The 1889 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 official birthday of The Queen, and were published in the ''

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'' on 24 May 1889 and in ''

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'' on 25 May 1889. 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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Joseph Edgar Boehm Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet, (6 July 1834 – 12 December 1890) was an Austrian-born British medallist and sculptor, best known for the " Jubilee head" of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Pa ...

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, the founder of the

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of steamships. * William Mackinnon *Sir George Hornidge Porter Surgeon-in-Ordinary to Her Majesty in Ireland. *Professor George Stokes President of the

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*Charles Frederick Blaine, for services rendered to the

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Benjamin Benjamin Sir Benjamin Benjamin (2 September 1834 – 7 March 1905) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was mayor of Melbourne between 1887 and 1889, before serving as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1889 to 1892. Early l ...

, Mayor of the city of Melbourne. *

Joseph Crosland Sir Joseph Crosland (24 October 1826 – 27 August 1904) was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Huddersfield from 4 February 1893 to 13 July 1895. He had contested the seat in the previous three general electi ...

, of Huddersfield. * William Crundall, Mayor of Dover. * Edmund Grattan, late Her Majesty's Consul-General at Antwerp. * William Macleay, of New South Wales. * Andrew Reed, Inspector-General of the

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. * James Russell Chief Justice of Hong Kong. *James Roberton , professor of

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at Glasgow University. *Aubrey Walsh, formerly Chairman of the Justices of Liberty of the Tower.

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

;Military Division *Admiral His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh Personal ''Aide-de-Camp'' to the Queen. *General Sir

Frederick Horn General Sir Frederick Horn (21 June 1805 – 1894) was a senior British Army officer who briefly commanded the 4th Division at the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War. Military career Horn was commissioned as an ensign in the 20th (Ea ...

*General Sir

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Royal Artillery. *General Sir Archibald Little *General Sir

Henry Daly General Sir Henry Dermot Daly (25 October 1823 – 21 July 1895) was a senior British Indian Army officer, colonial administrator, Liberal Unionist politician and founder of Daly College. Biography Daly was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Fran ...

Bombay Staff Corps. *Lt.-Gen. and Honorary General Sir Alexander Taylor Royal Engineers. ;Civil Division *Sir William Jenner one of the Physicians in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division *Admiral the Hon. Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane Retired List. *General John William Schneider Bombay Infantry. *Admiral

Algernon McLennan Lyons Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons (30 August 1833 – 9 February 1908) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. Lyons also served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific ...

*Lt.-Gen. and Honorary General

Charles Cameron Shute General Sir Charles Cameron Shute (3 January 1816 – 30 April 1904) was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician. Early life Charles Cameron Shute was the eldest son of Thomas Deane Shute of Fern Hill, Isle of Wight, and Bram ...

*Lt.-Gen. George Wentworth Alexander Higginson Lieutenant of the Tower of London. *Lt.-Gen. and Honorary General the Hon. David Macdowall Fraser Royal Artillery. *Lt.-Gen. Allen Bayard Johnson Bengal Staff Corps. *Maj.-Gen., and Honorary Lt.-Gen. William Augustus Fyers *Maj.-Gen. the Hon.

James Charlemagne Dormer Lieutenant General The Honourable Sir James Charlemagne Dormer (26 January 1834 – 3 May 1893) was a British Army officer. Military career Dormer was the younger son of Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th Baron Dormer. He became Chief of Staff of arm ...

Commanding the Force in Egypt. *Rear-Admiral the Hon. Edmund Robert Fremantle *Maj.-Gen. Richard Harrison Royal Engineers. ;Civil Division * Henry Longley Chief Charity Commissioner for England and Wales

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division *Lt.-Gen. Alexander Carnegy, Bombay Staff Corps. *Lt.-Gen. David MacFarlan, Royal Artillery. *Lt.-Gen.

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Bombay Cavalry. *Maj.-Gen.

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. *Maj.-Gen. Hastings Fraser, Madras Staff Corps. *Capt.

Henry Frederick Stephenson Sir Henry Frederick Stephenson (7 June 1842 – 16 December 1919) was a Royal Navy officer, courtier, and Arctic explorer. Early life and career Stephenson was the son of Henry Frederick Stephenson MP, (20 September 1790 – 30 July 1858, ...

Royal Navy, ''Aide-de-Camp'' to the Queen. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Richard William Charles Winsloe, ''Aide-de-Camp'' to the Queen. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Robert Grant, Royal Engineers, Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Engineers, Headquarters of the Army. *Col. Henry Wood, 9th Regimental District. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Frederick Lance, Bengal Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. George Corrie Bird, Madras Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. John Hugh Green, Bengal Staff Corps. *Col. (with the rank of Brigadier-General) Boyce Albert Combe, Commanding a Second Class District of the Bombay Army. * Thales Pease, Deputy Commissary General of Ordnance, with the honorary rank of Colonel, Ordnance Store Department. *Col. William Lewis Kinloch Ogilvy, Assistant Adjutant-General, Cork District. *Lt.-Col. and Col. FitzRoy Stephen. *Maj. and Col.

Geoffrey Barton Major General Sir Geoffrey Barton, (22 February 1844 – 8 July 1922) of the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers), served the British Army from 1862 until 1904. Although he saw service in Ireland, Hong Kong and India, the majority of his ...

, the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). *Maj. and Col. Arthur FitzRoy Hart, the East Surrey Regiment. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Henry Grey MacGregor, ''Aide-de-Camp'' to the Queen. *Maj. and Col.

Andrew Gilbert Wauchope Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was a British Army officer, killed commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein in the South African War. Life Andrew Gilbert was the second son of Andrew Wauch ...

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). *Maj.

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, Royal Artillery. *Maj. George Blake Napier Martin, Royal Artillery. ;Civil Division *The Hon.

Eric Barrington Sir Bernard Eric Edward Barrington (5 June 1847 – 24 February 1918) was a British civil servant who was principal private secretary to three Foreign Secretaries. Career The Honourable Bernard Eric Edward Barrington, youngest son of William Bar ...

, Foreign Office. *Doctor James Bell Principal of the Laboratory Department, Inland Revenue. *Col. William Bell, late 64th Foot, ''Aide-de-Camp'' to the Queen, Government Secretary to the Lt.-Governor of Guernsey. *Henry Thomas de la Bere, Deputy Accountant-General, War Office. *

Wilfred Joseph Cripps Wilfred Joseph Cripps (8 June 1841 – 26 October 1903) was an English antiquarian and a writer on antique silver plate. Early life Cripps was born in London into a wealthy family who profited from the wool trade in the Cotswolds and were promine ...

David Harrel Sir David Harrel (25 March 1841 – 12 May 1939) was an Ireland, Irish police officer and civil servant. Harrel was born in Mount Pleasant, County Down, the son of a land agent. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, Gosport, but was too o ...

, Chief Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. *Doctor James Reid, Physician Extraordinary to Her Majesty. * George Lisle Ryder, Principal Clerk in the Treasury. *Maj. Henry Samuel Spiller Watkin, Royal Artillery, Inspector of Position Finding, Department of Director of Artillery. * Edward Wingfield, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.

The Imperial Order of the Crown of India

*Her Highness Princess Victoria Louise Sophia Augusta Amélia Helena of Schleswig-Holstein. *Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck.

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander (KCSI)

*Col.

Henry Yule Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Oriental studies, Orientalist and geographer. He published many travel books, including translations of the work of Marco Polo and ''Mirabilia'' by the 14th-century Dominican ...

Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India.

Companion (CSI)

*Col. Edward Lacon Ommanney, Bengal Staff Corps. * Henry Edward Stokes, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras.

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

*Sir Robert Hart Inspector-General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs. *Sir

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late Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Pekin. ;Honorary Knight Grand Cross *

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Prime Minister of Egypt.

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

* Charles Bruce Lt.-Governor and Government Secretary of the Colony of British Guiana. *Langham Dale Superintendent-General of Education of the Cape of Good Hope, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of that Colony. *

James Shaw Hay Sir James Shaw Hay (25 October 1839 – 20 June 1924) was a British colonial governor. Family He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Pasley Hay (1 May 1801 - 28 June 1858) and wife (married 24 February 1824) Georgette Heine Arnaud ( ...

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Sierra Leone. *Sir

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President of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria. *

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Administrator of the Possession of British New Guinea. *

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, Member of the Legislative Council of Natal. *

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Governor and Comraander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands. *Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Malta. *Capt. John Sydney Webb, Deputy-Master of the Corporation of the Trinity House, for services in connection with Lighthouses in the Colonies and abroad.

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

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, Japanese Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation in Japan. *Charles Gage Brown Medical Adviser to the Colonial Office. * Edward Ciantar, Member of the Council of Government of the Island of Malta. *

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, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and Representative of that Colony at the Colonial Conference of 1857. * Robert Lewis John Ellery, Government Astronomer of the Colony of Victoria. * Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham, Colonial Secretary of British Honduras. *

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, Administrator of the Island of Saint Lucia. * Lloyd William Mathews, a General in the Army of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar. *

George Thomas Michael O'Brien Sir George Thomas Michael O'Brien ( Chinese: 柯布連) (5 November 1844 – 12 April 1906) was a British colonial official who served as Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1892 to 1895, and as Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the W ...

, Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon. *

Ponnambalam Ramanathan Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, CMG, KC ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் இராமநாதன், translit=Poṉṉampalam Irāmanātaṉ; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 1930) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Solicitor-General o ...

, Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon. *Frederick Warner, Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Trinidad. *Louis Antoine Aimé de Vertéuil, Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Trinidad.

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander (KCIE)

*Maharana Shri Wakhat Singh Dalil Singh, Raja of

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. *

John Ware Edgar Sir John Ware Edgar (16 September 1839 - 4 June 1902EDGAR, Sir John Ware’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014) was a British colonial administrator in Britis ...

Bengal Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal. * Sir Henry Mortimer Durand,Great Britain. India Office Anglo-Indian diplomat and member of the Indian Civil Service. *

William Markby Sir William Markby, KCIE (31 May 182915 October 1914) was an English judge and legal writer. Career Markby was born on 31 May 1829, the fourth son of the Rev. William Henry Markby, Rector of Duxford in Cambridgeshire. He was educated at Bury S ...

Companion (CIE)

*Maj. Charles Henry Ellison Adamson, Madras Staff Corps, Deputy Commissioner, Burma. *William Henry Bliss, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue and Commissioner of Salt and Abkari and Separate Revenue. *John Walker Buyers, Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department (Railway Branch), Government of India. *Khalifa Syed Mahomed Hassan, Prime Minister of Patiala. *Brigade Surgeon Isidore Bernadotte Lyon, Bombay Medical Establishment. *Naoroji Nusserwanjee Wadia, of Bombay.

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