The 1904 Birthday Honours were announced on 9 November 1904, to celebrate the birthday of King Edward VII that day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and the British Empire. The list was published in '' The Times'' on 9 November 1904, and the various honours were gazetted in '' The London Gazette'' on 8 November 1904 and 11 November 1904. 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 divisions (Military, Civil).

Privy Council A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...

Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood,

Bart. A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

, Member of Parliament (MP)

Baronet

*Sir Charles Cayzer, MP *Sir

James Fortescue Flannery Sir James Fortescue Flannery, 1st Baronet (16 December 1851 – 5 October 1943) was an England, English engineer and naval architect, and Liberal Unionist Party (UK), Liberal Unionist (later Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party) politicia ...

, MP * Edward Boyle, Esq., KC *

James Heath James Heath may refer to: * James Heath (historian) (1629–1664), English royalist historian * James Heath (engraver) (1757–1834), English engraver * James P. Heath (1777–1854), U.S. congressman from Maryland * James E. Heath (active since 18 ...

, Esq., MP * Michael Barker Nairn, Esq.

Knight Bachelor

*Theodore V. S. Angier, Esq. *George W. Baxter, Esq. *Richard M. Beachcroft, Esq. *J. A. Bellamy, Esq. *Henry Cook, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Company of Archers * John Thomas McCraith, Esq. *Malcolm McNeill, Esq., CB, vice-president of the

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*A. Major, Esq.. late Director of Army Contracts *Charles H. Marriott, Esq., MD *Shirley F. Murphy, Esq., MD *Thomas Pink, Esq. *Professor W. J. Sinclair *Dr.

Joseph Wilson Swan Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for develop ...

, FRS * Aston Webb, Esq., RA ;Colonies *

William Henry Horwood Sir William Henry Horwood (November 5, 1862 – April 7, 1945) was a politician and the Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1902 to 1944. He represented Trinity from 1894 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1902 and Harbour Grace from 1897 to ...

, Esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland *

Stephen Herbert Gatty Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty (1849-1922) was the Chief Justice of Gibraltar from 16 January 1895 to 1905. He was formerly a judge of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. On December 19, 1904, he was named a Knight Bachelor. Personal life G ...

, Esq., Chief Justice of Gibraltar *Walter Llewellyn Lewis, Esq., Chief Justice of the Colony of British Honduras *The Honourable

Alfred Sandlings Cowley Sir Alfred Sandlings Cowley (24 April 1848 – 1 December 1926) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Cowley was born in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, the son ...

, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Queensland *The Honourable

William Henry Bundey Sir William Henry Bundey (30 January 1838 – 6 December 1909) was an Australian politician and judge, Attorney-General of South Australia from 27 September 1878 to 10 March 1881. __NOTOC__ Early life Bundey was born in Exbury, Hampshire, Eng ...

, late Judge of the

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* Matthew Henry Stephen, Esq., lately Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales * George Henry Jenkins, Esq.,

CMG CMG may refer to: Companies * Capitol Music Group, a music label * China Media Group, the predominant state radio and television broadcaster in the PRC * China Media Group Co., Ltd., publicly listed Chinese holding company in the media sector * ...

, Clerk of the Parliaments and Clerk of the Legislative Council of the State of Victoria *Major

Allan Perry Sir Allan Perry (born 17 April 1860) was surgeon major, principal civil medical officer, and inspector general of hospitals in Ceylon. He was knighted in London in 1904. References 19th-century British medical doctors Royal Army Medical Cor ...

, MD, Principal Civil Medical Officer and Inspector-General of Hospitals of the Island of

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

;Military Division * Admiral Sir Compton Edward Domvile, GCVO, KCB

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division * Vice-Admiral

Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, (2 April 1847 – 21 January 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain he became commanding officer, successively, of the troopships and , which were tasked with ferrying troops between t ...

* Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, KCMG * Lieutenant-General William Purvis Wright ;Civil Division * Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, KCMG, CB * William Henry Mahoney Christie, Esq., CB

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division * Major-General William Campbell ;Civil Division * Chief Inspector of Machinery James Melrose, Royal Navy *

Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux KCMG CB (15 November 1870 – 2 July 1943) was an Indian Army officer and colonial administrator who became in turn Governor of Uganda, Saint Helena and the Bahamas. Birth and education Cordeaux was born on 15 ...

, Esq.,

, His Majesty's Consul, Berbera * R. Gundry, Esq. *

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., CMG, Colonial Office * The Honourable Charles Algernon Parsons, D.Sc., FRS

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

* Sir Montagu Frederick Ommanney, KCB, KCMG, ISO, Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and Secretary to the Most Distinguished Order * His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, GCVO, KCB, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy

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

John Pickersgill Rodger Sir John Pickersgill Rodger, (12 February 1851 – 19 September 1910) was a British colonial administrator. Early life Rodger was born in 1851 at Marylebone in London, the second son of Sir Robert Rodger and his wife Sophia (née Pickersgill) ...

, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the

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* William Grey-Wilson, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands *

Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott (20 August 1857 – 9 April 1941) was a British colonial administrator who was in turn governor of the British Seychelles, British Honduras, British Leeward Islands and British Fiji. Early years Sweet-Escott w ...

, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of British Honduras *

Thomas Ekins Fuller Sir Thomas Ekins Fuller (1831–1910) was editor of the ''Cape Argus'' newspaper and a prominent Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony. Initially a moderate follower of the "Cape Liberal Tradition", he advocated for responsib ...

, Esq., CMG, Agent General in London for the

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* Vice-Admiral Reginald Neville Custance,

CVO CVO may refer to: Science and technology * Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington, US * Chief veterinary officer, the head of a veterinary authority * Circumventricular organs, positioned around the ventricular system of the brain * Co ...

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

* Captain

Robert Archibald James Montgomerie Rear-Admiral Robert Archibald James Montgomerie, (11 September 1855 – 1 September 1908) was a British Royal Navy officer, who received the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Naval career Montgomerie joined the Royal Navy, and served on the roya ...

, RN, CB, ADC, late Senior Naval Officer, engaged in the protection of the Newfoundland Fisheries. * The Honourable Alfred Dobson, Agent-General in London for the State of Tasmania. * Philip Clarke Cork, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Colony of British Honduras. * Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia. * Major John Alder Burdon, First Class Resident, Protectorate of Northern Nigeria. * Francis Watts, Esq., Director of Agriculture in the Island of Antigua, and Analytical and Agricultural Chemist for the Colony of the Leeward Islands. * Major Dudley Henry Alexander, Private Secretary to the Right Honourable the Earl of Ranfurly, GCMG, while Governor of the Colony of New Zealand. * Charles Walter Boyd, Esq., Joint Secretary, the Rhodes Trust. * Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, Esq., a Councillor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, attached to His Majesty's Agency at Cairo. * Colonel Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters, CVO, formerly

Military Attaché A military attaché is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission, often an embassy. This type of attaché post is normally filled by a high-ranking military officer, who retains a commission while serving with an embassy. Opport ...

to His Majesty's Embassies at St. Petersburg and Berlin. ;Honorary * John Gerolimato, Esq., His Majesty's Vice-Consul at Harar. For services during the operations in

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Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

* Charles Henry, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, CB, ADC, Colonel, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Major-General Ronald Bertram Lane, CVO, CB. ;Honorary * Henri Charles Joseph, Marquis de Breteuil. * Alfred Therese Armand, Marquis du Lau d'Allemand.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

;Honorary * ''

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'' Kimon Jean Lembessis, Aide-de-Camp to His Royal Highness Prince George of Greece.

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

* Esme William Howard, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General for the Island of Crete.

References

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