The 1926 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V 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 King on 3 June, but it was announced on 20 May that due to the national strike, the King had approved the Prime Minister's recommendation to delay the publication of the list until 3 July 1926. The honours were effective to 5 June 1926. Per standard practice, Sir Paul Chater, who died 27 May 1926, still received the honour of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire as he would have received the honour if he had survived.
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
Viscount Captain Courtenay Charles Evan, Baron Tredegar For public and political services.
Baron Henry Seymour Berry by the name, title and style of Baron Buckland, of Bwlch in the County of Brecon. For public, political and philanthropic services.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: Colonel John Gretton Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire. 1895–1906; for Rutland, 1907–1918; for Burton since December 1918. For political and public services. Sir Halford John Mackinder, Chairman of the Imperial Shipping and Imperial Economic Committees. First Principal of University College, Reading, now the University of Reading Richard William Alan, Earl of Onslow Under Secretary for War. For public services.
Baronetcies Sir Arthur Shirley Benn Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Drake Division, since December 1910. President, Association of British Chambers of Commerce 1921–22 and 1922–23. For political and public services. Colonel Henry Ferryman Bowles Chairman or President, Enfield Conservative Association 1885–1926; Member of Parliament for the Enfield Division, 1889–1906 and 1918–22. For public and political services. Brigadier General Robert Gordon Gordon-Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar. President of the Scottish Unionist Association. Convener of the Eastern Divisional Council of the Scottish Unionist Association. For political and public services. James Augustus Grant Member of Parliament, Egremont Division 1910–18; Whitehaven Division 1918–22; Derby South since October 1924. For political and public services. Colonel John Wakefield Weston Member of Parliament for South Westmorland, 1913–18, and Westmorland, 1918–24. Chairman of County Council from 1908 till present time. For political and public services. Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey Dalrymple White Member of Parliament for Southport 1910–1923 and since 1924. For political and public services.
Knight Bachelor Edward Tindal Atkinson Railway and Canal Commissioner since 1919 Herbert Baker In recognition of his services to art Alderman John Bickerstaffe Was Chairman and Leader of the Conservative Party in Blackpool for over 20 years. Member of the Borough Council for 46 years. For political and public services. Major Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter Member of Parliament for North Bradford 1918–1923 and for Coventry since 1924. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour 1922–23; Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General 1923 Parliamentary and Financial Secretary, Admiralty, July 1923 till January 1924. For political and public services. Alexander Keith Carlyon President, Harrow Conservative Association, 1919–25. Chairman of the Hendon Bench. For political and public services. Brigadier General George Kynaston Cockerill Member of Parliament for the Reigate Division since 1918. For political and public services. Henry Coward Conductor of the Sheffield Musical Union James Inglis Davidson, Director of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture. For public services. Edwin Dodd, In recognition of his long services to the Shaftesbury Society and Ragged School Union William Edward Dudley For public services. Director of the Co-operative Wholesale Society of Manchester. President of the Co-operative Congress 1925–6 Alfred Henry Evans Member of the Unionist Association of the Tamworth Division since 1895 and President and Chairman since 1920. For political and public services. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Henry Brabazon Heaton-Ellis Chairman of the Hitchin Division Conservative Association for about 20 years. Member of Herts County Council 1903–19. For political and public services. Captain Houston French Lieutenant, Yeomen of the Guard George Rowland Hill, for over 37 years Chairman of the Greenwich Conservative Association. London County Council (LCC) Member for Greenwich 1922–25. For political and public services. Francis Eden Lacey, Secretary to Marylebone Cricket Club since 1898 Colonel Henry George Lyons Director and Secretary of the Science Museum Stanley Machin President of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce. For public services. Lawrence Margerison Secretary to the National Savings Committee Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Kennedy McClean. In recognition of his services to aviation Christopher George Musgrave Chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board. For public services. William Haldane Porter Chief Inspector, Aliens Branch, Home Office Lieutenant-Colonel Assheton Pownall Member of Parliament for East Lewisham since 1918. For political and public services. Ernest Victor Buckley Rutherford For public services. George Shedden President, Isle of Wight Conservative and Unionist Association since 1922. For political and public services. Andrew Thomas Taylor Mayor of Hampstead 1922–23. LCC Member for Hampstead since 1908. Vice-Chairman of the LCC 1919–20. For public and political services.
British India Lallubhai Shamaldas Mehta lately temporary Member of the Executive Council, Bombay Justice Philip Lindsay Buckland, Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Calcutta Justice Cecil Walsh Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Allahabad Ganendro Prosad Roy, Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs Colonel Gordon Risley Hearn Agent, Eastern Bengal Railway Robert McLean, Agent, Great Indian Peninsula Railway Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford Leslie Royal Engineers, Chairman, Madras Port Trust Phiroze Cursetjee Sethna Manager, Sun Life Assurance Company A Canada, Bombay Raj Bahadur Purohit Gopi Nath Member of the Jaipur Council of State Brajendranath Seal Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University Walter Stuart James Willson, Member of the Legislative Assembly Khan Bahadur Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer, Member of the Council of State John Walter Hose Indian Civil Service (retired), attached Public and Judicial Department, India Office
Dominions George Mason Allard, Representative of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia on, and Chairman of, the Amalgamated Wireless Company, in recognition also of his services to the Commonwealth Government in connection with banking and financial matters. George Fairbairn, Agent-General in London for the State of Victoria Frank Fox Secretary of the Fellowship of the British Empire Exhibition; in recognition of his services to the Empire Charles Holdsworth, Managing Director Of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd., recognition of his services in the development of New Zealand The Hon. Charles Ernest Statham, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dominion of New Zealand
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. Fiennes Cecil Arthur Barrett-Lennard, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Jamaica Henry Hessey Johnston Gompertz, Chief Justice, Federated Malay States Edward Allan Grannum Colonial Secretary, Mauritius William Henry Himbury, General Manager, British Cotton Growing Association William Morrison, Member of the Privy Council of, and Nominated Member of the Legislative Council of Jamaica; in recognition of his public services.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division Army General Sir Claud William Jacob Indian Army, Military Secretary, India Office, late General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, India
Civil Division The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Louis Samuel For public services.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir Rudolf Walter Bentinck Vice-Admiral Herbert William Richmond
Army Lieutenant-General Sir John Sharman Fowler Colonel Commandant, Royal Corps of Signals Major-General Henry Leycester Croker Major-General Pomeroy Holland-Pryor Indian Army, Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Southern Command, India Major-General Harrington Owen Parr Indian Army, late Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, India
Civil Division William John Berry Director of Naval Construction, Admiralty William Montagu Graham-Harrison Secondary Parliamentary Counsel
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Engineer Rear Admiral George William Baldwin Captain Thomas Erskine Wardle Captain Alister Francis Beal Surgeon Captain Reginald St. George Smallridge Bond Lieutenant-Colonel George Leonard Raikes Royal Marines
Army Major-General Robert Strickland Hannay Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command Major-General Charles Bonham-Carter General Staff, Eastern-Command Colonel Henry Richardson Peck Commanding Royal Artillery, 2nd Division, Aldershot Colonel Cuthbert Graham Fuller Brigade Commander, Canal Brigade, Egypt Colonel George Hanbury Noble Jackson Brigade Commander, 7th Infantry Brigade Colonel Frank Walter Wilson Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, Eastern Command Major-General Ernest Frederick Orton, Indian Army, Officiating Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Southern Command, India Colonel Dennis Deane Indian Army, Commander, Ambala Brigade Area, India Colonel Frederick Stewart Keen Indian Army, Commandant, Small Arms School, India
Royal Air Force Air Commodore Thomas Charles Reginald Higgins
Civil Division
Rear-Admiral John Ernest Troyte Harper Frank Edward Smith Director of Scientific Research, Admiralty Colonel Richard Edgar Sugden Territorial Army, Brigade Commander, 147th (2nd West Riding) Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army George Clarke Simpson Director of the Meteorological Office John Wentworth Garneys Bond, Head of the Journal Office in the House of Commons William Cecil Bottomley Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office William Richard Codling Controller, H.M. Stationery Office Bernard Montagu Draper, Director of Finance, War Office Rupert Beswicke Howorth, Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Office John Stewart Stewart-Wallace, Chief Land Registrar, H.M. Land Registry
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander (KCSI) Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman Indian Civil Service, Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council
Companion (CSI) Arthur William Botham Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Assam George Gall Sim Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner of Railways Leonard Birley Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal Neil Macmichael, Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Madras
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Colonel Sir Alexander MacCormick a leading Surgeon in Australia; in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia Sir Donald Charles Cameron Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Tanganyika Territory Brigadier-General Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton For services rendered in concluding agreements with the Sultan of Nejd and for the conduct of a mission to the Imam of the Yemen Charles Strachey Assistant Undersecretary of State, Colonial Office His Excellency the Rt. Hon. Sir Ronald William Graham His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rome