Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system. It is granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted into one of the organised orders of chivalry."Knight Bachelor", Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Women are not knighted; instead, the equivalent honor is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).
Knights bachelor appointed in 1905 DateNameNotesRef10 February 1905John Foster StevensJudge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in BengalThe London Gazette, 14 February 1905 (issue 27764), p. 1113.10 February 1905Henry Bargrave DeaneJudge of the High Court of England and Wales30 June 1905John Cameron Lamb, CB, CMGThe London Gazette, 25 July 1905 (issue 27821), p. 5143.30 June 1905Edward William Brabrook, CB30 June 1905Augustus Henry Oakes, CB30 June 1905Jervoise Athelstane Baines, CSI30 June 1905Philip Crampton Smyly30 June 1905George Anderson30 June 1905Professor Thomas McCall-Anderson30 June 1905William Bousfield30 June 1905Thomas Frederick Chavasse30 June 1905Thomas Skewes-Cox30 June 1905Edward William Fithian30 June 1905Robert Gardner30 June 1905Major Nicholas Gosselin30 June 1905Augustus Helder30 June 1905Alexander Blackie William Kennedy30 June 1905Boverton Redwoood30 June 1905James Clifton Robinson30 June 1905Colonel Samuel Alexander Sadler30 June 1905William A. Shipley30 June 1905William Josiah Smyly30 June 1905Isidore Spielmann30 June 1905Thomas Vezey Strong30 June 1905George Joseph Woodman30 June 1905Francis Taylor PiggottChief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong Kong30 June 1905The Honourable Samuel McCaugheyMember of the Legislative Council of the State of New South Wales30 June 1905Philip Sydney Jones, MD30 June 1905Edmond Sinclair StevensonMember of the Medical Council of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope30 June 1905William St John Carr13 July 1905Thomas Thornhill ShannLord Mayor of Manchester. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to the city open a new dock and shipyard.24 July 1905Joseph JonasLord Mayor of the City of SheffieldThe London Gazette, 25 July 1905 (issue 27821), p. 5144.24 July 1905William StephensMayor of the Borough of Salford 9 November 1905James Bailey, MPThe London Gazette, 19 December 1905 (issue 27865), p. 9083.9 November 1905James Barr, MD9 November 1905Arthur ChancePresident of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland9 November 1905George Edwin CouzensMayor of Portsmouth9 November 1905Maurice Edward Dockrell9 November 1905Walter Newton Fisher9 November 1905Edward Cecil HertsletHis Majesty's Consul-General, Antwerp9 November 1905Walter Johnson9 November 1905James Knox9 November 1905John McFadyeanof the Royal Veterinary College9 November 1905Joseph Herbert Marshall9 November 1905Robert Purvis, MP9 November 1905Commander Hamilton Pyni Freer-Smithof the Home Office9 November 1905Ernest Augustus NorthcoteChief Justice of the Colony of Trinidad and TobagoThe London Gazette, 19 December 1905 (issue 27865), p. 9084.9 November 1905Henry Rawlins Pipon SchoolesChief Justice of Gibraltar9 November 1905Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Mill Pellatt2nd Regiment, 'Canadian Infantry (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada)9 November 1905William NewtonMember of the Council of Government of the Colony of Mauritius, and one of His Majesty's Counsel for that Colony9 November 1905John George FraserMember of the Legisr lative Council of the Orange River Colony9 November 1905Stanley BoisMember of the Legislative Council of Ceylon9 November 1905Havilland Walter de SausmarezJudge of His Majesty's Supreme Consular Court for China and Corea9 November 1906Malcolm McNeill, CBThe London Gazette, 10 November 1905 (issue 27853), p. 7499.15 November 1905Edwin Andrew CornwallChairman of the London County CouncilThe London Gazette, 17 November 1905 (issue 27855), Page 7706.18 December 1905Colonel Charles Wyndham Murray, CB, MP 18 December 1905William James Bull, MP18 December 1905Clement Kinloch Cooke, 18 December 1905Major William Eden Evans-Gordon, MP18 December 1905Samuel Paire18 December 1905Charles Frederick Claverhouse Graham18 December 1905Francis William Lowe, MP 18 December 1905Horace Edward Moss18 December 1905Major Harry North18 December 1905Henry E. Randall18 December 1905John S. Randles, MP18 December 1905John Robinson18 December 1905William Henry Vaudrey18 December 1905Edgcombe Venning18 December 1905John Lawson Walton, KC, MPAttorney-General18 December 1905William Snowdon Robson, KCSolicitor General
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