The New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1926.
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
Viscount The Right Honourable Sir James Craig Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. The Right Honourable John Andrew, Baron Sumner Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Baron Sir George Hayter Chubb Chairman of Nonconformist Unionist Association since its foundation in 1886. For political and public services. Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis Member of Parliament for Maidstone, 1888–1895, and 1898–1900. Chairman of Kent County Council since 1910. For political and public services. Sir Charles Greenway Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Ltd.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: The Honourable William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1922–24, and since November, 1924. Member of Parliament for Denbigh District, 1910–18, and for Stafford since December, 1918. Sir Leslie Frederic Scott Member of Parliament for the Exchange Division of Liverpool since 1910. Solicitor-General, March to October, 1922.
Baronetcies Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Bolton Convener and Vice-Lieutenant of the County of Stirling. Sir Edward Rae Davson, President of the Associated West Indian Chambers of Commerce. Sir Joseph Duveen. For public services. Major George Richard James Hennessy Vice-Chamberlain of the Household since December, 1925. Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1923 to January, 1924, and November, 1924 to December, 1925. Member of Parliament for Winchester since 1918. Sir John Scott Hindley, Commercial Adviser, Mines Department since 1918. For public services. William Lewthwaite Chairman of the Conservative Association for the Egremont (now Whitehaven) Division of Cumberland, 1904–1924, and Treasurer for many years previous to 1904. For political and public services. Basil Edward Peto Member of Parliament for Devizes, 1910–18; Barnstaple, 1922–23 and since 1924. For political and public services.
Knight Bachelor Major Richard Ludwig Bagge For political and public services in Norfolk. George William Barber Chairman of the Twickenham Division Conservative Association. For political and public services in Middlesex. Alderman Percival Bower Lord Mayor of Birmingham, 1924–26. William Henry Clarke For political and public services in Leeds. George Hammond Etherton Clerk to the Lancashire County Council and formerly Town Clerk of Liverpool. Henry Head For public services. Has made distinguished contributions to knowledge of the nervous system. Thomas Houston For public services. Ebenezer Howard President, International Garden Cities and Town Planning Association. Charles Hulbert, Chief Master, Chancery Division of the Supreme Court cf Judicature. Alfred Joseph Law For political and public services in Lancashire. Walter Greaves-Lord Member of Parliament for Norwood since November, 1922. For political and public services. Alderman Percy Molyneux For political and public services in Wales. Harold Spencer Morris President of the Industrial Court. Charles Kenneth Murchison Member of Parliament for East Hull December, 1918–22; Huntingdon 1922-23 and since 1924. For political and public services. The Right Honourable Thomas Lopdell O'Shaughnessy Retired Irish Judge. For public services. George Allan Powell Vice-Chairman of the Food Council. Joseph Child Priestley Chairman of the Herts Quarter Sessions. For public services. John Charles Walsham Reith, Managing Director of the British Broadcasting Company. Thomas Wakelin Saint For political and public services. Chairman of the East Islington Conservative Association and has been leader of the Municipal Reform Party in Islington for many years. John James Smith. For political and public services in Essex. Alexander Spence President of the Dundee Unionist Association and lately Lord Provost of the City. For political and public services in Dundee. Lionel Alexander Goodenough Taylor. For political and public services in Bristol. Charles John Howell Thomas Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue David Milne-Watson Governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company. Duncan Watson Chairman of the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority. James Watt President and formerly Chairman of the Carlisle Conservative Association. For political and public services. Walter James Franklin Williamson late Financial Adviser to Siamese Government.
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. The Honourable John Bowser, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, State of Victoria. The Honourable Hal Pateshall Colebatch Agent-General in London for the State of Western Australia. John Joseph Garvan, formerly Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Alfred Langler, Governing Director of the West Australian Newspaper Company, in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia. Robert Donald Douglas Maclean, in recognition of his services to the Dominion of New Zealand. Maurice Julian Berkeley, Senior Puisne Judge, British Guiana. Honorary Colonel Edwin James Hayward Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Joseph Horsford Kemp Attorney-General, Hong Kong. Albert Ernest Kitson Director of the Geological Survey, Gold Coast Colony. Herbert Kortwright McDonnell Sisnett, Chief Justice of British Honduras.
British India Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Burma. Richard Burn Indian Civil Service, lately temporary Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the United Provinces. Justice Cheruvari Krishnan, Diwan Bahadur, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Madras. John William Anderson Bell, President, Bengal Chamber of Commerce. David Thomas Chadwick Indian Civil Service, lately Secretary to the Government of India in the Commerce Department. Norman McIver Murray, Managing Governor of the Imperial Bank of India. Sardar Bomanji Ardeshir Dalai, Member of the Legislative Assembly, First Class Sardar, Bombay. Joseph Aspden Kay, Member of the Bombay Legislative Council, Managing Director, Messrs. W. H. Brady and Company, Limited, Bombay. Rao Bahadur Ramanbhai Mahipatram Nilkanth, Bombay.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division Army General Sir George Francis Milne General to the King, Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, The War Office.
Civil Division Sir Claud Schuster Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Lieutenant General Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison Royal Marines.
Army Lieutenant-General Sir William Thwaites General Officer Command.ing, 47th (2nd London) Division. Lieutenant-General Sir Webb Gillman Inspector of the Royal Artillery, The War Office. Major-General Harry Christopher Tytler Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Burma Independent District.
Civil Division George Macdonald Secretary to the Scottish Education Department
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral William Rawdon Napier Rear-Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring Engineer Captain Walter Rudolph Parnall
Army Colonel (Local Colonel on the Staff) Charles Walker Scott Colonel in charge of Administration, Gibraltar. Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Evan Gibb Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Aldershot Command. Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Charles Howard Foulkes Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command. Colonel Austin Claude Girdwood Brigade Commander, 158th (Royal Welch) Infantry Brigade. Ordnance Officer 1st Class and Colonel Robert Henry McVittie Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, The British Troops in Egypt. Colonel (temporary Colonel on the Staff) Sydney Capel Peck Director of Artillery, The War Office. Colonel Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston Indian Army, General Staff Officer 1st Grade, India Office. Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Cyril Rodney Harbord Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade, Sialkot, India. Colonel Corrie Hudson Indian Medical Service, Assistant Director of Medical Services, Aden Brigade, Aden.
Royal Air Force Group Captain Charles Stuart Burnett
Civil Division Rear-Admiral Arthur John Davies. Instructor Captain Thomas Slator Commander Kenneth Noel Humphreys Charles John Tench Bedford Grylls Commissioner and Joint Secretary, H.M. Board of Customs & Excise. James Frederick George Price, Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour. Henry Thomas Tizard Principal Assistant Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander (KCSI) His Highness Maharaja Gulab Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Rewa, Central India.
Companion (CSI) Archibald Young Gipps Campbell Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, Madras. Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson Indian Army, Political Department, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana. John Thomas Marten, Indian Civil Service Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces. Blanchard Foley, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Bihar and Orissa. Alexander Langley Indian Civil Service, Commission, Lahore, Punjab.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
Colonel Henry Lawson Webster, Viscount Burnham President of the Empire Press Union and Deputy Chairman of the Empire Parliamentary Association. Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and their Dependencies; High Commissioner for the Malay States.
Honorary Knight Grand Cross His Majesty King Faisal of Iraq.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Professor William Mitchell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Charles Perrin Skerrett, Chief Justice of New Zealand. Alfred Claud Hollis British Resident in Zanzibar. Sir William Kellman Chandler Member of the Executive Council and President of the Legislative Council of the Island of Barbados. Aretas, Viscount Chilston His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna. Robert Henry Clive His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran. Miles Wedderburn Lampson His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Peking. Charles Hubert Montgomery Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
John Alexander of the City of Auckland, in recognition of his services to the Dominion of New Zealand. Alexander Foulis Bell, a Member of the Dried Fruits Control Board, Commonwealth of Australia. Captain Lawrence Franklin Burgis Principal, Offices of the Cabinet. Charles John Cerutty, Auditor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Charles Westwood Earle, President of the New Zealand Newspaper Proprietors' Association. Edward Maltby Bland, General Manager of the Nigerian Railway. Ernest Frederick Colvile, Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland Protectorate. Member of the Executive Council and an Official Member of the Legislative Council of the Protectorate. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Fortnom Cox Chief British Representative in Trans-Jordan.