The King's Birthday Honours 1932 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 3 June 1932.
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
The Right Honourable Stanley Owen, Baron Buckmaster, , Lord Chancellor, 1915–16. Chairman of the Governing Body of the Imperial College of Science and Technology.
Baron
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Charles Churchman, , Member of Parliament for Woodbridge Division of Suffolk, 1920–29. For political and public services. David Davies, , Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire, 1906–29. President of King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association. President of the Welsh Housing and Development Association. For public services. Henry Neville Gladstone, Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire. Treasurer, National Library of Wales. For political and public services. The Right Honourable James Fitzalan Hope, , Member of Parliament for the Brightside Division of Sheffield, 1900–06, and for Central Sheffield, 1908–29. Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, April 1921 to 1923, and December 1924 to June 1929. For political and public services. Major-General Sir Robert Hutchison, , Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy, 1922–23, and for Montrose since 1924. Chief Liberal Whip, 1926–30. For political and public services. Sir Frederick William Lewis, , Chairman of the Development (Public Utility) Advisory Committee. Chairman of Furness Withy & Co. Ltd. For public services.
Privy Councillor
Sir Horace Edmund (The Honourable Mr. Justice) Avory, , A Judge of His Majesty's High Court of Justice since 1910, and the Senior Puisne Judge of the King's Bench Division since 1923. George Arthur Maurice, Baron Stanmore, , Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, since 1916, and Chief Liberal Whip in the House of Lords since 1922. For political and public services.
Baronet
(Robert) Geoffrey Ellis, , Member of Parliament for Winchester since October 1931, and for Wakefield City, 1922–23 and 1924–29. For political and public services. Sir (Henry) Seymour King, , Chairman of the Commissioners for the purposes of Income Tax for the City of London. Sir (Charles Ernest) Leonard Lyle, , Member of Parliament for the Stratford Division of West Ham, December 1918 – 1922, and for Epping Division of Essex, 1923–24. For political, public, and philanthropic services. The Right Honourable William Moore, , Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. John Gunn Mowat, . For public services in the West Riding. Major-General Walter Joseph Maxwell Scott,
Knight Bachelor
Thomas Martland Ainscough, , His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon. Ronald Wilberforce Allen, Member of Parliament for South Leicester, 1923–24. For political and public services. Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, , Master of the Music at York Minster. Henry Britten Brackenbury, , Chairman of the Council of the British Medical Association. Vice-Admiral Charles Douglas Carpendale, , Controller of the British Broadcasting Corporation. President of the Union Internationale de Radio-Diffusion, 1925–1932. The Honourable Evan Edward Charteris, , Chairman of Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery. Trustee of the Wallace Collection and of the National Gallery, Millbank. William Chree, , Procurator of the Church of Scotland. Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. Robert Henry Davis, Governing Director of Messrs. Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd. Inventor of the Davis Submarine Escape Apparatus and of a Submersible Decompression Chamber for use in deep sea diving. Henry Fildes, , Member of Parliament for Stockport, 1920–23. For political and public services. William John Firth. For political and public services in Surrey. William Francis Fladgate, , Chairman of the London Power Company Ltd, and of the Charing Cross Electricity Supply Co. Ltd. Leonard Benjamin Franklin, , Member of Parliament for Central Hackney, 1923–24. For political and public services. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Edward Fremantle, , Member of Parliament for St. Albans since December 1919. For political and public services. Percy Angier Hurd, , Member of Parliament for Devizes Division of Wiltshire since 1924, and for Frome, December 1918–23. For political and public services. Alexander Malcolm MacEwen, Lately Provost of Inverness. For services to Local Government and Public Health in Scotland. James MacFarlane, . For political, public and philanthropic services in Glasgow. Alexander Mackintosh, the well-known Lobby and Parliamentary Journalist. Robert Ludwig Mond, , President, Faraday Society, President, Egypt Exploration Society. For public services. Ernest Henry Pooley, Clerk to the Drapers' Company since 1908. Treasurer, East London College since 1908. Arthur Langford Sholto Rowley, , His Majesty's Consul-General at Paris. John Davenport Siddeley, , Chairman and Managing Director of Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. For public services in connection with mechanical development in the Defence Forces. William Wright Smith, , Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh, and Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. John Sumner, . For political and public services in the West Midlands. Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees, , Member of Parliament for the Gateshead Division, 1918–22. For political and public services in Durham. Raymond Unwin, , President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Chief Adviser to the Greater London Regional Town Planning Committee since 1929. John Mathewson Watson, , Founder and Chairman of the White Heather Fund. For public services in Manchester. (George) Ernest White, , Lord Mayor of Norwich, 1931–32. For political and public services in Norwich. (Arthur) Stanley Woodwark, , Lately Medical Arbitrator for Trade Union and Friendly Societies Insurance Funds. For political and public services.
Dominions
Albert Cecil Day, , Official Secretary to the Governor General of the Dominion of New Zealand since 1913. William Duffus Hunt. For public services in the Dominion of New Zealand. Harold Daniel Luxton, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, 1928–1930. For public services in the State of Victoria. Macpherson Robertson. For services in connection with the Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931, and for other public and charitable services in the Commonwealth of Australia. Air Commodore Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, . For services to Aviation in the Commonwealth of Australia.
India
Edward Herbert Kealy, , Indian Civil Service, of the Political Department, Agent to the Governor-General in the States of Western India. Thomas Guthrie Russell, Chief Commissioner of Railways. Mr. Justice David Grierson Waller, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St. George, Madras. Rai Bahadur Mr. Justice Lai Gopal Mukharji, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, United Provinces. James Macdonald Dunnett, , Indian Civil Service, Reforms Commissioner, Government of India. Howard Denning, , Indian Civil Service, Additional Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department. John Hugh Ronald Fraser, , Indian Civil Service, of the Political Department, Judicial Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province. Joseph Benjamin George Smith, , Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch. Colonel Richard Arthur Needham, , Indian Medical Service (retired). Arnold Albert Musto, , Indian Service of Engineers, Superintending Engineer, Lloyd Barrage Circle, Sukkur, Bombay. Hormasdyar Phiroz Dastur, Barrister-at-Law, Chief Presidency Magistrate, Bombay. Pandit Kailas Narayan Haksar, , Colonel in the Gwalior State Forces and Political Minister, Gwalior State. Alfred Henry Watson, Editor of The Statesman, Calcutta, Bengal.
Colonies, Protectorates, &c.
Albert Ruskin Cook, . For long and devoted medical work amongst the natives in the Uganda Protectorate. Arthur Henry Preece, , of the firm of Messrs. Preece, Cardew & Rider, Consulting Engineers to the Crown Agents for the Colonies. Joseph Sheridan, Chief Justice of the Tanganyika Territory. Mervyn Lawrence Tew, Chief Justice of Sierra Leone. Major Hubert Winthrop Young, , Counsellor to the High Commissioner, Iraq.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division General Sir Charles Fergusson, , (late Grenadier Guards), Retired pay.
Civil Division The Right Honourable Rowland Thomas, Earl of Cromer, , Lord Chamberlain. The Right Honourable Sir Ronald William Graham, , His Majesty's Ambassador at Rome.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Frederic Charles Dreyer, . Vice-Admiral Frank Larken, . Army Lieutenant-General Basil Ferguson Burnett Hitchcock, , (late The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)), Half Pay List. Lieutenant-General Sir George Darell Jeffreys, , (late Grenadier Guards), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, India. Lieutenant-General Henry Edward ap Rhys Pryce, , Indian Army, Commander, Deccan District, India. Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Tom Ince Webb-Bowen, . Civil Division Edward Hale Tindal Atkinson, , Director of Public Prosecutions. Christopher Llewellyn Bullock, , Secretary, Air Ministry. Edward Rodolph Forber, , Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Wilfred Frankland French, . Rear-Admiral Ragnar Musgrave Colvin, . Rear-Admiral the Honourable William Spencer Leveson-Gower, . Engineer Rear-Admiral Harold Arthur Brown. Army Major-General Henry Edward Manning Douglas, , (late Royal Army Medical Corps), Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, India. Major-General Harold Francis Salt, , (late Royal Artillery), Commander Territorial Army Air Defence Formations. Major-General Alan Brough, , (late Royal Engineers), Half Pay List. Major-General James Keith Dick-Cunyngham, , (late The Gordon Highlanders), formerly Brigadier, General Staff, Southern Command, India, now Half Pay List. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Mainwaring Ravell Walsh, , (late The Worcestershire Regiment), Brigadier in charge of Administration, Scottish Command. Colonel Godfrey Robert Viveash Steward, , (late The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers), General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, the British Troops in China. Major-General Edward Douglas Giles, , Indian Army, Major-General, Cavalry, General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Henry St. George Stewart Scott, , Indian Army, Commander, Bannu Brigade, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Eric de Burgh, , Indian Army, Commander, 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Henry Lawrence Scott, , Indian Army, Commander, Ambala Brigade Area, India. Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal John McIntyre, . Civil Division Rear-Admiral Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, . Charles Vickery Drysdale, . Lieutenant-Colonel (Honorary Colonel) David Main, , Chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Cumberland. Stuart Kelson Brown, , Joint Secretary, Military Department, India Office. The Honourable Alexander Montagu George Cadogan, , Counsellor in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. Adviser on League of Nations affairs in the Foreign Office. Cornelius Joseph Gregg, Secretary to the Board of Inland Revenue. Roger Gaskell Hetherington, , Chief Engineering Inspector, Ministry of Health.