1920 Birthday Honours

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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. [1]

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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. [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

Duke, Earl, Baron

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

British India
Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

Knight 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 Committee

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Royal Air Force
Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
  • Major-General Charles William Grant Richardson CSI Deputy Quartermaster-General, India
  • Colonel Frederick James Moberley CSI DSO Director of Military Operations, India
  • Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Harry Simonds de Brett CMG DSO Assistant Adjutant-General
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Paul CMG CBE Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Air Force
  • Lieutenant-Colonel James Grimwood DSO OBE FSA
Civil Division
  • Alfred William Cope, Second Secretary, Ministry of Pensions
  • John Whelan Dulanty CBE Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Munitions
  • Alexander Flint, Assistant Secretary, Admiralty
  • Alfred William Flux, Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade
  • Henry Leon French OBE Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture
  • Herman Cameron Norman CSI CBE British Minister, Teheran
  • Allan Paton, in Charge of Establishment at Hotel Majestic during the whole of Peace Conference
  • Henry Maunsel Richards, Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools, Board of Education
  • Charles Strachey, Principal Clerk, Colonial Office
  • Horace John Wilson CBE Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

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

Knight Commander (KCSI)

  • Sir George Stapylton Barnes KCB Ordinary Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council
  • Colonel Nawab Muhammad Nasrulla Khan, Heir-apparent to the Bhopal State, Central India

Companion (CSI)

  • William John Joseph Howley, Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Madras
  • John Loader Maffey CIE Indian Civil Service, Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, Bengal
  • Charles Frederick Payne, Indian Civil Service, Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, Bengal
  • Jean Louis Rieu, Indian Civil Service, Bombay
  • Bertram Prior Standen CIE Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Central Provinces and Berar

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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Star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

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

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

Honorary Knight Commander

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

  • James Richard Collins, Secretary to the Department of the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Crawford Douglas Douglas-Jones, Resident Commissioner in Southern and Northern Rhodesia
  • Joseph Adolphe Duclos, Member of the Council of Government, Mauritius
  • Walter Augustus Gale, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Edward Blackwell Jarvis, Chief Secretary to the Government, Uganda Protectorate
  • James Comyn Macgregor, Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland Protectorate
  • Hugh Charlie Marshall, Visiting Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia
  • Stephen Mills, Comptroller-General, Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Colonel Gerald Henry Summers, Deputy Commissioner and Officer Commanding the Troops, Somaliland Protectorate
  • Robert Gilbert Vansittart MVO Counsellor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service
  • William Frank Arthur Rattigan, First Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service
  • Commander Gerald Talbot RNVR OBE Naval Attaché to His Majesty's Legation at Athens
Honorary Companion
  • Sheikh Ali bin Salim CBE Assistant Liwali of Mombasa


The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

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

Knight Commander (KCIE)

  • John Ghest Cumming CSI CIE Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Bengal
  • Capt. His Highness Nawab Taley Muhammad Khan Sher Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Palanpur, Bombay
  • Herbert John Maynard CSI Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab

Companion (CIE)

  • Charles Turner Allen, Cooper, Allen & Co., Cawnpore, United Provinces
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Chetwynd Rokeby Alfred Bond CBE late Indian Staff Corps
  • Charles William Egerton Cotton, Indian Civil Service, Collector of Customs, Calcutta
  • William Patrick Cowie, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay
  • Major Frederick Wernham Gerrard, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basrah, Mesopotamia
  • Khan Bahadur Muhammad Habibulla Sahib Bahadur, Ex-Member of the Executive Council of Madras
  • Percy Harrison, Indian Civil Service, Junior Member, Board of Revenue, United Provinces
  • Major Francis Henry Humphrys, Indian Army, Political Agent, Khyber, North-West Frontier Province
  • Claud Mackenzie Hutchinson, Imperial Agricultural Bacteriologist
  • Cowasji Jehangir, Junior OBE President, Bombay Municipality
  • Charles Burdett La Touche, Manager, Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway, Rajputana
  • Babu Akshoy Kumar Maitra, President and Founder of the Varendra Research Society in Rajshahi, Bengal
  • Abdul Majid, Legal Remembrancer, Assam
  • Sorabji Bezonji Mehta, Manager, Empress Mills, Nagpur
  • Ralph Sneyd Pearson, Forest Economist, Research Institute, Dehra Dun
  • Winter Charles Renouf, Indian Civil Service, Political Agent, Bahawalpur Agency, Punjab
  • John Reid, Indian Civil Service, Reforms Officer, Bihar and Orissa
  • Edward Cheke Smalley Shuttleworth, Commissioner of Police, Rangoon, Burma
  • Khan Bahadur Raja Sifat Bahadur, Governor of Yasin, Gilgit Agency, Kashmir
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Verney, Rifle Brigade, Military Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy

The Royal Victorian Order

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

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

  • Major George Gooding

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, insignia 1917–35

Knight 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 years
  • Sir John Lorne MacLeod DL Lord Provost of Edinburgh throughout the War
  • Lieutenant-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 Forces
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Civil Division

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

First Class

King's Police Medal (KPM)

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King's Police Medal with the riband for gallantry
British India

Imperial Service Order (ISO)

Home Civil Service
Overseas Dominions
Indian Civil Service

Imperial Service Medal (ISM)

British India

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References

  1. "No. 31931". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1920. pp. 6313–6320.
  2. "Birthday Honours List – Prince Albert, Duke of York". The Times . 5 June 1920. p. 15.