1913 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1913 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 3 January 1913.^[1]

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross (GCB)

Military Division

• Admiral of the Fleet Sir Gerard Henry Uctred Noel, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

Knight Commander (KCB)

Military Division

• Vice-Admiral Frederick Tower Hamilton, C.V.O.
• Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Duncan Hilston, C.B., M.D. (retired).

Civil Division

• Sir John Anderson, G.C.M.G.
• Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge, Esq., C.B.

Companion (CB)

Civil Division

• Rear-Admiral Robert Nelson Ommanney.
• Rear-Admiral Richard Henry Peirse, M.V.O.
• Engineer Rear-Admiral Arthur William Turner.
• Captain Charles Martin de Bartolome, R.N.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Campbell Hyslop, Secretary of the City of London Territorial Force Association.
• Benjamin Hansford, Esq., One of His Majesty's Lieutenants for the City of London.
• George Lewis Barstow, Esq.
• James Ernest Chapman, Esq.
• William James Downer, Esq., C.M.G., I.S.O.
• Thomas Philip Le Fanu, Esq.
• George Henry Tripp, Esq.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

• His Highness Amin-ud-Daula Wazir-ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ibrahim All Khan, Bahadur, Saulat Jang, G.C.I.E., of Tonk, Rajputana.

Knight Commander (KCSI)

• Sir George Head Barclay, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., lately Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Teheran.
• Lieutenant-General Sir James Willcocks, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., General Officer Commanding the Northern Army in India.

Companion (CSI)

• Raja Jai Chand of Lambagraon, Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, 37th Dogras.
• Lionel Davidson, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Acting Secretary to the Government of Madras, Local and Municipal, Educational and Legislative Departments, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George for making Laws and Regulations.
• George Carmichael, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Donald John Campbell Mac-Nabb, Indian Army, Commissioner, Burma.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Walter George Cole, Director, Temporary Works, Delhi, Government of India.
• Stuart Mitford Fraser, Esq., C.I.E., Resident in Kashmir.
• Henry Venn Cobb, Esq., C.I.E., late Resident at Baroda.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• Frederick John Jackson, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Protectorate.
• The Right Honourable Sir Edward Patrick Morris, Knt., K.C., Prime Minister of Newfoundland.
• The Honourable Sir James Pliny Whitney, Knt., K.C., President of the Council and Premier of the Province of Ontario.
• Major John Eugene Clauson, C.V.O., C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Secretary to Government of the Island of Malta and its Dependencies.
• Edward Lewis Brockman, Esq., C.M.G., Chief Secretary to Government Federated Malay States.
• His Highness Sultan Mohamed bin Almerhum Sultan Mohamed, Sultan of Kelantan. (Honorary)
• William George Tyrrell, Esq., C.B., of the Foreign Office, Private Secretary to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
• Robert John Kennedy, Esq., C.M.G., lately His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Montevideo.
• Henry Crofton Lowther, Esq., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary designate at Copenhagen.

Companion (CMG)

• George Thomas Allen, Esq., I.S.O., Secretary to the Department of the Treasury, and Commissioner of Pensions, Commonwealth of Australia.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Patrick Anderson, Chief Engineer, Department of Marine and Fisheries, Dominion of Canada.
• Horace Bedwell, Esq., Provincial Commissioner, Southern Nigeria.
• Engineer-Captain William Clarkson, Third Naval Member, Board of Naval Administration, Commonwealth of Australia.
• Wyndham Rowland Dunstan, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Director of the Imperial Institute.
• John George Fraser, Esq., Acting Government Agent, Western Province, Island of Ceylon.
• George Garnett, Esq., Member of the Executive Council and of the Combined Court of the Colony of British Guiana.
• The Honourable Timothy Francis Quinlan, late Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Western Australia.
• Leonard Stowe, Esq., Clerk of Parliaments, Dominion of New Zealand.
• Henry Barclay Walcott, Esq., Collector of Customs of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Alfred Henry Wilshere, Esq., Collector of Customs, Cape Town Union of South Africa.
• Zachary Taylor Wood, Esq., Assistant Commissioner, Royal North-West Mounted Police Force, Dominion of Canada.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander (KCVO)

• Major-General Charles Crutchley, M.V.O.

Commander (CVO)

• The Hon. Richard Charles Moreton, M.V.O.
• Frederick Morris Fry, Esq., M.V.O.

Member, 5th Class

• William Cullen, Esq.

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