1927 New Year Honours

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The New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1926. [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.

United Kingdom and British Empire

Viscount

Baron

Privy Councillor

The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:

Baronetcies

Knight Bachelor

Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
British India

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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Civil 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
Civil Division

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
  • Colonel (Local Colonel on the Staff) Charles Walker Scott CMG CBE DSO Colonel in charge of Administration, Gibraltar.
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Evan Gibb CMG CBE DSO Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Aldershot Command.
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Charles Howard Foulkes CMG DSO Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command.
  • Colonel Austin Claude Girdwood CMG DSO Brigade Commander, 158th (Royal Welch) Infantry Brigade.
  • Ordnance Officer 1st Class and Colonel Robert Henry McVittie CMG CBE Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, The British Troops in Egypt.
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel on the Staff) Sydney Capel Peck DSO Director of Artillery, The War Office.
  • Colonel Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston CIE CBE DSO Indian Army, General Staff Officer 1st Grade, India Office.
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Cyril Rodney Harbord CMG DSO Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade, Sialkot, India.
  • Colonel Corrie Hudson CIE DSO FRCSE Indian Medical Service, Assistant Director of Medical Services, Aden Brigade, Aden.
Royal Air Force
Civil Division
  • Rear-Admiral Arthur John Davies.
  • Instructor Captain Thomas Slator RN
  • Commander Kenneth Noel Humphreys RN
  • Charles John Tench Bedford Grylls CBE Commissioner and Joint Secretary, H.M. Board of Customs & Excise.
  • James Frederick George Price, Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour.
  • Henry Thomas Tizard AFC FRS Principal Assistant Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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)

  • His Highness Maharaja Gulab Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Rewa, Central India.

Companion (CSI)

  • Archibald Young Gipps Campbell CIE CBE VD Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, Madras.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson CIE Indian Army, Political Department, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana.
  • John Thomas Marten, Indian Civil Service Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces.
  • Blanchard Foley, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Bihar and Orissa.
  • Alexander Langley CIE Indian Civil Service, Commission, Lahore, Punjab.

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)

Honorary Knight Grand Cross

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

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

  • John Alexander of the City of Auckland, in recognition of his services to the Dominion of New Zealand.
  • Alexander Foulis Bell, a Member of the Dried Fruits Control Board, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Captain Lawrence Franklin Burgis MVO Principal, Offices of the Cabinet.
  • Charles John Cerutty, Auditor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Charles Westwood Earle, President of the New Zealand Newspaper Proprietors' Association.
  • Edward Maltby Bland, General Manager of the Nigerian Railway.
  • Ernest Frederick Colvile, Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland Protectorate. Member of the Executive Council and an Official Member of the Legislative Council of the Protectorate.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Fortnom Cox RA DSO Chief British Representative in Trans-Jordan.
  • John Pierce Hand MBE Member of the Executive Council and Member of the House of Assembly of Bermuda. represented the Colony at the Trade Conference at Ottawa, 1925.
  • Arthur Selborne Jelf, Colonial Secretary of Jamaica.
  • Robert Hormus Kotewall Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
  • George Nevile Maltby Bland, Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
  • William Stanley Edmonds OBE Consul-General attached, with the local rank of First Secretary, to His Majesty's Embassy in Turkey.
  • Horace Courtenay Forbes Finlayson, Financial Adviser to His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin.
  • Arthur James Croft Huddleston OBE Governor of the Blue Nile Province, Sudan.
  • Horace James Seymour, First Secretary at His Majesty's Embassy at Rome.
  • George Redston Warner, Counsellor in the Foreign Office.

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)

Companion (CIE)

  • Howard Denning, Indian Civil Service, Controller of the Currency, Calcutta, Bengal.
  • William Browne Brander CBE Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, Burma.
  • George Washington Hatch, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Central Division, Bombay.
  • Cecil Upton Wills, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Nagpur Division, Central Provinces.
  • Herbert Allardyce Lane, Indian Civil Service, Revenue and Judicial Secretary to Government, United Provinces.
  • Kaikhosru Sorabji Framji, Acting Chief Engineer and Joint Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Bombay.
  • Colonel William Harry Evans DSO Deputy Chief Engineer, Northern Command.
  • George Ernest Fawcus OBE VD Director of Public Instruction, Bihar and Orissa.
  • Frank Armitage, Inspector-General of Police, Madras.
  • Trevor Claude Simpson, Inspector-General of Police, Bengal.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Charles Tancock, Indian Army, Inspecting Officer. Frontier Corps, North-West Frontier Province.
  • Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lawrence Haughton, 11th Sikhs, Commandant, Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehra Dun.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Hannath Douglas Marshall OBE VD Aide-de-Camp, Commandant. Surma Valley Light Horse, Silchar, Assam.
  • Henry Duncan Graves Law, Indian Civil Service, His. Majesty's Consul at Kerman, Persian Gulf.
  • Rupert Willoughby Hanson, Postmaster-General, Madras Circle.
  • Hector Russell Wilkinson, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Wolfran Cornwall Indian Medical Service, lately Director, Southern India Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, India.
  • Rudolph David Anstead, Director of Agriculture, Madras.
  • David Milne, Director of Agriculture, Punjab.
  • William Roche, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, United Provinces.
  • Rai Biswambhar Rai Bahadur MBE Government Pleader, Krishnagar, Nadia District, Bengal.
  • Rai Tara Prasanna Mukharji Bahadur, Pleader, Vice-Chairman of the Burdwan District Board, Bengal.
  • Gopal Krishna Devadhar, Vice-President of the Servants of India Society, Bombay.
  • Chaudhri Chhaju Ram, of Alakhpura, Hissar District, Punjab.

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)

  • Paymaster Commander Herbert Martyn Boxer CMG RN (Dated 9 August 1926.)
  • John Henry Follows CBE
  • Arthur William Heasman OBE
  • Lieutenant Walter Douglas Campbell Greenacre, Welsh Guards.
  • Lieutenant Commander William Vesey Hamilton Harris, DSO RN (Dated 9 August 1926.)
  • Colonel Walter Frederick Kelsey.

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

  • William Macintosh (Dated 9 September 1926.)
  • George Harry Williams

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

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

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

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division
  • Hilda Maud Milsom, Principal Clerk in His Majesty's Private Secretary's Office.
  • Margaret Polson, Superintending Clerk (acting), Ministry of Health.

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

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The riband and badge of the "Companions of Honour"

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

First Class

Air Force Cross

Air Force Medal

King's Police Medal (KPM)

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King's Police Medal with the riband for gallantry
England and Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Australia
Union of South Africa
British India
Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

First Class

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References

  1. "No. 33235". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1926. pp. 1–10.