1890 Birthday Honours

The 1890 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 20 May 1890^[1] and in The Times on 21 May 1890.^[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

Privy Councillor

The Queen appointed the following to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:

Victor Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Paymaster-General.
William Lawes Jackson MP Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

Baronetcies

Sir Henry Wentworth Acland KCB Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford.
Lt.-Col. William Wallace Hozier of Mauldslie.

Knight Bachelor

William Arrol, of Seafield, Ayrshire, contractor for the Forth Bridge
Robert Stickney Blaine, of Path.
His Honour Judge Lloyd Reginald John Cust, Chief Commissioner of the West India Encumbered Estates Commission.
William Gray, of Hartlepool.
Francis Godschall Johnson, Chief Justice of the Superior Court, Quebec.
Henry Ludlow, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands.
Robert John Pinsent DCL Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, Newfoundland.
Henry Beyer Robertson, of Palé.
Henry Trueman Wright Wood, secretary to the Society of Arts.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Civil Division

Col. Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford KCSI Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
Henry George Calcraft CB Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Civil Division

Hugh Guion MacDonell CMG Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Copenhagen.
William Chandler Roberts-Austen, Chemist and Assayer of the Royal Mint.
Alfred Biliotti CMG Her Majesty's Consul for the Island of Crete.
George Bullen, late Keeper of the Printed Books, British Museum.
Patrick Coll, Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland.
Lt.-Col. John Farquharson, Royal Engineers, of the Ordnance Survey Department.
Maj.-Gen. Charles Scrope Hutchinson, Royal Engineers (Retired), Inspector of Railways to the Board of Trade.
Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Chief Clerk, Exchequer and Audit Department.
Thomas Digby Pigott, Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Lt.-Col. Edward Vincent Stace (Bombay Staff Corps), Her Majesty's Consul for the Somali Coast.
Henry Thynne, Deputy Inspector-General Royal Irish Constabulary.

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)

Andrew Richard Scoble CSI Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India.
Dennis Fitzpatrick CSI Bengal Civil Service, Resident at Hyderabad.

Companion (CSI)

Col. Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, Bengal Staff Corps.
Frederick Barnes Peacock, Bengal Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Bengal.
James Richard Naylor, Bombay Civil Service, Remembrancer of Legal Affairs, Bombay.
Frederick William Richard Fryer, Bengal Civil Service, Financial Commissioner in Burma.
Robert Joseph Crosthwaite, Bengal Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner Central Provinces.
Surgeon-Maj. Alfred Swaine Lethbridge MD Bengal Medical Service.

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 Rt. Hon. Hussey Vivian, Baron Vivian KCMG CB Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians.

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

Joseph Archer Crowe CB Her Majesty's Commercial Attaché for Europe.
Col. Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski, Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, for valuable services rendered in the Dominion of Canada.
Charles Hall QC MP First British Delegate to the Maritime Conference at Washington.
Augustus William Lawson Hemming CMG of the Colonial Office.
George Glynn Petre CB Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Portugal.
Lt.-Col. Frederick Thomas Sargood CMG formerly Minister of Defence of the Colony of Victoria.
William Frederick Haynes Smith CMG Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Sir Albert William Woods Kt CB Garter Principal King of Arms, ard King of Arms of the said Most Distinguished Order.

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

William Hood Treacher, Secretary to the Government of the Native State of Perak, Malay Peninsula.
Morgan Stanislaus Grace MD Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and Surgeon-General of the Local Military Forces.
William Henry Griffin, late Deputy Postmaster-General of the Dominion of Canada.
Francis Seymour Haden, Colonial Secretary of Natal.
Paolo Vella LLD late Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Island of Malta.
Walter Meredith Deane, Captain-Superintendent of Police of the Colony of Hong Kong, and Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils.
Robert Knox MacBride, Director of Public Works of the Island of Ceylon.
William Leeworthy Good Drew, Fleet Paymaster on the Retired List of the Royal Navy, Auditor-General of the Colony of Queensland.
Henry Chamberlain Russell, Government Astronomer of the Colony of New South Wales.
William James McKinney, Treasurer of the Colony of British Honduras.
David Palmer Ross MD MRCS Colonial Surgeon of Sierra Leone.
John Bird, formerly Treasurer of the Colony of Natal.
Col. Josceline Heneage Wodehouse RA CB employed with the Egyptian Army.
Alfred George Woodward Reid, an Officer of the Irrigation Works in Egypt.
Harry de la Rosa Burrard Farnall, of the Foreign Office.

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Riband, badge and star of the Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)

The Rt. Hon. George Robert Canning, Lord Harris, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay.
His Highness the Nawab of Junagarh.
His Highness the Nawab of Tonk.
The Nawab of Murshidabad, KCIE

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

James Bellett Richey, CSI, Bombay Civil Service.

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire(CIE)

James Robert Reid, Bengal Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, North-Western Provinces.
Raja Pratap Narayan Singh Deo of Jashpur.
Colonel Samuel Swinton Jacob, Bombay Staff Corps.
Pandit Suraj Kaul.
John David Rees, Madras Civil Service.
Abdul Karim Hafiz.
Alexander McHinch, Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations.
Rao Bahadur Kesri Singh of Kuchaman.
Robert Turnbull James Buckingham, Major of the Sibsagar Mounted Rides.
Jeremiah Garnett Horsfall, Madras Civil Service.
James George Henry Glass, Superintending Engineer and Secretary to Government in the Public Works Department, Central Provinces.
Edmund Neel, Assistant Secretary in the Political and Secret Department, India Office.
Captain George Lindsay Holford, 1st Life Guards, Equerry to His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales.

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 26053. pp. 2965–2966. 20 May 1890.
↑ "Birthday Honours". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 21 May 1890. p. 9.

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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