The 1877 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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'' on 30 May and 2 June 1877. 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 Honourable Order of the Bath

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

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Admiral Sir

George Rodney Mundy Admiral of the Fleet Sir (George) Rodney Mundy, (19 April 1805 – 23 December 1884) was a Royal Navy officer. As a commander, he persuaded the Dutch to surrender Antwerp during the Belgian Revolution and then acted as a mediator during negotiat ...

;;Army *General Sir William Wyllie *Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Edward Chapman *Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Paul Haines *Lieutenant-General Sir David Edward Wood *Major-General Sir John Douglas

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Admiral George Elliot *Vice-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour *Rear-Admiral William Houston Stewart ;;Army *Lieutenant-General Arthur Borton *Lieutenant-General Richard Waddy *Lieutenant-General Henry Dalrymple White *Major-General

William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

*Major-General

Daniel Lysons Daniel Lysons may refer to: *Daniel Lysons (antiquarian) (1762–1834), English antiquarian and topographer *Daniel Lysons (British Army officer) General Sir Daniel Lysons (1 August 1816 – 29 January 1898) was a British Army general who achieve ...

*Major-General Charles Lawrence D'Aguilar *Major-General

James Talbot Airey Sir James Talbot Airey (6 September 1812 – 1 January 1898) was an officer of the British Army. He served during the First Anglo-Afghan War and the Crimean War, rising to the rank of General (British Army), general. Biography Airey was born o ...

*Major-General Alexander Taylor *Major-General Michael Galwey *Major-General George Wade Guy Green *Major-General Thomas Hurdle late Royal Marines *Inspector-General of Hospital and Fleets William Richard Edwin Smart

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Rear-Admiral Richard James, Lord Gilford *Captain John Bythesea *Captain Arthur Wilmshurst *Captain William Gore Jones *Captain George Augustus Cooke Brooker *Captain William Horton *Captain Henry William Hire *Captain Joseph Henry Marryat *Captain Henry Frederick McKillop *Captain Hubert Campion *Captain Edward Hardinge *Captain William Graham *Captain Anthony Hiley Hoskins *Captain Henry Hamilton Beamish ;;Army *Lieutenant-General

John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple General John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple, (5 January 1819 – 28 June 1888) was a senior British Army officer. He was born the son of Sir Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone of Horn and Westhall, 1st Baronet. He joined the Scots Fusilier ...

*Major-General Alfred Huyshe *Major-General Lord Alexander George Russell *Major-General Charles John Foster *Colonel

Edward Seager Lieutenant-General Edward Seager (1812–1883) was a British Army officer who served in the Crimean War and in the Indian Mutiny. Seager, was born on 11 June 1812, and, after serving in the ranks for nine years and one hundred and eighty-eig ...

, Inspecting Officer of Auxiliary Cavalry *Colonel Alexander Cunningham Robertson, Brigade Depot *Colonel Robert Beaufoy Hawley, late 60th Regiment *Colonel George Courtney Vialls, Brigade Depot *Colonel William Charles Robertson Macdonald, Madras Staff Corps *Colonel George Bridges Rodney, Royal Marines *Colonel William Frederick, Lord Abinger, Scots Guards *Colonel James Thomas Walker, Royal (late Bombay) Engineers *Colonel Octavius Edward Rothney Bengal Staff Corps *Colonel

Campbell Claye Grant Ross General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross (18 May 1824 – 20 June 1892) was a Scottish officer in the British Indian Army. He fought in the Jowaki Expedition. Ross was born in Saugor, British India,''1891 England Census'' the second son of Lt Col ...

, Bengal Staff Corps *Captain

Robert Calder Allen Robert Calder Allen (8 August 1812 – 28 January 1903) was an English naval captain. Allen was the son of William Allen, a master in the navy and presumably a follower of Admiral Sir Robert Calder. He entered the navy as a second-class volunte ...

*Colonel Thomas Casey Lyons, late Brigade Depot *Colonel Alexander James Hardy Elliot *Colonel Robert Biddulph, Royal Artillery *Colonel

Charles Cooper Johnson General Sir Charles Cooper Johnson (20 December 1827 – 7 December 1905) was a senior British Indian Army officer. Johnson was the sixth son of Sir Henry Johnson, 2nd Baronet, and a grandson of Sir Henry Johnson, 1st Baronet. He commissioned in ...

, Bengal Staff Corps *Colonel Osborn Wilkinson, Bengal Cavalry *Colonel Frederick Richard Solly-Flood, 82nd Regiment *Colonel Edward William Bray, 4th Regiment *Colonel Talbot Ashley Cox, 3rd Regiment *Colonel Charles Edward Oldershaw, Royal Artillery *Colonel John Elliott, late Royal Marines *Lieutenant-Colonel

James Bevan Edwards Lieutenant General Sir James Bevan Edwards (5 November 1834 – 8 July 1922) was a senior British Army officer and politician. Military career Edwards was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1852. He served with the Royal Engineers in th ...

, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel Henry George Delafosse, 101st Regiment *Lieutenant-Colonel Nevinson Willoughby de Courcy, Royal Marines *Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets William Thomas Domville *Deputy Commissary-General Arthur William Downes

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

*Field-Marshal His Royal Highness George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge

Knight Commander (KCSI)

* Joseph Dalton Hooker Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew *Thomas Lawrence Seccombe Financial Secretary to the Secretary of State for India in Council

Companion (CSI)

*Colonel George Cliffe Hatch, Bengal Staff Corps Judge Advocate-General, Bengal Army *Lieutenant-Colonel William George Davies, Bengal Staff Corps, Commissioner, Delhi

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)

*Field-Marshal His Royal Highness George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge Commanding-in-Chief the Forces, ''to be Grand Master and First or Principal Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Distinguished Order'' *Field-Marshal His Royal Highness

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and ...

*The Most Honourable the Marquess of Normanby Governor of the Colony of New Zealand

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

*Major-General Sir Harry Saint George Ord Royal Engineers, lately Governor of the Straits Settlements *Sir Redmond Barry Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria *Sir

Henry Watson Parker Sir Henry Watson Parker, (1 June 1808 – 2 February 1881) was Premier of New South Wales. He fitted into colonial society and politics in the era before responsible government, but his style was not suited to the democratic politics that bega ...

formerly First Minister of the Colony of New South Wales * John Bayley Darvall formerly Attorney-General of the Colony of New South Wales *Stephen Walcott Her Majesty's Commissioner for Emigration *

William Cleaver Francis Robinson Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (14 January 1834 – 2 May 1897) was an Irish colonial administrator and musical composer, who wrote several well-known songs. He was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, and was educated at home and at the ...

Governor of the Colony of Western Australia *Major

Robert Miller Mundy Sir Robert Miller Mundy (1813–1892) was a British soldier and colonial civil servant. He was the Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada. Biography Robert Miller Mundy was born in Shipley Hall. Mundy was the son of Edward Miller Mundy, and his third ...

lately Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Honduras *Major-General Patrick Leonard MacDougall, Deputy Quartermaster-General, formerly Adjutant-General of the Militia of the Dominion of Canada *Major-General John Henry Lefroy lately Governor of the Bermuda Islands *Major-General

Edward Selby Smyth General Sir Edward Selby Smyth, (31 March 1819 22 September 1896) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British General officer, General. He served as the first Commander of the Canadian Army, General Officer Commanding the Militia ...

, Commanding the Militia of the Dominion of Canada *Brigadier-General Robert Michael Laffan, Royal Engineers, Governor of the Bermuda Islands *

John Robertson John, Jon, or Jonathan Robertson may refer to: Politicians United Kingdom politicians * J. M. Robertson (John Mackinnon Robertson, 1856–1933), British journalist and Liberal MP for Tyneside 1906–1918 *John Robertson (Bothwell MP) (1867–1926) ...

, lately First Minister of the Colony of New South Wales * Henry Parkes, First Minister of the Colony of New South Wales *

Arthur Blyth Sir Arthur Blyth (19 March 1823 – 7 December 1891) was Premier of South Australia three times; 1864–65, 1871–72 and 1873–75. Early life The son of William Blyth and his wife, Sarah Wilkins, he was born at Birmingham, England on 21 ...

, lately First Minister of the Colony of South Australia *Sir Henry Thurstan Holland late Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies *

William Wellington Cairns Sir William Wellington Cairns, (1828 – 1888) was a British colonial administrator. He was the Governor of Queensland and the Governor of Trinidad. Early life Cairns was born in Belfast, Ireland on 3 March 1828 (as indicated on his grave s ...

Governor of the Colony of South Australia *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 *

William Fitzherbert William Fitzherbert may refer to: *Saint William of York, Archbishop of York *William Fitzherbert (New Zealand politician) (1810–1891), New Zealand politician * Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet (1748–1791), of Derbyshire *William Fitzherb ...

formerly Colonial Treasurer and Member of the Executive Government and Executive Council of New Zealand, and Special Agent for that Colony

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

* J. Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, Governor of the Falkland Islands * William Robinson, Governor of the Bahama Islands *Hudson Ralph Janisch, Governor of the Island of Saint Helena *

George Dundas George Dundas may refer to: * George Dundas (1690–1762), MP for Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency), Linlithgowshire 1722–1727 and 1741–1743 * George Dundas (Royal Navy officer) (1778–1834), Royal Navy admiral and member of parliam ...

, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Saint Vincent * George William Des Vœux, Administrator of the Government of the Island of Saint Lucia *

Frederick Palgrave Barlee Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee (6 February 1827 – 8 August 1884) was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia from 1855 to 1875; Lieutenant-Governor of the British Honduras (now Belize) from 1877 to 1882; and Administrator of Trinidad in 1884. ...

, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Honduras *

Joseph Trutch Sir Joseph William Trutch, (18 January 1826 – 4 March 1904) was an United Kingdom, English-born Canadians, Canadian engineer, surveying, surveyor and politician who served as first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Early life and ...

, lately Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia *Cyril Clerke Graham, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Grenada * John Douglas, First Minister of the Colony of Queensland *Edwin Donald Baynes, Colonial Secretary for the Leeward Islands *John Scott Bushe, Colonial Secretary for the Island of Trinidad *

William Alexander George Young Sir William Alexander George Young, (c. 1827 – 25 April 1885), was a British colonial administrator who acted in an interim capacity as Governor of Jamaica in 1874, and later served as Governor of Gold Coast from 1884 to his death in 1885. ...

, Government Secretary for the Colony of British Guiana *Gustave Barthélémy Colin, lately Procureur and Advocate-General of the Island of Mauritius *

Frederick Napier Broome Sir Frederick Napier Broome (18 November 1842 – 26 November 1896) was a colonial administrator in the British Empire, serving in Natal, Mauritius, Western Australia, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The Western Australian towns of Broom ...

, Colonial Secretary for the Colony of Natal *Alexander Wilson Moir, President of the Island of Saint Christopher *John d'Auvergne Dumaresq, Colonial Secretary for the Gold Coast Colony *

George Vane George Vane CMG, CCS, was the thirteenth Treasurer of Ceylon (1865-1882), and a member of both the Legislative Council and Governor's Executive Council, under the Robinson, Gregory and Longden administrations. Career Vane was initially app ...

, Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon * Thomas Russell, formerly Defence Minister of the Colony of New Zealand *James Henry Keens, formerly President of the Privy Council of the Island of Tobago * John Smith, President of the Council of Education for the Colony of New South Wales * Alexander Murray, Director of the Geological Survey of the Island of Newfoundland * Sandford Fleming, Royal Engineers, Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian Pacific Railway * John Palliser, lately in Command of an Expedition sent by the Government of Canada to the Rocky Mountains *Major Donald R. Cameron lately Chief Officer of the British Boundary Commission, Canada *Captain Samuel Anderson, Royal Engineers, lately Chief Astronomer of the British Boundary Commission, Canada *Captain George Arthur French formerly Commissioner of the North-West Police, Canada * Donald Currie *Captain Louis Frederick Knollys, late of Her Majesty's 32nd Regiment of Foot, lately Commanding Armed Constabulary in the Colony of Fiji *Arthur J. L. Gordon, Private Secretary to the Governor of the Colony of Fiji *

Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, (26 December 1817 – 23 December 1897) was a British civil servant who held positions including Governor of British Guiana. Kortright was baptised on 8 January 1818 at Saint Mary church in London. He was t ...

, Governor of the Colony of British Guiana *Lieutenant-Colonel William Grossman, R.E., lately Her Majesty's Commissioner of Enquiry into the Financial Affairs of the Province of Griqua Land West *Henry Lushington Phillips, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Natal, and lately Acting Chief Justice for the Island of Barbados *Colonel Antonio Mattel, R.M.F.A., for many years Lieutenant-Colonel in Command of the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery

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