCP * Sir David Milne-Watson, DL * Sir Robert Eaton White, VD, DL


Knighthood

*Captain Thomas Noel Arkell. For political and public services in Swindon, Wiltshire. *The Right Honourable Anthony Brutus Babington, K.C., M.P., Attorney-General, Northern Ireland. * Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Esq., D.Mus. For services to music. * John Bennett, Esq., Vice-Chancellor of the Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster. * Henry Berney, Esq., J.P., D.L. For political and public services in Croydon. * Archibald Campbell Black, Esq., O.B.E., K.C., Procurator of the
Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Reformation of 1560, when it split from the Catholic Church ...
since 1935. *
Maurice Bloch Maurice Émile Félix Bloch (born 21 October 1939 in Caen, Calvados, France) is a British anthropologist. He is famous for his fieldwork on the shift of agriculturalists in Madagascar, Japan and other parts of the world, and has also contribut ...
, Esq., J.P. For political and public services in Glasgow. *
Muirhead Bone Sir Muirhead Bone (23 March 1876 – 21 October 1953) was a Scottish etcher and watercolourist who became known for his depiction of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. A ...
, Esq., LL.D. For services to art. * Paul Malone Booth, Esq., Chairman of the Management Committee of the
National Liberal Club The National Liberal Club (NLC) is a London gentlemen's club (traditional), private members' club, open to both men and women. It was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 to provide club facilities for Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Par ...
. For political and public services. * William Bradshaw, Esq., J.P., President of the
Co-operative Wholesale Society A co-operative wholesale society, or CWS, is a form of co-operative federation (that is, a co-operative in which all the members are co-operatives), in this case, the members are usually consumer cooperatives. According to co-operative economi ...
. * Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for the Fairfield division of Liverpool since 1931 and for East Nottingham 1924 to 1929. For political and public services. *
George Frederick Clucas Sir George Frederick Clucas, CBE, JP (11 January 1870 – 11 November 1937) was a Manx politician and Speaker of the House of Keys from 1919 to 1937. He was born in London in 1870, the son of George Pettmann Clucas (born George Pettman Clarke ...
, Esq., C.B.E.,
Speaker of the House of Keys The Speaker of the House of Keys () is the principal officer of the House of Keys, the lower house of the Isle of Man legislature. The Speaker is elected from the membership of the House at its first sitting after an election. He is responsibl ...
, Isle of Man. *Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Cox, D.S.O. For public and philanthropic services. * Robert William Dalton, Esq., C.M.G., His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in Australia. * Hubert Arthur Dowson, Esq., Solicitor of Nottingham. President of the Law Society. * Oscar Follett Dowson, Esq., C.B.E., Legal Adviser, Home Office. * David Rowland Evans, Esq., General Secretary of the Liberal National Organisation. For political and public services. * Frank Fletcher, Esq., formerly Master of
Marlborough College ( 1 Corinthians 3:6: God gives the increase) , established = , type = Public SchoolIndependent day and boarding , religion = Church of England , president = Nicholas Holtam , head_label = Master , head = Louis ...
and Headmaster of
Charterhouse School (God having given, I gave) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , president ...
. *Colonel
Edmund Vivian Gabriel Sir Edmund Vivian Gabriel (28 March 1875 – 13 February 1950) was a British civil servant, army officer, courtier and art collector. Biography Edmund Vivian Gabriel was born on 28 March 1875. Educated at Emmanuel College, University of Cambrid ...
, C.S.I., C.M.G., C.V.O., C.B.E.
Gentleman Usher Gentleman Usher is a title for some officers of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. See List of Gentlemen Ushers for a list of office-holders. Gentlemen Ushers as servants Historical Gentlemen Ushers were originally a class of servants fou ...
to His Majesty The King. * Charles Granville Gibson, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Pudsey and Otley since 1929. For political and public services. *Major Francis William Crewe Fetherston-Godley, O.B.E., D.L., chairman, National Executive Council of the
British Legion The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants, as well as all others in ne ...
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Arthur Frederick Hurst Sir Arthur Frederick Hurst, aka Arthur Frederick Hertz FRCP (23 July 1879 – 17 August 1944) was a British physician, and a cofounder of the British Society of Gastroenterology. The society's annual lecture is named for him. Biography Aurt ...
, Esq., D.M., F.R.C.P., Senior Physician to
Guy's Hospital Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. ...
. * Ernest James Johnson, Esq. For political and public services in Staffordshire. * Sidney Midlane Johnson, Esq., Secretary of the County Councils Association. *
Charles Sydney Jones Sir Charles Sydney Jones (7 February 1872 – 16 February 1947) was an English shipowner and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Jones was the son of Charles William Jones, a shipowner The Times, 7 December 1923 p6 from Liverpool. H ...
, Esq., Pro-Chancellor of
Liverpool University , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...
. For public services. *
Henry Haydn Jones Sir Henry Haydn Jones (27 December 1863 – 2 July 1950) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician. Upbringing Henry (sometimes known as "Harry") Haydn Jones was born in Ruthin, Wales. He was the son of Joseph David Jones (1827–70), a sch ...
, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for
Merioneth , HQ= Dolgellau , Government= Merionethshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= , Status= , Start= 1284 , End= , Code= MER , CodeName= ...
since 1910. For political and public services. *Colonel John James Jones, V.D., J.P., D.L. For public and philanthropic services in Wales. * Thomas William Miller-Jones, Esq. For political and public services in the East End of London. * Percy John Luxton Kelland, Esq., M.R.C.V.S.,
Chief Veterinary Officer Chief veterinary officer (CVO) is the head of a veterinary authority (typically a national government service comprising veterinarians, other professionals and paraprofessionals). They have the responsibility and competence for ensuring or supervis ...
, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. *Alderman Harold Vaughan Kenyon, M.B.E., J.P. For political and public services in West London. *
Robert McDougall Robert McDougall (16 April 1813 – 25 June 1887) was a cattle breeder and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Born in Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland, McDougall was the son of Alexander McDougall ...
, Esq., J.P. For public and philanthropic services, especially to the
National Trust The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...
. * Gilbert McIlquham, Esq., J.P. For political and public services in Gloucestershire. * William Marchbank Marshall, Esq. For political and public services in Scotland. *Commodore Charles George Matheson, D.S.O., R.D., R.N.R. (Retired), Commodore,
Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century. From the early 20th century onwards, an association began with P&O which became 51% shareholde ...
. *
Allen Mawer Sir Allen Mawer (8 May 1879 − 22 July 1942) was an English philologist. A notable researcher of Viking activity in the British Isles, Mawer is best known as the founder of the English Place-Name Society, and as Provost of University Colleg ...
, Esq., Litt.D., F.B.A., Provost of
University College, London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...
. Director of Survey of English Place Names. *Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Cecil Russell Moore, C.B.E., M.P., Member of Parliament for the Ayr Burghs since June, 1925. For political and public services. *
George Morley George Morley, 27 February 1598 to 29 October 1684, was a senior member of the Church of England from London, who served as Bishop of Worcester from 1660 to 1662, and of Winchester from 1662 to 1684. Early life Morley was born in London, Eng ...
, Esq., C.B.E., Chief Constable of Durham. *Judge Allan George Mossop, Judge of His Majesty's Supreme Court for China. *
John Niven John Niven (born 1966) is a Scottish author and screenwriter. His books include '' Kill Your Friends'', ''The Amateurs'', and ''The Second Coming''. Career Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Niven read English literature at the University of Glasgow, ...
, Esq., Chairman of the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange. *
Robert Howson Pickard Sir Robert Howson Pickard FRS (27 September 1874 – 18 October 1949) was a chemist who did pioneering work in stereochemistry and also for the cotton industry in Lancashire. He was also involved in educational administration and was Vice Chancello ...
, Esq., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.I.C., Director of the
British Cotton Industry Research Association The Shirley Institute was established in 1920 as the British Cotton Industry Research Association at The Towers in Didsbury, Manchester, as a research centre dedicated to cotton production technologies. It was funded by the Cotton Board throug ...
. *
Alexander West Russell Sir Alexander West Russell (1879–1961) was Conservative MP for Tynemouth Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, h ...
, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for
Tynemouth Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyn ...
since November, 1922. For political and public services. * Joshua Scholefield, Esq., K.C., Chairman of the Railway Assessment Authority. President, London Passenger Transport Arbitration Tribunal. * Harry Bertram Shackleton, Esq., Chairman of the Wool Textile Delegation. President of the Wool and Worsted Trades Federation. *Major Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, J.P., M.P., President of the National Farmers' Union. *Major Thomas Gabriel Lumley Lumley-Smith, D.S.O., F.S.A., Grand Secretary of Mark Master Masons. * Louis Saul Sterling, Esq. For political and public services. * John Taylor, Esq. For political and public services in Blackburn. *Professor
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE (2 May 1860 – 21 June 1948) was a Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar. He was a pioneer of mathematical and theoretical biology Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomat ...
, C.B.,D.Litt., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., Professor of Natural History,
University of St. Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...
. * Sylvanus Percival Vivian, Esq., C.B., Registrar-General in England and Wales. * Hugh Seymour Walpole, Esq., C.B.E. For services to literature. * Pelham Francis Warner, Esq., M.B.E. For services to sport. * Harold Beckwith Whitehouse, Esq., M.B., M.S., F.R.C.S., Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Women,
University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
. *
William Valentine Wood Sir William Valentine Wood KBE, worked for much of his life on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), rising to become its President. He was known for his ability with numbers. Biography William Wood; Willie Wood to his railway collea ...
, Esq., Senior Vice-president of the Executive of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company. *Captain William Henry Laycock Wordsworth, J.P. For political and public services in the North Riding of Yorkshire. ;Dominions. * Henry Chapman, Esq., C.B.E., Resident Director and General Manager of the Rhodesian Railway Companies. * Robert William Chapman, Esq., C.M.G., Professor of Engineering,
University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...
, State of South Australia. For public services. * William James Clemens, Esq., C.M.G., I.S.O., Commissioner, Public Service Board, Commonwealth of Australia. * Samuel Sydney Cohen, Esq. For public services in the State of New South Wales. *Major the Honourable Henry Alan Currie, M.C., Member of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. For public services. *
Ernest Davis Ernest Davis may refer to: * Ernie Davis (1939–1963), American football running back * Sir Ernest Davis (brewer) (1872–1962), New Zealand brewer and mayor of Auckland * Ernest Davis (professor), Professor of Computer Science at New York Universi ...
, Esq., Mayor of the City of Auckland, Dominion of New Zealand. * Ernest Thomas Fisk, Esq., A.M.I.E. (Aust.). For public services in the State of New South Wales. * Charles John Boyd Norwood, Esq. For public services in the Dominion of New Zealand. *
James Wallace Sandford Sir James Wallace Sandford (20 March 1879 – 9 July 1958), usually referred to as J. Wallace Sandford and later as simply Wallace Sandford, was a businessman and politician in the State of South Australia. History Sandford was born in Footscr ...
, Esq. For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia. *The Honourable Alexander George Wales, J.P., Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria. ;India. *M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur Subbarayalu Kumaraswami Reddiyar Avargal, lately Minister for Education and Public Health to the Governor of Madras, Madras. *Rao Bahadur Chaudhuri Chhotu Ram, Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, Minister for Development to the Governor of the Punjab. * Idwal Geoffrey Lloyd, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service (retired), lately Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Burma. * Robert Ernest Jack, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal. * Kenneth William Barlee, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, * John Gibb Thorn, Esq., D.S.O., M.C., Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, United Provinces. * Frederick Louis Grille, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Nagpur, Central Provinces. * George Richard Frederick Tottenham, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Secretary to the Government of India in the Defence Department. *
Theodore James Tasker Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatche ...
, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Revenue and Police Member, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad, Deccan. * Kenneth Mclntyre Kemp, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, J.P., Advocate-General, Bombay. *Brigadier Harold John Couchman, D.S.O., M.C., R.E., Surveyor-General of India. * John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Chief Commissioner of Delhi. * Seth Haji Abdoola Haroon, Member of the Central Legislative Assembly, Merchant, Sind. *Colonel
Arthur Olver Sir Arthur Olver FRSE CB CMG (1875 – 15 August 1961) was a 20th-century British army officer and expert on animal husbandry. He was one of the first to advocate livestock registration and monitoring of pedigree and animal movements to control ...
, C.B., C.M.G., F.R.C.V.S., F.N.L, Royal Army Veterinary Corps (retired), Expert Adviser in Animal Husbandry to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. *Colonel Edward Hearle Cole, C.B., C.M.G., Indian Army (retired), Landlord, Okara Punjab. * Thomas Howard Elderton, Esq., chairman, Calcutta Port Trust, Bengal. * Frank Birley, Esq., Member of the Madras Legislative Council, Director, Messrs. Best & Co., Ltd., Madras. * David Burnett Meek, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Educational Service, Indian Trade Commissioner in London. * Frank Herbert Brown, Esq., C.I.E., Honorary Secretary,
East India Association The East India Association (EIA) was a London-based organisation for matters concerning India. Its members were Indians and retired British officials. About the Society The East India Association was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866. The first P ...
, London. * Vivian Everard Donne Jarrad, Esq., Agent, Bengal-Nagpur Railway. * Narayan Vishvanath Mandlik, Esq., Advocate, Bombay. ;Colonies, Protectorates, &c. *
Waithilingam Duraiswamy Sir Waithilingam Duraiswamy ( ta, வைத்திலிங்கம் துரைசுவாமி; 8 June 1874 – 12 April 1966) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and speaker of the State Council of Ceylon. Early life and family ...
, Esq., Speaker of the State Council, Ceylon. * Vandeleur Molyneux Grayburn, Esq. For public services in Hong Kong. * Arthur Edwin Horn, Esq., C.M.G., M.D., M.R.C.P., Consulting Physician to the Colonial Office. * George Frederick Huggins, Esq., O.B.E. For public services in Trinidad. * Charles Ewan Law, Esq., Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Zanzibar. * George William Arthur Trimmer, Esq., M.I.C.E., M.I.M.E., M.Inst.T., chairman and General Manager of the Singapore and Penang Harbour Boards, Straits Settlements. * Armigel de Vins Wade, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Kenya.


Order of the Bath


Knights/Dames Grand Cross (GCB)


Military

*
General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...
Sir John Theodosius Burnett-Stuart, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO * General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCMG, KCB, KCVO *
Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admi ...
Sir
John Miles Steel Air Chief Marshal Sir John Miles Steel, (11 September 1877 – 2 December 1965) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. Military career Steel attended the training ship ''Britannia'' from 1892 to 1894. and subsequently served in the Royal Navy. ...
, KCB, KBE, CMG


Civil

* Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCMG, former Governor-General of Australia * Sir Horace John Wilson, GCMG, KCB, CBE


Knights/Dames Commander (KCB/DCB)


Military

* Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, CB, DSO * Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Ramsay, KCVO, CB, DSO *
Lieutenant-General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
Sir
Robert Gordon-Finlayson General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson (15 April 1881 – 23 May 1956) was a senior British military officer who was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1939. Military career Finlayson entered the British Army from the Suffolk Militia and ...
, CB, CMG, DSO * Lieutenant-General Sir
John Dill Sir John Greer Dill, (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS ...
, CB, CMG, DSO * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Karslake, KCSI, CB, CMG, DSO *
Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
(Indian Army) Sir Roger Wilson, CB, DSO, MC * Air Marshal Sir
Wilfrid Freeman Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman, 1st Baronet, (18 July 1888 – 15 May 1953) was one of the most important influences on the rearmament of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the years up to and including the Second World War. RAF career ...
, CB, DSO, MC


Civil

*
Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colo ...
George Augustus Anson, CBE, MVO * John Donald Balfour Fergusson, CB Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries * Edgar John Forsdyke, FSA Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum * Sir Thomas Robert Gardiner, KBE Director General of the Post Office *
Edward Mellanby Sir Edward Mellanby (8 April 1884 – 30 January 1955) was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919. Education Mellanby was born in West Hartlepool, the son of a shipyard owner ...
, FRCP, FRS Secretary, Medical Research Council * Sir James Rae Under Secretary, H.M. Treasury. * Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas, Bt., KCVO, CSI Private Secretary to H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester. * Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, KCVO Garter Principal King of Arms


Companions (CB)


Military

*
Rear-Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...
Francis Thomas Butler Tower, OBE * Rear-Admiral Alfred Englefield Evans, OBE * Rear-Admiral John Henry Dacres Cunningham, MVO * Rear-Admiral Edward Rupert Drummond, MVO * Rear-Admiral
Herbert Fitzherbert Admiral Sir Herbert Fitzherbert, KCIE, CB, CMG (10 August 1885 – 30 October 1958) was a Royal Navy admiral who served as the third Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, from 1937 to 1943. Life and career Fitzherbert was born at Kingsw ...
, CMG *
Engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considerin ...
Rear-Admiral Augustus George Crousaz *
Surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...
Rear-Admiral Guy Leslie Buckeridge, OBE, MRCS, LRCP, KHS *
Paymaster A paymaster is someone appointed by a group of buyers, sellers, investors or lenders to receive, hold, and dispense funds, commissions, fees, salaries (remuneration) or other trade, loan, or sales proceeds within the private sector or public secto ...
Rear-Admiral Arthur Foster Strickland, OBE *
Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of mo ...
Arthur Deane Gilbertson, OBE * Colonel-Commandant Alan George Barwys Bourne, DSO, MVO *
Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
Arthur Goodall Maundrell, CIE, RIN * Major-General Osburne Ievers, DSO * Major-General Francis Stewart Gilderoy Piggott, DSO * Major-General Henry Marrian Joseph Perry, OBE * Major-General Algernon Philip Yorke Langhorne, DSO, MC * Major-General Ernest Cyril Gepp, DSO * Major General Viscount Gort, VC, CBE, DSO, MVO, MC * Major-General Ernest Ker Squires, DSO, MC * Major-General Basil Alexander Hill, DSO * Major-General Maxwell Spieker Brander, OBE * Major-General
Donald Kenneth McLeod Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Kenneth McLeod (19 June 1885 – 25 October 1958) was a British Indian Army officer. Military career McLeod was commissioned into the Indian Army on 29 November 1904. He earned recognition with his appointment a ...
, DSO * Major-General William Haywood Hamilton, CIE, CBE, DSO, FRCS * Major-General
John Evelyn Duigan Major General Sir John Evelyn Duigan, (30 March 1883 – 9 January 1950) was an officer who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. He was Chief of the General Staff of the New Zealand Military Force ...
, DSO, MC * Major-General Henry Augustus Lewis, CBE * Colonel (Temp. Brigadier) Arthur Francis Gore Perry Knox-Gore, DSO * Colonel (Local Major-General) Robert Ferguson Lock * Colonel (Hon. Brigadier) Christopher George Ling, DSO, MC * Colonel James Aubrey Smith, CMG *Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Sheridan Barratt, C.M.G., M.C., Royal Air Force. *Air Vice-Marshal Ernest Leslie Gossage, D.S.O., M.C., Royal Air Force. *Air Commodore Albert Victor John Richardson, O.B.E., M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H., K.H.S., Royal Air Force.


Civil

* Charles Seymour Wright, OBE, MC *Major-General Henry Augustus Lewis, C.B.E. (late Royal Artillery), Director of Artillery, the War Office. *Honorary Colonel George, Baron Rochdale, President,
Territorial Army and Air Force Association The Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations were formed in 1908 under the provisions of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 to provide local support to the Territorial Force in the United Kingdom. There were originally 104 ...
of the County of Middlesex. *Honorary Colonel Sir Henry William Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, Bt., chairman,
Territorial Army and Air Force Association The Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations were formed in 1908 under the provisions of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 to provide local support to the Territorial Force in the United Kingdom. There were originally 104 ...
of the County of Warwick. *Colonel Leonard Green, M.C., T.D., Territorial Army, Commander, 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Infantry Brigade. * David Randall Pye, Esq., M.A., Sc.D., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S., Director of Scientific Research, Air Ministry. *Walter Raymond Birchall, Esq., Deputy Director-General, General Post Office. *William John Braithwaite, Esq., Commissioner for the Special Purposes of the Income Tax Acts. *John Ainsworth Dale, Esq., C.B.E., Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour. *John Harry Hebb, Esq., C.B.E., M.B., B.Ch.; Director-General of Medical Services, Ministry of Pensions. *
Algar Henry Stafford Howard Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard (7 August 1880 – 14 February 1970) was a senior British Army officer and long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He served as the Garter Principal King of Arms from 1944 to 1950 before ...
, Esq., C.V.O., Norroy King of Arms and Principal Herald of the North Part of England. * Alan Frederick Lascelles, Esq., C.M.G., M.V.O., M.C., Assistant Private Secretary to His Majesty The King. *
Francis William Lascelles Sir Francis William Lascelles KCB, MC (23 March 1890 – 16 May 1979) was a British public servant and Clerk of the Parliaments from 1953 to 1958. A member of the Lascelles family headed by the Earl of Harewood, Lascelles was the son of Lieutena ...
, Esq., M.C., Principal Clerk of Public Bills, House of Lords. *Cecil Winton Maudslay, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Board of Education. * Bernard Rackham, Esq., F.S.A., Keeper, Department of Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum. *George Thomas Reid, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Unemployment Assistance Board. *Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic Newell Westbury, O.B.E., M.C., Regional Director, Scottish Region, General Post Office.


Order of Merit (OM)

*Lieutenant-General the Lord Baden-Powell, GCMG, GCVO, KCB


Order of the Star of India


Knights Grand Commander (GCSI)

* the Maharaja of Jind, GCIE, KCSI


Knights Commander (KCSI)

*''Kanwar'' Sir Jagdish Prasad, CSI, CIE, OBE *Sir
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan ( ur, ‎; 6 February 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Pakistani jurist and diplomat who served as the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan. After serving as foreign minister he continued his internation ...
*Mir Sir Muhammad Nazim Khan, the
Mir of Hunza Mir of Hunza was the title of rulers in the Hunza Valley in the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Etymology The Mir used to have the Burushaski title of Thum (also ''Tham'' or ''Thom''), later changed to Mir, a Persian form of the Arabic title ''Emi ...
, KCIE


Companions (CSI)

*Claude Henry Gidney, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Officiating Resident at Hyderabad. *Vice-Admiral Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford, C.B., Flag Officer Commanding, The Royal Indian Navy. *Hugh Dow, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Commerce Department. * Arthur Cunningham Lothian, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Additional Secretary to the Crown Representative. *Henry Joseph Twynam, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal. *Major-General Edward Merivale Steward, C.B., O.B.E., Indian Army, Director of Supplies and Transport, Army Headquarters, India. *Major-General Hugh Francis Edward MacMahon, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., Indian Army, Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Northern Command. *M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur Narsimha Ayyangar Gopalaswami Ayyangar Avargal, C.I.E., lately Member, Board of Revenue, Madras. *William Bailie Brett, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bihar. *Clement Wansbrough Gwynne, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces. *Charles Francis Waterfall, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of the Central Provinces. *John William Smyth, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Central Division, Bombay. *Charles Frederick Grant, Esq., Indian Civil Service (retired), lately Commissioner, Burma


Order of St Michael and St George


Knights Grand Cross (GCMG)

*Sir William Henry Clark, KCSI, KCMG – His Majesty's High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland. *Sir
Robert Randolph Garran Sir Robert Randolph Garran (10 February 1867 – 11 January 1957) was an Australian lawyer who became "Australia's first public servant" – the first federal government employee after the federation of the Australian colonies. He served as th ...
, KCMG, KC. For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia. *The Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, KCMG – Chief Justice, Dominion of New Zealand. *Sir
Bernard Henry Bourdillon Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1883–1948) was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of Uganda (1932–1935) and of Nigeria (1935–1943). Early years Bourdillon was born on 3 December 1883 at Burnie, Tasmania to English parents. ...
, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. *The Right Honourable Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, Bt., K.C.M.G., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Angora. *Sir Frederick William Leith-Ross, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Chief Economic Adviser to His Majesty's Government.


Knights Commander (KCMG)

*Sir David Thomas Chadwick, CSI, CIE – Secretary of the Imperial Economic Committee and of the Executive Council of the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux. *The Honourable Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann, LLM – Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of the State of Victoria. *
Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas Sir Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas (3 June 1857 – 28 December 1937) was a New Zealand university professor, geologist, biologist and educationalist. He was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England in 1857 and died in Auckland, New Zealand in 19 ...
– Emeritus Professor, Auckland University College, Dominion of New Zealand. For services to education. *Sir John Caulcutt. For services to the Colonial Office and to the Colonies in regard to currency and banking problems. *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Fortnom Cox, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A., British Resident, Trans-Jordan. *Sir
Arthur Salisbury Lawrance Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ...
, K.B.E., C.M.G., D.S.O., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Somaliland Protectorate. *Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Francis George Montagu-Douglas-Scott, D.S.O. For public services in Kenya. * William Barrowclough Brown, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., Second Secretary to the Board of Trade. * Cecil Francis Joseph Dormer, Esq., M.V.O., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Oslo. * Norman King, Esq., C.M.G., His Majesty's Consul-General at Barcelona. * George Arthur Drostan Ogilvie-Forbes, Esq., C.M.G., Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, until recently His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Valencia. * William Henry Robinson, Esq., C.B.E., Assistant to the Principal Establishment Officer, Foreign Office.


Companions (CMG)

*Edgar Layton Bean, Esq., LL.B., Parliamentary Draftsman, State of South Australia. * Kingsley Anketell Henderson, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.R.V.I.A. For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia. *Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Higginson, Chief Administrative Officer for Central Europe, Imperial War Graves Commission. *Robert Henry Hogg, Esq., O.B.E., M.B., President of the Branch in the Dominion of New Zealand of the British Medical Association. *Thomas Dwyer Kelly, Esq., Under-Secretary and Comptroller of Accounts, Treasury, State of New South Wales. *Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable George Victor Lansell, V.D., Member of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. For public and social welfare services. *Arthur Edgar Leighton, Esq., F.I.C., Controller-General of Munitions Supply, Commonwealth of Australia. *Moir Mackenzie, Esq., O.B.E., Manager of the Empire Division, Federation of British Industries. * James Francis Murphy, Esq., Secretary, Department of Commerce, Commonwealth of Australia. *Harold Eddey Priestman, Esq., Administrative Secretary to the High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland. *
John Rigg The Hon. John Rigg MLC CMG (1 November 1858 – 20 October 1943) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Rigg was born in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia in 1858 and was a typographer and union secretary. His family came to ...
, Esq. For services in connection with the Workers' Educational Association in the Dominion of New Zealand. *Captain the Honourable William Sidney Senior, M.C., Minister of Mines and Public Works, Southern Rhodesia. *Hugh Nimmo Tait, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Dominions Office. *Harrie Dalrymple Wood, Esq., LL.B., Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, State of New South Wales. *John Conrad Abraham, Esq., M.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Senior Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland Protectorate. * Francis Noel Ashley, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Resident Commissioner,
British Solomon Islands Protectorate The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was first declared over the southern Solomons in 1893, when Captain Gibson, R.N., of , declared the southern islands a British protectorate. Other islands were subsequently declared to form part o ...
. *Francis John Bagshawe, Esq., M.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Senior Provincial Commissioner,
Tanganyika Territory Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various guises from 1916 to 1961. It was initially administered under a military occupation regime. From 20 July 1922, it was formalised into a L ...
. *William Bartley, Esq., M.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, President, Municipal Commissioners, Singapore, Straits Settlements. *Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Fiji. *Alexander John Findlay, Esq., M.A., B.Sc. Colonial Agricultural Service, Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar. *Charles Joseph Jeffries, Esq., O.B.E., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office. *John Edward Siegfried Merrick, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Secretary, Uganda Protectorate. *John William Moir, Esq. An early pioneer in the Nyasaland Protectorate. * Hubert Ernest Newnham, Esq., V.D., Colonial Administrative Service, Principal Collector of Customs, and chairman, Colombo Port Commission, Ceylon. *Frederick John Salmon, Esq., M.C., Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Palestine. *Norman Lockhart Smith, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong. *Arthur Hudson Stocks, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Provincial Commissioner, Sierra Leone. *
Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton __NOTOC__ Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton CMG (3 December 1877 – 8 June 1938) was an English naturalist noted for his contributions to tsetse fly research. Swynnerton was born in Folkestone, Kent on 3 December 1877. His father was a senior ...
, Esq., Director of Tsetse Research, Tanganyika Territory. *Gerald Charles Whiteley, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Nigeria. *Charles Campbell Woolley, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Jamaica. *Arthur Francis Aveling, Esq., C.B.E., Acting Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy at Warsaw. *Sir Noel Hughes Havelock Charles, Bt., M.C., Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy at Brussels. *Colonel The Honourable Bertram Aloysius Forbes, O.B.E., until recently Assistant Inspector-General, Egyptian Army. *Donald St. Clair Gainer, Esq., O.B.E., His Majesty's Consul-General at Munich. * Oliver Charles Harvey, Esq., a Counsellor in the Foreign Office. *Robert George Howe, Esq., Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy at Peking. *Walter St. Clair Howland Roberts, Esq., M.C.. an Acting Counsellor in the Foreign Office. *Patrick Stratford Scrivener, Esq., First Secretary at His Majesty's Embassy at Angora. *Frederick Watson, Esq., O.B.E., His Majesty's Consul-General at Philadelphia.


Royal Victorian Order


Dames Grand Cross (GCVO)

* Evelyn Emily Mary, Duchess of Devonshire. * Nina Cecilia, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.


Knights Grand Cross (GCVO)

* Gilbert, Earl of Ancaster. *Field-Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood, Bt., G.C.B., G.C.S.L, G.C.M.G., C.I.E., D.S.O. *Lieutenant-General Sir
George Sidney Clive Lieutenant-General Sir George Sidney Clive, (16 July 1874 – 7 October 1959) was a British Army officer who subsequently became Military Secretary. Background and education Clive was the son of General Edward Clive and Isabel Webb and he wa ...
, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. *Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game, G.B.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. *Major The Right Honourable Sir Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, K.C.B., C.V.O., M.C. *The Most Reverend and Right Honourable
Cosmo Gordon Lang William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop ...
, D.D.,
Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Just ...
. *The Right Honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon, G.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., O.B.E., K.C., M.P.


Dames Commanders (DCVO)

*Lady Helen Cynthia Colville. *Lady Helen Violet Graham.


Knights Commanders (KCVO)

*Major James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander, C.M.G., C.V.O., O.B.E. *Colonel Sir John Atkins, K.C.M.G., M.B., F.R.C.S. * George Nevile Maltby Bland, Esq., C.M.G. *Major-General Bertram Norman Sergison-Brooke, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. *The Honourable Gerald Henry Crofton Chichester, C.V.O. *Brigadier-General Sir Smith Hill Child, Bt., C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O. *
Arthur William Steuart Cochrane Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...
, Esq., C.V.O. *Sir
Henry Walford Davies Sir Henry Walford Davies (6 September 1869 – 11 March 1941) was an English composer, organist, and educator who held the title Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941. He served with the Royal Air Force during the First World War, d ...
, C.V.O., O.B.E., Mus.Doc. *Major-General
Alan John Hunter Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * A ...
, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C. *
Robert Uchtred Eyre Knox The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
, Esq., C.V.O., D.S.O. *
Edward Howard Marsh Sir Edward Howard Marsh (18 November 1872 – 13 January 1953) was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant. He was the sponsor of the Georgian school of poets and a friend to many poets, including Rupert Brooke and Siegfri ...
, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O. (dated 11 February 1937). *
George Frederic Still Sir George Frederic Still, KCVO (27 February 1868 – 28 June 1941) was an English paediatrician, author of five medical textbooks, and publisher of hundreds of papers. Still first described a form of juvenile idiopathic arthritis as we ...
, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P. *Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hugh Stephenson Turnbull, K.B.E.


Commanders (CVO)

*Colin Mackenzie Black, Esq., W.S. *The Honourable Lettice, Mrs. Geoffrey Bowlby. *
Ernest Bullock Sir Ernest Bullock (1890–1979) was an English organist, composer, and teacher. He was organist of Exeter Cathedral from 1917 to 1928 and of Westminster Abbey from 1928 to 1941. In the latter post he was jointly responsible for the music at the ...
, Esq., Mus.Doc., F.R.C.O. *
Osmund Somers Cleverly Sir Osmund Somers Cleverly (1891 – 21 October 1966) was a British civil servant who, between 1935 and 1939, served as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Early life Osmund Cleverly was born in 1891 at London to artist, Cha ...
, Esq. *James Eggar, Esq., C.B.E. *Colonel Lancelot Merivale Gibbs, D.S.O., M.C. *The Honourable
Arthur Jared Palmer Howard Sir Arthur Jared Palmer Howard (30 May 1896 – 26 April 1971) was a British Army officer and politician. Howard was the youngest son of Margaret Charlotte Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal and brother of the 3rd Baron. He was ...
. * Eric Cyril Egerton Leadbitter, Esq. *Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Piers Walter Legh, C.M.G., C.I.E., M.V.O., O.B.E. *Brigadier-General Robert Chaine Alexander McCalmont, D.S.O. *
Percy Metcalfe Percy Metcalfe, CVO, RDI (14 January 1895 Wakefield – 9 October 1970 Fulham Hospital, Hammersmith, London), (often spelled ''Metcalf'' without "e") was an English artist, sculptor and designer. He is recognised mostly for his coin designs ...
, Esq. *Colonel William Kenyon Mitford, C.M.G. * Owen Frederick Morshead, Esq., D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C. *Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Gordon Neale, C.I.E. *Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, M.V.O., M.C. *Major Ronald Thomas Stanyforth, M.V.O., M.C. *John Everard Stephenson, Esq., O.B.E. *Norman Richard Coombe Warwick, Esq., M.V.O., O.B.E. *Miss Edith Margaret Watson, C.B.E. *Miss Dorothy Yorke.


Members of the Fourth Class (LVO)

*Charles Lambert Bayne, Esq. *Miss Catherine Black, M.B.E., R.R.C. *Lieutenant the Honourable Thomas William Edward Coke. *Miss Rosina Davies, M.B.E., A.R.R.C. *Cyril Frederick Gamon, Esq. *Major Norman Wilmhurst Gwatkin. *Major George Frederick Thomas Hopkins, M.V.O., M.C. *Miss Cicely Howland, O.B.E. *
Lionel Logue Lionel George Logue, (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer. Early life and family Lionel George Logue was born in College Town ...
, Esq. *John Lowther, Esq. * Ivison Stevenson Macadam, Esq., C.B.E. *Charles Johns Mole, Esq., M.B.E. *Captain Hugh Donald Ross, M.C. *Captain Roy Dugdale Salmon, M.C. *Major Christopher Ronald Spear, M.C. *Henry Austin Strutt, Esq. *Lieutenant-Colonel Edward John Patteson Travis Walker, O.B.E.


Members of the Fifth Class (MVO)

*William Arthur Chadwick, Esq. *Alfred William Evans, Esq. *Miss Helen Louisa Gardiner. *Henry William Francis Godley, Esq. *William Rose Jarvis, Esq. *Joseph Walter Jones, Esq. *John Thomas Lincoln Kendle, Esq. *Herbert William Kirk, Esq. *Charles Philip Waters, Esq.


Order of the Indian Empire


Knights Grand Commander (GCIE)

*His Highness Maharao Raja Ishwari Singh Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Bundi, Rajputana. *Sir
Herbert William Emerson Sir Herbert William Emerson, (1 June 1881 — 13 April 1962), commonly known as H. W. Emerson, was a civil servant in British India and served as Governor of the Punjab in the 1930s. Early life He was born on 1 June 1881 in West Kirby, E ...
, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., C.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Governor of the Punjab.


Knights Commander (KCIE)

*Sir Charles Augustus Tegart, C.S.I., C.I.E., M.V.O., lately Member of the Council of India. *Sir Thomas Guthrie Russell, Chief Commissioner of Railways. *Raja Rao Bahadur Durjan Sal Singh, Raja of Khilchipur, Central India. *Maharawal Shri Indrasinghji Pratapsinghji, Raja of Bansda, Gujarat States. *Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, C.B.E., Indian Political Service, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. * Geoffrey Pownall Burton, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces. *Major-General Bertrand Richard Moberley, C.B., D.S.O., Indian Army, Commander, Lahore District. *Major-General Clement Arthur Milward, C.B., C.I.E., C.B.E., D.S.Q., Indian Army, Commander, Lucknow District. *Raja Sir Muhammad Ejaz Rasul Khan, C.S.I., of Jahangirabad, Bara Banki District, United Provinces. *Malik Sir
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, Barrister-at-Law, High Commissioner for India in London.


Companion (CIE)

*Rai Bahadur Kanak Lal Barua, lately Minister for Local Self-Government to the Governor of Assam. *Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Reginald Stuart Abbott, M.C., A.D.C., Indian Army, Commander, Kohat Brigade, India *Colonel (Honorary Brigadier) Philip William Lilian Broke-Smith, D.S.O., O.B.E., British Service (Retired List), lately Chief Engineer, Eastern Command, India. *Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Hollis Martin Burrows, Indian Army, Commander, Ferozepore Brigade Area. *Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) William Elworthy Kidner, M.C., Chief Engineer, Eastern Command, lately Deputy Engineer-in-Chief (Works), Army Headquarters, India. *John Francis Blakiston, Esq., Director-General of Archaeology in India. * Eric Cecil Ansorge, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of the Tirhut Division, Bihar. *James Downing Penny, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Officiating Commissioner, Rawalpindi Division, Punjab. *Donald Macfarlane Esq., M.Inst. C.E., Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Public Works Department, Buildings and Roads Branch. *George Mabyn Ross, Esq., B.A.I., Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the North-West Frontier Province in the Public Works Department. *Arthur Allen Waugh, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces in the Revenue Department. *James Richard Blair, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Additional Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Political Department. *Colonel John Taylor, D.S.O., M.D., V.H.S., Indian Medical Service, Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli. *Group Captain Norman Howard Bottomley, A.F.C., Officer Commanding No. 1 (Indian) Group, Royal Air Force, India *Colonel Cecil Alexander Boyle, D.S.O., Indian Army, Adviser in Languages and Secretary, Board of Examiners, General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India. *John Mellor Bottomley, Esq., Indian Educational Service, Director of Public Instruction, Bengal. *Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Joseph Paterson, O.B.E., M.C., Indian Army (Supernumerary List), Director of Military Lands and Cantonments, Defence Department. *Frank Ware, (Esq., F.R.C.V.S., Officiating Expert Adviser in Animal Husbandry to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. *Lieutenant-Colonel Arnort Edward Joseph Connell McDowell, Indian Police, Inspector General of Police, Bihar. *Emil Athol Owen Perkin, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Orissa. *Daniel Healy, Esq., Indian Police, InspectorGeneral of Police, Sind. *Lieutenant-Colonel John de la Hay Gordon, O.B.E., M.C., Indian Political Service. *Walter Robert George Smith, Esq., Barristerat-Law, Indian Police, Commissioner of Police, Bombay. *Vyakarana Narahari Rao, Esq., Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Additional Deputy Secretary to the Crown Representative. *Frederick Sayers, Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Madras. *Lieutenant-Colonel Clive Newcomb, B.Ch., D.M. (Oxpn.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.I.C., F.C.S., Indian Medical Service, Chemical Examiner to the Government of Madras, and Principal, Medical College, Madras. *Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Herbert Candy, M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon, Poona, Bombay. *Khan Bahadur Maulvi Abdul Aziz, Indian Service of Engineers, Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch, United Provinces. *Charles Holditch Bristow, Esq., J.P., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay. *Samuel Harrison Yardley Oulsnam, Esq., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Reforms Officer to the Government of the Central Provinces. *Major Alfred Edward Cartmel, M.M.. Indian Army, Commandant, Northern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force, Lashio, Northern Shan States, Burma. *Basil Martin Sullivan, Esq., O.B.E., Specialist Officer in the Public Works Department, Superintending Architect, Architectural Circle, Punjab. *Charles William Ayers, Esq., Principal Inspector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London. * Ernest Muir, Esq, M.D., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), LL.D., General and Medical Secretary, British Empire Leprosy Relief Association. *John James Crosbie Paterson, Esq., Locomotive and Carriage Superintendent, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, Bombay. *Maung Set, Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Commissioner, Rangoon Corporation, Burma.


Order of the British Empire


Knight Grand Cross (GBE)

;Military Division *Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, K.C.B.,C.B.E. *General Sir Archibald Rice Cameron, K.C.B., C.M.G., Retired Pay, Colonel, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), late General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Scottish Command, and Governor of Edinburgh Castle. ;Civil Division *Sir Ernest John Strohmenger, K.B.E., C.B., lately deputy chairman, Unemployment Assistance Board. *Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Fakhr-ud-Daulah Nawab Sir- Muhammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Bahadur, Saulat Jang, K.C.I.E., Nawab of Jaora, Central India.


Dame Grand Cross (GBE)

;Civil Division * Enid Muriel, Mrs. Lyons. For public services rendered in the Commonwealth of Australia.


Dames Commanders (DBE)

;Civil Division * Mary, Mrs. Graham Browne, (Miss Marie Tempest). For services to the stage. * Geraldine Southall, Mrs. Cadbury, J.P. For public and philanthropic services in Birmingham. * Ellen Frances, Mrs. Pinsent, C.B.E., late Senior Commissioner, Board of Control. *Miss Violet Edith Wills. For public and philanthropic services. * Edith Muriel, Lady Anderson. For public and social welfare services in Newfoundland and the State of New South Wales. * Margaret, Baroness Strickland. For philanthropic services in Malta.


Knights Commanders (KBE)

;Military Division *Vice-Admiral Henry John Studholme Brownrigg, C.B., D.S.O. *Vice-Admiral James Pipon, C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., O.B.E. (Retired). *Major-General Horace de Courcy Martelli, C.B., D.S.O., late Royal Artillery, Lieutenant-Governor and Commanding The Troops, Jersey District. *Major-General Edward Nicholson Broadbent, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., late The King's Own Scottish Borderers, Lieutenant-Governor-and Commanding The Troops, Guernsey and Alderney District. *Major-General William James Norman Cooke-Collis, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., late The Royal Ulster Rifles, General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District. *Major-General Andrew Jameson McCulloch, C.B., D.S.O., D.C.M., Colonel, The Highland Light Infantry - (City of Glasgow Regiment), Commander, 52nd (Lowland) Division, Scottish Command, late General Officer Commanding the Troops, Malta. *Air Vice-Marshal Alfred William Iredell, C.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., K.H.P., Royal Air Force. ;Civil Division * James Sidney Barnes, Esq., C.B., O.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Admiralty. * Gerald Bain Canny, Esq., C.B., deputy chairman, Board of Inland Revenue. * Evelyn John Maude, Esq., C.B., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Health. * James Stirling Ross, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Air Ministry. * Robert Vaughan, Esq. For political and public services in Merionethshire. * George Bernard Lomas-Walker, Esq. For political and public services in the West Riding of Yorkshire. * Henry Herbert Couzens, Esq., a British subject, until recently resident in Rio de Janeiro. *Colonel John Chappell Ward, C.M.G., C.I.E., D.S.O., M.B.E., Director of the Port of Basra and Director of Navigation, Iraqi Government. *The Honourable John Richards Harris, M.D., Minister of Public Instruction and Minister of Public Health, State of Victoria. *Sir James Gordon McDonald, O.B.E. For services to Southern Rhodesia. *
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, Esq. For services to the Commonwealth of Australia. *Sir Navroji Bapuji Saklatvala, C.I.E., Director, Messrs. Tata Sons, Ltd., Bombay. *Rao Bahadur Madhorao Ganesh Deshpande, C.B.E., chairman and managing director of the Central Provinces and Berar Provincial Co-operative Bank, Ltd., Nagpur, Central Provinces. *Nana Osei Agyeman Prempeh II,
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, Gold Coast. *Raja Abdul Aziz ibni al-marhum Raja Musa, Raja Muda of Perak, Federated Malay States. (Honorary) *His Highness Daudi Chwa, K.C.M.G.,
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, Uganda Protectorate. (Honorary) *His Highness Tengku Ismail, Tengku Mahkpta of Johore, Malay States. (Honorary)


Commanders (CBE)

;Civil division *Madeline Pamela Constance Blanche, Alderman Mrs. Adeane, J.P. For public services in Cambridgeshire. *George Andrew, M.A., F.R.S.E., H.M. Senior Chief Inspector of Schools, Scottish Education Department. *Samuel Armstrong, J.P., a Member of the Wheat Commission, Past President of the Council of the National Association of British and Irish Millers. *Robert Claude Ashby, Chairman of the Southampton Juvenile Organisations Committee. *George Percival Best, Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands. *William Blackwood, J.P. For political and public services. *William Guy Nott-Bower, Assistant Under-Secretary for Mines. *
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, M.A.,Sc.D., D.Sc., F.B.A., Emeritus Professor of Statistics in the
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. *Walter Carter, Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade. *Professor Edgar Leigh Collis, M.D., M.R.C.P.,M.R.C.S., J.P., Emeritus Professor of Preventive Medicine in the University of Wales. *George Carter Cossar, M.C., L.R.C.P.E.,L.R.C.S.E., L.R.F.P.S., Founder of the Todhills Farm Colony and the Craigielinn Training Farm for the training of boys in agriculture. * Alwyn Douglas Crow, O.B.E., Sc.D., F.Inst.P., Director of Ballistics Research, Research Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. * Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin, For services to literature and sport. *Britannia Margaret, Lady Davies. For political and public services in Cardiff. * Milner Gray, M.P. for Mid-Beds, 1929–31. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour, 1931. For political and public services. *Oswald Allen Harker, Administrative Assistant, Foreign Office. *Walter Fred Harris, F.C.A., Chairman of the Fishing Vessels War Risks Compensation Committee. *Albert Edward Holmes, Secretary, Printing and Kindred Trades Federation. Joint Secretary of the Joint Industrial Council of the Printing and Allied Trades of Great Britain and Ireland *John Hutcheson, For political and public services in Roxburgh and Selkirk. *Professor Thomas Gwynn Jones, M.A.,.Professor of Welsh Literature, University College of Wales, Aberystwyih. *Alexander Boyne King, J.P. For political and public services in Glasgow. *Alderman Ernest Lambert. For political and public services in the East Riding of Yorkshire. * Walter Sydney Liddall, J.P, M.P., M.P. for
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. For political and public services. *Thomas Lochhead, C.A., Chief Accountant, British Broadcasting Corporation. *Hugh Latimer McCready, D.L., Chairman of the Loans Advisory Committee, Northern Ireland. *Commander (Acting Captain) Frederick William Mace, O.B.E., R.N.R. (Retired), Marine Surveyor and Water Bailiff to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. *Walter Alexander Magill, I.S.O., Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland. *George Gillies Mennell, Secretary and Assistant Commissioner, Civil Service Commission. *Miss Mary Clara Sophia Neal, J.P. For services in connection with the revival of folk songs and dances. *Alderman Frank Nicholson, J.P., Chairman of the Sunderland Local Employment Committee. *John Reginald Jutsum Passmore, Chief Inspector of Training, Ministry of Labour. *John Ronald Peddie, M.B.E., D.Litt., Executive Officer, National Committee for the Training of Teachers in Scotland. *Charles William Reeve, chairman and managing director of the Associated Equipment Company. For services to the Air Ministry. *George Riddle, President of the Co-operative Congress. *Llewellyn Roberts, M.I.Mar.E., a Chief Engineer, Cunard White Star Steamship Company. * William Robert Locke Spence, General Secretary of the National Union of Seamen. *Robert Hill Tolerton, D.S.O., M.C., Assistant Secretary, Roads Department, Ministry of Transport. *Brigadier James Whitehead, C.M.G., D.S.O., Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. *Archibald Kennedy Wilson, Chief Constable of Liverpool. ;Overseas *Robert Rowland Appleby, a British subject resident in New York. *Mary Ethel Winifred, Lady Barton, O.B.E., wife of Sir Sidney Barton, until recently His Majesty's Minister at Addis Ababa. *The Reverend Douglas William Bruce, a British subject resident in Buenos Aires. *William Sherlock Dupree, a British subject resident in Hankow. *Miralai Arthur William Green Bey, until recently Governor of the Western Desert, Egyptian Frontier Districts Administration. *Ralph Cornwallis Stevenson, His Majesty's Consul at Bilbao. ; Commonwealth *William James Carew, Secretary of the Commission of Government and Secretary for Home Affairs, Newfoundland. *George Stanley Colman, Member, Pastoral Research Council, Commonwealth of Australia. *Arthur Malcolm Eedy, President of the Insurance Institute, State of New South Wales. *Jessie Isabel, Mrs. Henderson. For social welfare services in the State of Victoria. * Te Puea Herangi, a Māori Princess of
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, Dominion of New Zealand. For social welfare services. * Raymond Douglas Huish, For services to ex-servicemen in the Commonwealth of Australia. *Miss Celia Macdonald of the Isles, O.B.E. For services in connection with hospitality for Dominion students in London. *James Perrins Major, M.D., B.S., Honorary Secretary of the Branch in the State of Victoria of the
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. *Henry Ernest Moston, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labour, Dominion of New Zealand. *Miss Gladys Sydney Pott, O.B.E. For services in connection with the settlement overseas of British women. *Robert Fitzroy Sanderson, Member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Eastern Trade, Commonwealth of Australia. *Captain Donald Petrie Simson,O.B.E., Honorary Secretary, British Empire Service League *M. R. Ry. Bezwada Ramachandra Reddi Garu, lately President, Legislative Council, Madras. *Susil Chandra Sen, Solicitor to the Central Government at Calcutta. *Khwaja Shahabuddin, Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly, chairman, Dacca District Board, Bengal. *George Herman Raschen, Member of the Sind Legislative Assembly, chairman, Karachi Chamber of Commerce, Sind. *Harry Willoughby Oddin Taylor, O.B.E., A.C.G.I., A.M.I.C.E., Indian Service of Engineers, Superintending Engineer (Irrigation) and Joint Secretary to the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan in the Public Works Department. *John Humphrey Blackwell, M.C., Manager of the Delhi Office, The Burma Shell Company of India, Ltd. *John Maurice Kilburn, lately chairman, Assam Branch of the Indian Tea Association, Assam. *Edgar Percy Stocker, Deputy Managing Director, Imperial Bank of India *Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Deane, O.B.E., Colonial Police Service, Inspector-General of Police and Superintendent of Prisons, Mauritius. *Lieutenant-Colonel George Cruickshank Griffiths, C.M.G. For public services in Kenya. *Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Cyril Benjamin Hickling, D.S.O., M.C. For public services in Trinidad. *Peter Sinclair Hunter, M.B., Municipal Health Officer, Singapore, Straits Settlements. *James Lochhead, O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S., Colonial Medical Service, Senior Medical Officer, Gibraltar. *Eric Olawolu Moore, For public services in Nigeria. *George Laurie Pile, For public services in Barbados. *Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Rae. For public services in the Federated Malay States. *William Francis Stephens, For public services in Seychelles. *William Stewart, For public services in the Tanganyika Territory


Officers (OBE)


Members (MBE)


Companions of Honour

* Nancy Witcher, Viscountess Astor, Member of Parliament for the Sutton Division *The Reverend Melbourn Evans Aubrey, Moderator of the Federal Council of the Evangelical Free Churches. General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland *Miss Gwendoline Elizabeth Davies. For educational, social and philanthropic services in Wales * John Alfred Spender, Esq For services to literature and journalism *
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber. Education and early life Wilson was born in the parish ...
, For services to experimental physics


Imperial Service Order


Kaisar-i-Hind


References

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