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The New Year Honours 1899 were appointments by
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 ...
to various orders and honours of the
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and
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. They were published in ''
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'' on 2 January 1899, and the various honours were gazetted in ''
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'' on 2 January 1899, 10 January 1899, and on 13 January 1899. The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, ''etc.'') then divisions (Military, Civil).


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Viscount

* Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Cromer


Baron

* The Right Honourable Sir Philip Currie, GCB * Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bart. * Sir
Henry Hawkins Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton, (14 September 1817 – 6 October 1907), known as Sir Henry Hawkins between 1876 and 1899, was an English judge. He served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice between 1876 and 1898. Background and educatio ...
* Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, Esq.


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* Sir William Walrond, Bart., MP * Sir Charles Hall,
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, MP,
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* Colonel
Edward James Saunderson Colonel Edward James Saunderson (1 October 183721 October 1906) was an Anglo-Irish landowner and prominent Irish unionist politician. He led the Irish Unionist Alliance between 1891 and 1906. Early life Saunderson was born at the family seat ...
, MP *
William Kenrick William Kenrick may refer to: *William Kenrick (Member of Barebone's Parliament), MP for Kent (UK Parliament constituency) *William Kenrick (writer) (1725–1779), English novelist, playwright and satirist *William Kenrick (nurseryman) (1795&nda ...
, Esq., MP


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*
Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, (12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926), styled Viscount Adare between 1850 and 1871, was an Anglo-Irish journalist, landowner, entrepreneur, sportsman and Conservative politician. ...
, KP * Colonel
Edward Henry Cooper Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Henry Cooper (1827 – 26 February 1902) was an Irish officer in the British Army, a landlord in County Sligo, and a Conservative politician. At the age of 36 the Dublin-born soldier inherited Markree Castle in County ...
, Her Majesty′s Lord Lieutenant for County Sligo


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cy

* Sir Henry Thompson,
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* William Henry Hornby, Esq., MP * Francis Tress Barry, MP * John Murray Scott


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*
Thomas Townsend Bucknill Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill (18 April 1845 – 4 October 1915) was an English judge of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, a Member of Parliament and a Privy Councillor.Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition Biography 'Tommy' Bucknill was ...
, QC, justice of the High Court *
Fortescue Flannery Sir James Fortescue Flannery, 1st Baronet (16 December 1851 – 5 October 1943) was an English engineer and naval architect, and Liberal Unionist (later Conservative Party) politician. Flannery was born in Liverpool, the son of Capt. John Flann ...
, MP * John Furley, Commissioner to National Aid Society * Edward Lawrence, JP and
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in 1864-65 * Henry Evelyn Oakeley, lately Chief Inspector of Schools at the Education Department * David Richmond,
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* Hermann Weber, MD *
Arthur Strachey Sir Arthur Strachey (5 December 1858 – 14 May 1901) was a British Indian judge and Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. Early life Strachey was born in Calcutta, British India to Sir John Strachey and Katherine Jane Batten. He was educated ...
,
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, Chief Justice of the High Court, Allahabad * William Mure, late Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Mauritius * James Henderson,
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* John Barr Johnston, the
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* John Chute Neligan,
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* Dr. Plunkett O′Farrell, Commissioner of Control and Inspector of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland ;Other 1899 Knights Bachelor * John Thomas Soundby, JP and Mayor of Windsor (May 24)


The Most Honourable Order of the Bath


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

; Civil Division * Sir Hugh Owen, KCB, late Permanent Secretary to the
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* Sir
Charles Lennox Peel Sir Charles Lennox Peel (19 January 1823 – 19 August 1899) was a British civil servant. Biography Peel was the son of Laurence Peel, son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and Lady Jane Lennox, daughter of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond. ...
, KCB, late
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

; Civil Division * Carey John Knyvett, Esq., CB, late Principal Clerk, Home Office *
Henry Primrose Sir Henry William Primrose (22 August 1846 – 17 June 1923) was a Scottish civil servant. He joined HM Treasury, the Treasury in 1869, served as private secretary to the Viceroy of India from 1880 to 1884 and to William Ewart Gladstone, Gladston ...
, Esq., CB, CSI *
William Chandler Roberts-Austen Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen (3 March 1843, Kennington – 22 November 1902, London) was an English metallurgist noted for his research on the physical properties of metals and their alloys. The austenite class of iron alloys is named aft ...
, CB, FRS, Chemist and Assayer to the
Royal Mint The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's oldest company and the official maker of British coins. Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limited company that is wholly owned by His Majesty's Treasury and is under an exclus ...
* Edward Wingfield,
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Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Civil division * Charles Henry Alderson, Esq., Charity Commissioner * Jasper Capper Badcock, Esq., Controller of London Postal Service * Robert Henry Boyce, Esq.,
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*
Evelyn Ruggles-Brise Sir Evelyn John Ruggles-Brise (6 December 1857 – 18 August 1935) was a British prison administrator and reformer, and founder of the Borstal system. Biography Ruggles-Brise was born in Finchingfield in Essex, the second son of Sir Samuel Bri ...
, Esq., Chairman of the Prison Commission * Sir Charles Cameron, Bart., MD * Henry Cockburn, Chinese Secretary to Legation,
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* Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Collins, MVO * Honourable Sidney Robert Greville, Esq. *
Frederick John Jackson Sir Frederick John Jackson, (17 February 1860 – 3 February 1929) was an English administrator, explorer and ornithologist. Early years Jackson was born at Oran Hall, near Catterick, North Yorkshire in 1860. He attended Shrewsbury School ...
, Esq., Her Majesty′s Vice Consul and First Class Assistant,
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
* John Joseph Casimer Jones, Esq., Chief Commissioner,
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* Walter Loois Frederick Goltz Langley, Esq.,
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* Henry Walrond Simpkinson, Esq., Education Department * John Steele, Chief Inspector of Excise * George Wilson, Her Majesty′s Vice Consul and First Class Assistant,
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

* His Highness Rasul Khanji Mahabat Khanji, Nawab of Junagarh *
Charles Cecil Stevens Sir Charles Cecil Stevens (5 July 1840, Tahiti – 24 March 1909) was an Australian civil servant who was the lieutenant governor of the province of Bengal, representing the British Raj in India. He is credited for having supervised the foundatio ...
, Esq., CSI,
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Companions of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

*
Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers (7 February 1847 – 22 December 1927) was a British judge and civil servant. He was Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, a judge of the county courts and a Law Member of the Viceroy's Council in Ind ...
, Esq., Member of the Governor-General's Council. * Arundel Tagg Arundel, Esq,
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. * Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Robertson,
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. * His Highness Raja Kirti Sah of Tehri Garhwal * John Prescott Hewett, Esq., CIE,
Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...
. * Colonel William Pleace Warburton, MD,
Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...
. * Colonel David Sinclair, MB,
Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...
.


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

* The Right Honourable
Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, (2 May 1841 – 22 November 1906) was Governor of New South Wales from 1895 to 1899. Background Hampden was the son of Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden. He succeeded his father as second Viscount and ...
, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New South Wales. * Sir
Thomas Fowell Buxton Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet (1 April 1786Olwyn Mary Blouet, "Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, first baronet (1786–1845)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online ed., May 201accessed 25 April 20 ...
, Bart., KCMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of South Australia. * His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir
Charles Stewart Scott Sir Charles Stewart Scott, (17 March 1838 – 26 April 1924) was a British diplomat. Scott was educated at Cheltenham College. He started his career as attaché at Paris (1859); transferred to Dresden (1859) and Copenhagen (1862); promoted to be ...
, KCMG, CB, Her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg * Major-General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside,
Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...
, KCMG, CB, Her Majesty's Military Commissioner in
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, for distinguished services in Crete


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

* Sir
John Madden John Earl Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) was an American football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, who he led to eight pla ...
, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria, who has on several occasions administered the government of the Colony. *
William Turner Thiselton Dyer Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (28 July 1843 – 23 December 1928) was a leading British botanist, and the third director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life and career Thiselton-Dyer was born in Westminster, London. He was a son of ...
, Esq., CMG, CIE, Director of the
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, in recognition of services rendered to Colonial Governments. * Nevile Lubbock, Esq., Chairman of the
West India Committee The West India Committee is a British-based organisation promoting ties and trade with the British Caribbean. It operates as a charity and NGO (non-governmental organisation). It evolved out of a lobbying group formed in 1780 to represent the inter ...
, for services rendered in connection with the West Indian Colonies. * Henry Howard, Esq., CB, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague *
Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane (6 May 1837 – 20 March 1900) was a British diplomat. Early life and education Fane was born in Boyton, Wiltshire, the eldest son of Rev. Arthur Fane (d. 1872) of Boyton, prebendary of Salisbury, by Lucy, daughte ...
, Esq., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen * Colonel
James Hayes Sadler Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler (21 May 1827 – 9 January 1910) was a British diplomat and civil servant. Early life and education Sadler was born to the Reverend James-Hayes Sadler (5 January 1785 – 26 August 1845) and Anne Sadler (née Ric ...
, late Her Majesty's Consul-General at
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Honorary Knight Commander of the order of St Michael and St George

* Boutros Pasha Ghali, Foreign Minister to His Highness the Khedive of
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

* Major-General
William Julius Gascoigne Major-General Sir William Julius Gascoigne (29 May 1844 – 9 September 1926) was a British Army officer and served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1895 to 1898. Military career Gascoigne was commissioned into the ...
, lately General Officer Commanding the Militia of
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. * Charles Walter Sneyd Kynnersley, Esq, Resident Councillor at Penang. * Major (local Colonel)
James Willcocks General Sir James Willcocks, (1 April 1857 – 18 December 1926) was a British Army officer who spent most of his career in India and Africa and held high command during the First World War. Early life and education Willcocks was born in Bara ...
, DSO, for services with the
West African Frontier Force The West African Frontier Force (WAFF) was a multi-battalion field force, formed by the British Colonial Office in 1900 to garrison the West African colonies of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia. In 1928, it received royal recognition ...
on the Niger. * Frank Rohrweger, Esq., for services as Political Officer attached to the Forces in the Lagos Protectorate. * Major
John Hanbury-Williams Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams, (19 October 1859 – 19 October 1946) was a British Army officer, who served as Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War and later Brigadier-General in charge of Administration (Scotland). He ...
, Military Secretary to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. *
Matthew Nathan Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan (3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queen ...
,
Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...
, Secretary to the Colonial Defence Committee. * Major the Honourable
Charles Granville Fortescue Brigadier-General Charles Granville Fortescue, (20 October 1861 – 1 February 1951) was an officer of the British Army in the colonial wars of the late 19th century, the Second Boer War and the First World War. Early life The Honourable Charle ...
, for services in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. * Captain John George Orlebar Aplin, Inspector in the Gold Coast Constabulary. * Captain Sir Edward Chichester, Bart.,
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
, for services during recent events at
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* Major Henry Lionel Gallwey, DSO, Her Majesty's Acting Commissioner and Consul General for the
Niger Coast Protectorate The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1884 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the following year. It was renamed on 12 Ma ...
* Major James Henry Bor, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, for services in
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
* Robert Unwin Moffat, Esq., MB, for service during the recent
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
mutiny * James Simpson Macpherson, Esq., for service during the recent
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
mutiny * William Grant, Esq., for service during the recent
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
mutiny


Order of the Indian Empire The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes: #Knight Grand Commander (GCIE) #Knight Commander ( KCIE) #Companion ( CIE) No appoi ...


Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

* Andrew Wingate, Esq., CIE,
Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...
. * Kunwar Harnam Singh, Ahluwalia, CIE, of
Kapurthala Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent build ...
. * Major-General
Gerald de Courcy Morton Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald De Courcy Morton (7 February 1845 – 20 April 1906) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 7th Division. Military career Morton was commissioned into the 6th Regiment of Foot in 1863. ...
, CB * Major-General George Corrie Bird, CB,
Indian Staff Corps The Indian Staff Corps was a branch of the British Indian Army, Indian Army during the British Raj. Separate Staff Corps were formed in 1861 for the Bengal Army, Bengal, Madras Army, Madras and Bombay Army, Bombay Armies, which were later combined ...
.


Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

* Joy Gobind Law, Esq., Additional Member of the Legislative Council of the Governor-General. * Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Kellock McKay,
Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...
. * John Sime, Esq, Director of Public Instruction in the
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
. * Alexander Izat, Esq * Rai Bahadur Thakur Mangal Singh * Rai Bahadur Dhanpat Rai Sardar Bahadur * Khan Bahadur Dhanjibhai Fakirji Commodore * Major Winthropp Benjamin Browning,
Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...
* Major John Joseph Holdsworth, Gorakhpur Light Horse * Francis Jack Needham, Esq * Edulji Dinshah


Personal salute of 21 guns

* His Highness Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanji Sir Balarania Varma Kulashekhara Kritapati Mani Sultan Maharaja Raja Rama Raja Bahadur Shamsher Jang, of Travancore,
GCSI 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 ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Year Honours 1899 New Year Honours 1899 in the United Kingdom 1899 awards