1866 Birthday Honours

The 1866 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 25 May and 29 May 1866.^[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.

United Kingdom and British Empire

Duke and Earl

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert KG KT, as Earl of Ulster, Earl of Kent, and Duke of Edinburgh^[3]

Earl

The Right Honourable John, Baron Wodehouse, by the name, style, and title of Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley, in the county of Norfolk

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 Commander (KCSI)

The Rajah Shreemun Maharajah Chuttroputtee Shahabe Dam Altafhoo, of Kolhapoor
Cecil Beadon, Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor, of Hyderabad, in the Deccan
Donald Friell McLeod CB Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab
The Maharajah Jeypercash Singh Bahadoor, of Deo, in Behar
Henry Ricketts, Bengal Civil Service (Retired), late Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India
The Maharajah Mirza Gajapati Raz Maune Sultan
Bahadoor, Zemindar of Vizianagram, Member of Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations
Henry Byng Harington, Bengal Civil Service (Retired), late Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India
The Maharajah Dig Bijye Singh, of Bulrampoor
Walter Elliot, Madras Civil Service (Retired), late Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras
Sharf-ul-Omrah Bahadoor, Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations
Thomas Pycroft, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras
The Rajah Jymungul Singh, of Gidhore, in Monghyr
John Macpherson Macleod, Madras Civil Service (Retired), Member of the Indian Law Commission
The Rajah Dinkur Rao, late Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations
Major-General Isaac Campbell Coffin, Madras Army, late Commanding the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force
The Rajah Radhakanth Deb
Major-General George St Patrick Lawrence CB Bengal Staff Corps, late Agent to the Governor-General of India at Rajpootana
The Rajah of Drangadra
Major-General George Moyle Sherer, late Bengal Army, sometime commanding the 73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
The Rajah Deo Narain Singh, of Benares
Major-General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton Kt Royal (late Madras) Engineers
Meer Shere Mahomed, of Meerpoor
Major-General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain KCB Bengal Army, late commanding the Punjab Irregular Force
The Rajah Sahib Dyal Missar, Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations
George Udny Yule CB Bengal Civil Service, resident at Hyderabad
Tanjore Madava Rao Dewan, of Travancore
Charles John Wingfield CB Bengal Civil Service, late Chief Commissioner of Oude
The Thakoor Rawul Jeswunt Singjee, of Bhownuggur
Colonel Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes KCB Bengal Army, Commissioner and Agent to the Governor-General of India in the Cis-Sutlej States, Hakeem Saadut Ali Khan
Colonel Arnold Burrowes Kemball CB Royal (late Bombay) Artillery, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia
Sirdar Nihal Singh Chachi
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Wilkinson, late Bengal Army, sometime resident at Nagpoor
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wallace, Bombay Staff Corps, late resident at Baroda
Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Rodes Green CB Bombay Staff Corps, Political Superintendent in Upper Scinde
Major George Wingate, late Bombay Engineers, sometime Member of the Survey Commission at Bombay

Companion (CSI)

The Nawab Syed Asghur Ali Khan
Fleetwood Williams, Bengal Civil Service, Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit for the Meerut Division
The Nawab Foujdar Khan
Charles Raikes, Bengal Civil Service (retired), late Judge of the Sudder Dewannee and Nizamut Adawlut, North West Provinces
The Rajah Bindessery Pershad, of Sirgooja and Oodeypoor
Samuel Mansfield, Bombay Civil Service, Commissioner in Scinde
The Rajah Pertab Chund Singh
Arthur Austin Roberts CB Benga Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner in the Punjab
The Rajah Sutto Chund Ghosal
Cudbert Bensley Thornhill, Bengal Civi Service, Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit at Allahabad
The Rajah Yelugoti Kumara Yachamu Nayuda Bahadoor, Zemindar of Veukatagiri
William Ford, Bengal Civil Service Commissioner at Mooltan
The Rajah Bhowanee Singh, of Mynpoorie
William Rose Robinson, Madras Civi Service, Inspector-General of Police, Madras Presidency
Colonel Crawford Trotter Chamberlain, Bengal Staff Corps, Commandant of the 1st Benga Cavalry
The Rajah Sheoraj Singh, of Kasheepoor
Colonel Richard Strachey, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, late Secretary in the Public Works Department, Government of India
The Rajah Teekum Singh, of Morsan
Colonel Reynell George Taylor CB Bengal Staff Corps, Commissioner in the Punjab
The Rajah Jeswunt Rao, of Etawah
Colonel Alfred Thomas Wilde CB Madras Staff Corps, Commanding the Punjab Irregular Force
Dhe Rajah of Bansee, Goruckpoor
Colonel William Frederick Marriott, Bombay Staff Corps, Military Secretary to Government at Bombay
The Rajah Hurdeo Bux Bahadoor, of Kutyaree
Richard Temple, Bengal Civil Service, Chief Commissioner in the Central Provinces
The Rajah Dig Bijye Singh, of Morarmow
John Walter Sherer, Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector in Bundlecund
The Dewan Cheeboo Lama
James Davidson Gordon, Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector at Pubna
The Dewan Moolla Buksh, of Patna
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward John Lake, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, Financial Commissioner in the Punjab
Sirdar Soorut Singh, of Benares
Lieutenant-Colonel John Colpoys Haughton, Bengal Staff Corps, Commissioner at Cooch-Behar
Syud Azimooddeen Hussun Khan Bahadoor
William Mackenzie MD CB Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Madras Establishment
Syud Hussun al Edroos, of Surat
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard John Meade, Bengal Army, Agent for the Governor-General of India in Central India
Ruggonath Row Wittul, Chief of Vinchoor
Major Richard Harte Keatinge VC Bombay Staff Corps, Political Agent at Kattywar
Ghulam Ali Khan, Jaghirdar of Bunganapalle
Major William McNeile, Bengal Staff Corps, Deputy Commissioner in the Punjab
Baboo Prosunno Comar Tagne
Major John William Younghusband, Bombay Staff Corps, Inspector-General of Police in the Hyderabad Districts
Baboo Amendanath Roy, of Nattore
Eyre Burton Powell, Director of Public Instruction at Madras
Madanna Juggah Rao, of Rajahmundry
Sheth Maomull, of Kurrachee
John Fleming, of Bombay
Gajalu Lakshminarasu Seth
Abdoollah David Sassoon, of Bombay

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 23119. pp. 3126–3129. 25 May 1866.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 23121. p. 3195. 29 May 1866.
↑ Methodist Magazine and Review. W. Briggs. 1900. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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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