The 1914 Birthday Honours were appointments in the
British Empire of King
George V to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published on 19 June 1914.
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.
British Empire
Order of the Garter
*Right Honourable
William, Earl Beauchamp, K.C.M.G.
Order of the Thistle
*
Arthur FitzGerald, Baron Kinnaird
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
;Military Division
*Admiral Sir
Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson
Admiral Sir Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson, (20 November 1846 – 12 July 1932) was a British Royal Navy officer who was Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard 1899–1902, Admiral-superintendent, Portsmouth, Admiral Superintendent of Port ...
, K.C.B., retired.
*General Sir
Francis Reginald Wingate, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.,
Sirdar
The rank of Sirdar ( ar, سردار) – a variant of Sardar – was assigned to the British Commander-in-Chief of the British-controlled Egyptian Army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Sirdar resided at the Sirdaria, a three-blo ...
, Egyptian Army, and Governor-General, Sudan Administration.
*General Sir
Arthur Singleton Wynne, K.C.B., Retired Pay, Colonel, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), and
Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London.
;Civil Division
*The Right Honourable
Herbert John, Viscount Gladstone, G.C.M.G.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
;Military Division
*Rear-Admiral
David Beatty, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.
*Surgeon-General Arthur William May, C.B., K.H.P.
*Rear-Admiral
Richard Henry Peirse, C.B., M.V.O.
*Admiral Ernest Rice, retired.
*Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir
Alexander Edward Bethell
Admiral Sir Alexander Edward Bethell (28 August 1855 – 13 June 1932) was a British naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth of the Royal Navy.
Naval career
Born the second son of Richard Augustus Bethell, 2nd Baron Westbury, B ...
, K.C.M.G.
*Lieutenant-General
Herbert Eversley Belfield, C.B., D.S.O., Retired Pay, Colonel, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
*Lieutenant-General Ernest De Brath, C.B, C.I.E., Retired Pay, Indian Army.
*Lieutenant-General Sir Malcolm Henry Stanley Grover, K.C.I.E., C.B., Indian Army, Commanding 4th (Quetta) Division, India.
*Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General)
David Henderson, C.B., D.S.O., Director-General of Military Aeronautics, War Office.
*Colonel (local and temporary Major-General)
Stanley Brenton von Donop, C.B.,
Master-General of the Ordnance and Fourth Military Member of the Army Council.
;Civil Division
*Sir
John Macdonell
Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonell of Greenfield (19 April 1785 – 14 October 1812) was an aide-de-camp to British Major General Sir Isaac Brock during the War of 1812, dying in the Battle of Queenston Heights.
Life
He was born on 19 Apri ...
, C.B.,
King's Remembrancer.
*
Richard Augustine Studdert Redmayne, Esq., C.B., Chief Inspector of Mines, Home Office.
*Sir
Thomas William Holderness
Sir Thomas William Holderness, 1st Baronet, (11 June 1849 – 16 September 1924) was the first former member of the Indian Civil Service to be appointed to the post of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (although Sir George Russell Cler ...
, K.C.S.I.,
Under-Secretary of State for India.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
;Military Division
*Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Herbert Guthrie Smith, Director of Artillery, War Office.
*Colonel Alexander William Roper, Chief Engineer, South Africa.
*Colonel George Francis William St. John, halfpay, late Royal Artillery.
*Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) The Honourable
Cecil Edward Bingham
Major-General Sir Cecil Edward Bingham (7 December 1861 – 31 May 1934) was a British Army officer who held high command during World War I.
Military career
Born the son of Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan,''Burke's Peerage and Baronet ...
, C.V.O., Commanding 4th Cavalry Brigade.
*Colonel
William Hickie, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Irish Command.
*Colonel Francis John De Gex, Assistant Adjutant-General, Irish Command.
*Colonel
Robert Scott-Kerr
Brigadier General Robert Scott-Kerr (2 November 1859 – 25 November 1942) was a British Army officer.
After being educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was commissioned in the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1879, transferring shortly ...
, M.V.O., D.S.O., Commanding Grenadier Guards and Regimental District.
*Colonel Archibald John Chapman, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Northern Command.
*Colonel Charles Henry Uvedale Price, D.S.O., Indian Army.
*Colonel Gilbert Walter Palin, C.I.E., Supply and Transport Corps, India.
*Colonel Courtenay Clarke Manifold, M.B., Indian Medical Service.
*Colonel
William George Walker
Major General William George Walker (28 May 1863 – 16 February 1936) was a senior British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Details
Walker was 39 years old, and a captain in the 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, attached to t ...
, V.C., Commandant, 1st Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army.
*Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General)
Havelock Hudson, C.I.E., General Staff, Northern Army, India.
*Lieutenant-Colonel William Rice Edwards, C.M.G., M.D., Indian Medical Service.
;Civil Division
*Rear-Admiral
Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair
Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair (30 August 1864 – 17 August 1958) was a senior Royal Navy officer and later Governor of New South Wales.
Early life and career
De Chair was born on 30 August 1864 in Lennoxville, Province of ...
, M.V.O.
*Captain Philip Wylie Dumas, C.V.O., R.N.
*Captain
Frederic Charles Dreyer, R.N.
*Commander
Mansfield George Smith-Cumming, R.N., retired.
*Commander
Cecil Ryther Acklom
Captain Cecil Ryther Acklom (31 May 1872 – 12 June 1937), was a senior British officer in the Royal Navy, ‘a key figure in the development of the torpedo for over a decade’, Assistant Superintendent at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich (189 ...
, R.N.,retired.
*Paymaster-in-Chief Frederick James Krabbe, R.N.
*Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Frederick John Smith, V.D., Territorial Force Reserve, 8th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
*Major
Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hotham Montagu "Richard" Doughty-Wylie, (23 July 1868 – 26 April 1915) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be ...
, C.M.G., Member of the Albanian Delimitation Commission.
*The Honourable
James Eric Drummond
James Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, (17 August 1876 – 15 December 1951), was a British politician and diplomat who was the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations (1920–1933).
Quiet and unassuming, he succeeded in building an e ...
, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
*Sir
Guy Francis Laking
Sir Guy Francis Laking, 2nd Baronet (21 October 1875 – 22 November 1919) was an English art historian and the first keeper of the London Museum from before its opening until his death.
Life
Laking was born in 1875, the only son of King Ed ...
, Bart., M.V.O., Keeper of the King's Armoury and Curator of the London Museum.
*The Honourable
Gerald William Lascelles
The 1914 Birthday Honours were appointments in the British Empire of King George V to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens. The appointments were made to celeb ...
, Deputy Surveyor, New Forest.
*
Herbert James Read
Sir Herbert James Read (1863–1949) was the 22nd Governor of Mauritius from 19 February 1925 to 9 December 1929.
References
1863 births
1949 deaths
Governors of British Mauritius
Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium ...
, Esq., C.M.G., Principal Clerk, Colonial Office.
*William Henry Whiting, Esq., Superintendent of Construction Accounts and Contract Work, Admiralty.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander (KCSI)
*His Excellency Sardar Arfa, Amir Nuyan Sheikh Khazal Khan ibn Haji Jabir Khatij K.C.I.E., Sheikh of Mohammera. (Honorary)
*Sheikh
Mubarak-bin-Subah, K.C.I.E.,
Ruler of Koweit.(Honorary)
*Michael William Fenton, Esq., C.S.I, Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
*Sir
Harold Arthur Stuart, K.C.V.O., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George.
*Colonel
Sidney Gerald Burrard
Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard, 7th Baronet, (12 August 1860 – 16 March 1943) was a British army officer who served as Surveyor General of India and played a major role in the Great Trigonometrical Survey's work in the Himalayas and identified the s ...
, C.S.I, F.R.S., R.E.,
Surveyor-General in India.
Companion (CSI)
*Sheikh
Esa bin Ali al Khalifa,
Chief of Bahrein. (Honorary)
*Sardar Daljit Singh of Jullundur, Honorary Magistrate and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations.
*Lieutenant-Colonel Raj Kumar Bir Bikram Singh, C.I.E., Commandant of the Imperial Service Sappers of the Sirmur State, Punjab.
*
Walter Maude, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Temporary Member of the Executive Council of the Lieutenant-Governor, Bihar and Orissa.
*Bertram Sausmarez Carey, Esq., C.I.E., V.D., Burma Commission, Commissioner of the Sagaing Division, Burma.
*Michael Nethersole, Esq., Public Works Department, Inspector-General of Irrigation, Government of India.
*Henry Ashbrooke Crump, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Central Provinces, India.
*William James Reid, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Assam, and a Member of the Council of the Chief Commissioner of Assam for making Laws and Regulations.
*
Mysore Kantharaj Urs, Esq., Member of the Mysore State Council.
*Oswald Vivian Bosanquet, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor-General in Central India.
*Walter Gunnell Wood, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government in the Public Works Department, Buildings, Roads and Railways Branches, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor for making Laws and Regulations.
*John Cornwallis Godley, Esq., M.A., Indian Educational Department, Director of Public Instruction, Punjab, 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)
*The Right Honourable the
Earl of Liverpool
Earl of Liverpool is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first time was in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1796 for Charles Jenkinson, 1st Baron Hawkesbury, a favourite of King George III (see Jenkinson baronets for e ...
, K.C.M.G., M.V.O.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand.
*The Right Honourable
Robert Laird Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I.
Borde ...
,
Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada.
*General Sir
Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, R.A., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Malta.
*Admiral Sir
Day Hort Bosanquet
Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, (22 March 1843 – 28 June 1923) was a British politician and senior officer in the Royal Navy. He served as the Governor of South Australia from 18 February 1909 until 22 March 1914.
Naval career
Born in Alnwi ...
, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., late
Governor of the State of South Australia.
*His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir
William Conyngham Greene, K.C.B.,
His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
*
Walter Edward Davidson, Esq., C.M.G.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Newfoundland.
*George Smith, Esq., C.M.G.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Nyasaland Protectorate.
*The Honourable
George Eulas Foster
Sir George Eulas Foster, GCMG, PC, PC (September 3, 1847 – December 30, 1931) was a Canadian politician and academic.
Foster was a Member of Parliament (MP) and a Senator in the Canadian Parliament for a total of 45 years, 5 months and ...
, LL.D., Minister of Trade and Commerce of the Dominion of Canada.
*The Honourable
William Hill Irvine, LL.D., K.C.,
Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
*Sir Benjamin Robertson, K.C.S.I., C.I.E.,
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces of India; in recognition of his services in connection with the Indian Enquiry Commission in the Union of South Africa.
*Major-General
Alexander John Godley
General Sir Alexander John Godley, (4 February 1867 – 6 March 1957) was a senior British Army officer. He is best known for his role as commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and II Anzac Corps during the First World War.
Born in G ...
, C.B., General Officer Commanding the Military Forces of the Dominion of New Zealand.
*The Honourable
Charles Eugene Boucher De Boucherville, C.M.G., Senator of the Dominion of Canada.
*William Hepworth Mercer, Esq., C.M.G., one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
*Lieutenant-Colonel George Lancelot Eyles, C.M.G., M.Inst.C.E., Consulting Engineer for Railways to the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
*
Murdoch Macdonald, Esq., C.M.G., M.Inst.C.E., Under Secretary of State for Public Works, Egypt.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
*William Barlow, Esq., LL.D., Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Adelaide.
*Gilbert Edmund Augustine Grindle, Esq., M.A., of the Colonial Office.
*
Gysbert Reitz Hofmeyr, Esq., Clerk of the
House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa.
*
James Rankine Leisk, Esq., Secretary for Finance,
Union of South Africa.
*Reginald Popham Lobb, Esq., Colonial Secretary and Registrar-General of the Bermudas or Somers Islands.
*
William Kirkpatrick McNaught
William Kirkpatrick McNaught (September 6, 1845 – February 2, 1919) was an Ontario manufacturer and political figure. He represented Toronto North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1906 to 1914 as a Conservative member.
Backgro ...
, Esq., Member of the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario.
*Major
Harry Claude Moorhouse, D.S.O., Secretary, Southern Provinces, Nigeria.
*Colonel John William Parnell, District Commandant, 3rd Military District, Commonwealth of Australia.
*
Christopher James Parr, Esq.,
Mayor of the City of Auckland, in the
Dominion of New Zealand
The Dominion of New Zealand was the historical successor to the Colony of New Zealand. It was a constitutional monarchy with a high level of self-government within the British Empire.
New Zealand became a separate British Crown colony in 184 ...
.
*Albert Edward Stephenson, Esq., Director of Colonial Audit.
*
Reginald Edward Stubbs, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.
*Lieutenant-Colonel George Llewellyn Douglas Swain, Inspector-General of Constabulary, and Commandant of Local Forces of the
Colony of Trinidad and Tobago
The history of Trinidad and Tobago begins with the settlements of the islands by Indigenous peoples, Indigenous First Peoples. Trinidad was visited by Christopher Columbus on his Voyages of Christopher Columbus, third voyage in 1498, (he never la ...
.
*
Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams, Esq., Unofficial Member of the
Legislative Council of the Colony of Nigeria.
*His Highness
Mohamed Jemalulalam bin Almerhum Sultan Hashim Jalilulalam Akamuddin,
Sultan of Brunei
The sultan of Brunei is the monarchical head of state of Brunei and head of government in his capacity as prime minister of Brunei. Since independence from the British in 1984, only one sultan has reigned, though the royal institution dates bac ...
. (Honorary)
*Frank Gerard Clemow, Esq., M.D., British Delegate to the Ottoman Board of Health.
*Harry Halton Fox, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Chengtu.
*Ernest Miles Hobart-Hampden, Esq., Japanese Secretary to His Majesty's Embassy at Tokio.
*
Thomas Beaumont Hohler, Esq., First Secretary in His Majesty's Legation in Mexico.
*Arthur King Lewis, Esq., Director-General, Egyptian Customs Administration.
*Henry Edward Sly, Esq., His Majesty's Consul at Harbin.
*Major
Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack, Civil Secretary to the Soudan Government.
Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Commander (KCIE)
*Brian Egerton, Esq., C.I.E., Controller-General of
Paigahs, Hyderabad.
*Maharaja Girija Nath Ray Bahadur of Dinajpur, Bengal.
*Stephen George Sale, Esq., M.A., Barrister-at-Law, Legal Adviser and Solicitor to the Secretary of State for India.
Companion (CIE)
*Lieutenant-Colonel William Molesworth, M.B., B.Sc., Indian Medical Service, Surgeon, 1st District, and Superintendent, Medical School, Rayapuram, Madras.
*Phillip Glynn Messent, Esq., M.I.C.E., Chief Engineer to the
Bombay Port Trust.
*Lalubhai Samaldas Mehta, Esq., an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations.
*Leonard Birley, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector of Dacca, Bengal.
*Babu Mohendra Nath Ray, Vakil of the High Court of Judicature in Fort William, Bengal, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations.
*Frank Frederick Lyall, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector of Muzaffarpur, Bihar and Orissa.
*Lieutenant-Colonel George James Hamilton Bell, M.B., Indian Medical Service, Inspector-General of Prisons, Burma.
*Frank Currie Lowie, Esq., Public Works Department, India, Executive Engineer, Seniku-Htawgaw Road Extension, Burma.
*Lewis French, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Chief Minister, Kapurthala State, Punjab.
*Colonel Sidney Mercer Renny, R.A., Director of Ordnance Factories, India.
*Captain Walter Hugh Jeffery,
73rd Carnatic Infantry
The 73rd Carnatic Infantry was an infantry regiment originally raised in 1776 as the 13th Carnatic Battalion (using drafts of men from the 4th, 7th and the 11th Carnatic Battalion) as part of the Presidency of Madras Army which was itself p ...
, Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, Army Headquarters, India.
*Richard Meredith, Esq., Indian Telegraph Department, Director of Telegraphs, India.
*
Albert Howard, Esq., M.A., Imperial Economic Botanist at Pusa, Bengal.
*Major Edward David Wilson Greig, M.B., B.Sc., Indian Medical Service, Assistant Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli.
*Harold Arden Close, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, North-West Frontier Province, India.
*Richard Hugh Tickell, Esq., M.I.C.E., Public Works Department, India, Chief Engineer, Central Provinces, lately Superintending Engineer, Swat River Canals Circle, North-West Frontier Province, India.
*Francis Samuel Alfred Slocock, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Inspector-General of Police, Central Provinces and Berar.
*Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzwarren Lloyd, V.D., Commandant,
Assam Valley Light Horse
The Assam Valley Light Horse regiment was raised in 1891 and formed part of Indian Volunteer Force, later the Indian Defence Force and finally the Auxiliary Force (India).
The regimental headquarters was at Dibrugarh in Assam. It was recruited ...
.
*Major Arthur Leslie Jacob, Indian Army, Political Agent, Zhob, Baluchistan.
*Nawab Khair Bakhsh, Khan Bahadur, Tumandar of the Mari Tribe, Baluchistan.
*Thomas Summers, Esq., D.Sc., M.I.C.E., late Bombay Public Works Department.
*Henry James Wakely Fry, Esq., Director-General of Stores, India Office.
*Haji Muhammad Ali, Rais-ut-Tujjar, of Mohammera. (Honorary)
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
*
Granville George, Earl Granville, C.V.O., Lord-in-Waiting to The King.
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
*The Rev. Canon
Edgar Sheppard, C.V.O., D.D.,
Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal.
*Major-General
Frederick Spencer Robb, C.B., M.V.O., Major-General-in-Charge of Administration, Aldershot Command.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
*
Lionel Henry Cust, Esq., M.V.O.,
Surveyor of The King's Pictures and Works of Art.
*
James Sant
James Sant (1820–1916) was a British painter specialising in portraits and known particularly for images of women and children and artistic exploration of the symbolism of childhood. He was a member of the Royal Academy. George Sant and Sarah ...
, Esq., R.A.,
Portrait Painter to Queen Victoria.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class
*Major Robert Joseph Atkinson Terry, Royal Sussex Regiment,
Provost Marshal
Provost marshal is a title given to a person in charge of a group of Military Police (MP). The title originated with an older term for MPs, '' provosts'', from the Old French ''prévost'' (Modern French ''prévôt''). While a provost marshal i ...
, Aldershot.
*Harold Robert Dacre Spitta, Esq., M.D., Bacteriologist to His Majesty's Household.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class
*Herbert George Sotheby, Esq., of the Private Secretary's Office, Buckingham Palace.
*William Richard Codling, Esq., of
His Majesty's Stationery Office.
Companions of the
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 ...
;Home Civil Service
* William Elliott, Collector of Customs and Excise, Glasgow.
* William Evans, Chief Examiner and Visiting Inspector of Contracts,
War Office.
* William Richard Kerr, Principal Clerk,
Office of Works.
* William George Newton, Deputy Controller,
Stationery Office.
* John Tenney, Principal Clerk,
Exchequer and Audit Department
The National Audit Office (NAO) is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies. The NAO also carries out valu ...
.
;Colonial Civil Service
* Richard Hallowes Addison, Chief Native Commissioner,
Natal,
Union of South Africa.
* Francis Cyrus Berteau, Comptroller and Auditor-General of the
Colony of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English ...
.
* Alexander Malcolm Campbell, Government Secretary,
Territory of Papua.
* William Himsworth, Deputy Minister of Inland Revenue, Dominion of Canada.
*
Henry Turner Machin, Assistant Treasurer of the Province of Quebec.
* George Cowie Morrison, Public Service Commissioner of the State of Victoria.
* Thomas Ronayne, lately General Manager of the
New Zealand Railways.
* Ernest Daniel Rowland, MB, lately Resident Surgeon, Public Hospital,
Georgetown, Colony of
British Guiana
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...
.
* William Sutherland, lately Native Commissioner of the
Colony of Fiji.
* John Trump, MInstCE, lately Director of Public Works,
Federated Malay States
)Under God's Protection
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.
* Haig Apisoghom Sdepan Utidjian, Translator of State Documents, Chief Secretary's Office, and Turkish Translator to the Legislative Council, Cyprus.
* William Marshall Vaudin, Superintendent of Public Works and Surveys,
Colony of Seychelles.
;Indian Civil Service
* William Houston Treasure, late Assistant Solicitor to the
Secretary of State for India.
* Edward Holroyd Gadsden, Superintendent, Central Jail,
Coimbatore
Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...
, Madras.
* Manmatha Nath Ghosh, MA, BL, Provincial Civil Service, Deputy Magistrate, Bengal.
* James Guyer Harris, Provincial Civil Service, Superintendent, Office of the Commissioner,
Mandalay Division, Burma.
* Rai Bahadur Tilok Chand, Provincial Civil Service, Extra Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab.
* Frank Luker, Superintendent, Government Press,
Allahabad
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
,
United Provinces.
*
Shankar Madho Chitnavis, BA, Statutory Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner,
Chhindwara
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Central Provinces and Berar
The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India and later the Dominion of India which existed from 1903 to 1950. It was formed by the merger of the Central Provinces with the province of Berar, which was territory leased by the B ...
.
* Arthur Henry Wilsone, Superintendent of the Office of the Inspector-General,
Imperial Service Troops.
* Babu Kanti Bhushan Sen, Provincial Civil Service, Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of
Chota Nagpur,
Bihar and Orissa
Bihar and Orissa was a province of British India, which included the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha. The territories were conquered by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were governed by the then Indian Ci ...
.
* Gilbert Franklyn Winn, Registrar in the Home Department of the Government of India.
* Rao Bahadur Anant Sadashiv Tambe, Deputy Assistant Political Agent,
Junagadh State
Junagarh or Junagadh ( ur, ) was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in British India, until its integration into the Union of India in 1948.
History
Muhammad Sher Khan Babai was the founder of the Babi Pashtun d ...
,
Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...
.
Imperial Service Medal
* Parambalan Moidin Kutti, Pensioned
Havildar, Divisional Office,
Malapuram
Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...
,
Malabar District, Madras.
* Gangadin, late
Jamadar peon
Peon (English , from the Spanish ''peón'' ) usually refers to a person subject to peonage: any form of wage labor, financial exploitation, coercive economic practice, or policy in which the victim or a laborer (peon) has little control over emp ...
in the office of the Superintending Engineer and Secretary to the Agent to the Governor General in Central India in the Public Works Department.
* Mahomed Ismail, late a Daftari in the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India.
Appointments
*To
Colonel-in-Chief
** Her Majesty
the Queen, of the
18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
The 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) was a cavalry regiment
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horse ...
.
** Her Majesty
Queen Alexandra, of the
19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
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and the
Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment).
** Her Royal Highness
the Princess Royal
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, of the
7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards.
** Her Royal Highness
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, of the
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).
Promotions
Royal Navy
*Commanders to the rank of Captain (dated 30 June 1914).
** Hugh Gaultier Coghill Somerville.
** Henry FitzRoy George Talbot.
** Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert.
**
Humphrey Wykeham Bowring.
** George Michael Keane.
** John Foster Grant-Dalton.
** Alfred Astley Ellison.
** Herbert Neville Garnett.
** Herbert MacIver Edwards.
** Charles Edward Whately Pyddoke.
**
Rudolf Miles Burmester.
**
David Thomas Norris.
**
Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish
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.
** George Parish Ross.
** Henry Wise Parker.
**
Oliver Backhouse
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.
**
Oliver Schwann
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.
*Lieutenant-Commanders to the rank of Commander (dated 30 June 1914).
** Arthur Douglas Barrow.
** Malcolm Henry Somerled MacDonald.
** Philip Henry Trimmer.
** Reginald Henniker-Heaton.
** Robert Stewart Roy.
** Harold Edmund Denison.
** James Geoffry Penrose Ingham.
** Charles Stuart Forbes.
** Thomas Bodley Scott.
**
Bernard William Murray Fairbairn.
** Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant.
** Charles Arthur Scott.
** Francis George Gillilan Chilton.
** Francis Mary Hodgson.
** Harold Brisbane Bedwell.
** Roger L'Estrange Murray Rede.
**
Gerald Charles Dickens.
** Hugh Dennis Marryat.
** Arthur Horace Walker.
** Kenneth Brounger.
** Henry Francis Howard Wakefield.
** Roland Cecil Sneyd Hunt.
**
Loftus William Jones
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.
**
John Peter Ralph Marriott.
** Henry George Thursfield.
** Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel.
** Gilbert George Pearse Hewett.
** Dashwood Fowler Moir.
**
Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford.
**
Francis Loftus Tottenham.
** Frederic Gerald Stuart Peile.
** James Gordon Fraser.
**
Sidney Robert Bailey.
** Hartley Russell Gwennap Moore.
** Basil Edward Reinold.
** Frederick Avenel Sommerville.
** Alfred Headley Norman.
**
Geoffrey Blake.
Royal Naval Reserve
*Commanders to be Captain
**
Herbert James Haddock, CB, RD.
** Owen Jones, RD.
** James Thomas Walter Charles, CB, RD.
**
Charles Alfred Bartlett
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Biography
Born i ...
, RD.
*Honorary Commanders to be Honorary Captain
** Walter Ernest Hutchinson.
** Robert Cumming McFee.
** Edward Collins.
** Charles MacIver.
** Henry MacIver.
** The Right Honourable
Earl Brassey
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, GCB.
** John MacNab.
** John Bell White.
** Sir
Charles Edward Heley Chadwyck-Healey, KCB, KC.
** The Most Honourable
the Marquis of Ormonde, KP.
** Sir
Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, Bt.
*Appointed Honorary Captain
** Alfred Hamilton Frushard Young.
** Sir
Owen Philipps, KCMG.
** Harold Sanderson.
*Lieutenants promoted to the rank of Commander
** Arthur Edward Dunn.
** Henry Lavington Walton.
*Appointed Honorary Commander
** Charles Smith Creighton.
** Percy Hamilton Rolfe.
** Thomas Francis Gambell.
** George Montagu Hicks.
** John Campbell Drummond.
** Edward Lionel Fletcher.
** Charles Wood Gordon.
*Appointed Honorary Chief Engineer
** James Edgar Wimshurst.
** Roderick Morrison.
Promotions on the Retired List
*Commanders to be Captain
** James Logan Parfitt.
** David Wilson Barker.
** Harvey William Broadbent, RD.
*Lieutenants to be Commander
** Harris Lewis Wilson.
** Alexander Hugh Hope Gibson Douglas, RD.
** George Leigh King.
** Francis Melville Tuke.
** William Burvil Holmes.
** Richard John Noal.
Army
*To Major, for services in connection with the Military Wing,
Royal Flying Corps
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(dated 22 June 1914).
** Captain (temporary Major) George Hebden Raleigh,
The Essex Regiment
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.
** Captain (temporary Major)
John Harold Whitworth Becke,
.
** Captain (temporary Major)
John Maitland Salmond
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,
The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
** Captain (temporary Major)
Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft,
The Welsh Regiment.
*
Honorary Chaplain to His Majesty
** Reverend John M. Simms, DD, Chaplain to the Forces (1st Class)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Birthday Honours 1914
Birthday Honours
1914 in the United Kingdom
1914 awards