The 1927 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 3 June 1927.
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 Davison Alexander Dalziel by the name, style and title of Baron Dalziel of Wooler, of Wooler in the County of Northumberland. Member of Parliament for Brixton division 1910-28 and since 1924. For political and public services. Sir Gilbert Greenall by the name, style and title of Baron Daresbury, of Walton, in the County of Chester. For political and public services.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. George Frederick Stanley Member of Parliament for Preston 1910-22 and for Willesden East since October, 1924, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions since November, 1924. Comptroller of H.M. Household 1919-21; Financial Secretary to the War Office, 1921-22. Under Secretary of State for Home Affairs November 1922 to March 1923.
Baronetcies Sir John Brickwood. For political and public services in Portsmouth. Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Cecil Congreve son of the late Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta Ernest Craig Member of Parliament for the Crewe division, 1912–1918 and since 1924 Sir William Henry Neville Goschen For public services. Reginald James Neville Neville Member of Parliament for Wigan, 1910–1918 and Norfolk East since 1924; Recorder of Bury St. Edmunds since 1905 Sir Harry Benedetto Renwick For political and public services in connection with electricity schemes.
Knight Bachelor
Richard John Allison Principal Architect to H.M. Office of Works Augustus Gordon Grant Asher County Clerk of Midlothian; Secretary of the Association of County Councils in Scotland Henry Edward Barker, For public services in Alexandria. Thomas James Barnes Solicitor to the Board of Trade George Albert Bonner, King's Remembrancer and Senior Master of the Supreme Court William Burrell For public and political work and services to Art in Scotland. James Frederick Cleaver, For public services in Northern Ireland. Charles Clegg Chairman, Sheffield Local Employment Committee. For services to the Board of Trade and Ministry of Labour. Alderman James Crooks For political and public services in Lancashire. President of the Conservative Party in St. Helen's since 1918 Leybourne Francis Watson Davidson. For services in connection with Empire Settlement. Arthur George Dilley For political and public services in Huntingdonshire. Chairman of Huntingdonshire Conservative Association Edwin Evans (Politician) For political and public services in Battersea William Claude Fawcett, Chairman of the Cleveland Conservative and Unionist Association. For political and public services in Yorkshire. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur George Ferguson H.M. Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland Thomas Edwards Forster For political and public services in Middlesex. Chairman of the Chiswick Conservative Association for 15 years John Haslam For political and public services in Lancashire. Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian Leonard Henderson Member of Parliament for Glasgow, Tradeston division, December, 1918–22, and for Bootle since 1924 William George Lobjoit late Controller of Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture. For public services. Thomas James Leigh Maclachlan, Chief Organising Agent of the Conservative and Unionist Party, 1922-26. Principal Agent of the Conservative and Unionist Party, 1927 John Larking, For philanthropic services. Charles James Martin Director of the Lister Institute in London Henry Mechan. For political, public and philanthropic services in the west of Scotland Martin John Melvin, For political, public and philanthropic services in Birmingham. John Robert Pakeman Past Chief Commoner of the City of London His Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry late County Court Judge John Prosser Crown Agent in Scotland Alderman Walter Raine Chairman of Section "B" of the Local Legislation Committee. Member of Sunderland Town Council since 1902 John Houldsworth Shaw, Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenue Alderman James Benjamin Slade For political and public services in Leyton. William Calthrop Thorne Honorary Secretary to the Dock and Harbour Authorities Association
Dominions Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Edward Barnett Professor of Surgery, Otago University, Dominion of New Zealand John Abraham Jacob de Villiers In recognition of services to the Government of Newfoundland. George Herbert Duckworth Chairman of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust The Hon. Apirana Turupa Ngata, Member of the House of Representatives and formerly Member of the Executive Council, Dominion of New Zealand
British India James Donald Indian Civil Service, Vice President of the Executive Council, Bengal Justice Charles Gordon Hill Fawcett, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Bombay Justice Zahhadur Rahim Zahid Suhrawardy, Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Calcutta Manmohandas Ramji Vora, Member of the Council of State Sultan Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor of the Patna University Padamji Pestonji Ginwala, Member and Acting President of the Indian Tariff Board Francis Colomb Crawford Imperial Police (retired), lately Director-General of Police, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad (Deccan) Khan Bahadur Sheikh Abdul Qadir, Member of the Punjab Legislative Council Thomas Mackenzie Ross, lately Chairman, Madras Chamber of Commerce David Elias David Ezra, late Sheriff of Calcutta Sorabjr Bezonji Mehta Manager, Empress Mills, Nagpur U Po Tha Honorary Magistrate, Rangoon
Colonies, Protectorates, etc Edmund Davis, in recognition of his services in connection with the development of the mineral resources of the Empire. Anthony de Freitas Chief Justice of British Guiana Aubrey Gregor Graham, Chief Construction Engineer, and Divisional Superintendent, Transportation Department, Government Railways, Nigeria Ugo Pasquale Mifsud Head of the Ministry and Minister for the Treasury, Malta Hippolyte Louis Wiehe du Coudray Souchon In recognition of his services to Mauritius.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division Royal Navy Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to The King
Civil Division Alexander Albert, Marquess of Carisbrooke
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert George Brand
Army Major-General George McKenzie Franks General Officer Commanding, United Provinces District, India Major-General John Ponsonby Colonel, The Suffolk Regiment, late General Officer Commanding, Madras District, India Major-General Robert Archibald Cassels Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Peshawar District, India Major-General John Henry Keith Stewart Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Aden Independent Brigade, and Political Resident, Aden
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham
Civil Division
Sir William George Tyrrell Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral William Douglas Paton Engineer Rear-Admiral James Palmer Leahy Captain Edward Astley-Bushton Paymaster-Captain William Ernest Crocker Captain Henry Douglas King
Army Major-General John Macfarlane Sloan late Royal Medical Corps, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, India Colonel Herbert Cecil Potter Brigade Commander, 3rd Indian Infantry Brigade, India Colonel Francis Adrian Wilson Colonel, Royal Artillery, Eastern Command Colonel Edward Barnard Hankey Brigade Commander, 12th Infantry Brigade Colonel Harry Biddulph late Chief Engineer, Northern Command Colonel John Harington Inspector General of The King's African Rifles Major-General Richard Stukeley St. John Indian Army, Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India Colonel Percy Langdon Beddy Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 6th Indian Infantry Brigade, India Colonel Wilfrith Gerald Key Green Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 1st Indian Cavalry Brigade, India
Civil Division
Frederick Carl Bovenschen Assistant Secretary, War Office Frederick Phillips, Assistant Secretary, H.M. Treasury Eustace Beverley Shine, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Robert Gilbert Vansittart Counsellor in the Foreign Office Frederick Rowland Williams Wynn, Principal Clerk, Committee and Private Bill Office, House of Commons
Order of Merit (OM)
The Hon. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons In recognition of his eminent services in scientific research and its application to industries.
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander (KCSI)
Khan Bahadur Sir Muhammad Habibullah, Sahib Bahadur Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council
Companion (CSI) Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Lloyd Ferrar Chief Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
Sir William Lamond Allardyce Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell His Highness Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak The Rt. Hon. Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tokyo
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Alwin Robinson Dickinson United Kingdom Member of the British Phosphate Commission William Charles Fleming Robertson Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Barbados Sir Herbert Nicholls Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, State of Tasmania
Honorary Knight Commander His Highness the Amir Abdullah of Trans-Jordan
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) John Fitzgerald Brenan, Acting British Consul-General at Canton Alan Cuthbert Burns, Colonial Secretary, Bahama Islands Henry Grattan Bushe, Assistant Legal Adviser, Colonial Office Professor Robert William Chapman, of the University of Adelaide, President of the Astronomical Society and of other institutions in the State of South Australia Joseph Robert Cahill, Commercial Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy at Paris John Thomas Collins Parliamentary Draughtsman, State of Victoria Captain Gilbert Joseph Cullen Dyett, Federal President of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia George Lewis Hollingsworth Hughes. Chief Inspector of Parquet; Egyptian Ministry of Justice Major John Morton Fremantle Senior Resident, Nigeria Harold Alfred MacMichael Civil Secretary, Sudan Government The Hon. Howard Unwin Moffat, Minister of Mines and Public Works, Southern Rhodesia Owen St. Clair O'Malley, Acting Counsellor at His Majesty's legation at Peking Eric Clare Edmund Phipps His Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris Edward Hugh Dyneley Nicolls Director of Public Works, Gold Coast Colony Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong John Christian Ramsay Sturrock, Resident Commissioner, Basutoland Eric Teichman Chinese Counsellor at His Majesty's Legation at Peking Robert Neimann Thaine, Government Agent, Western Province, Ceylon Henry Wagstaffe Thomson, British Resident, Perak, Federated Malay States Arthur Francis Holme Wiggin, First Secretary at His Majesty's Residency at Cairo Charles John FitzRoy Rhys Wingfield, Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy at Rome