The 1917 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published on 4 June and 19 June.
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 Rt. Hon. Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, Baron Devonport, , the first British Food Controller, previously chairman of the Port of London Authority. Member of Parliament for Devonport from 1892 to 1910. The Rt. Hon. Horace Brand Farquhar, Baron Farquhar, , Lord Steward since 1915, Master of the Household of King Edward, 1901–1907; Member of Parliament for West Marylebone from 1895 to 1898. William Waldorf Astor, Baron Astor. Philanthropist and United States Minister to Italy.
Baron Lieutenant-Colonel The Rt. Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood, , by the name, style and title of Baron Lambourne, of Lambourne, in the county of Essex.. Colonel Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, , by the name, style and title of Baron Gisborough, of Cleveland, in the County of York. Sir Frederick Henry Smith, , by the name, style and title of Baron Colwyn, of Colwyn Bay in the County of Denbigh. Major-General Sir Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, , by the name, style and title of Baron Treowen, of Treowen and Llanarth, in the county of Monmouth. Sir William Hesketh Lever, , by the name, style and title of Baron Leverhulme, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:. Henry William Forster, . Captain Ernest George Pretyman, . Lord Claud Hamilton, . Evelyn Cecil, . James Henry Thomas, . The Hon. Neil Primrose, . Thomas Ashton, . Major Arthur Gore, Earl of Arran, . Sir William Goulding, .
Aide-de-camp (ADC) Colonel (temporary Major-General) Henry Edward Burstall, , Canadian Forces. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, , New Zealand Staff Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Frederick Stewart Dawson, , South African Forces. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, , Australian Forces.
Baronetcies
Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland, . Colonel Herbert Merton Jessel, . Henry Machu Imbert-Terry. Arthur Charles Churchman Sir Edward Hildred Carlile, . James Knott. William Norton Hicking. George Smith Clark. James Farquharson Remnant, . Beville Stanier, . William Cresswell Gray, . Thomas Dewar, . The Right Hon. Thomas Wallace Russell, . Sir Thomas Henry Elliott, . Colonel Alan Sykes, . Sir Philip Magnus, . Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield, . Sir Richard Mathias. Evan Davies Jones. The Rt. Hon. Sir William Henry Dunn. Sir John Gordon Nairne. Richard Vassar Vassar-Smith, . Joseph Wesley Flavelle. Dr. Frederick Taylor. Heath Harrison.
Knight Bachelor William J . Ashley, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at Birmingham. John Audley Frederick Aspinall, General Manager of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Graham Balfour, Secretary to the Staffordshire Education Committee. Francis H. Barker. Rowland Barran, . William Barton, . William Cain. Frederick W. A. Clarke, Accountant and Comptroller-General of the Customs and Excise. Arthur Stockdale Cope, . William Henry Cowan, . Colonel Thomas Kennedy Dalziel, . Henry Davies, . Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank. George Samuel Elliott, . Thomas Gregory Foster, Provost of University College, London. John Foster Fraser, . Richard Tetley Glazebrook, . Director of the National Physical Laboratory. Robert Graham, . Henry Herbert Hambling. George Haysom, Sheriff of the City of London. Thomas Erskine Holland, . Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Houghton-Gastrell, . Robert Murray Hyslop. Robert Jones, , Lecturer on Orthopaedic Surgery at Liverpool University. John Lorne McLeod, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Alex. Herbert Maguire. Charles Edward Mallet. Edward Marshall-Hall, Esq., . Recorder of Guildford. Ernest Martin. Grimwood Mears. Major Lewis Arthur Newton. Sheriff of the City of London. Henry George Norris, Mayor of Fulham. Ebenezer Parkes, . William Peck, . Director of the City Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Robert Leonard Powell W. Beddoe Rees. Alfred Farthing Robbins. Samuel Roberts, . Charles Walter Starmer, . Dudley Stewart-Smith, , Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster William Hamo Thornycroft, Herbert Furnival Waterhouse, . Member of Council and Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons. William Watson, . Edward Graham Wood, High Sheriff of Lancashire. John Aird. George Burn. George Bury.
The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick
Knight of the Order of St Patrick (KP) Field-Marshal John French, Viscount French, .
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Civil Division Sir Thomas William Holderness, , Permanent Under Secretary of State for India.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper, . Vice-Admiral Herbert Leopold Heath, . Vice-Admiral Montague Edward Browning, . Admiral James Startin, , (retired), temporary Commodore, RNR.
Army Major-General John Edward Capper, . Major-General Frederick William Nicholas McCracken, . Lieutenant-General Sir William Riddell Birdwood, . Major-General William Eliot Peyton, . Major-General Robert Fanshawe, . Major-General the Hon. Frederick Gordon, . Hon. Major-General Sir Eric Campbell Geddes. Colonel James Magill, (ret. pay). Colonel and Hon. Major-General Charles Edward Callwell, (ret. pay). Major-General William Thomas Furse, . Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Johnston Freyer, , Indian Medical Service, retired. Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams, .
Civil Division Frederick Atterbury, , Controller of H.M.'s Stationery Office. Sir Eyre Crowe, , Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sir Edward O'Farrell, , Assistant Under Secretary, Irish Office. Henry Frank Heath, , PhD, Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. William Francis Marwood, , Second Secretary, Board of Trade. David James Shackleton, , Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. Major-General Ivor Philipps, . Major Sir Edwin Frederick Wodehouse, , Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. Colonel Sir Charles Wyndham-Murray, .
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Archibald Peile Stoddart. Rear-Admiral Sydney Robert Fremantle, . Captain Wilmot Stuart Nicholson. Captain Arthur Allan Morison Duff. Captain Francis Gerald St. John, . Captain Walter Maurice Ellerton. Captain Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish. Captain Hubert Henry Holland. Admiral John Locke Marx, , (retired), temporary Captain, RNR. Vice-Admiral Charles Holcombe Dare, , (retired). Rear-Admiral Thomas Webster Kemp, , (retired). Engineer-Captain Charles Cape Sheen. Engineer-Captain Howard Bone. Surgeon-General George Welch. Fleet Surgeon John Menary, MD. Fleet Paymaster Richard Ernest Stanley Sturgess. Fleet Paymaster John Anthony Keys. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Ernest Edward Chown, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Colonel Lewis Conway-Gordon, Royal Marine Artillery.
Army Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Thomas Edwin Scott, , Indian Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arthur Johnston, , Indian Medical Service. Temporary Brigadier-General Henry Percy Maybury. Temporary Brigadier-General Philip Arthur Manley Nash. Colonel Trevor Patrick Breffney Ternan, , retired pay. Colonel Edgar Alan Lambart. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel James Henry Gideon, retired pay. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) James Francis Erskine, . Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Herbert Montgomery Campbell, . Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Lewis Jones, . Colonel Thomas Townley Macan, retired pay. Colonel William Baker Brown. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Fiennes Henry Crampton, Royal Artillery. Colonel Roger Kirkpatrick, , Army Medical Service. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Hubert Armine Anson Livingstone, . Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Ernest Makins, . Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Hereward Llewelyn Roberts, , Indian Army. Colonel Oswald Charles Williamson Oswald, Royal Garrison Artillery. Colonel Charles Henry Burtchaell, , Army Medical Service. Colonel John Joseph Gerrard, , Army Medical Service. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Rion Philip Benson, . Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Michael Graham Egerton Bowman-Manifold, , Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Philip Richard Wood, , Royal Irish Fusiliers. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) William Strong, Royal Artillery. Temporary Colonel Gerald Edward Holland, . Temporary Colonel William Henry Willcox, . Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) George Washington Brazier-Creagh, , late Royal Army Medical Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) David Finlay Hosken Logan, , Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Frederick Guy Maunsell, , Royal Artillery. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Thomas Walter, Viscount Hampden, , Territorial Force (retired pay) (Major, Reserve of Officers). Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Hugh Fenwick Brooke, , Army Service Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Hugh Stanley Thurston, , Royal Army Medical Corps. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Gerald Frederic Trotter, , Reserve of Officers, late Grenadier Guards. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Henry Francis Edward Freeland, , Royal Engineers. Major-General James Charles Young. Hon. Brigadier-General Walter Clare Savile, . Colonel Henry Augustus Anley, Army Ordnance Department. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Sir Bruce Gordon Seton, , India Medical Service. Colonel Henry Walter Barrett (retired pay), Army Ordnance Department. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Sir Henry Allen William Johnson, . (retired pay). Colonel Douglas Wardrop, , Army Medical Service. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Thomas Kelly Evans Johnston (retired pay). Colonel Charles Robert Tyrrell (retired pay), Army Medical Service. Colonel Clement Carr Wrigley, Army Ordnance Department. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Lionel Richard Kenyon, Royal Garrison Artillery. Temporary Colonel James Galloway, , Army Medical Service. Lieutenant-Colonel (Hon. Surgeon-Colonel) Richard James Reece, , Honourable Artillery Company. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) George Samuel Bateson Lyle, Royal Garrison Artillery. Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Warren Roland Crooke-Lawless, (retired pay), Royal Army Medical Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Hon. Walter Dashwood Sclater Booth, , Royal Artillery. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Auckland Campbell Geddes, , Unattached List.
Australian Imperial Force Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Edwin Tivey, , Commonwealth Military Forces. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) John Gellibrand, , retired pay. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Evan Alexander Wisdom, .
Canadian Force Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) George Stuart Tuxford, . Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Archibald Cameron Macdonell, . Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Alexander Duncan McRae, Canadian Military Forces. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Percival Edward Thacker, , Canadian Military Forces.
New Zealand Force Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) George Spafford Richardson, , Staff Corps.
Civil Division William John Berry, Royal Corps of Naval Constructors.