The New Year Honours 1894 were appointments by

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to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published in ''

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'' on 1 January 1984 and in ''

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'' on 2 January 1894. 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.

Baronetcies

* Leonard Lyell *

Theodore Fry Sir Theodore Fry, 1st Baronet (1 May 1836 – 5 February 1912) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1895. Life He was the son of Francis Fry, of Bristol, and his wife Matilda Penro ...

Knighthoods

*Thomas Roe *

Donald Horne Macfarlane Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane (July 1830 – 2 June 1904) was a Scottish merchant who entered politics and became a Member of Parliament (MP), firstly as a Home Rule League MP in Ireland and then as Liberal and Crofters Party MP in Scotland. Macfa ...

* Robert Hunter, Solicitor to the Post Office. ;Colonial list *

Fielding Clarke Sir Fielding Clarke (23 February 1851 – 30 July 1928) was a British colonial barrister, civil servant and jurist. He served as Chief Justice of Fiji, Hong Kong and Jamaica. Early life Clarke was the fourth son of Henry Booth Clarke and hi ...

, Chief Justice of Hong Kong *

John Winfield Bonser Sir John Winfield Bonser, (24 October 1847 – 9 December 1914) was a British colonial judge. He served as the 17th Chief Justice of Ceylon for almost 10 years. Early life Bonser was the son of Reverend John Bonser.

, Chief Justice of Ceylon *

Hartley Williams His Honour Sir Hartley Williams (15 October 1843 – 12 July 1929), was a Supreme Court of Victoria judge. Williams was born in Collingwood, Victoria, the second son of Sir Edward Williams and his wife Jessie, Lady Williams, ''née'' Gibbon ...

, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria *

William Patrick Manning Sir William Patrick Manning (18 November 1845 – 20 April 1915) was an Australian financier and politician. Early life Manning was born at Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, to baker John Manning and Margaret ...

, Mayor of Sydney

Victoria Cross (VC)

* Surgeon-Major Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd

Order of the Bath

Knights Grand Cross (GCB)

;Civil division * Abdul Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan

Knights Commander (KCB)

;Civil division * Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson Assistant Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office. *The Hon. Robert Meade Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

Companions (CB)

;Military division * Colonel Edmond Roche Elles, Assistant Quartermaster-General (Intelligence Branch), Headquarters India ;Civil division *William James Colville, Colonel in the Army (Retired List) *Cornelius Neale Dalton Assistant-Secretary to the Local Government Board *Charles E. Gifford, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth *

J. Norman Lockyer Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (17 May 1836 – 16 August 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen, he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered for being the f ...

Professor of Astronomy in the Royal College of Science *

William Henry Preece Sir William Henry Preece (15 February 1834 – 6 November 1913) was a Welsh electrical engineer and inventor. Preece relied on experiments and physical reasoning in his life's work. Upon his retirement from the Post Office in 1899, Preece was m ...

, Engineer-in-Chief to the General Post Office

Order of the Star of India

Knights Commander (KCSI)

*Sir

Henry Mortimer Durand Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, (14 February 1850 – 8 June 1924) was a British Anglo-Indian diplomat and member of the Indian Civil Service. Background Born at Sehore, Bhopal, India, he was the son of Sir Henry Marion Durand, the Resident of Ba ...

Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department

Companions (CSI)

* Richard Udny, Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawur Division *

Jervoise Athelstane Baines Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines (17 October 1847 – 26 November 1925) was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service during the period of the British Raj. Early life Baines was the son of Edward Baines, the vicar of Yalding in Kent, and his ...

, Member of the Indian Civil Service *William John Cuningham, Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department * Thomas Salter Pyne

Order of the Indian Empire

Knights Commander (KCIE)

* The Maharao Raja of Bundi * The Maharaja of Karauli * The Maharaja of Orchha * Prince Jehan Kader Mirza Bahadur, of Oudh * Colonel John Charles Ardagh Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy * Colonel Lord William Leslie de la Poer Beresford Military Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy. * James Lyle Mackay

Companions (CIE)

* Pherozeshah Merwanji Mehta, Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India *William Robert Brooke, Director-General of Telegraphs in India *Paul Gregory Melitus, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department *Lieutenant-Colonel George Montgomery Moore, RA, Retired, President of the Madras Municipal Commission *Surgeon-Major Ernest Harrold Fenn * Major Richard Carnac Temple, Indian Staff Corps. *Major John William Hogge, Indian Staff Corps *Edward Claudius Scotney George, Officiating Deputy Commissioner of the Bhamo District *Robert William Edward Hampe Vincent, Acting Commissioner of Police, Bombay * Lieutenant Arthur Henry McMahon, Indian Staff Corps. * Lieutenant John Manners Smith Indian Staff Corps *

John Stuart Donald Sir John Stuart Donald (1 September 1861 – 1948) served as the Chief Commissioner of the North West Frontier Province of British India from 1913 till 1915. Early life Donald was born in Ferozepore, India to parents Alexander John Stuart Do ...

, Assistant-Commissioner, Punjab. *Rai Bahadur Bankim Chunder Chatterjee.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knights Commander

Neale Porter Sir Neale Porter was a British colonial governor. He was Chief magistrate of Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying ...

Colonial Secretary of the Island of Jamaica *

Jenkin Coles Sir Jenkin Coles (19 January 1843 – 6 December 1911) was a South Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1875 to 1878 and 1881 to 1911, representing the electorates of Light (1875–78, 1881–190 ...

, Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Colony of South Australia *

Westby Perceval Sir Westby Brook Perceval (11 May 1854 – 23 June 1928) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Biography Perceval was born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1854. His mother was Sarah Brook (née Bailey) and his father was her husban ...

, Agent-General in London for the Colony of New Zealand

Companions (CMG)

*Captain Edward Henry Meggs Davis For services connected with certain islands in the Western Pacific. *John Edward Tanner late Director of Public Works and General Superintendent of Railways in the Island of Trinidad. *Frederick William Webb, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of New South Wales * Godfrey Yeatman Lagden, Government Secretary and Accountant of Basutoland. *George Edward Yorke Gleadowe, of Her Majesty's Treasury, for services connected with the award of compensation to British Sealers excluded from Behring Sea, under the ''modus vivendi'' with the United States of 1891. *(Honorary) Tungu Mohamed bin Antah, Yam Tuan Besar of Sri Menanti, President of the State Council of the Negri Sembilan Confederated States

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

*Captain Gordon Napier Caulfeild, Indian Staff Corps *Captain Hugh Neufville Taylor, Indian Staff Corps *Lieutenant John Henegan, Indian Staff Corps

References

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