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 1920 DateNameNotesRef.27 February 1920James Kemnal, FRSAnnounced on 1 January 1920Supplement to the Edinburgh Gazette, issue 13545 (1 January 1920), pp. 2-3.The London Gazette, issue 31830 (19 March 1920), pp. 3431-3432.4 March 1920Horace Charles Mules, CSI, MVOAnnounced on 6 June 19194 March 1920Alfred Waldron Smithers, MPAnnounced on 12 August 19194 March 1920Andrew BeattieDeputy Lieutenant for the City of Dublin4 March 1920Alfred Frederick Bird, MP4 March 1920Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck, MP, JP4 March 1920Ernest A. Wallis Budge, MA, LittD, FSA4 March 1920William CarterMayor of Windsor during the War4 March 1920Harry CartmellMayor of Preston, 1913–194 March 1920Samuel Chapman4 March 1920Josiah Court, MRCS, LRCP, JP4 March 1920Francis Chatillon Danson4 March 1920Edwin Wood Thorpe FarleyMayor of Dover, 1913–194 March 1920John FitzgeraldLord Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1914–154 March 1920Norris Tildesley Foster4 March 1920George Jefford Fowler4 March 1920Dr Henry John Gauvain4 March 1920William Valters Summers Gradwell-Goodwin, JPMayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme since 19134 March 1920Francis Nugent Greer, CB, KCIrish Parliamentary Draughtsman4 March 1920Malcolm Nicholson Hogg4 March 1920Thomas Jaffrey, JP4 March 1920Robert Newbald KaySheriff of York, 1914–154 March 1920Halford John Mackinder, MP4 March 1920James Macklin4 March 1920Maj. David Hughes Morgan4 March 1920George William Needham4 March 1920Thomas Neill, JP4 March 1920Francis Grant Ogilvie, CB4 March 1920Herbert John Ormond, JPMayor of Stoke Newington, 1914–194 March 1920Col. James Philip Reynolds, DSO, DL, JP4 March 1920Hugh Malcolm Robinson, CB, ISOChief Inspector of Factories4 March 1920Thomas Robinson, OBE, JP, MP4 March 1920Leonard Bromfield Rowland, JPMayor of Wrexham, 1915–194 March 1920Professor Arthur Schuster, FRS4 March 1920Charles Stone"Nine times Mayor of Greenwich"4 March 1920Alfred George Temple, FSA4 March 1920William Towle4 March 1920Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland, JPMayor of Deptford, 1914–194 March 1920Maj. Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, CVOUlster King of Arms4 March 1920Ralph Molyneux CombeChief Justice of Nigeria4 March 1920Hon. Thomas Lynedoch GrahamJudge President of the Eastern Districts Local Division, Capte of Good Hope Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa4 March 1920Reginald Gray, KCLately Attorney-General of the Bermundas or Somers Islands4 March 1920David Ernest Hutchins4 March 1920Frederick Spencer Lister, MRCS4 March 1920Hon. Cornelius Hermanus WesselsAdministrator of the Orange Free State Provincie in the Union of South Africa6 May 1920Henry Chartres BironChief Magistrate of the Police Courts of the MetropolisThe London Gazette, issue 31891 (7 May 1920), p. 5242.10 June 1920Hon. Walter Synnot ManifoldPresident of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. Announced on 1 January 1920.The London Gazette, issue 32173 (24 December 1920), p. 12582."Colonial Office List", The Times (London), 1 January 1920, p. 14.25 June 1920Col. William Alfred ChurchmanAnnounced 1 January 1920The London Gazette, issue 32035 (31 August 1920), pp. 8860-8861.25 June 1920Philip Herbert Hanson, CBAnnounced 1 January 192025 June 1920James Richard Thursfield, MAAnnounced 1 January 192025 June 1920Sidney Robert Alexander, MDMayor of Faversham, 1908–1925 June 1920Hugh Percy Allen, MA, MusDocDirector of the Royal College of Music25 June 1920Professor Frederick William Andrewes, MD, FRSPathologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital25 June 1920Capt. David Wilson BarkerCaptain Superintendent of the Training Ship Worcester25 June 1920Sydney Beauchamp"Resident Medical Officer to the British Delegation during nearly the whole of the Peace Conference in Paris"25 June 1920William Barrott Montfort Bird25 June 1920John Brown, JP25 June 1920Francis Morgan Bryant, CBE, MVO, ISO25 June 1920Arthur Benjamin Bryceson"Town Clerk of Woolwich for over 18 years"25 June 1920Maj. Gerald Arthur Fowler Burton25 June 1920Robert Burton Chadwick, MP25 June 1920Ernest Clark, CBESecretary of the Royal Commission on the Income Tax25 June 1920Hon. James Daniel ConnollyAgent-General for the State of Western Australia25 June 1920His Honour Judge John Walker Craig, KC25 June 1920Walter Erskine Crum, OBE25 June 1920Philip DawsonMember of the Disposal Board, Ministry of Munitions25 June 1920Joseph Dobbie25 June 1920Robert Henry GlanfieldPresident of the Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers' Federation25 June 1920Wemyss Grant-Wilson, MA, LLM, JP25 June 1920Henry GreggMayor of Tynemouth, 1913–1825 June 1920Alderman Charles O'Brien Harding, JP, LRCPMayor of Eastbourne in 1903 and from 1916 to 191925 June 1920Edgar Josiah Harper, FSIChief Valuer, Inland Revenue Department25 June 1920Professor James Blacklock Henderson, DSc25 June 1920Lt-Col. Maxwell Hicks, CBE25 June 1920Alderman James Peace Hinchliffe, JPChairman of West Riding of Yorkshire County Council25 June 1920Harry Hope, MP25 June 1920Louis Stanley Johnson, MP25 June 1920Henry S. Keith, JPProvost of Hamilton25 June 1920Walter Guy Coffin KirkwoodLately Secretary of the Post Office, Edinburgh25 June 1920Thomas Joseph LennardVice-President of the Royal Colonial Institute25 June 1920Maj. Charles McIver25 June 1920Maj. George Espec John Manners, DL, JP25 June 1920Samuel Meeson MorrisMayor of Shrewsbury, 1901–02, and 1916–1825 June 1920William NobleChief Engineer, General Post Office25 June 1920William Payne Perry, CBDirector of Finance, War Office25 June 1920Ernest RomeySolicitor25 June 1920George RoyleMayor of Bedford, 190325 June 1920James Simpson, LLB25 June 1920Albert Frederick Stephenson, JP25 June 1920William Henry Veno25 June 1920Henry William Verey25 June 1920William Howell Walters25 June 1920Zachariah WheatleyMayor of Abergavenny25 June 1920Henry Alexander Wickham25 June 1920Jeremiah Wilson, CMGLately Postmaster-General of the Union of South Africa25 June 1920James Lawton WingatePresident of the Royal Scottish Academy25 June 1920John Carruthers Beattie, DScPrincipal of the University of Cape Town in the Union of South Africa25 June 1920Colin Rees DaviesChief Justice of the Bermudas or Somers Islands25 June 1920Lt-Col. Herman Melville HeymanRhodesian Reserve Volunteers, Bulawayo; Member of the Legislative Council of Souther Rhodesia25 June 1920Hon. Joseph Henry HoodJudge of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria25 June 1920Capt. (brevet Maj.) Edward Humphrey Manisty Leggett, DSOChairman, East Africa Section, London Chamber of Commerce25 June 1920John Roberts, CMG19 July 1920Hon. Walter Henry LeePremier of the State of Tasmania. Announced 1 January 1920.23 July 1920Charles Henry KestevenSolicitor to the Government of India. Announced 1 January 1920.23 July 1920Henry Hubert Hayden, CSI, CIE, DScDirector, Geological Survey of India. Announced 5 June 1920.12 August 1920William Arthur BeardsellSheriff of Madras. Announced 1 January 1919.12 August 1920Mr Justice Rigby Philip Watson Smith12 August 1920Mr Justice Edward Acton14 October 1920Maj. George Alexander DolbyMayor of Poole, 1917–20The London Gazette, issue 32086 (15 October 1920), p. 9995.14 October 1920Curtis George Ashdown14 October 1920Charles Eves

Knighthoods announced in 1920 but where the date of investiture is unknown or after 1921 It was announced on 1 January 1920 that Gerald Aubrey Goodman was to be knighted, but he was unable to attend the investiture ceremonies held before late March. He was styled as a knight in The Edinburgh Gazette in December 1920, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Straits Settlement.The Edinburgh Gazette, issue 13657 (3 December 1920), p. 2628.

The Rt Hon. Richard Watkins Richards, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, was also included in the 1920 New Year Honours published on 1 January 1920, but no record of his investiture has been found in The London Gazette.

The following were announced in the New Year Honours for India on 1 January 1920; they were to be dubbed by the Viceroy of India at a later date, an event which was not recorded in The London Gazette;The Edinburgh Gazette, issue 13579 (23 March 1920), p. 835. some were later dubbed by the king in 1921. Date conferredNameNotesMr Justice Nalini Ranjan ChatterjiJudge, High Court, Calcutta25 June 1921Mr Justice Basanta Kumar MullickIndian Civil Service; Judge, Patna High Court, Bihar and Orissa. Dubbed by the King on 25 June 1921.The London Gazette, issue 32461 (20 September 1921), p. 7381.Malcolm Nicholson HoggPartner in Forbes, Forbes, Campbell & Co., Bombay25 June 1921Thomas Joseph StrangmanAdvocate-General, Bombay. Dubbed by the King on 25 June 1921.Robert StanesMerchant, Madras25 June 1921Percy Wilson NewsonSenior Partner, Jardine, Skinner & Co., Calcutta. Dubbed by the King on 25 June 1921.Robert TaylorSenior Partner, John Taylor and Sons, London, and Director of the Mysore Gold Mining Company Ltd, London The following were announced in the New Year Honours for India on 5 January 1920; they were to be dubbed by the Viceroy of India at a later date, an event which was also not recorded in The London Gazette:The London Gazette, issue 32035 (31 August 1920), p. 8861. NameNotesCol. Hormasjee Eduljee Banatvala, CSI (Indian Medical Service)Lately Inspector-General, Civil Hospitals, AssamDiwan Bahadur Pitti Thyagaraya Chetti GaruPresident of the Corporation, MadrasAbdul Karim Abdul Shakur JamalMerchant of BurmaLallubhai Asharam ShahA Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, BombayThomas Robert John Ward, CIE, MVOInspector-General of Irrigation, Punjab

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