1909 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1909 were appointments by King Edward VII to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 5 January 1909.^[1]

By Special Statutes of the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire, dated 10 December 1908 and published in the same Gazette as the appointments, the King was empowered to appoint additional members to the second and third classes of those Orders (KCSI, CSI, KCIE and CIE) on 1 January 1909, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the assumption of the government of India by the Crown "without permanently increasing the number of the Ordinary Members of the Order." The members so appointed are indicated with a # in the list below.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

Prince and Duke Auguste Louis Albéric d'Arenberg, Member of the Institute of France, and President of the Suez Canal Company.(Honorary)
His Highness Sir Rasul Khanji Mahabbat Khanji, K.C.S.I., Nawab of Junagarh.

Knight Commander (KCSI)

John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay.
Nawab Bahadur Khwaia Salimulla, C.S.I., of Dacca, an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations.
James Wilson, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations.
His Highness Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, Bahadur, of Alwar. #
Henry Erle Richards, Esq., K.C.. Barrister-at-law, an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General. #
Gabriel Stokes, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service (retired), lately an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George. #
His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajagan Raja Ranbir Singh, Bahadur of Jind. #
His Highness Maharana Shri Ajitsinghji Jaswatsinghji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra. #

Companion (CSI)

Spencer Harcourt Butler, Esq., C.I.E.. Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
John Alexander Broun, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of the Fyzabad Division, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
William Thomson Morison, Esq., Indian Civil Service, lately President, Factory Labour Commission, and at present Commissioner Central Division, Poona.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Robert Dunlop-Smith, C.I.E., Indian Army, Private Secretary to the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
Colonel Henry Finnis, Royal Engineers, Commanding Royal Engineers, 4th (Quetta) Division. Military Works Services, and Secretary for Civil Works in Baluchistan, to the Agent to the Governor-General.
Maharaj Bhairon Singh, Senior Member of the Council and Secretary for the Political and Foreign Department. Bikaner State.
Major-General Alfred William Lambart Bayly, C.B., D.S.O., Indian Army, Secretary to the Government of India in the Army Department. #
Maurice Walter Fox-Strangways, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of the Jubbulpore Division, Central Provinces. #
William Lochiel Sapte Lovett Cameron, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Bombay Public Works Department, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations. #
Sardar Partab Singh, Ahluwalia, a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations. #
Edward Douglas Maclagan, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab for making Laws and Regulations. #
Munshi Madho Lai, lately an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations. #
Henry Paul Todd-Naylor, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of the Mandalay Division, Burma. #
John Stratheden Campbell, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of the Kumaon Division, and lately Famine Commissioner, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. #
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Indian Army, Resident at Jaipur. #
Diwan Bahadur Rabgundai Raghunatha Ruo, late Diwan of Indore. #

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander (KCIE)

His Highness Maharaj-Dhiraj Madan Singh Bahadur of Kishangarh (Rajputana). #
His Highness Rais-ud-Daula Sipahdar-ul-Mulk Maharaja Dhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Ram Singh Lokindar Bahadur Diler Jang Jai Deo of Dholpur. #
Raja Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan, Khan Bahadur, of Mahmudabad, an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations. #
Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne, Esq., C.I.E., President, Railway Board. #
Surgeon-General Gerald Bomford, C.I.E., M.D., Indian Medical Service, Director-General, Indian Medical Service. #
Richard Morris Dene, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Inspector-General of Excise and Salt in India. #
Maharaja-Dhiraj Bijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur of Burdwan, a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations. #
Raja Baldeo Singh of Poonch. #
Nawab Hafiz Muhammad Abdulla Khan, Alizai, C.I.E., Honorary Native Commandant, 15th Lancers. #
Prince Ghulain Muhammad Ali, Khan Bahadur, of Arcot. #

Companion (CIE)

Maung Bah Too, retired Extra Assistant Commissioner, Burma, and at present an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor General for making Laws and Regulations.
Colonel Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy, D.S.O., Indian Army, Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Military Supply.
William Maxwell, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Officiating Director-General of the Post Office in India, and lately Officiating Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department.
Archdale Earle, Esq., Indian Civil Service, lately Director of Public Instruction, Bengal, and at present Commissioner of the Patna Division, Bengal.
William Ellis Jardine, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Political Agent in Bundelkhand.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Tasman Waddell Leslie, M.B., Indian Medical Service, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.
Thomas Corby Wilson, Esq., Indian Civil Service (retired), lately Commissioner of Settlements and Land Records in Burma.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Horsford Bingley, Indian Army, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Army Department (on special duty). #
Frederick Loch Halliday, Esq., M.V.O., Commissioner of Police, Calcutta. #
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Thorp Jessop, V.D., Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and Commandant of the Assam Valley Light Horse. #
Percy Wyndham, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector of Mirzapur, United Provinces. #
Hugh Spencer, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector of Bahraich, United Provinces. #
Charles Ernest Low, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner in the Central Provinces. #
William Albert Dring, Esq., Agent, East Indian Railway. #
Major Keith David Erskine, Indian Army, Political Agent in Bikaner. #
Cecil Ward Chichele-Plowden, Esq., Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Calcutta. #
William King-Wood, Esq., Officiating Director, Persian Section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department. #
Major Richmond Trevor Crichton, Indian Army, on special duty, Provincial Surveys, Bengal. #
Major Walter Hood Orr, Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon of the Bahraich District, United Provinces. #
Khun Lai, Sawbwa of the Shan State of Laihka. #
Albert Claude Verrieres, Esq., Executive Engineer of the Agra Division. #
Raja Ram Singh of Rampura, in the Jalaun District, United Provinces. #
Diwan Bahadur P. Rajagopala Chariar Avergal, Diwan of Travancore. #
Maulvi Rahim Baksh, President, Council of Regency, Bahawalpur State. #
Rao Bahadur Sansar Chandar Sen, M.V.O., Senior Member of the Jaipur State Council. #
Munshi Aziz-ud-Din, M.V.O., Assistant Director, Criminal Intelligence. #
Babu Nilambar Mukharji, Vice-Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta. #
Khan Bahadur Fakir Saiyid Kamr-ud-Din of Lahore. #
Rajendra Nath Mukherji, Esq., Partner of Messrs. Martin & Co., Calcutta. #
Alfred Thomas Whittle, Esq., of Gujerat and Kathiawar. #
Rai Bahadur Kali Prasanna Ghosh of Dacca. #

References

↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12105. pp. 13–15. 5 January 1909.

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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