The 1937 New Year Honours were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were the first honours of George VI's reign and were announced on 29 January 1937.United Kingdom and British Empire:

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 Colonies

Aide-de-camp appointments Royal Navy Captain H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, Commander The Lord Louis Mountbatten,

Personal Field-Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Colonel Grenadier Guards, Colonel-in-Chief The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), Royal Army Service Corps, and Royal Army Medical Corps, Honorary Colonel 3rd Battalion (Militia) The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 3rd and 4th Battalions (Militia) The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Brigade (Army) Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, 6th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, Territorial Army, 18th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), Territorial Army. Major-General His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, Colonel-in-chief, The Gloucestershire Regiment, Honorary Colonel. Cambridge University Contingent, Officers Training Corps. His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews, Colonel-in-chief The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Honorary Major-General His Royal Highness. Prince Arthur of Connaught, Colonel retired pay (Reserve of Officers) Colonel-in-Chief The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons). Honorary Major-General the Earl of Athlone, Colonel, retired pay, Colonel The Life Guards, and 7th Queen's Own Hussars, Honorary Colonel, University of London Contingent, Officers Training Corps (Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle). The Earl of Harewood, Honorary Colonel 1st City of London Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers), Territorial Army.

Royal Air Force H.R.H. Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, is granted a commission as an Air Vice-Marshal and is appointed Personal Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty The King, 1st Feb. 1937.

Viscount

The Right Honourable Hamar, Baron Greenwood, Chairman of Dorman. For public services.

Baron

Major Sir George Richard James Hennessy, Member of Parliament for Winchester 1918 to 1931. Treasurer of H.M. Household. 1928-29 and in 1931. Vice-Chamberlain 1925 to 1928. Lord Commissioner of H.M. Treasury 1922 to 1924. For political arid public services. Sir Harry Duncan McGowan, Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. For public services. Sir Arthur Michael Samuel, Member of Parliament for Farnham since December, 1918. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, November, 1927, to June, 1929. Parliamentary Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade, November, 1924, to November, 1927. For political and public services.

Privy Councillor Major-General Robert, Baron Hutchison of Montrose, H.M. Paymaster General. The Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies, Attorney-General and Minister for Industry of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Baronetcies Sir Derwent Hall Caine, Member of Parliament for Everton, 1929–31. For political and public services. Colonel the Honourable George Sidney Herbert, For political and public services in Wiltshire. Sir (William) Clare Lees, Managing Director of the Bleachers Association Ltd. For services to the British cotton and artificial silk industries. Major Sir Henry Edward Lyons, For political and public services. Robert Rankin, Member of Parliament for the Kirkdale division of Liverpool since 1931. For political and public services in Lancashire. Percy Malcolm Stewart, Lately Commissioner for the Special Areas (England and Wales).

Knight Bachelor

John Arthur Aiton, For political and public services in Derbyshire. Joseph Arthur Arkwright, Member of the Agricultural Research Council. Amos Lowrey Ayre, , a past President of the National Confederation of Employers' Organisations. Adrian Cedric Boult, Conductor. Director of Music of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Robert Abraham Burrows, Chairman of Lancashire Associated Collieries. Nigel Leslie Campbell, a Managing Director of Helbert Wagg & Co. Ltd. Director of the Bankers' Industrial Development Company Ltd. Thomas Russell Albert Mason Cook, Member of Parliament for North Norfolk since October, 1931. For political and public services. Major Cyril Fullard Entwistle, Member of Parliament for Bolton since October, 1931, and for South-West Hull, 1918 to 1924. For political and public services. Harold Gibson Howitt, Chartered Accountant. For services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. John Henry Morris-Jones, Member of Parliament for Denbigh since 1929. Lord Commissioner of H.M. Treasury (unpaid) since 1935. Norman Kendal, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. William Biggart Lang, President of the Machine Tool Trades Association. John Charles Grant Ledingham, Director of the Lister Institute, London. Professor of Bacteriology, University of London. Lieutenant-Colonel Albert George Lee, Engineer-in-Chief, Post Office Engineering Department, General Post Office. Ernest Kaye Le Fleming, Chairman of the Council of the British Medical Association. A Member of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom. John McDonald, For political and public services in South-West Scotland. Thomas Macquaker, lately Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and Chairman of Directors, Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women, Glasgow. Percival Edward Meadon, Director of Education, Lancashire. Henry Frederick Oswald Norbury, Chief Registrar, Principal Probate Registry, Supreme Court of Judicature. William Richard Power. For political and public services in Hackney. Henry Phillip Price. For political and public services in Yorkshire. Samuel Servington Savery, Member of Parliament for Holderness, Yorkshire, since December, 1923. For political and public services. Leonard Foster Stedman, For political and public services in Monmouthshire. Colonel Gilbert Tanner, For political and public services in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Judge Richard Augustus Vaux, President of the Mixed Court of Appeal, Egypt. Robert Waddington, Member of Parliament for Rossendale, 1918–1922. For political and public services in Lancashire. William Harold Webbe, For political and public services in London. Anthony Henry Wingfield, For public services in Bedfordshire. Alfred Wood, Secretary to the British Sugar Corporation.

Dominions Jonathan Robert Cain, Lord Mayor of Adelaide, State of South Australia. George Harper, Chairman of the Metropolitan Relief Committee, Christchurch, Dominion of New Zealand. Howard Watson Lloyd, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Adelaide. For public services in the State of South Australia. Henry John Sheehan, Secretary to the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia. Alexander Anderson Stewart. For public and social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia. Arthur Streeton. For services to art in the Commonwealth of Australia. George Alexander Troup, For public services in the Dominion of New Zealand.

India and Burma

Diwan Bahadur Arcot Ramaswami Mudaliar, Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India. Diwan Bahadur Siddappa Totappa Kambli, Minister for Education to the Governor of Bombay. Ponnambala Tyaga Rajan, Minister for Public Works to the Governor of Madras. Khan Bahadur Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bombay. Khan Bahadur Khwaja Muhammad Nur, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, Bihar. Mya Bu, Barrister-at-Law, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon, Burma. Panambur Raghavendra Rau, Financial Commissioner of Railways. Digby Livingstone Drake-Brockman, Indian Civil Service, Senior Member, Board of Revenue, United Provinces. Asoke Kumar Roy, Barrister-at-Law, Advocate-General, Calcutta, Bengal. Charles Gerald Trevor, Indian Forest Service, Inspector-General of Forests, and President, Forest Research Institute and College, Dehra Dun. Captain Sardar Sher Mohammad Khan, Member of the Legislative Assembly, of Jhelum, Punjab. Colonel Charles Gordon Arthur, lately Sheriff of Calcutta, Senior Resident Partner of Messrs. Jardine Skinner & Co. Calcutta, Bengal. Arthur Joseph Curgenven, Indian Civil Service (retired), lately Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St. George, Madras. Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Moyle Field, Indian Army (retired), Chief Minister, Jodhpur State, Rajputana.

Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

Alfred Horace D'Costa. For public services in Jamaica. Robert Evans Hall, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Uganda Protectorate. Leopold Frank Moore. For public services in Northern Rhodesia. John Allan Tarbat. For public services in Ceylon. Richard Clifford Tute, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Bahamas.

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Francis Loftus Tottenham,

Army Lieutenant-General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, (late Coldstream Guards), Colonel, The. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Half-Pay, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Scottish Command, designate. Lieutenant-General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett, Colonel, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), Half-Pay. (Lieutenant of the Tower of London.) Lieutenant-General Sydney Frederick Muspratt, Indian Army, late Commander, Peshawar District, Northern Command, India.

Civil Division Brigadier-General Bertram Percy Portal, Chairman, Territorial Army Association of Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Major-General Thomas Seymour Coates, (late Royal Army Medical Corps), Honorary Physician to The King, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Aldershot Command. Major-General William Green, (late The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), and The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)), Half-Pay. Major-General Henry Maitland Wilson, (late The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)), Half-Pay. Major-General Algernon Lee Ransome, (late The Dorsetshire Regiment), Half-Pay. Major-General Alan Francis Brooke, (late Royal Artillery), Director of Military Training, The War Office. Major-General Michael George Henry Barker, Colonel, The York and Lancaster Regiment, Director of Recruiting and Organization, The War Office. Major-General Dudley Stuart Collins, (late Royal Engineers), Director of Fortifications and Works, The War Office. Major-General Herbert Stuart Gaskell, (late Royal Engineers), Engineer-in-Chief, Headquarters Staff of the Army in India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Henry Coventry Maitland Makgill Crichton, (late The Royal Scots Fusiliers), Aide-de-Camp to The King, Commander, 14th Infantry Brigade, Northern Command. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Charles Calveley Foss, (late The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, and The King's Regiment (Liverpool)), Aide-de-Camp to The King, Commander, Rangoon Brigade Area, Burma Independent District, India. Major-General Alexander William Montgomery Harvey, Indian Medical Service, Honorary Surgeon to The King, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Northern Command, India. Major-General Henry Lawrence Haughton, Indian Army, Commander Kohat District, Northern Command, India. Major-General Arthur Brodie Haig, Indian Army, Deputy Adjutant and QuarterMaster-General, Eastern Command, India. Major-General John Dudley Lavarack, Australian Staff Corps, Chief of the Australian Section, Imperial General Staff. Major the Right Honourable Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, Private Secretary to His Majesty The King. Henry Thomas Tizard, Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy