The 1921 Birthday Honours were appointments by King

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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 King, and were published on 3 and 4 June 1921. 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 Rt. Hon. Sir George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston

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*The Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Edwin, Baron Birkenhead

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*The Rt. Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel by the name, style and title of ''Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy, of Marylebone in the county of London''. *The Rt. Hon. Sir Ailwyn Edward Fellowes by the name, style and title of ''Baron Ailwyn, of Honingham, in the County of Norfolk''. Member of Parliament for Hants (Ramsey), 1887-1908; Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1900-1905. Chairman of

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. Chairman of

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; *Sir Marcus Samuel by the name, style and title of ''Baron Bearsted, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent''. For eminent public and national services. A generous benefactor to charitable and scientific objects.

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The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable

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: *Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall Member of Parliament for N.E. Bethnal Green since 1906. Chairman of

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, and Insurance Minister in the House of Commons, December, 1916, to February, 1919 The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable

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: *The Hon. William Moore One of the Judges of the King's Bench. Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland *Sir Geoffrey Henry Browne, Baron Oranmore and Brownie Member of Irish Convention * George Francis Stewart Represented Southern Unionists on the Irish Convention, where he took a leading part in the effort to effect a settlement. He was Chairman of the Surveyors Institute in Great Britain, and also of the Land Agents Association. Has been Governor of the Bank of Ireland for two years, Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Dublin

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, President of the

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. Has performed important work in the development of welfare schemes for industrial workers. For public and national services. *The Hon. William Gervase Beckett Member of Parliament for Whitby since 1906 * William Swart Berry, Editor-in-Chief, ''

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'' * Charles Alexander Cain For public services. Has devoted large sums of money to hospital work in addition to other charities. Trustee and Governor of Blue Coat Hospital, Liverpool; the Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool; and Chairman of Samaritan Hospital. *

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, for public services, particularly in connection with the transport of food and munitions from the United States to Great Britain and allied countries. *Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts in recognition of services rendered, to the Union of South Africa * John Bryn Edwards, for social and philanthropic work in East Glamorgan *Capt. Sir John Malcolm Fraser For public services. Rendered valuable assistance in the Queen's Devonshire House Fund and in the Royal Naval Air Service during the war. * Joseph William Isherwood, Inventor of Isherwood System of Longitudinal Construction of Ships. Member of Institute of Naval Architects. For public services. * Pierce Lacy, Founder and Chairman of Advisory Committee of

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, which Company has financed many of the most important Industrial Companies in England. * William Arthur Mount Member of Parliament for Newbury Division of Berkshire, 1900 to 1906, and since 1910 *Sir Percy Wilson Newson, President of Bank of Bengal, 1920. Governor of

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, 1921. For public services. * William Joseph Noble President of Chamber of Shipping, 1920, and of the Baltic and White Sea Conference, 1913-21. For services rendered to the Ministry of Shipping. * George Renwick Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne, 1900-1906, 1908–10, and since 1918. *Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland Chairman of the Sutherland and a number of other Steamship Companies. Director of the Blyth Shipbuilding Company, and Mercantile Dry Docks. Sheriff of Newcastle, 1917; Lord Mayor of Newcastle during 1919. For public and national services. *Sir Charles Sykes Member of Parliament for Huddersfield since 1918; director of Wool Textile Production and Chairman of the Board of Control of the Worsted Woollen Trades. *

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, for public services. Rendered great assistance in feeding the troops during the war.

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* Wilfred Atlay, Chairman, Stock Exchange, London * Jeffrey Browning Chief-Inspector Board of Customs and Excise * William Henry Butlin, Ex Vice-Consul for Spain. For public services. * James Charles Calder Ex-director of timber control. For public and national services. * Robert Clough Member of Parliament for Keighley Division of Yorkshire. Mayor of Keighley 1907-1908 * Thomas Henry Fleming, Mayor of Harrogate 1915-16, 1916–17, 1918-19. Rendered conspicuous services during the war in the-promotion of every local effort, giving his whole time to national work * Thomas Mansel Franklen, Clerk of the Peace for Glamorgan for 40 years. Clerk to the

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since its formation in 1888. For public services. * Francis Gore-Browne Chairman of Rates Advisory Committee. Chairman Civil Service Arbitration Board, 1918–20 *His Honour Judge

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Senior County Court Judge * John Roger Burrow Gregory, Senior partner in the firm of Rawle, Johnstone & Co., Treasurer of the

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. Past Master of the Grocers Company; Member of the Council of

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. Has given very great assistance to successive holders of the office of Lord Chancellor *Colonel

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Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire since January, 1910 *Alderman Lieutenant-Colonel Harry George Handover Mayor of Paddington for eight years * John Henry Harrowing, for public services. Twenty-eight years County Councillor of the

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County Council and afterwards elected County Alderman. *William Henderson Town Councillor Dundee, 1896-1904. Chairman of Technical College. Chairman of YMCA and of City of Dundee Territorial Association. 1907-1919. For public and local services. *Francis Hugh George Hercy For valuable voluntary services rendered for five years to the Ministry of National Service and War Office. * John Scott Hindley, Commercial Adviser to the Coal Mines Dept. since 1918 *Henry Hollingdrake for public and local services. * Charles John Holmes Director

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*Councillor Sidney Richard White Humphries, for public services. Councillor of Bristol for many years. President of Bristol Chamber of Commerce *

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, Founder of Askern Garden City. For public services. *

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Hunterian Professor and Conservator of the

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* Duncan Mackenzie Kerly Member of the Commission on Income Tax and Chairman of the Board of Referees for Excess Profits Duty * Leonard William Kershaw, King's Coroner, Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of the Court of Criminal Appeal *

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for

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since 1918. Twice Mayor of Camberwell *Alfred Edward Lewis, Managing Director of the National Provincial and Union Bank of England, Ltd * Thomas Lewis Honorary consulting physician to the Ministry of Pensions since April, 1919 *

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. For public services. Has rendered valuable services in connection with various colleges and institutions *Brigadier-General Charles Philip Martel Chief Superintendent of Ordnance Factories, Woolwich *Richard Martin Ex-Mayor of Swansea *George Mellor For public and national services, particularly in connection with the King's Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital *

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, City Chamberlain and Treasurer since 1912 * Walter Renton Preston, Member of Parliament for Stepney (Mile End Division) * William Henry Purchase, For valuable services rendered since the armistice to the Appointments Department of the Ministry of Labour *Professor

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Professor of Scots Law,

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* Francis Jubal Reynolds For public services. *Edward Rhodes, Chairman of Lancashire and Cheshire Coalition Liberal Committee *Fredierick Gill Rice Past President of London Master Builders Association and of the Institute of Public Builders. For public services. *Colonel

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. For services rendered throughout the Empire for 40 years in connection with rifle shooting *Alderman, Alfred Read Sargeant Mayor of Hove throughout the war *Henry White Smith Chairman of Bristol Aircraft Factory. For services to Civil Aviation *William Henry Thomas Member of City of London Corporation. Deputy of the Ward of Cheap. *John Turner Ex

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. For public services. *Francis Minchin Voules Knight of Grace of the

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. For services rendered to British Prisoners of War. *Robert Woolley Walden, For public services. Member of the

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for 20 years and its Chairman for the past six years; 21 years Guardian of the Poor; 20 years a Member of the Council and Alderman of the City of Westminster, and Mayor, 1908-1909 * Sydney Russell-Wells Vice Chancellor, University of London. Representative of the University of London on the

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. For public services. *Howell James Williams Deputy Chairman,

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*Robert Wilson, Provost of Pollokshaws *Alfred Woodgarbe Proprietor-General of Establishments in the Ministry of Health since its formation *Bernard Swanwick Wright, Alderman of City of Nottingham. For public services. ;;Ireland * George Beresford Butler, Senior Resident Magistrate in Ireland. Was appointed in 1889, and is still serving * Frederick Conway Dwyer Ex-President, College of Surgeons in Ireland. Lieutenant-Col (temporary), Royal Army Medical Corps, and Operating Surgeon to King George V. Military Hospital in Dublin. Honorary Surgeon to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Chairman of House of Industry Hospitals. H.M. Inspector of Anatomy in Ireland. * James Campbell Percy Honorary Lieutenant, Royal Navy, during war. Proprietor of ''Motor News'', ''Irish Builder'', ''Irish Cyclist'' and ''Motor Cyclist''. Chairman of Sackville Pines * Henry James Forde For services in connection with the Grain Trade in Ireland and as member of Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies ;;British India *Justice Theagaraja Ayyar Sadasiva Ayyar, Diwam Bahadur, Puisne Judge of the High Court, Madras *Justice William Teunon, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, Bengal *Justice William Tudball, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court, Allahabad, United Provinces *Khan Bahadur Muhammad Israr Hasan Khan Judicial Minister, Bhopal State, Central India * Alfred Domald Pickford, Senior Partner, Messrs. Begg, Dunlop & Co., Calcutta, Bengal * Edgar Joseph Holberton Manager, Bombay-Burma Trading Corporation, and lately President of the Chamber of Commerce, Burma * Jehangir Hormasji Kothari Landlord, Sind, Bombay *Raj Bahadur Seth Bishesihar Das, Banker, Nagpur, Central Provinces ;;Colonies, Protectorates, etc. *Lieutenant-Colonel Wyndham Henry Deedes Civil Secretary to the Administration, Palestine *

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, in recognition of services rendered to the Commonwealth of I Australia * Benjamin John Fuller, of Sydney, New South Wales, in recognition of services rendered to educational and charitable causes * John Burchmore Harrison Director and Government Analyst, Department of Science and Agriculture, Colony of British Guiana *

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, in recognition of services rendered to the Commonwealth of Australia * John Pearce Luke member of the House of Representatives of the Dominion of New Zealand, Mayor of the City of Wellington, for the past eight years *Brigadier-General Donald Johnstone McGavin Director-General of Medical Services in New Zealand *

Ponnambalam Ramanathan Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, CMG, KC ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் இராமநாதன், translit=Poṉṉampalam Irāmanātaṉ; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 1930) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Solicitor-General o ...

nominated unofficial member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon *Lewis Richardson in recognition of services rendered to the Union of South Africa * Walter Sydney Shaw, the Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements

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

=Military Division

= ;;Army *General Sir

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Colonel of the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) *General Sir Herbert Vaughan Cox Retired Pay, Indian Army

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Tudor-Tudor *Major-General Charles Newsham Trotman ;;Army *Lieutenant-General The Hon. Sir Frederick William Stopford *Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Edward Codrington (Colonel, Coldstream Guards), *Major General

William Douglas Smith Major General Sir William Douglas Smith (24 March 1865 – 4 February 1939) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Military career Smith was the son of Lt.-Col. Andrew William Douglas Smith, Royal Marines and Myra ...

*Major-General Christopher Rice Havard Nicholl (Colonel Commandant, Rifle Brigade), *Major-General Philip Mainwaring Carnegy Retired Pay, Indian Army

=Civil Division

= *Surgeon Rear-Admiral Percy William Biassett-Smith *Colonel Thomas Walter, Viscount Hampden *Colonel Edward Nathan Whitley *Francis Lewis Castle Floud Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Military Division

= ;;Royal Navy *Rear-Admiral

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;;Army *Major-General The Hon. Sir Charles John Sackville-West Military Attaché *Colonel Guy William Fitton Chief Paymaster, Royal Army Pay Corps *Colonel Francis Lyon Military Attaché *Colonel Gilbert Harwood Harrison Chief Engineer, Eastern Command *Colonel Julius Ralph Young, Chief Engineer, Forces in China *Colonel William Dunlop Smith Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, Eastern Command *Colonel Charles Edward Pollock Assistant Director of Medical Services, Eastern Command *Colonel William Maunder Withycombe Brigade Commander, 3rd West Riding Infantry Brigade *Colonel Cosmo Gordon Stewart Commander, Allahabad Brigade Area *Colonel Cyril Norman Macmullen Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 17th Indian Infantry Brigade *Colonel John Francis Stanhope Duke-Coleridge Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters, Indian Army

=Civil Division

= *Colonel Henry Clayton Darlington *William Charles Fletcher, Chief Inspector of Secondary Education under the Board of Education *Llewelyn Southworth Lloyd, Assistant Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research since its formation *Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Dockray Waterhouse Private Secretary to Bonar Law

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

*Colonel His Highness Alhijah Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglisihia, Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jung Nawab of Rampur, Honorary ''Aide-de-Camp'' to His Majesty the King-Emperor

Knight Commander (KCSI)

* Charles George Todhunter Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Madras *Sir Henry Wheeler Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Bengal

Companion (CSI)

*Raja Sir Muhammad Ali Muhammad Khan, Khan Bahadur Raja of Mahmudabad, Home Member, United Provinces Government *

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Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana and Chief Commissioner of Ajmer-Merwara *Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Granville Seville Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor-General in Central India *

Charles Alexander Innes Sir Charles Alexander Innes (27 October 1874 – 28 June 1959) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma from December 1927 to December 1932. He was also formerly chairm ...

Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Commerce Department *Charles Joseph Hallifax Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab *Colonel Herbert Fothergill Cooke Indian Army, Deputy Adjutant-General, Adjutant-General's Branch, Army Headquarters *Ernest Marinus Process, Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Bombay *Leonard Tatham Harris, Indian Civil Service, Agency Commissioner, Madras *Albion Rajkumar Banerji Indian Civil Service, First Member of the Executive Council of His Highness1 the Maharaja of Mysore *Reginald Isidore Robert Glancy Indian Civil Service, Political Department of the Government of India *Sadar-ul-Maham, Finance Department, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government *William Robert Gourlay Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal *Colonel

Kenneth Wigram General Sir Kenneth Wigram, (5 December 1875 – 11 July 1949) was a British Indian Army officer. From 1931 to 1934 he was Chief of the General Staff of the Indian Army. From 1934 to 1936 he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Co ...

Indian Army, Commandant, 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), late Director of Staff Duties, General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters *Raj Bahadur Major-General Dewan Bishan Das Revenue Minister, Jammu and Kashmir State, Sirinagar

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

*Sir

Hugh Charles Clifford Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, (5 March 1866 – 18 December 1941) was a British colonial administrator. Early life Clifford was born in Roehampton, London, the sixth of the eight children of Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford and his wife Jos ...

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

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

*The Hon. Richard Anderson Squires Prime Minister of Newfoundland *The Hon. James Mitchell Premier, Minister for Lands and Colonial Treasurer of the State of Western Australia *The Hon. Edwin Mitchelson, Member of the Legislative Council of the Dominion of New Zealand * Sir Charles Stewart Addis Manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, for valuable services to His Majesty's Government in connection with finance in China ;Honorary Knight Commander *His Highness Abdullah ibni Almerhum, Sultan Ahmad Ma'azaam Shah, Sultan of Pahang

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

*Sidney Browning, lately Provincial Commissioner, Uganda Protectorate *Clifford Henderson Hay Secretary to the Premier's Department, State of New South Wales, and General Secretary to the Conference of Premiers of the Australian States *Benjamin Horsburgh, Controller of Revenue, Island of Ceylon *Lieutenant-Colonel

William James Parke Hume Lieutenant Colonel William James Parke Hume, C.M.G. was born on 25 January 1866, in Batticaloa, Ceylon. He was the son of William Walker Hume (1826-1897) and Henrietta Marion Kelly daughter of Luke Kelly. William married Alice Stevenson in 190 ...

, British Resident, Perak, Federated Malay States *John Maxwell, Deputy Chief Commissioner, Administrative and Political Department, Gold Coast *Frederick William Platts, Stipendiary Magistrate, Dominion of New Zealand *The Hon. Arthur Robinson, Attorney-General and Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Victoria *Major James Lewis Sleeman recognition of services as Director of Military Training, New Zealand Military Forces *Rowland Arthur Charles Sperling, a Counsellor in the Foreign Office *Sir Percy Lyham Loraine Counsellor in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service *Herbert Ashley Cunard Cummins charge of His Majesty's Legation in Mexico since 1917 * Harold George Parlett, Japanese Secretary to His Majesty's Embassy at Tokyo ;Honorary Companions *Mohammadu, Sultan of Sokoto, Nigeria

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander (KCIE)

*William Didsbury Sheppard late Indian Civil Service, Member of the Council of India *Ludovic Charles Barter Indian Civil Service, Finance Member, United Provinces Government *Lieutenant-Colonel

Armine Brereton Dew Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Armine Brereton Dew (1867–1941) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India; he served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan during colonial rule. He was the son of Major Frederick Napoleon De ...

Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan *Kawab Khan-i-Zaman Khan, Chief of Annib, North-West Frontier Province *Nawab Haji Fateh Ali Khan, Kazilbash Lahore, Punjab *Raja Muhammad Nazim Khan Tham or Ruler of Hunza Gilgit Agency, Kashmir *Major-General William Rice Edward Indian Medical Service, Director-General, Indian Medical Service *Evan Maconochie Indian Civil Service, Agent to the Governor in Kathiawar, Bombay *Sardar Mysore Kantaraj Urs Mysore Civil Service, Dewan of Mysore *Colonel William Henry Willcox late Medical Adviser to the Civil Administration in Mesopotamia

Companion (CIE)

*John Edwin Clapham Jukes, Indian Civil Service, Joint Secretary, Finance Department, Government of India *Ernest Burdon, Indian Civil Service, Financial Adviser, Military Finance *Nawab Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan of Chitari, Bulandshah District, United Provinces *Herbert Edward West Martindell, Chief Engineer and Secretary, Public Works Department, Burma *Alexander Montgemerie, Indian Civil Service, Secretary, Political Department, Bombay *

Evelyn Robins Abbott Evelyn Robins Abbott, CIE (9 May 1873 – 7 May 1950) was an administrator in British India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was Chief Commissioner of Delhi from 1924 until his retirement in 1928. After returning to England, Abbott serve ...

, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Multan Division, Punjab *James Cowlishaw Smith, Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, United Provinces * Percy Beart Thomas, Inspector-General of Police, Madras *John Richard Cunningham, Director of Public Instruction, Assam *Stephen Cox Chief Conservator of Forests, Madras *Leslie Maurice Crump, Indian Civil Service, Political Department, Government of India, lately Political Agent, Phulkian States, Punjab *Hugh Kynaston Briscoe, Indian Civil Service, Collector of Cuttack, Bihar and Orissa *Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Rivers Nevill Indian Civil Service, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters *Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Hobbs Deare, Indian Medical Service, Principal, Medical College, Calcutta, Bengal *Henry Vernon Barstow Hare Scott, Indian Police, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence *Robert William Church, Mining Engineer to the Railway Board *Major Lewis Macclesfield Heath Commandant, Seistan Levy Corps *Major Lionel Edward Lang late Commandant, Seistan Levy Corps *Raj Bahadur Milkhi Ram, Senior Vice-President of the Municipal Committee, Lahore, Punjab *Rao Bahadur Kesho Govind Damle, Pleader, Vice-Chairman of the District Board, Akola, Central Provinces *James Walls Mackison, Executive Engineer, Bombay Municipality, Bombay *Arthur Lambert Playfair, of Dibrugarh, Assam *Raj Bahadur Babu Abinash Chandra Stem, Member of Council, Jaipur State, Rajputana *Maganlal Thakordas Balmukanda Modi, Merchant, Bombay *Doctor Mohendra Nath Banerjee, Medical Practitioner, Principal, Carmichael Medical College, Belgatchia, Bengal

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* Harold Arthur, Viscount Dillon, Chairman of Trustees, National Portrait Gallery, since 1894 *The Reverend Arthur Cayley Headlam Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford University, and Canon of Christchurch, Oxford, since 1918 *Sir

William Robertson Nicoll Sir William Robertson Nicoll (10 October 18514 May 1923) was a Scottish Free Church minister, journalist, editor, and man of letters. Biography Nicoll was born in Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, the son of Rev. Harry Nicoll (1812–1891), a Free Chu ...

Editor of the ''

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'' since 1886

The Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

*Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Sir Walter Parratt (dated 10 February 1921) * Ernest de la Rue (dated 7 May 1921) * Robert Alfred McCall

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams *Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Verney *

Ralph Endersby Harwood Sir Ralph Endersby Harwood (28 March 1883 – 28 February 1951) was Financial Secretary to George V, Edward VIII and George VI. Early life Harwood was born on 28 March 1883, the son of Charles Harwood of Shefford, Bedfordshire. He was educate ...

*Thomas William Smith * Percy John de Paravicini

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

*Major the Honorable Arthur Hay *The Reverend Walter Philip Besley *John Hilton Carter (dated 7 May 1921) *Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Stewart *Alfred Robert Brickwood Vaux *Horace West *The Reverend Herbert Francis Westlake

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

*Thomas Henry Norton

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex ... who shall have distinguished himself (o ...

;;First Class *The Reverend Canon Arthur Whitcliffe Davies, Principal, St. John's College, Agra, United Provinces *George Rusby Kaye, Curator, Bureau of Education, Government of India *The Reverend William Meston, Professor and Bursar, Madras Christian College, Madras *M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur Duruseti Seshagiri Rao Pantulu Garu, President, Godavari District Board, Madras *The Reverend Ernest Muir, Missionary and Doctor, Bengal *Sri Gadahar Ramanuj Das, Mahant of Emar Math, Puri, Bihar and Orissa * Lee Ah Yain, an elected member of the Rangoon Municipal Committee, Burma

Air Force Cross (AFC)

*Flight Lieutenant Eric Blake Grenfell

Air Force Medal The Air Force Medal (AFM) was a military decoration, awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour ...
(AFM)

Awarded a Bar to the Air Force Medal (AFM*)

*Sgt. Major II Walter Robert Mayes *Flight Sgt. Sidney James Heath

Imperial Service Order The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe ...
(ISO)

;;Home Civil Service *George Theodore Knecht, Head of Establishments, Rules and Accounts Branch, Friendly Societies Registry *Griffith John Williams, Senior Inspector of Mines, Mines Department *Annie Alice Heap, Superintendent, Exchange Staff, London Telephone Service, General Post Office *William Harvey, Chief Clerk in Department of Prison Commission for Scotland *Francis Stephen Sheridan Chief Clerk, Congested Districts Board (Ireland) ;;Colonial Civil Service *Capt. Hubert Berkeley, District Officer, Upper Perak, Federated Malay States *Edward Albert Counsel, Surveyor-General and Secretary for Lands, State of Tasmania *John Smith Erbynn, Chief Clerk, Ashanti Political Service *George Gozzard Martin, Secretary to the Attorney-General, State of South Australia *Alfred Ernest Clarence Ross, Postmaster-General, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago *George Albert Woodcock, lately Magistrate and First Clerk, Magistracy, Colony of Hong Kong ;;Indian Civil Service *William Anderson Hasted, Director of Survey, Madras *Maumg Hla Baw (1) District Judge, Prome and Tharrawaddy, Burma *Charles St. Leger Teyen, Assistant Secretary, Finance Department, United Provinces Secretariat *M. R. Ry. Rao Bahadur Paruvakattil Narayana Menon Avargal, Secretary to the Commissioner of Revenue Settlement, Survey, Land Records and Agriculture, Madras *Henry Bryan Gilmore, Deputy Registrar, High Court of Judicature, Lahore, Punjab *Major William Daniel Neal, Indian Medical Department, Assistant to the Superintendent, Medical College Hospital, Bengal *Joseph Balthazar de Silva, Personal Assistant to the Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bombay

Imperial Service Medal The Imperial Service Medal (ISM) is a medal affiliated with the Imperial Service Order. The medal was established under the statutes of the Imperial Service Order, on 8 August 1902, by King Edward VII, with the first awards appearing in the Londo ...
(ISM)

*Hari Charan,

Jemadar Jemadar or jamadar is a title used for various military and other officials in the Indian subcontinent. Etymology The word stems from Urdu (), which derives through Persian ''jam'dar'' from Arabic ''jamā‘a(t)'' 'muster' + Persian ''-dār'' ...

in the Legislative Department of the Government of India, in recognition of long and meritorious service

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Viscount A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

Baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...

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Baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...cies

Knight Bachelor The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the ...

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

=Military Division

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

=Military Division

=Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

=Military Division

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

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

Knight Commander (KCIE)

Companion (CIE)

The Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

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

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

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex ... who shall have distinguished himself (o ...

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Air Force Medal The Air Force Medal (AFM) was a military decoration, awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour ... (AFM)

Awarded a Bar to the Air Force Medal (AFM*)

Imperial Service Order The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe ... (ISO)

Imperial Service Medal The Imperial Service Medal (ISM) is a medal affiliated with the Imperial Service Order. The medal was established under the statutes of the Imperial Service Order, on 8 August 1902, by King Edward VII, with the first awards appearing in the Londo ... (ISM)

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Baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...
cies

Air Force Medal The Air Force Medal (AFM) was a military decoration, awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour ...
(AFM)

Imperial Service Order The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe ...
(ISO)

Imperial Service Medal The Imperial Service Medal (ISM) is a medal affiliated with the Imperial Service Order. The medal was established under the statutes of the Imperial Service Order, on 8 August 1902, by King Edward VII, with the first awards appearing in the Londo ...
(ISM)