1904 Birthday Honours

The 1904 Birthday Honours for the British Empire were announced on 8 and 11 November, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII on 9 November.^[1]^[2]

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

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

Military Division

Admiral Sir Compton Edward Domvile, GCVO, KCB.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division

Vice-Admiral Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe.
Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, KCMG.
Lieutenant-General William Purvis Wright.

Civil Division

Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, KCMG, CB.
William Henry Mahoney Christie, Esq., CB.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Major-General William Campbell.

Civil Division

Chief Inspector of Machinery James Melrose, RN.
Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux, Esq., CMG.
R. Gundry, Esq.
Charles Alexander Harris, Esq., CMG.
The Honourable Charles Algernon Parsons.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

Sir Montagu Frederick Ommanney, KCB, KCMG, ISO, Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and Secretary to the Most Distinguished Order.
His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, GCVO, KCB, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy.

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

John Pickersgill Rodger, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast Colony.
William Grey-Wilson, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands.
Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of British Honduras.
Thomas Ekins Fuller, Esq., CMG, Agent General in London for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Vice-Admiral Reginald Neville Custance, CVO.

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

Captain Robert Archibald James Montgomerie, RN, CB, ADC, late Senior Naval Officer, engaged in the protection of the Newfoundland Fisheries.
The Honourable Alfred Dobson, Agent-General in London for the State of Tasmania.
Philip Clarke Cork, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Colony of British Honduras.
Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Major John Alder Burdon, First Class Resident, Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
Francis Watts, Esq., Director of Agriculture in the Island of Antigua, and Analytical and Agricultural Chemist for the Colony of the Leeward Islands.
Major Dudley Henry Alexander, Private Secretary to the Right Honourable the Earl of Ranfurly, GCMG, while Governor of the Colony of New Zealand.
Charles Walter Boyd, Esq., Joint Secretary, the Rhodes Trust.
Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, Esq., a Councillor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, attached to His Majesty's Agency at Cairo.
Colonel Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters, CVO, formerly Military Attaché to His Majesty's Embassies at St. Petersburg and Berlin.
John Gerolimato, Esq., His Majesty's Vice-Consul at Harar. For services during the operations in Somaliland.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Charles Henry, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, CB, ADC, Colonel, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Major-General Ronald Bertram Lane, CVO, CB.

Honorary

Henri Charles Joseph, Marquis de Breteuil.
Alfred Therese Armand, Marquis du Lau d'Allemand.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Honorary

Capitaine de Frégate Kimon Jean Lembessis, Aide-de-Camp to His Royal Highness Prince George of Greece.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

Esme William Howard, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General for the Island of Crete.

References

^ "No. 27732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 November 1904. pp. 7255–7256.
^ "No. 27734". The London Gazette. 11 November 1904. p. 7261.

[1] "No. 27732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 November 1904. pp. 7255–7256.

[2] "No. 27734". The London Gazette. 11 November 1904. p. 7261.

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