1875 Birthday Honours

The 1875 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 in May and June 1875.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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[]

Cospatrick Alexander, Earl of Home, by the name, style, and title of Baron Douglas, of Douglas, in the county of Lanark
George, Earl of Dalhousie Vice-Admiral on the Retired List of Her Majesty's Fleet, by the name, style, and title of Baron Ramsay, of Glenmark, in the county of Forfar
Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton, commonly called Viscount Grey de Wilton, by the name, style, and title of Baron Grey de Radcliffe, in the county palatine of Lancaster

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath[]

Civilian star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)[]

Military Division[]

Royal Navy

Vice-Admiral Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton

Army

General Sir Thomas Reed
General Henry, Lord Rokeby
General Sir John Bloomfield Gough
General Sir Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee
Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Shepherd Stuart
Lieutenant-General Sir John Garvock
Lieutenant-General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain
Major-General Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)[]

Military Division[]

Royal Navy

Vice-Admiral Richard Collinson
Vice-Admiral Claude Henry Mason Buckle
Vice-Admiral George Giffard
Vice-Admiral William Loring
Vice-Admiral Edward Southwell Sotheby

Army

Lieutenant-General Burke Cuppage
Lieutenant-General the Honourable George Cadogan
Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Seymour
Lieutenant-General William O'Grady Haly
Lieutenant-General Edward Alan Holdich
Major-General Edwin Beaumont Johnson
Major-General Henry Daly
Surgeon-General John Campbell Brown Bengal Army

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)[]

Military Division[]

Royal Navy

Vice-Admiral Thomas Henry Mason
Captain Samuel Hoskins Derriman
Captain the Honourable Henry Carr Glyn
Captain George Fiott Day
Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton
Captain Radulphus Bryce Oldfield
Captain Charles Murray-Aynsley
Captain John Eglinton Montgomerie
Captain Henry James Raby
Captain William Charles Fahie Wilson
Captain John Halliday Care
Captain James Graham Goodenough
Captain Nowell Salmon
Captain Frederick William Gough
Captain Henry Duncan Grant

Army

Lieutenant-General William Raikes Faber, 17th Regiment
Lieutenant-General David Pott, Bengal Staff Corps
Major-General Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland
Major-General William Charles Forrest
Major-General Richard Hamilton, Madras Staff Corps
Colonel James Conolly
Colonel George Bryan Milman, late 5th Regiment
Colonel Henry Le Geyt Bruce, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery
Colonel Henry Hastings Affleck Wood, Bombay Staff Corps
Colonel Francis Adam Ellis Loch, Bombay Staff Corps
Colonel Henry Knightley Burne, Bengal Staff Corps
Colonel Charles Terrington Aitchison, Bombay Staff Corps
Colonel Mark Walker 45th Regiment
Colonel Philip Gossett Piara, Royal Artillery
Colonel Alexander Abercrombie Nelson, late Depot Battalion
Colonel Patrick Robertson-Ross, late Depot Battalion
Colonel Henry Lowther Chermside, Royal Artillery
Colonel Hugh Rowlands 34th Regiment
Colonel Frederick Ernest Appleyard, 85th Regiment
Colonel Thomas Maunsell, Brigade Depot
Colonel Francis Fisher Hamilton, 4th Regiment
Colonel the Honourable Ivo de Vesci Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, late 9th Lancers
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Ingilby, Royal Artillery
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Jordan, 41st Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Ravenhill, Royal Engineers
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles John Stanley Gough Bengal Cavalry
Lieutenant-Colonel George Hutchinson Bengal Staff Corps
Lieutenant-Colonel Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast Royal (late Madras) Engineers
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Hillman Burnside, late 88th Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel George Murray Miller, 79th Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Pym, Royal Marine Light Infantry

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George[]

Star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)[]

Francis Fortescue Turville
The Honourable Viscount Kirkwall
Charles Sladen
Julius Vogel

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)[]

Sir Henry Thurstan Holland formerly Legal Adviser, and subsequently Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
Captain George Cumine Strahan Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast Colony
Captain James Graham Goodenough , Commodore Commanding Her Majesty's Naval Forces on the Australian Station, lately employed as Commissioner to inquire into the offer of the cession of the Fiji Islands
Edgar Leopold Layard, Consul for Her Majesty at the Fiji Islands, lately employed as Commissioner to inquire into the offer of the cession of those Islands, and now acting as Administrator of the Government of the Colony of Fiji
William Charles Sargeaunt, Crown Agent for the Colonies
Colonel John Dyde, late Colonel-Commandant of Militia in the District of Montreal, in the Dominion of Canada
Colonel John Sewell, late Colonel-Commandant of the District of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada

References[]

^ "No. 24212". The London Gazette. 28 May 1875. p. 2811.
^ "No. 24213". The London Gazette. 29 May 1875. p. 2851.
^ "No. 24215". The London Gazette. 4 June 1875. p. 2903.
^ "No. 8585". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 June 1875. p. 357.

[1] "No. 24212". The London Gazette. 28 May 1875. p. 2811.

[2] "No. 24213". The London Gazette. 29 May 1875. p. 2851.

[3] "No. 24215". The London Gazette. 4 June 1875. p. 2903.

[4] "No. 8585". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 June 1875. p. 357.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t British honours lists
Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863§ 1864§ 1865§ 1866 1867 1868§ 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876§ 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 § Not issued † Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)
New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 † Not issued because of Birthday Honours of new king (1902) and WWII (1940)
Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953
Prime Minister's Resignation Honours	1895 1905 1916 1924 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 2019 † Not issued
Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900† 1906† 1910† 1918† 1922 1923† 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017† 2019 † Not issued
Special Honours	1991 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Additional Honours	1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee) 2020 (Political) 2021 (Death of The Duke of Edinburgh) 2022 (Political)
Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon New Zealand