The New Year Honours 1926 were appointments by King

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...

to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...

. They were published on 29 December 1925. 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

Viscount

* The Right Honourable Edgar, Baron D'Abernon, , His Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin since 1920. * The Right Honourable Andrew Graham, Baron Dunedin, , a

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...

; Keeper of the Great Seal of the Principality of Scotland.

Baron

* The Right Honourable Geoffrey Henry, Baron Oranmore and Browne, . * The Right Honourable Sir Ernest Murray Pollock, ,

Master of the Rolls The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales)#Civil Division, Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales a ...

, Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire, Member of Parliament for

Warwick and Leamington Warwick and Leamington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2017 general election by Matt Western, of the Labour Party. Members of Parliament Constituency profile The seat comprises the two epon ...

, 1910–1923.

Privy Councillor

* Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Francis Stanley Jackson, , Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party since March 1923.

Financial Secretary to the War Office The Financial Secretary to the War Office and for certain periods known as the Finance Member of the Army Council, was a junior ministerial office of the British government established in 1870. In May 1947 the office was unified with that of the ...

, 1922. Member of Parliament for the Howdenshire Division of Yorkshire since 1915. * Colonel George Richard Lane-Fox, , Parliamentary

Secretary for Mines The position of Secretary for Mines is a now defunct office in the United Kingdom Government, associated with the Board of Trade. In 1929, the department took over responsibility for petroleum. In 1940, the department was divided with Geoffrey ...

, Department of Board of Trade. Charity Commissioner 1921. Member of Parliament for the Barkston Ash Division of the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...

since 1906. * Charles, Baron Bledisloe, ,

Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries was a junior ministerial office in the British government, serving under the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. The title changed to Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of ...

since November 1924. * Major the Honourable Joseph Gordon Coates, , Prime Minister of the Dominion of New Zealand. * The Honourable Sir

Francis Henry Dillon Bell Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell (31 March 1851 – 13 March 1936) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of New Zealand from 14 to 30 May 1925. He was the first New Zealand-born prime minister, holding offic ...

, ,

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Minister of External Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

, and Leader of the Legislative Council, Dominion of New Zealand.

Baronet

* William Waters Butler, . For valuable political and philanthropic services in Birmingham. Member of Council of

Birmingham University , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. * Sidney Hutchinson Byass, . For political, public and philanthropic services. President of the Mid-Glamorgan Conservative Association. High Sheriff of the County. Mayor of

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for three consecutive years. * Sir

Clement Kinloch-Cooke Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, 1st Baronet (28 October 1854 – 4 September 1944) was a British journalist and politician. Born Clement Cooke in Holborn, the only son of Robert Whall Cooke of Brighton, Sussex, he was educated at Brighton College, a ...

, , Member of Parliament for Devonport, January 1910; for Devonport Division, December 1918, and November 1922, and for Cardiff East since 1924. Founded in 1905 the Central Emigration Board of which he is chairman, and has done yeoman work in connection with emigration. For political and public services. * The Right Honourable Sir Henry Craik, , Member of Parliament for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, 1906, and for the

Scottish Universities There are fifteen universities in Scotland and three other institutions of higher education that have the authority to award academic degrees. The first university college in Scotland was founded at St John's College, St Andrews in 1418 by H ...

since December 1918. Secretary of the

Scottish Education Department The Scottish Government Education Directorates were a group of the civil service directorates in the Scottish Government. The Directorates were titled Children, Young People and Social Care; Schools; and Lifelong Learning. They were responsible ...

, 1885–1904. For political and public services. *

Herbert Gibson Herbert Mellor Gibson (22 February 1896 – 27 March 1954) was a member of the British co-operative movement and a Labour Party (UK), Labour politician. Gibson was the youngest of five children, who was brought up in poverty after his mother was ...

, President of

the Law Society The Law Society of England and Wales (officially The Law Society) is the professional association that represents solicitors for the jurisdiction of England and Wales. It provides services and support to practising and training solicitors, as ...

which celebrates its centenary this year. * Sir Robert Jones, , President,

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. * Edmund Russborough Turton, , Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton Division since February 1915. Chairman of the North Riding Quarter Sessions since 1898. Member of the Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform 1916–17; the

Royal Commission on London Government The Royal Commission on London Government, also known as the Ullswater Commission, was a Royal Commission which considered the case for amendments to the local government arrangements in the County of London and its environs. The commission was c ...

, 1921; and of the Royal Commission on Local Government, 1923.

Knight Bachelor

Thomas Hudson Beare Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA (30 June 1859 – 10 June 1940) was an eminent British engineer. He was successively Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at University College, London (where he was a colleague of K ...

, , Regius Professor of Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Science,

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. * Robert Alfred Bolam, , Chairman of the council,

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. * Albert Herbert Brewer, , Organist and Master of Choristers at

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster dedicated to S ...

since 1897. Conductor of the

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s. *

George Washington Browne Sir George Washington Browne (21 September 1853 – 15 June 1939) was a Scottish architect. He was born in Glasgow, and trained there and in London. He spent most of his career in Edinburgh, although his work can be found throughout Scotland a ...

, , President of the

Royal Scottish Academy The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art. It promotes contemporary Scottish art. The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy, it became the ...

. * Edmund Fleming Bushby. For public and political services in

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

. A County Councillor for

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. *

Joseph Herbert Cunliffe Sir Joseph Herbert Cunliffe, (1 July 1867 – 9 April 1963) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. Cunliffe was called to the bar in 1896 and took silk in 1912. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton, a two-member con ...

, . Member of Parliament for

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...

since December 1923. H.M. Attorney General for the Duchy of Lancaster since 1921. Member of the

General Council of the Bar The General Council of the Bar, commonly known as the Bar Council, is the representative body for barristers in England and Wales. Established in 1894, the Bar Council is the 'approved regulator' of barristers, but discharges its regulatory functi ...

and of the

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. * Stanford Edwin Downing, Secretary of the Ecclesiastical Commission. * Professor

John Bretland Farmer Sir John Bretland Farmer FRS FRSE (5 April 1865 – 26 January 1944) was a British botanist. He believed that chromomeres not chromosomes were the unit of heredity. Farmer and J. E. S. Moore introduced the term ''meiosis'' in 1905. Life ...

, , Member of Advisory Council to Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Governor of Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad. * Patrick Johnston Ford, . Member of Parliament for North Edinburgh, April 1920-24 and since October 1924. A

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the ...

and Scottish

Whip A whip is a tool or weapon designed to strike humans or other animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain. They can also be used without inflicting pain, for audiovisual cues, such as in equestrianism. They are generally e ...

, 1923. * James Ellison Haggas, . For public and charitable services in

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

. For 27 years chairman and President of the Keighley Conservative and Unionist Association. * Alderman Hugh Hall, . For political and public services in Oxford. Has been associated with public work in Oxford since 1875. Chairman of Oxford City Conservative Association since 1917. * William Edward Hart, ,

Town Clerk A clerk is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world. In some communities, including most in the United States, the position is elected, but in many others, the clerk is appointed to their post. In the UK, a To ...

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

. * Alfred James Hawkey, . For public and political services. Vice-chairman of Epping Conservative Association. Chairman of Woodford

Urban District Council In England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected urban district council (UDC), which shared local gove ...

for ten years. * Bertram Hornsby, , Governor of the National Bank of Egypt. * Thomas Raffles Hughes, , Chairman of the

. * Major Aston McNeill Cooper Cooper-Key, , Chief Inspector of Explosives, Home Office. * Charles Marstan, . For eighteen years President of West Wolverhampton Conservative Association. Past President of the Cycle and Motor Cycle Manufacturers' and Traders' Union and of the Cycle Engineers' Institute. For political and public services. * William Meff, Ex-

Lord Provost of Aberdeen The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City local authority in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are equivalent in m ...

. *

Matthew Walker Montgomery Sir Matthew Walker Montgomery DL (18 April 1859''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' – 8 August 1933) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1923 to 1926. Life He was born in Hutchesontown, G ...

Lord Provost of Glasgow The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. Elected by the city councillors, the Lord Provost serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. The office is equiv ...

since 1923. * George Edward James Moody. For political and public services. For 30 years a Member of the Cleethorpes

of which he has been Chairman eight times. Chairman of the Grimsby Unionist Association. * Robert John Parr, , Director of the

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity. History Victorian era On a trip to New York in 1881, Liverpudlian businessman Thomas Agnew was inspired by a visit to the New York ...

. * Alderman William George Perring, . Member of Parliament for North Paddington since 1918. President of the National Chamber of Trade. Has served on the Paddington Borough Council since its inception. * William Ramsden, , Chairman of the Huddersfield Local Employment Committee. For public services in Huddersfield. * Alfred Cooper Rawson, . Member of Parliament for

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

since November 1922; Member of

London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...

1913–21; Member of

Wandsworth Borough Council Wandsworth London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Wandsworth in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Wandsworth is divided into 20 wards, eac ...

1911–22, and Mayor 1918–19. * Henry Montagu Rogers, , Chairman of the Conservative Party in the

Camborne Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. Camborne was formerl ...

Division for fifteen years. Chairman of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association, 1924. For political and public services in Cornwall. * Julius Sladden, Chairman of the

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesha ...

Conservative and Unionist Association since 1908 and Leader of the Party in Evesham since 1880. Member of the

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since 1902. For political and public services. * Captain Oscar Emanuel Warburg, , Chairman of the

. Member of the Paddington Borough Council since 1909. Member of the Paddington Conservative Association since 1909 and vice-president of the Hackney Conservative Association since 1910. For political and public services. * Alderman George Wright, . For 20 years Chairman of the Central Conservative Council for the Ealing Division, and for 38 years chairman and then President of the Acton Conservative Association. For 38 years Member of the

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. For political and public services. ;India * Mr. Justice John Guy Rutledge, , Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature,

Rangoon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

. *

Diwan Bahadur Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a title of honour awarded during British rule in India. It was awarded to individuals who had performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special T ...

Tinnevelly Nellaiyappa Pillai Sivagnanam Pillai Avargal, Minister for Development, Madras. *

Khan Bahadur Khan Bahadur – a compound of khan ('leader') and bahadur ('brave') – was a formal title of respect and honor, which was conferred exclusively on Muslim and other non-Hindu natives of British India. It was one degree higher than the title of K ...

Shaikh Ghulam Husain Hidayatallah, Minister for Local Self-Government, Bombay. *

Sardar Bahadur Sardar Bahadur was a title of honour awarded to native Indian civilians and Viceroy's commissioned officers during British rule in India. It was bestowed upon Sikhs, and was awarded for faithful service or acts of public welfare. The title was use ...

Sardar Sundar Singh Majithia, , Member of the Executive Council, Punjab. * Mr. Justice William Watkin Phillips,

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Madras. * Mr. Justice Charu Chunder Ghose, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Calcutta. * Mr. Justice Saiyid Muhammad Abdul Raoof, Khan Bahadur, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Lahore. * Mr. Justice Louis Stuart, , Indian Civil Service, Chief Judge of the Oudh Chief Court, United Provinces. * Mr. Justice Benjamin Herbert Heald, , Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Rangoon. * Frederick Austin Hadow, , Member,

Railway Board The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the country's rail transport. The ministry operates the statutory body Indian Railways, an organisation that operates as a monopoly in rail transport and is h ...

, Government of India. *

Philip Joseph Hartog Sir Philip Joseph Hartog (2 March 1864 – 27 June 1947) was a British chemist and educationalist who undertook this role in England and India. Early life and education Hartog was born in London on 2 March 1864, the third son of Alfonse and ...

, , Vice-Chancellor of the

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. * Lionel Linton Tomkins, , Inspector-General of Police, Punjab. * Charles Augustus Tegart, , Commissioner of Police, Calcutta. * Reginald Arthur Spence, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Director of Messrs. Phipson and Company, Bombay. * Shankar Madho Chitnavis, , Member of the Legislative Council, and formerly Minister, Central Provinces. * Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Powell Connor, ,

Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...

. ;Dominions *

Henry Brett Henry may refer to: People * Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal ...

, of the City of Auckland, Dominion of New Zealand, formerly Mayor of that City; in recognition of his public services. *

William Brunton William Brunton Senior (26 May 1777 – 5 October 1851) was a Scottish engineer and inventor. Early life He was the eldest son of Robert Brunton, a watchmaker (14 Aug 1748–1834) of Dalkeith, where he was born. He studied mechanics in his fath ...

, the Right Honourable the

Lord Mayor of Melbourne This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a local government area of Victoria, Australia. Mayors (1842–1902) Lord mayors (1902–1980) The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by Kin ...

; in recognition of his public services to the State of Victoria. * The Honourable John William Evans, , lately Speaker of the House of Assembly, State of Tasmania. * Nicholas Colston Lockyer, , Chairman of the Australian Imperial Force Canteen Funds Trust, formerly Comptroller-General of the

Department of Trade and Customs The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation. History The department was one of the fir ...

, Commonwealth of Australia. * Colonel William Lennon Raws, , Federal President, Associated Chambers of Commerce, Commonwealth of Australia. * Henry Francis Wigram, formerly Member of the Legislative Council and

Mayor of Christchurch The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor, Phil ...

, Dominion of New Zealand; in recognition of his public services. ;Colonies, Protectorates, Etc. * Kenneth James Beatty, Chief Justice of Bermuda. *

Chow Shou-son Sir Shouson Chow (; 1861–1959), KBE, LLD, JP, also known as Chow Cheong-Ling (), was a Hong Kong businessman. He had been a Qing dynasty official and prominent in the Government of Hong Kong. Family Chow is said to have been born in Wong ...

, Unofficial Member of the

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. *

Arturo Mercieca Sir Arturo Mercieca (14 June 1878 – 31 July 1969) was a Maltese judge and served as Chief Justice of Malta between 1924 and 1940. He is also the founder of the oldest extant students' union in Europe, Malta's national University Students' C ...

, , Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal, Island of Malta. * Alexander Mosley, , formerly President of the Chamber of Commerce and Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Gibraltar. *

Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls Sir Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls (27 September 1851 – 9 February 1926) was a physician, disease specialist, horticulturist, zoologist and legislator in, and publicist for Dominica for over 50 years. He published on a wide variety of topics and ...

, , lately Principal Medical Officer,

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff, . ;;Army * General the Honourable Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence, , Colonel

17th/21st Lancers The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen' ...

, Colonel The

Manchester Regiment The Manchester Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1958. The regiment was created during the 1881 Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot and the 96th ...

, Honorary Colonel 6th/7th Battalion (Territorial) The Manchester Regiment, Retired Pay. * General Frederick Rudolph, Earl of Cavan, , Colonel

Irish Guards The Irish Guards (IG), is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and is part of the Guards Division. Together with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish infantry regiments in the British Army. The regiment has parti ...

Chief of the Imperial General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board. Prior to 1964, the title was Chief of the Imperial G ...

, The

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. ;Civil Division * The Right Honourable Sir Edward Frederick Grey Ponsonby, . For services rendered to three successive Sovereigns during more than thirty years.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Vice-Admiral Sir

Lewis Clinton-Baker Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker (16 March 1866 – 12 December 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station. History Clinton-Baker joined the Royal Navy in 1879 He took part in the bombardment of Al ...

, . * Surgeon Vice-Admiral Joseph Chambers, . ;;Army * Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Crofton Campbell Uniacke, . * Major-General Richard Bannatine-Allason, , Colonel Commandant

Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...

, Retired Pay. ;;Royal Air Force * Air Vice-Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond, . ;Civil Division * John Lamb, , Under Secretary for Scotland.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Rear-Admiral Richard Grenville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, . * Rear-Admiral Henry Edgar Grace. * Captain Bernard St. George Collard, , Royal Navy. * Paymaster Captain Henshaw Robert Russell, , Royal Navy. ;;Army * Colonel George Vawdrey, , assistant director of Military Transport, Woolwich Arsenal. * Colonel Arthur Milton Bent, , Officer in Charge of Records, Exeter. * Colonel (Temporary Colonel Commandant) Charles Arthur Ker, , Colonel, Royal Artillery (Heavy), Southern Command. * Colonel (Temporary Colonel Commandant)

Wallace Duffield Wright Brigadier-General Wallace Duffield Wright, (20 September 1875 – 25 March 1953) was a British soldier and politician. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Brit ...

, , Brigade Commander, 8th Infantry Brigade, Southern Command. * Colonel (Temporary Colonel Commandant) Alexander Rolland, , Chief Engineer, Southern Command, India. * Colonel Thomas Nairne Scott Moncrieff Howard, , Brigade Commander, 161st (Essex) Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army. * Colonel (Temporary Colonel Commandant) Hugh Stephenson Moberly, Indian Army, Brigade Commander,

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, India. * Colonel (Temporary Colonel Commandant) John Leared Furney, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 8th Indian Infantry Brigade, India. * Colonel (Temporary Colonel Commandant) Charles Richard Bradshaw, , Indian Army, Brigade Commander,

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, India. ;Civil Division * Colonel John Brown, , Territorial Army, Brigade Commander, 162nd (East Midland) Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army. * Honorary Colonel Thomas Francis, Baron Cottesloe, , Buckinghamshire Battalion (Territorial), The

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. (Lieutenant-Colonel retired, Territorial Force). Chairman, Small Arms Committee. * James Young Bell, Assistant Secretary,

General Post Office The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Before the Acts of Union 1707, it was the postal system of the Kingdom of England, established by Charles II in 1660. ...

. * Edward John Harding, , Assistant Under Secretary of State,

Dominions Office The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet-level position created in 1925 responsible for British relations with the Dominions – Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free S ...

. * Alfred William Hurst, Assistant Secretary, H.M. Treasury. * Miles Wedderbum Lampson, , Counsellor in the Foreign Office. For services in connection with the

Treaty of Locarno The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, during 5 to 16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on 1 December, in which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of Central an ...

. * William Leitch, Assistant Secretary, H.M.

Office of Works The Office of Works was established in the England, English Royal Household, royal household in 1378 to oversee the building and maintenance of the royal castles and residences. In 1832 it became the Works Department forces within the Office of W ...

. * Walford Harmood Montague Selby, , Counsellor in the Foreign Office. For services in connection with the Treaty of Locarno. *

Arthur Hamilton Smith Arthur Hamilton Smith, FBA (1860–1941) was a British museum curator and archaeologist. His brothers were civil servant Henry Babington Smith and MP James Parker Smith. All three attended Trinity College, Cambridge and were members of the Cambr ...

, , late Keeper of Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities,

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

. * Arthur Henry Wood, Assistant Secretary, Board of Education.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

* Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sri Brajindra Sawai Kishan Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bharatpur. * His Highness Nawab Mahabat Khanji Rasul Khanji,

Nawab of Junagadh Nawab of Junagarh or Junagadh refers to the now defunct ex-lineage of rulers of the princely Junagarh State in British Raj, nowadays Junagadh district in the state of Gujarat in India. There are still several forts and palaces in India which wer ...

. * Sir

Basil Phillott Blackett Sir Basil Phillott Blackett (8 January 1882 – 15 August 1935) was a British civil servant and expert on international finance. Biography Blackett was the eldest son of Rev. William Blackett, a missionary and educationalist in India and hi ...

, , Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General. * Henry Staveley Lawrence, , Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Bombay.

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

* Thomas Emerson, , Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Bengal. * Arthur Herbert Ley, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Industries and Labour. * Ernest Burdon, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Army Department. *

John Ernest Buttery Hotson Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson, KCSI, OBE, VD (17 March 1877 – 13 May 1944) was an administrator in India during the British Raj. Born in Glasgow to Hamilton and Margaret (Maggie) Hotson, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1889–1895) and ...

, , Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. * Alan William Pim, , Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, United Provinces.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

* Colonel the Honourable Sir James Allen, , High Commissioner in London for New Zealand. * Sir Cecil James Barrington Hurst, , Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office.

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

* Professor

Mungo William MacCallum Sir Mungo William MacCallum Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (26 February 1854 – 3 September 1942) was Chancellor#University Chancellors, Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted ...

, , Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

; in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia. *

Cecil Clementi Sir Cecil Clementi (; 1 September 1875 – 5 April 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1930, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements from 1930 to 1934. Early lif ...

, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong. *

William Frederick Gowers Sir William Frederick Gowers, KCMG (31 December 1875 – 7 October 1954) was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of Uganda from 1925 to 1932. Early years Gowers was born 31 December 1875 in London. He was educated at Rugby School and ...

, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Protectorate. * Henry Hamond Dawson Beaumont, a Minister in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. * The Honourable

William Augustus Forbes Erskine Sir William Augustus Forbes Erskine (30 October 1871 – 17 July 1952) was the first British ambassador to the Republic of Poland. Career William Erskine, second son of Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar, was educated at Eton College and Magdale ...

, , His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Sofia. * Harry Charles Augustus Eyres, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Durazzo. * Lieutenant Colonel

George Ernest Schuster Sir George Ernest Schuster (25 April 1881 – 5 June 1982) was a British barrister, financier, colonial administrator and Liberal politician. Biography He was the son of Ernest Schuster, a King's Counsel, and was educated at Charterhouse Schoo ...

, , Financial Secretary to the Sudan Government.

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

* Frederick William Furkert, , Engineer in Chief and Under Secretary of the

Public Works Department This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure. See also * Public works * Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...

, Dominion of New Zealand. * Victor Gordon, High Commissioner in London for Newfoundland. * Major Patrick Kirkman Hodgson, . For services as Personal Secretary to the Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada. * George Ernest Hudson, Chairman of the Tariff Board, Commonwealth of Australia. *

Frank Lidgett McDougall Frank Lidgett McDougall (1884–1958) was a British-born Australian farmer and economic adviser, now best known for his part in the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organization. Early life He was the son of John McDougall, a Wesleyan Met ...

, one of the representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia on the Imperial Economic Committee; in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth. * Colonel

Kinahan Cornwallis Sir Kinahan Cornwallis (19 February 1883 – 3 June 1959) was a British administrator and diplomat best known for being an advisor to King Faisal I of Iraq and for being the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Iraq during the Anglo-Iraqi ...

, , Adviser to the Ministry of the Interior, Iraq. *

Harold Baxter Kittermaster Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster, KCMG, KBE (14 May 1879 – 20 March 1939) was governor of British Somaliland (now Somalia), British Honduras (now Belize), and then of the Nyasaland protectorate (now Malawi) in the period before the Second W ...

, , Secretary to the Administration,

Somaliland Protectorate British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate ( so, Dhulka Maxmiyada Soomaalida ee Biritishka), was a British protectorate in present-day Somaliland. During its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Somalia, French So ...

. * Harry Charles Luke, Colonial Secretary, Sierra Leone. * William Peel, Resident Councillor, Penang,

Straits Settlements The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore for more than a century, it was originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Comp ...

. * Samuel Simpson, Director of Agriculture, Uganda Protectorate. *

Wilfrid Wentworth Woods Sir Wilfrid Wentworth Woods (11 November 1876 – 7 January 1947) was a British colonial financial administrator. His roles included serving as the 25th Colonial Auditor of Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) from 27 May 1914 until 1 March 1922, ...

, Colonial Treasurer,

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 ...

. * John Cecil Sterndale Bennett, , a Second Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. * Alexander Gordon Ingram, Commandant of the Alexandria City Police. * Norman King, His Majesty's Consul-General at Mexico City. * Lieutenant-Colonel Woodbine Parish, . *

Thomas Wentworth Russell Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell (1879–1954), better known as Russell Pasha, was a British police officer in the Egyptian service. He was the fourth child and third son of the Rev. Henry Charles Russell, the grandson of the sixth duke of Bedford, ...

, Commandant of the Cairo City Police. *

George Bailey Sansom Sir George Bailey Sansom (28 November 1883 – 8 March 1965) was a British diplomat and historian of pre-modern Japan, particularly noted for his historical surveys and his attention to Culture of Japan, Japanese society and culture. Early lif ...

, Acting Commercial Counsellor of His Majesty's Embassy at Tokyo. * The Honourable Thomas Aubrey Spring-Rice, , a First Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. ;Honorary Companion * Tungku Ismail, the Tungku Mahkota of

Johore Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime bor ...

Malay States The monarchies of Malaysia refer to the constitutional monarchy system as practised in Malaysia. The political system of Malaysia is based on the Westminster parliamentary system in combination with features of a federation. Nine of the states ...

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

* Horatio Norman Bolton, ,

, Chief Commissioner and Agent to the Governor-General,

North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ps, شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت, ) was a Chief Commissioner's Province of British India, established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. Followin ...

. * Sir Moropant Vishwanath Joshi, Member of the Executive Council,

Central Provinces The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur. ...

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

* John Richard Donovan Glascott, Agent,

Burma Railways Rail transport in Myanmar consists of a railway network with 960 stations. The network, generally spanning north to south with branch lines to the east and west, is the second largest in Southeast Asia, and includes the Yangon Circular Railway ...

, and Port Commissioner, Burma. * Colonel Stephen Henry Edmund Nicholas, Indian Army, Judge Advocate-General in India. * Harry Alexander Fanshaw Lindsay, , Indian Civil Service, Indian Trade Commissioner, London. * Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Duncan Macpherson, Indian Army, Resident, Western States,

Rajputana Rājputana, meaning "Land of the Rajputs", was a region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and some adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day ...

. * Kashinath Shriram Jatar, Officiating Commissioner,

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

Division, Central Provinces. * M. R. Ry. Rao Bahadur Vangal Thiruvenkata Krishnama Acharya Avargal, Secretary to the Government of Madras, Law Department. * Gilbert Wiles, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Finance Department. * Sahibzada Abdul Majid Khan, Revenue Secretary and Inspector-General of Police,

Rampur State Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as Bena ...

, United Provinces. * Ernest Rudolph Foy, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Public Works Department. * Bernard Abdy Collins, Indian Civil Service, Director of Industries, and Secretary to the Government of

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 ...

, Education Department. * Richard Roy Maconachie, Indian Civil Service, Foreign and Political Department. * Percy Hawkins, Chief Engineer to the Government of Madras, Public Works Department (Irrigation). * Joseph Wilson-Johnston, , Indian Civil Service, Administrator of

Nabha Nabha is a city and municipal council in the Patiala district in the south-west of the Indian state of Punjab. It was the capital of the former Nabha State. Nabha is also a sub-division city which comes under Patiala district. Geography Nabha ...

. * Carlton Moss King, Indian Civil Service, Legal Remembrancer to the Government of the United Provinces, *

Herbert William Emerson Sir Herbert William Emerson, (1 June 1881 — 13 April 1962), commonly known as H. W. Emerson, was a civil servant in British India and served as Governor of the Punjab in the 1930s. Early life He was born on 1 June 1881 in West Kirby, En ...

, , Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Punjab. * Patrick Aloysius Kelly, Commissioner of Police, Bombay. * Lieutenant-Colonel John Wallace Dick Megaw, ,

, Director, School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Calcutta. * Barthold Schlesinger Kisch, Indian Civil Service, Controller, Local Clearing Office (Enemy Debts). * Frank David Ascoli, Indian Civil Service, lately Controller of Printing, Stationery, and Stamps. * Major

Bernard Rawdon Reilly Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly (1882–1966) was a senior British diplomat and colonial governor, active in the government of Aden between 1908 and 1940, and the first Governor of Aden between 1937 and 1940. Biography Born on 25 March 1882 in Durri ...

, , Indian Army, First Assistant Resident at Aden. * Hugh Stuart Crosthwaite, Indian Civil Service, Collector of

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 ...

. * Jadu Nath Sarkar, Professor of History,

Patna College Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which is established in 1863 during the British Raj, is one of the oldest colleges in the state of Bihar, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, ...

. * Percy Hide, Principal,

Daly College The Daly College is a co-educational residential and day boarding school located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was founded by Sir Henry Daly of the British Indian Army during India's colonial British Raj, following an English public sch ...

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is t ...

. * Frederick William Sudmersen, Principal,

Cotton College, Gauhati Cotton University (formerly known as ''Cotton College'') is a public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established in 2017 by the provisions of an Act from the Assam Legislative Assembly which merged Cotton College Sta ...

, Assam. * The Reverend Arthur Ernest Brown, Principal, Wesleyan Mission College,

Bankura Bankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district. Etymology In the Mahabharata, Bankura was described as Suhmobhumi. The word or (in Nagari: rāḍh) was introduced af ...

, Superintendent, Wesleyan Mission, Bengal. * Bamaswami Srinivasa Sarma, Managing Editor and Proprietor of the Amalgamated Newspapers Ltd., Calcutta. * Major Robert Henry Bott, , Indian Medical Service.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

* The Right Honourable Osbert Cecil, Earl of Sefton. * Colonel Sir

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 ...

, . (Dated 26 November 1925.)

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Charles Alexander, Lord Carnegie. * Sir

James Balfour Paul Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926. Life Paul was born in Edinburgh, the second son of the Rev J ...

, ,

Lyon King of Arms The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new gran ...

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Sir Hugh Percy Allen. * Ernest Law, . * Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee, ,

Norroy King of Arms Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is the Provincial King of Arms at the College of Heralds with jurisdiction over England north of the Trent and Northern Ireland. The two offices of Norroy and Ulster were formerly separate. Norroy King of Arms is t ...

. * Colonel Arthur Edward Erskine, . * Major Edward Seymour, . (Dated 26 November 1925.) * Frederic Jeune Willans, . (Dated 24 November 1925.) * Alfred Edwin Dumphie. *

The Reverend The Reverend is an style (manner of address), honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and Minister of religion, ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and c ...

Prebendary A prebendary is a member of the Roman Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in particular seats, usually at the back of the ...

Lancelot Jefferson Percival.

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

* Christopher Lloyd, . * Arthur Clement Beck, . (Dated 25 November 1925.) * John Wilson Paterson, . * Alan Frederick Lascelles, . * Harry Russell Maynard. * David Charles Medley. * Sydney Hugo Nicholson. * George Arthur Ponsonby. * William Barclay Squire.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

* Lieutenant Henry Claude Warrington Eastman,

Royal Horse Artillery The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) to provide horse artillery support to the cavalry units of the British Army. (Although the cavalry link ...

. (Dated 28 November 1925.) * Reginald Harry Short.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

;Civil Division * Rachel Cecily, Baroness Forster. For service in Australia during the period of her husband's Governor Generalship.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Wilson Carlile Wilson Carlile, CH (1847–1942) was an English priest and evangelist who founded the Church Army and was a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral, London. Known as "The Chief", Carlile inspired generations of evangelists. Early years Carlile was ...

, , Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral 1906. Founder and Honorary Chief Secretary

Church Army The Church Army is an evangelistic organisation and mission community founded in 1882 in association with the Church of England and now operating internationally in many parts of the Anglican Communion. History The Church Army was founded in E ...

since 1882.

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

;First Class, for Public Services in India. *

The Right Reverend The Right Reverend (abbreviated The Rt Revd, The Rt Rev'd, The Rt Rev.) is a style (manner of address), style applied to certain religion, religious figures. Overview *In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom, ...

Eyre Chatterton Eyre Chatterton (22 July 1863 – 8 December 1950) was an eminent Anglican author who served as a bishop in India from 1903 to 1926. He was also an amateur tennis player. Life He was born in Monkstown, County Cork on 22 July 1863 and educated a ...

, , Lord Bishop of Nagpur. * William Leonard Stampe, Officiating Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, United Provinces. * Evelyn Agnes Barton, Mysore. * Jessie Carleton, , American Presbyterian Mission, Ambala. * Jessie Matilda Allyn, , Canadian Baptist Telugu Mission, Pithapuram, Madras. * M. B. By. Tiruchendurai Vaidyanatha Seshagiri Ayyar Avargal, chairman, Executive Committee, Madras Central Flood Relief Fund. * Sherin Hormuzshaw Commissariat, Superintendent, Medical Aid to Women, United Provinces. *

Charlotte Leighton Houlton Charlotte Leighton Houlton CBE (23 October 1882 – 13 December 1956) was a British physician. Early life Charlotte Leighton Houlton was born in Hull in Yorkshire, one of the ten children of John Houlton and Charlotte Leighton Houlton. She ...

, .

King's Police Medal (KPM)

;England & Wales * Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Faulconer Poulton, , Chief Constable,

Berkshire Constabulary Berkshire Constabulary is a former Home Office police force which was responsible for policing the county of Berkshire in Southern England. Berkshire Constabulary was merged with four other adjacent police forces in 1968 to form the Thames Valley ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Pulteney Malcolm, , Chief Constable,

Cheshire Constabulary Cheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Borough of Halton and Borough of Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an are ...

. * William Imber, Chief Constable, Coventry City Police. * Albert Gooding, Superintendent,

Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

. * Arthur Hammett, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police. * Arthur William Hopkins, Chief Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable,

Gloucestershire Constabulary Gloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in England. The force formerly covered the area of South Gloucestershire, however this was transformed to the ...

. * Samuel Jones, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Camarthenshire Constabulary. * James Fulcher, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable,

Shropshire Constabulary Shropshire Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for policing rural Shropshire in central England from 1840 until 1967, when it became part of West Mercia Constabulary. History The Shropshre Constabulary was formed along with bo ...

. * James Tough, , Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable,

Northumberland Constabulary Northumberland Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Northumberland, England, from 1969 until 1974. Northumberland County Constabulary absorbed Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Police in 1921 and Northumberland Constabulary ...

. * Joseph Jackson, Superintendent,

Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston. , the force has 3,088 police officer ...

. * Ernest Thompson, Superintendent,

City of London Police The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, including the Middle and Inner Temples. The force responsible for law enforcement within the remainder of the London region, ou ...

. * John William Lister, Superintendent,

Leeds City Police Leeds City Police was the police force responsible for policing the city of Leeds in northern England from its formation in 1836, until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with the Bradford City Police and part of th ...

. * Arthur David Penrice, Superintendent,

Birmingham City Police Birmingham City Police was the police service responsible for general policing in the city of Birmingham from 1839 to 1974. The force was established by a special Act of Parliament in 1839, and was amalgamated as of 1 April 1974 with the West M ...

. * Albert Ward, Divisional Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police. * James Bellinger, Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police. * Robert Ellis, Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police. * William Parker Peter, Sergeant, Lancashire Constabulary. * James Hedges, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police. * Richard Bonner, Constable, Metropolitan Police. * Albert Gravett, Constable, Metropolitan Police. * William Hopkins, Constable, Metropolitan Police. * Thomas Mead, Constable, Metropolitan Police. * Charles Bates, Constable,

Northamptonshire Constabulary Northamptonshire Police (colloquially known as Northants Police) is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom. The Northampton Police area includ ...

. ;;Fire Brigades * William Hollington, Senior Superintendent,

London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865, under the leadership of superintendent Eyre Massey Shaw. It has 5,992staff, in ...

. * Howard Beckwith, Superintendent, Stockport Police Fire Brigade. * William Wilmshurst, Fireman, London Fire Brigade. ;Scotland * William Gordon, Chief Constable of the County of Dumfries. * James Christie, Chief Constable of the Burgh of Greenock. * Gavin Mowat, Lieutenant,

Edinburgh City Police Lothian and Borders Police was the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian between 1975 and 2013. The force's headquarters were in Fettes ...

. * Robert Fraser, MBE, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Midlothian Constabulary. * Robert Barrowman, Constable, Ayrshire Constabulary. ;Northern Ireland * Peter John Gilroy, Sergeant,

Royal Ulster Constabulary The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC)Richard Doherty, ''The Thin Green Line – The History of the Royal ...

. * Alexander Lockhart, Head Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary. ;India * Appavu Vanna Muthayya Pillai, Acting Inspector, Madras Police. * Nuggehalli Bamanuja Ayyangar, Acting District Superintendent, Madras Police. * Bao Sahib Subbaraya Venkatesa Ayyar, Temporary Deputy Superintendent, Madras Police. * Sankaralinga Kone, 1st Grade Head Constable and Acting Sub-Inspector, Madras Police. * Id Mohamed, Head Constable, Bombay Police. * Frank Norman Johnson, Sergeant, Bombay Police. * Bapujirao Babajirao, Head Constable, Bombay Police. * Kenneth Charles Bushton, Deputy Inspector-General, Bombay Police. * Nirmal Kanti Bay, Officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bengal Police. * Sheo Saran Singh, Constable, Calcutta Police. * Upendra Chandra Ghosh, Officiating Sub-Inspector, Bengal Police. * John Elliot Armstrong, , Deputy Inspector-General, Bengal Police. * Jatindra Nath Sinha, Probationary Inspector, Bengal Police. * Reginald Norman Marsh-Smith, Superintendent, United Provinces Police. * Bakar Husain, Constable, United Provinces Police. * Abdul Hai, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police. * Yusuf Husain, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police. * James Alexander Scott, Superintendent, Punjab Police. * Qamar-ud-din, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police. * Balwant Singh, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police. * Wasti Ram, Head Constable, Punjab Police. * Clyne Garden Stewart, District Superintendent, Burma Police. * Udnyalak Ram, Inspector, Burma Police. * Robert Scarth Farquhar Macrae, , Deputy Inspector-General, Bihar and Orissa Police. * Joseph Edward Warn, Sergeant-Major, Bihar and Orissa Police. * Jatadhari Prashad, Sub-Inspector, Bihar and Orissa Police. * Johan Horo, Constable, Bihar and Orissa Police. * Gaya Singh, Constable, Bihar and Orissa Police. * Trevor Latham, Deputy Inspector-General, Centra] Provinces Police. * Harold James Vickers, Superintendent, North West Frontier Province Police. * Khan Bahadur Ahmed Khan, retired Deputy Superintendent, North West Frontier Province Police. * Rao Sahib Pattamada Devayya, Deputy Superintendent, Coorg Police. * Khan Behadur Malcolm Batanji Kothawala, , Inspector General, Kajputana Police. * Khan Bahadur Behramsha Fardunji Davar, Deputy Superintendent, Western India States Agency Police. * Sowar Buldan Sing Mesdan Sing, Constable, Western India States Agency Police. * Amar Singh, Subedar Major, Andaman and Nicobar Military Police. * William Henry Albert Webster, Commissioner of Police, Rangoon. ;Australia * Charles Ian McLean, Detective Acting Sergeant, Queensland Police Force. * Charles Burnett Bright, Acting Sergeant, Queensland Police Force. * Thomas Challenger, Water Bailiff,

Tasmanian Police Tasmania Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Tasmania. Established in 1899, the force has more than 1,300 officers policing Tasmania's population of over half a million people. History Colonial history Prior ...

. ;Union of South Africa * Schalk Richard Brink, Senior Inspector, South African Police. ;Colonies, Protectorates & Mandated Territories * William George Gerrard, Chief Inspector,

Hong Kong Police Force The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest Hong Kong Disciplined Services, disciplined service under the Security Bureau (Hong Kong), Security Bureau of Hong Kong. The Royal Hong Kong Po ...

. * Major Clement Hampden King, Commissioner of Police, Sierra Leone. * Captain Frederick Roberts, Superintendent, Uganda Police. * Edward George Orrett, Inspector, Jamaica Constabulary. * Daniel Obadiah Humphrey, Sergeant-Major, Jamaica Constabulary. * Joseph Murphy, Staff Sergeant-Major, Jamaica Constabulary. * David Samuel Gayle, Detective Sergeant-Major, Jamaica Constabulary. * James Michael O'Connor, Second Class Inspector, Jamaica Constabulary. * George Brewer, Director of Criminal Investigation Department, Gold Coast Police Force. * Walter Allan Callender, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gold Coast.

Bar to the King's Police Medal

;India * Michael A. O'Gorman, Officiating District Superintendent, Bombay Police. ;Colonies, Protectorates & Mandated Territories * Owen Franklin Wright, First Class Inspector, Jamaica Constabulary.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader Arthur Coningham, . * Flight Lieutenant Leonard Graeme Maxton. * Flying Officer Basil Edward Embry.

Air Force Medal (AFM)

* 327067 Leading Aircraftman (Acting Corporal) Frank Stone. * 11838 Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Henry Grant. * 87366 Sergeant (Pilot) Thomas William James Nash.

Promotions

Royal Navy

Dated 31 December 1925. ;Commander to Captain * John H. Young. * Montague G. B. Legge, . * John H. K. Clegg, . * Claude C. Dobson, . * The Honourable Edmund R. Drummond, . * Cyril G. Sedgwick. * William J. Whitworth, . * Frank Elliott, . * John B. Glencross, . * Bertram C. Watson, . ;Lieutenant-Commander to Commander * Arthur E. Buckland, . * Charles E. Morgan, . * Richard Harter. * Hamilton E. Snepp. * Charles H. Champness. * Edward G. Stanley, . * Herbert M. Hughes. * Cuthbert Coppinger, . * Heneage C. Legge, . * Kenneth Edwards, . * Hugh F. Curry, . * Edward C. Thornton, . * Francis Howard, . * Charles M. R. Schwerdt. * Richard C. F. Ryan. * William G. Tennant, . * Augustine W. S. Agar, . * Douglas B. Fisher, . *

Clement Moody Admiral Sir Clement Moody, (31 May 1891 – 6 July 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 1945 to 1946 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, from 1946 to 1948. Naval career Moody was appointe ...

. * Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, . ;Engineer Commander to Engineer Captain * John H. Hocken. * William S. Mann, . * John C. Matters. * Robert Beeman, . * Ralph Berry. * Sydney P. Start. * John B. Pulliblank, . ;Lieutenant-Commander (E) to Commander (E) * Guy F. B. Ottley. * Cuthbert W. S. Gibson. * Brian L. G. Sebastian. ;Engineer Lieutenant-Commander to Engineer Commander * Percy W. Warwick. * Reginald Stansmore. * Harry G. Marshall. * Harold S. Warren. * Ralph P. Janion. * Harold F. du M. Hunt. * Cecil R. Hoare. * Casper V. Baker. ;Surgeon Commander to Surgeon Captain * Robert W. B. Hall, . ;Paymaster Commander to Paymaster Captain * Gerald Solfleet.

Royal Naval Reserve

;Commander to Captain * Charles G. Matheson, . * Edward A. Singeisen, . * Robert B. Irving, . ;Lieutenant-Commander to Commander * Douglas Davenport-Jones, . * Robert L. F. Hubbard, . * James Marshall, . * Ernest K. Irving, * Harry B. Reece, . * Andrew T. Motif, . * Reginald J. Finlow, .

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

;Lieutenant-Commander to Commander * Eric Elgood, . ;Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander to Surgeon Commander * Alfred E. W. Hird.

Royal Air Force

From 1 January 1926. ;General Duties Branch ;Wing Commander to Group Captain * Richard Charles Montagu Pink, . In recognition of his distinguished services in the Field in

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. * Edmund Digby Maxwell Robertson, . ;Squadron Leader to Wing Commander * Frederick Henry Unwin. . * Vivian Gaskell-Blackburn, . * Henry John Francis Hunter, . * Arthur Clinton Maund, . * Douglas Harries, . * Arthur Claud Wright, . * John Oliver Archer, . * Charles William Nutting, . * Robert Leckie, . * Walter Gerald Paul Young, . ;Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader * Henry Cockerell, . * Francis William Trott, . * Alan Fitzroy Somerset-Leeke. * Frederick George Sherriff, . * John Farquhar Gordon, . * Charles Beauvoir Dalison, . * Richard Spencer Lucy, . * William Samuel Caster, . * Wilfred Henry Dunn, . * Charles Langstoh Scott, . * Hugh Henry MacLeod Fraser. * Dirk Cloete, . *

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, . * Meredith Thomas, . * Trevor Edward Salt, . ;Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant * John Christian Barraclough. * George Henry Russell, . * Horace Gramshaw Payne Ovenden. * Thomas Humble. * Hilton Oscar Brown, . * George Robert Oliver. * Gilbert Latham Ormerod. * Richard Vaughan Bramwell-Davis (Lieutenant,

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). * Denis Holcombe Carey. * John Duncan. * Christopher Neil Hope Bilney. * William Whitefield McConnachie. * Charles Dudley Palmer. * Alfred Edwin Lindon, . * Albert James Ernest Broomfield, . *

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, . * Charles Leslie Cox. * Pat Murgatroyd. * Ernest Caizley Usher. * Vincent Percy Feather. * Eyare King Blenkinsop. * Charlton Hallawell. * Robert John Hayne Holland. * Robert Lyle McKindrick Barbour, . * Lawrence Fleming Pendred, . * Charles John Sims, . * John Lawrence Kirby. * Frederick Frank Garraway. * Owen Wilson Clapp. * Campbell Alexander Hoy, . * Sidney Herbert Ware. * Frank George Gibbons, . * Cecil Arthur Bouchier, . * Harold John Saker. * Reginald Morville Davy. * Frank George Brockman. * Ernest Henry Attwood. * William James Millen. * Edmund Henry Searle. * Eric Brewerton, . ;Stores Branch ;Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader * Nevill Ross Fuller. * Walter Langston Shaw, . ;Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant * George Thomas Stroud, . * Ernest William Lawrence. * John Clifford Shakeshaft. * Frank Edwin Shersby. * Robert Craig. ;Stores Branch (Supplementary List) ;Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant * Reginald Vivian Robinson, . ;Accountant Branch ;Squadron Leader to Wing Commander * Herbert George Jones. ;Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant * James Frederick Robert Bales-White. * Herbert Charles Frederick Ellis. ;Medical Branch ;Squadron Leader to Wing Commander * Frank Cuninghame Cowtan. ;Flight Lieutenant to honorary Squadron Leader * George Stephen Ware, . * Edmond Francis Neville Currey. * Charles Anderson Meaden. * Frederick Ernest Wilson.

Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service

;Sister to Acting-Senior Sister * Janet Macleod, . ;Acting-Sister to Sister * Louisa Learmouth Mackenzie. * Mary Anne MacVicar. * Elizabeth Spensley, . * Ellen Kate Griffin. ;;Staff Nurse to Sister * Elizabeth Ann Risdon. * Gertrude Swanston. * Jessie Warnock Walker. ;;Staff Nurse to Acting-Sister * Alice Mary Hardwicke. * Pauline Kipping Pearce. * Ellen Jane Stuart. * Mary McCallum.

References

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