The New Year Honours 1900 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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. The list was published in ''

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'' on 1 January 1900, and the various honours were gazetted in ''

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'' on 2 January 1900 and 16 January 1900. 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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Baron

* Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, Bart., CB * The Right Honourable Sir John Lubbock, Bart., MP

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* Evelyn Baring, 1st Viscount Cromer, GCB *

Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton, (8 October 1838 – 9 November 1903), also known as "Monty", was a British philanthropist and public servant, best known for serving as Benjamin Disraeli's private secretary from 1866 until the lat ...

, KCVO, CB *

William Wither Bramston Beach William Wither Bramston Beach (25 December 1826 – 3 August 1901) was an English Conservative politician, who served in the House of Commons for 44 years between 1857 and 1901, becoming Father of the House of Commons in 1899. Birth and educati ...

, Esq., MP

Privy Council of Ireland His or Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, commonly called the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council, or in earlier centuries the Irish Council, was the institution within the Dublin Castle administration which exercised formal executi ...

* Sir

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 ...

, KCB,

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* Theodore William Doxford, Esq., MP * Walter Thorburn, Esq., MP * Thomas Lauder Brunton, Esq., MD, FRS * James Balfour Paul, Esq., Lyon King of Arms * Gerald Raoul de Courcy Perry, Esq., CMG, Her Majesty's Consul-General at

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

* George Dalhousie Ramsay Esq., CB * Thomas Henry Tacon, Esq. * Honourable William Macpherson, Judge of the High Court, Bengal * Vembakkan Bhashyam Aiyangar, CIE,

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, acting Advocate-General of Madras Presidency * Bhalchandra Krishna Bhatawadekar, Esq., Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Bombay * Honourable

John Stokell Dodds Sir John Stokell Dodds (1848 – 23 June 1914) was an Australian politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania. Early life Dodds was born in Durham, England, the son of William and Annie ( Shute) Dodds. The family moved to Hobart, Tasmania, arrivi ...

, CMG, Chief Justice of Tasmania * Surgeon-General Francis Henry Lovell, CMG, Member of Executive and Legislative Council of Trinidad * Malcolm Donald McEacharn, Esq.,

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

; Civil Division Captain

William de Wiveleslie Abney Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (24 July 1843 – 3 December 1920) was an English astronomer, chemist, and photographer. Life and career Abney was born in Derby, England, the son of Rev. Edward Abney (1811–1892), vicar of St Alkmund's Chu ...

, CB, FRS, Director of the Science and Art Department.

Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)

; Civil Division * John George Barton, Esq., Commissioner of Valuation,

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. *

George Buchanan George Buchanan ( gd, Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth century Scotland produced." ...

, Esq., for services on the Venezuelan Boundary Commission. *

Robert Chalmers Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, (18 August 1858 – 17 November 1938) was a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar. In later life, he served as the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Background and education Chalmers was ...

, Esq., of

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. * Henry Hardinge Samuel Cunynghame, Esq., of the Home Office. * Major-General Edward Robert Festing, FRS, late

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, Director of the Science Museum. *

Everard im Thurn Sir Everard Ferdinand im Thurn (9 May 1852 – 9 October 1932) was an author, explorer, botanist, photographer and British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Fiji in the years 1904–1910. Life Im Thurn was born in Camberwell, Lond ...

, Esq., CMG, for services on the Venezuelan Boundary Commission. * John Lowndes Gorst, Esq., Financial Advisor to His Highness the Khedive. * Colonel James Leslie Macdonald, RE. * Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Burness McHardy, RE, Chairman, Prison Commission,

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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 ...

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

* Richard Gillies Hardy, Esq.,

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

* The Right Honourable Sir

Joseph West Ridgeway Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, (16 May 1844 – 16 April 1930) was a British civil servant and colonial governor. He was known as "Sir West Ridgeway". He was involved in the sodomy and child molestation charges against Hector Archibald MacDonald, com ...

, KCB, KCSI, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies. * Sir John Bramston, DCL, KCMG, CB, late Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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

Malachy Bowes Daly Sir Malachy Bowes Daly (February 6, 1836 – April 26, 1920) was a Canadian politician and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Early life Born in Quebec City, the son of Sir Dominick Daly, he was called to the bar in Halifax, ...

, Esq., QC, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia, in

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. * The Honourable Sir

James George Lee Steere Sir James George Lee Steere (4 July 18301 December 1903) was a Western Australian politician and a prominent member of the ''six hungry families''. Biography Early life James Steere was born on 4 July 1830 in Ockley, Surrey, England. He was t ...

, Knt., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. * The Honourable John Alexander Cockburn, MD, formerly

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, now Agent-General in London for that Colony. * Henry John Jourdain, Esq., CMG, formerly Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Mauritius. *

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 ...

, Esq., CMG, Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Lagos. * Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot, Esq., CB, of

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, late British Commissioner in

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

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

* John Pringle, Esq., MB, Member of the Privy Council and Legislative Council of the Island of Jamaica. *

Patrick Manson Sir Patrick Manson (3 October 1844 – 9 April 1922) was a Scottish physician who made important discoveries in parasitology, and was a founder of the field of tropical medicine. He graduated from University of Aberdeen with degrees in Master ...

, Esq., MD, Medical Adviser to the

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. *

Charles Alexander Harris Sir Charles Alexander Harris (28 June 1855 – 26 March 1947) was a British colonial administrator, Governor of Newfoundland from 1917 to 1922. Harris was born in Wrexham, Wales, but spent much of his first ten years in St. John's, Newfoun ...

, Esq., of the

, for services in connection with the Venezuelan Boundary Arbitration. * Alexander Murray Ashmore, Esq., Receiver-General and Chief Collector of Customs and Excise of the

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. * Henry Reeve, Esq., Colonial Engineer of

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, for services as the British Representative on the Anglo-French Commission for the delimitation of the Gambia Boundary. * Wordsworth Poole, Esq., MB, for services as Principal Medical Officer of the

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on the

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, Acting British Commissioner in Uganda, ''for services in connection with the recent mutiny in Uganda''. * Clifford Henry Craufurd, Esq., Her Majesty′s Consul and Sub-Commissioner in the

East Africa Protectorate East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was an area in the African Great Lakes occupying roughly the same terrain as present-day Kenya from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. Controlled by Britai ...

, ''for services in connection with the recent mutiny in Uganda''. * John Ainsworth, Esq., Her Majesty′s Vice-Consul and Sub-Commissioner in the

, ''for services in connection with the recent mutiny in Uganda''. * Stanley Tomkins, Esq., Assistant in the

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, ''for services in connection with the recent mutiny in Uganda''. * Archibald Donald Mackinnon, Esq., MD, Principal Transport Officer for the

, ''for services in connection with the recent mutiny in Uganda''. * Rear-Admiral Reginald Neville Custance,

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 in Crete''. * Captain Harry Tremenheere Grenfell,

, ''for services in Crete''. * Captain Leslie Creery Stuart,

, ''for services in Samoa''. * Captain Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee,

, ''for services in Samoa''.

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)

* Edward Spence Symes, Esq., CIE,

, Chief Secretary to the

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. * S. Subramaniya Aiyar, CIE,

, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St. George.

Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

* John Sturrock, Esq., late

. * John Stuart Beresford, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, in the Public Works Department (Irrigation Branch). * Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade,

Indian Staff Corps The Indian Staff Corps was a branch of the Indian Army during the British Raj. Separate Staff Corps were formed in 1861 for the Bengal, Madras and Bombay Armies, which were later combined into the Indian Army. They were meant to provide officers f ...

. * Edward Louis Cappel, Esq.,

. * Lancelot Hare, Esq.,

. * Captain George Olof Roos-Keppel,

. * George Moss Harriott, Esq., Executive Engineer in the Public Works Department, Central Provinces. * Alexander Martin Lindsay, Esq. * Maung On Gaing, Honorary Magistrate,

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. * Khan Bahadur Sardar Muhammad Yakub ''walad'' Shaikh Ismail. * Frederick George Brunton Trevor, Esq., Director of Funds, India Office. * Francis Whitmore Smith, Esq., Assistant Secretary Military Department, India Office. * Rai Bahadur Kalika Dass Datt,

Dewan ''Dewan'' (also known as ''diwan'', sometimes spelled ''devan'' or ''divan'') designated a powerful government official, minister, or ruler. A ''dewan'' was the head of a state institution of the same name (see Divan). Diwans belonged to the e ...

of the

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