Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry."Knight Bachelor", Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).
Knights bachelor appointed in 1908 DateNameNotesRef14 January 1908Charles George Hillersden AllenIndian Civil Service; Chairman of the Corporation of CalcuttaThe London Gazette, 17 January 1908 (issue 28100), p. 417.17 February 1908Samuel Thomas Evans, KC, MPSolicitor-GeneralThe London Gazette, 18 February 1908 (issue 28110), p. 1124.26 June 1908Horatio Hale ShephardFormerly Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State for IndiaThe London Gazette, 28 July 1908 (issue 28162), p. 5530.26 June 1908Arthur Guillum ScottFormerly Accountant-General to the India Office26 June 1908John Roche Dasent, CBOf the Board of Education26 June 1908Colonel David Bruce, CB, RAMC26 June 1908Major Edward Gilbert Clayton, CB26 June 1908William Dawkins Cramp, ISO26 June 1908Colonel Charles Allen26 June 1908Frederic Bolton26 June 1908Percy William Bunting26 June 1908Robert William Burnet, MD26 June 1908David BurnettAlderman and Sheriff of the city of London26 June 1908Joseph Joel Duveen26 June 1908John Fleming, LLDLord Provost of Aberdeen26 June 1908Edward Henry Fraser, DCL26 June 1908Evelyn FreethSecretary, Estate Duty Office26 June 1908Professor Alfred George Greenhill, FRSOrdnance College, Woolwich26 June 1908Robert Abbott Hadfield26 June 1908William Pickles Hartley26 June 1908John Hay, LLD26 June 1908George McCrae, MP26 June 1908Hugh Mack26 June 1908James Augustus Henry Murray, LLD, DCL26 June 1908Peter Reilly O'Connell, MD26 June 1908Robert John Price, MP26 June 1908Richard Stapley26 June 1908Charles Cheers WakefieldAlderman and Sheriff of the City of London26 June 1908James Henry YoungMember of the Executive Council and of the House of Assembly, Bahama Islands26 June 1908William Ascroft26 June 1908William Glenholme FalconbridgeChief Justice of the King's Bench, High Court of Justice of the Province of Ontario26 June 1908Stephen Henry ParkerChief Justice of the State of Western Australia26 June 1908Henri Thomas TaschereauChief Justice of Quebec26 June 1908The Hon. John Hannah GordonJudge of the Supreme Court of South Australia26 June 1908Percival Maitland LaurenceJudge of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope26 June 1908The Right Hon. Henry WeedonLord Mayor of the city of Melbourne26 June 1908The Hon. George Henry SutherlandSheriff of Calcutta, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations26 June 1908The Hon. Vithaldas Damodar ThakarsiAdditional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations7 July 1908Wilfred Lawrence HeptonLord Mayor of the City of Leeds. On the occasion of Their Majesties' visit to Leeds, for the purpose of opening the new University buildings in that City9 July 1908Edward Burnet JamesLord Mayor of Bristol. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Bristol to open the Royal Edward Dock.9 July 1908William Howell Davies, MPChairman of the Bristol Docks Committee. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Bristol to open the Royal Edward Dock.23 July 1908The Hon. Lomer GouinPremier and Attorney-General of the Province of Quebec. On the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to Quebec.The London Gazette, 11 August 1908 (issue 28166), p. 5895.23 July 1908The Hon. James Pliny Whitney, KC, LLD, DCLPrime Minister and President of the Council of the Province of Ontario. On the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to Quebec.23 July 1908John George GarneauMayor of the City of Quebec, and Chairman of The National Battlefields Commission, Quebec. On the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to Quebec.28 September 1908Col. Philip Durham TrotterChairman of the General Executive Committee of the Queen Victoria Memorial School for the sons of Scottish Sailors and Soldiers at Dunblane. On the occasion of the opening of the school.The London Gazette, 2 October 1908 (issue 28182), p. 7107.9 November 1908Robert Fulton Fulton (formerly Rampini)Formerly Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, in BengalThe London Gazette, 18 December 1908 (issue 28206), p. 9650.9 November 1908Hefferman James Fritz Considine, CB, MVODeputy Inspector-General, Royal Irish Constabulary9 November 1908John Bromley, CBAccountant-General to the Board of Education9 November 1908Rear-Admiral Sydney Marow Eardley-WilmotSuperintendent of Ordnance Stores, Admiralty9 November 1908Frederick Prat AllistonFormer Deputy Chairman of the London County Council9 November 1908Thomas Barclay9 November 1908Nathan BodingtonVice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds9 November 1908Charles BurtSenior Member of the Thames Conservancy Board9 November 1908James Henry Dalziel, MP9 November 1908James Duckworth, MP9 November 1908Herbert George FordhamChairman of the Cambridge County Council9 November 1908George James Frampton, RASculptor9 November 1908Richard Charles Garton9 November 1908Jonathan Hutchinson, MD, FRCSConsulting Surgeon, London Hospital9 November 1908Thomas Buxton MorrishChairman of the British and Foreign School Society9 November 1908Thomas Oliver, MD, FRS9 November 1908Robert James ThompsonTreasury Valuer and Inspector of Rates9 November 1908Joseph John Thomson, DSc, FRSCavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge9 November 1908Edward Daniel Walker9 November 1908Luke White, MP9 November 1908Steward Woodhouse, MDFormerly Member of the General Prisons Board, Ireland9 November 1908Archibald FitzGerald LawChief Judicial Commissioner, Federated Malay States9 November 1908Lt-Col. the Hon. Albert John GouldPresident of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia9 November 1908Alessandro Chapelle, Baron of San Giovanni, LLDOne of His Majesty's Judges for the Island of Malta and its Dependencies9 November 1908Hugh Graham
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