The 1904 Birthday Honours were announced on 9 November 1904, to celebrate the birthday of King

Edward VII Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until Death and state funeral of Edward VII, his death in 1910. The second child ...

that day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the

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and the

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. The list was published in ''

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'' on 9 November 1904, and the various honours were gazetted in ''

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'' on 8 November 1904 and 11 November 1904. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil).

Privy Council

Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bart., Member of Parliament (MP)

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*Sir Charles Cayzer, MP *Sir James Fortescue Flannery, MP * Edward Boyle, Esq., KC * James Heath, Esq., MP * Michael Barker Nairn, Esq.

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*Theodore V. S. Angier, Esq. *George W. Baxter, Esq. *Richard M. Beachcroft, Esq. *J. A. Bellamy, Esq. *Henry Cook, Esq., Secretary to the

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* John Thomas McCraith, Esq. *Malcolm McNeill, Esq., CB, vice-president of the Local Government Board for Scotland *A. Major, Esq.. late Director of Army Contracts *Charles H. Marriott, Esq., MD *Shirley F. Murphy, Esq., MD *Thomas Pink, Esq. *Professor W. J. Sinclair *Dr. Joseph Wilson Swan, FRS *

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, Esq., RA ;Colonies * William Henry Horwood, Esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland * Stephen Herbert Gatty, Esq.,

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*Walter Llewellyn Lewis, Esq., Chief Justice of the Colony of British Honduras *The Honourable Alfred Sandlings Cowley, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Queensland *The Honourable

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, late Judge of the

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* Matthew Henry Stephen, Esq., lately Acting Chief Justice of the

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* George Henry Jenkins, Esq., CMG, Clerk of the Parliaments and Clerk of the Legislative Council of the State of Victoria *Major Allan Perry, MD, Principal Civil Medical Officer and Inspector-General of Hospitals of the Island of

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

;Military Division * Admiral Sir Compton Edward Domvile,

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, KCB

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division * Vice-Admiral Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe * Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, KCMG * Lieutenant-General

William Purvis Wright General Sir William Purvis Wright, (16 July 1846 – 30 April 1910) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Wright was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry Royal may refe ...

;Civil Division * Sir

Arthur Henry Hardinge Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, (12 October 1859 – 27 December 1933), was a senior British diplomat. Early life Hardinge was born in London, the son of General Hon. Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge, (1828–1892), KCB, Commander of the Bombay Army and ...

, KCMG, CB *

William Henry Mahoney Christie Sir William Henry Mahoney Christie (1 October 1845 – 22 January 1922) was a British astronomer. He was born in Woolwich, London, the son of Samuel Hunter Christie and educated at King's College School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He ...

, Esq., CB

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division * Major-General William Campbell ;Civil Division * Chief Inspector of Machinery James Melrose,

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Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux KCMG CB (15 November 1870 – 2 July 1943) was an Indian Army officer and colonial administrator who became in turn governor of Uganda, Saint Helena and the Bahamas. Birth and education Cordeaux was born on ...

, Esq., CMG, His Majesty's Consul,

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* R. Gundry, Esq. * Charles Alexander Harris, Esq., CMG,

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* The Honourable

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, D.Sc., FRS

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

* Sir Montagu Frederick Ommanney, KCB, KCMG,

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, Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and Secretary to the Most Distinguished Order * His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Francis Leveson Bertie,

, KCB, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

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, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast Colony *

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, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the

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* Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of

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* Thomas Ekins Fuller, Esq., CMG, Agent General in London for the

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* Vice-Admiral Reginald Neville Custance, CVO

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

* Captain

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, RN, CB, ADC, late Senior Naval Officer, engaged in the protection of the Newfoundland Fisheries. * The Honourable Alfred Dobson,

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in London for the State of Tasmania. * Philip Clarke Cork, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Colony of British Honduras. * Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia. * Major John Alder Burdon, First Class Resident,

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. * Francis Watts, Esq., Director of Agriculture in the Island of Antigua, and Analytical and Agricultural Chemist for the Colony of the Leeward Islands. * Major Dudley Henry Alexander, Private Secretary to the Right Honourable the Earl of Ranfurly, GCMG, while Governor of the Colony of New Zealand. * Charles Walter Boyd, Esq., Joint Secretary, the

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. * Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, Esq., a Councillor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, attached to His Majesty's Agency at Cairo. * Colonel Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters, CVO, formerly

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to His Majesty's Embassies at St. Petersburg and Berlin. ;Honorary * John Gerolimato, Esq., His Majesty's Vice-Consul at

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. For services during the operations in

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Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

* Charles Henry, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, CB, ADC, Colonel, 3rd Battalion

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Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Major-General Ronald Bertram Lane, CVO, CB. ;Honorary * Henri Charles Joseph, Marquis de Breteuil. * Alfred Therese Armand, Marquis du Lau d'Allemand.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

;Honorary * ''

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'' Kimon Jean Lembessis, Aide-de-Camp to His Royal Highness

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Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

* Esme William Howard, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General for the Island of Crete.

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