1879 Birthday Honours

The 1879 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 1879.^[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

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

The Right Honourable Lord Lyons GCB DCL Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic
The Right Honourable Lord Odo William Leopold Russell GCB Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia
Sir Antonio Micallef KCMG President of the Court of Appeal in the Island of Malta

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

Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau Kt formerly Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
William Taylour Thomson CB late Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Shah of Persia
William Pearce Howland CB formerly Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario
Charles Tupper CB Minister of Public Works for the Dominion of. Canada
Samuel Leonard Tilley CB Minister of Finance for the Dominion of Canada
George Buckley Mathew CB late Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil
George Welsh Kellner CSI late Financial Commissioner in Cyprus
Major-General Edward Wolstenholme Ward CMG late Deputy Master of the Branch Mint at Sydney
Dr. Ferdinand von Mueller CMG Government Botanist, Victoria
George Brown, Member of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada
Alexander Campbell, Receiver-General of the Dominion of Canada
Richard John Cartwright, lately Finance Minister of the Dominion of Canada
Edward William Stafford, formerly Prime Minister of New Zealand
William Fox, formerly Prime Minister of New Zealand

Honorary Knight Commander

His Excellency Rachad Pacha, late Governor of Gallipoli

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

James Armstrong, Chief Justice of the Island of Saint Lucia
Colonel Henry Wray, Royal Engineers, lately Commanding Royal Engineers in Malta, and specially employed in directing the Drainage Works of Malta
Colonel Peter Henry Scratchley, Royal Engineers, specially employed in Superintending Works of Defence in the Australian Colonies
Lieutenant-Colonel John Terence Nicolls O'Brien, Inspector-General of Police, Mauritius
Major John Frederick Adolphus McNair RA Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-General, Straits Settlements
Christopher Rolleston, Auditor-General of New South Wales
Edward Richardson, formerly Minister of Public Works, New Zealand
William James Mudie Larnach, lately Treasurer of New Zealand
Thomas Berkeley Hardtman-Berkeley, Member of the Executive Council of Saint Christopher and Vice-President of the Federal Council of the Leeward Islands
William Brandford Griffith, Auditor-General, Barbados
Patrick Jennings, Executive Commissioner for the Industrial Exhibition, New South Wales
Joseph Henderson, of Natal, selected as Commissioner to inquire into the Finances of the Transvaal
Hugh Low, British Resident at Perak, in the Malay Peninsula
George Bentham FRS FLS of Victoria, author of the Flora Australiensis^[3]

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 24726. pp. 3597–3598. 24 May 1879.
↑ "The Queen's Birthday". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 24 May 1879. p. 10.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 24730. p. 3730. 3 June 1879.

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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