The 1920 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette on 4 June 1920.
Prince Albert, the future King George VI, led the honours list as the only new peer, being invested as the Duke of York, while more than 60 men were knighted.
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.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George KG as Baron Killarney, Earl of Inverness and Duke of YorkThe King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council of the United Kingdom:
Frederick George Kellaway MP one of the Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions, December, 1916. Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to Ministry, 1918. Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy Minister, 1919. Member of Parliament for Bedford, 1910, and for Bedford Division, 1918. For Parliamentary ServicesThe Hon. François Stephanus Malan, Minister of Agriculture, Mines, Industries and Education, Union of South Africa. Acted as Prime Minister for eight months during General Botha's absence.The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council of Ireland:
Stanley Baldwin MP Financial Secretary to the Treasury since 1917Hugh Thom Barrie MP Vice-President, Irish Department of AgricultureThe Hon. Justice John Blake Powell KC Judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland. Former Solicitor-General for Ireland.John Anderson, Managing Director of Messrs. P. & W. A. Anderson, Ltd. For Public ServicesWilliam Henry Aykroyd JP Partner in the Firm of Messrs. T. F. Firth & Sons, Brighouse. For Public and Local ServicesCapt. Ion Hamilton Benn CB DSO Member of Parliament for Greenwich since 1910. Member of Port of London AuthorityJohn Wyndham Beynon, Chairman South Wales Coal Owners Association. For Public Services.Sir Ernest William Glover, Director of the Ship Management Branch of the Ministry of ShippingThe Rt. Hon. Thomas Frederick Halsey MP Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire, 1874-1906Sir Howard George Frank KCB Director-General of Lands, War Office, Air Ministry, and Ministry of Munitions. Chairman of Disposals BoardPeter Jeffrey Mackie DL Deputy Lieutenant for Argyll, Ayr and Lanark. Has travelled extensively and written on Tariff Reform, Imperial Federation, and other political subjects. In 1918 made a gift of Pedigree Cattle to Rhodesia in order to encourage ranching and cattle breeding. Financed the Mackie Anthropological Expedition to UgandaArchibald Mitchelson, Chairman of Messrs. D. Davies & Sons, the Admiralty Collieries, Wharncliffe Collieries and Yorkshire Collieries. For Public and Local ServicesArthur Francis Pease DL JP late Second Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyFrank Bernard Sanderson, Controller of Trench Warfare, National Filling Factories and Stores during the War. For Public Services.Milton Sheridan Sharp, Chairman of Bradford Dyers Association. For Public and Local Services.Sir George Frederick Sleight, largest Trawler Owner in the World. At the commencement of the War practically all his ships were commandeered by the Government for Mine Sweeping and Patrol purposesHerbert Smith, Member of Board of Control of Wool and Textile Industries. Chairman of Carpet Trade Rationing Committee. Chairman of Man Power and Protection Committee. For Public ServicesWilliam Reardon Smith, Principal of St. Just Steamship Co., Leeds Shipping Co., and the Cornborough Shipping Line. For Public and Local ServicesJohn Henderson Stewart JP Partner of Messrs. Alexander Stewart & Son, of Dundee, Deputy Chairman of Sheffield Steel Products. Freeman of the City of London. For Public ServicesPhilip Sidney Stott, Prominent in Lancashire business life. President of the Oldham Lyceum (a non-political institution)Sir George Alexander Touche, Member of Parliament for North Islington, 1910-1918General Sir Reginald Wingate GCB GCVO GBE KCMG DSO For long and Distinguished Public ServicesSidney Robert Alexander Mayor of Faversham 1908-1919. Public and municipal servicesHugh Percy Allen Director of the Royal College of MusicProfessor Frederick William Andrewes Pathologist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. For valuable work in medical research.Capt. David Wilson Barker, Captain Superintendent of the Training Ship WorcesterSydney Beauchamp, Resident Medical Officer to British Delegation during nearly the whole of the Peace Conference in ParisWilliam Barrett Montfort Bird, Founder of the Salters Institute of Industrial Chemistry for providing scholarships for graduates in chemical science to enable them to continue research workJohn Brown JP Member of Aberdeen Town Council and of Aberdeen Harbour Board. Chairman of Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Company and Steam Herring Fleet. For public and local services.Francis Morgan Bryant CBE MVO ISO Secretary of His Majesty's Private Secretary's Office, Buckingham PalaceArthur Benjamin Bryceson, Town Clerk of Woolwich for over 18 years. For public and municipal services.Major Gerald Arthur Fowler Burton. Raised considerable sums for Devonport War Hospital Supply Department and the Red Cross, and financed the Garrison Needlework Association during the War.Robert Burton Chadwick MP Director of Overseas Transport, Ministry of MunitionsErnest Clark CBE Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Income TaxHis Honour Judge John Walker Craig KC Ex-Recorder of Belfast and County Court Judge of AntrimPhilip Dawson, Member of the Disposal Board, Ministry of MunitionsJoseph Dobbie, For public and local services in Edinburgh.Major George Alexander Dolby, Mayor of Poole 1917-20, Chairman of Harbour Commissioners. For public and municipal servicesRobert Henry Glanfield, President of Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers Federation. For public services in connection with the supply and manufacture of clothing for H.M. Forces. Honorary Treasurer of Borstal AssociationWemyss Grant-Wilson JP Hon. Director of the Borstal Association and Director of the Central Association for the aid of convicts on discharge from Penal Servitude and Preventive DetentionHenry Gregg, Mayor of Tynemouth 1913-18; Member of Central Organisation for the County; Chairman of all local Organisations and Committees during the War. For public and municipal services.Alderman Charles O'Brien Harding JP Mayor of Eastbourne in 1903 and from 1916-1919Edgar Josiah Harper Chief Valuer, Inland Revenue DepartmentProfessor James Blackloek Henderson Professor of Applied Mechanics, Royal Naval College, GreenwichLieutenant-Colonel Maxwell Hicks CBE FCA For personal work in organising the Devonshire House War Work.Alderman James Peace Hinchliffe JP Chairman of West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Chiefly responsible for formation of British Research Association for Woollen and Worsted Industries.Harry Hope, Member of Parliament for Stirling and Clackmannan, and formerly for Bute. President of Scottish Chamber of Agriculture 1908; Honorary President of National Farmers Union of Scotland; Member of Scottish Agricultural Commission, and of Departmental Committee appointed by the Secretary for Scotland to inquire into the poultry industry in Scotland.Louis Stanley Johnson, Member of Parliament for East Walthamstow from 1918; Mayor of Hackney for the whole five years of the War. For invaluable public work.Henry S. Keith JP Provost of HamiltonWalter Guy Coffin Kirkwood, late Secretary of Post Office, EdinburghMajor Charles Mclver. For public services in Cheshire.Major George Espec John Manners DL JP Founder of the Boys Messenger ServiceSamuel Meeson Morris, Mayor of Shrewsbury 1901-2 and 1916-18. Chairman of local Food Control Committee. For public and municipal services.William Noble, Chief Engineer, General Post OfficeWilliam Payne Perry CB Director of Finance, War OfficeErnest Roney, Solicitor. For public services.George Royle, Mayor of Bedford 1903. Member of Town Council. For public and municipal services.James Simpson For public and local services in Edinburgh.Albert Frederick Stephenson DL For eminent public and local services in South Lancashire for over forty years.Henry William Verey, late Official Referee of Supreme CourtWilliam Henry Veno, President of Manchester Column Press Club. For public and local services.William Howell Walters, For public and local services.Alderman Zachariah Wheatley, Mayor of AbergavennyJames Lawton Wingate, President of the Royal Scottish AcademyColonel Hormasjee Eduljee Banatvala CSI Indian Medical Service (retired), late Inspector-General, Civil Hospitals, AssamDiwan Bahadur Pitta Thyagaraya Chetti Garu, President of the Corporation, MadrasWalter Erskine Crum OBE Partner of Messrs. Graham and Company, Calcutta, BengalHenry Hubert Hayden CSI CIE Director, Geological Survey of IndiaAbdul Karim Abdul Shakur Jamal CIE Merchant, BurmaLallubhai Asharan Shah, Judge of the High Court, BombayThomas Robert John Ward CIE MVO Inspector-General of Irrigation, PunjabJohn Carruthers Beattie Principal of the University of the Cape of Good Hope, Union of South AfricaThe Hon. James Daniel Connolly, Agent-General for the State of Western AustraliaColin Rees Davies, Chief Justice of BermudaLieutenant-Colonel Herman Melville Heyman, Member of the Legislative Council, Southern RhodesiaThe Hon. Joseph Henry Wood, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of VictoriaMajor Edward Humphrey Manisty Leggett DSO Royal Engineers, Chairman East African Section, London Chamber of CommerceThomas Joseph Lennard, Vice-President of the Royal Colonial InstituteJohn Roberts CMG of the City of Dunedin, New ZealandHenry Alexander Wickham, For services in connection with the rubber plantation industry in the Far East.Jeremiah Wilson CMG lately Postmaster-General of the Union of South AfricaKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Civil Division
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Andrew, Baron Sumner. For work in connection with the Peace Treaty, and as Chairman of the London Reparation CommitteeKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Military Division
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Edward Stafford Fitzherbert CBRear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour CB MVOLieutenant-General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh KCMG CB Adjutant-General to the ForcesLieutenant-General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke KCMG CB Quartermaster-General to the ForcesRear-Admiral Cecil Foley Lambert, Director of Personnel, Air Ministry, and a Member of the Air CouncilAir Vice-Marshal Edward Leonard Ellington CB CMG CBE Director-General of Supply and Research Air Ministry, and a Member of the Air CouncilCivil Division
Cecil James Barrington Hurst CB KC Legal Adviser to the Foreign OfficeSir Alfred William Watson, Government Actuary and President of the Institute of ActuariesMilitary Division
Vice-Admiral Cecil Spencer Hickley MVORear-Admiral Henry Lancelot MawbeySurgeon Rear-Admiral George Albert DreaperCaptain John Roderick SegravePaymaster Captain Frederick Wilkin Iago AireyMajor-General Charles William Grant Richardson CSI Deputy Quartermaster-General, IndiaColonel Frederick James Moberley CSI DSO Director of Military Operations, IndiaLieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Harry Simonds de Brett CMG DSO Assistant Adjutant-GeneralLieutenant-Colonel Denis Paul CMG CBE Royal Army Ordnance CorpsLieutenant-Colonel James Grimwood DSO OBE FSACivil Division
Alfred William Cope, Second Secretary, Ministry of PensionsJohn Whelan Dulanty CBE Assistant Secretary, Ministry of MunitionsAlexander Flint, Assistant Secretary, AdmiraltyAlfred William Flux, Assistant Secretary, Board of TradeHenry Leon French OBE Assistant Secretary, Ministry of AgricultureHerman Cameron Norman CSI CBE British Minister, TeheranAllan Paton, in Charge of Establishment at Hotel Majestic during the whole of Peace ConferenceHenry Maunsel Richards, Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools, Board of EducationCharles Strachey, Principal Clerk, Colonial OfficeHorace John Wilson CBE Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of LabourKnight Commander (KCSI)
Sir George Stapylton Barnes KCB Ordinary Member of the Governor-General's Executive CouncilColonel Nawab Muhammad Nasrulla Khan, Heir-apparent to the Bhopal State, Central IndiaWilliam John Joseph Howley, Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, MadrasJohn Loader Maffey CIE Indian Civil Service, Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, BengalCharles Frederick Payne, Indian Civil Service, Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, BengalJean Louis Rieu, Indian Civil Service, BombayBertram Prior Standen CIE Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Central Provinces and BerarKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Newell Jordan GCIE KCB KCMG lately His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of ChinaKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Beilby Francis Alston CB His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of ChinaGeoffrey Francis Archer CMG Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Somaliland ProtectorateThe Hon. William Elliot Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Commonwealth of AustraliaThe Hon. Sir Charles Gregory Wade Kt KC lately Agent-General for the State of New South WalesDenison Samuel King Miller, Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaHonorary Knight CommanderHis Highness Mohamed Jemalul Alam CMG Sultan of BruneiCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
James Richard Collins, Secretary to the Department of the Treasury, Commonwealth of AustraliaCrawford Douglas Douglas-Jones, Resident Commissioner in Southern and Northern RhodesiaJoseph Adolphe Duclos, Member of the Council of Government, MauritiusWalter Augustus Gale, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Commonwealth of AustraliaEdward Blackwell Jarvis, Chief Secretary to the Government, Uganda ProtectorateJames Comyn Macgregor, Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland ProtectorateHugh Charlie Marshall, Visiting Commissioner, Northern RhodesiaStephen Mills, Comptroller-General, Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of AustraliaColonel Gerald Henry Summers, Deputy Commissioner and Officer Commanding the Troops, Somaliland ProtectorateRobert Gilbert Vansittart MVO Counsellor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic ServiceWilliam Frank Arthur Rattigan, First Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic ServiceCommander Gerald Talbot RNVR OBE Naval Attaché to His Majesty's Legation at AthensHonorary CompanionSheikh Ali bin Salim CBE Assistant Liwali of MombasaKnight Commander (KCIE)
John Ghest Cumming CSI CIE Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, BengalCapt. His Highness Nawab Taley Muhammad Khan Sher Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Palanpur, BombayHerbert John Maynard CSI Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, PunjabCharles Turner Allen, Cooper, Allen & Co., Cawnpore, United ProvincesLieutenant-Colonel Chetwynd Rokeby Alfred Bond CBE late Indian Staff CorpsCharles William Egerton Cotton, Indian Civil Service, Collector of Customs, CalcuttaWilliam Patrick Cowie, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to the Governor of BombayMajor Frederick Wernham Gerrard, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basrah, MesopotamiaKhan Bahadur Muhammad Habibulla Sahib Bahadur, Ex-Member of the Executive Council of MadrasPercy Harrison, Indian Civil Service, Junior Member, Board of Revenue, United ProvincesMajor Francis Henry Humphrys, Indian Army, Political Agent, Khyber, North-West Frontier ProvinceClaud Mackenzie Hutchinson, Imperial Agricultural BacteriologistCowasji Jehangir, Junior OBE President, Bombay MunicipalityCharles Burdett La Touche, Manager, Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway, RajputanaBabu Akshoy Kumar Maitra, President and Founder of the Varendra Research Society in Rajshahi, BengalAbdul Majid, Legal Remembrancer, AssamSorabji Bezonji Mehta, Manager, Empress Mills, NagpurRalph Sneyd Pearson, Forest Economist, Research Institute, Dehra DunWinter Charles Renouf, Indian Civil Service, Political Agent, Bahawalpur Agency, PunjabJohn Reid, Indian Civil Service, Reforms Officer, Bihar and OrissaEdward Cheke Smalley ShuttleworthCommissioner of Police, Rangoon, BurmaKhan Bahadur Raja Sifat Bahadur, Governor of Yasin, Gilgit Agency, KashmirLieutenant-Colonel Ralph Verney, Rifle Brigade, Military Secretary to His Excellency the ViceroyKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
Arthur Henry John, Baron Ormathwaite KCVOColonel the Honorary Sir Henry Charles Legge KCVOCommander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Rowland Thomas, Earl of Cromer MVO (Dated 1 April 192.)Colonel the Hon. George Arthur Charles Crichton MVOSir Francis Henry Dent (Dated 31 March 1920.)Percy Armytage MVOLieutenant-Colonel John Mackenzie-Rogan MVO (Dated 30 March 1920)Major George GoodingKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Civil Division
Sir Percy Elly Bates Bt Voluntary services to the Ministry of Shipping for five yearsSir John Lorne MacLeod DL Lord Provost of Edinburgh throughout the WarLieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson KCMG KBE Agent-General for Queensland until end of 1919. For services to Board of Trade in connection with purchase and distribution of frozen meat for Allied ForcesDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Violet Florence Mabel, Lady Mond. Services in connection with her hospital at MelchetEthel Maud, Lady Pearson. Services in connection with St. Dunstan's Hostel for the BlindCivil Division
John Apsey CBE Royal Corps of Naval Constructors. Manager of Constructive Department at Portsmouth for past twelve yearsFrederick William Bowater. For Services rendered to Ministry of InformationHoward D'Egville CBE Secretary to Empire Parliamentary AssociationJames Duncan Elliot, Engineer Adviser to New Zealand Dominion Government Member of Industrial CourtThe Hon. William Finlay KC Chairman of Contraband Committee; Legal Adviser to Foreign Office during Peace ConferenceJames Dundas-Grant FRCS Eminent aural specialistLieutenant-Colonel Henry Mulleneux Gray-son CBE MP RM Director of Ship Repairs, Ministry of ShippingErnest Musgrave Harvey CBE Chief Cashier, Bank of EnglandVesey George Mackenzie Holt DL Senior Partner of Messrs. Holt & Co., BankersArnold Lawson FRCS For voluntary medical and surgical work at St. Dunstan's Hostel for the BlindWilliam Henry Peat, Financial Secretary to Ministry of Food, 1917-1920Philip Bridger Proctor Director of Meat Supplies, Ministry of FoodJosiah Charles Stamp CBE For valuable services rendered to the Government in connection with financial and economic problemsColonel William Taylor CB Ex-President of Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandAlexander Walker. For services rendered to Ministry of Munitions in the disposal of surplus war materialTemp. Brigadier-General Arthur John Allen-Williams, For Machine Gun Work in connection with military transport at the Port of RichboroughDiwan Bahadur Tirumalai Desika Achariyar Avargal, President of the Trinchopoly District Board, MadrasGopal Krishna Devdhar, BombayReverend Father Matthews, Head of the Belgian Mission High School, Dalwal, Jhelum District, PunjabThe Reverend John McNeel, Missionary of the Church of Scotland, Seoul, Central ProvincesDhanjibhai Hormasji Mehta, Medical Officer, Patao Hospital, BarodaOlive Monahan, MadrasShamrao Ramrao Moolgavkar, PrincipalMedical Officer, Bikaner State, RajputanaReverend Mother Sacramento Clara Plamondon, Sister in St. Joseph's Leper Asylum, BurmaAmbalal Sarabhai, Ahmedabad, BombayMillicent Vere Webb, Lady Superintendent, Dufferin Victoria Hospital, Calcutta, BengalNurzali, Fourth Grade Inspector;Nur Mohammed, Third Grade Mounted Constable, both of the North-West Frontier Police;Mohammed Hasan, Constable;Lai Shahgul, Constable;Hari Singh, Head Constable; andGul Mohammed, Mounted Head Constable, all of the Zhob and Loralai Police, on account of special services rendered on the North-West Frontier, in the Zhob Valley, and in Baluchistan during July and August, 1919, and January, 1920Richard Bullen Newton, Assistant in Department of Geology, British MuseumArthur Robert Dawson MBE Collector of Customs and Excise, CardiffFrederick Pullen, Postmaster-Surveyor, GlasgowCharles Proctor, FIC Superintending Analyst, Department of the Government ChemistGeorge Edward Ambrose, Chief Clerk, National GalleryWilliam Ragle Clark FRSE Keeper of Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Scottish Education DepartmentRobert Duncan, Staff Officer, Veterinary Branch, Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, IrelandD'Arcy Wentworth Addison, Under Secretary for TasmaniaThomas Noel Brodrick OBE Under Secretary of the Lands and Survey Department, New ZealandHenry Carr, Resident of the Colony of NigeriaEdwin Tiptree Drake, Secretary for Public Works, VictoriaBenjamin Harry Friend, Principal Parliamentary Reporter, Commonwealth of AustraliaJoseph Peascod Harper, Surveyor-General, Federated Malay StatesWilliam James Mackay, Chief Collector of Customs, CyprusRichard Horton O'Dwyer, Commissioner of Public Charities, NewfoundlandMalcolm Lindsay Shepherd, Secretary, Prime Minister's Department, Commonwealth of AustraliaPercival Stevens, Inspector of Mines, TrinidadArthur Miller, Second Class Clerk, Higher Grade, in the India Office LibraryWilliam Ernest Mitchell, Superintendent, Central Jail, Vellore, MadrasM. R. Ry. Diwaoa Bahadur Pasupuleti Parankusam Nayudu Garu, Deputy Commissioner of Police, MadrasEthelbert Edward Thomas, Superintendent, Central Jail, Nagpur, Central ProvincesRaj Bahadur Pandit Brij Jiwan Lai, Extra Assistant Commissioner, Merwara, Ajmer-MerwaraLieutenant James William Fairley, Superintendent, Civil Commissioner's Office, BaghdadRaj Bahadur Prasanna Kumar Basu, Registrar, Reforms OfficeJoseph Lilly de Vine, NagpurRaj Sahib Mahendra Nath Bhattacharji, Personal Assistant to the Surgeon to the Governor of BengalRichard Arnold Matthews, Superintendent, Provincial Civil Secretariat, PunjabKhan Biahadur Ghulam Yasim Ghulam Mustapha, Director of the Pritchard Salt Works, Kharaghoda, BombayGoodoo Miah Muhammad Ghouse, late Council Dubash, Chief Secretariat, Fort St. George, MadrasMohamed Jaffar Ghulam Dastagir, Chief Laboratory Attendant, Office of the Government Agricultural Chemist, MadrasEgambaram Rangaswami Doss, late Chief Attendant, Medical College, MadrasNarayan Ramji Katke, late Naik in the Office of the Executive Engineer, Foona District, BombayPampamiya Sayad Mir, late Chaukidar in the Ahmednagar District, BombayPrayagdin, late Forest Guard, Central Provinces