The King's Birthday Honours 1923 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 1 and 29 June 1923.
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.
British Empire
Baron The Honourable Charles Napier Lawrence, chairman, London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The Honourable Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, , Chairman of the City of London Unionist Association. For public and political services.
Privy Councillor Montagu Collet Norman, , Governor of the Bank of England. The Honourable Stanley Melbourne Bruce, , Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable William Stevens Fielding, , Minister of Finance, Canada. Lieutenant-Colonel George Abraham Gibbs, , Member of Parliament for Bristol (West) since 1906. Treasurer of HM's Household since 1921. Commander Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, Royal Navy, , Member of Parliament for Evesham since January 1910, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1921–October 1922, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty since October 1922.
Baronet Major-General Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, , President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Thomas Hutchison, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Sir William Plender, . For public services. Henry Lesser Rothband. For public services. George Alfred Wills, . For public services. Sir William Watson Rutherford, , Member of Parliament for Edge Hill Division of Liverpool, 1903–1922. Major Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, , Member of Parliament for Honiton since 1910. John Henry Brunel Noble, . For public services in the County of Northumberland. Sir Arthur John Dorman, . For public services in Yorkshire. Sir William Hannay Raeburn, , Member of Parliament for Dumbartonshire since 1918.
Knight Bachelor Francis Robert Anderton, Late Chairman of the London County Council. George Francis Blacker, , Dean of University College Hospital Medical School. George Dance. For public services. David Davis, , Lord Mayor of Birmingham. Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Ellisse, , Controller and Financial Adviser, Imperial War Graves Commission. Professor Hermann Gollancz, . In recognition of his contributions to learning. His Honour Judge Herbert William Lush-Wilson, . For public services. Henry Joseph Lynch, managing director of Messrs. Davidson, Pullen, Rio de Janeiro. Ex-president of Chamber of Commerce, Brazil. Lieutenant-Colonel Ewen John Maclean, . For services to the Ministry of Health in Wales. Arthur Copson Peake, , President of The Law Society. Professor William Matthew Flinders Petrie, , Edwards Professor of Egyptology, University College, London. Arthur Scott Quekett, , Parliamentary Draughtsman and Treasury Solicitor, Northern Ireland. Guy Stephenson, , Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions. John Fischer Williams, , British Legal Representative on the Reparations Commission. Henry Maddocks, , Member of Parliament for Nuneaton since 1918. Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Archer-Shee, , Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central, January and December 1910, and Finsbury since 1918. Alfred Stephens . For public and political services in Carmarthenshire. George Henry Morse, . For public and political services in Norwich. Lord Mayor of Norwich 1923. Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle, , Member of Parliament for Stratford 1918–1922. Chairman of Queen Mary Hospital for the East End of London since 1915. Alderman Ernest Henry Cook, , For public and political services in Bristol. Lord Mayor of Bristol 1921–22. John Priestman, . For public and political services in Sunderland. Daniel Thomas Keymer, . For public and political services in Hackney. Herbert Lidiard. For public and political services in Paddington. Three times Mayor of Paddington. Major Frederic Arthur Kelley, , Member of Parliament for Rotherham since 1918. Pomeroy Burton. For public services. Louis Frederick Pearson, . For public and political services in Nottingham. Alderman Albert Edward Pritchard, . For public and political services in Wednesbury. Alderman Charles Henry Wilson, . For public and political services in Leeds.
India Maurice Henry Weston Hayward, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bombay. Rai Bahadur Kurma Venkata Reddi Nayudu Garu, Minister for Development, Madras. Moropant Vishvanath Joshi, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces. Mr. Justice Hugh Walmsley, Indian Civil Service, Judge, High Court, Calcutta, Bengal. Mr. Justice Muhammad Rafiq, Puisne Judge, High Court, Allahabad, United Provinces. Ernest Albert Seymour Bell, , Member, Railway Board. Edward Mitchener Cook, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Finance Department. Brigadier-General Charles Lane Magniac, , Agent, Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, Madras. Hugh Trowbridge Keeling, , Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Delhi. Captain Thomas George Segrave, , Royal Naval Reserve, in charge of the management of the Indian Prize Ships. Diwan Bahadur Sathappa Chettiar Ramanathan Chettiar Muthiah Chettiar Annainalai Chettiar Avargal, Banker, Madras. Rai Bahadur Gopal Das Bhandari, , Pleader and President, Municipal Committee, Amritsar, Punjab. Purshotamdas Thakurdas, , Merchant, Bombay. Adam Beattie Ritchie, Merchant, Messrs. Finlay, Fleming & Co., Burma. Hector William Gavin Mackenzie, , Senior Censor, Royal College of Physicians. Rayner Childe Barker, , Director-in-Chief, Indo-European Telegraph Department, India Office.
Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates, etc. The Honourable Frederick Revans Chapman, Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. William Herbert Daw, for services in connection with the Oversea Dominions. The Honourable Jean Etienne Reenen de Villiers, Judge President of the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. Charles James Griffin, Chief Justice of His Majesty's High Court of Uganda. George Handley Knibbs, , Director of the Bureau of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia. William Thorley Loton, of the City of Perth in the State of Western Australia, in recognition of his public services. James Comyn Macgregor, , Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland Protectorate. William Macintosh, of Port Elizabeth, Member of the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, in recognition of his public services. Ernest William Sanders Montagu, Secretary for Mines and, Works, Southern Rhodesia. Professor William John Ritchie Simpson, , a Member of the Colonial Advisory Medical and Sanitary Committee. John Warren Swanson, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria, in recognition of his public services.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Civil Division Sir Eyre Crowe, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, . Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Henry Darby Tothill, .
Army Major-General Charles Walker Robinson, , retired pay. Major-General Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd, , retired pay, Colonel Commandant, Royal Army Medical Corps. Lieutenant-General Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, , Indian Army.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Vyell Vyvyan, .
Civil Division Holberry Mensforth, , Director-General of Factories, War Office.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral David Murray Anderson, . Captain (Commodore, 2nd class) Alan Hotham, . Captain Charles Andrew Fountaine. Captain Francis Arthur Marten, . Surgeon Rear-Admiral Joseph Chambers, . Colonel Reginald Cecil Temple, , Royal Marine Artillery.
Army Major-General Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, . Colonel Anthony Hudson Woodifield, , assistant director of Ordnance Services, the British Army of the Rhine. Colonel Howard Alan Denholm Fraser, Commanding Royal Engineers, Peshawar District, India. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alfred Edgar Glasgow, , Commanding 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. Colonel Cecil De Sausmarez, , Officer in charge of Records, Royal Garrison Artillery. Colonel Julian Mayne Young, , Assistant Quartermaster-General, Aldershot Command. Major-General Arthur Le Grand Jacob, , Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Kohat District, India. Colonel Walter Holland Ogilvie, , Indian Medical Service, assistant director of Medical Services, Presidency and Assam District, India. Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Etienne Ronald Partridge Boileau, , Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 11th Indian Infantry Brigade. Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Harry Ross, , Indian Army, Commander, Rangoon Brigade Area, Southern Command, India. Colonel Arthur William Hamilton May Moens, , Indian Army, General Staff, Officer, 1st Grade, India Office. Colonel Edward Thomas Humphreys, , for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Malabar, 1921-1922.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft, .
Civil Division Robert John Thompson, , Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture. Captain John McInnes Borland, , Royal Naval Reserve. William McClelland, . Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Thomas Stokes George Hugh Robertson Aikman, late Commanding 4th Battalion (Militia), The Highland Light Infantry. Colonel Sir Robert Drummond Moncreiffe, , Honorary Colonel, 6th/7th (Perth & Fife) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Territorial Army. Brevet Colonel Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn, , Honorary Colonel, 61st (Carnarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, Territorial Army. Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles John Coventry, , Commanding 100th (Worcestershire & Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Army. Colonel George Ralph Charles, Baron Harlech, , Chairman of the Shropshire Territorial Army County Association.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) His Highness Lieutenant-Colonel Maharaja Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, , Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, Bombay.
Knight Commander (KCSI) Rao Bahadur Bayya Narasimheswara Sarma, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General. Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola, , Member of the Executive Council, Bombay.
Companion (CSI) Maharaja Shri Fateh Singh, Home Member of Council, Jodhpur State, Rajputana. John Hullah, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. Steuart Edmund Pears, , Resident, Waziristan, North West Frontier Province. John Campbell, , Indian Civil Service, Representative of the Government of India on the Opium Advisory Committee of the League of Nations. George Frederick Paddison, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of Labour, Madras. James Milne, lately serving with the Inchcape Committee.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot, , His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tokio.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Laurence Nunns Guillemard, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and their Dependencies. Malcolm Stevenson, , High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Cyprus. The Honourable John George Bice, Member of the Legislative Council, Chief Secretary and Minister of Marine of the State of South Australia. Charles Thomas Davis, , Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.