The 1871 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

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of the Queen, and were published in ''

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'' on 20 May 1871. 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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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Admiral the Honourable Sir

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*Admiral Sir Alexander Milne *Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres *General Sir

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;;Army *General Sir

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*Lieutenant-General Sir

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*Lieutenant-General

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Rear-Admiral

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*Rear-Admiral

William King-Hall Admiral Sir William King-Hall, (11 March 1816 – 29 July 1886) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1877 to 1879. Naval career King-Hall joined the Royal Navy in 1829, and took part in operations off the ...

;;Army *Lieutenant-General James Alexander *Lieutenant-General Edward Walter Forestier-Walker *Lieutenant-General John Fowler Bradford *Major-General David Russell *Major-General

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*Major-General Charles Richard, Earl De La Warr *Major-General Frederick Paul Haines *Major-General

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*Major-General

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*Major-General Charles Reid *Major-General James William Fitzmayer *Major-General Henry Charles Barnston Daubeney * David Dumbreck Inspector-General of Hospitals *Controller William Henry Drake

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Vice-Admiral Edward Gennys Fanshawe *Rear-Admiral John Bourmaster Dickson *Captain the Honourable George Disney Keane *Captain Alan Henry Gardner *Captain William Rae Rolland *Captain Edward Winterton Turnour *Captain Arthur William Acland Hood *Captain

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*Captain Charles Codrington Forsyth ;;Army *Colonel Edward Herbert Maxwell, 88th Regiment *Colonel Edward Kaye, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery *Colonel William Gordon *Colonel George Harry Smith Willis *Colonel Charles Vyvyan Cox, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery *Colonel George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, Grenadier Guards *Colonel William Boyle, 89th Regiment *Colonel

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, 47th Regiment *Colonel John Blick Spurgin 102nd Regiment *Colonel Robert John Eagar, 31st Regiment *Colonel the Honourable Hussey Fane Keane, Royal Engineers *Colonel Alexander Caesar Hawkins, Royal Artillery *Colonel Richard Parke, Royal Marines *Colonel Fairfax Charles Hassard, Royal Engineers *Colonel George Shaw, Royal Artillery *Colonel

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, 42nd Regiment *Colonel Sir Seymour John Blane late Rifle Brigade *Colonel James Clerk Rattray, 90th Regiment *Colonel Thomas Wright, Bengal Staff Corps *Colonel Charles George Arbuthnot, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel

Howard Craufurd Elphinstone Major General Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, (12 December 1829 – 8 March 1890) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Comm ...

(Civil) Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Palliser, Bengal Staff Corps *Lieutenant-Colonel

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, Madras Staff Corps *Inspector-General of Hospitals Joshua Paynter *Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Richard James O'Flaherty *Surgeon-Major John Ashton Bostock Scots Fusilier Guards

=Civil Division

= *Controller William Henry Maturin *Colonel William Manley Hall Dixon, of the Royal Artillery, Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory *Deputy Controller Ben Hay Martindale *Assistant Controller Joseph Osbertus Hamley

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

*His Highness Dheraj Sumbho Sing, Maharana of Oodeypore *His Highness The Rao Pragmuljee of Cutch

Knight Commander (KCSI)

*The Nawab Mohsin-ood-Dowlah Bahadoor of Oude *His Highness Mohubut Khan, Nawab of Joonaghur *Major-General George Inglis Jameson, Bombay Army, late President of the Military Finance Commission for India, Auditor of the Accounts of the Department of the Secretary of State for India in Council *

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, formerly of the Bengal Artillery, now Secretary in the Political and Secret Department of the Office of the Secretary of State for India in Council *

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, late Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India

Companion (CSI)

*Khajah Abdool Gunny, of Dacca, late Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations *Vembankum Ramiergar, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras for making Laws and Regulations *Istakant Shungoony Menon, Dewan of His Highness the Rajah of Cochin *Mir Shaharaut Ali, Superintendent of the State of Rutlam in Central India * Mahomed Akram Khan, Nawab of

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*Sir

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late Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations *Munguldass Nuthoobhoy, Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations * Lionel Robert Ashburner, Bombay Civil Service, Collector and Magistrate of Kandeish *Major-General

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, late Bengal Army, Director-General of the

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