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 1913 DateNameNotesRef1 January 1913Lt-Col. Horatio Arthur Yorke, CB Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways under the Board of TradeThe London Gazette, 14 February 1913 (issue 28690), p. 1147.The London Gazette, 18 February 1913 (issue 28691), p. 1238.1 January 1913Rowland Bailey, CB, MVO, ISO Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office1 January 1913George Watson Shaw, CSIIndian Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner, Upper Burma1 January 1913George William Forrest, CIElate Officer in Charge of Records, Government of India1 January 1913Thomas Benjamin Bowring1 January 1913Frank Brown1 January 1913Francis Darwin, DSc, FRS1 January 1913Richard Walter Essex, MP 1 January 1913John Arthur Godwin1 January 1913Arthur Holland1 January 1913Arthur Lasenby Liberty1 January 1913Richard Mathias1 January 1913Andrew Hislop Pettigrew1 January 1913Robert William Philip, MD, FRS 1 January 1913Frank ReeGeneral Manager of the London and North-Western Railway 1 January 1913James Dods-Shaw1 January 1913Stewart Stockman, MRCVSChief Veterinary Officer to the Board of Agriculture1 January 1913Frederick Williams-TaylorManager of the Bank of Montreal, resident in London1 January 1913Corbet WoodallGovernor of the Gas Light and Coke Company1 January 1913William Henry WilkinsonHis Majesty's Consul-General at Mukden1 January 1913Frederick Alexander RobertsonIndian Civil Service, Judge of the Chief Court of the Punjab1 January 1913William Henry Hoare VincentIndian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Legislative Department1 January 1913Charles Herbert ArmstrongAdditional Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India1 January 1913Herbert William Cameron Carnduff, CIEIndian Civil Service, a puisne judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal1 January 1913Henry Vernon Drake-Brockman, MA, LLMIndian Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner for the Central Provinces1 January 1913Tarak Nath Palit1 January 1913Alfred George LascellesChief Justice of the Island of Ceylon1 January 1913William Rees DaviesChief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong Kong1 January 1913The Hon. Auguste Real Angers, KCMember of the King's Privy Council for Canada1 January 1913Walter Clarke BuchananMember of the House of Representatives of the Dominion of New Zealand1 January 1913John Stephen Willison, LLD1 January 1913David Hardie, MD1 January 1913George Turner, MBFormerly Medical Officer of Health, Transvaal, and Medical Superintendent of the Pretoria Leper Asylum14 March 1913Charles Henry SargantJustice of the High Court of JusticeThe London Gazette, 25 March 1913 (issue 28704), p. 2234.21 April 1913Robert Turnbull, MVOSuperintendent of the London and NorthWestern Railway Line. On the occasion of Their Majesties' visit to Crewe Hall.The London Gazette, 20 May 1913 (issue 28720), p. 3590.19 May 1913Henry Curtis BennettChief Magistrate of the Police Courts of the MetropolisThe London Gazette, 23 May 1913 (issue 28721), p. 3668.2 June 1913James Richard AtkinJustice of the High Court of JusticeThe London Gazette, 1 July 1913 (issue 28733), pp. 4637–4638.11 June 1913Frederick William Black, CBDirector of Navy Contracts, Admiralty11 June 1913Robert Bruce, CBController of the London Postal Service11 June 1913Thomas Milvain, CB Judge Advocate-General11 June 1913Maj. Edward Scott Worthington, MVO, RAMC11 June 1913Charles Carrick AllomThe County Families of the United Kingdom (1919), p. 21.11 June 1913John Harvard Biles, LLDProfessor of Naval Architecture at Glasgow University11 June 1913Edward Hardman BowersChief Inspector of Stamps and Taxes, Inland Revenue Department11 June 1913Edward Bowron11 June 1913Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke11 June 1913Stephen Collins, MP11 June 1913Thomas Evans Flitcroft11 June 1913Johnston Forbes-Robertson11 June 1913Robert Eyes FoxTown Clerk of Leeds11 June 1913Philip Spencer Gregory11 June 1913Andrew John Home, FRCP(I)11 June 1913Robert Maule11 June 1913Edward RoslingUnofficial Member of the Legislative Council, Ceylon11 June 1913Edward Albert Schafer, FRSProfessor of Physiology, University of Edinburgh11 June 1913Claud Schuster11 June 1913George Henry Fisher-Smith11 June 1913William Smith11 June 1913Joseph Weston Stevens11 June 1913Adolphus William Ward, LittD11 June 1913Robert Henry Woods, FRCS(I)11 June 1913John Dickinsonon his appointment as Chief Magistrate of the Police Courts of the Metropolis11 June 1913The Hon. Richard ButlerCommissioner of Public Works, Minister of Mines and Minister of Marine of the State of South Australia11 June 1913The Hon. Frederick Eustace Barker, DCLthe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick11 June 1913The Hon. Charles Peers Davidson, DCLChief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec11 June 1913The Hon. Hugh John Macdonald, KCformerly Minister of the Interior of the Dominion of Canada11 June 1913Alexander MacCormick, MD11 June 1913Edward Carlile, KCformerly Parliamentary Draftsman, of the State of Victoria11 June 1913Joseph Outerbridge11 June 1913Stephen Finney, CIEMember of the Indian Railway Board11 June 1913Fazulbhoy Currimbhoy IbrahimAdditional Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India11 June 1913Pramada Charan Banarji, BA, BLa Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, North-Western Provinces, India11 June 1913Harry Lushington Stephena Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal11 June 1913Lt-Col. James Reid Roberts, CIEIndian Medical Service, Surgeon to the Viceroy11 June 1913John David McClure, MA, LLDThe London Gazette, 21 November 1913 (issue 28775), p. 8166.11 June 1913Herbert Smalley, MD7 July 1913William Scott Barrett, JP, DLChairman of Lancashire County Council. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to the county.The London Gazette, 11 July 1913 (issue 28736), p. 4968.11 July 1913John Sutherland Harmwood-Banner, MPLord Mayor of Liverpool. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Liverpool.The London Gazette, 18 July 1913 (issue 28738), p. 5136.11 July 1913Helenus Robert RobertsonChairman of the Mersey, Docks and Harbour Board. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Liverpool.14 July 1913Samuel Walter RoyseLord Mayor of Manchester12 August 1913John Meir AstburyJustice of the High Court of JusticeThe London Gazette, 15 August 1913 (issue 28746), p. 5866.13 October 1913Edward Ernest CooperFormerly Sheriff of the City of LondonThe London Gazette, 21 October 1913 (issue 28766), p. 7337.13 October 1913Alfred Louis BowerFormerly Sheriff of the City of London15 November 1913Charles Stewart AddisJoint Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank15 November 1913Stanley Owen Buckmaster, KCOn his appointment Solicitor-General
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