The 1874 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 of the Queen, and were published in ''

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'' in May and June 1874. 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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and
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*His Royal Highness Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert ''as Earl of Sussex and Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn''

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Civil Division

= *Robert Hawthorn Collins, Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander (KCSI)

Robert Henry Davies Sir Robert Henry Davies, (20 September 1824 – 23 August 1902), known as Sir Henry Davies, was a British colonial official in British India, who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. Biography Davies was born in 1824, the son of a Wel ...

Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab *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 Staff Corps, Chief Commissioner of Mysore and Coorg *Colonel

Lewis Pelly Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Pelly, (14 November 1825 – 22 April 1892) was a British East India Company officer, and then an imperial army and political officer. At the end of his life, he was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Hackney ...

Bombay Staff Corps, Agent to the Governor-General for the States of Rajpootana, and late Political Resident in the Persian Gulf

Companion (CSI)

*The Honourable

Ashley Eden Sir Ashley Eden (13 November 1831 – 8 July 1887) was an official and diplomat in British India. Background and education Eden was born at Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, the third son of Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland, Bishop of Bath a ...

, Bengal Civil Service, Chief Commissioner of British Burmah *Rajah Ramanath Tagore, Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India, for making Laws and Regulations *Vernon Hugh Schalch, Bengal Civil Service, Member of the Revenue Board, and of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, for making Laws and Regulations

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

John Hawley Glover Sir John Hawley Glover (24 February 1829 – 30 September 1885) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Governor of Lagos Colony, Governor of Newfoundland, and Governor of British Leeward Islands. Naval career He entered the service in 1841 ...

, sometime Commander in Our Navy, and lately Our Special Commissioner to the Friendly Native Chiefs in the Eastern District of the Protected Territories near or adjacent to Our Settlements on the Gold Coast

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

*Colonel

Francis Worgan Festing Colonel Sir Francis Worgan Festing (24 July 1833 – 21 November 1886) was a British Royal Marines officer. Festing, second son of Captain Benjamin Morton Festing R.N. K.H. by Caroline Jane, only daughter of F. B. Wright of Hinton Blewett, S ...

lately in Command of Our Troops within Our Settlements on the Gold Coast *Colonel

Stephen John Hill Sir Stephen John Hill, , (June 10, 1809 – 20 October 1891) was a governor of, in turn, four British colonial possessions. Born in the West Indies, Hill began his colonial service in Africa, becoming governor of the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) ...

Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland *Colonel

William Francis Drummond Jervois Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (10 September 1821 – 17 August 1897) was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa. In 18 ...

Royal Engineers, Deputy Director of Works for Fortifications, War Department *Penrose Goodchild Julyan Crown-Agent for the Colonies

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

*Colonel Robert William Harley late Administrator of Our Settlements on the Gold Coast *Captain the Honourable Edmund Robert Fremantle lately in Command of Our Naval Forces on the Gold Coast *

Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy (1839 – 6 May 1900) was a British colonial administrator. Roger Goldsworthy was born in Marylebone, Middlesex in 1839, and educated at Sandhurst, the younger brother of Major-General Walter Tuckfield Golds ...

, lately Our Deputy Commissioner and Second in Command under Commander John Hawley Glover at the Gold Coast *Surgeon-Major Samuel Rowe, engaged on the West Coast of Africa since 1862, and as Medical Officer and Chief of the Staff with Commander

during the late Ashantee War *Captain Reginald William Sartorius, of the 6th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry, and lately serving against the Ashantees, under Commander John Hawley Grlover *Lieutenant John Henry Barnard, of the 19th Regiment of Infantry, also lately serving against the Ashantees, under Commander John Hawley Glover *Major William Augustus Tryden Helden, of the 100th Regiment of Infantry, lately selected for Special Service on the Gold Coast *Deputy Commissary Henry Frederick Blissett, having charge of the Stores and Transport at the Gold Coast, under Commander John Hawley Glover *Vice-Admiral

Charles George Edward Patey Admiral Charles George Edward Patey (27 February 1811 – 25 March 1881) was a British Royal Navy officer. Born at Chivelstone in Devon, England, Patey was the eldest son of Commander Charles Patey. The young Charles followed his father into the ...

, recently Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of St. Helena *

James Arndell Youl Sir James Arndell Youl (1811–1904) was a Tasmanian colonist from New South Wales. Life He was the eldest son of John Youl, and inherited Symmons Plains. He became a noted pastoralist, best known for introducing brown trout to Australia, and wa ...

, of the Colony of Tasmania *Lieutenant-Colonel

Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse (1832, Effingham Hill, England – 10 September 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland) was a Newfoundland colonial leader and a captain during the Crimean War. Maxse was commissioned lieut ...

, Governor of the Island of Heligoland *Giovanni Battista Trapani Collector of Land Revenue and Member of the Council of Government of the Island of Malta *Gordon Gairdner, sometime Chief Clerk in the Colonial Office, and Secretary and Registrar of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George *Sir George Barrow lately Chief Clerk in the Colonial Office, and Secretary and Registrar of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George *

Virgile Naz Sir Virgile Naz (1825-1901) was a Mauritian lawyer, businessman and politician who was elected in British Mauritius to the Council of the Government of Mauritius, the predecessor of modern-day National Assembly or Parliament. Early life Virgile ...

, Member of the Council of Government of the Island of Mauritius * Saul Samuel, Postmaster-General and Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New South Wales

References

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