The 1909 Birthday Honours for the

British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

were announced on 28 June, to celebrate the birthday of

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 ...

. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight,

Knight Grand Cross A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood ...

, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

;Military Division *General

Sir Bindon Blood General Sir Bindon Blood, (7 November 1842 – 16 May 1940) was a British Army commander who served in Egypt, Afghanistan, India, and South Africa. Military career Bindon Blood was born near Jedburgh, Scotland, to William Bindon Blood (1817� ...

, K.C.B. *General Sir George Luck, K.C.B., Colonel,

15th (The King's) Hussars The 15th The King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. First raised in 1759, it saw service over two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 19th Royal Hussars into the 15th/19th The King's Roy ...

. *General Sir

Alfred Gaselee General Sir Alfred Gaselee, , (3 June 1844 – 29 March 1918) was a soldier who served in the British Indian Army. Early life Gaselee was born at Little Yeldham, Essex, the eldest son of the Reverend John Gaselee, rector of Little Yeldham, a ...

, G.C.I.E., K.C.B., Colonel,

54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) The 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 4th Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 and became 4th Battalio ...

. *General Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Colonel,

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars The 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, created in 1858. After serving in the First World War, it was amalgamated with the 15th The King's Hussars to form the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars ...

, Inspector-General of the Forces. *Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund George Barrow, K.C.B., Colonel,

7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs The 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs were an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army, later of the united British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 1st Battalion, 24th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years ...

, Commanding Southern Army, East Indies. *General Sir

O'Moore Creagh General Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh (2 April 1848 – 9 August 1923), known as Sir O'Moore Creagh, was a senior British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can ...

, V.C., K.C.B., Colonel,

44th Merwara Infantry The 44th Merwara Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1824, when the Sylhet Light Infantry was raised. This first 44th eventually became the 44th Gurkhas and later 8th Gurkha Rifles. The ...

, Military Secretary, India Office. ;Civil Division *The Right Honourable Sir

Ernest Cassel Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, (3 March 1852 – 21 September 1921) was a British merchant banker and businessman. Born and raised in Prussia, he moved to England at the age of 17. Life and career Cassel was born in Cologne, in the Rhine Provinc ...

, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. *Sir

Edward Maunde Thompson Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (4 May 1840 – 14 September 1929) was a British palaeographer and Principal Librarian and first director of the British Museum. He is noted for his handbook of Greek and Latin palaeography and for his study of W ...

, K.C.B., I.S.O.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division *Vice-Admiral Sir

Richard Poore Richard Poore or Poor (died 15 April 1237) was a medieval English bishop best known for his role in the establishment of Salisbury Cathedral and the City of Salisbury, moved from the nearby fortress of Old Sarum. He served as Bishop of Chic ...

, Bart., C.V.O. *Vice-Admiral Sir

Archibald Berkeley Milne Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne, 2nd Baronet, (2 June 1855 – 4 July 1938) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Mediterranean Fleet at the outbreak of the First World War. Naval career Milne was the son of distinguished admi ...

, Bart., K.C.V.O. *Vice-Admiral His Serene Highness Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, G.C.B. (Civil), G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G. *Vice-Admiral George Neville, C.V.O. *Vice-Admiral Alfred Leigh Winsloe, C.V.O., C.M.G. *Major-General William Thompson Adair, Royal Marines. *Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Pemberton Leach, V.C., K.C.V.O., C.B., General Officer Commanding-in-Chief,

Scottish Command Scottish Command or Army Headquarters Scotland (from 1972) is a Command (military formation), command of the British Army. History Early history Great Britain was divided into military districts on the outbreak of Anglo-French War (1793–180 ...

. *Major-General Vincent William Tregear, C.B., late Bengal Infantry, Unemployed Supernumerary List. *Surgeon-General Lionel Dixon Spencer, C.B., M.D., Indian Medical Service, retired, Honorary Surgeon to His Majesty the King. *General Robert Melvill Jennings, C.B., Unemployed Supernumerary List, Colonel,

6th King Edward's Own Cavalry The 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry was a cavalry regiment in the Bengal Army (1842–1895) and the British Indian Army (1895–1921) until it was amalgamated with the 7th Hariana Lancers to form the 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry. History The ...

. *Lieutenant-General George Lloyd Reilly Richardson, C.B., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Army, retired, Colonel, 18th Prince of Wales's Own Tiwana Lancers. *Major-General Charles Henry Scott, C.B. *Lieutenant-General Lewis Dening, C.B., D.S.O., Colonel,

26th Punjabis The 26th Punjabis was an infantry Regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised on 15 June 1857 at Peshawar, as the 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 26th Punjabis in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion of 15th Punjab Regim ...

, Commanding

Burma Division The Burma Division was a static formation of the British Indian Army. It was created as part of the 1903 reforms of the Indian Army by Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener then Commander-in-Chief, India. The task of such formations was to over ...

. *Lieutenant-General Arthur George Frederic Browne, C.B., D.S.O., retired, Colonel,

4th Gurkha Rifles The 4th Gorkha Rifles or the Fourth Gorkha Rifles, abbreviated as 4 GR, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian Gorkha or Nepalese nationality, especially Magars and Gurungs hill tribes of Nepal. The Fourth ...

. ;Civil Division *Honorary Commander Charles Edward Hely Chadwyck Healey, C.B., K.C., R.N.R. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel George Coope Helme, C.B., C.M.G., late 6th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) (Militia), Honorary Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel James Digby Legard, C.B., Honorary Colonel, The Yorkshire (Duke of York's Own) Royal Field Reserve Artillery. *Colonel

Nathaniel Creswick Sir Nathaniel Creswick (31 July 1831 – 20 October 1917) was an English footballer who co-founded Sheffield FC, the oldest football club in the world, in 1857. With William Prest, he established the Sheffield Rules, which were highly influenti ...

, C.B., late 4th West Riding of Yorkshire

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Artillery, Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse ...

(Volunteers). *Honorary Colonel John Arthur Anstice, C.B., late 1st Volunteer Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry, Honorary. Colonel, 4th Battalion The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). *Sir John Newell Jordan, K.C.M.G. * John Arrow Kempe, Esq., C.B. *

Charles Edward Troup Sir Charles Edward Troup (27 March 1857 – 8 July 1941) was a British civil servant. Born in Scotland, he worked for most of his life in London. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1908 to 1922. Troup was born i ...

, Esq., C.B. * Edward Stafford Howard, Esq., C.B.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division *Surgeon-General Hayward Reader Whitehead, Principal Medical Officer, Southern Command. *Colonel Richard Charles Bernard Lawrence. *Brevet Colonel George Henry B. Coats, Indian Army. *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Richard Francis Johnson, C.M.G., Commanding South Irish Coast Defences, Irish Command. *Brevet Colonel Arthur Mordaunt Murray, M.V.O., Commandant, Duke of York's Royal Military School. *Brevet Colonel William Arthur D'Oyly O'Malley, Indian Army. *Brevet Colonel William Tomes Fairbrother, Indian Army. *Colonel Frederick Trenchard Thomas Fowle, Inspector-General of Ordnance, India. *Colonel Frederick William Brooke Koe, Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, South Africa. *Colonel Raymond Burlton Williams, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Gibraltar. *Colonel John Elford Dickie, Commanding Royal Engineers, 1st (Peshawar) Division, East Indies. *Brevet Colonel George Eusebe Even, Indian Army. *Colonel Thomas Arthur Harkness Davies, D.S.O., half-pay. *Brevet Colonel Robert John Tudway, D.S.O., Commanding 2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment. *Colonel Francis John Pink,. C.M.G., D.S.O., half-pay. *Colonel James Laird Irvine, Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters. *Colonel Gervase Francis Newport Tinley, Indian Army. *Colonel (temporary-Brigadier-General) David Henderson, D.S.O., Staff Officer to the Inspector-General of the Forces. *Brevet Colonel Louis Augustus Gordon, Indian Army. *Colonel Robert Pringle, D.S.O., Principal Veterinary Officer, Aldershot Command. *Colonel Walter Adye, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, at Headquarters. *Lieutenant-Colonel Jenico Edward Preston, D.S.O., Indian Army. *Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby Glenn Huggins, D.S.O., Indian Army. ;Civil Division *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Dayrell Talbot Hammond, 4th Battalion, The

Connaught Rangers The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") was an Ireland, Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the ''1st Battalion'') and the 94th Regiment of Fo ...

. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Henry Irvine, 3rd Battalion, The

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was an Ireland, Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th (Ma ...

. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Sir James Hamlyn Williams-Drummond, Bart., The Carmarthen Royal1 Field Reserve Artillery. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Claude Villiers Emilius Laurie, D.S.O., 3rd Battalion, The

King's Own Scottish Borderers The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Royal Highland Fusiliers ...

. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Thomas Courtney Theydon Warner, 3rd Battalion, The

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. The regiment was formed as a consequence of th ...

. *Colonel Thomas Sturmey Cave, Honorary Colonel, 4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, Commanding South Midland Territorial Brigade, Southern Command. *Colonel Sir Robert Cranston, K.C.V.O., lately Commanding the Lothian Brigade. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Charles Coghlan, 1st West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Charles Joseph Hart, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, 5th and 6th Battalions, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel John Arthur Hughes, Welsh Divisional Engineers. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Henry Denison,

Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (SRY) was a British Yeomanry regiment. In 1967 it was amalgamated with other units to form the Royal Yeomanry (RY), a light cavalry regiment of the Army Reserve. Originally raised as the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cava ...

. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Edward Holmes Baldock,

3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (dis ...

. *Colonel de Burgh Birch, M.D., Administrative Medical Officer, West Riding Division. *

Hay Frederick Donaldson Brigadier-General Sir Hay Frederick Donaldson (7 July 1856 – 5 June 1916) was a Colony of New South Wales-born English mechanical engineer. Early life He was born at Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, son of Stuart Donaldson, Sir Stuart Alexa ...

, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., Chief Superintendent of the Royal Ordnance Factories. *

George Stapylton Barnes Sir George Stapylton Barnes, KCB, KCSI (8 February 1858 – 9 December 1946) was a British barrister and civil servant who served in the United Kingdom and in British India. The son of George Carnac Barnes, Foreign Secretary of India, he spent mu ...

, Esq. * Edmund Ernest Nott Bower, Esq. * John Swanwick Bradbury, Esq. * James Henry Brooks, Esq. *Robert Bruce, Esq. *William Robert Davies, Esq. *Henry James Hapgood, Esq. * Sir Robert Hunter. * Vaughan Nash, Esq. * William George Tyrrell, Esq. *Major Edwin Frederick Wodehouse, R.A. (retired). *Albert Charles Wratislaw, Esq., C.M.G.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)

*His Excellency General The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., Royal Engineers,

Commander-in-Chief, India During the period of the Company and Crown rule in India, the Commander-in-Chief, India (often "Commander-in-Chief ''in'' or ''of'' India") was the supreme commander of the Indian Army from 1833 to 1947. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his ...

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

* George Stuart Forbes, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George. *Captain His Highness Raja Sajjan Singh of Ratlam.

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

* Krishna Gobinda Gupta, Esq., Indian Civil Service (retired), a Member of the Council of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India. * Ashutosh Mukharji, Esq., M.A., D.L.. a Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

. * Richard Amphlett Lamb, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Revenue, Financial and Separate Departments, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations. *Major-General Henry Montague Pakington Hawkes, C.B., Indian Army, Director of Supplies and Transports. *Dr. Rash Behary Ghose, C.I.E., D.L., lately an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations. *

Francis Capel Harrison Francis Capel Harrison (21 June 1863 – 10 September 1938) was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician. The second son of Edward Francis Harrison of the Indian Civil Service (ICS), he was educated at Rugby School and Balliol ...

, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Officiating Comptroller and Auditor-General. *Hewling Luson, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of a Division, Eastern Bengal and Assam. *Major Percy Zachariah Cox, C.I.E., Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

*Sir

John Anderson John Anderson may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * John Anderson (jazz trumpeter) (1921–1974), American musician * Jon Anderson (John Roy Anderson, born 1944), lead singer of the British band Yes * John Anderson (producer) (1948–2024 ...

, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and their Dependencies. *The Right Honourable Sir William Edward Goschen, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Berlin. *The Right Honourable Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., C.B., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Madrid. *Monsieur Louis Renault, Minister Plenipotentiary in the French Diplomatic Service, Professor at the "Faculte de Droit," Paris, Legal Adviser to the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Member of the

Institute of France The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately 1 ...

, Member of the

Permanent Court of Arbitration The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered at the Peace Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands. Unlike a judicial court in the traditional sense, the PCA provides administrative support in international ...

at the Hague. (Honorary)

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

*Major-General

Harry Barron Major General Sir Harry Barron, (11 August 1847 – 27 March 1921) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917. Early life Barron was born on 11 August 18 ...

, C.V.O., Governor designate of the State of Tasmania. * Hugh Charles Clifford, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon. *Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable

John George Davies Sir John George Davies (17 February 1846 – 12 November 1913), generally known as (Sir) George Davies, was a Tasmanian politician, newspaper proprietor and first-class cricketer. Davies' Jewish father John Snr. and grandfather had been tran ...

, C.M.G., Speaker of the House of Assembly of the State of Tasmania. * Kenneth Skelton Anderson, Esq. *

James Beethom Whitehead Sir James Beethom Whitehead (31 July 1858 – 19 September 1928) was a British diplomat, who was British Minister to Serbia 1906–1910. Early life Whitehead was the second son of the engineer Robert Whitehead (1823–1905) by his wife France ...

, Esq., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Belgrade. *Sir

George William Buchanan Sir George William Buchanan, (25 November 1854 – 20 December 1924) was a British diplomat. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was the youngest son of the diplomat Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet and Frances, daughter of the Very Rev Edward Mell ...

, G.C.V.O., C.B., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Hague and Luxemburg. *

Ralph Spencer Paget Sir Ralph Spencer Paget (26 November 1864 – 11 May 1940) was a British diplomat in the Foreign Service, whose career culminated in his appointment as Ambassador to Brazil in 1918, a position he held until 1920. Early life and career Ralph S ...

, Esq., C.V.O., C.M.G., His Majesty's Minister Resident at Munich and

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. *Major Sir John Lane Harrington, K.C.V.O., C.B., late His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Adis Abeba.

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

*The Honourable

George Throssell George Throssell (23 May 1840 – 30 August 1910) was the second Premier of Western Australia. He served for just three months, from 15 February to 27 May 1901, during a period of great instability in Western Australian politics. George Thros ...

, Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Western Australia. *

Edmund Leslie Newcombe Edmund Leslie Newcombe, (February 17, 1859 – December 9, 1931) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Early life Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, the son of John Cumming Newcombe and Abiga ...

, Esq., K.C., LL.B.. Deputy Minister of Justice of the Dominion of Canada. *

Matthew Joseph Butler Matthew Joseph Butler, CMG (November 1856 – 22 June 1933) was a Canadian civil engineer, businessman, civil servant, and author. Life Butler was born in Mill Point, Canada West in November 1856. He studied at University of Toronto. Early i ...

, Esq., Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer of Government Railways and Canals, Dominion of Canada. *Professor

William John Ritchie Simpson Sir William John Ritchie Simpson (27 April 1855 – 20 September 1931) was a Scottish physician and specialist in tropical medicine. Early years William John Ritchie Simpson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of John Simpson. He attended ...

, M.D.; for services on various missions in connection with plague and the promotion of public health in the Colonies. *

Henry Conway Belfield Sir Henry Conway Belfield, (29 November 1855 – 8 January 1923) was an English colonial administrator. Biography The son of John Belfield, JP, of Primley Hill, South Devon, and of Eliza Conway Bridges, daughter of Captain George Bridges, R ...

, Esq., British Resident,

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

. * William Hart Bennett, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Bahama Islands. *Colonel William Throsby Bridges, Chief of the General Staff of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia. *

Alexander Bain Moncrieff Alexander Bain Moncrieff (22 May 1845 – 11 April 1928) was an Irish-born engineer, active in Australia. Moncrieff was the son of Alexander Rutherford Moncrieff, and was born in Dublin, Ireland. His family was of Scottish ancestry. He was edu ...

, Esq., Engineer-in-Chief and Engineer of Harbours and Jetties, State of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

. *Major George Edward Smith, R.E., Director of Surveys,

East Africa Protectorate East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. Cont ...

. *Major George Charles Thomas Steward, Secretary to the Executive Council and Official Secretary to the Governor-General, Commonwealth of Australia. * Patrick Joseph Garland, Esq., Deputy Principal Medical Officer, Gold Coast; in recognition of services in connection with the outbreak of plague at Accra. * Oreste Grech Mifsud, Esq., LL.D., President of the Chamber of Advocates of the Island of Malta. *Captain William Alexander Gordon, lately Private Secretary to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. * John Francis Charles, Count de Salis, C.V.O., Councillor in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. *

Frederick Samuel Augustus Bourne Sir Frederick Samuel August Bourne (1854–1940) was a British judge, diplomat and botanist who served in China. His last positions before retirement were concurrently as Assistant Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Judge of the ...

, Esq., Assistant Judge of His Majesty's Supreme Court for China and Corea. * Walter Ralph Durie Beckett, Esq., His Majesty's Consul at Bangkok. *Major Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie, Acting British Vice-Consul at Konieh and Mersina; in recognition of his services during the recent disturbances in Asia Minor. *

Edgar Bonham Carter Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter (2 April 1870 – 24 April 1956) was a British barrister and administrator in Sudan and Iraq. In his younger days he was a rugby player of some note and represented England at international level. Early life and rugby c ...

, Esq., Legal Secretary to the Soudan Government.

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

William Stevenson Meyer Sir William Stevenson Meyer (13 February 1860 – 19 October 1922) was an Indian Civil Service officer. From 1920 until his death two years later, he served as the first High Commissioner for India. Biography Meyer was born to a Presbyterian mi ...

, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department. * Wilhelm Schlich, Esq., C.I.E., Ph.D., late Indian Forest Department.

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

* Henry Parsall Burt, Esq., A.M.I.C.E., Manager, North-Western Railway. * Godfrey Butler Hunter Fell, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department. *John Newlands, Esq., Officer on Special Duty in connection with the re-organisation of the Telegraph Department. *Colonel James Henry Elias Beer, V.D., Commandant, Mussoorie Volunteer Rifles. *Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Parkin, Indian Army, Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police, Burma. *Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Neil Campbell, M.B., Indian Medical Service, Officiating Inspector- General of Civil Hospitals, Eastern Bengal and Assam. *Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner of Lahore, and lately Settlement Officer, Kota, Rajputana. *Major Stuart George Knox, lately Political Agent at Koweit. *Captain Cecil Godfrey Bawling, Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry. *

Edgar Thurston Edgar Thurston (1855– 12 October 1935) was the British Superintendent at the Madras Government Museum from 1885 to 1908 who contributed to research studies in the fields of zoology, ethnology and botany of India, and later also published ...

, Esq., L.R.C.P., Superintendent, Government Central Museum, and Superintendent of Ethnography, Madras. *Diwan Bahadur Seth Kastur Chand Daga, Rai Bahadur, of Bikaner, Rajputaria. *Rai Natthi Mai Bahadur of Khurja in the Bulandshahr District, United Provinces. *Rai Bahadur Buta Singh of Rawalpindi, Punjab. *Henry Alexander Kirk, Esq., India Office, late India Telegraph Department, Director-in-Chief, Indo-European Telegraph Department.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

*Major-General The Honourable Sir Frederick William Stopford, K.C.M.G., C.B.,

General Officer Commanding London District The Major-General commanding the Household Division commands the Household Division of the British Army and is also the General Officer Commanding London District. In British Army parlance, "The Major-General" always refers to the Major-General ...

. * Almeric William Fitzroy, Esq., C.V.O., Clerk to the Privy Council. *Major-General

Douglas Haig Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary F ...

, C.V.O.. C.B., Director of Staff Duties at Headquarters. *The Very Reverend James Cameron Lees, C.V.O., D.D., Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty in Scotland and Dean of the Order of the Thistle. *Lieutenant-Colonel FitzRoy Augustus Talbot Clayton, Chairman,

Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on s ...

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

*Professor Laurits Regner Tuxen. (Honorary) *Colonel The Lord William Cecil, M.V.O., Gentleman Usher to His Majesty, and Comptroller to Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenberg). *Colonel The Honourable

Cecil Edward Bingham Major-General Sir Cecil Edward Bingham (7 December 1861 – 31 May 1934) was a British Army officer who held high command during World War I. Military career Born the son of Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan,''Burke's Peerage and Baronet ...

, M.V.O., Commanding 1st Life Guards. *The Honourable John Hubert Ward, M.V.O., Equerry to His Majesty. *The Honourable Henry Julian Stonor, M.V.O., Groom in Waiting and Gentleman Usher to His Majesty. * Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell, of Baraldine, Bart., Secretary to the

Order of the Thistle The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland, who asserted that he was reviving an earlier order. The ...

. *The Reverend

Bertram Pollock Bertram Pollock (6 December 186317 October 1943) was a Church of England bishop, schoolmaster, and author. Born in Hanworth, Middlesex, on 6 December 1863 to George Frederick Pollock — a barrister and Queen's Remembrancer, Remembrancer to Qu ...

, M.V.O., D.D., Master of

Wellington College Wellington College may refer to: New Zealand * Wellington College, Wellington, New Zealand * Wellington College of Education, now the Faculty of Education of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand * Wellington Girls' College, Wellington, N ...

and Chaplain to His Majesty. *Major Malcolm Donald Murray, M.V.O., Comptroller and Equerry to Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught. *Brigadier-General Charles Toler McMorrough Kavanagh, M.V.O., D.S.O., Commanding 1st Cavalry Brigade, Aldershot Command. *The Reverend

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, Ph.D., Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class

* Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur, Bart. *Admiral Henry Christian, Chief Constable of Gloucestershire. *Major James Evan Baillie Martin, Comptroller and Treasurer to Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein.

Imperial Service Order

*Charles Wilgress Anderson, Esq.., First Class Officer, Department of Lands and Mines of the Colony, of British Guiana. *Edward Jordon Andrews, Esq., Public Treasurer of the Island of Jamaica. *William Douglas Auchinleck, Esq., Auditor-General of the Leeward Islands, *John Charles Aylan, Esq., late Manager of the East Laboratory, Royal Arsenal. *Seymour John Bennett, Esq., Inspector af Stamping, Inland Revenue. *Thomas Briggs, Esq., Vice-Controller, London Postal Service. *Joseph Brown, Esq., Superintendent of Police of the Colony of the Gambia. *George Cole, Esq., Inspector and General Superintendent of Schools, Bahama Islands. *Colonel Robert Joseph Collins, Secretary to the Treasury, Receiver-General and Paymaster-General, Dominion of New Zealand. *Thomas Garvin, Esq., Inspector-General of Police of the State of New South Wales. * William John Gerald, Esq., Deputy Minister of Inland Revenue of the Dominion of Canada. *Arthur Hill, Esq., First Class Assistant Clerk, Board of Trade. *Robert Hobbins, Esq., Collector of Customs and Excise, Belfast. * Lionel Charles Hopkins, Esq, late Consul-General, Tientsin. *John Robert Jarman, Esq., Sub-Inspector, Board of Education. *William Charles Kensington, Esq., Under Secretary for Crown Lands, Dominion of New Zealand. *Seymour Henry Knyvett, Esq., Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office. *James Kennedy Logan, Esq., Superintendent of Electric Lines, Post Office and Telegraph Department, Dominion of New Zealand. *Charles Long, Esq., lately Postmaster, Pretoria, The Transvaal. *Edward John March, Esq., Government Printer of the Colony of Fiji. *Joseph O'Reilly, Esq., Inspector, Revenue Preventive Service, Island of Newfoundland. *George Ross, Esq., Chief Post Office Superintendent for the Post Office Department, Dominion of Canada. *William James Scott, Esq., Under Secretary, Department of Public Lands, State of Queensland. *Francis Ellis Tucker, Esq., late Assistant Secretary, British Museum. *Alfred Charles Waters, Esq., Chief Clerk, General Register Office.

References

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