The 1882 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 23 May, 24 May and 2 June 1882. 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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*The Right Honourable

John Whittaker Ellis Sir John Whittaker Ellis, 1st Baronet (25 January 1829 – 20 September 1912) was Lord Mayor of London for 1881–82, in which year he was made a baronet. Two years later he was elected and re-elected Conservative Party (UK), Conservative M ...

, Lord Mayor of the City of London

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one ...

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Civil Division

= * James Caird Senior Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commissioner *Ralph Wood Thompson Undersecretary of State for the War Department

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Civil Division

= *

Robert George Wyndham Herbert Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, (12 June 1831 – 6 May 1905), was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. At 28 years and 181 days of age, he was the youngest person ever to be elected premier of an Australian state. Early years Born ...

, Undersecretary of State for the Colonies * Charles Lennox Peel, Clerk of the Councils Colonel Thomas Inglis, of the Royal Engineers * Henry Jenkyns, Assistant Parliamentary Counsel

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

*His Highness the

Maharajah of Travancore The Maharaja of Travancore was the principal title of the ruler of the Travancore, Kingdom of Travancore in the southern part of Kerala, India. The Maharaja of Travancore was the topmost ruler of Travancore until 1949, when Travancore was annex ...

*His Highness Nawab Ikbal-ud-dowlah of Oudh (Baghdad)

Knight Commander (KCSI)

*The Maharajah Jotendro Mohun Tagore *Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, late Resident at Kandahar

Companion (CSI)

*Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Bombay Staff Corps, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf *William Hudleston, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras *Charles Paget Carmichael, Bengal Civil Service, Senior Member of the Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces *Edward Francis Harrison, late Bengal Civil Service, formerly Comptroller-General, Calcutta

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, (26 December 1817 – 23 December 1897) was a British civil servant who held positions including Governor of British Guiana. Kortright was baptised on 8 January 1818 at Saint Mary church in London. He was t ...

late Governor of the Colony of British Guiana *

William Brampton Gurdon Sir William Brampton Gurdon (5 September 1840 – 31 May 1910)Obituary
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for services on Special Missions in 1879 and 1881 to South Africa for the Settlement of Financial Questions *Colonel William Bellairs for services in South Africa *Colonel

George Stoddart Whitmore Sir George Stoddart Whitmore (30 May 1829 – 16 March 1903) was a notable New Zealand soldier, military leader, runholder and politician. Early life Whitmore was born on 30 May 1829 to a lieutenant in the British Army, stationed in Malta ...

formerly Commandant of Local Forces in New Zealand, and Member of the Legislative Council of that Colony *

Saul Samuel Sir Saul Samuel, 1st Baronet (2 November 182029 August 1900) was an Australian colonial merchant, member of parliament, pastoralist, and prominent Jew. Samuel achieved many breakthroughs for Jews in the colonial community of New South Wales in ...

Agent-General in London for New South Wales, and previously Member of several Administrations in that Colony *Count Giorgio Serafino Ciantar (Paleologo), Barone di San Giovanni President of the Assembly of the Maltese Nobility *

John Hall John Hall may refer to: Academics * John Hall (NYU President) (fl. c. 1890), American academic * John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal * John F. Hall (born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young Unive ...

, lately First Minister in New Zealand

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

Alfred Patrick Alfred Patrick (1810/1811 – July 18, 1892) was the second Clerk of the House of Commons of Canada, having served from 1873 to 1880. In the 1882 Birthday Honours, he was created a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Referen ...

, lately Clerk of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada *Lieutenant-Colonel

John Stoughton Dennis Lieutenant-Colonel John Stoughton Dennis (19 October 1820 – 7 July 1885) was a Canadian surveyor, militia officer, and civil servant, born in Kingston, Upper Canada. In 1866, Dennis led an ill-fated militia attack against the Fenians at ...

, late Deputy of the Minister of the Interior in the Dominion of Canada *Lieutenant-Colonel

Francis Walter de Winton Major-General Sir Francis Walter de Winton (21 June 1835 – 16 December 1901) was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and courtier in the Household of the Duke of York. Early life De Winton was born at Pitsford, Northamptonshire i ...

Military Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada * Montague Frederick Ommanney, one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies *

William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (28 July 1843 – 23 December 1928) was a leading British botanist, and the third director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life and career Thiselton-Dyer was born in Westminster, London. He was a son of ...

Assistant Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for services rendered to Colonial Governments *Saverio Marchese di Piro, Major of the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery *

Henry Heylyn Hayter Henry Heylyn Hayter (28 October 1821 – 23 March 1895) was an English-born Australian statistician Life Hayter was the son of Henry Hayter and his wife Eliza Jane ''née'' Heylyn, and was born at Eden Vale, Wiltshire, England. He was educated ...

, Government Statist in the Colony of Victoria *

Cornelius Alfred Moloney Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney (1848 – 13 August 1913) was a British colonial administrator. He served as British Administrator of The Gambia from 1884 to 1886, Governor of Lagos Colony from 1886 to 1890, Governor of British Honduras from 1891 to ...

, Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast Colony *Gerhardus M. Rudolf, Resident Magistrate in Natal *Melmoth Osborn, British Resident in Zululand *

John Forrest Sir John Forrest (22 August 1847 – 2 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister i ...

, Deputy Surveyor-General of Western Australia, for distinguished services in exploration *Victor Alexander Williamson, for special services in Mauritius and Fiji

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Companion (CIE)

* William Mackinnon *Syud Lutf Ali Khan *Moung Shway Kyee, Police Department, British Burmah *Rana Shankar Bakhsh Singh Bahadur, Honorary Assistant Commissioner in Oudh *Deputy Surgeon-General William James Moore, Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India *Edward Ronald Douglas, Deputy Director-General of the Post Office of India

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United Kingdom and British Empire

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one ...

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Civil Division

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

Knight Commander (KCSI)

Companion (CSI)

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

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

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Companion (CIE)

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