The 1896 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 ''

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'' on 20 May and 26 May and in ''

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'' on 20 May 1896. 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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(made Baron Roos of Belvoir) *The Rt Hon. Edward Heneage *Colonel John Wingfield Malcolm

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

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Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet of Lisquinlan and Corkbeg (10 July 1839 – 10 July 1919), was a British Conservative politician. Early life Fitzgerald was the son of Robert Uniacke Penrose (1800 – 11 June 1857) of Corkbe ...

* Charles Cave * William Ogilvy Dalgleish *

Lewis McIver Sir Lewis McIver, 1st Baronet (6 March 1846 – 9 August 1920) was a British Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1909. Biography McIver was the son of John McIver, secretary of the Presidency Bank of Madr ...

* Joseph Verdin

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*John Cass *

Vincent Caillard Sir Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard (23 October 1856 – 18 March 1930) was a British Army officer, financier and municipal politician. He served as President of the Ottoman Public Debt Council and the Financial Director of Vickers. He was also a ...

Joshua Girling Fitch Sir Joshua Girling Fitch (13 February 1824 – 14 July 1903) was an English educationist. Life Fitch was the second son of Thomas Fitch, of a Colchester family. He was born in Southwark, London. The eldest son, Thomas Hodges (1822–1907), became ...

Joseph Sebag-Montefiore Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore (born 29 August 1822 in London, died 19 January 1903 in London) was a British banker, stockbroker and politician. He was the son of Solomon Sebag and his wife Sarah Montefiore. He married Adelaide Cohen, daughter of Lou ...

Peter le Page Renouf Sir Peter le Page Renouf (23 August 1822 – 14 October 1897) was a British professor, Egyptologist, and museum director, best known for his translation of '' The Book of the Dead''. Personal life Renouf was born in Guernsey on the Channel Is ...

* Allen Lanyon Sarle *David Stewart * Charles Cecil Trevor *The Hon. George Arthur Parker, late Judge of the High Court, Madras. *

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Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Ontario. * William Henry Cox, Chief Justice, Straits Settlements. *

Henry Spencer Berkeley Sir Henry Spencer Hardtman Berkeley (6 September 1851 – 30 September 1918 ), was a barrister, Attorney General and Chief Justice of Fiji and Attorney-General of Hong Kong. Early life Berkeley was the third son of Thomas Berkeley Hardt ...

, Chief Justice, Fiji. * William John Anderson, Chief Justice, British Honduras.

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

;Military Division *General Sir

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Indian Staff Corps. *Lieutenant-General Sir

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Royal Engineers. *General Sir George Richards Greaves ;Civil Division *The Rt Hon. Sir Edmund John Monson Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division *Major-General and Honorary Lieutenant-General John William Cox Colonel, the Bedfordshire Regiment. *General

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Royal Marine Artillery. *General David Scott Dodgson Bengal Infantry. *General Arthur Hewlett Indian Staff Corps. *Vice-Admiral

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*General Sir Robert Biddulph Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar. *Lieutenant-General Charles Mansfield Clarke commanding the Forces, Madras. *Vice-Admiral Henry Fairfax *Major-General Robert Grant Royal Engineers, Inspector-General of Fortifications. *Admiral Richard Wells *Vice-Admiral Lord Walter Talbot Kerr ;Civil Division *

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President of the

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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division *Surgeon-Major-General Charles Dodgson Madden late Army Medical Staff. *Major-General William Walters Biscoe, Bengal Cavalry. *Major-General Revell Eardley-Wilmot, Bengal Infantry. *Major-General Robert Melvill Jennings, Bengal Cavalry, commanding a Second Class District in India. *Major-General Hugh Richard Hope, Madras Cavalry. *Colonel George Augustus Way, Indian Staff Corps. *Colonel John Robert Collins *Colonel George Tindal Pretyman, Royal Artillery. *Colonel

Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly Major General Richard Hebden O'Grady-Haly, (22 February 1841 – 8 July 1911) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1900 to 1902. Military career Born the son of General Sir William O'G ...

Assistant Adjutant-General, Belfast District. *Colonel Ronald Bertram Lane, Assistant Military Secretary, Headquarters. *Colonel Euston Henry Sartorius *Colonel

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*Colonel Alexander Ferrier Kidston, Regimental District. *Colonel Dudley North, Assistant Adjutant-General, Canada. *Colonel (Brigadier-General) George Crawford Hogg, Bombay Cavalry, commanding a Second Class District in India. *Colonel Elphinstone Waters Begbie Madras Infantry. *Colonel Henry Fyers Turner, Deputy Inspector-General of Fortifications. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton, Earl of Dundonald. 2nd Life Guards. *Colonel Patrick Douglas Jeffreys, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters, India. *Colonel Robert Patch, Indian Staff Corps. *Colonel Pelham James Maitland, Indian Staff Corps, Deputy Secretary, Military Department, Government of India. *Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Robert Hunter Murray,

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(Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). *Major and Brevet Colonel Arthur Gethin Creagh, Royal Artillery. *Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Alphonsus Dunne, Army Service Corps, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, North-Eastern District. *Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus Edward Read Rainsford, Army Service Corps, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Egypt. *Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Willis Duncan Ward, Army Service Corps, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Home District. *Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate, the

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. ;Civil Division * Sir Henry Neville Dering Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Plenipotentiary, and Consul-Gencral in Mexico. *John Hamilton Franks, Secretary to the Irish Lord Commission. * David Gill, Her Majesty's Astronomer,

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. *Henry Arthur William Hervey, late Chief Clerk, Foreign Office. *

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, late Assistant Under Secretary of State, Home Office. *Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Henry Smith, Commissioner of the City of London Police. * William Jameson Soulsby, Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor. *

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The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander (KCSI)

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Chief Commissioner of Assam. *Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Swaine Lethbridge

Companion (CSI)

*James Fairbairn Finlay, Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance and Commerce Department.

The Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

*The Most Noble William John Arthur Charles James, Duke of Portland, Master of the Horse to Her Majesty. *The Rt Hon. Sidney, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household. *The Rt Hon. Charles John, Baron Colville of Culross Chamberlain to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. *General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn Comptroller and Treasurer of the Household of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

*Colonel the Hon. William James Colville Her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

*Rear-Admiral John Reginald Thomas Fullerton Honorary ''Aide-de-Camp'' to the Queen, Commanding Her Majesty's Royal Yacht '' Victoria and Albert''. *Capt. The Hon. Debonnaire John Monson, Comptroller of the Household of His Royal Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Duke of Edinburgh).

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

*Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Collins, Gentleman Usher to the Queen, Equerry and Comptroller to Her Royal Highness Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lorne). *Major Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters Military Attaché to the Embassy at Saint Petersburg.

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

*Sir

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High Commissioner in London for the Dominion of Canada.

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

*The Hon. Hugh Muir Nelson, Premier Chief Secretary, and Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of Queensland. *The Hon.

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Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada.

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

*Somerset Richard French, Postmaster-General of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Companion (CIE)

*Henry O'Connell Cardozo, Superintendent of Revenue Survey, Madras. *Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel

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*Thomas Higham, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch. *Major John Shakespear

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. *Sardar Ratan Singh, President of the Council of Regency of the

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. *Raja Bhup Indra Bikram Singh, of Piagpur. *Major James John Macleod, Officiating Commandant,

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. *Captain Norman Franks *Arthur Henry Plunkett *Rao Bahadur Chunilal Venilal

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