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 1907 DateNameNotesRef1 January 1907Charles Edmund FoxChief Justice of the Chief Court of Lower BurmaThe London Gazette, 8 January 1907 (issue 27984), p. 188.1 January 1907Adamjee Peerbhoy, JP23 February 1907Captain Pieter Canzius van Blommestein Bam, JPMember of the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope; Chairman of the General Executive Committee of the South African Products Exhibition. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to the Royal Horticultural Hall for the opening of the Exhibition.The London Gazette, 26 February 1907 (issue 27999), p. 1390.27 February 1907Frederick Albert Bosanquet, KCCommon Serjeant of London. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to the City of London to open the new Central Criminal Court building.The London Gazette, 1 March 1907 (issue 28000), p. 1462.27 February 1907Charles Willie Mathews, KCOn the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to the City of London to open the new Central Criminal Court building.1 June 1907William PickfordJustice of the High Court of JusticesThe London Gazette, 4 June 1907 (issue 28027), p. 3831.28 June 1907Professor Hubert von Herkomer, CVO, RA The London Gazette, 26 July 1907 (issue 28044), p. 5118.28 June 1907John Gavey, CB 28 June 1907Colonel William Charles Eldon Serjeant, CB28 June 1907Edmund McGildowny Hope Fulton, CSIIndian Civil Service (retired)28 June 1907William Angus28 June 1907William James Baxter"Baxter, Sir William James", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 7 April 2020.28 June 1907Robert Buckell 28 June 1907William Randal Cremer, MP 28 June 1907Thomas Boor Crosby, MDSheriff of the City of London28 June 1907James DonaldsonVice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of St. Andrews28 June 1907Nathaniel Dunlop28 June 1907William Henry DunnSheriff of the City of London28 June 1907Whately Eliot, MICE28 June 1907William Schwenck Gilbert28 June 1907Stanley HarringtonCommissioner of National Education in Ireland28 June 1907Nathaniel Joseph HighmoreSolicitor to His Majesty's Board of Customs28 June 1907George Judd28 June 1907Professor John Knox Laughton28 June 1907Maurice Levy, MP28 June 1907Melville Leslie MacnaghtenAssistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police28 June 1907James Mills28 June 1907Francis OppenheimerConsul-General, Frankfort-on-Main28 June 1907Horace Grece Regnart28 June 1907Professor John Rhysof Jesus College, Oxford28 June 1907Henry Robson28 June 1907James Brown Smith"Smith, Sir James Brown", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 7 April 2020.28 June 1907Henry Rosborough Swanzy, MD28 June 1907John Thomas28 June 1907Frederick William Wilson28 June 1907Rai Bahadur Bipin Krishna Bose, CIE28 June 1907David BrandSheriff of Ayr28 June 1907Alexander Hosie 28 June 1907William Quiller Orchardson, RA28 June 1907Colonel Richard George Ellison, CVOEnsign, His Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the GuardThe London Gazette, 31 December 1907 (issue 28094), p. 9095.9 July 1907Dr Henry Rudolf ReichelPrincipal of the University College of North Wales. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Bangor to lay the foundation stone of the University College's new buildings.13 July 1907William CrossmanLord Mayor of the City of Cardiff. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Cardiff to open a new dock.15 August 1907Thomas Mitchell, CVOManager, Constructive Department, Portsmouth DockyardThe London Gazette, 16 August 1907 (issue 28051), p. 5595.9 November 1907William Adamson, CMGChairman of the Straits Settlements AssociationThe London Gazette, 24 December 1907 (issue 28092), p. 8979.9 November 1907Colonel John Smith Young, MVOSecretary, Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation9 November 1907William Henry Allchin, MD9 November 1907Alfred Apperly9 November 1907Joseph Compton Compton-Rickett, MP9 November 1907John Irving Courtenay9 November 1907Frank Crisp9 November 1907Daniel Ford Goddard, MP9 November 1907John Hare9 November 1907Edward Thomas Holden, JP9 November 1907Robert Edwin Matheson, LLDRegistrar General for Ireland9 November 1907Francis Beaufort Palmer9 November 1907John Pilter9 November 1907Charles Horace Radford9 November 1907Charles Santley9 November 1907Augustus Charles Scovell9 November 1907William John Thompson, MD9 November 1907George White, MP9 November 1907Charles Whitehead9 November 1907Charles MossChief Justice of Ontario9 November 1907James Wilson Southern21 December 1907Harry Trelawney EveJustice of the High Court of Justice
Notes It was announced in the 1907 Birthday Honours that a knighthood was to be bestowed on Alfred Billson (the serving MP for North West Staffordshire), but he died before he received the accolade."Sudden Death of Sir Alfred Billson", Shrewsbury Chronicle, 12 July 1907, p. 7. On 19 August 1907, Edward VII declared that his widow, Lilla Billson, "shall have, hold and enjoy the style, title, place and precedence to which she would have been entitled had her husband survived to receive the honour of Knight Bachelor at the hands of His Majesty".The London Gazette, 1 October 1907 (issue 28065), p. 6575.
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