The 1861 Birthday 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 to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the

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of the Queen, and were published in ''

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'' on 28 June 1861. 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

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*The Right Honourable Sir Richard Bethell Chancellor of Great Britain, ''by the name, style, and title of Baron Westbury, of Westbury, in the county of Wilts''

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

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Vice-Admiral the Right Honourable Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley ;;Army *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 ...

*Admiral Sir

Phipps Hornby Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, (27 April 1785 – 19 March 1867) was a prominent and experienced Royal Navy officer of the nineteenth century. Hornby served on frigates throughout most of his wartime experience, which included witnessing the Nore M ...

*General Sir

James Archibald Hope General Sir James Archibald Hope, (14 April 1786 – 30 December 1871) was a senior officer in the British Army. Military service Hope was born the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Erskine Hope of the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot. In January 180 ...

*General Sir

Thomas William Brotherton General Sir Thomas William Browne Brotherton (10 December 1782 – 20 January 1868) was a British Army officer. Early life Thomas was the son of William Browne Brotherton and his wife, Mary.''London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriag ...

*General Sir

Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty General Sir Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty (28 April 1780 – 30 April 1868) was an Anglo-Irish soldier. Military career He was the second son of Col. Samuel Auchmuty and his wife, Elizabeth Domvile Savage, only daughter of Francis Savage. Auchmuty ...

*Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds *General Thomas Willshire *Lieutenant-General Sir Harry David Jones

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Admiral

Edward Harvey Admiral Sir Edward Harvey, (1783 – 4 May 1865) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and continued in the service during the first half of the nineteenth century during which he participated ...

*Vice-Admiral Henry William Bruce *Vice-Admiral

William Fanshawe Martin Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet, (5 December 180124 March 1895), was a Royal Navy officer. As a commander, he provided valuable support to British merchants at Callao in Peru in the early 1820s during the Peruvian War of Indepe ...

*Rear-Admiral Lewis Tobias Jones ;;Army *Lieutenant-General William Henry Sewell *Lieutenant-General George William Paty *Lieutenant-General

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 ...

*Lieutenant-General George Leigh Goldie *Lieutenant-General John Michell *Major-General William Brereton *Colonel the

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