The 1921 Birthday Honours were appointments by King
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
George w ...
to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the
official birthday
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Many religion ...
of the King, and were published on 3 and 4 June 1921.
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, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate.
United Kingdom and British Empire
Marquess
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*The Rt. Hon. Sir
George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Viscount
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In the case of French viscounts, the title is ...
*The Rt. Hon. Sir
Frederick Edwin, Baron Birkenhead
Baron
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*The Rt. Hon. Sir
James Henry Dalziel by the name, style and title of ''Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy, of Marylebone in the county of London''.
*The Rt. Hon. Sir
Ailwyn Edward Fellowes by the name, style and title of ''Baron Ailwyn, of Honingham, in the County of Norfolk''. Member of Parliament for Hants (Ramsey), 1887–1908; Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1900-1905. Chairman of
Norfolk County Council
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. Chairman of
Agricultural Wages Board;
*Sir
Marcus Samuel by the name, style and title of ''Baron Bearsted, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent''. For eminent public and national services. A generous benefactor to charitable and scientific objects.
Privy Councillor
The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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*Sir
Edwin Andrew Cornwall Member of Parliament for N.E. Bethnal Green since 1906. Chairman of
National Insurance Joint Commission, and Insurance Minister in the House of Commons, December, 1916, to February, 1919
The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council of Ireland
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*The Hon.
William Moore One of the Judges of the King's Bench. Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland
*Sir
Geoffrey Henry Browne, Baron Oranmore and Brownie Member of Irish Convention
*
George Francis Stewart Represented Southern Unionists on the Irish Convention, where he took a leading part in the effort to effect a settlement. He was Chairman of the
Surveyors Institute in Great Britain, and also of the
Land Agents Association. Has been Governor of the Bank of Ireland for two years, Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Dublin
Baronet
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cies
*
Douglas Alexander, President of the
Singer Manufacturing Company. Has performed important work in the development of welfare schemes for industrial workers. For public and national services.
*The Hon.
William Gervase Beckett Member of Parliament for Whitby since 1906
*
William Swart Berry, Editor-in-Chief, ''
Sunday Times
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*
Charles Alexander Cain For public services. Has devoted large sums of money to hospital work in addition to other charities. Trustee and Governor of
Blue Coat Hospital, Liverpool; the
Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool; and Chairman of Samaritan Hospital.
*
Thomas Sivewright Catto, for public services, particularly in connection with the transport of food and munitions from the United States to Great Britain and allied countries.
*Sir
William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts in recognition of services rendered, to the Union of South Africa
*
John Bryn Edwards, for social and philanthropic work in East Glamorgan
*Capt. Sir
John Malcolm Fraser For public services. Rendered valuable assistance in the
Queen's Devonshire House Fund and in the Royal Naval Air Service during the war.
*
Joseph William Isherwood, Inventor of Isherwood System of Longitudinal Construction of Ships. Member of
Institute of Naval Architects. For public services.
*
Pierce Lacy, Founder and Chairman of Advisory Committee of
British Shareholders Trust, Limited, which Company has financed many of the most important Industrial Companies in England.
*
William Arthur Mount Member of Parliament for Newbury Division of Berkshire, 1900 to 1906, and since 1910
*Sir
Percy Wilson Newson, President of
Bank of Bengal, 1920. Governor of
Imperial Bank of India, 1921. For public services.
*
William Joseph Noble President of Chamber of Shipping, 1920, and of the Baltic and White Sea Conference, 1913-21. For services rendered to the Ministry of Shipping.
*
George Renwick Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne, 1900–1906, 1908–10, and since 1918.
*Sir
Arthur Munro Sutherland Chairman of the Sutherland and a number of other Steamship Companies. Director of the Blyth Shipbuilding Company, and Mercantile Dry Docks. Sheriff of Newcastle, 1917; Lord Mayor of Newcastle during 1919. For public and national services.
*Sir
Charles Sykes Member of Parliament for Huddersfield since 1918; director of Wool Textile Production and Chairman of the Board of Control of the Worsted Woollen Trades.
*
Edmund Hoyle Vestey, for public services. Rendered great assistance in feeding the troops during the war.
Knight Bachelor
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*
Wilfred Atlay, Chairman, Stock Exchange, London
*
Jeffrey Browning Chief-Inspector Board of Customs and Excise
*
William Henry Butlin, Ex Vice-Consul for Spain. For public services.
*
James Charles Calder Ex-director of timber control. For public and national services.
*
Robert Clough Member of Parliament for Keighley Division of Yorkshire. Mayor of Keighley 1907-1908
*
Thomas Henry Fleming, Mayor of Harrogate 1915–16, 1916–17, 1918-19. Rendered conspicuous services during the war in the-promotion of every local effort, giving his whole time to national work
*
Thomas Mansel Franklen, Clerk of the Peace for Glamorgan for 40 years. Clerk to the
Glamorgan County Council
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since its formation in 1888. For public services.
*
Francis Gore-Browne Chairman of Rates Advisory Committee. Chairman Civil Service Arbitration Board, 1918–20
*His Honour Judge
Thomas Colpitts Granger Senior County Court Judge
*
John Roger Burrow Gregory, Senior partner in the firm of
Rawle, Johnstone & Co., Treasurer of the
Foundling Hospital
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. Past Master of the
Grocers Company; Member of the Council of
The Law Society. Has given very great assistance to successive holders of the office of Lord Chancellor
*Colonel
James William Greig Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire since January, 1910
*Alderman Lieutenant-Colonel
Harry George Handover Mayor of Paddington for eight years
*
John Henry Harrowing, for public services. Twenty-eight years County Councillor of the
North Riding County Council and afterwards elected County Alderman.
*William Henderson Town Councillor Dundee, 1896-1904. Chairman of Technical College. Chairman of YMCA and of City of Dundee
Territorial Association. 1907-1919. For public and local services.
*Francis Hugh George Hercy For valuable voluntary services rendered for five years to the Ministry of National Service and War Office.
*
John Scott Hindley, Commercial Adviser to the Coal Mines Dept. since 1918
*Henry Hollingdrake for public and local services.
*
Charles John Holmes Director
National Gallery
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*Councillor Sidney Richard White Humphries, for public services. Councillor of Bristol for many years. President of Bristol Chamber of Commerce
*
Samuel Instone, Founder of
Askern Garden City. For public services.
*
Arthur Keith
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Hunterian Professor and Conservator of the
Royal College of Surgeons
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*
Duncan Mackenzie Kerly Member of the Commission on Income Tax and Chairman of the Board of Referees for Excess Profits Duty
*
Leonard William Kershaw, King's Coroner, Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of the Court of Criminal Appeal
*
William Lane-Mitchell for
Streatham
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Streatham was in Surrey ...
since 1918. Twice Mayor of Camberwell
*Alfred Edward Lewis, Managing Director of the
National Provincial and Union Bank of England, Ltd
*
Thomas Lewis Honorary consulting physician to the Ministry of Pensions since April, 1919
*
Dyson Mallinson. For public services. Has rendered valuable services in connection with various colleges and institutions
*Brigadier-General Charles Philip Martel Chief Superintendent of Ordnance Factories, Woolwich
*Richard Martin Ex-Mayor of Swansea
*George Mellor For public and national services, particularly in connection with the King's Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital
*
Adrian Donald Wilde Pollock,
City Chamberlain and Treasurer since 1912
*
Walter Renton Preston, Member of Parliament for
Stepney (Mile End Division)
*
William Henry Purchase, For valuable services rendered since the armistice to the Appointments Department of the Ministry of Labour
*Professor
John Rankine Professor of Scots Law,
University of Edinburgh
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*
Francis Jubal Reynolds For public services.
*Edward Rhodes, Chairman of Lancashire and Cheshire Coalition Liberal Committee
*Fredierick Gill Rice Past President of
London Master Builders Association and of the
Institute of Public Builders. For public services.
*Colonel
Philip Wigham Richardson . For services rendered throughout the Empire for 40 years in connection with rifle shooting
*Alderman, Alfred Read Sargeant Mayor of Hove throughout the war
*Henry White Smith Chairman of Bristol Aircraft Factory. For services to Civil Aviation
*William Henry Thomas Member of City of London Corporation. Deputy of the Ward of Cheap.
*John Turner Ex
High Sheriff of Leicestershire
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. For public services.
*Francis Minchin Voules Knight of Grace of the
Order of St. John of Jerusalem. For services rendered to British Prisoners of War.
*Robert Woolley Walden, For public services. Member of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board for 20 years and its Chairman for the past six years; 21 years Guardian of the Poor; 20 years a Member of the Council and Alderman of the City of Westminster, and Mayor, 1908-1909
*
Sydney Russell-Wells Vice Chancellor, University of London. Representative of the University of London on the
General Medical Council
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. For public services.
*Howell James Williams Deputy Chairman,
London County Council
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*Robert Wilson, Provost of Pollokshaws
*Alfred Woodgarbe Proprietor-General of Establishments in the Ministry of Health since its formation
*Bernard Swanwick Wright, Alderman of City of Nottingham. For public services.
;;Ireland
*
George Beresford Butler, Senior Resident Magistrate in Ireland. Was appointed in 1889, and is still serving
*
Frederick Conway Dwyer Ex-President,
College of Surgeons in Ireland. Lieutenant-Col (temporary), Royal Army Medical Corps, and Operating Surgeon to King George V. Military Hospital in Dublin. Honorary Surgeon to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Chairman of House of Industry Hospitals. H.M. Inspector of Anatomy in Ireland.
*
James Campbell Percy Honorary Lieutenant, Royal Navy, during war. Proprietor of ''Motor News'', ''Irish Builder'', ''Irish Cyclist'' and ''Motor Cyclist''. Chairman of Sackville Pines
*
Henry James Forde For services in connection with the Grain Trade in Ireland and as member of Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies
;;British India
*Justice Theagaraja Ayyar Sadasiva Ayyar, Diwam Bahadur, Puisne Judge of the High Court, Madras
*Justice
William Teunon, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, Bengal
*Justice
William Tudball, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court, Allahabad, United Provinces
*Khan Bahadur Muhammad Israr Hasan Khan Judicial Minister, Bhopal State, Central India
*
Alfred Domald Pickford, Senior Partner, Messrs. Begg, Dunlop & Co., Calcutta, Bengal
*
Edgar Joseph Holberton Manager, Bombay-Burma Trading Corporation, and lately President of the Chamber of Commerce, Burma
*
Jehangir Hormasji Kothari Landlord, Sind, Bombay
*Raj Bahadur Seth Bishesihar Das, Banker, Nagpur, Central Provinces
;;Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
*Lieutenant-Colonel
Wyndham Henry Deedes Civil Secretary to the Administration, Palestine
*
Hugh Dixson, in recognition of services rendered to the Commonwealth of I Australia
*
Benjamin John Fuller, of Sydney, New South Wales, in recognition of services rendered to educational and charitable causes
*
John Burchmore Harrison Director and Government Analyst, Department of Science and Agriculture, Colony of British Guiana
*
Sidney Kidman, in recognition of services rendered to the Commonwealth of Australia
*
John Pearce Luke member of the
House of Representatives of the Dominion of New Zealand,
Mayor of the City of Wellington, for the past eight years
*Brigadier-General
Donald Johnstone McGavin Director-General of Medical Services in New Zealand
*
Ponnambalam Ramanathan nominated unofficial member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon
*Lewis Richardson in recognition of services rendered to the Union of South Africa
*
Walter Sydney Shaw, the Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
=Military Division
=
;;Army
*General Sir
James Willcocks Colonel of the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
*General Sir
Herbert Vaughan Cox Retired Pay, Indian Army
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
=Military Division
=
;;Royal Navy
*Admiral Sir
Frederick Charles Tudor-Tudor
*Major-General
Charles Newsham Trotman
;;Army
*Lieutenant-General The Hon. Sir
Frederick William Stopford
*Lieutenant-General Sir
Alfred Edward Codrington (Colonel, Coldstream Guards),
*Major General
William Douglas Smith
*Major-General Christopher Rice Havard Nicholl (Colonel Commandant, Rifle Brigade),
*Major-General Philip Mainwaring Carnegy Retired Pay, Indian Army
=Civil Division
=
*Surgeon Rear-Admiral Percy William Biassett-Smith
*Colonel Thomas Walter, Viscount Hampden
*Colonel Edward Nathan Whitley
*Francis Lewis Castle Floud Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
=Military Division
=
;;Royal Navy
*Rear-Admiral
Philip Howard Colomb
;;Army
*Major-General The Hon. Sir
Charles John Sackville-West Military Attaché
*Colonel Guy William Fitton Chief Paymaster, Royal Army Pay Corps
*Colonel Francis Lyon Military Attaché
*Colonel Gilbert Harwood Harrison Chief Engineer, Eastern Command
*Colonel Julius Ralph Young, Chief Engineer, Forces in China
*Colonel William Dunlop Smith Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, Eastern Command
*Colonel Charles Edward Pollock Assistant Director of Medical Services, Eastern Command
*Colonel William Maunder Withycombe Brigade Commander, 3rd West Riding Infantry Brigade
*Colonel Cosmo Gordon Stewart Commander, Allahabad Brigade Area
*Colonel Cyril Norman Macmullen Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 17th Indian Infantry Brigade
*Colonel John Francis Stanhope Duke-Coleridge Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters, Indian Army
=Civil Division
=
*Colonel Henry Clayton Darlington
*William Charles Fletcher, Chief Inspector of Secondary Education under the Board of Education
*Llewelyn Southworth Lloyd, Assistant Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research since its formation
*Lieutenant-Colonel
Ronald Dockray Waterhouse Private Secretary to Bonar Law
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
*Colonel His Highness Alhijah Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglisihia, Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir
Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jung Nawab of
Rampur, Honorary ''Aide-de-Camp'' to His Majesty the King-Emperor
Knight Commander (KCSI)
*
Charles George Todhunter Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Madras
*Sir Henry Wheeler Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Bengal
Companion (CSI)
*Raja Sir
Muhammad Ali Muhammad Khan, Khan Bahadur Raja of
Mahmudabad, Home Member, United Provinces Government
*
Robert Erskine Holland Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana and Chief Commissioner of Ajmer-Merwara
*Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Granville Seville Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor-General in Central India
*
Charles Alexander Innes
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Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Commerce Department
*Charles Joseph Hallifax Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab
*Colonel Herbert Fothergill Cooke Indian Army, Deputy Adjutant-General, Adjutant-General's Branch, Army Headquarters
*Ernest Marinus Process, Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Bombay
*Leonard Tatham Harris, Indian Civil Service, Agency Commissioner, Madras
*Albion Rajkumar Banerji Indian Civil Service, First Member of the Executive Council of His Highness1 the Maharaja of Mysore
*Reginald Isidore Robert Glancy Indian Civil Service, Political Department of the Government of India
*Sadar-ul-Maham, Finance Department, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government
*William Robert Gourlay Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal
*Colonel
Kenneth Wigram Indian Army, Commandant, 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), late Director of Staff Duties, General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters
*Raj Bahadur Major-General Dewan Bishan Das Revenue Minister, Jammu and Kashmir State, Sirinagar
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
*Sir
Hugh Charles Clifford Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
*The Hon.
Richard Anderson Squires Prime Minister of Newfoundland
*The Hon.
James Mitchell Premier, Minister for Lands and Colonial Treasurer of the State of Western Australia
*The Hon.
Edwin Mitchelson, Member of the Legislative Council of the Dominion of New Zealand
*
Sir Charles Stewart Addis Manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, for valuable services to His Majesty's Government in connection with finance in China
;Honorary Knight Commander
*His Highness Abdullah ibni Almerhum, Sultan Ahmad Ma'azaam Shah, Sultan of Pahang
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
*Sidney Browning, lately Provincial Commissioner, Uganda Protectorate
*Clifford Henderson Hay Secretary to the Premier's Department, State of New South Wales, and General Secretary to the Conference of Premiers of the Australian States
*
Benjamin Horsburgh, Controller of Revenue, Island of Ceylon
*Lieutenant-Colonel
William James Parke Hume, British Resident, Perak, Federated Malay States
*John Maxwell, Deputy Chief Commissioner, Administrative and Political Department, Gold Coast
*Frederick William Platts, Stipendiary Magistrate, Dominion of New Zealand
*The Hon.
Arthur Robinson, Attorney-General and Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Victoria
*Major
James Lewis Sleeman recognition of services as Director of Military Training, New Zealand Military Forces
*Rowland Arthur Charles Sperling, a Counsellor in the Foreign Office
*Sir
Percy Lyham Loraine Counsellor in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service
*Herbert Ashley Cunard Cummins charge of His Majesty's Legation in Mexico since 1917
*
Harold George Parlett, Japanese Secretary to His Majesty's Embassy at Tokyo
;Honorary Companions
*Mohammadu, Sultan of Sokoto, Nigeria
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Commander (KCIE)
*William Didsbury Sheppard late Indian Civil Service, Member of the Council of India
*Ludovic Charles Barter Indian Civil Service, Finance Member, United Provinces Government
*Lieutenant-Colonel
Armine Brereton Dew Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan
*Kawab Khan-i-Zaman Khan, Chief of Annib, North-West Frontier Province
*Nawab Haji Fateh Ali Khan, Kazilbash Lahore, Punjab
*Raja Muhammad Nazim Khan Tham or Ruler of Hunza Gilgit Agency, Kashmir
*Major-General William Rice Edward Indian Medical Service, Director-General, Indian Medical Service
*Evan Maconochie Indian Civil Service, Agent to the Governor in Kathiawar, Bombay
*Sardar Mysore Kantaraj Urs Mysore Civil Service, Dewan of Mysore
*Colonel William Henry Willcox late Medical Adviser to the Civil Administration in Mesopotamia
Companion (CIE)
*John Edwin Clapham Jukes, Indian Civil Service, Joint Secretary, Finance Department, Government of India
*Ernest Burdon, Indian Civil Service, Financial Adviser, Military Finance
*Nawab Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan of Chitari, Bulandshah District, United Provinces
*Herbert Edward West Martindell, Chief Engineer and Secretary, Public Works Department, Burma
*Alexander Montgemerie, Indian Civil Service, Secretary, Political Department, Bombay
*
Evelyn Robins Abbott, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Multan Division, Punjab
*James Cowlishaw Smith, Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, United Provinces
*
Percy Beart Thomas, Inspector-General of Police, Madras
*John Richard Cunningham, Director of Public Instruction, Assam
*Stephen Cox Chief Conservator of Forests, Madras
*Leslie Maurice Crump, Indian Civil Service, Political Department, Government of India, lately Political Agent, Phulkian States, Punjab
*Hugh Kynaston Briscoe, Indian Civil Service, Collector of Cuttack, Bihar and Orissa
*Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Rivers Nevill Indian Civil Service, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
*Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Hobbs Deare, Indian Medical Service, Principal, Medical College, Calcutta, Bengal
*Henry Vernon Barstow Hare Scott, Indian Police, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence
*Robert William Church, Mining Engineer to the Railway Board
*Major Lewis Macclesfield Heath Commandant, Seistan Levy Corps
*Major Lionel Edward Lang late Commandant, Seistan Levy Corps
*Raj Bahadur Milkhi Ram, Senior Vice-President of the Municipal Committee, Lahore, Punjab
*Rao Bahadur Kesho Govind Damle, Pleader, Vice-Chairman of the District Board, Akola, Central Provinces
*James Walls Mackison, Executive Engineer, Bombay Municipality, Bombay
*Arthur Lambert Playfair, of Dibrugarh, Assam
*Raj Bahadur Babu Abinash Chandra Stem, Member of Council, Jaipur State, Rajputana
*Maganlal Thakordas Balmukanda Modi, Merchant, Bombay
*Doctor Mohendra Nath Banerjee, Medical Practitioner, Principal, Carmichael Medical College, Belgatchia, Bengal
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
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*
Harold Arthur, Viscount Dillon, Chairman of Trustees,
National Portrait Gallery, since 1894
*The Reverend
Arthur Cayley Headlam Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford University, and Canon of Christchurch, Oxford, since 1918
*Sir
William Robertson Nicoll
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Editor of the ''
British Weekly'' since 1886
The Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
*Colonel Sir
Arthur Davidson
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
*
Sir Walter Parratt (dated 10 February 1921)
*
Ernest de la Rue (dated 7 May 1921)
*
Robert Alfred McCall
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
*
Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams
*Lieutenant-Colonel
Ralph Verney
*
Ralph Endersby Harwood
*Thomas William Smith
*
Percy John de Paravicini
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)
*Major the Honorable Arthur Hay
*The Reverend Walter Philip Besley
*John Hilton Carter (dated 7 May 1921)
*Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Stewart
*Alfred Robert Brickwood Vaux
*Horace West
*The Reverend
Herbert Francis Westlake
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)
*Thomas Henry Norton
Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
;;First Class
*The Reverend Canon Arthur Whitcliffe Davies, Principal, St. John's College, Agra, United Provinces
*George Rusby Kaye, Curator, Bureau of Education, Government of India
*The Reverend William Meston, Professor and Bursar, Madras Christian College, Madras
*M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur Duruseti Seshagiri Rao Pantulu Garu, President, Godavari District Board, Madras
*The Reverend Ernest Muir, Missionary and Doctor, Bengal
*Sri Gadahar Ramanuj Das, Mahant of Emar Math, Puri, Bihar and Orissa
*
Lee Ah Yain, an elected member of the Rangoon Municipal Committee, Burma
Air Force Cross (AFC)
*Flight Lieutenant Eric Blake Grenfell
Air Force Medal (AFM)
Awarded a Bar to the Air Force Medal (AFM*)
*Sgt. Major II Walter Robert Mayes
*Flight Sgt. Sidney James Heath
Imperial Service Order (ISO)
;;Home Civil Service
*George Theodore Knecht, Head of Establishments, Rules and Accounts Branch, Friendly Societies Registry
*Griffith John Williams, Senior Inspector of Mines, Mines Department
*Annie Alice Heap, Superintendent, Exchange Staff, London Telephone Service, General Post Office
*William Harvey, Chief Clerk in Department of Prison Commission for Scotland
*Francis Stephen Sheridan Chief Clerk, Congested Districts Board (Ireland)
;;Colonial Civil Service
*Capt.
Hubert Berkeley, District Officer, Upper Perak, Federated Malay States
*Edward Albert Counsel, Surveyor-General and Secretary for Lands, State of Tasmania
*John Smith Erbynn, Chief Clerk, Ashanti Political Service
*George Gozzard Martin, Secretary to the Attorney-General, State of South Australia
*Alfred Ernest Clarence Ross, Postmaster-General, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago
*George Albert Woodcock, lately Magistrate and First Clerk, Magistracy, Colony of Hong Kong
;;Indian Civil Service
*William Anderson Hasted, Director of Survey, Madras
*Maumg Hla Baw (1) District Judge, Prome and Tharrawaddy, Burma
*Charles St. Leger Teyen, Assistant Secretary, Finance Department, United Provinces Secretariat
*M. R. Ry. Rao Bahadur Paruvakattil Narayana Menon Avargal, Secretary to the Commissioner of Revenue Settlement, Survey, Land Records and Agriculture, Madras
*Henry Bryan Gilmore, Deputy Registrar, High Court of Judicature, Lahore, Punjab
*Major William Daniel Neal, Indian Medical Department, Assistant to the Superintendent, Medical College Hospital, Bengal
*Joseph Balthazar de Silva, Personal Assistant to the Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bombay
Imperial Service Medal (ISM)
*Hari Charan,
Jemadar
Jemadar or jamadar ( Hindustani: जमादार; جمعدار) is a title used for various military and other officials in the Indian subcontinent.
Etymology
The word stems from Urdu (), which derives through Persian ''jam'dar'' from Arab ...
in the Legislative Department of the Government of India, in recognition of long and meritorious service
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Birthday Honours 1921
Birthday Honours
1921 awards
1921 in Australia
1921 in Canada
1921 in India
1921 in New Zealand
1921 in the United Kingdom
June 1921 in the United Kingdom
George V