The 1924 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published in The London Gazette on 1 January 1924.
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
Viscount James Lyle, Baron Inchcape, .
Baron The Right Honourable Sir Frederick George Banbury, . The Right Honourable Sir Charles John Darling. Colonel Sir Herbert Merton Jessel, .
Privy Councillor The Honourable Henry Burton, , Minister of Finance, Union of South Africa. Frederick Henry, Baron Colwyn. Sir George Ambrose Lloyd, . Ronald John McNeill, , Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since October 1922. Major Edward, Earl Winterton, , Under-Secretary of State for India since October 1922.
Baronet Henry Strother Cautley, . Major Herbert Robin Cayzer, . Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, Senior Master of the King's Bench Division and King's Remembrancer. Gilbert Wheaton Fox, . Sir Donald MacAlister, , President of the General Medical Council. Sir John Paget Mellor, , late His Majesty's Procurator General and Solicitor to the Treasury. John de Fonblanque Pennefather, . John Cecil Power, for Public Services. Sir Lewis Richardson, , in recognition of services rendered to the Union of South Africa. Thomas Worsfold, .
Knight Bachelor Ernest King Allen, , Assistant Public Trustee. Herbert Austin, Clerk of the Central Criminal Court. Alderman Albert Ball, . Henry William Russell Bencraft, . Colonel Joseph Alfred Bradney, . Byrom Bramwell, , for services to Medicine. Leonard James Coates, a Member of the Liquidation Board. Archibald Craig, . Benjamin Scaife Gott, for services to Education. Walter Lawrence, . Thomas Harry Mottram, , His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Mines, Mines Department, Board of Trade. Hugh Murray, , Assistant Forestry Commissioner of England and Wales. William George Rice, . Charles Claxton Sanderson, Controller of the London Postal Service. Robert Forsyth Scott, . William George Turner, Alderman, Lord Mayor of Belfast. Arthur Watson, , General Manager of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway. Richard White, Chief Master of the Supreme Court, Chancery Division. Alderman John Frederick Winnicott, . Fredric Wise, .
India Lieutenant-Colonel Denys Brooke Blakeway, , Agent to the Governor-General, Central India. Rao Bahadur Annepu Parasuramadas Patro Garu, Minister for Education, Madras. Khan Bahadur Saiyed Muhammad Fakhruddin, Minister for Education, Bihar and Orissa. Charles Lennox Somerville Russell, Indian Civil Service, Resident at Hyderabad. Mr. Justice Calamur Viravalli Kumaraswami Sastriyar, Diwan Bahadur, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras. Mr. Justice Amberson Barrington Marten, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Mr. Justice William Ewart Greaves, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal. Dadiba Merwanji Dalal, , High Commissioner for India in London. John Kaye Batten, Indian Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner, Central Provinces. Frank Nelson, Chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India and Ceylon, Member of the Bombay Legislative Council. John Ernest Jackson, , Acting Agent of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. Willoughby Langer Carey, President, Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Bengal Legislative Council. George Anderson, , Indian Educational Service, Director of Public Instruction, Punjab. Charles Morgan Webb, , Indian Civil Service, Chairman, Development Trust, Rangoon, Burma. Harry George Waters, , Principal Medical Officer, East Indian Railway.
Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates Lewis Cohen, Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide, State of South Australia, in recognition of his services to Municipal Government. Henry Lindo Ferguson, , Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Otago University, Dominion of New Zealand. John George Fraser, , Government Agent, Western Province, Ceylon. David James Galloway, , Member of the Executive Council and of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, in recognition of his public services. The Honourable John McWhae, Agent-General in London for the State of Victoria. The Honourable Arthur Mielziner Myers, formerly Minister of Customs and Munitions and for many years Member of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, in recognition of his public services. Sydney Charles King Farlow Nettleton, Chief Justice of the Bahamas. Joseph John Nunan, , Attorney-General of British Guiana. Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Prout, , one of the Medical Advisers to the Colonial Office. Robert Rutherford, Chairman of the West India Committee. Ronald Storrs, , District Governor of Jerusalem. Herbert John Taylor, for services under the British South Africa Company's Administration of Southern Rhodesia, as Chief Native Commissioner. John Vicars, of the City of Sydney, in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, , Royal Air Force.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral the Honourable Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, . Engineer Vice-Admiral Robert Bland Dixon, .
Army Lieutenant-General Sir Joseph John Asser, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda. Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman, , Director-General, Army Medical Service. Major-General Sir James Marshall Stewart, , Indian Army, retired pay.
Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshal Oliver Swann, .
Civil Division Colonel (Honorary Brigadier-General) William Bromley-Davenport, , late Territorial Army Reserve (Honorary Colonel, the Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment).
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds, . Rear-Admiral Percival Henry Hall-Thompson, . Rear-Admiral Alexander Victor Campbell, . Paymaster Commander Robert Archibald Morison Burridge.
Army Major-General Denis Joseph Collins, , Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, East Indies. Colonel George Peabody Scholfield, , Deputy Chief Engineer, Southern Command. Colonel George Napier Johnston, , Commanding Royal Artillery, 52nd (The Lowland) Division, Territorial Army. Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Rowland Henry Mangles, , Brigade Commander, Cairo Brigade, the British Troops in Egypt. Colonel Lewis Francis Philips, , Brigade Commander, 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army. Colonel (temporary Colonel on the Staff) Henry Thomas Sawyer, , Director of Veterinary Services, India Headquarters Staff, East Indies. Major-General Harry Ashley Vane Cummins, , Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Bombay District, East Indies. Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) William Frank Bainbridge, , Indian Army, Commander, Jullundur Brigade Area, Northern Command, East Indies. Colonel Arthur Holroyd Bridges, , Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, General Staff, Rawalpindi District, East Indies.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore David Munro, , Royal Air Force Medical Services.
Civil Division Engineer Captain Francis Evans Percy Haigh, Royal Navy (Retd.) Colonel Commandant Picton Phillips, , Royal Marines. Instructor Captain John White, , Royal Navy. Edward Rodolph Forber, , Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Health. Roland Venables Vernon, Assistant Secretary, Middle East Department, Colonial Office. William Young, Commissioner of Customs and Excise.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) General Henry Seymour, Baron Rawlinson of Trent, , Commander-in-Chief in India.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) Charles Alexander Innes, , Indian Civil Service; Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council. General Sir Claud William Jacob, , Chief of the General Staff, India.
Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) James Donald, , Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bengal. Lieutenant-Colonel William Frederick Travers O'Connor, , British Envoy at the Court of Nepal. Ernest Sampson Lloyd, Indian Civil Service, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras. Leonard Frederick Morshead, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Bihar and Orissa. Henry Duffield Craik, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of the Punjab. Samuel Andrew Smyth, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Mandalay Division, Burma. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Hugh Jeffery, , Indian Army, General Staff, Army Headquarters. Colin Gurdon Adam, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bombay. M R Ry Diwan Bahadur Thodla Raghavayya Pantulu Garu, Diwan of Travancore State, Madras. Maharaja Sir Ejaz Rasul Khan of Jahangirabad Raj, United Provinces.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Alexander Ransford Slater, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Sierra Leone. The Honourable Littleton Ernest Groom, Attorney-General and Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia. Wyndham Rowland Dunstan, , for services as Director of the Imperial Institute. The Right Honourable the Earl Granville, , His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen. The Lord Kilmarnock, , British High Commissioner on the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Edward John Arnett, a Senior Resident in the Northern Provinces of Nigeria. William Benjamin Chaffey, Councillor of the Borough of Mildura, State of Victoria, in recognition of his services in connection with irrigation settlement in the State. Captain the Honourable Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, , in recognition of his services as Secretary to the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. Eric Rücker Eddison, Principal in the Board of Trade, in recognition of his services as Secretary to the Imperial Economic Conference. The Honourable Richard Feetham, Judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa, for services as Legal Adviser to the High Commissioner for South Africa. John Cyril Douglas Fenn, Chief Secretary to the Government of Cyprus. Edward Shaw Hose, British Resident, Negri Sembilan, Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Federated Malay States. William Warren Kerr, , formerly President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia and Chairman of the Royal Commission on Taxation appointed by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia. Thomas Luff Perkins, , lately Director of Public Works, Hong Kong. The Honourable John Scaddan, Minister for Mines, Railways, Industries and Woods and Forests, and Member of the House of Assembly, State of Western Australia. Henry Benjamin Shawe, , Secretary for the Interior, Union of South Africa. The Honourable Percival Donald Leslie Fynn, Treasurer and Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Southern Rhodesia. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Marshall Hole, for service in the London Office of the British South Africa Company. James Robertson, Secretary, Department of the Administrator and Clerk to the Executive and Legislative Councils of Southern Rhodesia. Joseph Addison, Counsellor of His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin.
Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)