The 1869 Birthday Honours were appointments by

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the

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of the Queen, and were published in ''

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'' on 2 June 4 June and 1 July 1869. 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.

United Kingdom and British Empire

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Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick (KP)

* Granville, Earl of Carysfort * Archibald, Earl of Gosford

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

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Admiral Sir

Henry Prescott Admiral Sir Henry Prescott (4 May 1783 – 18 November 1874) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and was later the Governor of the Newfoundland Colony. Biography Family ba ...

*Vice-Admiral Sir

Augustus Leopold Kuper Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper (16 August 1809 – 28 October 1885) was a Royal Navy officer known for his commands in the far east. Naval career Kuper, whose ancestry was German, joined the navy in 1823 as a midshipman. On 20 February 183 ...

;;Army *General George Charles, Earl of Lucan *General Sir Richard James Dacres *Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir

James Yorke Scarlett General Sir James Yorke Scarlett (1 February 1799 – 6 December 1871) was a British Army officer and hero of the Crimean War who led the Charge of the Heavy Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854. Early life The second son o ...

*Lieutenant-General Sir

George Buller General Sir George Buller (1802 – 12 April 1884) was an English general officer of the British Army who served in the Rifle Brigade and as a commander of a brigade in the Crimean War. Life He was the third son of General Frederick William Bu ...

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Vice-Admiral

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*Vice-Admiral the Right Honourable Lord Clarence Edward Paget *Vice Admiral

Henry Kellett Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett, (2 November 1806 – 1 March 1875) was a British naval officer and explorer. Career Born at Clonacody in Tipperary County, Ireland, on 2 November 1806, Kellett joined the Royal Navy in 1822. He spent three yea ...

*Rear Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton *Rear-Admiral

Bartholomew James Sulivan Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, (18 November 1810 – 1 January 1890) was a British naval officer and hydrographer. He was a leading advocate of the value of nautical surveying in relation to naval operations. Sulivan was born at Mylor ...

;;Army *Lieutenant-General George Frederick, Viscount Templetown *Lieutenant-General Edward Huthwaite *Major-General Frederick Horn *Major-General

Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame (3 August 1812 – 10 March 1884) was a British Army commander and memoirist. Cunynghame was colonel-commandant of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and of the 36th Regiment of Foot. Early life Cunyng ...

*Major-General Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget *Major-General Arthur Johnstone Lawrence *Major-General

Horatio Shirley General Sir Horatio Shirley (8 December 1805 – 8 April 1879) was a British general of the Victorian era. His disinclination for studies led his family to purchase him a commission in the Rifle Brigade in 1825; in 1833, he obtained a captaincy ...

*Major-General William Jones *Major-General

John St George General Sir John St. George (18 January 1812 – 17 March 1891) was a British Army officer. Military career Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, John St. George was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1828. He was ...

*Major-General Edward Charles Warde *Major-General James Brind *Major-General the Right Honourable

Percy Egerton Herbert Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Egerton Herbert (15 April 1822 – 7 October 1876) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician. Background and education Herbert was born at Powis Castle, near Welshpool, the second son of Edward Herbe ...

*Major-General John Lintorn Arabin Simmons *Major-General Archibald Little *Colonel Alfred Thomas Wilde Madras Army *Thomas Galbraith Logan Director-General of the Medical Department of the Army

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Rear-Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay *Rear-Admiral Charles Farrel Hillyar *Staff-Captain William Trickett Wheeler *Captain

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*Captain Edward Tatham *Captain George Granville Randolph *Captain Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart *Captain Robert Hall *Captain Octavius Cumberland *Captain George William Preedy (Civil) *Captain George Le Geyt Bowyear *Captain

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*Captain David Craigie *Captain

John Edmund Commerell Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Edmund Commerell, (13 January 1829 – 21 May 1901) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he was present at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado in November 1845 during the Uruguayan Civil War. He also took pa ...

(Civil) *Captain William Everard Alphonso Gordon ;;Army *General Henry Ivatt Delacombe, Royal Marine Light Infantry *General John Tatton Brown, Royal Marine Light Infantry *Lieutenant-General

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, Royal Marine Light Infantry *Major-General

George Colt Langley General Sir George Colt Langley, (8 November 1810 – 28 December 1896) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Langley was born in Bristol, the eighth of 12 children born to John Langley ...

, Royal Marine Light Infantry *Colonel

Charles Cameron Shute General Sir Charles Cameron Shute (3 January 1816 – 30 April 1904) was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician. Early life Charles Cameron Shute was the eldest son of Thomas Deane Shute of Fern Hill, Isle of Wight, and Bram ...

, 4th Dragoon Guards *Colonel Thomas Hook Pearson *Colonel Lawrence Fyler, 12th Lancers *Colonel Robert William Disney Leith *Colonel Henry James Stannus, 20th Hussars *Colonel Henry Forster, Royal Artillery *Colonel Henry Garner Rainey *Colonel Joseph Edwin Thackwell *Colonel Lawrence Shadwell *Colonel George Frederick Stevenson Call, 18th Regiment *Colonel Henry Poole Hepburn, Scots Fusilier Guards *Colonel

John Christopher Guise Lieutenant General John Christopher Guise (27 July 1826 – 5 February 1895) was a British Army officer and English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be aw ...

*Colonel John Hynde King, Grenadier Guards *Colonel Horace William Montagu, Royal Engineers *Colonel the Honourable

Henry Hugh Clifford Major General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford (12 September 1826 – 12 April 1883) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwe ...

*Colonel William Templer Hughes, Bengal Army *Colonel Doveton Hodson, Madras Army *Colonel Henry Hope Crealock *Colonel Joseph Lyon Barrow, Royal Artillery *Colonel Charles Cureton, Bengal Army *Colonel the Honourable Percy Robert Basil Feilding, Coldstream Guards *Colonel the Honourable David McDowall Fraser, Royal Artillery *Colonel John Patrick Redmond, 61st Regiment *Colonel William Hardy, Depot Battalion *Colonel Pearson Scott Thompson, 14th Hussars *Colonel Charles Loudon Barnard, Royal Marine Artillery *Colonel Henry Peel Yates, Royal Artillery *Colonel John Edward Michell, Royal Artillery *Colonel Charles Hodgkinson Smith, Royal Artillery *Colonel Nathaniel Octavius Simpson Turner, Royal Artillery *Colonel Thomas Raikes, 102nd Regiment *Colonel Charles William Adair, Royal Marine Light Infantry *Colonel Richard Bulkeley Prettejohn, 18th Hussars *Colonel Alfred William Lucas, Bombay Army *Colonel Henry William Holland, Bombay Army *Colonel Henry Andrew Sarel, 17th Lancers *Lieutenant-Colonel James Farrell Pennycuick, Royal Artillery *Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robert Mein, 94th Regiment *Lieutenant-Colonel

Robert William Harley Colonel Sir Robert William Harley (1829 – 23 August 1892) was a British colonial administrator. He served as governor-in-chief of the Gold Coast, between September 1872 and 2 October 1873. Harley was born in 1829 and joined the Army in 1847 ...

, 3rd West India Regiment *Lieutenant-Colonel

Charles Brisbane Ewart Lieutenant General Charles Brisbane Ewart (15 May 1827 – 8 August 1903) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Life He was the son of Lt General John Frederick Ewart and his wife, Lavinia Brisbane, daughter of th ...

, Royal Engineers *Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas James, Bengal Army *Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Mackenzie, 78th Regiment *Major Trevenen James Holland, Bombay Army *Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets George Burn *Inspector-General of Hospitals George Stewart Beatson *Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Hampden Hugh Massy *Staff Surgeon-Major George Saunders

=Civil Division

= *Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, Royal Engineers, Director of Engineering and Architectural Works under the Board of Admiralty *John Grant Stewart Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets *Thomas Baker, late Chief Inspector of Machinery, Royal Navy *The Reverend Robert Mills Inskip, Chief Naval Instructor of Her Majesty's Training Ship ''Britannia'' for Naval Cadets *Andrew Murray, Surveyor of Factories and Consulting Engineer, Royal Navy *James Scott Robertson, Purveyor-in-Chief to the Army *Henry Tatum, Principal Superintendent of Stores *Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Assistant Commissary-General

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

*The Rana of Dholepore

Knight Commander (KCSI)

*His Highness the Rajah of Cochin *Lieutenant-General John Campbell Madras Army *Major-General George Le Grand Jacob late Bombay Army

Companion (CSI)

*Major-General

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, formerly in command of Her Majesty's 81st Regiment in the Punjab * Syud Ahmed Khan, late Principal Sudder Ameen, Allyghur, Bengal *Henry Charles Hamilton, Bengal Civil Service (Retired), late Chief Civil Officer and Government Agent at Ghazeepore during the Mutinies 1857-1858 *Cowasjee Jehanghier, of Bombay *Richard Pryce Harrison, Bengal Civil Service (Retired), late Controller-General of Accounts, Bengal *Colonel George Samuel Montgomery, Bombay Army, Brigadier-General, Commanding the Forces at Neemuch, sometime in command of Police in Upper Scinde *Major Henry Court, Bengal Civil Service, Commissioner at Allahabad *Colonel John Blick Spurgin, 102nd Regiment Madras Fusiliers *Colonel Edward Arthur Henry Webb, Madras Staff Corps *Colonel William George Woods, Madras Staff Corps, late Adjutant-General of the Madras Army *William James Money, Bengal Civil Service *George Nelson Barlow, Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector of Pooree, in Orissa, during the famine of 1866 * John William Shaw Wyllie, Bombay Civil Service (Retired), late Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department *Lieutenant-Colonel George Hutchinson, Bengal Staff Corps, Inspector-General of the Punjab Police *Captain Edward Thompson, Bengal Staff Corps, Deputy Commissioner in Oude *Major William Dickinson, Bombay Staff Corps, Second in command of the 3rd Regiment Scinde Horse, sometime Acting Political Agent in Baloochistan *John F. Arthur late Surgeon-Major, Madras Medical Department *Captain

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, late Deputy-Commissioner Hyderabad assigned Districts * Richard Vicars Boyle *Meer Akbar Ali, of Hyderabad, in the Deccan, late of the Intelligence Department, Abyssinian Field Force

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

*The Right Honourable

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sometime one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State having the Department of War and Colonies *The Right Honourable

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, late Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Island of Prince Edward

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

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*The Right Honourable

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, sometime Under Secretary of State for War and Colonies *The Right Honourable

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, sometime Under Secretary of State for War and Colonies *The Right Honourable Charles Bowyer-Adderley, late Under Secretary of State for the Colonies *Sir

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Under Secretary of State for the Colonies *Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Ceylon *

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, late Minister for Finance in the Dominion of Canada * Henry Taylor, of the Colonial Department *Thomas Frederick Elliot, late Assistant Under Secretary of State for the Colonies ;;Colonial Office *

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late Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of British Guiana * James Walker Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands *Major-General

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, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia, in the Dominion of Canada

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

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, of New South Wales ;;Colonial Office *

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, late Chief Minister of the Government of New South Wales *William Charles Gibson, late Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon *Felix Bedingfeld, late Colonial Secretary for the Island of Mauritius * John Bayley Darvall, late Attorney-General of the Colony of New South Wales *John Sealey, Attorney-General of the Island of Barbados *

John Lucie-Smith Sir John Lucie-Smith, (1825 – 9 July 1883) was Chief Justice of Jamaica. Cundall, Frank. (1915''Historic Jamaica''.London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii-xix. He was born to lawyer John Lucie-Smith in Demerara, British Guiana and trained for th ...

, Attorney-General of the Colony of British Guiana * Thomas Skinner, late Civil Engineer and Commissioner of Roads for the Island of Ceylon *

Theophilus Shepstone Theophilus Shepstone Sir Theophilus Shepstone (8 January 181723 June 1893) was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877. Early life Theophilus Shepstone was born at Westbury-o ...

, Secretary for Native Affairs in the Colony of Natal * Ferdinand Mueller MD, Government Botanist for the Colony of Victoria

References

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