The 1838 Coronation Honours were appointments by

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

to various orders and honours on the occasion of her coronation on 28 June 1838. The honours were published in ''

The London Gazette ''The London Gazette'' is one of the official journals of record or government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are ...

'' on 20 July and 24 July 1838. 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

Knight Bachelor The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the ...

*Major Edward Alexander Campbell of the Bengal Cavalry *Duncan MacDougall, late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 79th Regiment of Highlanders, Knight Commander of the Royal and Military Order of St. Ferdinand *Major-General Jeffrey Prendergast, of the Honourable

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

's Service *Major Henry Bayly, Knight of the

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*Major William Lloyd, of the Honourable East India Company's Service * Charles Shaw, Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword, and Knight Commander of the Spanish Military Order of San Fernando *Charles Frederick Williams, of Lennox lodge, Hayling, Hants., and Upper Bedford-place, in the county of Middlesex *Edward Johnson, of Greenhill, Weymouth, in the county of Dorset, of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles the Third of Spain *John Kirkland, of Hampton and Pall-mall, in the county of Middlesex *

William Newbigging Sir William Newbigging FRSE FRCSEd FRGS (25 April 1773''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' – 23 October 1852) was a Scottish surgeon who served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1814 to 1816. He ...

of Edinburgh *William Hyde Pearson of Clapham, in the county of Surrey

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

=Military Division

= *Admiral Sir

William Sidney Smith Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (21 June 176426 May 1840) was a British naval and intelligence officer. Serving in the American and French revolutionary wars and Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of Admiral. Smith was known for his offe ...

*Lieutenant-General Sir

John Lambert John Lambert may refer to: *John Lambert (martyr) (died 1538), English Protestant martyred during the reign of Henry VIII *John Lambert (general) (1619–1684), Parliamentary general in the English Civil War * John Lambert of Creg Clare (''fl.'' c. ...

*Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Robert William O'Callaghan *Major-General Sir Alexander Dickson *Major-General Sir Alexander Caldwell of the Bengal Army and East India Company *Major-General Sir James Law Lushington of the Madras Army and East India Company

=Civil Division

= * Archibald, Earl of Gosford *Lord

George William Russell George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a centra ...

, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Prussia * Charles Augustus Lord Howard de Walden, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Most Faithful Majesty *

Richard Jenkins Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor who is well known for his portrayal of deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series '' Six Feet Under'' (2001–2005). He began his career in theater at the Tri ...

, of the East India Company's Civil Service

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

= ;;Army *Admiral

John Lawford Sir John Lawford (c. 1756 – 22 December 1842) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He had a long and distinguished career, seeing action during ...

*Major-General Andrew Pilkington *Major-General John Gardiner *Major-General Sir

Arthur Benjamin Clifton General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton KSA KSW (17718 March 1869) was a British soldier who fought in the Peninsular War and commanded the Second Union Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. Biography Clifton was the third s ...

*Major-General Lord Greenock *Major-General Sir

Willoughby Cotton Lieutenant General Sir Willoughby Cotton (1783 – 4 May 1860) was a British soldier. Family Willoughby Cotton was born in 1783, to Vice-Admiral Rowland Cotton and Elizabeth Aston. They also had a daughter, Sydney Arabella Cotton. Rowland Cot ...

*Major-General Sir

John George Woodford Major-General Sir John George Woodford, (28 February 1785 – 22 March 1879) was a British Army officer who has been called "possibly the first battlefield archaeologist". He served in the Napoleonic Wars, and in 1818, did archaeological work ...

*Major-General Sir

Patrick Lindesay Sir Patrick Lindesay, (24 February 1778 – 14 March 1839) was a Scottish military officer during the Napoleonic Wars and Peninsular War but is most noted as having served as Acting Governor of New South Wales, Australia in 1831. Mount Linde ...

*Major-General

Charles James Napier General Sir Charles James Napier, (; 10 August 178229 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a Major General of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the military conquest of ...

*Major-General Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor *Major-General

Edward Gibbs Lieutenant General Sir Edward Gibbs (c. 1777 – 9 January 1847) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Military career Gibbs took part in the Ferrol Expedition in 1800 during the War of the Second Coalition a ...

*Major-General

George Thomas Napier Sir George Thomas Napier (30 June 1784 – 16 September 1855) was a British Army officer who saw service in the Peninsular War and later commanded the army of the Cape Colony. Life He entered the British Army in 1800, and served with dist ...

*Major-General the Honourable Hercules R. Pakenham *Major-General Sir

John Thomas Jones Major General Sir John Thomas Jones, 1st Baronet (25 March 1783 – 26 February 1843) was a British officer in the Royal Engineers who played a leading engineering role in a number of European campaigns of the early nineteenth century. Jones was ...

*Major-General Sir

John Harvey John Harvey may refer to: People Academics * John Harvey (astrologer) (1564–1592), English astrologer and physician * John Harvey (architectural historian) (1911–1997), British architectural historian, who wrote on English Gothic architecture ...

*Major-General Sir Leonard Greenwell *Major-General Sir

Robert Henry Dick Major-General Sir Robert Henry Dick KOV (29 July 1787 – 10 February 1846) was a Scottish soldier, son of a medical doctor in the East India Company's service. Military career He entered the British Army in 1800 serving in the 75th Regim ...

*Major-General Sir

Neil Douglas Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas (1779 – 1 September 1853) was a British Army officer who fought at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and later became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Life He was born in Glasgow the fifth son of John Douglas ...

*Rear-Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney *Major-General Alexander Cameron *Major-General

John Fox Burgoyne Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet, (24 July 1782 – 7 October 1871) was a British Army officer. After taking part in the Siege of Malta during the French Revolutionary Wars, he saw action under Sir John Moore and then under ...

;;East India Company *Major-General John Rose of the Bengal Infantry *Major-General Thomas Corsellis of the Bombay Infantry *Major-General William Richards of the Bengal Infantry *Major-General Thomas Whitehead of the Bengal Infantry *Major-General John Doveton of the Madras Cavalry *Major-General David Foulis of the Madras Cavalry *Major-General Sir Thomas Anburey of the Bengal Engineers

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Captain Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge *Captain Cuthbert Featherstone Daly *Captain

Edward Pelham Brenton Captain Edward Pelham Brenton (20 July 1774 – 13 April 1839) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who military career was relatively quiet, apart from involvement in the capture of ...

*Captain Richard Arthur *Captain James Andrew Worthy *Captain Robert Morgan George Festing *Captain Barrington Reynolds *Captain Robert Maunsell ;;Army *Colonel William Wood, 41st foot *Colonel

William Warre Lt.-General Sir William Warre (15 April 1784 – 26 July 1853) was an English officer of the British Army. He saw service in the Peninsular War and was colonel of the 94th Foot. Early life and education Warre was born in Porto, Portugal, the ...

. Unattached *Colonel George C. D'Aguilar, Unattached, Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland *Colonel Henry Sullivan, 6th Foot *Colonel Stephen A. Goodman, 48th Foot *Colonel Edward Wynyard, unattached *Colonel George Brown, Rifle Brigade *Colonel Charles Edward Conyers, Inspecting Field Officer *Colonel James Allan, 57th Foot *Colonel David Forbes, 78th Foot *Colonel Henry Adolphus Proctor, 6th Foot *Colonel Edward Parkinson, 11th Foot *Colonel Thomas Francis Wade, Unattached *Colonel Richard Egerton, Unattached *Colonel William Chalmers, 57th Foot *Colonel Chatham Horace Churchill, 31st Foot, Quartermaster-General in India *Colonel James Grant, 23d Foot *Colonel

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, Lieutenant-Governor, Royal Military College *Colonel John Morillyon Wilson, 77th Foot *Colonel Thomas Willshire, 2nd Foot *Colonel Henry Oglander, 26th Foot *Colonel Edward Fleming, Inspecting Field Officer *Colonel Philip Bainbridge, Assistant Quartermaster-General *Colonel

Sempronius Stretton Colonel Sempronius Stretton (1781–1842) was a British Army officer who served in numerous campaigns including the Battle of Waterloo. He is also known for his sketches that recorded early Canadian life. Early life Stretton was the eldest son ...

, 84th Foot *Colonel Thomas E. Napier, Chasseurs Britanniques *Colonel Nathaniel Thorn, Assistant Quartermaster-General *Colonel William Henry Sewell, 31st Foot, Deputy Quartermaster-General in India *Colonel Joseph Thackwell, 3rd Dragoons *Colonel Alexander Macdonald, Royal Artillery *Colonel Sir William L. Herries, Unattached *Colonel Thomas Staunton St. Clair, Unattached *Colonel George William Paty, 94th Foot *Colonel Thomas James Wemyss, 99th Foot *Colonel Robert Burd Gabriel, 2nd Dragoons *Colonel

William Rowan Field Marshal Sir William Shearman Rowan,England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 (18 June 1789 – 26 September 1879) was a British Army officer. He served in the Peninsular War and then the Hundred Days, fighting at the Battle of Waterloo and ...

, Unattached *Colonel

James Shaw Kennedy General Sir James Shaw Kennedy, (13 October 1788 – 30 May 1865) was a British soldier and military writer. Personal background Shaw Kennedy was the son of Captain John Shaw, a former captain in the 76th Highlanders, of Dalton, Kirkcudbrightsh ...

, Unattached *Colonel George Leigh Goldie, 11th Foot *Colonel

George Couper Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 2nd Baronet, (29 April 1824 – 5 March 1908) was a British civil servant in India. Biography Couper was the eldest son of Colonel Sir George Couper, Chief Equerry and Comptroller of the Household of Prin ...

, Unattached *Colonel Henry Rainey, Unattached *Colonel the Honourable

Charles Gore Charles Gore (22 January 1853 – 17 January 1932) was a Church of England bishop, first of Worcester, then Birmingham, and finally of Oxford. He was one of the most influential Anglican theologians of the 19th century, helping reconcile the c ...

, Deputy Quartermaster-General in Canada *Colonel Griffith George Lewis, Royal Engineers *Colonel George Judd Harding, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel

John Gurwood Lt Col John Gurwood (1788–1845), British Army, was a career soldier who took it upon himself to edit and publish the Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington which form a major contribution to military history. John Gurwood was born on 7 April 178 ...

, Unattached *Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Frederick O'Reilly, Royal African Corps *Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Kennedy Clark, 7th Dragoon Guards *Lieutenant-Colonel Edward T. Michell, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Blanchard, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dyneley, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel William Reid, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel William Bolden Dundas, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel John Neave Wells, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel William Brereton, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel John Owen, Royal Marines *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cornwallis Dansey, Royal Artillery ;;East India Company *Colonel William Turner, of the Bombay Cavalry *Colonel William Hull, of the Bombay Infantry *Colonel Sir James Limond of the Madras Artillery *Colonel William Sandwith, of the Bombay Infantry *Colonel James F. Salter, of the Bombay Infantry *Colonel Henry George Andrew Taylor, of the Madras Infantry *Colonel Herbert Bowen, of the Bengal Infantry *Colonel F. S. T. Johnstone, of the Bengal Cavalry *Colonel Sir Robert Cunliffe of the Bengal Infantry *Colonel Peter de la Motte, of the Bombay Cavalry *Colonel Edward Frederick, of the Bombay Infantry *Colonel James Kennedy, of the Bengal Cavalry *Colonel Sir Jeremiah Bryant of the Bengal Infantry *Colonel Edmund F. Waters, of the Bengal Infantry *Colonel William S. Whish, of the Bengal Artillery *Colonel William Battine, of the Bengal Artillery *Colonel Archibald Galloway, of the Bengal Infantry *Colonel Lechmere Russell, of the Bombay Artillery *Colonel Robert Home, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Frith, of the Madras Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cock, of the Bengal Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel John Morgan, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Stewart, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel William Williamson, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hall, of the Bengal Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel

John Cheape General Sir John Cheape (5 October 1792 – 30 March 1875) was a Scottish military officer of the Bengal Army in British India. Life The son of John Cheape of Rossie, Fife, he was educated at Woolwich and Addiscombe, and entered the Bengal En ...

, of the Bengal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel John Low, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel John Colvin, of the Bengal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel

Alexander Tulloch Major-General Sir Alexander Murray Tulloch (1803 – 16 May 1864) was a British soldier and a statistician. He was a Fellow of the Statistical Society and worked with Surgeon-General Henry Marshall and Sir Graham Balfour on army statistics. ...

, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel S. W. Steel, of the Madras Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Orchard, of the Bengal Infantry *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Graham, of the Bengal Artillery *Major John Herring, of the Bengal Infantry *Major Edward A. Campbell, of the Bengal Cavalry *Major P. Montgomerie, of the Madras Artillery *Major W. J. Butterworth, of the Madras Infantry *Major John Purton, of the Madras Engineers *Major John Cameron, of the Madras Infantry *Major Thomas Lumsden, of the Bengal Artillery *Major Thomas Timbrell, of the Bengal Artillery

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