The 1861 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 28 June 1861.
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 The Right Honourable Sir Richard Bethell Chancellor of Great Britain, by the name, style, and title of Baron Westbury, of Westbury, in the county of Wilts
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral the Right Honourable Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds
Army General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton General Sir James Archibald Hope General Sir Thomas William Brotherton General Sir Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty General Thomas Willshire Lieutenant-General Sir Harry David Jones
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Admiral Edward Harvey Vice-Admiral Henry William Bruce Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin Rear-Admiral Lewis Tobias Jones
Army Lieutenant-General William Henry Sewell Lieutenant-General George William Paty Lieutenant-General James Shaw Kennedy Lieutenant-General George Leigh Goldie Lieutenant-General John Michell Major-General William Brereton Colonel the Earl of Longford
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