1890 Birthday Honours

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The 1890 Birthday Honours were appointments by

London Gazette on 20 May 1890[1] and in The Times on 21 May 1890.[2]

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

Privy Councillor

The Queen appointed the following to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:

Baronetcies

  • Sir
    KCB
    Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford.
  • Lt.-Col. William Wallace Hozier of Mauldslie.

Knight Bachelor

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Civilian star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Civil Division
  • Col. Sir
    KCSI
    Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
  • Henry George Calcraft
    CB
    Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Civil Division
  • CMG
    Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Copenhagen.
  • William Chandler Roberts-Austen, Chemist and Assayer of the Royal Mint.
  • CMG
    Her Majesty's Consul for the Island of Crete.
  • George Bullen, late Keeper of the Printed Books, British Museum.
  • Patrick Coll, Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland.
  • Lt.-Col. John Farquharson, Royal Engineers, of the Ordnance Survey Department.
  • Maj.-Gen. Charles Scrope Hutchinson, Royal Engineers (Retired), Inspector of Railways to the Board of Trade.
  • Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Chief Clerk, Exchequer and Audit Department.
  • Thomas Digby Pigott, Controller of
    Her Majesty's Stationery Office
    .
  • Lt.-Col. Edward Vincent Stace (Bombay Staff Corps), Her Majesty's Consul for the Somali Coast.
  • Henry Thynne, Deputy Inspector-General Royal Irish Constabulary.

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Star of a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.

Knight Commander (KCSI)

  • CSI
    Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India.
  • CSI
    Bengal Civil Service, Resident at Hyderabad.

Companion (CSI)

  • Col. Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, Bengal Staff Corps.
  • Frederick Barnes Peacock, Bengal Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Bengal.
  • James Richard Naylor, Bombay Civil Service, Remembrancer of Legal Affairs, Bombay.
  • Frederick William Richard Fryer
    , Bengal Civil Service, Financial Commissioner in Burma.
  • Robert Joseph Crosthwaite, Bengal Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner Central Provinces.
  • Surgeon-Maj. Alfred Swaine Lethbridge Bengal Medical Service.

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

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

  • The Rt. Hon.
    CB
    Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians.

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

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

  • William Hood Treacher, Secretary to the Government of the Native State of Perak, Malay Peninsula.
  • Morgan Stanislaus Grace
    Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and Surgeon-General of the Local Military Forces.
  • William Henry Griffin, late Deputy Postmaster-General of the Dominion of Canada.
  • Francis Seymour Haden, Colonial Secretary of Natal.
  • Paolo Vella
    late Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Island of Malta.
  • Walter Meredith Deane, Captain-Superintendent of Police of the Colony of Hong Kong, and Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils.
  • Robert Knox MacBride, Director of Public Works of the Island of Ceylon.
  • William Leworthy Goode Drew, Fleet Paymaster on the Retired List of the Royal Navy, Auditor-General of the Colony of Queensland.
  • Henry Chamberlain Russell, Government Astronomer of the Colony of New South Wales.
  • William James McKinney, Treasurer of the Colony of British Honduras.
  • David Palmer Ross
    MRCS
    Colonial Surgeon of Sierra Leone.
  • John Bird, formerly Treasurer of the Colony of Natal.
  • Col.
    CB
    employed with the Egyptian Army.
  • Alfred George Woodward Reid, an Officer of the Irrigation Works in Egypt.
  • Harry de la Rosa Burrard Farnall, of the Foreign Office.

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Riband, badge and star of the Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)

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

  • Bombay Civil Service
    .

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

  • James Robert Reid, Bengal Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, North-Western Provinces.
  • Raja Pratap Narayan Singh Deo of Jashpur.
  • Colonel
    Bombay Staff Corps
    .
  • Pandit Suraj Kaul.
  • John David Rees
    , Madras Civil Service.
  • Abdul Karim Hafiz.
  • Alexander McHinch, Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations.
  • Rao Bahadur Kesri Singh of Kuchaman.
  • Robert Turnbull James Buckingham, Major of the Sibsagar Mounted Rides.
  • Jeremiah Garnett Horsfall, Madras Civil Service.
  • James George Henry Glass, Superintending Engineer and Secretary to Government in the Public Works Department, Central Provinces.
  • Edmund Neel, Assistant Secretary in the Political and Secret Department, India Office.
  • Captain
    1st Life Guards
    , Equerry to His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales.

References

  1. ^ "No. 26053". The London Gazette. 20 May 1890. pp. 2965–2966.
  2. ^ "Birthday Honours". The Times. 21 May 1890. p. 9.