1921 Birthday Honours

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The 1921 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 on 3 and 4 June 1921. [1] [2] [3]

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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

Viscount

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

Ireland
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)

Military Division
Army

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Civil Division
  • Surgeon Rear-Admiral Percy William Biassett-Smith CB CMG
  • Colonel Thomas Walter, Viscount Hampden CB CMG ADC
  • Colonel Edward Nathan Whitley CB CMG DSO
  • Francis Lewis Castle Floud CB Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
  • Major-General The Hon. Sir Charles John Sackville-West KBE CMG Military Attaché
  • Colonel Guy William Fitton CMG Chief Paymaster, Royal Army Pay Corps
  • Colonel Francis Lyon CMG DSO Military Attaché
  • Colonel Gilbert Harwood Harrison CMG Chief Engineer, Eastern Command
  • Colonel Julius Ralph Young, Chief Engineer, Forces in China
  • Colonel William Dunlop Smith CMG DSO Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, Eastern Command
  • Colonel Charles Edward Pollock CBE DSO Assistant Director of Medical Services, Eastern Command
  • Colonel William Maunder Withycombe CMG DSO Brigade Commander, 3rd West Riding Infantry Brigade
  • Colonel Cosmo Gordon Stewart CMG DSO Commander, Allahabad Brigade Area
  • Colonel Cyril Norman Macmullen CMG CIE Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 17th Indian Infantry Brigade
  • Colonel John Francis Stanhope Duke-Coleridge CMG DSO Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters, Indian Army
Civil Division
  • Colonel Henry Clayton Darlington CMG TD
  • William Charles Fletcher, Chief Inspector of Secondary Education under the Board of Education
  • Llewelyn Southworth Lloyd, Assistant Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research since its formation
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Dockray Waterhouse CMG Private Secretary to Bonar Law

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 Grand Commander (GCSI)

  • Colonel His Highness Alhijah Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglisihia, Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jung GCIE GCVO Nawab of Rampur, Honorary Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King-Emperor

Knight Commander (KCSI)

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

Companion (CSI)

  • Raja Sir Muhammad Ali Muhammad Khan, Khan Bahadur KCIE Raja of Mahmudabad, Home Member, United Provinces Government
  • Robert Erskine Holland Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana and Chief Commissioner of Ajmer-Merwara
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Granville Seville CIE Political Department, Government of India, Agent to the Governor-General in Central India
  • Charles Alexander Innes CIE Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Commerce Department
  • Charles Joseph Hallifax CBE Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab
  • Colonel Herbert Fothergill Cooke CB DSO Indian Army, Deputy Adjutant-General, Adjutant-General's Branch, Army Headquarters
  • Ernest Marinus Process, Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Bombay
  • Leonard Tatham Harris, Indian Civil Service, Agency Commissioner, Madras
  • Albion Rajkumar Banerji CIE Indian Civil Service, First Member of the Executive Council of His Highness1 the Maharaja of Mysore
  • Reginald Isidore Robert Glancy CIE Indian Civil Service, Political Department of the Government of India
  • Sadar-ul-Maham, Finance Department, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government
  • William Robert Gourlay CIE Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal
  • Colonel Kenneth Wigram CB CBE DSO Indian Army, Commandant, 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), late Director of Staff Duties, General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters
  • Raj Bahadur Major-General Dewan Bishan Das CIE Revenue Minister, Jammu and Kashmir State, Sirinagar

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)

  • The Hon. Richard Anderson Squires KC Prime Minister of Newfoundland
  • The Hon. James Mitchell 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 James Lewis Sleeman CBE 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

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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 CSI CIE OBE Indian Civil Service, Finance Member, United Provinces Government
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Armine Brereton Dew CSI 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 CB 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 CB CMG 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 MBE 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)

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The riband and badge of the "Companions of Honour"

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)

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

Air Force Cross (AFC)

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
Colonial Civil Service
Indian Civil Service

Imperial Service Medal (ISM)

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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.