The 1870 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

official birthday A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage. Many relig ...

of the Queen, and 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 31 May 1870. 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

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

*His Highness Mahendra Singh,

Maharaja of Patiala The Maharaja of Patiala was a maharaja in India and the ruler of the princely state of Patiala, a state in British India. The first Maharaja of Patiala was Baba Ala Singh (1695–1765). Yadavindra Singh became the maharaja on 23 March 1938. H ...

*The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor Minister of the

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

Knight Commander (KCSI)

*His Highness Prince Gholam Mahomed * William Grey, Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal

Companion (CSI)

* Alexander John Arbuthnot, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras *

Edward Clive Bayley Sir Edward Clive Bayley (17 October 1821 – 30 April 1884), was an Anglo-Indian civil servant, statesman and archæologist. Early life Bayley was the only son of Edward Clive Bayley, of Hope Hall, Eccles, Lancashire, and Margaret Fenton. He was ...

, Bengal Civil Service, Secretary to Government of India, Home Department *The Rajah Jai Kishan Das, Deputy Magistrate at Allyghur *Colonel Michael Dawes, late Bengal Artillery *Colonel Henry Errington Longden late Adjutant-General of the Bengal Army *Colonel Henry Edward Landor Thuillier, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery, Surveyor-General in India *Colonel John Cumming Anderson, Royal (late Madras) Engineers, formerly Chief Engineer at Lucknow *Colonel Martin Dillon Rifle Brigade, Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief in India *Baboo Shiva Persad, of Benares, Educational Department

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