The

Queen's Birthday Honours The Birthday Honours, in some Commonwealth realms, mark the reigning British monarch's official birthday by granting various individuals appointment into national or dynastic orders or the award of decorations and medals. The honours are present ...

1886 were granted in celebration of the 24 May birthday of

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 ...

. They were announced in the ''

London Gazette London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

'' of 28 May 1886. Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled in the ''Gazette'', before their new honours or any subsequent honours. Various

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s are preserved, e.g. spellings such as "Burmah", now spelt Burma (or called Myanmar), etc.; abbreviations such as "Knt." for Knight achelor etc.; and sequence of

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, such as "K.C.B., V.C." whereas V.C. is now placed before other post-nominals.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

*Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget, P.C., K.C.B. *General

Viscount Templetown Viscount Templetown, in the County of Antrim, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 13 February 1806 for John Upton, 2nd Baron Templetown, Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds. He was the son of Clotworthy Upton, who ser ...

, K.C.B. *General Sir William Jones, K C.B. *General Sir Charles Reid, K.C.B., Bengal Staff Corps. *General Sir George Malcolm, K.C.B., Bombay Staff Corps. *General Sir Daniel Lysons, K.C.B. *Lieutenant-General and Honorary General Sir Frederick Francis Maude, K.C.B., V.C.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

*General Frank Turner, C.B., Royal Artillery. *Admiral Arthur Farquhar, Royal Navy. *General

Henry James Warre Lieutenant-General Sir Henry James Warre (12 January 1819 – 3 April 1898) was a British Army officer. Early life Warre was born in Cape Town, Cape Colony, the son of Lieutenant-General Sir William Warre (1784–1853) and Selina Anna Maling, ...

, C.B. *Lieutenant-General and Honorary General the Honourable

St George Gerald Foley General Sir St. George Gerald Foley (10 July 1814 – 24 January 1897) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. Military career Born the son of Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley, Foley was commissioned into the 5 ...

, C.B. *Lieutenant-General and Honorary General

Henry Errington Longden General Sir Henry Errington Longden (14 January 1819 – 29 January 1890) was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General in India. Military career Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Longden was comm ...

, C.B., C.S.I. *General

William Olpherts General Sir William Olpherts (8 March 1822 – 30 April 1902) was a British Indian Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwea ...

, C.B., V.C., Royal (Bengal) Artillery. *Admiral John Corbett, C.B., Royal Navy. *Vice-Admiral Sir George Henry Richards, Knt., C.B., Royal Navy. *Lieutenant-General Julius Richard Glyn, C.B. *Lieutenaut-General William Pollexfen Radcliffe, C.B. *Lieutenant-General William Payn, C.B. *Major-General John Watson, C.B., V.C., Bombay Staff Corps. *Henry Robinson, Esq., C.B., Vice-President of the Local Government Board, Ireland.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

*Major-General George Samuel Young, Commanding Troops, Dublin District. *Major-General Stephen Henry Edward Chamier, Koyal Artillery. *Captain Frederick George Denham Bedford, Royal Navy. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Gordon Douglas Pritchard, Royal Engineers. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel William Wiltshire Lynch, half-pay, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Aldershot. *Captain Robert Woodward, Royal Navy. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel William Dunn Bond, half-pay, Colonel on the Staff, Natal. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel

Robert Montresor Rogers Major General Robert Montresor Rogers, (4 September 1834 – 5 February 1895) was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and ...

, V.C., half-pay, Brigadier-General, Bengal. *Colonel Adam George Forbes Hogg, Bombay Staff Corps. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Aylmer Spicer Cameron, V.C., half-pay, Commandant and Secretary, Royal Military College. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel George Frederick Gildea, half-pay. *Deputy Surgeon-General John By Cole Reade, Medical Staff. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel William de Wilton Roche Thackwell, Regimental District. *Colonel Alfred Robert Davidson Mackenzie, Bengal Cavalry. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel

Edward Hopton Lieutenant General Sir Edward Hopton (7 February 1837 – 19 January 1912) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Early life Hopton was born in 1837 in Bishops Frome, Herefordshire, the eldest son of the Reveren ...

, Regimental District. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Charles Henry Browne, Regimental District. *Colonel

Edward Talbot Thackeray Colonel Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray (19 October 1836 – 3 September 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwea ...

, V.C., Royal Engineers. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Sir John William Campbell, Bart., Royal Artillery. *Deputy Commissary-General (with honorary and relative rank of Colonel) John Leslie Robertson, Commissariat and Transport Staff. *Lieutenant-Colonel Wardlaw Cortlandt Anderson, Bengal Staff Corps. *Brigade Surgeon George Farrell, Bengal Medical Establishment. *William Orange, Esq., M.D., Superintendent of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. * Charles Stuart Scott, Esq., Secretary of Embassy, Berlin. *Patrick Cumin, Esq., Secretary to the Committee of Council on Education.

Order of the Star of India The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) # Knight Commander ( KCSI) # Companion ( CSI) No appointments ...

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

* Theodore Cracraft Hope, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Bombay Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India. * Charles Edward Bernard, Esq., C.S.I., Bengal Civil Service, Chief Commissioner of Burmah. *Nawab Khwaja Abdul Ghani Meeah, of Dacca, C.S.I. *

William Chichele Plowden Sir William Chichele Plowden (1832 – 4 September 1915) was a Civil Servant and Member of the Legislative Council in India, and subsequently a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1886 to 1892. Plowden was the son of Willi ...

, Esq., Bengal Civil Service (Retired), late Census Commissioner for India.

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

*William George Pedder, Esq., Bombay Civil Service (Retired), Secretary in the Revenue, Statistics, and Commerce Department of the India Office. * Alexander Mackenzie, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department. *Charles Bradley Pritchard, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, Commissioner of Customs, Salt, Opium, and Abkari, and Reporter-General of External Commerce, Bombay.

Order of the Indian Empire

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

*Surgeon-General Michael Cudmore Furnell, M.D., Indian Medical Department, Madras, Surgeon-General with the Government of Madras. *Luchman Das Seth, of Muttra. *Edward Spence Symes, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Burmah. *Rao Bahadur Ranchonlal Chotalal, of Ahmedabad. *Deputy Surgeon-General Alexander Morison Dallas, Indian Medical Department, Bengal, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab. *Frederick Charles Kennedy, Esq., Manager of the Irrawaddy Flotilla, Burmah.

Order of St Michael and St 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, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...

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

*Major-General Sir Robert Biddulph, R.A., K.C.M.G., C.B., late Her Majesty's High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Cyprus. * Sir Francis Clare Ford, K.C.M.G., C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid.

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

*His Highness Abdul Samat, Sultan of Selangore.

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

* Sir John Coode, C.E., Knt., in recognition of services rendered in connection with Colonial Harbours and Marine Works. *Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall James Clarke (late R.A.), C.M.G., Resident Magistrate in Basutoland. * Cecil Clementi Smith, Esq., C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor and Colonial Secretary of Ceylon. * Donald Alexander Smith, Esq., of Montreal, in the Dominion of Canada. * Robert Stout, Esq., Premier of New Zealand. *The Honourable William Stuart, C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Hague. *The Right Honourable Lord Vivian, C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels. *The Honourable Edmund John Monson, C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen. *Lieutenant-Colonel

Robert Lambert Playfair Sir (Robert) Lambert Playfair (21 March 1828 – 18 February 1899) was a British soldier, diplomat, naturalist and author. Early life Lambert Playfair was a grandson of James Playfair, principal of the University of St Andrews, and son of Geo ...

, Her Majesty's Consul-General for Algeria and Tunis.

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

Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, (29 May 1837 – 29 March 1902) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British barrister and colonial administrator, who served as Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate 1885&nd ...

, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., Administrator and Chief Magistrate of British Bechuanaland, late British Commissioner on Joint Anglo-German Commission in South Africa. *Lieutenant-Colonel

Albert Henry Hime Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Albert Henry Hime, (29 August 1842 – 13 September 1919) was a Royal Engineers officer and later a prominent politician in the Colony of Natal. Early life and career Hime was born in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, on the Ballyd ...

(late R.E.), Colonial Engineer of Natal. *Commander Graham John Bower (late R.N.), Secretary to Her Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa. *Edward Stace Symonds, Esq., Under Treasurer of the Colony of Victoria. * Charles Meldrum, Esq., FRS, Director of the Royal Alfred Observatory of Mauritius. *Osbert Chadwick, Esq., C.E., for services rendered in connection with Hydraulic and Sanitary Works in several Colonies. *Hampden Willis, Esq., Under Colonial Secretary for the Cape of Good Hope. *Colonel the Honourable George Patrick Hyde Villiers, Her Majesty's Military Attaché at Paris. *Percy Sanderson, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul-General for Roumania.

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