1908 Birthday Honours
The 1908 Birthday Honours for the British Empire were announced on 28 June, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII.[1]
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.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
- Military Division
- General Sir William Gustavus Nicholson, K.C.B., Chief of the General Staff (1st Military Member, Army Council.)
- General Sir John James Hood Gordon, K.C.B., Indian Army, Colonel 29th Punjabis.
- Civil Division
- Francis, Lord Knollys, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., I.S.O., Private Secretary to The King.
- The Right Honourable Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris.
- Sir George Herbert Murray, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary, Treasury.
- Sir Arthur Godley, K.C.B., Under Secretary of State, India Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
- Military Division
- Admiral Sir Reginald Neville Custance, K.C.M.G., C.V.O.
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Samuel Poë, K.C.V.O.
- Vice-Admiral The Honourable Sir Hedworth Lambton, K.C.V.O., C.B.
- Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman Bridgeman, K.C.V.O.
- Major-General Henry Augustus Bushman, C.B., Colonel 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers.
- Lieutenant-General Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta.
- Major-General Harcourt Mortimer Bengough, C.B. (Retired).
- Major-General Thomas Graham, C.B., Royal (late Bengal) Artillery (Retired).
- Major-General John Munro Sym, C.B., Indian Army.
- Lieutenant-General Frederick Lance, C.B., Indian Army, Colonel 22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry(Frontier Force).
- Lieutenant-General William Henry Mackinnon, C.V.O., C.B., Director General of the Territorial Force.
- Major-General Herbert Scott Gould Miles, C.V.O., C.B., Quartermaster-General to the Forces (3rd Military Member, Army Council).
- Major-General and Honorary Lieutenant-General The Honourable 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards.
- Civil Division
- Colonel (temporary Major-General) Charles Frederic Hadden, C.B., Master-General of the Ordnance (4th Military Member, Army Council.)
- Henry Hardinge Samuel Cunynghame, Esq., C.B.
- Robert Chalmers, Esq., C.B.
- Edward Stanley Hope, Esq., C.B.
- William Henry Power, Esq.,C.B., F.R.S.
- Henry Babington Smith, Esq., C.B., C.S.I.
- Hubert Llewellyn Smith, Esq., C.B.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
- Military Division
- Major-General Henry Bulckley Burlton Watkis, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
- Major-General Frederick Augustus Bowles, Commander, Coast Defences, Plymouth.
- Colonel Henry Vivian Cowan, C.V.O., A.D.C., Commandant (General Staff Officer, 1st Grade), Royal Military Academy.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) John Lindesay Keir, Brigade Commander, India.
- Colonel Robert Whyte Melville Jackson, C.M.G., Chief Ordnance Officer, Royal Army Clothing Factory.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Francis Henry Kelly, Brigade Commander, India.
- Colonel Charles Conyngham Ellis.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Francis Charles Carter, Brigadier-General Sub-District, South Africa.
- Colonel Edward Hegan.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Frederick Hammersley, Brigadier-General 3rd Brigade, Aldershot Command.
- Colonel Henry Richard Beadon Donne, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters of Army.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Charles Herbert Powell, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Francis Garnett Atkinson, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
- Major and Brevet Colonel Augustus de Segur McKerrell, Cameron Highlanders.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) William Edward Blewitt, C.M.G., Director of Artillery, Headquarters of Army.
- Colonel Francis Seymour Inglefield, D.S.O., General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, 5th Division, Irish Command.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Lovick Bransby Friend, Commander, Coast Defences, Scottish Command.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Charles Henry Westmorland, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Walter Fullarton Lodovic Lindsay, D.S.O., Commanding Royal Artillery, 3rd Division, Southern Command.
- Colonel Raymond Northland Revell Reade, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Malta.
- Colonel William Douglas, D.S.O., General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, 6th Division, Irish Command.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Francis Henry Rutherford Drummond, C.I.E., Indian Army, Inspector-General, Imperial Service Troops, India.
- Colonel Edward Robert John Presgrave, D.S.O., Indian. Army.
- Colonel Alfred James Whitacre Allen, half-pay.
- Colonel Henry Newport Charles Heath, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters of Army.
- Colonel William Henry Sitwell, D.S.O., half-pay.
- Colonel George Osbaldeston Welch, Assistant Director of Transport, Headquarters of Army.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Alexander Wallace, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.
- Colonel William Richard Yielding, C.I.E., D.S.O., Indian Army.
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, Brigadier-General 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Eastern Command.
- Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Kenneth Stewart Davison, Indian Army, Commandant 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse).
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) Henry Hughes Wilson, D.S.O., Commandant (Brigadier-General, General Staff) Staff College.
- Colonel Launcelot Edward Kiggell, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters of Army.
- Colonel John Townshend St Aubyn, Baron St Levan, C.V.O., Commanding Grenadier Guards and Regimental District and Commander, 2nd London Territorial Brigade, London District.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Johnston Shearer, D.S.O., Indian Medical Service.
In commemoration of the Military Operations in India in 1857 and 1858.
- Colonel Arthur Moffatt Lang, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers (Retired).
- Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Aylmer Mclver Campbell, Indian Staff Corps (Retired).
- Civil Division
- Lionel Abraham, Esq.
- Arthur Wellesley Anstruther, Esq.
- Frederick W. Black, Esq.
- Richard Durnford, Esq.
- William Evans, Esq.
- Alfred Eyles, Esq.
- Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, Esq., C.M.G.
- Alexander Freeman King, Esq.
- William Algernon Law, Esq.
- Adolphus George Charles Liddell, Esq.
- Robert Philpot, Esq.
- Harry Butler Simpson, Esq.
- George Augustus Stevenson, Esq., M.V.O.
- John Charles Gabriel Sykes, Esq.
- Herbert Preston-Thomas, Esq.
- R. Eustre Yerburgh, Esq.
Order of Merit
- Henry Jackson, Esq., D.Litt., Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)
- Officiating Lieutenant-Governor, Eastern Bengal and Assam.
- Edward Norman Baker, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General.
- His Highness Raj Rajeshwar Maharaja Dhiraj Sardar Singh Bahadur, of Jodhpur.
- His Highness Raj Rana Bhavvaui Singh, of Jhalawar.
- Raja Tasadduk Rasul Khan, C.S.I., of Jahangirabad, Oudh.
Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)
- Michael Francis O'Dwyer, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Officiating Resident, Hyderabad.
- James Scorgie Meston, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department.
- Upper Burma.
- William Arbuthnot Inglis, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Public Works Department (Irrigation, Marine, and Railway Branches), and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations.
- Romer Edward Younghusband, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner Lahore Division, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
- Sir Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
- Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Protectorate.
- Sir Pope Alexander Cooper, Knight, the Chief Justice of Queensland.
- The Honourable Thomas Bent, Premier, Treasurer, and Minister of Railways of the State of Victoria.
- The Honourable Joseph Hector Carruthers, lately Premier and Colonial Treasurer of the State of New South Wales.
- Frederick Evans, Esq., C.V.O., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of Gibraltar.
- Thomas Rees Price, Esq., C.M.G., General Manager of the Central South African Railways.
- Henry Francis Wilson, Esq., M.A.., C.M.G., lately Colonial Secretary of the Orange River Colony.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Newton James Moore, Premierand Minister for Lands of the State of Western Australia.
- Charles Calvert Bowring, Esq., Treasurer of the East Africa Protectorate.
- Edward Lewis Brockman, Esq., Federal Secretary, Federated Malay States.
- John William Honey, Esq., Director of Customs for the Transvaal, and Customs Adviser to the High Commissioner for South Africa.
- Philip David Warren, Esq., Surveyor-General of the Island of Ceylon.
- William Frederick King, Esq., LLD., Chief Astronomer, Department of the Interior, Dominion of Canada.
- Edward Howard Marsh, Esq., M.A., of the Colonial Office.
- James Jonathan Thomas, Esq., Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Sierra Leone.
- Wei Yuk, Esq., Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hong Kong.
- Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien, late Deputy-Commissioner, Transvaal Town Police.
- Captain William Hartley Maud, for services in connection with the West African Frontier Force.
- Captain Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, R.E., for services in connection with the Survey of the Gold Coast Colony and Ashanti.
- Sydney Thirlwall Harrisson, Esq., lately Treasurer of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)
- Honorary Colonel 5th Bengal Cavalry(retired).
- Thomas Henry Holland, Esq., F.R.S., Director of the Geological Survey of India.
- Nawab Afsar-i-Jang Afsar-ud-Daula Bahadur Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Muhammad Ali Beg, C.I.E., M.V.O., of Hyderabad.
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)
- Fort St. Georgefor making Laws and Regulations.
- Arthur Milford Ker, Esq., a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations.
- Captain Royal Indian Marine.
- Evasio Hampden Radice, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate, and Collector of Benares.
- Ralph Buller Hughes-Buller, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, Bakarganj.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Binning, V.D., Commandant, 2nd (Presidency) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Frederic Perry, F.R.C.S., Indian Medical Service, Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy, Principal of the Medical College, Lahore.
- Major Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent in Bhopawar.
- Michael Filose, Esq., Chief Secretary to His Highness the Maharaja Scindhia of Gwalior.
- Rai Sahib Diwan Daya Kishen Kaal, Private Secretary to His Highness the Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
- Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart.
- Rear-Admiral James Edward Clifford Goodrich, M.V.O., Admiral Superintendent and in charge of all His Majesty's Naval Establishments at Gibraltar.
- Commodore Colin Richard Keppel, C.V.O.. C.B., D.S.O., Ad.C., Commanding His Majesty's Yachts.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
- François Flameng, Membre de l'Institut de France. (Honorary)
- Colonel Sir John Smith Young, M.V.O., late Secretary, Royal Patriotic Fund.
- John David Rees, Esq., C.I.E., M.P.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class
- The Reverend Walter Boyce, Head Master, King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn.
- Percy John de Paravicini, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of King Edward VII Hospital and Dispensary, Windsor.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class
- Lieutenant Thomas Ready, RN, retired, late His Majesty's Yacht "Osborne."
- Carpenter-Lieutenant James Rice RN, His Majesty's Yacht "Victoria and Albert."
- Second Lieutenant John Mackenzie Rogan, Mus.Doc., Bandmaster, Coldstream Guards.
- Second Lieutenant Charles William Hemphill Hall, Bandmaster, 2nd Life Guards.
- Second Lieutenant Albert Williams, Mus.Doc., Bandmaster, Grenadier Guards.
Imperial Service Order
- Thomas Allchiii, Esq., Assistant Commissioner, Charity Commission.
- Justin Charles William Alvarez, Esq., Consul-General, Tripoli..
- George Nealon Babbit, Esq., Deputy Receiver-General of the Province of New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.
- John Walter Bailey. Esq., late Assistant Chief Inspector of Excise.
- James Dyer-Ball, Esq., Chief Interpreter to the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong Kong.
- John Redman Bovell, Esq., Agricultural Superintendent, Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, and Superintendent of the Botanic Station, Barbados.
- George Andrew Breading, Esq., Clerk, Higher Division, War Office.
- James Edwin Christoffelsz, Esq., Chief Clerk, Secretariat, Island of Ceylon.
- Adolphus Philip Clapin, Esq., late Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Council of the State of .New South- W ales.
- Miss Margaret Susan Creswell, late Postmistress, Post Office and Savings Bank Department, Gibraltar.
- David Dolton, Esq., Principal Clerk, Legal Department, Local Government Board.
- Richard Uriah Falkus, Esq., Staff Clerk, Secretary's Department, Admiralty.
- John Fraser, Esq., Auditor-General of the Dominion of Canada.
- William George Lewis, Esq., Chief Surveyor General, Customs.
- Redmond Nash, Esq., Accountant, Office of National Education, Ireland.
- Jasper Alexander Redgrave, Esq., Superintending Inspector of Factories, Midland Division), Home Office.
- Johannes Smuts, Esq., Registrar of Deeds, Transvaal.
- Alexander George Denison Taylor. Esq., Clerk of English Journals, House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada.
- James Arthur Thompson, Esq., Accountant to the Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia.
- John Henry Richard West, Esq.. Assistant Controller, Savings Bank Department, Post Office.
References
- ^ "No. 28151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1908. pp. 4641–4648.