1927 New Year Honours

United Kingdom and British Empire

[Viscount]

• The Right Honourable Sir James Craig Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
• The Right Honourable John Andrew, Baron Sumner Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

  [Baron]

• Sir George Hayter Chubb Chairman of Nonconformist Unionist Association since its foundation in 1886. For political and public services.
• Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis Member of Parliament for Maidstone, 1888–1895, and 1898–1900. Chairman of Kent County Council since 1910. For political and public services.
• Sir Charles Greenway Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Ltd.

  Privy Councillor">Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Councillor

• The Honourable William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1922–24, and since November, 1924. Member of Parliament for Denbigh District, 1910–18, and for Stafford since December, 1918.
• Sir Leslie Frederic Scott Member of Parliament for the Exchange Division of Liverpool since 1910. Solicitor-General, March to October, 1922.

  [Baronet]cies

• Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Bolton Convener and Vice-Lieutenant of the County of Stirling.
• Sir Edward Rae Davson, President of the Associated West Indian Chambers of Commerce.
• Sir Joseph Duveen. For public services.
• Major George Richard James Hennessy Vice-Chamberlain of the Household since December, 1925. Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1923 to January, 1924, and November, 1924 to December, 1925. Member of Parliament for Winchester since 1918.
• Sir John Scott Hindley, Commercial Adviser, Mines Department since 1918. For public services.
• William Lewthwaite Chairman of the Conservative Association for the Egremont Division of Cumberland, 1904–1924, and Treasurer for many years previous to 1904. For political and public services.
• Basil Edward Peto Member of Parliament for Devizes, 1910–18; Barnstaple, 1922–23 and since 1924. For political and public services.

  [Knight Bachelor]

• Major Richard Ludwig Bagge For political and public services in Norfolk.
• George William Barber Chairman of the Twickenham Division Conservative Association. For political and public services in Middlesex.
• Alderman Percival Bower Lord Mayor of Birmingham, 1924–26.
• William Henry Clarke For political and public services in Leeds.
• George Hammond Etherton Clerk to the Lancashire County Council and formerly Town Clerk of Liverpool.
• Henry Head For public services. Has made distinguished contributions to knowledge of the nervous system.
• Thomas Houston For public services.
• Ebenezer Howard President, International Garden Cities and Town Planning Association.
• Charles Hulbert, Chief Master, Chancery Division of the Supreme Court cf Judicature.
• Alfred Joseph Law For political and public services in Lancashire.
• Walter Greaves-Lord Member of Parliament for Norwood since November, 1922. For political and public services.
• Alderman Percy Molyneux For political and public services in Wales.
• Harold Spencer Morris President of the Industrial Court.
• Charles Kenneth Murchison Member of Parliament for East Hull December, 1918–22; Huntingdon 1922-23 and since 1924. For political and public services.
• The Right Honourable Thomas Lopdell O'Shaughnessy Retired Irish Judge. For public services.
• George Allan Powell Vice-Chairman of the Food Council.
• Joseph Child Priestley Chairman of the Herts Quarter Sessions. For public services.
• John Charles Walsham Reith, Managing Director of the British Broadcasting Company.
• Thomas Wakelin Saint For political and public services. Chairman of the East Islington Conservative Association and has been leader of the Municipal Reform Party in Islington for many years.
• John James Smith. For political and public services in Essex.
• Alexander Spence President of the Dundee Unionist Association and lately Lord Provost of the City. For political and public services in Dundee.
• Lionel Alexander Goodenough Taylor. For political and public services in Bristol.
• Charles John Howell Thomas Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue
• David Milne-Watson Governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company.
• Duncan Watson Chairman of the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority.
• James Watt President and formerly Chairman of the Carlisle Conservative Association. For political and public services.
• Walter James Franklin Williamson late Financial Adviser to Siamese Government.

• The Honourable John Bowser, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, State of Victoria.
• The Honourable Hal Pateshall Colebatch Agent-General in London for the State of Western Australia.
• John Joseph Garvan, formerly Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
• Alfred Langler, Governing Director of the West Australian Newspaper Company, in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia.
• Robert Donald Douglas Maclean, in recognition of his services to the Dominion of New Zealand.
• Maurice Julian Berkeley, Senior Puisne Judge, British Guiana.
• Honorary Colonel Edwin James Hayward Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
• Joseph Horsford Kemp Attorney-General, Hong Kong.
• Albert Ernest Kitson Director of the Geological Survey, Gold Coast Colony.
• Herbert Kortwright McDonnell Sisnett, Chief Justice of British Honduras.

• Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Burma.
• Richard Burn Indian Civil Service, lately temporary Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the United Provinces.
• Justice Cheruvari Krishnan, Diwan Bahadur, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Madras.
• John William Anderson Bell, President, Bengal Chamber of Commerce.
• David Thomas Chadwick Indian Civil Service, lately Secretary to the Government of India in the Commerce Department.
• Norman Mclver Murray, Managing Governor of the Imperial Bank of India.
• Sardar Bomanji Ardeshir Dalai, Member of the Legislative Assembly, First Class Sardar, Bombay.
• Joseph Aspden Kay, Member of the Bombay Legislative Council, Managing Director, Messrs. W. H. Brady and Company, Limited, Bombay.
• Rao Bahadur Ramanbhai Mahipatram Nilkanth, Bombay.

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath">The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

• General Sir George Francis Milne General to the King, Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, The War Office.

• Sir Claud Schuster Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown.

  Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Lieutenant General Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison Royal Marines.

• Lieutenant-General Sir William Thwaites General Officer Command.ing, 47th Division.
• Lieutenant-General Sir Webb Gillman Inspector of the Royal Artillery, The War Office.
• Major-General Harry Christopher Tytler Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Burma Independent District.

• George Macdonald Secretary to the Scottish Education Department

  Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

• Rear-Admiral William Rawdon Napier
• Rear-Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring
• Engineer Captain Walter Rudolph Parnall

• Colonel Charles Walker Scott Colonel in charge of Administration, Gibraltar.
• Colonel Evan Gibb Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Aldershot Command.
• Colonel Charles Howard Foulkes Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command.
• Colonel Austin Claude Girdwood Brigade Commander, 158th Infantry Brigade.
• Ordnance Officer 1st Class and Colonel Robert Henry McVittie Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, The British Troops in Egypt.
• Colonel Sydney Capel Peck Director of Artillery, The War Office.
• Colonel Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston Indian Army, General Staff Officer 1st Grade, India Office.
• Colonel Cyril Rodney Harbord Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade, Sialkot, India.
• Colonel Corrie Hudson Indian Medical Service, Assistant Director of Medical Services, Aden Brigade, Aden.

• Group Captain Charles Stuart Burnett

• Rear-Admiral Arthur John Davies.
• Instructor Captain Thomas Slator
• Commander Kenneth Noel Humphreys
• Charles John Tench Bedford Grylls Commissioner and Joint Secretary, H.M. Board of Customs & Excise.
• James Frederick George Price, Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour.
• Henry Thomas Tizard Principal Assistant Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

  The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India">Order of the Star of India">The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander (KCSI)

• His Highness Maharaja Gulab Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Rewa, Central India.

  Companion (CSI)

• Archibald Young Gipps Campbell Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, Madras.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson Indian Army, Political Department, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana.
• John Thomas Marten, Indian Civil Service Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces.
• Blanchard Foley, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Bihar and Orissa.
• Alexander Langley Indian Civil Service, Commission, Lahore, Punjab.

  The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George">Order of Saint Michael and Saint George">The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Colonel Henry Lawson Webster, Viscount Burnham President of the Empire Press Union and Deputy Chairman of the Empire Parliamentary Association.
• Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and their Dependencies; High Commissioner for the Malay States.

• His Majesty King Faisal of Iraq.

  Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• Professor William Mitchell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia.
• The Honourable Charles Perrin Skerrett, Chief Justice of New Zealand.
• Alfred Claud Hollis British Resident in Zanzibar.
• Sir William Kellman Chandler Member of the Executive Council and President of the Legislative Council of the Island of Barbados.
• Aretas, Viscount Chilston His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna.
• Robert Henry Clive His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran.
• Miles Wedderburn Lampson His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Peking.
• Charles Hubert Montgomery Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.

  Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• John Alexander of the City of Auckland, in recognition of his services to the Dominion of New Zealand.
• Alexander Foulis Bell, a Member of the Dried Fruits Control Board, Commonwealth of Australia.
• Captain Lawrence Franklin Burgis Principal, Offices of the Cabinet.
• Charles John Cerutty, Auditor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• Charles Westwood Earle, President of the New Zealand Newspaper Proprietors' Association.
• Edward Maltby Bland, General Manager of the Nigerian Railway.
• Ernest Frederick Colvile, Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland Protectorate. Member of the Executive Council and an Official Member of the Legislative Council of the Protectorate.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Fortnom Cox Chief British Representative in Trans-Jordan.
• John Pierce Hand Member of the Executive Council and Member of the House of Assembly of Bermuda. represented the Colony at the Trade Conference at Ottawa, 1925.
• Arthur Selborne Jelf, Colonial Secretary of Jamaica.
• Robert Hormus Kotewall Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
• George Nevile Maltby Bland, Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
• William Stanley Edmonds Consul-General attached, with the local rank of First Secretary, to His Majesty's Embassy in Turkey.
• Horace Courtenay Forbes Finlayson, Financial Adviser to His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin.
• Arthur James Croft Huddleston Governor of the Blue Nile Province, Sudan.
• Horace James Seymour, First Secretary at His Majesty's Embassy at Rome.
• George Redston Warner, Counsellor in the Foreign Office.

  [Order of the Indian Empire]

Knight Commander (KCIE)

• William Pell Barton Indian Civil Service, Political Department, Resident at Hyderabad.

  Companion (CIE)

• Howard Denning, Indian Civil Service, Controller of the Currency, Calcutta, Bengal.
• William Browne Brander Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, Burma.
• George Washington Hatch, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Central Division, Bombay.
• Cecil Upton Wills, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Nagpur Division, Central Provinces.
• Herbert Allardyce Lane, Indian Civil Service, Revenue and Judicial Secretary to Government, United Provinces.
• Kaikhosru Sorabji Framji, Acting Chief Engineer and Joint Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Bombay.
• Colonel William Harry Evans Deputy Chief Engineer, Northern Command.
• George Ernest Fawcus Director of Public Instruction, Bihar and Orissa.
• Frank Armitage, Inspector-General of Police, Madras.
• Trevor Claude Simpson, Inspector-General of Police, Bengal.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Charles Tancock, Indian Army, Inspecting Officer. Frontier Corps, North-West Frontier Province.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lawrence Haughton, 11th Sikhs, Commandant, Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehra Dun.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Hannath Douglas Marshall Aide-de-Camp, Commandant. Surma Valley Light Horse, Silchar, Assam.
• Henry Duncan Graves Law, Indian Civil Service, His. Majesty's Consul at Kerman, Persian Gulf.
• Rupert Willoughby Hanson, Postmaster-General, Madras Circle.
• Hector Russell Wilkinson, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Wolfran Cornwall Indian Medical Service, lately Director, Southern India Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, India.
• Rudolph David Anstead, Director of Agriculture, Madras.
• David Milne, Director of Agriculture, Punjab.
• William Roche, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, United Provinces.
• Rai Biswambhar Rai Bahadur Government Pleader, Krishnagar, Nadia District, Bengal.
• Rai Tara Prasanna Mukharji Bahadur, Pleader, Vice-Chairman of the Burdwan District Board, Bengal.
• Gopal Krishna Devadhar, Vice-President of the Servants of India Society, Bombay.
• Chaudhri Chhaju Ram, of Alakhpura, Hissar District, Punjab.

  The Royal Victorian Order">Royal Victorian Order">The Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• The Right Honourable Rowland Thomas, Earl of Cromer

  Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Colonel Rudolph Robert Basil, Earl of Denbigh
• Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
• Brigadier-General Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne
• Captain Ernest Beachcroft Beckwith Towse

  Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Major-General Carteret Walter Carey
• Major Eric Henry Bonham Scots Greys.
• The Rev. Canon Ernest Edward Holmes, Archdeacon of London.
• Major Berkeley John Talbot Levett, Scots Guards.

  Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

• Paymaster Commander Herbert Martyn Boxer
• John Henry Follows
• Arthur William Heasman
• Lieutenant Walter Douglas Campbell Greenacre, Welsh Guards.
• Lieutenant Commander William Vesey Hamilton Harris,
• Colonel Walter Frederick Kelsey.

  Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

• William Macintosh
• George Harry Williams

  The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire">The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

• Margaret Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Jersey President, Victoria League. For Imperial services.

  Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Sarah Boyce. For political and public services in Surrey.
• Margaret Hardinge Irwin, General Secretary, Scottish Council for Women's Trades.
• Grace Thyrza Kimmins, Founder and Honorary Secretary of the Heritage Craft School for Crippled Children.
• Katharine Janie Stephenson Vice-Chairman, Public Health Committee, Wiltshire County Council.
• Eugénie Strong. For services to Archaeology.
• Alice Edith Vlieland. For political and public services in Exeter.
• Anna Elisa Wark, Chief Woman Inspector, Board of Education.

  Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Hilda Maud Milsom, Principal Clerk in His Majesty's Private Secretary's Office.
• Margaret Polson, Superintending Clerk, Ministry of Health.

  Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour">Order of the Companions of Honour">Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• The Reverend Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard Honorary Chaplain to The King and lately Vicar of St Martins-in-the-Fields.

  [Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]

• Lenna Mary Stratford Deputy Directress of Public Instruction, Punjab.
• The Reverend William Herbert Greenland Padfield, Principal and Secretary, Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School, Lovedale, Madras.
• The Reverend John Harvey Hickinbotham, Missionary, Principal, King Edward School, Chapra, Krishnanagar, Bengal.
• The Reverend William Edwin Lant, Superintendent of the Leper Home and Hospital at Dichpalli, Hyderabad.
• Rose Harvey, Superintendent of the Nasik Leper Asylum, Bombay.
• Henry Campbell Guyer, Principal, Church Mission School, Dera Ismail Khan, North-West Frontier Province
• The Reverend Edward Charles Stephens, Honorary Secretary, Strangers Home for Asiatics, London.
• Frances Whipham, Missionary, Bihar and Orissa.
• Helen Dorothea Jerwood, Missionary, Cambridge Mission, Delhi.
• Parvati Ammal Chandirasekhara Aiyar, Mysore.

  Air Force Cross">Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">Air Force Cross

• Flight Lieutenant Louis Massey Hilton
• Flight Lieutenant Matthew Crawford Dick.

  [Air Force Medal]

• Sergeant Herbert Myles.
• Corporal Arthur East
• Leading Aircraftman Robert Edward Barton.
• Leading Aircraftman Stanley George Wright.

  King's Police Medal">Queen's Police Medal">King's Police Medal (KPM)

• James Billings Chief Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Robert Yarnell Davies Chief Constable of Flint.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Henry William Madoc Chief Constable of the Isle of Man.
• James Arthur Wilson Chief Constable, Cardiff City Police.
• James Main Garrow, Assistant Chief Constable, Derbyshire Constabulary.
• Arthur Fowler Neil, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police.
• Alfred John Minty, Superintendent, West Riding Constabulary.
• Henry Tebbey, Superintendent, Northampton.shire Constabulary.
• Levi Bowley, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Leicestershire Constabulary.
• Ralph John Smith Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Constabulary.
• John Hernaman Boulton Chief Superintendent, Birmingham City Police.
• Frederick Joseph Dewen, Superintendent, Hull City Police.
• Thomas Herbert Wardle, Sergeant, Lancashire Constabulary.
• Wallace Wood, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Alfred Green. Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Alexander Cunningham, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Leslie Lyddon, Constables Metropolitan Police.
• Christopher Jones, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• George Thompson Cockill, Constable, Leeds City Police.
• Cyril MacLachlan, Constable, Manchester City Police.
• George Rigby Southern, Constable, Manchester City Police.
• George Creamer, Constable, Durham Constabulary.
• William. James, Constable, Lancashire Constabulary.
• Samuel Pope, Constable, Boston Borough Police.
• John Jones, Sergeant, Wigan Borough Police Fire Brigade '
• Albert Victor Armstrong, Sub-Officer. London Fire Brigade.
• Willie Rylance, Inspector, Wigan Borough Police Fire Brigade.
• John Farmery Superintendent, Ilford Fire Brigade.
• John Richard Exall, Second Officer, West Ham Fire Brigade.

• Rao Bahadur Kanthadaa Rangaswami Ayyangar, Temporary Deputy Superintendent, Madras Police. '
• Shanmukham Pillai Duraiswami Pillai, Sub-Inspector, Madras Police.
• Frederick Sayers, Superintendent, Madras Police.
• Kuvalavalli South Rajagopala Ayyangar, Acting Deputy Superintendent, Madras Police.
• Codanda Mediah Biddiah, Inspector, Madras Police.
• Baburao Ramchandra Ashtekar, Sub-Inspector, Bombay Police.
• Khamiso, Mounted Police Constable, Acting Head Constable, Bombay Police.
• Khan Bahadur Abdul Rashid Khan, District Superintendent, Bombay Police.
• Satyendra Nath Mukerjee, Sub-Inspector, Calcutta Police.
• Robin Neil, Sergeant, Calcutta Police.
• George John Adamson, Sergeant, Calcutta Police.
• David Fisher, Assistant Commissioner, Calcutta Police.
• Frank Austin Tucker, Station Officer, Calcutta Fire Brigade.
• Eric Prideaux Mclntosh Superintendent, United Provinces Police.
• Thakur Raghunath Singh, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
• Allah Rakha, Head Constable, Punjab Police.
• Geoffrey Bernard Sandeman Prance, Officiating Superintendent, Punjab Police.
• Dawindar Singh, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police.
• Pir Nabi Shah, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police.
• Captain Alleyn Cardwell Moore Assistant Commandant, Burma Military Police.
• Havildar Shuan Kam, Burma Military Police.
• Havildar Budhiman Thapa Burma Military Police.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick William MacDonald Inspector General, Burma Police.
• Matthew Spencer Merrikin, Officiating Deputy Inspector General, Burma Police.
• Daniel David, Officiating Superintendent, Burma Police.
• U Maung Gale, Superintendent, Burma Police.
• William Surridge Hitchcock, Superintendent, Bihar and Orissa Police.
• Maulavi Shah Anisur Rahman, Probationary Sub-Inspector, Bihar and Orissa Police.
• Bam Kishun Thakur, Constable, Bihar and Orissa Police.
• Chammdass, Constable, Central Provinces Police.
• Tarachand, Inspector, Central Provinces Police.
• Rai Sahib Surendra Nath Sen, Inspector, Officiating Deputy Superintendent, Assam Police.
• Thomas Andrew, North West Frontier Province Police.
• Denis Brownell Murphy, Assistant Superintendent, North West Frontier Province Police.
• Mohammad Bakhsh, Foot Constable, North West Frontier Province Police.
• Agha Mirza Jan, Sub-Inspector, Baluchistan Police.
• Archibald John O'Connor, Superintendent, Baluchistan Police.
• Sardar Bahadur Tara Chand, Inspector General, Patiala State Police.

• Richard Charles Alexander Cavendish, Commissioner of Police, Nigeria.
• George William Richardson, Quartermaster, Kenya Police.
• Major Francis Trent Stephens Chief Commissioner of Police, Nyasaland Protectorate.
• Jese, Constable, Fiji Constabulary.
• Kok Ah Soo, Detective Police Constable, Straits Settlements.
• Chong Soo, Detective Police Constable, Straits Settlements.
• Hong Ah Heng, Detective Police Constable, Straits Settlements.
• Hernam Singh, Sergeant, Federated Malay States Police.
• Wahat bin Salim, Lance Sergeant, Federated Malay States Police.
• Charles Hannigan, Commissioner of Police, Federated Malay States.

  [Royal Red Cross] (RRC)

• Mary Wilson Campbell, late Matron, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, in recognition of the exceptional devotion and competency displayed by her in the nursing and care of the sick in Air Force Hospitals at Home and in Iraq.