National awards given by Queen Victoria
The 1873 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 1873.[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.
United Kingdom and British Empire
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Civilian star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division Royal Navy Army
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Military Division Royal Navy Army
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Military Division Royal Navy Army General Edward Armstrong, Madras Infantry Lieutenant-General Maurice Barlow Lieutenant-General Matthew Smith Lieutenant-General Henry Bates Lieutenant-General George Staunton Lieutenant-General James Travers VC Bengal Infantry Major-General John Leslie Dennis Major-General James Abbott , Royal (late Bengal) Artillery Major-General John Stafford Paton, Bengal Staff Corps Major-General Charles Elmhirst Major-General Sir James Edward Alexander Major-General Charles Arthur Barwell, Bengal Staff Corps Major-General William Henry March, retired, Royal Marines Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt Colonel George Calvert Clarke , late 2nd Dragoons Colonel Frederick Amelius Whimper Colonel Edmund Augustus Whitmore Colonel John Josiah Hort, Brigade Depot Colonel James Croft Brooke, late 8th Regiment Colonel Frederick Robert Elrington, Rifle Depot Colonel Percy Archer Butler, late 28th Regiment Colonel William Sankey , 62nd Regiment Colonel Lord Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy Colonel William James Loftus, late 38th Regiment Colonel Henry Meade Hamilton, Brigade Depot Colonel Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph , Royal Artillery Colonel Bartholomew O'Brien, Brigade Depot Colonel Cadwallader Adams, 49th Regiment Colonel Henry Hamilton Maxwell, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery Colonel Robert White, Brigade Depot Colonel Charles Edward Parke Gordon, late 75th Regiment Colonel David Scott Dodgson, Bengal Infantry Colonel William James Esten Grant, Royal Artillery Colonel John Desborough, Royal Artillery Colonel Robert Cadell, Royal (late Madras) Artillery Colonel Charles Malcolm Barrow, Bombay Staff Corps Colonel Alfred Bassano, late 82nd Regiment Colonel Arthur Howlett, Madras Staff Corps Colonel Frederick William Burroughs , 93rd Regiment Colonel George Whittle Mackenzie Hall, Bengal Staff Corps Colonel Peter Stark Lumsden CSI Bengal Staff Corps Colonel Shurlock Henning, 38th Regiment Colonel John Hamilton Cox, late 75th Regiment Colonel Arthur Bunny, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery Colonel Charles Butler Peter Nugent Hodges Nugent, Royal Engineers Lieutenant-Colonel William John Williams, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel John Irvine Murray , Bengal Staff Corps Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Baigrie, Bombay Staff Corps Lieutenant-Colonel Dominick Sarsfield Greene, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Richard Maunsell, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets John Rees (retired) Inspector-General of Hospitals Richard Dane Inspector-General of Hospitals Benjamin William Marlow Surgeon-Major John Wyatt, Coldstream Guards Deputy Controller Randolph Routh Deputy Controller Henry Bartlett Deputy Controller Alexander Crowder Crookshank
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 Grand Commander (GCSI)His Excellency Maharajah Jung Bahadoor Kunwar Ranajee GCB Prime Minister of Nepal General Sir John Low KCB Madras Infantry, formerly Political Resident at Lucknow and Hyderabad and Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India Lieutenant-General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain KCB KCSI Bengal Infantry, late Commanding Punjab Irregular Force
Knight Commander (KCSI)Nawab Khan Bahadoor Khwajah Muhammad Khan Khuttuk, of Kohat George Campbell , Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of BengalAlexander John Arbuthnot CSI Madras Civil Service, late Member of the Council of the Governor of MadrasMajor-General Harry Burnett Lumsden CB Bengal Staff Corps, late Envoy to Candahar
Companion (CSI)John Forbes David Inglis, Bengal Civil Service, Senior Member of the Board of Revenue, North-West Provinces, and additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India for making Laws and Regulations Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Campbell McNeill, late Madras Staff Corps, formerly Agent to the Governor-General in Orissa John Ware Edgar , Bengal Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, late Political Officer attached to the Looshai Expeditionary Force
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