1921 New Year Honours

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The New Year Honours 1921 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 31 December 1920. [1]

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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.

British Empire

Baron

Privy Councillor

Ireland

Baronet

Knight Bachelor

Ireland
India
Dominions, Crown Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

Order of the Bath

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

Military Division
Royal Navy

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Civil Division

Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)

Additional Knights Grand Commanders, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.

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

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

  • Henry Mayne Reid Hopkins, Indian Civil Service, Senior Member, Board of Revenue, United Provinces.
  • Robert Arthur Graham, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras.
  • Percy James Mead, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to Government, Revenue Department (lately Chief Secretary), Bombay.
  • George Rainy, CIE, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, Bihar and Orissa.
  • Geoffrey Rothe Clarke, OBE, Indian Civil Service, Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs.
  • Douglas Donald, CIE, on special duty as Political Officer for Orakzais, North-West Frontier Province.
  • Khan Bahadur Sardar Muhammad Ali Khan Kazilbash, Vice-President of the Municipal Committee and Honorary Magistrate, Lahore.
Additional Companion, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.

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)

Order of the Indian Empire

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

Additional Knight Grand Commander, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.

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

Additional Knights Commanders, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

  • Khan Bahadur Sayyid Mehdi Shah, OBE, Honorary Magistrate and Member of the Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.
  • Diwan Bahadur Diwan Daulat Rai, Barrister-at-Law, Rawalpindi, and Member of the Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.
  • Michael Keane, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, United Provinces.
  • Sir James David Sifton, Indian Civil Service, Financial Secretary to Government, Bihar and Orissa.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Sykes Murphy Burlton, Indian Army, Commissioner, Jullundur Division, Punjab.
  • Charles Morgan Webb, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Burma.
  • David Thomas Chadwick, Indian Civil Service, Indian Trade Commissioner, London.
  • Harry William Maclean Ives, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch, Punjab.
  • Charles Maurice Baker, Indian Civil Service, Collector, Bombay.
  • William Alexander Marr, Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, Rungpur, Bengal.
  • Geoffrey Latham Corbett, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Secretary, Commerce Department, Government of India.
  • Major Edmund Henry Salt James, Indian Political Department, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara.
  • John Tudor Gwynn, Indian Civil Service, Publicity Officer, Madras.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel David Macdonald Davidson, Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon, Lahore, Punjab.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick O'Kinealy, Indian Medical Service, Surgeon Superintendent, Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, Bengal.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel William Frederick Harvey, Indian Medical Service, Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli, Punjab.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel Augustus Grimston, VD , OBE , Commanding the 6th Assam Valley Light Horse (I.A.F.), Assam.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrence Van Geyzel, late Indian Medical Service, Examiner of Medical Stores, India Store Depot.
  • Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney Frederick Muspratt, DSO , Indian Army, General Staff Officer, First Grade, Army Headquarters.
  • Major Henry George Vaux, Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal.
  • Arthur Charles Rumboll, OBE, Acting Agent, Great Indian Peninsula Railway.
  • Hugh Charles Sampson, Deputy Director of Agriculture, V and VII Circles, Coimbatore, Madras.
  • Dr. Edwin John Butler, Imperial Mycologist, Pusa.
  • Alexander Waddell Dods, (Major, Calcutta Port Defence Artillery), Partner, Messrs. Burn & Co., Calcutta, Bengal.
  • Dadiba Merwanji Dalal, Justice of the Peace, Bombay.
  • Rai Bahadur Gopal Das Bhandari, MBE, Advocate and Municipal Commissioner, Amritsar, Punjab.
  • Rai Bahadur Jadu Nath Mazumdar, Chairman, District Board, Jessore, Bengal.
  • Jehangir B. Murzban, Journalist, Bombay.
  • Narayan Molhar Joshi, Servants of India Society, Bombay.
  • Hamid Khan, Assistant Political Officer, Najaf, Mesopotamia.
  • Harry Evan Auguste Cotton. Formerly Advocate of the High Court of Calcutta, Member of the London County Council.
  • Frank Herbert Brown, Journalist, formerly of Bombay.
Additional Companion, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.
  • Jalal-ud-Daula Nawab Muhammad Khurshaid Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustakil-i-Jang, CBE , Nawab of Dujana.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

Military Division

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Kaisar-i- Hind Medal

First Class

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)

  • Captain James Murray Pipon, OBE, Royal Navy.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Middlemass Davidson, of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
  • Lieutenant-Commander Martin John Coucher de Meric, Royal Navy (Dated 8 August 1920).
  • Richard John Frederick Edgcumbe.
  • William Henry Massey.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

  • Arthur Clement Beck.
  • Captain Andrew Benbow.
  • William Stewart MacWilliam.
  • Richard Philip.
  • Superintendent Stephen Frederick Spencer, Metropolitan Police.
  • Frederick John Worledge.

King's Police Medal (KPM)

England
Fire Brigade
Scotland
Fire Brigade
India
British Dominions Beyond The Seas

Promotions

Royal Navy

The following promotions have been made, to date from 31 December 1920.

Commander to Captain
Lieutenant-Commander to Commander
Lieutenant to Commander
Paymaster Commander to be Paymaster Captain

To date from 1 January 1921.

Engineer Commander to Engineer Captain
Engineer Lieutenant-Commander to Engineer Commander
Surgeon-Commander to Surgeon-Captain
Royal Naval Reserve
Commander to Captain
Lieutenant-Commander to Commander
Army

Honorary ranks, in recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War.

Honorary Lieutenant-General
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Major
Honorary Captain

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

Bar to the Royal Red Cross
2nd Class

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Bar to the Air Force Cross

References

  1. "No. 32178". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1921. pp. 1–12.