The 1908 Birthday Honours for the
British Empire were announced on 28 June, to celebrate the birthday of
Edward VII.
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.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
;Military Division
*General Sir
William Gustavus Nicholson, K.C.B.,
Chief of the General Staff (1st Military Member, Army Council.)
*General Sir
John James Hood Gordon, K.C.B., Indian Army, Colonel
29th Punjabis
The 29th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 29th Punjabis in 1903 and became 10th (Training) Battalion of 15th Punjab Regiment in ...
.
;Civil Division
*
Francis, Lord Knollys, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., I.S.O.,
Private Secretary to The King.
*The Right Honourable Sir
Francis Leveson Bertie, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.B.,
His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris.
*Sir
George Herbert Murray
Sir George Herbert Murray (27 September 1849 – 4 April 1936) was a British civil servant.
Early life
Murray was born in Southfleet, Kent, England, the son of and Penelope Frances Elizabeth Pemberton Austin (the daughter of Brigadier-Gene ...
, K.C.B.,
Permanent Secretary, Treasury.
*Sir
Arthur Godley, K.C.B.,
Under Secretary of State, India Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
;Military Division
*Admiral Sir
Reginald Neville Custance, K.C.M.G., C.V.O.
*Vice-Admiral Sir
Edmund Samuel Poë, K.C.V.O.
*Vice-Admiral The Honourable Sir
Hedworth Lambton, K.C.V.O., C.B.
*Vice-Admiral Sir
Francis Bridgeman Bridgeman, K.C.V.O.
*Major-General Henry Augustus Bushman, C.B., Colonel
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries, including the First and Second World Wars. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, but w ...
.
*Lieutenant-General
Henry Fane Grant, C.B.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta.
*Major-General
Harcourt Mortimer Bengough
Major General Sir Harcourt Mortimer Bengough (25 November 1837 – 20 March 1922) joined the British Army in 1855, and retired in 1899, after more than forty years of distinguished service from the Crimea to all quarters of the Empire.
Early ...
, C.B. (Retired).
*Major-General Thomas Graham, C.B., Royal (late Bengal) Artillery (Retired).
*Major-General John Munro Sym, C.B., Indian Army.
*Lieutenant-General Frederick Lance, C.B., Indian Army, Colonel
22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry
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(Frontier Force).
*Lieutenant-General
William Henry Mackinnon, C.V.O., C.B., Director General of the
Territorial Force.
*Major-General
Herbert Scott Gould Miles
Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, (31 July 1850 – 6 May 1926) was a senior British Army officer. He was Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1908 to 1912, and Governor of Gibraltar from 1913 until 1918 during the First Worl ...
, C.V.O., C.B.,
Quartermaster-General to the Forces (3rd Military Member, Army Council).
*Major-General and Honorary Lieutenant-General The Honourable
Somerset John Gough Calthorpe, C.B., Colonel
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a British army cavalry regiment, officially formed in January 1686 as Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse. Following a number of name changes, it became the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) ...
.
;Civil Division
*Colonel (temporary Major-General)
Charles Frederic Hadden, C.B.,
Master-General of the Ordnance (4th Military Member, Army Council.)
*Henry Hardinge Samuel Cunynghame, Esq., C.B.
*
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., C.B.
*Edward Stanley Hope, Esq., C.B.
*
William Henry Power
Sir William Henry Power, (15 December 1842 – 28 July 1916) was a British medical doctor.
Biography
He was born in London, and served as Assistant Medical Officer and Medical Inspector for General Sanitary Purposes of the Local Government Board ...
, Esq.,C.B., F.R.S.
*
Henry Babington Smith
Sir Henry Babington-Smith (29 January 1863 – 29 September 1923) was a senior British civil servant, who served in a wide range of posts overseas, mostly financial, before becoming a director of the Bank of England. He was related to the Babi ...
, Esq., C.B., C.S.I.
*
Hubert Llewellyn Smith
Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith (1864 – 19 September 1945) was a British civil servant. He served as permanent secretary to the Board of Trade from 1907 to 1919, where he played an important role in the Liberal government's welfare reforms. He a ...
, Esq., C.B.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
;Military Division
*Major-General Henry Bulckley Burlton Watkis, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
*Major-General Frederick Augustus Bowles, Commander, Coast Defences, Plymouth.
*Colonel Henry Vivian Cowan, C.V.O., A.D.C., Commandant (General Staff Officer, 1st Grade), Royal Military Academy.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
John Lindesay Keir, Brigade Commander, India.
*Colonel Robert Whyte Melville Jackson, C.M.G., Chief Ordnance Officer, Royal Army Clothing Factory.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
Francis Henry Kelly, Brigade Commander, India.
*Colonel Charles Conyngham Ellis.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General) Francis Charles Carter, Brigadier-General Sub-District, South Africa.
*Colonel Edward Hegan.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
Frederick Hammersley, Brigadier-General 3rd Brigade, Aldershot Command.
*Colonel Henry Richard Beadon Donne, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters of Army.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General) Charles Herbert Powell, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General) Francis Garnett Atkinson, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
*Major and Brevet Colonel Augustus de Segur McKerrell,
Cameron Highlanders.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
William Edward Blewitt, C.M.G., Director of Artillery, Headquarters of Army.
*Colonel Francis Seymour Inglefield, D.S.O., General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, 5th Division, Irish Command.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
Lovick Bransby Friend, Commander, Coast Defences, Scottish Command.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General) Charles Henry Westmorland, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
Walter Fullarton Lodovic Lindsay, D.S.O., Commanding Royal Artillery, 3rd Division, Southern Command.
*Colonel
Raymond Northland Revell Reade
Major-General Raymond Northland Revell Reade (1861 – 18 October 1943) was a British Army general and Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada.
Background
He was the son of John Page Reade and his wife Lady Mary Stuart Knox, daughter ...
, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Malta.
*Colonel William Douglas, D.S.O., General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, 6th Division, Irish Command.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General) Francis Henry Rutherford Drummond, C.I.E., Indian Army, Inspector-General, Imperial Service Troops, India.
*Colonel Edward Robert John Presgrave, D.S.O., Indian. Army.
*Colonel
Alfred James Whitacre Allen, half-pay.
*Colonel
Henry Newport Charles Heath, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters of Army.
*Colonel William Henry Sitwell, D.S.O., half-pay.
*Colonel George Osbaldeston Welch, Assistant Director of Transport, Headquarters of Army.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General) Alexander Wallace, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
*Colonel William Richard Yielding, C.I.E., D.S.O., Indian Army.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe
Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, (30 October 1860 – 24 March 1957) was a British Army general of the First World War, who commanded V Corps on the Western Front and the 18th Indian Division in the Mesopotamian campaign. He ...
, Brigadier-General
2nd Cavalry Brigade, Eastern Command.
*Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Kenneth Stewart Davison, Indian Army, Commandant
2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
The 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) is one of the oldest and a highly decorated armoured regiment of the Indian Army. The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of two of the oldest regiments of the Bengal Army – the 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner' ...
.
*Colonel (Brigadier-General)
Henry Hughes Wilson, D.S.O., Commandant (Brigadier-General, General Staff) Staff College.
*Colonel
Launcelot Edward Kiggell, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters of Army.
*Colonel
John Townshend St Aubyn, Baron St Levan, C.V.O., Commanding Grenadier Guards and Regimental District and Commander, 2nd London Territorial Brigade, London District.
*Lieutenant-Colonel Johnston Shearer, D.S.O., Indian Medical Service.
''In commemoration of the Military Operations in India in 1857 and 1858.''
*Colonel Arthur Moffatt Lang, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers (Retired).
*Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Aylmer Mclver Campbell, Indian Staff Corps (Retired).
;Civil Division
*Lionel Abraham, Esq.
*Arthur Wellesley Anstruther, Esq.
*Frederick W. Black, Esq.
*Richard Durnford, Esq.
*William Evans, Esq.
*
Alfred Eyles, Esq.
*
Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, Esq., C.M.G.
*Alexander Freeman King, Esq.
*William Algernon Law, Esq.
*Adolphus George Charles Liddell, Esq.
*Robert Philpot, Esq.
*Harry Butler Simpson, Esq.
*George Augustus Stevenson, Esq., M.V.O.
*John Charles Gabriel Sykes, Esq.
*Herbert Preston-Thomas, Esq.
*R. Eustre Yerburgh, Esq.
Order of Merit
*
Henry Jackson, Esq., D.Litt.,
Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)
*
Charles Stuart Bayley
Sir Charles Stuart Bayley, GCIE, KCSI, ISO (17 March 1854 – 19 September 1935) was a British colonial administrator in India.
The son of Captain Daniel Bayley, of the East India Company’s Bengal Cavalry and the grandson of William Butterworth ...
, Esq., C.S.I, Indian Civil Service,
Officiating Lieutenant-Governor, Eastern Bengal and Assam.
*Edward Norman Baker, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General.
*His Highness
Raj Rajeshwar Maharaja Dhiraj Sardar Singh Bahadur, of Jodhpur.
*His Highness Raj Rana Bhavvaui Singh, of
Jhalawar
Jhalawar () is a city, municipal council and headquarter in Jhalawar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located in the southeastern part of the state. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jhalawar, and is the admin ...
.
*Raja Tasadduk Rasul Khan, C.S.I., of
Jahangirabad, Oudh.
Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)
*
Michael Francis O'Dwyer, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Officiating Resident,
Hyderabad.
*
James Scorgie Meston
James Scorgie Meston, 1st Baron Meston (12 June 1865 – 7 October 1943), was a prominent British civil servant, financial expert and businessman. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1912 to 1918.
Meston ...
, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department.
*
George Watson Shaw, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner,
Upper Burma.
*William Arbuthnot Inglis, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Public Works Department (Irrigation, Marine, and Railway Branches), and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations.
*Romer Edward Younghusband, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner Lahore Division, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
*Sir
Henry Moore Jackson
Sir Henry Moore Jackson, (bapt. 13 August 1849 – 29 August 1908) was a British Army, British army officer and colonial governor.
Biography
Jackson was born in Barbados to Walrond Jackson, who became the Anglican Bishop of Antigua, and Mary S ...
, K.C.M.G.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
*
Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell (17 December 1864 – 1 August 1952) was a British colonial administrator and author.
Biography
Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell was born on 17 December 1864 at Chambéry in the Savoie department of south-east France. He ...
, Esq., C.M.G.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Protectorate.
*Sir
Pope Alexander Cooper
Sir Pope Alexander Cooper (12 May 184630 August 1923) was an attorney-general and a chief judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia.
Early life
Pope Alexander Cooper was born at Willeroo Station, Lake George, New South Wales, the ...
, Knight, the
Chief Justice of Queensland.
*The Honourable
Thomas Bent,
Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
, Treasurer, and Minister of Railways of the State of Victoria.
*The Honourable
Joseph Hector Carruthers, lately
Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
and Colonial Treasurer of the State of New South Wales.
*Frederick Evans, Esq., C.V.O., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of
Gibraltar
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*Thomas Rees Price, Esq., C.M.G., General Manager of the
Central South African Railways
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.
*Henry Francis Wilson, Esq., M.A.., C.M.G., lately Colonial Secretary of the
Orange River Colony.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
*Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable
Newton James Moore,
Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
and Minister for Lands of the State of Western Australia.
*
Charles Calvert Bowring, Esq., Treasurer of the
East Africa Protectorate.
*
Edward Lewis Brockman
Sir Edward Lewis Brockman (29 June 1865 – 10 January 1943) was a colonial administrator who served briefly as the Colonial Secretary to the Straits Settlements in 1911 and was the chief secretary to the Federated Malay States (FMS) from 191 ...
, Esq., Federal Secretary,
Federated Malay States
)Under God's Protection
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, religion = Islam
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.
*John William Honey, Esq., Director of Customs for the Transvaal, and Customs Adviser to the High Commissioner for South Africa.
*
Philip David Warren
Philip David Warren (c. 1851–?) was the 12th Surveyor General of Ceylon.
Warren was educated at Norwich Grammar School
Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a selective English independent day school in the ...
, Esq.,
Surveyor-General of the Island of Ceylon.
*
William Frederick King, Esq., LLD., Chief Astronomer, Department of the Interior, Dominion of Canada.
*
Edward Howard Marsh, Esq., M.A., of the Colonial Office.
*James Jonathan Thomas, Esq., Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Sierra Leone.
*
Wei Yuk
Sir Boshan Wei Yuk (1849 – 16 December 1921) was a prominent Hong Kong businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Early life, education, and business career
Sir Boshan was born in Hong Kong in 1849, the son of Wei Kwong ...
, Esq., Unofficial Member of the
Legislative Council of the Colony of Hong Kong.
*Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien
Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien (13 December 1859 – 29 November 1935) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.
O'Brien was the youngest son of John Terence Nicholls O'B ...
, late Deputy-Commissioner, Transvaal Town Police.
*Captain William Hartley Maud, for services in connection with the
West African Frontier Force.
*Captain
Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
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, R.E., for services in connection with the Survey of the
Gold Coast Colony
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and
Ashanti.
*Sydney Thirlwall Harrisson, Esq., lately Treasurer of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)
*Honorary Colonel
Nawab Muhammad Aslam Khan
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,
Sardar Bahadur, C.I.E., Honorary Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty The King,
5th Bengal Cavalry
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Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash that ...
(retired).
*
Thomas Henry Holland, Esq., F.R.S., Director of the
Geological Survey of India.
*Nawab Afsar-i-Jang Afsar-ud-Daula Bahadur Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel
Muhammad Ali Beg, C.I.E., M.V.O., of Hyderabad.
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)
*
Alfred Gibbs Bourne, Esq., D.Sc., F.R.S, Director of Public Instruction, Madras, and an additional Member of the Council of the Governor of
Fort St. George
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for making Laws and Regulations.
*Arthur Milford Ker, Esq., a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations.
*Captain
George Hayley Hewett
George Hayley Hewett, (12 November 1855 – 7 October 1930) was a British naval officer in the Royal Indian Navy who rose to become Director of the Royal Indian Marine. Hewett was also the brother of the colonial administrator and Member of Parl ...
, R.N., Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy, Director of the
Royal Indian Marine.
*Evasio Hampden Radice, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate, and Collector of
Benares.
*Ralph Buller Hughes-Buller, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector,
Bakarganj.
*Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Binning, V.D., Commandant, 2nd (Presidency) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles.
*Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Frederic Perry, F.R.C.S., Indian Medical Service, Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy, Principal of the
Medical College, Lahore.
*Major Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent in
Bhopawar
Bhopawar Agency was a sub-agency of the Central India Agency in British India with the headquarters at the town of Bhopawar, so the name. Bhopawar Agency was created in 1882 from a number of princely states in the Western Nimar and Southern Malwa ...
.
*Michael Filose, Esq., Chief Secretary to His Highness the
Maharaja Scindhia of Gwalior.
*Rai Sahib Diwan Daya Kishen Kaal, Private Secretary to His Highness the
Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
*Sir
Edward Birkbeck
Sir Edward Birkbeck, 1st Baronet (11 October 1838 – 2 September 1908) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Biography
Birkbeck was born in 1838 and served as Conservative MP for North Norfolk from 1879 (being returned at ...
, Bart.
*Rear-Admiral
James Edward Clifford Goodrich, M.V.O., Admiral Superintendent and in charge of all His Majesty's Naval Establishments at Gibraltar.
*Commodore
Colin Richard Keppel, C.V.O.. C.B., D.S.O., Ad.C., Commanding His Majesty's Yachts.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
*
François Flameng
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, Membre de l'
Institut de France. (Honorary)
*Colonel Sir John Smith Young, M.V.O., late Secretary,
Royal Patriotic Fund.
*
John David Rees, Esq., C.I.E., M.P.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class
*The Reverend Walter Boyce, Head Master,
King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn.
*
Percy John de Paravicini, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of King Edward VII Hospital and Dispensary, Windsor.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class
*Lieutenant Thomas Ready, RN, retired, late
His Majesty's Yacht "Osborne."
*Carpenter-Lieutenant James Rice RN,
His Majesty's Yacht "Victoria and Albert."
*Second Lieutenant John Mackenzie Rogan, Mus.Doc., Bandmaster,
Coldstream Guards.
*Second Lieutenant Charles William Hemphill Hall, Bandmaster, 2nd Life Guards.
*Second Lieutenant Albert Williams, Mus.Doc., Bandmaster,
Grenadier Guards.
Imperial Service Order
*Thomas Allchiii, Esq., Assistant Commissioner, Charity Commission.
*Justin Charles William Alvarez, Esq., Consul-General, Tripoli..
*George Nealon Babbit, Esq., Deputy Receiver-General of the Province of New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.
*John Walter Bailey. Esq., late Assistant Chief Inspector of Excise.
*James Dyer-Ball, Esq., Chief Interpreter to the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong Kong.
*John Redman Bovell, Esq., Agricultural Superintendent, Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, and Superintendent of the Botanic Station, Barbados.
*George Andrew Breading, Esq., Clerk, Higher Division, War Office.
*James Edwin Christoffelsz, Esq., Chief Clerk, Secretariat, Island of Ceylon.
*Adolphus Philip Clapin, Esq., late Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Council of the State of .New South- W ales.
*Miss Margaret Susan Creswell, late Postmistress, Post Office and Savings Bank Department, Gibraltar.
*David Dolton, Esq., Principal Clerk, Legal Department, Local Government Board.
*Richard Uriah Falkus, Esq., Staff Clerk, Secretary's Department, Admiralty.
*John Fraser, Esq., Auditor-General of the Dominion of Canada.
*William George Lewis, Esq., Chief Surveyor General, Customs.
*Redmond Nash, Esq., Accountant, Office of National Education, Ireland.
*Jasper Alexander Redgrave, Esq., Superintending Inspector of Factories, Midland Division), Home Office.
*Johannes Smuts, Esq., Registrar of Deeds, Transvaal.
*Alexander George Denison Taylor. Esq., Clerk of English Journals, House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada.
*James Arthur Thompson, Esq., Accountant to the Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia.
*John Henry Richard West, Esq.. Assistant Controller, Savings Bank Department, Post Office.
References
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