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 1918 DateNameNotesRef6 February 1918Robert N. AndersonMayor of LondonderryThe London Gazette, 2 April 1918 (issue 30607), pp. 4026–4027.6 February 1918William Nicholas Atkinson, ISOlately Divisional Inspector of Mines6 February 1918Barclay Josiah Baron, MB, CMLord Mayor of Bristol6 February 1918James BirdClerk of the London County Council6 February 1918James Boyton, MP6 February 1918Edmond Browne6 February 1918Robert BruceEditor of the Glasgow Herald6 February 1918James CampbellChairman of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture6 February 1918Emsley CarrEditor and part proprietor of the News of the World6 February 1918William Henry ClemmeyMayor of Bootle6 February 1918David S. Daviesformerly High Sheriff of Denbighshire; Chairman of the County Appeal Tribunal and Pensions Committee6 February 1918Arthur Fell, Esq., MP6 February 1918S. Archibald GarlandMayor of Chichester 1912–186 February 1918Charles Henry Gibbs6 February 1918Ernest W. Glover6 February 1918William Henry Hadow, MA, MusDocPrincipal of Armstrong College. Neweastle-on-Tyne6 February 1918Anthony Hope Hawkins6 February 1918Thomas Jeeves Horder, MD6 February 1918John Morris Jones, MAProfessor of Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor6 February 1918William F. Jury6 February 1918John Scott Keltic, FRGS6 February 1918John Lavery, ARA6 February 1918John Lithiby, CBLegal Adviser to the Local Government Board6 February 1918Sidney James Low, MALecturer on Imperial and Colonial History, University of London6 February 1918George LunnLord Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne6 February 1918Edwin Landseer Lutyens, ARA6 February 1918James William McCraith6 February 1918Charles Mandleberg6 February 1918Thomas Rogersoh Marsden6 February 1918Henry Milner-White, LLD6 February 1918Alpheus Cleophas Morton, MP6 February 1918Edward M. Mountain6 February 1918David Murray, RAPresident of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours6 February 1918Herbert Nield, KC, MPRecorder of York6 February 1918James George OwenMayor of Exeter6 February 1918John Phillips, MDProfessor Emeritus of Obstetric Medicine at King's College, London6 February 1918Edmund Bamfylde Phipps, CBlate General Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions6 February 1918Philip Edward Pilditch6 February 1918Thomas Putnam6 February 1918Stephen B. QuinMayor of Limerick6 February 1918Patrick Rose-Innes, KC6 February 1918William Watson Rutherford, MP6 February 1918William Henry SeagerVice-chairman of the Cardiff and Bristol Channel Shipowners' Association6 February 1918Robert Russell Simpson, WS6 February 1918George Frederick Sleight6 February 1918Arthur Spurgeon6 February 1918Lt-Col. Harold Jalland StilesRAMC 6 February 1918Edmund StonehouseMayor of Wakefield6 February 1918Henry TozerAlderman of the City of Westminster6 February 1918Leslie Ward6 February 1918Howard Kingsley Wood6 February 1918Alfred William Yeo, MP6 February 1918Maj. Andrew MacphailCanadian Army Medical Corps (Overseas Forces); Professor of the History of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal6 February 1918Hon. Col. William Daniel Henry, CIE, VD, ADCCould not be dubbed at the investiture in March 1918.6 February 1918Maj.-Gen. Donald Alexander Macdonald, CMG, ISOQuartermaster-General, Canadian Militia6 February 1918Adm. Charles Kingsmill, RN (Ret.)Director of Naval Service in the Dominion of Canada6 February 1918William Jeames Gage6 February 1918The Hon. Charles Gregory Wade, KCAgent-General in London for the State of New South Wales6 February 1918Frederick William Young, LLBAgent-General in London for the State of South Australia6 February 1918The Hon. Simon Fraserformerly a Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia6 February 1918The Hon. William FraserMinister of Public Works of the Dominion of New Zealand6 February 1918John Robert SinclairRepresentative of New Zealand on the Royal Commission on the Natural Resources, Trade and Legislation of certain portions of His Majesty's Dominions6 February 1918The Hon. John Carnegie-Dove-Wilson, LLBJudge President, Natal Provincial Division, Supreme Court of South Africa6 February 1918Maj. William Northrup McMillan25th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers6 February 1918Bartle Henry Temple FrereChief Justice of Gibraltar6 February 1918Henry Adolphus Byden RattiganChief Judge of Chief Court, Punjab6 February 1918Thomas Frederic Dawson Miller, KCChief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Patna6 February 1918Arthur Robert Anderson, CIE, CBE6 February 1918Edward Fairless BarberAdditional Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras for making Laws and Regulations6 February 1918Binod Chunder MitterBarrister-at-Law, lately Officiating Advocate-General, Bengal, and a Member of the Council of the Governor for making Laws and Regulations6 February 1918Col. Harry Albert Lawless Hepper(Major, R.E., retired)6 February 1918Thomas William Birkett1 June 1918Alfred Washington Guest Ranger, MA, DCLThe Edinburgh Gazette, 2 July 1918 (issue 13283), p. 2319.26 June 1918Frank Baines, CBE, MVO Principal Architect, Office of WorksThe London Gazette, 2 August 1918 (issue 30825), p. 9111.26 June 1918Harry Baldwin, MBCS 26 June 1918James Benjamin BallController of Timber Supplies26 June 1918Charles Henry Burge, JP26 June 1918Alfred Butt26 June 1918Thomas Octavius Callender26 June 1918Col. Charles Chalmers, JP, DL26 June 1918John Charles Lewis Coward, KC26 June 1918Archibald D. DawnayMayor of Wandsworth26 June 1918Harry Seymour Foster, JP, DL26 June 1918John Meadows Frost, JPMayor of Chester26 June 1918Walter Matthew Gibson, CVO, ISO26 June 1918Park Goff26 June 1918Maj. Archibald Gilbey Gold, JP, DL26 June 1918James HackingMayor of Bury26 June 1918John George Harbottle, JP26 June 1918Harry Thomas Hatt26 June 1918Alexander G. JeansEditor of the Liverpool Post26 June 1918John Merry Le Sage26 June 1918Thomas William LewisStipendiary Magistrate, Cardiff26 June 1918Richard David Muir26 June 1918Peter PeacockMayor of Warrington26 June 1918George H. Peters, JP26 June 1918Thomas Lee Roberts26 June 1918John Reid, JP, DL26 June 1918Col. Arthur W. Mayo-Robson, CB, CVO, FRCS26 June 1918Gerald Walter Roffey26 June 1918Edward Denison Ross, CIE, PhDPrincipal of the School of Oriental Studies26 June 1918Edgar Christian Sanders26 June 1918Ernest Shentall Mayor of Chesterfield26 June 1918Peter Wyatt Squire26 June 1918William Alexander Forster ToddLord Mayor of York26 June 1918Alfred H. Warren, JPMayor of Poplar26 June 1918Ernest Edward Wild, KC26 June 1918Percy Woodhouse, JP26 June 1918William Edward Foster, FSA26 June 1918Henry Albert Alcazar, KCMember of the Executive Council and Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of frhe Colony of Trinidad and Tobago26 June 1918Robert William HamiltonChief Justice of the High Court of East Africa26 June 1918The Hon. Henry Edward Agincourt Hodgesa Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria26 June 1918Robert Nelson KotzeGovernment Mining Engineer, Department of Mines and Industries in the Union of South Africa26 June 1918The Honourable Hormisdas LaporteChairman of the War Purchasing Commission, Canada26 June 1918Robert Blair RodenChief Justice of the Colony of British Honduras26 June 1918John William Salmond, KC, LLBSolicitor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand26 June 1918William John Sowden26 June 1918Gordon FraserAdditional Member of the Legislative Council of the Governor of Madras26 June 1918Deba Prasad Sarbadhikari, CIE, LLD26 June 1918Nilratan SarkarAdditional Member of the Legislative Council of the Governor of Bengal26 June 1918Logie Pirie WatsonMember of the Legislative Council of the Lieutenant Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh26 June 1918Hormasji Ardeshir Wadia26 June 1918Robert Aitken26 June 1918Rai Bahadur Seth Sarupchand Hukamchand6 July 1918Harry Frankland HepburnSheriff of the City of London6 July 1918George Rowland BladesSheriff of the City of London
Notes The Hon. Charles Johnston, Speaker of the Legislative Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, died before his Patent of Knighthood could be completed.
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