1921 Birthday Honours

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The 1921 Birthday Honours were appointments by King

official birthday of the King, and were published on 3 and 4 June 1921.[1][2][3]

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

Marquess

  • The Rt. Hon. Sir
    GCIE

Viscount

Baron

  • The Rt. Hon. Sir James Henry Dalziel Bt by the name, style and title of Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy, of Marylebone in the county of London.
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir
    DL 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 Norfolk County Council. Chairman of Agricultural Wages Board
    ;
  • 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.

Privy Councillor

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

Privy Council of the United Kingdom
:

The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council of Ireland:

Baronetcies

Knight Bachelor

Ireland
  • George Beresford Butler, Senior Resident Magistrate in Ireland. Was appointed in 1889, and is still serving
  • 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.
  • DL
    Honorary Lieutenant, Royal Navy, during war. Proprietor of Motor News, Irish Builder, Irish Cyclist and Motor Cyclist. Chairman of Sackville Pines
  • DL
    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
    CIE
    Judicial Minister, Bhopal State, Central India
  • Alfred Domald Pickford, Senior Partner, Messrs. Begg, Dunlop & Co., Calcutta, Bengal
  • CBE
    Manager, Bombay-Burma Trading Corporation, and lately President of the Chamber of Commerce, Burma
  • OBE
    Landlord, Sind, Bombay
  • Raj Bahadur Seth Bishesihar Das, Banker, Nagpur, Central Provinces
Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

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

Military Division
Army

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
  • Admiral Sir
    CB
  • Major-General
    CB
Army
  • Lieutenant-General The Hon. Sir
    CB
  • Lieutenant-General Sir
    CB
    (Colonel, Coldstream Guards),
  • Major General
    CB
  • Major-General Christopher Rice Havard Nicholl (Colonel Commandant, Rifle Brigade),
  • Major-General Philip Mainwaring Carnegy
    CB
    Retired Pay, Indian Army
Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Civil Division

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 Grand Commander (GCSI)

Knight Commander (KCSI)

  • CSI
    Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Madras
  • Sir Henry Wheeler
    CSI
    Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Bengal

Companion (CSI)

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)

  • Sir
    KCMG
    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 KC Prime Minister of Newfoundland
  • The Hon.
    CMG
    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 Kt 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
    MVO
    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, 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
    MVO
    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 Bt
    Counsellor in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service
  • Herbert Ashley Cunard Cummins
    OBE
    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

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

Knight Commander (KCIE)

  • William Didsbury Sheppard
    CIE
    late Indian Civil Service, Member of the Council of India
  • Ludovic Charles Barter
    OBE
    Indian Civil Service, Finance Member, United Provinces Government
  • Lieutenant-Colonel
    CIE
    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
    CIE
    Lahore, Punjab
  • Raja Muhammad Nazim Khan
    CIE
    Tham or Ruler of Hunza Gilgit Agency, Kashmir
  • Major-General William Rice Edward
    CMG
    Indian Medical Service, Director-General, Indian Medical Service
  • Evan Maconochie
    CSI
    Indian Civil Service, Agent to the Governor in Kathiawar, Bombay
  • Sardar Mysore Kantaraj Urs
    CSI
    Mysore Civil Service, Dewan of Mysore
  • Colonel William Henry Willcox
    FRCP
    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
    MLC
    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, 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 MBE 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
    OBE
    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 MC Commandant, Seistan Levy Corps
  • Major Lionel Edward Lang MC 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

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

The riband and badge of the "Companions of Honour"

The Royal Victorian Order

Insignia of a Knight / Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

  • Colonel Sir
    KCVO

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

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

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 (AFM)

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

  • Sgt. Major II Walter Robert Mayes DSM AFM
  • Flight Sgt. Sidney James Heath AFM

Imperial Service Order (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
    DL
    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 (ISM)

  • Hari Charan, Jemadar in the Legislative Department of the Government of India, in recognition of long and meritorious service

References

  1. ^ "King's Birthday – Colonial Office List". The Times. 3 June 1921. p. 12.
  2. ^ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1921. pp. 4529–4536.
  3. ^ "No. 13745". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 September 1921. p. 1568.