Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry."Knight Bachelor", Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).
Knights bachelor appointed in 1906 DateNameNotesRef9 January 1906Henry SuttonThe London Gazette, 9 January 1906 (issue 27873), p. 187.9 January 1906James Buckingham, CIE26 January 1906George Edward KnoxIndian Civil Service; Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces, IndiaThe London Gazette, 30 January 1906 (issue 27879), p. 690.26 January 1906Ralph Sillery BensonIndian Civil Service; Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras26 January 1906Harvey Adamson, CSIIndian Civil Service; Chief Judge, Chief Court, Lower Burma26 January 1906Walter Charleton Hughes, CIEChairman, Bombay Port Trust, and an additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations26 January 1906Alexander Pedler, CIEDirector of Public Instruction, Bengal, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta26 January 1906William Dickson Cruickshank, CIESecretary and Treasurer, Bank of Bengal16 February 1906The Right Hon. John Fletcher Moulton, KCLord Justice of AppealThe London Gazette, 16 February 1906 (issue 27886), p. 1135.19 June 1906Ralph NevilleJustice of His Majesty's High Court of JusticeThe London Gazette, 3 August 1906 (issue 27937), pp. 5341–5342.30 June 1906Thomas Digby Pigott, CB Formerly Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office30 June 1906Colonel Thomas Horatio Marshall, CB30 June 1906Colonel Howard Whitbread, CB30 June 1906Colonel George Jackson Hay, CB, CMG 30 June 1906Colonel Clement Molyneux Royds, CB30 June 1906John McLeavy Brown, CMG30 June 1906Robert Drummond-Hay, CMG His Majesty's Consul-General at Beyrout30 June 1906Major-General John Macdounld Moody30 June 1906George Earle Welby, CMGHis Majesty's Minister Resident and Consul-General at Bogota30 June 1906John Williams Benn, MP30 June 1906Thomas Vansittart BowaterSheriff of London30 June 1906Charles H. Brett30 June 1906Joseph BrightAlderman of Nottingham30 June 1906William T. G. Cook30 June 1906William Copland30 June 1906William Crawford30 June 1906Edward Evans30 June 1906Luke Fildes, RA30 June 1906Charles Gold30 June 1906Francis Carruthers Gould 30 June 1906Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton30 June 1906Robert Arundell Hudson30 June 1906David Brynmor Jones, MP30 June 1906Henry Munro30 June 1906George Sheppard MurrayFormerly Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements30 June 1906William NicollChief Justice of Lagos30 June 1906Alexander Russell Simpson, MD30 June 1906John Bainford Slack30 June 1906Henry George Smallman Alderman and Sheriff of London30 June 1906Andrew M. Torrance30 June 1906Gordon B. Voules"late of the Admiralty"30 June 1906John Ward30 June 1906Thomas Palmer Whittaker, MP30 June 1906Edward Wood30 June 1906Almroth Edward Wright, MD30 June 1906Henry Greene Kelly, LLBChief Justice of Southern Nigeria30 June 1906Robert Lintou WeatherbeChief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in the Dominion of Canada30 June 1906William OwenPuisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales30 June 1906Æmilius Irving, KC30 June 1906Chunder Madhub GhosePuisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, at Fort William in Bengal11 July 1906Joseph Baxter EllisLord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to the city for the opening of Armstrong College and the Royal Victoria Infirmary,19 July 1906Edward T. AnnMayor of Derby19 July 1906William Henry Perkin27 September 1906Alexander LyonLord Provost of Aberdeen. On the occasion of Their Majesties' visit to Aberdeen, for the opening of the new buildings of Marischal College.The London Gazette, 16 November 1906 (issue 27968), p. 7722.5 November 1906William John LancasterDonor of the King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn. On the occasion of the King's visit to King's Lynn to open the new buildings of King Edward VII Grammar School.The London Gazette, 6 November 1906 (issue 27964), p. 7476.18 December 1906Robert John ParkerJustice of His Majesty's High Court of JusticeThe London Gazette, 28 December 1906 (issue 27980), pp. 9142–9145.18 December 1906Henry Ballantyne18 December 1906Colonel Francis William James Barkerof the War Office18 December 1906John Henry Bethell, MP18 December 1906Arthur William Biggs18 December 1906Professor John William Byers, MD18 December 1906William Edwin Clegg18 December 1906James Fleming18 December 1906Charles Frederick Hutchinson, MD18 December 1906James Alfred Jacoby, MP18 December 1906Henry Norman, MP18 December 1906Henry Paget-Cooke18 December 1906Professor William Mitchell Ramsayof Aberdeen University 18 December 1906Alexander William Shaw18 December 1906William Henry TalbotTown Clerk, Manchester18 December 1906Alfred Brumwell Thomas18 December 1906John Tweedy, FRCS18 December 1906Rubert Boyce, MB, FRSProfessor of Pathology, University of Liverpool18 December 1906Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic Lewis Nathan, RASuperintendent of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey18 December 1906William Henry Hyndman Jones, LLBChief Justice of the Straits SettlementsThe London Gazette, 26 February 1907 (issue 27999), p. 1390.18 December 1906Manuel Ramon Menendez, LLBChief Justice of Northern Nigeria18 December 1906Charles James TarringFormerly Chief Justice of Grenada.
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