1906 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1906 were appointments by Edward VII to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 2 January 1906.^[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.

Order of the Star of India

Knights Grand Commander (GCSI)

His Highness Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Bundelkhand Mahanija Mahindra Sawai Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur, GCIE, of Orchha

Knights Commander (KCSI)

Joseph Bampfylde Fuller, Esq, CSI, CIE, Indian Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Arthur Deane, CSI, Chief Commissioner and Agent to the Governor-General, North-West Frontier Province.
Sir Edward FitzGerald Law, KCMG, CSI, lately an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General.
His Highness Raja Bhure Singh, CIE, of Chamba.

Companions (CSI)

John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay.
Cecil Michael Wilford Brett, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort-William in Bengal.
Apcar Alexander Apcar, Esq, President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations.
Lancelot Hare, Esq, CIE, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Land Revenue Department, Bengal, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations.
Nawab Bahadur Kwaja Salimullah of Dacca, Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations.
Herbert Bradley, Esq, Indian Civil Service, First Member of the Board of Revenue, Madras, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George for making Laws and Regulations.
James M'Crone Donie, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Settlement Commissioner of the Punjab, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations.
Frank Campbell Gates, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Burma, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Burma for making Laws and Regulations.
George Casson Walker, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Assistant Minister (Finance) to the Government of His Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad.
John Mitchell Holms, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces, at present on special duty as a Member of the Excise Committee.
Percy Seymour Vesey FitzGerald, Esq, Political Agent at Mahi Eantha.

Order of the Indian Empire

Knights Grand Commander (GCIE)

Major-General Sir Edmond Roche Elles, KCB, KCIE, lately an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General.
His Highness Nawab Sidi Sir Ahmed Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan, KCIE, of Janjira.

Knights Commander (KCIE)

Major Arthur Henry MacMahon, CSI, CIE, Political Department of the Government of India, lately British Commissioner, Seistan Arbitration Commission.

Companions (CIE)

Rai Sri Ram Bahadur, an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations.
Surgeon-General William Richard Browne, MD, Indian Medical Service, Surgeon-General with the Government of Madras.
Montague de Pomeroy Webb, Esq, Chairman of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations.
Major Frederick Doveton Maxwell, Indian Army, Officiating Commissioner of the Irrawadi Division, Burma.
Hugh William Orange, Esq, Director-General of Education in India.
Major Charles Archer, Political Agent and Deputy Commissioner, Quetta and Pishin.
Lionel Muling Wynch, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to the Governor of Madras.
Charles Raitt Cleveland, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Inspector-General of Police, Central Provinces.
Arthur William Uglow Pope, Esq, Traffic Superintendent of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.
Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell, Esq, Indian Civil Service, Officiating Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal.
George Frederick William Thibaut, Esq, PhD, Principal, Muir Central College, Allahabad.
Major William Arthur Watson, Indian Army, Commandant, Imperial Cadet Corps.
Major Alain Joly de Lotbiniere, RE, Superintending Engineer, Western Circle, Mysore State, at present employed in Kashmir.
Captain Arthur Francis Ferguson-Davie, DSO, Indian Army, 3rd Sikhs, lately Commandant, Northern Waziristan Militia.
Captain Aubrey John O'Brien, lately Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Kangra District.
Herbert Cunningham Clogstoun, Esq, lately Adviser to His Highness the Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, and now Tutor to His Highness the Mahuraja Holkar.
Thomas Robert John Ward, Esq, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch, Punjab, lately Irrigation Officer with the Seistan Arbitration Commission.
Shamsul-Ulama Khan Bahadur Hoshangji Jamaspji Dastur of Poona.
Sadar Bahadur Arjnn Singh of Chahal, in the Amritsar District.

References

↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 11791. pp. 4–4. 2 January 1906.

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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