The 1932 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 29 December 1931.
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 John, Baron Sankey Lord Chancellor since 1929.
Baron Reginald Clifford Allen, Treasurer and Chairman of the Independent Labour Party, 1922–26. For political and public services. Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Wilfrid William Ashley Member of Parliament for Blackpool, 1906–18; for Fylde, 1918-22; and for New Forest and Christchurch since 1922. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, 1922–23. Under-Secretary of State for War, 1923–24. Minister of Transport, November, 1924 to June, 1929. For political and public services. The Right Honourable Walter Edward Guinness Member of Parliament for Bury St. Edmunds, August, 1907 to October, 1931. Under-Secretary of State for War, October, 1922. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1923 to January, 1924, and November, 1924 to November, 1925. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, November, 1925 to June, 1929. For political and public services. The Right Honourable Leifchild Stratten Jones. Member of Parliament for North Westmorland, 1905–10; for the Rushcliffe Division of Nottinghamshire, 1910–18; for the Camborne Division of Cornwall, 1923–24 and 1929–31. For political and public services. The Right Honourable Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson Member of Parliament for North West Lanark, 1906–10; for North Down, 1910-18; for Maryhill, 1918–22, and for South Croydon since 1923. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, 1920–21, and to the Board of Trade, 1921–22. Postmaster General, 1924–29. For political and public services.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: Major Walter Elliot Elliot Member of Parliament for Lanark, 1918–23, and for the Kelvingrove Division of Glasgow since 1924. Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland, 1923 to January, 1924, and November, 1924–26. Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Scotland, 1926–29. Financial Secretary to the Treasury since August, 1931. Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip Member of Parliament for Central Bristol, 1918–29, and for the Fareham Division of Hampshire since February, 1931. Solicitor-General, November, 1922 to January, 1924, November, 1924 to March, 1928, and since August, 1931. Attorney-General, 1928–29. Colonel Sir Clive Wigram Private Secretary and Extra Equerry to His Majesty.
Baronetcies Percy Alfred Harris Member of Parliament for the Harborough Division of Leicestershire, 1916–18, and for South West Bethnal Green since 1922. Deputy Chairman of the London County Council, 1915–16, and still a member. For political and public services. Sir Harry Hope Member, of Parliament for Buteshire, 1910–18, for West Stirlingshire, 1918–22, and for Forfar, October, 1924 to October, 1931. President of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture, 1908. For political and public services. Arthur Michael Samuel Member of Parliament for Farnham since 1918. Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Overseas Trade, 1924–27, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1927 to 1929. For political and public services.
Knight Bachelor
(Charles) Harold Bellman Managing Director of the Abbey Road Building Society. Frederick Henry Berryman, Chairman of the Somerset County Council. Vice-Chairman of the Highways Committee of the County Councils Association. Bertram Okeden Bircham Solicitor to the Ministry of Labour. Charles Henry Blackmore Secretary to the Cabinet of Northern Ireland. Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and Clerk of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland. George Buckston Browne Purchased the house at Downe, Kent, where Charles Darwin lived, restored and endowed it and gave it to the British Association in custody for the nation. Has given very generous financial support to Medical Research work. Joseph Robert Cahill Commercial Counsellor, His Majesty's Embassy, Paris. Henry Hallett Dale Director-in-Chief of the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead. Secretary of the Royal Society since 1925. William Darracott For political and public services in Kent. Patrick Geddes, Emeritus Professor of Botany, St. Andrew's University. Lately Bombay Government Professor of Sociology and Civics, University of Bombay. For services to education. William Clarke Hall, Metropolitan Police Court Magistrate, Old Street, and the Senior Magistrate of the Children's Courts in London. John Alexander Hammerton, Editor of the Universal Encyclopaedia, Universal History of the World, Peoples of All Nations, etc. Richard Hoyle Jackson Chairman of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation. Chairman of Hoyle and Jackson, Limited, Cotton Spinners. Arthur Oldham Jennings Registrar of the Brighton County Court and District Registry. President of the Association of County Court Registrars since 1920. Arthur Palmer Johnson, Lately Clerk to the Hampstead Metropolitan Borough Council. President of the National Association of Local Government Officers since 1924. James Knox Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lanark. Alfred David McAlpine For political and public services in North Wales. Thomas Wilson McAra Secretary to the Newspaper Proprietors Association, Limited. Major Patrick Bernard Malone Member of Parliament for the South Tottenham Division of Middlesex, 1918–23, and 1924–29. For political and public services. James Duncan Millar Member of Parliament for St Andrews Burghs, 1910; for North East Lanark, 1911–18; for East Fifeshire, 1922–24, and since 1929. For political and public services. James Milne General Manager, Great Western Railway. Ernest William Morris Until recently House Governor of the London Hospital. John FitzGerald Moylan Receiver for the Metropolitan Police. Major Charles William Mackay Price Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1924–29. For political and public services. Ernest Darwin Simon, Member of Parliament for the Withington Division of Manchester 1923-24 and 1929–31. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the first National Government. For political and public services. Halley Stewart Founder and Chairman of the Halley Stewart Trust Fund. For benefactions and social and public services. Henry Solomon Wellcome Founder of the Wellcome Research Institution. Governing Director of the Wellcome Foundation. Founder of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum. A generous supporter of Medical Research. Henry John Arthur Wilkins, President of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited. Major Murdoch McKenzie Wood Member of Parliament for Central Aberdeenshire 1919–24, and for Banffshire since 1929. Assistant Whip (unpaid) since September, 1931. For political and public services.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Benjamin Drage. For services in connection with the Imperial Institute and other public services. William George Toop Goodman For public services to the State of South Australia. Major John Evelyn Leslie Wrench Secretary of the Overseas League.
British India Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith of the Political Department, Chief Commissioner and Agent to the Governor-General, North-West Frontier Province. Maulvi Rafiuddin Ahmed, Barrister-at-Law Minister for Education, Government of Bombay. James Cowlishaw Smith Indian Civil Service, lately Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the United Provinces. Justice John Robert Ellis Cunliffe, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon, Burma. Justice Syed Wazir Hasan, Chief Judge, Chief Court of Oudh at Lucknow, United Provinces. Alfred Alan Lethbridge Parsons Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner of Railways. Philip Henry Browne Senior Partner, Messrs. Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co., Calcutta, Bengal. Muthiah David Devadoss, retired Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Madras. Robert Hill Macnair, Indian Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner, Central Provinces. Diwan Bahadur Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, Advocate-General, Madras. Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Somerset Wreford Paddon Director-General, India Store Department, London. Maharaja Sir Ejaz Rasul Khan of Jahangirabad Raj, Barabanki District, United Provinces. Sardar Sahibzada Sultan Ahmad Khan, Political Member of Council, Gwalior State. Cursetji Nowroji Wadia Mill owner, Bombay. William Gourley McKercher, Tea planter, Assam. Bepin Behari Ghose, lately Officiating Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bengal.
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. de Symons Montagu George Honey Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Seychelles. Don Baron Jayatilaka, Vice Chairman of the Board of Ministers and Leader of the State Council, Island of Ceylon. Arthur Selborne Jelf Colonial Secretary, Jamaica. George Hunter Pickering, Chief Justice of Zanzibar.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admiral Henry Wilfred Eldon Manisty
Army Lieutenant-General Sir John Theodosius Burnett-Stuart (late The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)), General Officer Commanding The British Troops in Egypt. Lieutenant-General James Ronald Edmonstone Charles (late Royal Engineers), Master-General of the Ordnance, The War Office. Major-General Edward Arthur Fagan Retired Pay, late Indian Army. Formerly Commander, Rawalpindi District, India.
Civil Division The Honourable Sir Derek William George Keppel Master of His Majesty's Household and Extra Equerry since 1913. (Charles) Patrick Duff Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Percy James Grigg, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue. Sir (Samuel) Findlater Stewart Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Colonel William Wellington Godfrey
Army Major-General Geoffrey Weston Howard (late The Essex Regiment), Major-General in charge of Administration, Eastern Command. Major-General John Kennedy (late The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)). Formerly Commander, 6th (Lucknow) Infantry Brigade, India, now Half Pay List. Major-General Maurice Grove Taylor (late Royal Engineers). Formerly Commander, 166th (South Lancashire and Cheshire) Infantry Brigade, now Half Pay List. Major-General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett of Leys (late The Gordon Highlanders). Commander, 51st (Highland) Division. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Jasper Baker Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Inspector of Army Ordnance Services, The War Office. Colonel Bertie Harry Waters-Taylor (late The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire)). Formerly Assistant Quarter-Master-General The British Troops in Egypt, now Retired Pay. Major-General Wilkinson Dent Indian Army. Formerly Commander, 5th (Quetta) Infantry Brigade, India, now Unemployed List. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Donald Elphinston Robertson Indian Army. Commander, 8th (Bareilly) Infantry Brigade, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Francis Esmond Wingate Venning Indian Army. Commander, Multan Brigade, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Arthur Mordaunt Mills Indian Army. Commander, Razmak Brigade, India.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman
Civil Division Colonel John Bickerton McKaig Territorial Army. Colonel Geoffrey Ronald Codrington Territorial Army. Honorary Colonel Walter Charles Horsley Honorary Colonel 28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles). Frederic William Charles Dean , late Superintendent of the Royal Gun and Carriage Factories, Royal Ordnance Factories.