The 1933 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 30 December 1932.
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
Baron Sir Joseph Duveen Trustee of the National Gallery. Trustee of the Wallace Collection. Trustee of the Imperial College of Art. For public services. Sir Thomas Jeeves Horder Senior Physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Field-Marshal Sir George Francis Milne Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery. Master Gunner, St. James's Park. Chief of the Imperial General Staff since 1926. Sir Charles Alexander Nall-Cain For political and public services in Lancashire and Hertfordshire. The Right Honourable Sir (James) Rennell Rodd Member of Parliament for Marylebone, 1928-32. His Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of the Quirinal, 1908-19. For political and public services. Sir Walter Runciman Senior partner of the firm of Walter Runciman & Co., Ltd. Chairman and Managing Director of the Moor line of cargo steamships and many other shipping organisations.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: The Honourable John Greig Latham Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs, and for Industry, Commonwealth of Australia. Captain Henry David Reginald Margesson Member of Parliament for the Upton Division of West Ham, 1922–23; and for Rugby since 1924. Assistant Government Whip, 1924. Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1926–29 and Chief Whip since November.
Baronetcies Frederick Charles Allen, President of the Chamber of Shipping, 1931-32. Chairman of the National Maritime Board. Chairman of the National Council of Port Labour Employers. Chairman of the Shipping Federation. Captain Sir George Edward Wentworth Bowyer Member of Parliament for Buckingham since December 1918. Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1927 to June 1929. An Assistant Conservative Whip since 1925. For political and public services. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. The Right Honourable (James) Ian Macpherson Member of Parliament for Boss and Cromarty since 1911. Recorder of Southend since 1931. Undersecretary of State for War, 1914-16. Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1916-20. Minister of Pensions, 1920-22. For political and public services. Major Sir Robert Spencer-Nairn President of the Scottish Unionist Association, 19S1-1932. For political and public services. Sir Owen Seaman Editor of Punch since 1906.
Knight Bachelor
Walter Galpin Alcock Organist of Salisbury Cathedral since 1916. For services to music. Percy Alden, Chairman of the British Institute of Social Service. Honorary Secretary of the Settlements Association. Bursar of the Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust. A Trustee of the Halley Stewart Trust. Chairman of the Save the Children Fund. Derwent Hall Caine, Member of Parliament for the Everton Division of Liverpool, 1929-31. For political and public services. Cornelius Chambers For political and public services in Birmingham. Cecil Algernon Cochrane Chairman of the Council of Armstrong College, University of Durham. (Ernest George) Stenson Cooke, Secretary of the Automobile Association since 1905. Montagu Hounsel Cox Clerk to the London County Council. Major Frederick William Beresford Cripps For political and public services in Gloucestershire. Colonel William Warrington Dobson Chairman of the Stafford Division Conservative Association for the past 30 years. For political and public services in Staffordshire. Harriss Firth Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue. James Wilson Garner For political and public services in Bermondsey. John Hobbis Harris, Parliamentary Secretary to the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society. Harley Hugh Dalrymple-Hay Consulting Engineer. For his inventions and services in connection with the construction of tube railways. Ambrose Heal, Chairman and Managing Director of Messrs. Heal and Sons, Ltd. In recognition of his services to the industrial arts and crafts. Professor Frederick Thomas George Hobday Principal and Dean of the Royal Veterinary College. Arthur James Croft Huddleston lately Economic Adviser to the Sudan Government. John Peter Todd Jackson For political services and for public services especially in connection with agricultural co-operation in Lancashire. Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan Director and Secretary, Victoria and Albert Museum. Major Alan McLean Member of Parliament for South-West Norfolk, December, 1923 to May, 1929, and since October, 1931. For political and public services. Lieutenant-Colonel Watkin Randall Kynaston Mainwaring For political and public services in North Wales. Philip Hubert Martineau, Senior partner in the firm of Martineau and Reid. Late President of the Law Society. William Henry Mountstephen Chairman of the Devonport Liberal Association. For political and public services. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Frederick Oliver For political and public services in Leicestershire. Robert Sangster Rait Principal and Vice-chancellor of Glasgow University since 1929. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland. Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden Member of Parliament for Bradford North, October, 1924 to May, 1929, and since October, 1931. For political and public services. Samuel Thomas Rosbotham Member of Parliament for Ormskirk since 1929. For political and public services. Major Isidore Salmon Member of Parliament for Harrow since October, 1924. Member of the London County Council for eighteen years. For political and public services. Michael Grieve Thorburn, Convener of Peeblesshire for thirty years. For political and public services in Peeblesshire.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Herbert William Gepp, Consultant to the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and Chairman of the Consultative Committee advisory to the Commonwealth Government on development. Alexander Gray President of the Law Society, Dominion of New Zealand. The Honourable Walter Kingsmill, President of the Senate, Commonwealth of Australia. John Lawrence McKelvey. For services to Surgery in the Commonwealth of Australia. William Perry, President of the Royal Agricultural Society, Dominion of New Zealand. Alexander Fraser Russell, Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia. Alderman the Honourable Samuel Robert Walder, Lord Mayor of Sydney and Member of the Legislative Council of the State of New South Wales.
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. Edward St. John Jackson Attorney-General, Ceylon. Harry Charles Luke Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Malta. James Stanley Rae, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands. William Edward Leonard Shenton, Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hong Kong. For public services. Henry William Watlington Member of the Executive Council and of the House of Assembly of Bermuda. For public services.
British India Nawab Muhammad Yusuf, Barrister-at-Law, Minister to the Governor of the United Provinces for Local Self-Government. Malik Feroz Khan Noon, Barrister-at-Law, Minister to the Governor of the Punjab for Education. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard John Charles Burke, of the Political Department, Resident in Mysore. Justice Thomas Stewart Macpherson Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, Bihar and Orissa. Sardar Sahib Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha Merchant, Bombay. Thomas Ryan Indian Audit and Accounts Department, Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs. M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur Konkoth Ramunni Menon Avargal, Vice-chancellor, University of Madras. George Lethbridge Colvin Agent, East Indian Railway, Calcutta. Colonel Cusack Walton lately Agent, North-Western Railway, Lahore. Maharaj Singh United Provinces Civil Service, Agent to the Government of India in South Africa. Dudley Myers, First President of the European Association in India, and lately Joint Honorary Secretary of the Conservative India Committee. M. R. Ry. Rao Bahadur Vangal Thiruvenkatachari Krishnamachari Avargal Madras Civil Service, Dewan of Baroda State. Khan Bahadur Nawab Liaqat Hayat Khan Prime Minister, Patiala, Punjab States. San Crombie Po Medical Practitioner, and Municipal Commissioner, Bassein, Burma. Edward Charles Benthall, Head Partner, Messrs. Bird & Co., Calcutta, Bengal.
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT) The Right Honourable Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell Chairman of the Royal Commission on Scottish Historical Monuments, and late Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland. President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1900-13. Lord Lieutenant of Wigtownshire since 1903.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Army General Sir Charles Harington Harington Colonel, The King's Regiment (Liverpool), Colonel Commandant, Army Educational Corps, Colonel, 4th/15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army, Aide-de-camp General to The King, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Aldershot Command.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Roger Roland Charles Backhouse Vice-Admiral Henry Percy Douglas (Retired). General Richard Vernon Tredinnick Ford
Army Lieutenant-General Archibald Rice Cameron Colonel, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), General Officer Commanding-in-chief designate, Scottish Command.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Arthur William Johns Sir Frederick William Leith-Ross Chief Economic Adviser to His Majesty's Government. Edward Henry Pelham Permanent Secretary, Board of Education. Gilbert Charles Upcott Comptroller arid Auditor General.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Sidney Robert Bailey Engineer Rear-Admiral George Preece. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Herbert Reginald Harry Denny
Army Major-General George Henry Addison (late Royal Engineers), Engineer-in-Chief, Army Headquarters, India. Major-General John Randle Minshull Minshull-Ford (late The Royal Welch Fusiliers), Half-Pay List. Major-General Harry Reginald Walter Marriott Smith (late Royal Artillery), President, Ordnance Committee, and Royal Artillery Committee. Major-General Charles Clement Armitage (late Royal Artillery), Half-Pay List. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Herbert Edmund Reginald Rubens Braine (late The Royal Munster Fusiliers), Commander, 12th (Secunderabad) Infantry Brigade, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) David Forster (late Royal Engineers), Commander, 13th Infantry Brigade. Colonel Charles Reed Indian Army, Inspector of Indian Army Ordnance Services. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) John Henry Foster Lakin Indian Army, Commander, Delhi (Independent) Brigade Area, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) David Graeme Ridgeway Indian Army, Commander, Allahabad Brigade Area, India. Colonel Kenelm Digby Bold Murray Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, The War Office.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore Cuthbert Trelawder Maclean
Civil Division Rear-Admiral Richard Augustus Sandys Hill Rear-Admiral Francis Loftus Tottenham Rear-Admiral Robin Campsie Dalglish. John Bradley Abraham, Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry. Colonel Thomas Macdonald Banks Controller Post Office Savings Bank Department. Leonard Browett Principal Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade. Charles Matthews Bruce Principal Assistant Secretary, Admiralty. Bryan Hugh Fell, Principal Clerk, Public Bill Office, House of Commons, and Clerk of the Fees. Frederick William Leggett, Principal Assistant Secretary (Acting), Ministry of Labour.