1902 Birthday Honours

The 1902 Birthday Honours were announced on 10 November 1902, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII the previous day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.

The list was published in The Times 10 November 1901,^[1] and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on 9 November 1902^[2] and on 28 November 1902.^[3]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, etc.) and then division (Military, Civil).

Privy Council

The Lord Revelstoke
Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale, Baronet, KCVO, MP
George Henry Finch, Esq., MP
Henry Hobhouse, Esq., MP
The Honourable Sir Richard John Cartwright, GCMG, Minister of Trade and Commerce of the Dominion of Canada

Baronet

Matthew Arthur, Esq.
Frederick George Banbury, Esq., MP
Alexander Hargreaves Brown, Esq., MP
Samuel Chisholm, Esq., late Lord Provost of Glasgow
Colonel William Thomas Makins, a former MP
John Gardiner Nutting, Esq.
Augustus Prevost, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England
Charles Bine Renshaw, Esq., MP

Knight Bachelor

Edward Fleet Alford, Esq.
Robert Rowand Anderson, Esq., LL.D., FRSE
John Elijah Blunt, Esq., CB
Robert Hudson Borwick, Esq.
Thomas Henry Brooke-Hitching, Sheriff of the City of London
John Mowlem Burt, Esq.
William John Crump, Esq.
William Thomas Dupree, Esq.
Charles John Follett, Esq., CB, Solicitor to the Commissioners of Customs
Walter Gray, Esq.
Robert Mitton Hensley, Esq., Chairman of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
John Hollams, Esq.
James Hoy, Esq.
Colonel Edwin Hughes, a former MP
Edward Letchworth, Esq., FSA
Colonel John Roper Parkinson
Colonel Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, MP
Henry Seton-Karr, Esq., MP
John Sherburn, Esq.
George Wyatt Truscott, Sheriff of the City of London
Max Leonard Waechter, Esq.
The Honourable William Arbuckle, President of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Natal
Lewis Michell, Esq., late General Manager of the Standard Bank of South Africa and Chairman of the Martial Law Board in the Cape Colony
John Winthrop Hackett, MA, Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Western Australia (included in the official list, but apparently declined the knighthood)
William Meigh Goodman, Esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong Kong
Henry Alleyne Bovell, Esq., Chief Justice of British Guiana
The Honourable William Jukes Steward, late Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Colony of New Zealand

Order of the Bath

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

Military Division

Admiral Sir Robert Henry More-Molyneux, KCB.
Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, GCVO, KCB.
Admiral the Lord Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas-Scott, KCB.

Civil Division (Honorary)

His Imperial Highness Prince Arisugawa of Japan.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division (Honorary)

His Excellency General R. Gorjão, of the Portuguese Army, Governor-General of the Province of Mozambique.

Civil Division

Sir Charles Howard, CB.
George Christopher Trout Bartley, Esq., MP.
Robert William Arbuthnot Holmes, Esq., CB.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Civil Division

Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Henry Charles Woods, CVO, MD.
James Stewart Davy, Esq.
Harry de la Rose Burrard Farnall, Esq., CMG.
Arthur Wilson Fox, Esq.
Walter Jack Howell, Esq.
Lieutenant-General John Wimburn Laurie, MP.
Gordon William Miller, Esq.
George Martineau, Esq.
Colonel Charles Wyndham Murray, MP.
William Henry Power, Esq., FRS, MRCS.
John Struthers, Esq.
Arthur Theodore Thring, Esq.
John White, Esq.
Percy Woods, Esq.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

Sir James Lyle Mackay, KCIE, late His Majesty's Special Commissioner and Plenipotentiary for Commercial Negotiations with China.

Honorary

His Excellency Count Matsugata, formerly Prime Minister of Japan.

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

Henry Austin Lee, Esq., CB, Secretary of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service and Commercial Attaché to His Majesty's Embassy at Paris, and to His Majesty's Legations at Brussels and Berne.
Major-General George Arthur French, CMG, late Commandant of the Military Forces of the State of New South Wales.
Donald William Stewart, Esq., CMG, Chief Commissioner, Ashanti.

Honorary

His Highness Ahmad Maatham Shah, Sultan of Pahang.
Colonel José Joaquim Machado, of the Portuguese Army, late Governor-General of Mozambique.
Captain Cornelius Álvaro da Costa Ferreira, of the Portuguese Navy, late Governor-General of Mozambique.
Viscount Meirelles do Canto e Castro, Governor of the Mozambique Company.

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

Claude Coventry Mallet, Esq., His Majesty's Consul at Panama.
Robert William Mansfield. Esq., His Majesty's Consul at Amoy.
Edward Marsh Merewether, Esq., Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Malta.
Walter Edward Davidson, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal.
William Henry Williams Strachan, Esq., Chief Medical Officer of the Colony of Lagos.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Craigie Fitz Hardinge Vincent, Commandant of Volunteers in the Island of Ceylon.
Claude Delaval Cobham, Esq., MA, BCL, Commissioner of Larnaca, in the Island of Cyprus.
Frederic Dudley North, Esq., Clerk of the Executive Council and Under Secretary in the Premier's Department of the State of Western Australia.

For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in South Africa

Maurice Smethurst Evans, Esq., Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of Natal, and Chairman of the Invasion Losses Enquiry Commission.
Robert Hugh Henderson, Esq., late Mayor of Kimberley.
Charles Southey, Esq., of Culmstock, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Victor Albert Francis Charles, Viscount Churchill, KCVO, Lord-in-Waiting.
General Frederick Augustus, Baron Chelmsford, GCB, Gold Stick-in-Waiting.
Horace Brand, Baron Farquhar, KCVO, Master of the Household.
Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford, Bt., GCB, KCSL, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitz-Hardinge Kingscote, KCB, Extra Equerry to His Majesty.
Admiral Sir Henry Frederick Stephenson, KCB, Extra Equerry to His Majesty.
Major-General Sir Henry Trotter, KCVO, Commanding Home District.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale, Bt., MP, Lord Mayor of London.
Sir John James Trevor Lawrence, Bt.
Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, Bt.
General Godfrey Clerk, CB, Groom in Waiting to His Majesty.

Honorary

Baron Hermann von Eckhardtstein, CVO, Councillor and First Secretary of the German Embassy.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Major-General Hugh Richard, Viscount Downe, CB, CIE.
Rear-Admiral the Honourable Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe, CB, CMG, Second in Command of the Channel Squadron.
Major-General Laurence James Oliphant, CB, MVO.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig, CMG, Extra Equerry to His Majesty.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Hanbury-Williams, CMG, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War.
Captain David Nairn Welch, MVO, RN.
Major-General John Cecil Russell, Extra Equerry to His Majesty.
Colonel Francis Aylmer Graves-Sawle, Coldstream Guards, Commanding the Regiment and Regimental District.

Honorary

Chevalier Edoardo De Martino, MVO, Marine Painter to His Majesty.

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

Captain the Honourable Alwyn Henry Fulke Greville, Extra Equerry to His Majesty.
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Harbord, CB, Commanding 1st Battalion Scots Guards.
Sir George Clement Martin, Organist of St Paul's Cathedral.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Streatfeild, Private Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief.
Brevet Major Arthur Charles Malleson Waterfield, 11th (Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers.
Frederick William Hewitt, Esq., MD, Honorary Anaesthetist to His Majesty.
Donald James Mackintosh, Esq., MB.
Lieutenant Gerald Rivers Maltby, RN, Assistant Secretary to the Imperial Institute.

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

Second Lieutenant the Honourable Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett, Coldstream Guards.
Rowland Bailey, Esq., of His Majesty's Office of Works.

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

Mrs. Crowlie, in recognition of her services to the sick and wounded seamen and marines who were under treatment in Tientsin Hospital in June and July 1900.

References

↑ "Birthday Honours". The Times (36921). London. 10 November 1902. p. 10.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27493. pp. 7161–7163. 7 November 1902.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27499. p. 8253. 28 November 1902.

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)

Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

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