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The 1902 Birthday Honours were announced on 10 November 1902, to celebrate the birthday of
Edward VII Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria an ...
the previous day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the
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and the
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. The list was published in ''
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'' 10 November 1902, and the various honours were gazetted in ''
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'' on 9 November 1902 and on 28 November 1902. The list also included the first appointments to the
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, which the King had announced as a new order in the Coronation Honours list earlier the same year. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, ''etc.'') and then division (Military, Civil).


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* The Lord Revelstoke * Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale,
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, KCVO, MP * George Henry Finch, Esq., MP *
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, Esq., MP *The Honourable Sir Richard John Cartwright,
GCMG The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...
, Minister of Trade and Commerce of
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*Frederick Stringer Wrench, Esq. *Sir
Henry Augustus Robinson Sir Henry Augustus Robinson, 1st Baronet, (20 November 1857 – 16 October 1927) was an Irish civil servant. Robinson was born in Dublin, the son of Sir Henry Robinson (1823–1893) and his wife Eva (née Medora), daughter of the 10th Viscount ...
, KCB


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* Matthew Arthur, Esq. * Frederick George Banbury, Esq., MP *
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, Esq., MP * Samuel Chisholm, Esq., late
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*Colonel William Thomas Makins, a former MP * John Gardiner Nutting, Esq. *
Augustus Prevost Sir Augustus Prevost, 1st Baronet (21 May 1837 – 6 December 1913) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1901 to 1903. He was the son of banker George Prevost of Geneva, who moved in 1838 from Liverpool to London, where Augustus studied at Uni ...
, Esq.,
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* Charles Bine Renshaw, Esq., MP


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*Edward Fleet Alford, Esq. *
Robert Rowand Anderson Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, (5 April 1834 – 1 June 1921) was a Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860. During the 1860s his ...
, Esq.,
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*John Elijah Blunt, Esq., CB * Robert Hudson Borwick, Esq. * Thomas Henry Brooke-Hitching,
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John Mowlem Burt Sir John Mowlem Burt (2 February 1845 – 20 February 1918) worked in the UK construction industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was part of the Mowlem firm of contractors and was from the third generation of the family that w ...
, Esq. *William John Crump, Esq., lately Mayor of
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William Thomas Dupree Colonel Sir William Thomas Dupree, 1st Baronet, (4 September 1856 – 2 March 1933) was an England, English brewer. Dupree originally worked for the Reading, Berkshire, Reading-based H & G Simonds Brewery. In the early 1890s he became manager of ...
, Esq. *Charles John Follett, Esq., CB, Solicitor to the Commissioners of Customs *Walter Gray, Esq. *Robert Mitton Hensley, Esq., Chairman of the
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* John Hollams, Esq. *James Hoy, Esq. *Colonel Edwin Hughes, a former MP *Edward Letchworth, Esq., FSA *Colonel John Roper Parkinson *Colonel Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, MP *
Henry Seton-Karr Sir Henry Seton-Karr (5 February 1853 – 29 May 1914) was an English explorer, hunter and author and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906. Seton-Karr, born in India in 1853, was the son of George Berkel ...
, Esq., MP *John Sherburn, Esq. *
George Wyatt Truscott Sir George Wyatt Truscott, 1st Baronet (9 October 1857 – 16 April 1941)"Truscott, Sir George (Wyatt)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. December 01, 2007. Oxford University Press. was a British businessman and Lord Mayor of London from 1908 to 1909. B ...
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Sheriff of the City of London Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City livery companies. Today's sheriffs have only nominal duties, but the historical officeholders had important judicial responsibilities. They have attended the ju ...
* Max Leonard Waechter, Esq. *The Honourable William Arbuckle, President of the Legislative Council of the
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*Lewis Michell, Esq., late General Manager of the
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and Chairman of the Martial Law Board in the
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John Winthrop Hackett Sir John Winthrop Hackett Sr. (4 February 184819 February 1916), generally known as "Winthrop Hackett", was a proprietor and editor of several newspapers in Western Australia, a politician and a university chancellor. Early life Hackett was b ...
, MA, Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Western Australia ''(included in the official list, but apparently declined the knighthood)'' *
William Meigh Goodman Sir William Meigh Goodman (1847 – 3 May 1928) was a British lawyer and Judge. He served as Attorney General and Chief Justice of British Honduras and Hong Kong in the late 19th and early 20th Century. His last position before retirement wa ...
, Esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong Kong *Henry Alleyne Bovell, Esq., Chief Justice of British Guiana *The Honourable William Jukes Steward, late Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Colony of New Zealand


The Most Honourable

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

;Military Division * Admiral Sir Robert Henry More-Molyneux, KCB. * Admiral Sir
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, KCB. * Admiral the Lord Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas-Scott, KCB. ;Civil Division (Honorary) * His Imperial Highness Prince Arisugawa of Japan.


Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division (Honorary) *
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General R. Gorjão, of the Portuguese Army, Governor-General of the Province of Mozambique. ;Civil Division * Sir Charles Howard, CB, late Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. *
George Christopher Trout Bartley Sir George Christopher Trout Bartley, (22 November 1842 – 13 September 1910) was an English civil servant, banker and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons fro ...
, Esq., MP. * Robert William Arbuthnot Holmes, Esq., CB, Treasury Remembrancer in
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Civil Division * Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Henry Charles Woods, CVO, MD. * James Stewart Davy, Esq., General Inspector of the
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. * Harry de la Rose Burrard Farnall, Esq., CMG,
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. * Arthur Wilson Fox, Esq.,
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, late Secretary of the Royal Commission on Local Taxation. * Walter Jack Howell, Esq., Assistant Secretary,
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. * Lieutenant-General
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, MP. * Gordon William Miller, Esq., Director of Navy Contracts. * George Martineau, Esq. * Colonel
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, MP. * William Henry Power, Esq., FRS, MRCS, Principal Medical Officer to the Local Government Board. * John Struthers, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Scotch Education Department. * Arthur Theodore Thring, Esq., Parliamentary Counsel * John White, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary of the Elementary Branch of the
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. * Percy Woods, Esq., late
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Officer of Accounts.


Order of Saint Michael and Saint George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...


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

* Sir James Lyle Mackay, KCIE, late His Majesty's Special Commissioner and Plenipotentiary for Commercial Negotiations with China. ;Honorary * His Excellency Count Matsugata, formerly Prime Minister of Japan.


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

* Henry Austin Lee, Esq., CB, Secretary of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service and Commercial Attaché to His Majesty's Embassy at Paris, and to His Majesty's Legations at Brussels and Berne. * Major-General
George Arthur French Major General Sir George Arthur French, (19 June 1841 – 7 July 1921) was a British Army officer who served as the first Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, from October 1873 to July 1876, and as Commandant of the colonial military ...
, CMG, late Commandant of the Military Forces of the State of New South Wales. * Donald William Stewart, Esq., CMG, Chief Commissioner, Ashanti. ;Honorary * His Highness Ahmad Maatham Shah,
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. * Colonel José Joaquim Machado, of the Portuguese Army, late Governor-General of Mozambique. * Captain Cornelius Álvaro da Costa Ferreira, of the Portuguese Navy, late Governor-General of Mozambique. * Viscount Meirelles do Canto e Castro, Governor of the
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

* Claude Coventry Mallet, Esq., His Majesty's Consul at Panama. * Robert William Mansfield. Esq., His Majesty's Consul at
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. * Edward Marsh Merewether, Esq., Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Malta. *
Walter Edward Davidson Sir Walter Edward Davidson, (20 April 1859 – 16 September 1923) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served periods as Governor of the Seychelles, Governor of Newfoundland and as Governor of New South Wales, where he died in o ...
, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal. * William Henry Williams Strachan, Esq., Chief Medical Officer of the Colony of Lagos. * Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Craigie Fitz Hardinge Vincent, Commandant of Volunteers in the Island of Ceylon. * Claude Delaval Cobham, Esq., MA, BCL, Commissioner of
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, in the Island of Cyprus. * Frederic Dudley North, Esq., Clerk of the Executive Council and Under Secretary in the Premier's Department of the State of Western Australia. ;For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in South Africa: * Maurice Smethurst Evans, Esq., Member of the Legislative Assembly of the
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, and Chairman of the Invasion Losses Enquiry Commission. * Robert Hugh Henderson, Esq., late Mayor of Kimberley. * Charles Southey, Esq., of Culmstock, in the
Colony of the Cape of Good Hope The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with th ...
. * The Right Honourable
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, PC, KP


Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...


Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

* Victor Albert Francis Charles, Viscount Churchill, KCVO,
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. * General Frederick Augustus, Baron Chelmsford, GCB, Gold Stick-in-Waiting. * Horace Brand, Baron Farquhar, KCVO,
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. * Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford, Bt., GCB, KCSL,
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. * Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitz-Hardinge Kingscote, KCB, Extra Equerry to His Majesty. * Admiral Sir
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, ...
, KCB, Extra Equerry to His Majesty. * Major-General Sir Henry Trotter, KCVO, Commanding Home District.


Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* The Right Honourable Sir
Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale, 1st Baronet, (19 January 1849 – 9 August 1912) was a Lord Mayor of London in the coronation year 1902, and a Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London from 1900 to 1906. Early l ...
, Bt., MP,
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. * Sir John James Trevor Lawrence, Bt. * Sir
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, Bt. * General Godfrey Clerk, CB,
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to His Majesty. ;Honorary * Baron Hermann von Eckhardtstein, CVO, Councillor and First Secretary of the German Embassy.


Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Major-General Hugh Richard, Viscount Downe, CB, CIE. * Rear-Admiral the Honourable
Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe Admiral The Honourable Sir Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe, (10 August 1850 – 1 March 1911) was a British naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1908 to 1910. Early life Curzon-Howe was the thirteenth and younge ...
, CB, CMG, Second in Command of the
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. * Major-General Laurence James Oliphant, CB, MVO. * Lieutenant-Colonel
Arthur Balfour Haig Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig, CMG, CVO (10 July 1840 – 15 April 1925) was a British Army officer, courtier, and Conservative Party political agent. A second cousin of Field-Marshal the Earl Haig, Arthur Balfour Haig was educated at Rug ...
, CMG, Extra Equerry to His Majesty. * Lieutenant-Colonel
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 ...
, CMG, Private Secretary to the
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. * Captain David Nairn Welch, MVO, RN. * Major-General John Cecil Russell, Extra Equerry to His Majesty. * Colonel Francis Aylmer Graves-Sawle,
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, Commanding the Regiment and Regimental District. ;Honorary * Chevalier
Edoardo De Martino Edoardo Federico De Martino (29 March 1838 – 12 May 1912) was an Italian painter, active in South America and London as a painter of warships and naval battles. Biography He was born in Meta di Sorrento. He served as an officer in the Italian ...
, MVO, Marine Painter to His Majesty.


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

* Captain the Honourable Alwyn Henry Fulke Greville, Extra Equerry to His Majesty. * Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Harbord, CB, Commanding 1st Battalion
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. * Sir
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, Organist of
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. * Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Streatfeild Henry Streatfeild (1706 - 1762) was a substantial British landowner and member of the prominent Chiddingstone, Kent Streatfeild family. Henry Streatfeild was born on 3 June 1706 in Chiddingstone. He was the son of Henry Streatfeild (1679-1747) an ...
, Private Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief. *
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Major Arthur Charles Malleson Waterfield, 11th (Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers. * Frederick William Hewitt, Esq., MD, Honorary Anaesthetist to His Majesty. * Donald James Mackintosh, Esq., MB. * Lieutenant Gerald Rivers Maltby, RN, Assistant Secretary to the
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Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

* Second Lieutenant the Honourable Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett, Coldstream Guards. * Rowland Bailey, Esq., of His Majesty's
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(RRC)

* Mrs. Crowlie, in recognition of her services to the sick and wounded seamen and marines who were under treatment in
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Hospital in June and July 1900.


Imperial Service Order The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe ...

The King has been pleased to make the following appointments to the Imperial Service Order, which his Majesty recently instituted for Members of the Civil Service of the Empire as a recognition of long and meritorious Service. Secretary and Registrar and ''ex-fficio'' Companion of the Order * Charles Deffell, Esq., Senior Clerk, Home Office


Companions of the Imperial Service Order


References

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