List of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire (original) (raw)

Founder of the Garton Foundation for Promoting the Study of International Policy and Economics; Honorary Treasurer of the Trust Fund 'Committee of Queen Mary's Hostel. "For services in connection with the War".[4]

Sir David Harrel

1 January 1918

Chairman, of the Committee on Production. "For services in connection with the War".[4]

Sir Robert Arundell Hudson

1 January 1918

Treasurer and Financial Director of the Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For services in connection with the War".[4]

Colonel Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee

1 January 1918

Director-General of Food Production. "For services in connection with the War".[4]

Sir William Plender

1 January 1918

"For services in connection with the War".[4]

General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate

1 January 1918

His Majesty's High Commissioner for Egypt. "For services in connection with the War".[4]

Basil Zaharoff

19 April 1918 (invested)

Honorary

Presented by Viscount Bertie of Thame, British Ambassador to France

Arthur David Brooks

3 June 1918

Lord Mayor of Birmingham. "For services in connection with the War".

[5]

Sir William Edmund Garstin

3 June 1918

Member of the Council of the British Red Cross Society and of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the V.A.D. Advisory Committee and of the V.A.D. Selection Board. "For services in connection with the War".

[5]

Sir Charles Blair Gordon

3 June 1918

Vice-Chairman of the British War Mission to the United States of America. "For services in connection with the War".

[5]

The Earl of Plymouth

3 June 1918

Sub-Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. "For services in connection with the War".

[5]

The Very Reverend Thomas Banks Strong

3 June 1918

Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; late Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. "For services in connection with the War".

[5]

The Reverend John Pentland Mahaffy

3 June 1918

Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. "For services in connection with the War".

[6]

The Earl of Liverpool

3 June 1918

Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand. "For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War.".

[7]

Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles

3 June 1918

Lately Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the City and Garrison of Gibraltar. "For services in or for the Oversea Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates, in connection with the War."

[8]

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Crichton Sclater

1 January 1919

Military

"For valuable services rendered in connection with the War".

[9]

Walter Durnford

8 January 1919

Civil

Provost of King's College, Cambridge. "For services in connection with the war".

[10]

Sir Charles Edward Ellis

8 January 1919

Civil

Member of Ministry of Munitions Council and Representative of the Ministry in France and Italy; previously Director-General of Ordnance Supply; late Managing Director, Messrs. John Brown & Co., Ltd. "For services in connection with the war".

[10]

The Viscount Peel

8 January 1919

Civil

Chairman of Panel, Military Service (Government Departments) Committee; Chairman of Disabled Sailors' and Soldiers' 'Compensation Committee; formerly Chairman of the Committee on Detention of Neutral Vessels and of the Black List Committee. "For services in connection with the war".

[10]

The Lord Raglan

8 January 1919

Civil

Late Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man. "For services in connection with the war".

[10]

Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, Bt.

8 January 1919

Civil

Director-General of Voluntary Organisations; Commanding and Chief Staff Officer of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. "For services in connection with the war".

[10]

Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness The Maharaja of Nawanagar

3 June 1919

Military

"In recognition of valuable services rendered in India in connection with the War".

[11]

Major-General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes

26 August 1919

Military

"For distinguished services to Aviation in general, and in particular for invaluable work as former Chief of the Air Staff".

[12]

General Sir Baber Shumshere Jang Bahadoor Rana of Nepal

19 December 1919

Sir Alexander Baird, Bt.

1 January 1920

Civil

President, Permanent Arbitration Board, Egypt. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

The Viscount Chilston

1 January 1920

Civil

Chief County Director, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb

1 January 1920

Civil

Late Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Colonel Sir James Gildea

1 January 1920

Civil

Founder and Chairman of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Families' Association. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir Charles Harris

1 January 1920

Civil

Assistant Financial Secretary, War Office. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir Nathaniel Joseph Highmore

1 January 1920

Civil

Assistant Director, War Trade Department. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir Robert Stevenson Horne

1 January 1920

Civil

Minister of Labour. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir Robert Molesworth Kindersley

1 January 1920

Civil

Chairman, National War Savings Committee. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir Harry Livesey

1 January 1920

Civil

Late Director of Navy Contracts and subsequently Commissioner for Contract Policy, and Admiralty Representative on Lord Colwyn's Inter-departmental Committee. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

The Earl of Meath

1 January 1920

Civil

"For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir Thomas Munro

1 January 1920

Civil

Chairman of Provisional Joint Committee of Industrial Conference; Chief Adviser, Labour Regulation Department, Ministry of Munitions. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir John Denison-Pender

1 January 1920

Civil

Managing Director of Eastern Telegraph Company. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Edward Aurelian Ridsdale

1 January 1920

Civil

Vice-Chairman of Executive Committee, British Red Cross Society. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Arthur Everett Shipley

1 January 1920

Civil

Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Sir Henry Babington Smith

1 January 1920

Civil

Acted as Deputy to the Earl of Reading in the United States of America. "For services in connection with the War."

[13]

Commanding General Sir Padma Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal

24 March 1920

Sir Percy Elly Bates, Bt.

5 June 1920

Civil

Voluntary services to the Ministry of Shipping for five years. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[14]

Sir John Lorne MacLeod

5 June 1920

Civil

Lord Provost of Edinburgh throughout the War. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[14]

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson

5 June 1920

Civil

Agent-General for Queensland until end of 1919. Services to Board of Trade in connection with purchase and distribution of frozen meat for Allied Forces. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[14]

Herbert Louis Samuel

11 June 1920

Civil

His Majesty's High Commissioner for Palestine.[15]

Sir Edward Owen Cox

15 October 1920

Civil

"For services in or for certain of the Overseas Dominions, and in connection with the War".[16]

Frederic Courtland Penfield

October 1920

Presented in Washington D.C.

[17]

Henry Morgenthau

November 1920

Presented by Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States. "In recognition of his services to British civilian and military prisoners during the war."

[18]

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking

1 January 1921

Military

[19]

Honorary Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Bikaner

1 January 1921

Military

"For valuable services rendered during the War".

[19]

Colonel (Temporary Major-General) The Earl of Scarbrough

12 February 1921

Military

Director-General of the Territorial Force.

"Lord Scarbrough relinquished on Saturday [12 February 1921] his appointment as Director-General of the Territorial Force, after holding that office for the usual period of four years."

[20][21]

Count Sutemi Chinda

May 1921

On the occasion of the visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to the United Kingdom.

[22]

Evelyn Cecil

2 January 1922

Civil

Secretary-General of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 1915–21. Vice-Chairman Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem.[23]

Charles Scott Sherrington

2 January 1922

Civil

President of the Royal Society.

[23]

Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt.

3 June 1922

Civil

"On the occasion of His Majesty' Birthday".

[24]

John Herbert Lewis

19 October 1922

Civil

Under Secretary to the Board of Education since 1916.

[25]

Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, Bt.

19 October 1922

Civil

Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Right Honourable David Lloyd George.

[25]

The Right Honourable The Viscount St Davids

19 October 1922

Civil

[26]

Admiral Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper

28 December 1922

Military

[27]

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Harington Harington

28 December 1922

Military

[27]

Sir John Malcolm Fraser, Bt.

30 December 1922

Civil

[28]

Sir Harry Harling Lamb

2 June 1923

Civil

Until recently His Majesty's Consul-General at Smyrna. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Major-General Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack

2 June 1923

Civil

Governor-General of the Sudan. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Sir William Guy Granet

2 June 1923

Civil

For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".[29]

Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin

2 June 1923

Civil

Lately Administrator of Southern Rhodesia and of Northern Rhodesia.[30]

Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff

3 June 1924

Military

"On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Robert Donald

3 June 1924

Civil

For public services. Chairman of the Council of the Empire Press Union. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Sir Howard George Frank, Bt.

3 June 1924

Civil

Lately Chairman of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission. For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Sir Josiah Charles Stamp

3 June 1924

Civil

For public services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay

3 June 1924

Civil

Lately His Majesty's Minister at Christiania. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Field Marshal The Lord Plumber

3 June 1924

Civil

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Malta. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Major-General The Lord Cheylesmore

3 June 1925

Civil

Chairman of the National Rifle Association; President of the Lord Roberts' Memorial Workshops. Twice Mayor of Westminster and Chairman of London County Council 1912–13. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Sir Frederic George Kenyon

3 June 1925

Civil

Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Sir John Francis Cleverton Snell

3 June 1925

Civil

Chairman of the Electricity Commission. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Sir Hugh Charles Clifford

3 June 1925

Civil

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, Governor and Commander-in-Chief designate of the Island of Ceylon. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

25 June 1925

Conferred by King George V at an audience at Buckingham Palace. "It is understood that the honour is in acknowledgement of M. Paderewski's services to the British Legion in giving recitals on behalf of Lord Haig's Fund."

Lieutenant-General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh

17 July 1925

Military

Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke

19 January 1926

Civil

"In connection with the termination of the British Empire Exhibition".

[31]

Admiral Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock [Notes 1]

5 June 1926

Military

"On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."

The Lord Islington

5 June 1926

Civil

Retiring Chairman of the National Savings Committee. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."

Sir William Warrender Mackenzie

5 June 1926

Civil

Late President of the Industrial Court. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."

The Lord Queenborough

5 June 1926

Civil

"For public services". "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday."

Sir Henry Frank Heath

3 June 1927

Civil

Late Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".

Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt.

3 June 1927

Civil

"On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".

Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer

3 June 1927

Civil

Controller of Finance, H.M. Treasury. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".

Sir Richard Threfall

3 June 1927

Civil

"For public services." "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".

The Right Honourable Edward Hilton Young

3 June 1927

Civil

Chairman of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".

Sir Henry Strakosch

3 June 1927

Civil

Lately Member of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency. "On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday".

General The Earl of Cavan

27 June 1927

Civil

"On the occasion of the Visit of T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia to inaugurate the new capital of the Commonwealth of Australia at Canberra".

[32]

Sir George Rowland Blades, Bt.

27 September 1927

Civil

On his retirement as Lord Mayor of London. The customary baronetcy could not be conferred as Blades was already a baronet.

[33][34]

Colonel His Royal Highness The Maharaja of Kapurthala

29 November 1927

Civil

Announced by The Lord Irwin, Governor-General of India, on 26 November 1927 in Kapurthala, on the occasion of his visit for the Maharaja's Golden Jubilee.

[35][36]

General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch

9 December 1927

Military

Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery.

Dr Luis Alberto de Herrera

February 1928

Special Ambassador, Uruguayan Special Mission.

[37]

Sir John Dewrance

4 June 1928

For public and political services. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

[38]

Brigadier-General Sir Henry Percy Maybury

4 June 1928

Director General of Roads, Ministry of Transport. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

[38]

Sir John Hubert Oakley

4 June 1928

Member of the Irish Grants Committee. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

[38]

Sir William Grenfell Max Muller

4 June 1928

Lately His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Ministry Plenipotentiary at Warsaw. "On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday".

The Right Honourable The Lord Phillimore

7 August 1928

Civil

"In recognition of services as President of the Naval Prize Tribunal Since its inception in 1918, and on the occasion of the dissolution of the Tribunal."

[39]

Brigadier-General Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood

2 November 1928

Civil

[40]

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game

1 January 1929

Military

[41]

Sir Arthur Henry Crosfield, Bt.

1 March 1929

Civil