The 1879 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria 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 '' The London Gazette'' on 24 May 1879. 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 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)

*The Right Honourable Lord Lyons Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic *The Right Honourable Lord Odo William Leopold Russell Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia *Sir Antonio Micallef President of the Court of Appeal in the Island of Malta

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

*Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau formerly Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec * William Taylour Thomson late Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Shah of Persia *

William Pearce Howland Sir William Pearce Howland, (29 May 1811 – 1 January 1907) served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1868 to 1873. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation. Biography Born in 1811 in Pawling, New York, William Howland wa ...

formerly Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario * Charles Tupper Minister of Public Works for the Dominion of. Canada * Samuel Leonard Tilley Minister of Finance for the Dominion of Canada *George Buckley Mathew late Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil * George Welsh Kellner late Financial Commissioner in Cyprus *Major-General Edward Wolstenholme Ward late Deputy Master of the Branch Mint at Sydney *Dr.

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

Government Botanist, Victoria *George Brown, Member of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada * Alexander Campbell, Receiver-General of the Dominion of Canada * Richard John Cartwright, lately Finance Minister of the Dominion of Canada * Edward William Stafford, formerly Prime Minister of New Zealand * William Fox, formerly Prime Minister of New Zealand ;;Honorary Knight Commander *His Excellency Rachad Pacha, late Governor of Gallipoli

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

* James Armstrong, Chief Justice of the Island of Saint Lucia *Colonel

Henry Wray Lieutenant-General Henry Wray (1 January 1826 – 6 April 1900) was a Royal Engineers officer who arrived in Fremantle on 12 December 1851 and was responsible for carrying out the construction plans for Fremantle Prison for Edmund Henderson. Mi ...

, Royal Engineers, lately Commanding Royal Engineers in Malta, and specially employed in directing the Drainage Works of Malta *Colonel Peter Henry Scratchley, Royal Engineers, specially employed in Superintending Works of Defence in the Australian Colonies *Lieutenant-Colonel John Terence Nicolls O'Brien, Inspector-General of Police, Mauritius *Major

John Frederick Adolphus McNair John Frederick Adolphus McNair (23 October 1828 – 17 May 1910) was a British Indian and colonial official. Early life and family McNair was born in Bath. He married firstly Sarah Desgranges Paine in 1849. They had seven children. He married ...

Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-General, Straits Settlements *

Christopher Rolleston Christopher Rolleston (27 July 1817 – 9 April 1888) was an English-born colonial public servant in Australia. Rolleston was born 27 July 1817 in Watnall, Nottinghamshire, the second son of Rev. John Rolleston and Elizabeth, . A prominent ...

, Auditor-General of New South Wales * Edward Richardson, formerly Minister of Public Works, New Zealand * William James Mudie Larnach, lately Treasurer of New Zealand *Thomas Berkeley Hardtman-Berkeley, Member of the Executive Council of Saint Christopher and Vice-President of the Federal Council of the Leeward Islands * William Brandford Griffith, Auditor-General, Barbados *

Patrick Jennings Sir Patrick Alfred Jennings, (20 March 183111 July 1897) was an Irish-Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales. Early life Jennings was born at Newry, Ireland, the son of Francis Jennings, a well-known merchant in that town. He ...

, Executive Commissioner for the Industrial Exhibition, New South Wales *Joseph Henderson, of Natal, selected as Commissioner to inquire into the Finances of the Transvaal *

Hugh Low Sir Hugh Low, (10 May 182418 April 1905) was a British colonial administrator and naturalist. After a long residence in various colonial roles in Labuan, he was appointed as British administrator in the Malay Peninsula where he made the first ...

, British Resident at Perak, in the Malay Peninsula * George Bentham of Victoria, author of the ''Flora Australiensis''

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