The 1891 Birthday Honours were appointments by

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to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the

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. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were published in the '' London Gazette'' on 29 May 1891 and in ''

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'' on 30 May 1891. 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

Baron

* Sir George Stephen * Samuel Cunliffe-Lister.

Privy Councillor

The Queen appointed the following to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: *

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*The Hon. Evelyn Ashley. * William Lidderdale.

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*The Right Hon. Peter O'Brien, Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice in Ireland.

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*Henry Bennett, Mayor of

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Archibald Geikie Sir Archibald Geikie (28 December 183510 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer. Early life Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband James Stuart Geikie, a musician and music critic. T ...

Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. *Henry Reader Lack, Comptroller-General of the Patent Office. *Gustavus Nathan, her Majesty's Consul-General at Vienna. * Henry Oakley, General Manager Great Northern Railway. *Walter Sherburne Prideaux, Clerk to the

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. *

William Charles Windeyer Sir William Charles Windeyer (29 September 1834 – 11 September 1897) was an Australian politician and judge. As a New South Wales politician he was responsible for the creation of Belmore Park (north of the new Central railway constructed in ...

, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. *Walter Thomas Wragg, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Natal. * Julian Emanuel Salomons Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. *Robert Gillespie, of the Dominion of Canada.

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

;Military Division *General Sir Samuel James Browne Indian Staff Corps. *General Sir

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Indian Staff Corps. *General Sir John Ross Commanding the Troops in the Dominion of Canada. *Lt.-Gen. Sir

John Chetham McLeod Lieutenant-General Sir John Chetham McLeod (23 January 1831 – 10 January 1914) was a Scottish British Army officer and colonial administrator. McLeod was born in Ceylon, and educated at Perth Academy and the University of St Andrews. He was ...

*Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Evelyn Wood Commanding the Troops,

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division *Admiral Sir

Francis Leopold McClintock Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gather ...

*General William Templer Hughes Indian Staff Corps. *General Charles Robert Cureton Indian Staff Corps. *General John Field Bombay Infantry. *Vice-Admiral George Willes Watson Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies. *Lt.-Gen.

Charles Craufurd Fraser Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Craufurd Fraser (31 August 1829 – 7 June 1895) was a British 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 Commo ...

*Lt.-Gen.

Wilbraham Oates Lennox Lieutenant-General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox (4 August 1830 – 7 February 1897) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Briti ...

Royal Engineers. *Lt.-Gen. William John Williams Royal Artillery. *Major-General and Honorary Lt.-Gen. Henry Edwin Weare *Maj.-Gen. and Honorary Lt.-Gen. Alexander Abercromby Nelson * William Alexander Mackinnon , Director-General of the Army Medical Department *Lt.-Col. and Col. (temporary Maj.-Gen.) Henry James Alderson Royal Artillery, Director of Artillery.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division *Maj.-Gen. Thomas Rose Nimmo, Indian Staff Corps. *Capt. Walter Stewart *Col. (temporary Maj.-Gen.) Henry le Guay Geary, Commanding Royal Artillery, Southern District. *Lt.-Col. and Col. the Hon. George Patrick Hyde Villiers Grenadier Guards. *Capt. Alan Brodrick Thomas *Capt. Henry Coey Kane *Lt.-Col. and Col. William Popham Dicken Indian Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Swinton John Browne, Indian Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Francis William Boileau, Indian Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Robert Cecil Richard Clifford, Indian Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. James Calder Stewart, Indian Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Francis William Collis, Indian Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Joseph Gabbett, Indian Staff Corps. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Thomas Fraser Royal Engineers. *Col. James Alleyne, Assistant Adjutant-General, Aldershot. *Lt.-Col. and Col.

John Frederick Maurice Major-General Sir John Frederick Maurice (24 May 1841 – 12 January 1912) was a senior British Army officer, chiefly remembered for his military writings. Family and early life Maurice was born in Southwark, London in 1841, the eldest son of R ...

, Professor, Staff College. *Col. Henry Richard Abadie, Regimental District. *Chief Inspector of Machinery John Harold Heffernan *Col. James Woodward Scott Royal Marine Light Infantry. *Lt.-Col. and Col.

Bindon Blood General Sir Bindon Blood, (7 November 1842 – 16 May 1940) was a British Army commander who served in Egypt, Afghanistan, India, and South Africa. Military career Bindon Blood was born near Jedburgh, Scotland, to William Bindon Blood (1817� ...

, Royal Engineers. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Arthur Godolphin Yeatman-Biggs, Royal Artillery. *Maj. and Brevet Col. Charles Holled Smith, the King's Royal Rifle Corps (Governor-General of the Red Sea Littoral and Commandant, Suakin). *Lt.-Col. and Col.

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Indian Staff Corps. *Col. Arthur Singleton Wynne, Assistant Adjutant General, Curragh. *Lt.-Col. and Col. Frederick Meyer Wardrop, 12th Lancers. *Maj. and Col. John Hartley Sandwith, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Egypt. *Maj. and Col. Charles Coghlan Smyth, the Welsh Regiment. *Principal Veterinary Surgeon James Drummond Lambert, Veterinary Department. *Col. William Gustavus Nicholson, Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief in India. *Brigade Surgeon Robert Waters *Lt.-Col. Arthur James Poole. *Honorary Lt.-Col. Edmund Grey Skinner, Assistant Commissary General of Ordnance, Ordnance Store Department. *Lt.-Col. Wodehouse Dillon Richardson, Army Service Corps, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Egypt. ;Civil Division *Lt.-Col. and Col. Robert Young Armstrong, Royal Engineers, Inspector of Submarine Defences. * Robert Giffen, Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade. *Honorary Col. William Macdonnell, Chief Paymaster, Army Pay Department. *Frederic Lacey Robinson, Commissioner of Inland Revenue. * Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, War Office.

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander (KCSI)

* Philip Perceval Hutchins Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India.

Companion (CSI)

*Col. George Herbert Trevor, Madras Staff Corps, Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana.

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

* Richard Southey formerly Colonial Secretary of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Griqualand West. * John Forrest Premier and Treasurer of the Colony of Western Australia. * George William Robert Campbell oil retirement from the office of Inspector-General of Police and Prisons of the Island of Ceylon.

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

William Grey-Wilson Sir William Grey-Wilson (7 April 1852 – 14 February 1926) was a British colonial administrator. He was born William Wilson, the son of Andrew Wilson, Inspector-General of Hospitals, Honorable East India Company and his wife Catherine Grey. H ...

, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of St. Helena. *Col. John Elliott Inspector-General of Police of the Island of Barbados. *Thomas Dickson Foote, late President of the General Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands and of the Legislative Council of Antigua. * Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast Colony. *

George Chardin Denton Sir George Chardin Denton (22 June 1851 – 9 January 1928) was a British colonial administrator and former military officer who served as the Administrator, and later Governor, of the Gambia from 1900 to 1911. Early life and education He was bo ...

, Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Lagos. *Lt.-Col. Alexander Chalmers McKean, for services in Zululand. *Lt.-Col. David Wilson, Commanding the Rifle Volunteers in Trinidad, and Sub-intendant of Crown Lands of that Colony. *Charles Shortt Dicken, Secretary to the Agent-General in London for the Colony of Queensland. *Charles James Ward, for services in connection with the Jamaica Exhibition. *George Stiebel, for services in connection with the Jamaica Exhibition. ;Honorary Companion *Dato Sri Amar d'Raja Abdul Rahman, Secretary to His Highness the Sultan of Johore

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)

*His Highness Mir Ali Murad Khan, Talpur of Khairpur.

Knight Commander (KCIE)

*Charles Bradley Pritchard Bombay Civil Service. Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay.

Companion (CIE)

*Nawub Ahsun Ullah, of Dacca. *John Prescott Hewett, Bengal Civil Service. *Raj Kanti Chunder Mukarji Bahadur, Diwan of Jaipur. *Dr.

William Schlich Sir Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich (28 February 1840 in Flonheim – 28 September 1925 in Oxford), also known as William Schlich, was an eminent German-born forester who worked extensively in India for the British administration. As a professor ...

*Maharaja Mahendra Singh, of Bhadawar. *Capt. Francis Edward Younghusband, 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards. *Vincent Robinson. *Khan Bahadur Muncherji Kavasji Murzban.

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(DSO)

*Chief Inspector of Machinery Henry Benbow *Col. Elphinstone Waters Begbie, Madras Infantry, Assistant Adjutant-General, Madras. *Maj. and Col.

Francis William Rhodes Colonel Francis William Rhodes (9 April 1850 – 21 September 1905) is perhaps the best known member of the Rhodes family after his brother Cecil. Trained as a soldier from his youth, he participated in a considerable amount of conflict in dif ...

, 1st Dragoon, Military Secretary to Governor, Bombay. *Capt. and Brevet Lt.-Col.

Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a British Army general who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cro ...

, the Gordon Highlanders, Assistant Adjutant-General (for Musketry), Bengal. *Maj. and Brevet Lt.-Col. Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements, the South Wales Borderers. *Maj. and Brevet Lt.-Col. Henry Hamilton Settle, Royal Engineers (attached to Egyptian Army). *Honorary Lt.-Col. Frank Graham Wintle, Assistant Commissary-General of Ordnance, Ordnance Store Department. *Maj. and Brevet Lt.-Col. Harold Pemberton Leach, Royal Engineers. *Surgeon-Maj. James Sutherland Wilkins, Indian Medical Service. *Maj. Charles Comyn Egerton, Indian Staff Corps, Assistant Adjutant-General, Punjab Frontier Force. *Maj. Alfred Mansel, Royal Artillery. *Capt. William Richard Yielding, Indian Staff Corps. *Capt. John Robert Beech 20th Hussars (attached to Egyptian Army).

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