List of knights bachelor appointed in 1920

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Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry. [1] Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).

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Knights bachelor appointed in 1920

DateNameNotesRef.
27 February 1920 James Kemnal, FRSAnnounced on 1 January 1920 [2] [3]
4 March 1920 Horace Charles Mules, CSI, MVOAnnounced on 6 June 1919 [3]
4 March 1920 Alfred Waldron Smithers, MPAnnounced on 12 August 1919 [3]
4 March 1920 Andrew Beattie Deputy Lieutenant for the City of Dublin [3]
4 March 1920 Alfred Frederick Bird, MP [3]
4 March 1920 Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck, MP, JP [3]
4 March 1920 Ernest A. Wallis Budge, MA, LittD, FSA [3]
4 March 1920William CarterMayor of Windsor during the War [3]
4 March 1920Harry CartmellMayor of Preston, 1913–19 [3]
4 March 1920 Samuel Chapman [3]
4 March 1920Josiah Court, MRCS, LRCP, JP [3]
4 March 1920 Francis Chatillon Danson [3]
4 March 1920 Edwin Wood Thorpe Farley Mayor of Dover, 1913–19 [3]
4 March 1920John FitzgeraldLord Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1914–15 [3]
4 March 1920Norris Tildesley Foster [3]
4 March 1920 George Jefford Fowler [3]
4 March 1920 Dr Henry John Gauvain [3]
4 March 1920William V'Alters Summers Gradwell-Goodwin, JPMayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1913 [3]
4 March 1920 Francis Nugent Greer, CB, KCIrish Parliamentary Draughtsman [3]
4 March 1920Malcolm Nicholson Hogg [3]
4 March 1920Thomas Jaffrey, JP [3]
4 March 1920 Robert Newbald Kay Sheriff of York, 1914–15 [3]
4 March 1920 Halford John Mackinder, MP [3]
4 March 1920James Macklin [3]
4 March 1920Maj. David Hughes Morgan [3]
4 March 1920George William Needham [3]
4 March 1920Thomas Neill, JP [3]
4 March 1920Francis Grant Ogilvie, CB [3]
4 March 1920Herbert John Ormond, JPMayor of Stoke Newington, 1914–19 [3]
4 March 1920Col. James Philip Reynolds, DSO, DL, JP [3]
4 March 1920 Hugh Malcolm Robinson, CB, ISOChief Inspector of Factories [3]
4 March 1920Thomas Robinson, OBE, JP, MP [3]
4 March 1920Leonard Bromfield Rowland, JPMayor of Wrexham, 1915–19 [3]
4 March 1920Professor Arthur Schuster, FRS [3]
4 March 1920Charles Stone"Nine times Mayor of Greenwich" [3]
4 March 1920 Alfred George Temple, FSA [3]
4 March 1920William Towle [3]
4 March 1920Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland, JPMayor of Deptford, 1914–19 [3]
4 March 1920Maj. Nevile Robwell Wilkinson, CVOUlster King of Arms [3]
4 March 1920Ralph Molyneux CombeChief Justice of Nigeria [3]
4 March 1920Hon. Thomas Lynedoch Graham Judge President of the Eastern Districts Local Division, Capte of Good Hope Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa [3]
4 March 1920 Reginald Gray, KCLately Attorney-General of the Bermundas or Somers Islands [3]
4 March 1920 David Ernest Hutchins [3]
4 March 1920 Frederick Spencer Lister, MRCS [3]
4 March 1920Hon. Cornelius Hermanus Wessels Administrator of the Orange Free State Provincie in the Union of South Africa [3]
6 May 1920 Henry Chartres Biron Chief Magistrate of the Police Courts of the Metropolis [4]
10 June 1920Hon. Walter Synnot Manifold President of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. Announced on 1 January 1920. [5] [6]
25 June 1920Col. William Alfred Churchman Announced 1 January 1920 [7]
25 June 1920Philip Herbert Hanson, CBAnnounced 1 January 1920 [7]
25 June 1920 James Richard Thursfield, MAAnnounced 1 January 1920 [7]
25 June 1920Sidney Robert Alexander, MDMayor of Faversham, 1908–19 [7]
25 June 1920 Hugh Percy Allen, MA, MusDocDirector of the Royal College of Music [7]
25 June 1920Professor Frederick William Andrewes, MD, FRSPathologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital [7]
25 June 1920Capt. David Wilson BarkerCaptain Superintendent of the Training Ship Worcester [7]
25 June 1920Sydney Beauchamp"Resident Medical Officer to the British Delegation during nearly the whole of the Peace Conference in Paris" [7]
25 June 1920 William Barrott Montfort Bird [7]
25 June 1920John Brown, JP [7]
25 June 1920Francis Morgan Bryant, CBE, MVO, ISO [7]
25 June 1920 Arthur Benjamin Bryceson "Town Clerk of Woolwich for over 18 years" [7]
25 June 1920Maj. Gerald Arthur Fowler Burton [7]
25 June 1920Robert Burton Chadwick, MP [7]
25 June 1920Ernest Clark, CBESecretary of the Royal Commission on the Income Tax [7]
25 June 1920Hon. James Daniel Connolly Agent-General for the State of Western Australia [7]
25 June 1920His Honour Judge John Walker Craig, KC [7]
25 June 1920Walter Erskine Crum, OBE [7]
25 June 1920Philip DawsonMember of the Disposal Board, Ministry of Munitions [7]
25 June 1920Joseph Dobbie [7]
25 June 1920Robert Henry GlanfieldPresident of the Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers' Federation [7]
25 June 1920 Wemyss Grant-Wilson, MA, LLM, JP [7]
25 June 1920Henry GreggMayor of Tynemouth, 1913–18 [7]
25 June 1920Alderman Charles O'Brien Harding, JP, LRCPMayor of Eastbourne in 1903 and from 1916 to 1919 [7]
25 June 1920Edgar Josiah Harper, FSIChief Valuer, Inland Revenue Department [7]
25 June 1920Professor James Blacklock Henderson, DSc [7]
25 June 1920Lt-Col. Maxwell Hicks, CBE [7]
25 June 1920Alderman James Peace Hinchliffe, JPChairman of West Riding of Yorkshire County Council [7]
25 June 1920 Harry Hope, MP [7]
25 June 1920 Louis Stanley Johnson, MP [7]
25 June 1920Henry S. Keith, JPProvost of Hamilton [7]
25 June 1920Walter Guy Coffin KirkwoodLately Secretary of the Post Office, Edinburgh [7]
25 June 1920Thomas Joseph LennardVice-President of the Royal Colonial Institute [7]
25 June 1920Maj. Charles McIver [7]
25 June 1920Maj. George Espec John Manners, DL, JP [7]
25 June 1920Samuel Meeson MorrisMayor of Shrewsbury, 1901–02, and 1916–18 [7]
25 June 1920William NobleChief Engineer, General Post Office [7]
25 June 1920William Payne Perry, CBDirector of Finance, War Office [7]
25 June 1920Ernest RomeySolicitor [7]
25 June 1920George RoyleMayor of Bedford, 1903 [7]
25 June 1920James Simpson, LLB [7]
25 June 1920Albert Frederick Stephenson, JP [7]
25 June 1920William Henry Veno [7]
25 June 1920Henry William Verey [7]
25 June 1920William Howell Walters [7]
25 June 1920Zachariah WheatleyMayor of Abergavenny [7]
25 June 1920 Henry Alexander Wickham [7]
25 June 1920Jeremiah Wilson, CMGLately Postmaster-General of the Union of South Africa [7]
25 June 1920 James Lawton Wingate President of the Royal Scottish Academy [7]
25 June 1920 John Carruthers Beattie, DScPrincipal of the University of Cape Town in the Union of South Africa [7]
25 June 1920Colin Rees DaviesChief Justice of the Bermudas or Somers Islands [7]
25 June 1920Lt-Col. Herman Melville HeymanRhodesian Reserve Volunteers, Bulawayo; Member of the Legislative Council of Souther Rhodesia [7]
25 June 1920Hon. Joseph Henry Hood Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria [7]
25 June 1920Capt. (brevet Maj.) Edward Humphrey Manisty Leggett, DSOChairman, East Africa Section, London Chamber of Commerce [7]
25 June 1920 John Roberts, CMG [7]
19 July 1920Hon. Walter Henry LeePremier of the State of Tasmania. Announced 1 January 1920. [6] [5]
23 July 1920Charles Henry KestevenSolicitor to the Government of India. Announced 1 January 1920. [7]
23 July 1920Henry Hubert Hayden, CSI, CIE, DScDirector, Geological Survey of India. Announced 5 June 1920. [7]
12 August 1920William Arthur BeardsellSheriff of Madras. Announced 1 January 1919. [7]
12 August 1920Mr Justice Rigby Philip Watson Smith [7]
12 August 1920Mr Justice Edward Acton [7]
14 October 1920Maj. George Alexander DolbyMayor of Poole, 1917–20 [7] [8]
14 October 1920Curtis George Ashdown [8]
14 October 1920Charles Eves [8]

Knighthoods announced in 1920 but where the date of investiture is unknown or after 1921

It was announced on 1 January 1920 that Gerald Aubrey Goodman was to be knighted, [6] but he was unable to attend the investiture ceremonies held before late March. [3] He was styled as a knight in The Edinburgh Gazette in December 1920, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Straits Settlement. [9]

The Rt Hon. Richard Watkins Richards, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, was also included in the 1920 New Year Honours published on 1 January 1920, [6] but no record of his investiture has been found in The London Gazette.

The following were announced in the New Year Honours for India on 1 January 1920; they were to be dubbed by the Viceroy of India at a later date, an event which was not recorded in The London Gazette; [10] some were later dubbed by the king in 1921.

Date conferredNameNotes
Mr Justice Nalini Ranjan Chatterji Judge, High Court, Calcutta
25 June 1921Mr Justice Basanta Kumar Mullick Indian Civil Service; Judge, Patna High Court, Bihar and Orissa. Dubbed by the King on 25 June 1921. [11]
Malcolm Nicholson Hogg Partner in Forbes, Forbes, Campbell & Co., Bombay
25 June 1921 Thomas Joseph Strangman Advocate-General, Bombay. Dubbed by the King on 25 June 1921. [11]
Robert Stanes Merchant, Madras
25 June 1921 Percy Wilson Newson Senior Partner, Jardine, Skinner & Co., Calcutta. Dubbed by the King on 25 June 1921. [11]
Robert Taylor Senior Partner, John Taylor and Sons, London, and Director of the Mysore Gold Mining Company Ltd, London

The following were announced in the New Year Honours for India on 5 January 1920; they were to be dubbed by the Viceroy of India at a later date, an event which was also not recorded in The London Gazette: [12]

NameNotes
Col. Hormasjee Eduljee Banatvala, CSI (Indian Medical Service)Lately Inspector-General, Civil Hospitals, Assam
Diwan Bahadur Pitti Thyagaraya Chetti GaruPresident of the Corporation, Madras
Abdul Karim Abdul Shakur Jamal Merchant of Burma
Lallubhai Asharam Shah A Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Bombay
Thomas Robert John Ward, CIE, MVOInspector-General of Irrigation, Punjab

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References

  1. ↑ "Knight Bachelor", Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Edinburgh Gazette , issue 13545 (1 January 1920), pp. 2-3.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 The London Gazette , issue 31830 (19 March 1920), pp. 3431-3432.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette , issue 31891 (7 May 1920), p. 5242.
  5. 1 2 The London Gazette , issue 32173 (24 December 1920), p. 12582.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Colonial Office List", The Times (London), 1 January 1920, p. 14.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 The London Gazette , issue 32035 (31 August 1920), pp. 8860-8861.
  8. 1 2 3 The London Gazette , issue 32086 (15 October 1920), p. 9995.
  9. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette , issue 13657 (3 December 1920), p. 2628.
  10. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette , issue 13579 (23 March 1920), p. 835.
  11. 1 2 3 The London Gazette , issue 32461 (20 September 1921), p. 7381.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette , issue 32035 (31 August 1920), p. 8861.
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