1901 Birthday Honours

The King's Birthday Honours 1901 were announced 9 November 1901, the birthday of the new monarch Edward VII. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India.

The list was published in The Times 9 November 1901,[1] and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette 9 November 1901,[2] 12 November 1901,[3] and 15 November 1901.[4]

The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander etc.) then division (Military, Civil).

Privy Council

The Duke of Buccleuch, KG, KT
Sir Henry Fletcher, Baronet, CB, Member of Parliament (MP)
Sir John Winfield Bonser, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon

Baronet

Alderman Frank Green, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London

Knight Bachelor

George Bullough, Esq.
George Anderson Critchett, Esq., FRCS
George Hussey, Esq., Mayor of Southampton
Ernest Spencer, Esq., MP
George Gough Arbuthnot, Esq., of Madras
Samuel Brownlow Gray, Esq., Chief Justice of Bermuda
Archibald Campbell Lawrie, Esq., on retirement as Senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon
Joseph Ignatius Little, Esq., Chief Justice, Newfoundland

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

Civil Division

The Right Honourable Sir Francis Richard Plunkett, GCMG, His Majesty's Ambassador at Vienna

Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Civil Division

Sir Montagu Ommanney, KCMG, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies
Robert Anderson, Esq, CB, LLD, late Assistant Commissioner of Police
Francis Hopwood, Esq., CB, CMG, Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade
Samuel Butler Provis, Esq., CB, Permanent Secretary, Local Government Board
George Lisle Ryder, Esq., CB, Chairman of the Board of Customs

Military Division

Admiral George Digby Morant
Vice-Admiral Charles George Fane
Colonel Thales Pease, CB

Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Civil division

Clinton Edward Dawkins, Esq.
Major-General Constantine Phipps Carey, RE, Chief Engineer, Local Government Board
Colonel Moreton John Wheatley, RE, Bailiff of the Royal Parks
David Parry Williams, Esq., Collector of Customs, Liverpool

Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

James John Digges La Touche, Esq., CSI, Indian Civil Service
His Highness Raja Surindar Bikram Prakash Bahadur, of Sirmur
Sultan Ahmed bin Fadthl, of Lahej

Companion of the Order of the Star of india (CSI)

Stanley Ismay, Esq., Indian Civil Service
David Thomas Roberts, Esq., Indian Civil Service
James Wilson, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Robert Burton Buckley, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Public Works Department
Arthur Frederick Cox, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Charles Gerwien Bayne, Esq., Indian Civil Service

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

Sir Giuseppe Carbone, KCMG, LLD, Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal, and Vice-President of the Council of Government of the Island of Malta
Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston, KCB, lately His Majesty's Special Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief, and Consul-General for the Uganda Protectorate and the adjoining Territories

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

Ernest Edward Blake, Esq., one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies
Alfred Lewis Jones, Esq., President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, in recognition of services to the West African colonies and to Jamaica
Frederick Robert St John, Esq., on retirement of the post of His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne
Audley Charles Gosling, Esq., on retirement from the post of His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Santiago

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

Commodore Alfred Leigh Winsloe, RN, CVO, in command of His Majesty's ship Ophir during the visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to the Colonies
Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick, Esq., on retirement as Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon
William Robert Henderson, Esq., MD, Principal Medical Officer of the Gold Coast
Robert Allman, Esq., Principal Medical Officer of Southern Nigeria
Walter Egerton, Esq., First Magistrate, Singapore, in the Straits Settlements
John Burchmore Harrison, Esq., MA, Government Analyst of the Colony of British Guiana
Francois Hodoul, Esq., for many years Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Seychelles Islands
Henry Blythe Westrap Russell, Esq., in recognition of his services while employed with the Ashanti Field Force
Albert Charles Wratislaw, Esq., His Majesty's Consul at Basrah
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Spottiswoode Sparkes, for services in Egypt
Captain Robert Leonard Sunkersett Arthur (the Rifle Brigade), His Majesty's Consul at Dakar and Colonial Secretary designate of the Gold Coast.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Altham Altham, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Intelligence Division, War Office, for services to the Foreign Office
Captain and Brevet Major Herbert Henry Austin, RE, DSO
Captain and Brevet Major Richard George Tyndal Bright (Rifle Brigade), for services in connection with the recent Expedition to survey the frontier between Abyssinia and the Protectorates of the British East Africa and Uganda

Order of the Indian Empire

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

General Sir Arthur Power Palmer, KCB, Commander-in-Chief in India
His Highness Maharao Sir Kesri Singh Bahadur, of Sirohi, in Rajputana, KCSI

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

Nawab Shahbaz Khan, Bugti, of Baluchistan
James George Scott, Esq., CIE, Deputy Commissioner in Burma
Raja Jang Bahadur Khan, of Nanpara, in the Bahraich District of Oudh, CIE

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

Thomas Conland, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh for making Laws and Regulations
Sidney Preston, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch
Murray Hammick, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Alexander Pedler, Esq., FRS, Director of Public Instruction, Bengal
Richard Amphlett Lamb, Esq., Indian Civil Service
William Stevenson Meyer, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Alexander Lauzun Pendock Tucker, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Diwan Bahadur Kanchi Krishnaswami Rao, Diwan of the Travancore State
William Leathem Harvey, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Lieutenant-Colonel John Clibborn, Indian Staff Corps
Lieutenant-Colonel George Wingate, Indian Staff Corps
Lieutenant-Colonel George Hart Desmond Gimlette, MD, Indian Medical Service
Louis S. Moss, Esq., Agent and Manager of the Madras Railway Company
Arthur Henry Wallis, Esq., Calcutta
Alexander Johnstone Dunlop, Esq., Senior Member, Board of Revenue, His Highness the Nizam's Government
George Herbert Dacres Walker, Esq, Under Secretary to the Government of India in the Public Works Department, General Branch
Major Alexander Fleetwood Pinhey, Indian Staff Corps
Rai Bahadur Nanak Chand, Minister of the Indore State
Spencer Harcourt Butler, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Captain Frank Cooke Webb Were, Indian Staff Corps
Honorary Major Thomas Henry Hill, lately Senior Assistant-Surgeon, Indian Subordinate Medical Department
Rai Bahadur Radhika Prasanna Mukharji, lately Inspector of Schools in Bengal

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

Sardar Khan Bahadur Mir Abdul Ali, JP, Bombay
Shankar Madhav Chitnavis, Esq., Deputy-Commissioner, Central Provinces
Khan Bahadur Dhanjibhai Fakirji Commodore, CIE
Major Herbert Edward Deane, R.A.M.C.
Major Thomas Edward Dyson, MB, CM, Indian Medical Service
Mrs. E. J. Firth, of Madras
N. S. Glazebrook, Esq., JP, of Bombay
Sydney Hutton Cooper Hutchinson, Esq., AMICE, Superintendent of Telegraphs
Colonel Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, KCIE, Indian Staff Corps
Harrington Verney Lovett, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Herbert Frederick Mayes, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Indian Civil Service
Lieutenant-Colonel James McCloghry, FRCS, Indian Medical Service
William Florey Noyce, Esq., Extra-Assistant Commissioner and Assistant Secretary to the Financial Commissioner, Burma
Rai Bahadur Kameleshwari Pershad Singh of Monghyr, Bengal
Robert Barton Stewart, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Captain Edmund Wilkinson, FRCS, Indian Medical Service

References

"Birthday Honours". The Times (36608). London. 9 November 1901. p. 8.
"No. 27374". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 November 1901. p. 7287.
"No. 27376". The London Gazette. 12 November 1901. p. 7291.
"No. 27377". The London Gazette. 15 November 1901. p. 7393.

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[1] "Birthday Honours". The Times (36608). London. 9 November 1901. p. 8.

[2] "No. 27374". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 November 1901. p. 7287.

[3] "No. 27376". The London Gazette. 12 November 1901. p. 7291.

[4] "No. 27377". The London Gazette. 15 November 1901. p. 7393.

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