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The 1920 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette on 4 June 1920.[1]

Prince Albert, the future King George VI, led the honours list as the only new peer, being invested as the Duke of York, while more than 60 men were knighted.[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.

United Kingdom and British Empire

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Duke, Earl, Baron

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Privy Councillor

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

  • Frederick George Kellaway MP one of the Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions, December, 1916. Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to Ministry, 1918. Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy Minister, 1919. Member of Parliament for Bedford, 1910, and for Bedford Division, 1918. For Parliamentary Services
  • The Hon. François Stephanus Malan, Minister of Agriculture, Mines, Industries and Education, Union of South Africa. Acted as prime minister for eight months during General Botha's absence.

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

Baronetcies

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Knight Bachelor

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British India
  • Colonel Hormasjee Eduljee Banatvala CSI Indian Medical Service (retired), late Inspector-General, Civil Hospitals, Assam
  • Diwan Bahadur Pitta Thyagaraya Chetti Garu, President of the Corporation, Madras
  • Walter Erskine Crum OBE Partner of Messrs. Graham and Company, Calcutta, Bengal
  • Henry Hubert Hayden CSI CIE Director, Geological Survey of India
  • Abdul Karim Abdul Shakur Jamal CIE Merchant, Burma
  • Lallubhai Asharan Shah, Judge of the High Court, Bombay
  • Thomas Robert John Ward CIE MVO Inspector-General of Irrigation, Punjab
Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
  • John Carruthers Beattie Principal of the University of the Cape of Good Hope, Union of South Africa
  • The Hon. James Daniel Connolly, Agent-General for the State of Western Australia
  • Colin Rees Davies, Chief Justice of Bermuda
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Herman Melville Heyman, Member of the Legislative Council, Southern Rhodesia
  • The Hon. Joseph Henry Wood, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria
  • Major Edward Humphrey Manisty Leggett DSO Royal Engineers, Chairman East African Section, London Chamber of Commerce
  • Thomas Joseph Lennard, Vice-President of the Royal Colonial Institute
  • John Roberts CMG of the City of Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Henry Alexander Wickham, For services in connection with the rubber plantation industry in the Far East.
  • Jeremiah Wilson CMG lately Postmaster-General of the Union of South Africa

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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Civilian star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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

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Civil Division
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  • The Rt. Hon. Sir John Andrew, Baron Sumner. For work in connection with the Peace Treaty, and as Chairman of the London Reparation Committee

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

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Military Division
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Royal Navy
Army
Royal Air Force
Civil Division
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

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Military Division
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Royal Navy
Army
  • Major-General Charles William Grant Richardson CSI Deputy Quartermaster-General, India
  • Colonel Frederick James Moberley CSI DSO Director of Military Operations, India
  • Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Harry Simonds de Brett CMG DSO Assistant Adjutant-General
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Paul CMG CBE Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Air Force
  • Lieutenant-Colonel James Grimwood DSO OBE FSA
Civil Division
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  • Alfred William Cope, Second Secretary, Ministry of Pensions
  • John Whelan Dulanty CBE Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Munitions
  • Alexander Flint, Assistant Secretary, Admiralty
  • Alfred William Flux, Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade
  • Henry Leon French OBE Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture
  • Herman Cameron Norman CSI CBE British Minister, Teheran
  • Allan Paton, in Charge of Establishment at Hotel Majestic during the whole of Peace Conference
  • Henry Maunsel Richards, Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools, Board of Education
  • Charles Strachey, Principal Clerk, Colonial Office
  • Horace John Wilson CBE Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour

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)

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  • Sir George Stapylton Barnes KCB Ordinary Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council
  • Colonel Nawab Muhammad Nasrulla Khan, Heir-apparent to the Bhopal State, Central India

Companion (CSI)

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  • William John Joseph Howley, Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Madras
  • John Loader Maffey CIE Indian Civil Service, Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, Bengal
  • Charles Frederick Payne, Indian Civil Service, Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, Bengal
  • Jean Louis Rieu, Indian Civil Service, Bombay
  • Bertram Prior Standen CIE Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Central Provinces and Berar

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)

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

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Honorary Knight Commander

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

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  • James Richard Collins, Secretary to the Department of the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Crawford Douglas Douglas-Jones, Resident Commissioner in Southern and Northern Rhodesia
  • Joseph Adolphe Duclos, Member of the Council of Government, Mauritius
  • Walter Augustus Gale, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Edward Blackwell Jarvis, Chief Secretary to the Government, Uganda Protectorate
  • James Comyn Macgregor, Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland Protectorate
  • Hugh Charlie Marshall, Visiting Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia
  • Stephen Mills, Comptroller-General, Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Colonel Gerald Henry Summers, Deputy Commissioner and Officer Commanding the Troops, Somaliland Protectorate
  • Robert Gilbert Vansittart MVO Counsellor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service
  • William Frank Arthur Rattigan, First Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service
  • Commander Gerald Talbot RNVR OBE Naval Attaché to His Majesty's Legation at Athens
Honorary Companion
  • Sheikh Ali bin Salim CBE Assistant Liwali of Mombasa


The Most Eminent 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)

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  • John Ghest Cumming CSI CIE Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Bengal
  • Capt. His Highness Nawab Taley Muhammad Khan Sher Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Palanpur, Bombay
  • Herbert John Maynard CSI Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab

Companion (CIE)

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  • Charles Turner Allen, Cooper, Allen & Co., Cawnpore, United Provinces
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Chetwynd Rokeby Alfred Bond CBE late Indian Staff Corps
  • Charles William Egerton Cotton, Indian Civil Service, Collector of Customs, Calcutta
  • William Patrick Cowie, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay
  • Major Frederick Wernham Gerrard, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basrah, Mesopotamia
  • Khan Bahadur Muhammad Habibulla Sahib Bahadur, Ex-Member of the Executive Council of Madras
  • Percy Harrison, Indian Civil Service, Junior Member, Board of Revenue, United Provinces
  • Major Francis Henry Humphrys, Indian Army, Political Agent, Khyber, North-West Frontier Province
  • Claud Mackenzie Hutchinson, Imperial Agricultural Bacteriologist
  • Cowasji Jehangir, Junior OBE President, Bombay Municipality
  • Charles Burdett La Touche, Manager, Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway, Rajputana
  • Babu Akshoy Kumar Maitra, President and Founder of the Varendra Research Society in Rajshahi, Bengal
  • Abdul Majid, Legal Remembrancer, Assam
  • Sorabji Bezonji Mehta, Manager, Empress Mills, Nagpur
  • Ralph Sneyd Pearson, Forest Economist, Research Institute, Dehra Dun
  • Winter Charles Renouf, Indian Civil Service, Political Agent, Bahawalpur Agency, Punjab
  • John Reid, Indian Civil Service, Reforms Officer, Bihar and Orissa
  • Edward Cheke Smalley Shuttleworth, Commissioner of Police, Rangoon, Burma
  • Khan Bahadur Raja Sifat Bahadur, Governor of Yasin, Gilgit Agency, Kashmir
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Verney, Rifle Brigade, Military Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy

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)

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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

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

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  • Major George Gooding

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

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

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

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Civil Division
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  • Sir Percy Elly Bates Bt Voluntary services to the Ministry of Shipping for five years
  • Sir John Lorne MacLeod DL Lord Provost of Edinburgh throughout the War
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson KCMG KBE Agent-General for Queensland until end of 1919. For services to Board of Trade in connection with purchase and distribution of frozen meat for Allied Forces
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List

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

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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

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Civil Division
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Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

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First Class
  • Diwan Bahadur Tirumalai Desika Achariyar Avargal, President of the Trinchopoly District Board, Madras
  • Gopal Krishna Devdhar, Bombay
  • Reverend Father Matthews, Head of the Belgian Mission High School, Dalwal, Jhelum District, Punjab
  • The Reverend John McNeel, Missionary of the Church of Scotland, Seoul, Central Provinces
  • Dhanjibhai Hormasji Mehta, Medical Officer, Patao Hospital, Baroda
  • Olive Monahan, Madras
  • Shamrao Ramrao Moolgavkar, Principal
  • Medical Officer, Bikaner State, Rajputana
  • Reverend Mother Sacramento Clara Plamondon, Sister in St. Joseph's Leper Asylum, Burma
  • Ambalal Sarabhai, Ahmedabad, Bombay
  • Millicent Vere Webb, Lady Superintendent, Dufferin Victoria Hospital, Calcutta, Bengal

King's Police Medal (KPM)

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King's Police Medal with the riband for gallantry
British India
  • Nurzali, Fourth Grade Inspector;
  • Nur Mohammed, Third Grade Mounted Constable, both of the North-West Frontier Police;
  • Mohammed Hasan, Constable;
  • Lai Shahgul, Constable;
  • Hari Singh, Head Constable; and
  • Gul Mohammed, Mounted Head Constable, all of the Zhob and Loralai Police, on account of special services rendered on the North-West Frontier, in the Zhob Valley, and in Baluchistan during July and August, 1919, and January, 1920

Imperial Service Order (ISO)

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Home Civil Service
  • Richard Bullen Newton, Assistant in Department of Geology, British Museum
  • Arthur Robert Dawson MBE Collector of Customs and Excise, Cardiff
  • Frederick Pullen, Postmaster-Surveyor, Glasgow
  • Charles Proctor, FIC Superintending Analyst, Department of the Government Chemist
  • George Edward Ambrose, Chief Clerk, National Gallery
  • William Ragle Clark FRSE Keeper of Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Scottish Education Department
  • Robert Duncan, Staff Officer, Veterinary Branch, Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland
Overseas Dominions
  • D'Arcy Wentworth Addison, Under Secretary for Tasmania
  • Thomas Noel Brodrick OBE Under Secretary of the Lands and Survey Department, New Zealand
  • Henry Carr, Resident of the Colony of Nigeria
  • Edwin Tiptree Drake, Secretary for Public Works, Victoria
  • Benjamin Harry Friend, Principal Parliamentary Reporter, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Joseph Peascod Harper, Surveyor-General, Federated Malay States
  • William James Mackay, Chief Collector of Customs, Cyprus
  • Richard Horton O'Dwyer, Commissioner of Public Charities, Newfoundland
  • Malcolm Lindsay Shepherd, Secretary, Prime Minister's Department, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Percival Stevens, Inspector of Mines, Trinidad
Indian Civil Service
  • Arthur Miller, Second Class Clerk, Higher Grade, in the India Office Library
  • William Ernest Mitchell, Superintendent, Central Jail, Vellore, Madras
  • M. R. Ry. Diwaoa Bahadur Pasupuleti Parankusam Nayudu, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Madras
  • Ethelbert Edward Thomas, Superintendent, Central Jail, Nagpur, Central Provinces
  • Raj Bahadur Pandit Brij Jiwan Lai, Extra Assistant Commissioner, Merwara, Ajmer-Merwara
  • Lieutenant James William Fairley, Superintendent, Civil Commissioner's Office, Baghdad
  • Raj Bahadur Prasanna Kumar Basu, Registrar, Reforms Office
  • Joseph Lilly de Vine, Nagpur
  • Raj Sahib Mahendra Nath Bhattacharji, Personal Assistant to the Surgeon to the Governor of Bengal
  • Richard Arnold Matthews, Superintendent, Provincial Civil Secretariat, Punjab
  • Khan Biahadur Ghulam Yasim Ghulam Mustapha, Director of the Pritchard Salt Works, Kharaghoda, Bombay

Imperial Service Medal (ISM)

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British India
  • Goodoo Miah Muhammad Ghouse, late Council Dubash, Chief Secretariat, Fort St. George, Madras
  • Mohamed Jaffar Ghulam Dastagir, Chief Laboratory Attendant, Office of the Government Agricultural Chemist, Madras
  • Egambaram Rangaswami Doss, late Chief Attendant, Medical College, Madras
  • Narayan Ramji Katke, late Naik in the Office of the Executive Engineer, Foona District, Bombay
  • Pampamiya Sayad Mir, late Chaukidar in the Ahmednagar District, Bombay
  • Prayagdin, late Forest Guard, Central Provinces

References

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  1. ^ "No. 31931". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1920. pp. 6313–6320.
  2. ^ "Birthday Honours List – Prince Albert, Duke of York". The Times. 5 June 1920. p. 15.
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