The 1866 Birthday Honours were appointments by

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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 of the Queen, and were published in ''

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'' on 25 May and 29 May 1866. 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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*His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert , as ''Earl of Ulster, Earl of Kent, and Duke of Edinburgh''

Earl

*The Right Honourable John, Baron Wodehouse, ''by the name, style, and title of Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley, in the county of Norfolk''

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander (KCSI)

*The Rajah Shreemun Maharajah Chuttroputtee Shahabe Dam Altafhoo, of Kolhapoor * Cecil Beadon, Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal *The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor, of Hyderabad, in the Deccan * Donald Friell McLeod Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab *The Maharajah Jeypercash Singh Bahadoor, of Deo, in Behar *Henry Ricketts, Bengal Civil Service (Retired), late Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India *The Maharajah Mirza Gajapati Raz Maune Sultan *Bahadoor, Zemindar of Vizianagram, Member of Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations *Henry Byng Harington, Bengal Civil Service (Retired), late Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India *The Maharajah Dig Bijye Singh, of Bulrampoor *Walter Elliot, Madras Civil Service (Retired), late Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras *Sharf-ul-Omrah Bahadoor, Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations *

Thomas Pycroft Sir Thomas Pycroft KCSI (4 December 1807 – 29 January 1892) was a British administrator and civil servant who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1862 to 1867. Early life Thomas Pycroft was born in the parish of S ...

, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras *The Rajah Jymungul Singh, of Gidhore, in Monghyr *John Macpherson Macleod, Madras Civil Service (Retired), Member of the Indian Law Commission *The Rajah Dinkur Rao, late Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations *Major-General Isaac Campbell Coffin, Madras Army, late Commanding the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force *The Rajah Radhakanth Deb *Major-General

George St Patrick Lawrence Lieutenant-General Sir George St Patrick Lawrence (17 March 1804 – 16 November 1884) was an officer in the British Indian Army. Early life Lawrence, third son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Lawrence (1764–1835), was elder brother of both Sir Hen ...

Bengal Staff Corps, late Agent to the Governor-General of India at Rajpootana *The Rajah of Drangadra *Major-General George Moyle Sherer, late Bengal Army, sometime commanding the 73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry *The Rajah Deo Narain Singh, of Benares *Major-General Sir

Arthur Thomas Cotton General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton (15 May 1803 – 24 July 1899) was a British general and irrigation engineer. Cotton devoted his life to the construction of irrigation and navigation canals throughout British India. He helped many people by b ...

Royal (late Madras) Engineers *Meer Shere Mahomed, of Meerpoor *Major-General Sir

Neville Bowles Chamberlain Field Marshal Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain (10 January 1820 – 18 February 1902) was a distinguished British military officer in British India. He served in the Bengal Army and saw action in the First Anglo-Afghan War, Gwalior Campaign, Se ...

Bengal Army, late commanding the Punjab Irregular Force *The Rajah Sahib Dyal Missar, Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations *George Udny Yule Bengal Civil Service, resident at Hyderabad *Tanjore Madava Rao Dewan, of Travancore *

Charles John Wingfield Sir Charles John Wingfield (16 April 1820 – 27 January 1892) was a British civil servant and politician. He had a distinguished career with the Bengal Civil Service, was later elected as the first Member of Parliament for the United Kingdom ...

Bengal Civil Service, late Chief Commissioner of Oude *The Thakoor Rawul Jeswunt Singjee, of Bhownuggur *Colonel Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes Bengal Army, Commissioner and Agent to the Governor-General of India in the Cis-Sutlej States, Hakeem Saadut Ali Khan *Colonel Arnold Burrowes Kemball Royal (late Bombay) Artillery, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia *Sirdar Nihal Singh Chachi *Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Wilkinson, late Bengal Army, sometime resident at Nagpoor *Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wallace, Bombay Staff Corps, late resident at Baroda *Lieutenant-Colonel

William Henry Rodes Green Major-General Sir William Henry Rodes Green (31 May 1823 – 9 September 1912) was a British Indian Army officer and colonial official. Green was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Pellatt Green. He attended the Addiscombe Military Seminary and ...

Bombay Staff Corps, Political Superintendent in Upper Scinde *Major George Wingate, late Bombay Engineers, sometime Member of the Survey Commission at Bombay

Companion (CSI)

*The Nawab Syed Asghur Ali Khan *Fleetwood Williams, Bengal Civil Service, Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit for the Meerut Division *The Nawab Foujdar Khan *Charles Raikes, Bengal Civil Service (retired), late Judge of the Sudder Dewannee and Nizamut Adawlut, North West Provinces *The Rajah Bindessery Pershad, of Sirgooja and Oodeypoor *

Samuel Mansfield Samuel Mansfield (1815 – 12 December 1893) was a member of the Bombay Civil Service from 1834 to 1872.Hughes, A.W.''A Gazetter of the Province of Sind''George Bell and Sons, London 2nd Edition, 1876. Pg. 60 Mansfield was the brother of General ...

, Bombay Civil Service, Commissioner in Scinde *The Rajah Pertab Chund Singh *Arthur Austin Roberts Benga Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner in the Punjab *The Rajah Sutto Chund Ghosal *Cudbert Bensley Thornhill, Bengal Civi Service, Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit at Allahabad *The Rajah Yelugoti Kumara Yachamu Nayuda Bahadoor, Zemindar of Veukatagiri *William Ford, Bengal Civil Service Commissioner at Mooltan *The Rajah Bhowanee Singh, of Mynpoorie * William Rose Robinson, Madras Civi Service, Inspector-General of Police, Madras Presidency *Colonel

Crawford Trotter Chamberlain General Sir Crawford Trotter Chamberlain (1821–1902) was a senior officer in the Indian Staff Corps. Early life Born in London on 9 May 1821, was the third son of Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet by his second wife. Sir Neville Bowles Chamb ...

, Bengal Staff Corps, Commandant of the 1st Benga Cavalry *The Rajah Sheoraj Singh, of Kasheepoor *Colonel Richard Strachey, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, late Secretary in the Public Works Department, Government of India *The Rajah Teekum Singh, of Morsan *Colonel Reynell George Taylor Bengal Staff Corps, Commissioner in the Punjab *The Rajah Jeswunt Rao, of Etawah *Colonel Alfred Thomas Wilde Madras Staff Corps, Commanding the Punjab Irregular Force *Dhe Rajah of Bansee, Goruckpoor *Colonel William Frederick Marriott, Bombay Staff Corps, Military Secretary to Government at Bombay *The Rajah Hurdeo Bux Bahadoor, of Kutyaree * Richard Temple, Bengal Civil Service, Chief Commissioner in the Central Provinces *The Rajah Dig Bijye Singh, of Morarmow *John Walter Sherer, Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector in Bundlecund *The Dewan Cheeboo Lama * James Davidson Gordon, Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector at Pubna *The Dewan Moolla Buksh, of Patna *Lieutenant-Colonel Edward John Lake, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, Financial Commissioner in the Punjab *Sirdar Soorut Singh, of Benares *Lieutenant-Colonel John Colpoys Haughton, Bengal Staff Corps, Commissioner at Cooch-Behar *Syud Azimooddeen Hussun Khan Bahadoor *William Mackenzie Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Madras Establishment *Syud Hussun al Edroos, of Surat *Lieutenant-Colonel

Richard John Meade General Sir Richard John Meade (25 September 1821 – 20 March 1894) was a British Indian Army officer who served as the Chief Commissioner of Mysore from 1870 to 1881. Military career Meade was born at Innishannon County Cork to Captain John ...

, Bengal Army, Agent for the Governor-General of India in Central India *Ruggonath Row Wittul, Chief of Vinchoor *Major

Richard Harte Keatinge Lieutenant General Richard Harte Keatinge (17 June 1825 – 25 May 1904) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

Bombay Staff Corps, Political Agent at Kattywar *Ghulam Ali Khan, Jaghirdar of Bunganapalle *Major William McNeile, Bengal Staff Corps, Deputy Commissioner in the Punjab *Baboo Prosunno Comar Tagne *Major John William Younghusband, Bombay Staff Corps, Inspector-General of Police in the Hyderabad Districts *Baboo Amendanath Roy, of Nattore * Eyre Burton Powell, Director of Public Instruction at Madras *Madanna Juggah Rao, of Rajahmundry *Sheth Maomull, of Kurrachee *John Fleming, of Bombay *Gajalu Lakshminarasu Seth * Abdoollah David Sassoon, of Bombay

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