The 1922 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 in The London Gazette on 2 June 1922.
Controversy from the 1922 Birthday Honours list eventually led to the passage of the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 and creation of the Honours Committee to formally review nominations. Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, chairman of the Robinson South African Banking Company and generous contributor to Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Liberal Party, was listed for a barony "for national and imperial services." Robinson quickly declined the honour within weeks after arguments erupted in the House of Lords over the circumstances of his nomination, particularly his residency in South Africa rather than in Great Britain, and that he was not recommended for the honour directly by the South African colonial government as required. "Feeling in the House of Lords ran high," reported The Times on 30 June. The Times praised Robinson's letter to the King asking for permission to decline the honour, and pushed for further questioning into the matter: "..by his action Sir Joseph Robinson has placed himself in the right and has left the Government to explain, if they can, how and why they placed themselves in the wrong. It seems clear from the letter that Sir Joseph Robinson did not in any way seek the honour. Therefore, some person or persons unknown must have sought to induce him to accept it. Who are those persons, what are their functions, and what were their motives?"
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
Baron
Sir Robert Hudson Borwick by the name, style and title of Baron Borwick, of Hawkshead in the County of Lancaster. Senior partner in the firm of George Borwick & Sons, Ltd. Rendered great service to the Government in providing hospital treatment for the sick and wounded Colonial officers throughout the war. A large contributor to the Officers Families Fund, and a generous supporter of the Red Cross Society. Sir William Vestey by the name, style and title of Baron Vestey, of Kingswood, in the county of Surrey. Managing Director of the Union Cold Storage Company, Ltd. Has devoted his life to the production and preservation of food supplies by refrigeration, and has opened up numerous new sources of supply of refrigerated products from various parts of the world that have materially helped to cheapen the food supply of the people. Rendered immense service during the war to the country, and provided gratuitously the cold storage accommodation required for war purposes at Havre, Boulogne and Dunkirk. Head of the Blue Star Line. Has done much relief work for the poor, both in Liverpool and London, and generously contributes to charities. Sir Samuel James Waring by the name, style and title of Baron Waring, of Foots Cray, in the County of Kent. Director of Waring & Gillow, Ltd. Director of the Duchess of Sutherland's Cripples Guild. High Sheriff of Denbighshire 1907–8. Member of Executive Committee of National Association of Ex-Soldiers. Pioneer of decorative art in furnishing. Active supporter of Boy Scout Movement. Founder of Higher Production Council. Generous supporter of charities. The Rt. Honorary Sir Archibald Williamson by the name, style and title of Baron Forres, of Glenogil, in the county of Forfar. Financial and Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office 1919–21.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty since 1921. Member of Parliament for the Sparkbrook Division of Birmingham since 1918. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Orme Wilson Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. Member of Parliament for Reading since 1913. The Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs, Dominion of Canada
Baronetcies
Robert James Black. Chairman Mercantile Bank of India since 1906. Director of Shell Transport Company and of the London Bank of Australia. Identified with many charitable undertakings. Has been an important factor in stabilising and carrying on Anglo-Indian Finance. Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis Fortescue Boles Member of Parliament for West Somerset 1911–18, and for Taunton Division, December 1918 to 1921. Lieutenant-Colonel late commanding 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Harry Mallaby-Deeley Member of Parliament for East Willesden since 1910. Rendered great public service in connection with the last War Loan, duplicating the subscriptions in many places with considerable loss to himself. For public services John Frederick Drughorn. Director of Fred Drughorn, Ltd., The Anglo-Brazilian Line, Ltd., and the British and Continental Estates, Ltd. Generous contributor to the King's Fund and other charities. Brigadier-General Hugh Henry John Williams Drummond Chairman of the London and South Western Railway Company since 1911 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Norton-Griffiths Member of Parliament for Wednesbury from 1910 to 1918 and for Wandsworth Central since 1918. Late Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd King Edward's Horse. Rendered valuable War services. Hildebrand Aubrey Harmsworth, For public services. Sir John Harrison Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees for the fifth time. Member of the Durham County Council, Tees Pilotage Board. Chairman of Education Committee. Has taken a very active part in the public life of Stockton-on-Tees. For public and local services. Lieutenant-Colonel Emmanuel Hoyle Has taken an active part in the local government of the town of Huddersfield and rendered great municipal service there. Has given very largely to charities and also expended much time and money on Clubs and Hospitals for soldiers throughout the war Sir Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan Army Medical Advisory Board. Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Leeds. Hon. Surgeon Leeds General Infirmary. Member of Council of Royal College of Surgeons of England. Edmund Nuttall Head of the firm of Nuttall and Co., Civil Engineers and Contractors, of Manchester. The firm has been responsible for numerous engineering works of national importance. Has been associated with many philanthropic works. For national services. Edward Sharp. Head of the firm which bears his name. Generous contributor to charities in Maidstone and in Kent. Has been President of the National Sunday School Union. Has taken a keen interest in and been a generous supporter of many public institutions. Sir Edward David Stern Deputy Lieutenant for Surrey. High Sheriff 1904. Head of the firm of Stern Brothers. A generous benefactor to charities. George Sutton Chairman and managing director of Henley's Telegraph Works. One of the founders and past Chairman of the Cable Makers Association. Founded a number of scholarships for elementary school children at secondary schools. A generous contributor to a large number of charities. Served on Beckenham Education Committee for 19 years and on Beckenham Urban District Council for 12 years. Woolmer Rudolph Donati White Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire. Head of the firm of Timothy White and Co., Chemists and Merchants. Carried on for many years a free school for poor children in Portsmouth, High Sheriff for the county of Norfolk in 1914, and rendered great service in recruiting. Liberal subscriber to hospitals and charities.
Knight Bachelor Edwin Airey, Governing Director of William Airey & Son, Engineers and Contractors. Rendered considerable assistance to the Ministry of Munitions during the war, and subsequently to the Ministry of Health. An active participant in the direction of many Organisations for social welfare and education Hugh Kerr Anderson Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, since 1912. Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Hughes Burgoyne Member of Parliament for North Kensington since 1910. Director of P. B. Burgoyne & Co., Ltd. Has written much upon naval questions and founded the Navy League Annual in 1907, which he edited for seven years James William Bulmer, Head of the Firm of Smith, Bulmer & Co., Worsted Spinners, of Halifax. Served on the Wool Statistical Committee and on the Wool Textile Control Board. Chairman of Executive of Yorkshire National Liberal Council. For public services. Herbert Atkinson Barker, Specialist in manipulating surgery Robert Appleby Bartram One of the Senior DLs of Sunderland. Leading educationalist from 1870. A generous, benefactor to charitable, religious and educational bodies in Sunderland. William Haddock Bayliss Professor of General Physiology in University College London. Is recognised as one of the leading physiologists of the world. His researches in the War afforded the scientific basis of treatment which resulted in conspicuous benefit to the troops and the saving of many lives Thomas Brodrick General Secretary and Accountant of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd. Celebrates his Jubilee in the service of the Co-operative movement this year Walter Herbert Cockerline. Ex-Sheriff of the City of Hull. Member of the Council of the North of England Shipowners Association. Has devoted much time to the public service. Edward Thomas Frederick Crowe Commercial Counselor at His Majesty's Embassy at Tokyo. A senior Member of the Commercial Diplomatic Service Henry Fielding Dickens Treasurer of the Inner Temple. Common Sgt. since 1917 Ernest John Fawke. A Director of the Central and Western Corporation. Has interested himself regarding Smoke and Noxious Vapours abatement reported upon by Lord Newton's Committee. Charles Harding Firth Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford since 1904. Robert Septimus Gardiner, Editor of the Near East, a publication much valued in Egypt, Palestine and the East. Manager of important Colliery and Shipping undertakings in the North of England. Charles Tyrrell Giles North Cambridge 1895–1900. Chairman Wimbledon Conservative Association for1 20 years. High Sheriff of Surrey 1915–16. Deputy Lieutenant Surrey 1915 Dan Godfrey, Director of Music to the Corporation of Bournemouth since 1893. For valuable services to British Music Major Collingwood George Clements Hamilton Member of Parliament for the Altrincham Division of Cheshire since 1913. Director of Enrollment National Service, 1917. Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions, 1919–20 Ernest Montague Hughman, Late Partner in Pyne, Hughman & Co., Engineers and Shipbuilders. Member of Council of Institution of Engineers, India, and Honorary Secretary, Indian Council, English Institution of Electrical Engineers. For public services. Edward Mauger Iliffe Director of Iliffe & Sons, Publishers. Controller of Machine Tool Department of the Ministry of Munitions. President of Coventry Chamber of Commerce. Devoted much time to hospital, municipal and local public work Alderman William Kay, twice Lord Mayor of Manchester. For public services. Professor Frederick William Keeble Sherardian Professor of Botany and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford John Arthur Levy, Adviser to the Government in regard to diamond trading during the war. Maurice Lowe, For services rendered at Washington in connection with the Press. John Macpherson Professor of Psychiatry in the University of Sydney, N.S.W. Medical Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland, 1899. Has rendered excellent service in connection with Scottish Lunacy administration. Robert McCraken, chairman of the firm of Steel Brothers & Company, Fenchurch Street. Represented Burmah in London Chamber of Commerce for many years. Generous contributor to London charities.