1873 Birthday Honours

The 1873 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria 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 Queen, and were published in The London Gazette on 24 May 1873.^[1]

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

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

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

Military Division

Royal Navy

Admiral Sir Provo William Parry Wallis KCB
Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin Bt KCB
Admiral Thomas, Earl of Lauderdale KCB
Admiral Sir Lewis Tobias Jones KCB

Army

General Sir Henry George Andrew Taylor KCB
General Sir George Bowles KCB
General Sir Abraham Roberts KCB
General Sir James Charles Chatterton Bt KCB
General Sir William Henry Elliott KCB
Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney John Cotton KCB
Lieutenant-General Sir John Bloomfield KCB
Lieutenant-General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron KCB

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division

Royal Navy

Admiral Henry Smith CB
Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley Bt
Vice-Admiral George St. Vincent King CB
Admiral Charles Eden CB
Vice-Admiral the Honourable James Robert Drummond CB
Rear-Admiral John Walter Tarleton CB
Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell CB
Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper Key CB

Army

Lieutenant-General Francis Warde
Lieutenant-General Frederick William Hamilton CB
Lieutenant-General Arthur Mitford Becher CB
Lieutenant-General Charles Trollope CB
Lieutenant-General Edward Cooper Hodge CB
Lieutenant-General the Honourable Alexander Hamilton-Gordon CB
Lieutenant-General John Fordyce
Lieutenant-General Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy CB
Major-General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy
Major-General Charles Henry Ellice CB
Major-General Richard Wilbraham CB
Major-General James Duncan Macpherson CB
Major-General Edmund Haythorne
Major-General Henry Drury Harness CB
Major-General Henry Wylie Norman CB
Colonel John Miller Adye CB
Surgeon-General William Mure Muir MD CB

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Royal Navy

Rear-Admiral Edwin Clayton Tennyson d'Eyncourt
Rear-Admiral Arthur Mellersh
Rear-Admiral Robert Coote
Captain Julian Foulston Slight
Captain Thomas Saumarez
Captain William Andrew James Heath
Captain Cornelius Thomas Augustus Noddall
Captain Robert Gibson
Captain Augustus Chetham Strode

Army

General Edward Armstrong, Madras Infantry
Lieutenant-General Maurice Barlow
Lieutenant-General Matthew Smith
Lieutenant-General Henry Bates
Lieutenant-General George Staunton
Lieutenant-General James Travers VC Bengal Infantry
Major-General John Leslie Dennis
Major-General James Abbott, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery
Major-General John Stafford Paton, Bengal Staff Corps
Major-General Charles Elmhirst
Major-General Sir James Edward Alexander
Major-General Charles Arthur Barwell, Bengal Staff Corps
Major-General William Henry March, retired, Royal Marines
Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt
Colonel George Calvert Clarke, late 2nd Dragoons
Colonel Frederick Amelius Whimper
Colonel Edmund Augustus Whitmore
Colonel John Josiah Hort, Brigade Depot
Colonel James Croft Brooke, late 8th Regiment
Colonel Frederick Robert Elrington, Rifle Depot
Colonel Percy Archer Butler, late 28th Regiment
Colonel William Sankey, 62nd Regiment
Colonel Lord Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy
Colonel William James Loftus, late 38th Regiment
Colonel Henry Meade Hamilton, Brigade Depot
Colonel Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph, Royal Artillery
Colonel Bartholomew O'Brien, Brigade Depot
Colonel Cadwallader Adams, 49th Regiment
Colonel Henry Hamilton Maxwell, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery
Colonel Robert White, Brigade Depot
Colonel Charles Edward Parke Gordon, late 75th Regiment
Colonel David Scott Dodgson, Bengal Infantry
Colonel William James Esten Grant, Royal Artillery
Colonel John Desborough, Royal Artillery
Colonel Robert Cadell, Royal (late Madras) Artillery
Colonel Charles Malcolm Barrow, Bombay Staff Corps
Colonel Alfred Bassano, late 82nd Regiment
Colonel Arthur Howlett, Madras Staff Corps
Colonel Frederick William Burroughs, 93rd Regiment
Colonel George Whittle Mackenzie Hall, Bengal Staff Corps
Colonel Peter Stark Lumsden CSI Bengal Staff Corps
Colonel Shurlock Henning, 38th Regiment
Colonel John Hamilton Cox, late 75th Regiment
Colonel Arthur Bunny, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery
Colonel Charles Butler Peter Nugent Hodges Nugent, Royal Engineers
Lieutenant-Colonel William John Williams, Royal Artillery
Lieutenant-Colonel John Irvine Murray, Bengal Staff Corps
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Baigrie, Bombay Staff Corps
Lieutenant-Colonel Dominick Sarsfield Greene, Royal Artillery
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Richard Maunsell, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers
Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets John Rees MD (retired)
Inspector-General of Hospitals Richard Dane MD
Inspector-General of Hospitals Benjamin William Marlow MD
Surgeon-Major John Wyatt, Coldstream Guards
Deputy Controller Randolph Routh
Deputy Controller Henry Bartlett
Deputy Controller Alexander Crowder Crookshank

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Star of a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

His Excellency Maharajah Jung Bahadoor Kunwar Ranajee GCB Prime Minister of Nepal
General Sir John Low KCB Madras Infantry, formerly Political Resident at Lucknow and Hyderabad and Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India
Lieutenant-General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain KCB KCSI Bengal Infantry, late Commanding Punjab Irregular Force

Knight Commander (KCSI)

Nawab Khan Bahadoor Khwajah Muhammad Khan Khuttuk, of Kohat
George Campbell, Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
Alexander John Arbuthnot CSI Madras Civil Service, late Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras
Major-General Harry Burnett Lumsden CB Bengal Staff Corps, late Envoy to Candahar

Companion (CSI)

John Forbes David Inglis, Bengal Civil Service, Senior Member of the Board of Revenue, North-West Provinces, and additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Campbell McNeill, late Madras Staff Corps, formerly Agent to the Governor-General in Orissa
John Ware Edgar, Bengal Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, late Political Officer attached to the Looshai Expeditionary Force

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 23979. pp. 2583–2584. 24 May 1873.

Honours Lists

New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of Birthday Honours of new king (1902) and WWII (1940)

Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)

PM's Resignation Honours	1895 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 †Not issued

Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953

Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 1910 (January) 1910 (December) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 †Not issued

Special Honours	2009 2013 2014 2015 2016

Additional Honours	1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee)

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