The 1831 Coronation Honours were appointments by King William IV to various orders and honours on the occasion of his coronation on 8 September 1831. The honours were published in '' The London Gazette'' on 16 September and 27 September 1831. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Commander, ''etc.'') and then divisions as appropriate.

United Kingdom and British Empire

Baronet

*Lieutenant-General John Slade *Lieutenant-General Sir William Anson of Birchhall, in the county palatine of Lancaster *Lieutenant-General Kenneth Mackenzie, of Glenbervie, in the county of Kincardine *Vice-Admiral Sir

Robert Waller Otway 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 ...

of Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex *Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick *

Augustus John Foster Sir Augustus John Foster, 1st Baronet, (1 or 4 December 1780 – 1 August 1848) was a British people, British diplomat and politician. Born into a notable British family, Foster served in a variety of diplomatic functions in continental Europe ...

, of Stone House, in the county of Louth, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia *Sir

James McGrigor Sir James McGrigor, 1st Baronet, (9 April 1771 – 2 April 1858) was a Scottish physician, military surgeon and botanist, considered to be the man largely responsible for the creation of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served as Rector of the U ...

of Campden Hill, in the county of Middlesex, Director-General of the Army Medical Department * Robert Way Harty, of Prospect House, Roebuck, in the county of Dublin Lord Mayor of Dublin *Colonel John Thomas Jones, of Cranmer Hall, in the county of Norfolk * Robert Greenhill-Russell, of Checquers Court, in the county of Buckingham * William Chaytor, of Croft, in the county of York, and of

Witton Castle Witton Castle is a much-altered 15th-century castle, which is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building. Details Sir Ralph Eure obtained a lice ...

, in the county of Durham *William Wrixon-Becher, of Ballygiblin, in the county of Cork *Joseph Birch, of the Hazles, in the county palatine of Lancaster *Robert Campbell, of Carrick Buoy, in the county of Donegal * Wilfrid Lawson, of Brayton House, in the county of Cumberland *John Nugent Humble, of Cloncoskoran, in the county of Waterford *

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, of Lancing, in the county of Sussex *James Gibson-Craig, of Riccaiton, in the county of Mid-Lothian *Joseph Barrington, of the city of Limerick * Theodore Henry Lavington Broadhead, of Burton, or Monk-Bretton, in the county of York *

John Colman Rashleigh Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet (23 November 1772 – 4 August 1847) was the first of the Rashleigh baronets and known as a leading figure among the gentry in the parliamentary reform movement. Early life John Colman was born on 23 Novembe ...

, of Prideaux, in the county of Cornwall *Duncan Campbell, of Barcaldine, in the county of Argyll * Percy Fitzgerald Nugent, of Donore, in the county of Westmeath *John James Garbett Walsham, of Knill Court, in the county of Hereford * William Heygate, of Southend, in the county of Essex, one of the Aldermen of the city of London *Thomas McKenny, one of the Aldermen of the city of Dublin *Henry Meux, of Theobald's Park, in the county of Hertford * Charles Mansfield Clarke of Dunham Lodge, in the county of Norfolk, one of the Physicians in Ordinary to Her Majesty

Knight Bachelor

*George Magrath and Surgeon in the Royal Navy *Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic Smith, Commanding Engineer of the London District, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order *Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Anderson Knight of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword *Thomas Brancker, Mayor of Liverpool *Robert Gill, Lieutenant of His Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard *Henry Cipriani, Senior Exon of His Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard *Henry Bromley Hinrich, Lieutenant of His Majesty's Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners *Richard Burton, Senior Member of His Majesty's Honourable of Gentlemen Pensioners *Colonel Michael McCreagh of the 13th Light Infantry Regiment Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword, and Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

= ;;East India Company *Major-General Alexander Knox, of the Bengal Infantry *Major-General John W. Adams of the Bengal Infantry *Major-General Henry Worsley of the Bengal Infantry *Major-General Hopetoun S. Scott of the Madras Infantry *Major-General Robert Scot of the Madras Infantry *Major-General Andrew McDowall of the Madras Infantry

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Captain Richard Curry *Captain the Honourable

Frederick Paul Irby Rear Admiral Frederick Paul Irby (18 April 1779 – 24 April 1844) was a British Royal Navy officer and Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Birth Frederick Irby was born on 18 April 1779, the second son of Frederick, 2nd Baron Boston and his ...

*Captain

Daniel Woodriff Captain Daniel Woodriff (17 November 1756 – 25 February 1842) was a British Royal Navy officer and navigator in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. He made two voyages to Australia. He was Naval Agent on the convict transport ...

*Captain James Sanders *Captain the Honourable George Elliot *Captain Hugh Pigot *Captain

Salusbury Pryce Humphreys Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys (24 November 1778 – 17 November 1845), later called Salusbury Pryce Davenport, was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, rising to t ...

*Captain John Tower *Captain

William Hennah Captain William Hennah (January 1768 – 23 December 1832) was British naval officer, whose largely undistinguished career was suddenly highlighted by his assumption of command of HMS ''Mars'' at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 upon the death of ...

*Captain

William Pryce Cumby Captain William Pryce Cumby (20 March 1771 – 27 September 1837) was an officer in the Royal Navy whose excellent service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars was highlighted when he was thrust into the limelight following his se ...

*Captain the Honourable Josceline Percy *Captain Andrew King ;;Army *Colonel Richard Payne, of Hompesch's Rifles *Colonel Charles Nicol, 66th Foot *Colonel Henry King, 82nd Foot *Colonel

Frederick Rennell Thackeray General Frederick Rennell Thackeray (1775 – 19 September 1860) was a senior British Army officer. Early life Thackeray was born in Windsor, Berkshire, a younger son of physician Dr Frederick Thackeray, and a grandson of Thomas Thackeray, he ...

, Royal Engineers *Colonel John Boscawen Savage, Royal Marines *Colonel John Francis Birch, Royal Engineers *Colonel Henry Phillott, Royal Artillery *Colonel Robert McCleverty, Royal Marines *Colonel William Howe Knight Erskine, Bradshaw's Levy *Colonel the Honourable Lincoln Stanhope, Unattached *Colonel John Grey, 5th Foot *Colonel Sir Henry Watson Portuguese Service *Colonel Charles Ashe à Court, 1st Greek Light Infantry *Colonel Charles William Pasley, Royal Engineers *Colonel John Gillies, 40th Foot *Colonel Henry Charles Edward Vernon Graham, Unattached *Colonel Sir Robert John Harvey, Portuguese Service *Colonel Robert Waller, Assistant Quartermaster-General *Colonel Alexander Thomson, 98th Foot *Colonel John Duffy, Unattached *Colonel Jacob Tonson, 37th Foot *Colonel William Alexander Gordon, 95th Foot *Colonel

Lord George William Russell Major-General Lord George William Russell (8 May 1790 – 16 July 1846) was a British soldier, politician and diplomat. He was the second son of the 6th Duke of Bedford and brother to John Russell, the Whig and Liberal Prime Minister. His ch ...

, Unattached *Colonel James Fergusson, 52nd Foot *Colonel Andrew Creagh, 81st Foot *Colonel Robert Pym, Royal Artillery *Colonel Archibald Campbell, 46th Foot *Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Gubbins, 14th Foot *Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hunter Blair, Unattached *Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Lisle, 19th Dragoons *Lieutenant-Colonel William G. Power, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel William Balvaird, Unattached *Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, 92nd Foot *Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Fanshawe, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel William Cardon Seton, 88th Foot *Lieutenant-Colonel Elias Lawrence, Royal Marines *Lieutenant-Colonel William Cuthbert Elphinstone-Holloway, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stuart Campbell, 1st Foot *Lieutenant-Colonel George Turner, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Alston Brandreth, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, 52nd Foot *Lieutenant-Colonel James Bogle, Unattached *Lieutenant-Colonel John Michell, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel

Edward Charles Whinyates General Sir Edward Charles Whinyates, (6 May 1782 – 25 December 1865) was a senior British Army artillery officer. Biography Whinyates was the son of Major Thomas Whinyates of Abbotsleigh, Devon, and his wife Katharine Frankland, and was edu ...

, Royal Artillery *Major Sir John Scott Lillie 31st Foot *Major Thomas Adams Parke, Royal Marines *Major Henry Ross Gore, 89th Foot ;;East India Company *Colonel John Rose, of the Bengal Infantry *Colonel Gervase Pennington, of the Bengal Artillery *Colonel James D. Greenhill, of the Madras Infantry *Colonel John Doveton, of the Madras Cavalry *Colonel Fortunatus Hagley Pierce, of the Bombay Artillery *Colonel Robert Pitman, of the Bengal Infantry *Colonel Hastings M. Kelly, of the Madras Infantry *Colonel John Mayne, of the Bombay Infantry *Colonel William Conrad Faithfull, of the Bengal Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Francis W. Wilson, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Lindsay, of the Bengal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel Henry T. Roberts, of the Bengal Cavalry *Lieutenant-Colonel James Caulfield, of the Bengal Cavalry *Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Tickell, of the Bengal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fitzgerald, of the Bengal Cavalry *Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hughes, of the Bombay Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Smith, of the Bengal Engineers *Major Alexander Manson, of the Bombay Artillery *Major James Nesbitt Jackson, of the Bengal Infantry *Major Archibald Irvine, of the Bengal Engineers

References

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1831 Events January–March * January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. * January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto establ ...

1831 awards 1831 in the United Kingdom September 1831 events William IV of the United Kingdom