1937 Coronation Honours

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The 1937 Coronation Honours were awarded in honour of the coronation of George VI. [1]

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Royal Honours

Order of the Thistle

Royal Victorian Chain

Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Order of the British Empire (GBE)

Privy Council

Peerages

Earldoms

Viscountcies

Baronies

Knights/Ladies of the Order of the Garter (KG/LG)

Knights/Ladies of the Order of the Thistle (KT/LT)

Privy Counsellors

Baronetcies

Knighthood

Dominions.
India.
Colonies, Protectorates, &c.

Order of the Bath

Knights/Dames Grand Cross (GCB)

Military

Civil

Knights/Dames Commander (KCB/DCB)

Military

Civil

Companions (CB)

Military

Civil

  • Charles Seymour Wright, OBE, MC
  • Major-General Henry Augustus Lewis, C.B.E. (late Royal Artillery), Director of Artillery, the War Office.
  • Honorary Colonel George, Baron Rochdale, President, Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Middlesex.
  • Honorary Colonel Sir Henry William Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, Bt., chairman, Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Warwick.
  • Colonel Leonard Green, M.C., T.D., Territorial Army, Commander, 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Infantry Brigade.
  • David Randall Pye, Esq., M.A., Sc.D., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S., Director of Scientific Research, Air Ministry.
  • Walter Raymond Birchall, Esq., Deputy Director-General, General Post Office.
  • William John Braithwaite, Esq., Commissioner for the Special Purposes of the Income Tax Acts.
  • John Ainsworth Dale, Esq., C.B.E., Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour.
  • John Harry Hebb, Esq., C.B.E., M.B., B.Ch.; Director-General of Medical Services, Ministry of Pensions.
  • Algar Henry Stafford Howard, Esq., C.V.O., Norroy King of Arms and Principal Herald of the North Part of England.
  • Alan Frederick Lascelles, Esq., C.M.G., M.V.O., M.C., Assistant Private Secretary to His Majesty The King.
  • Francis William Lascelles, Esq., M.C., Principal Clerk of Public Bills, House of Lords.
  • Cecil Winton Maudslay, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Board of Education.
  • Bernard Rackham, Esq., F.S.A., Keeper, Department of Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum.
  • George Thomas Reid, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Unemployment Assistance Board.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic Newell Westbury, O.B.E., M.C., Regional Director, Scottish Region, General Post Office.

Order of Merit (OM)

Order of the Star of India

Knights Grand Commander (GCSI)

Knights Commander (KCSI)

Companions (CSI)

Order of St Michael and St George

Knights Grand Cross (GCMG)

Knights Commander (KCMG)

Companions (CMG)

Royal Victorian Order

Dames Grand Cross (GCVO)

Knights Grand Cross (GCVO)

Dames Commanders (DCVO)

Knights Commanders (KCVO)

Commanders (CVO)

Members of the Fourth Class (LVO)

Members of the Fifth Class (MVO)

Order of the Indian Empire

Knights Grand Commander (GCIE)

Knights Commander (KCIE)

Companion (CIE)

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross (GBE)

Military Division
Civil Division

Dame Grand Cross (GBE)

Civil Division

Dames Commanders (DBE)

Civil Division

Knights Commanders (KBE)

Military Division
Civil Division

Commanders (CBE)

Civil division
Overseas
Commonwealth

Officers (OBE)

Members (MBE)

Companions of Honour

Imperial Service Order

Kaisar-i-Hind

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References

  1. "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. pp. 3073–3106.
  2. "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3080.