1928 New Year Honours

United Kingdom and Colonies

[Baron]

• Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable George Abraham Gibbs Member of Parliament for Bristol West since 1906; a Government Whip in the House of Commons. 1917; Treasurer of His Majesty's Household 1921 to January, 1924, and since November, 1924.
• The Right Honourable Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard Former Governor General of Nigeria. British Member of Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations since 1922.
• Sir Gerald Strickland Member of Parliament for Lancaster since 1924. Prime Minister of Malta.

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

• John Colin Campbell Davidson Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead, Nov. 1920-1923, and since 1924; Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party since Nov. 1926; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1923–24; Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, Nov. 1924.
• Sir Kingsley Wood Member of Parliament Woolwich West Division since Dec. 1918; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health since Nov. 1924.

  [Baronet]cies

• James Gomer Berry Chairman, St. Clements Press Ltd., Deputy Chairman Allied Newspapers Ltd.
• James Caird. For public and philanthropic services.
• Major-General Sir Richard Havelock Charles Serjeant Surgeon to H.M. The King. Late President, Medical Board, India Office.
• Colonel William Edward Came Curre For political and public services in Monmouthshire.
• Sir Arthur Worley General Manager of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, and of the Railway Passengers Assurance Company.

  ''[Aide-de-Camp]''

• Captain, the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava has been appointed a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Aide-de-Camp to the King, in succession to Captain Viscount Curzon 2 January 1928.

  [Knight Bachelor]

• Stephen Harry Aitchison For political and public services in Northumberland. President of the Central Division Conservative Association, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• George Washington Badgerow Dean and Surgeon to the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Ear, Golden Square, W. 1, Consulting Surgeon to various Dominion Hospitals in England.
• Edmund Broughton Barnard Chairman of the Hertfordshire County Council and Lee Conservancy Board. For valuable services to local government.
• Alderman John Bayley. Founder and Builder of Wellington College, now Wrekin College, Salop. Has been on the Shropshire County Council since 1889.
• Reginald Bennett. For political and public services. Secretary of the Primrose League.
• Frederick Charles Bowring Lord Mayor of Liverpool 1925-27. For public services.
• John Reeve Brooke Formerly Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Secretary, Central Electricity Board.
• Arthur William Faire For political and public services in Leicestershire. Chairman of the Melton Division Conservative and Unionist Association.
• Montagu Richard William Foster For political and public services in Hampshire. County Alderman, County of Southampton.
• Edward German, Composer
• His Honour Judge Peter Grain, Judge of the Supreme Court for China.
• His Honour Judge Francis John Greenwell County Court Judge.
• Frederic Greville Hallett Secretary, Joint Examining Board, Royal College of Physicians of London, and Royal College of Surgeons of England.
• Brigadier-General Harold Brewer Hartley Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford. Member of Chemical Warfare Committee. For services to the Army in connection with training Army candidates at Oxford.
• Alderman Marshall Hays. For political and public services in Hammersmith.
• Charles Igglesden President of the Institute of Journalists, 1927.
• George William Henry Jones Member of Parliament for Stoke Newington, 1918–23, and since 1924. For political and public services.
• Arthur Belmore Lowry Chief General Inspector, Ministry of Health.
• David McCowan For political and public services in Glasgow.
• Mortimer Reginald Margesson For political and public services in Worcestershire. Chairman of the Kidderminster Division Conservative and Unionist Association.
• David Mason Lord Provost of Glasgow.
• William Maxwell. For political and public services in the North East of Scotland.
• Major Robert Spencer Nairn For political and public services in the East of Scotland.
• Charles Grant Robertson Vice Chancellor and Principal of Birmingham University.
• Alderman James Robinson For public and political services in Cardiff.
• Percy William George Sargent Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Ministry of Pensions. Specialist in cases of injury to brain and spinal cord.
• Meyer Adam Spielman, Chairman of Managers of Hayes Industrial School and of Park House Reformatory School.
• Thomas Ernest Stanton Superintendent, Engineering Department, National Physical Laboratory.
• Alexander Stevenson Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
• Walter Wooll West For political and public services in the Isle of Ely.

• John Longstaff, President of Society of Australian Artists.
• The Honourable Alfred Bishop Morine Minister without Portfolio, Newfoundland.
• Charles Samuel Nathan Vice-Chairman of the Development and Migration Commission, Commonwealth of Australia.
• The Honourable Thomas Walter Stringer, lately Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

• Saw Hke Sawbwa of Hsipaw, Burma.
• Justice Louis Charles Crump, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Bombay.
• Justice Arthur Herbert Cuming, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Calcutta.
• Albert Ashley Biggs, Agent, Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.
• Brojendra Lai Mitter, Advocate-General, Bengal.
• Edwin Hall Pascoe, Director, Geological Survey of India.
• Byramjee Jeejeebhoy, Sheriff of Bombay.
• Jehangir Cooverjee Coyajee, Professor of Political Economy and Philosophy in the Presidency College at Calcutta, lately Member of the Royal Commission on the Indian Tariff and Indian Currency.
• Shapurji Bomanji Billimoria lately Member of the Bombay Back Bay Committee.
• Doctor William James Wanless, American Presbyterian Mission Hospital, Miraj, Bombay.

• Algernon Edward Aspinall Secretary to the West India Committee.
• Frank Morrish Baddeley Chief Secretary to Government, Nigeria.
• Clement Everitt, Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Straits Settlements.
• Richard Allmond Jeffrey Goode lately Chief Secretary to Government, Northern Rhodesia.
• William Alison Russell, Chief Justice, Tanganyika Territory.
• Henry Milne Scott Acting Attorney-General, Fiji. Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, formerly Mayor of Suva.

  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 Archibald James Murray Retired pay.
• General Sir Alexander John Godley General to The King, Colonel The Royal Ulster Rifles, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command.
• General Sir Havelock Hudson Retired pay, late. Indian Army, Colonel The Northamptonshire Regiment.
• General Sir Alexander Stanhope Cobbe Indian Army, Colonel The South Wales Borderers, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, India.

• The Right Honourable Sir John Eldon Bankes, Lord Justice of Appeal.

  Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice-Admiral Hugh Dudley Richards Watson

• Major-General John Duncan General Officer Commanding North China Command.
• Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Ridley Vaughan Unemployed List, Indian Army.

  Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

• Rear-Admiral Roger Roland Charles Backhouse
• Engineer Rear-Admiral Frederick William Sydenham
• Captain the Honourable Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax

• Major-General James Stuart Gallie late Royal Army Medical Corps, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Aldershot Command.
• Colonel Frederick William Henry Walshe Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, Eastern and Western Commands, India.
• Colonel Ladislaus Herbert Richard Pope-Hennessy Military Attache, Washington.
• Colonel Claude Bussell-Brown Chief Engineer, South China Command.
• Colonel John Greer Dill Instructor Imperial Defence College.
• Colonel Walter Mansel Parker Deputy Director of Transport, Army Headquarters, India.
• Colonel Patrick Barclay Sangster Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 9th Infantry Brigade, India.
• Colonel Edward Currie Alexander Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 4th Infantry Brigade, India.
• Colonel Richard Gardiner Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade, India.
• Colonel Charles Henry Kemble Chauncy Indian Army, Deputy Director of Movements and Quartering, Army Headquarters, India.

• Air Commodore Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding

• Captain Llewellyn Evan Hugh Llewellyn .
• Commander Thomas Joseph Croker .
• James Alan Noel Barlow Principal Assistant Secretary, Industrial Relations Department, Ministry of Labour.
• Arthur Stretton Gaye Commissioner of Crown Lands.
• William Thomas Leech, Director of Telegraphs and Telephones, General Post Office.
• Henry Aufrere Leggett Director of Establishments, Ministry of Health.
• Lewis McQuibban Permanent Secretary, Ministry. of Education, Northern Ireland.

  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)

• Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council.
• Sir Samuel Perry O'Donnell Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the United Provinces.
• Sir Chunilal Vijbhukhandas Mehta, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bombay.

  Companion (CSI)

• Charles Cunningham Watson Indian Civil Service, Political Secretary to the Government of India.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Humphrey Keyes Political Department.
• Robert John Sherwood Dodd. Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces.
• Major Henry George Vaux Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bombay.

  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)

• Sir Graeme Thomson Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria.

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

• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Kenya Colony.
• Edward John Harding Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Dominions Office.
• Major Charles William James Orr Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands.
• The Honourable Philip Whistler Street, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New South Wales.

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

• Major Robert George Archibald Director of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum.
• Henry Sinclair Campbell Budge, Official Secretary to the Governor and Clerk to the Executive Council, State of New South Wales.
• George Craig, Comptroller of Customs, Dominion of New Zealand.
• Albert Fuller Ellis, New Zealand Member of the British Phosphate Commission.
• Odin Tom Faulkner, Director of Agriculture, Nigeria.
• Alexander Flint Principal Assistant Secretary, Admiralty.
• William Alfred Cecil Goodchild, Assistant Delegate and General Secretary of the British Delegation to the Reparation Commission.
• Alexander William Keown-Boyd Director-General of the European Department of the Ministry of the Interior, Cairo.
• Percy Alexander Koppel Counsellor in the Foreign Office. William Peters, late of His Majesty's Mission at Moscow.
• Robert Frier Jardine Administrative Inspector, Ministry of the Interior, Iraq.
• Lewis Francis Mizzi Senior Member of the Bar, Malta, formerly Member of the Legislative Assembly; in recognition of his public services.
• Herbert Phillips Inspector General of Consular Establishments in the Far East.
• Francis Graeme Tyrrell, Controller of Revenue, Ceylon.
• Major Francis Walter Fitton Jackson Provincial Commissioner, Eastern Province, Gold Coast.
• Cyril Legh Winser Private Secretary to the Governor, State of South Australia.
• Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe, Captain Superintendent of Police, Hong Kong.
• Ernest Charteris Holford Wolff, British resident, Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States

  [Order of the Indian Empire]

Knight Commander (KCIE)

• His Highness Maharaja Vishvanath Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Chhatarpur.
• Norman Edward Marjoribanks Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras.
• Sir Edward Grimwood Mears, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature, Allahabad.

  Companion (CIE)

• Andrew Gourlay Clow, Indian Civil Service, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Industries and Labour.
• William David Russell Prentice, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
• Alan Hubert Lloyd, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Central Board of Revenue.
• Arthur Terence Stowell, Acting Agent, North-Western Railway.
• Hyde Clarendon Gowan, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, Central Provinces.
• Colonel Cecil Charles Palmer Deputy Master-General of Supply and Director of Artillery, Army Headquarters.
• James Hezlett, Indian Civil Service, Officiating Commissioner, Surma Valley and Hill Divisions, Assam.
• George Townsend Boag, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to Government, Finance Department, Madras.
• Charles William Aldis Turner, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Bombay in the General, Educational and Marine Departments.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Cuthbert Lindsay Dunn, Indian Medical Service, Director of Public Health, United Provinces.
• Arthur Ralph Astbury, Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Punjab.
• John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi.
• Major Claude Ernest Torin Erskine Indian Army.
• Major Richard Outram Chamier, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of the United Provinces.
• Edward Henry Berthoud Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of Excise and Salt, and Inspector-General of Registration, Bihar and Orissa.
• Ralph Albert Horton, Superintendent of Police, United Provinces.
• Walchand Hirachand Doshi, Bombay.
• Dinshah Fardunji Mulla, Advocate, Bombay High Court.
• George Morgan, Member of the Legislative Council, Bengal.
• Rai Bahadur Mahendra Chandra Mitra, Vakil, Bengal.
• Bao Bahadur Raja Hari Singh, of Mahajan, of Bikaner, Rajputana.
• Kheng Beng Chong.
• Frederick William Thomas, lately Librarian, India Office, London.

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

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• Charles Henry Alexander, Marquess of Anglesey
• Sir Norman Fenwick Warren Fisher

  Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Sir Edward Elgar
• Sir Frank Baines
• Colonel Clive Wigram
• Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur d'Arcy Gordon Bannerman
• Lionel Cust .

  Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Sir Frederick Macmillan.
• Alexander Gordon Ingram .

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

• Frank Herbert Mitchell
• Ex-Bailie William Brownhill Smith .
• Treasurer James Stewart .
• Bailie Peter Harvey Allan.
• Lieutenant-Commander George Griffiths .
• The Revd. John Stirton .

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

• George David Field.
• Jocelyn Godefroi.
• Basil Hinton Philpott.
• John Gwyndeg Hughes-Roberts.

  [Order of Merit] (OM)

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

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

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

• Mary Du Caurroy, Duchess of Bedford For public services.
• Jane Frances Dove former Headmistress of St. Leonards School, St. Andrews.

  Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Annie Rosalie Collin, Secretary of the Friends of the Poor Society.
• Ellen Mary Musson Chairman of the General Nursing Council.
• Violet Mary Craig Roberton Bailie of City of Glasgow.

  Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Eleanor Martha Barker, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the St. Barnabas Hostels and Pilgrimage Fund.
• Edith Broadbent, Member of East and Mid-Sussex War Pensions Committee. For valuable public services as voluntary worker in administration of War Pensions.
• Isabel Brogden Carter, Member of the Cheshire Mental Deficiency Committee.
• Jeannette Halford, Founder and Honorary Secretary of the National League for Health, Maternity and Child Welfare.
• Essie Margaret Harris For public and political services in Swansea.
• Rosalie Alice Jane Henderson, Vice Chairman, East Cumberland War Pensions Committee. For valuable public services as voluntary worker in administration of War Pensions.
• Mary Mitchell Thorburn Matron of the London County Mental Hospital, Horton.

  Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Agnes Jane Chalmers, Member of Bromley, Sevenoaks and District War Pensions Committee. For valuable public services as voluntary worker in administration of War Pensions.
• Ada Davies, Lady Superintendent Plaistow Maternity Hospital.
• Frances Isabella Hepburn, Secretary and Treasurer of the Edinburgh Branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
• Margaret Elizabeth Shelton-Jones, Member of Warrington, Widnes and District War Pensions Committee. For valuable public services as voluntary worker in administration of War Pensions.
• Jane Mottershead, Senior Assistant Matron, Cheshire County Mental Hospital, Macclesfield.
• Florence Elizabeth Pearse, Inspector of Midwives and Superintendent of Health Visitors, Oxford.
• Hannah Ada Turner, Member of Bristol and District War Pensions Committee. For valuable public services as voluntary worker in administration of War Pensions.

• Margaret Sloan, lately Principal Matron. Government Medical Department, Hong Kong.

  [Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]

• Margaret Evelyn, Viscountess Goschen, Madras.
• Iravati Mehta, Benares.
• Captain James Edward Corbett, Nainital.
• Edris Griffin, Superintendent, Lady Reading Health School, Delhi.
• Anne Strahan Graham, Superintendent, Lady Reading Health School, Delhi.
• The Reverend John Newcomb, American Baptist Missionary, Madras.
• Brother Gregory, Head Master, Marist Brothers School, Aden.
• Ellen Margaret Farrer, Medical Missionary, Zenana Baptist Mission, Punjab.

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

• Flight Lieutenant Charles Roderick Carr
• Flight Lieutenant Robert Linton Ragg.

  [Air Force Medal]

• Flight Sergeant Francis Hubert Pelham Simpson
• Sergeant David Kinnear.

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

• Munshi Yusuf Hussain, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
• Geoffrey Bernard Sandeman Prance, Superintendent, Punjab Police.
• Ch. Mahmud Khan, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police.

• Harry Rivett Cecil Guise Superintendent, Bihar and Orissa Police.

• Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Augustus Douglas Stevens Chief Constable of Bedfordshire.
• John William A. Danby, Chief Constable of Hyde Borough Police.
• William Jones Chief Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Glamorgan County Police.
• Philip Fermer Ambrose Chief Superintendent, Kent County Police.
• William Banister, Superintendent, Lancashire County Police.
• Thomas Jackson, Superintendent, Warwick County Police.
• Thomas William Hill, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Worcester County Police.
• Alfred Clay den, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police.
• Henry Pegler, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police.
• Duncan Dunn, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• George Hainsby, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• William Marshall, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Percival Roberts, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Frederick Stone, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Albert Turpin, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Charles Young Brown, Constable, Devon County Police.
• George Brothwood, Constable, Lancashire County Police.
• Thomas Johnson, Constable, Lancashire County Police.
• James Edward Dainty, Constable, Nottingham County Police.
• George Edwin Beaton, Constable, Somerset County Police.
• Edwin John Pollington, Con-stable, Dover Borough Police.
• John Harold Clarke, Constable, Liverpool City Police.
• William Henry Smith, Constable, Liverpool City Police.
• Frank Leech, Constable, Salford Borough Police.

• Captain Henry John Butler Superintendent and Chief Officer, Wimbledon Fire Brigade.

• Neil McLennan Chief Constable, Dumbarton County Police.
• Charles Cheyne Chief Constable, Hamilton Burgh Police.
• William Robb, Chief Constable, Renfrew Burgh Police.
• David Happell Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Ayr County Police.
• John Syme, Superintendent and Deputy.
• Chief Constable, Lanark County Police.
• Graham C. Henderson, Constable, Glasgow City Police.
• Arthur Williamson, Constable, Glasgow City Police.

• Henry George Slack, Head Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary.

• Stephen Condon, lately Inspector of Police and Officer in Charge of the Criminal Investigation Branch of the Western Australian Police Department.
• Robert Morrison Larsen, Constable, Western Australian Police Force.

• John Christian Hoehler, First Class Constable, South African Police.

• Lionel Bell Gasson, Deputy-Commissioner, Madras Police.
• William Lane Kynaston Herapath, Superintendent, Bombay Police.
• Chintaman Mahadeo Mate, Inspector, Bombay Police.
• Shaikh Kifayat Shaikh Ajam, Sub-Inspector, Bombay Police.
• Tuni Meerza, Superintendent, Bengal Police.
• Richard Ernest Coupland, Deputy Inspector-General, United Provinces Police.
• Tejasvi Prasad Bhalla, Assistant Superintendent, United Provinces Police.
• Thakur Moti Singh, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
• Munshi Nadir Ali Khan, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
• Teja Singh, Officiating Deputy Superintendent, Punjab Police.
• Gerald Charles Routh Herdon, Superintendent, Punjab Police.
• Harold George Bussell, Assistant Superintendent., Punjab Police.
• Major Cyril de Montfort Wellborne Officiating Inspector-General, Burma Police.
• Mohamed Saddiq Khan, Constable, Burma Police.
• Captain John Francis Bowerman Assistant Commandant, Burma Military Police.
• Mirza Yusuf Beg, Retired Constable, Bihar and Orissa Police.
• Jagat Narain Singh, Constable, Bihar arid Orissa Police.
• Bhagwan Pershad, Inspector, Central Provinces Police.
• Ghulam Muhammad, Head Constable, North-West Frontier Province Police.
• Khan Bahadur Tasadduq Husain Superintendent of Police, Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of India.

• Muni wa Mutumbi, First Class Constable, Kenya Police.
• Major George Herbert Kirkham Deputy Commissioner of Police and Prisons, Tanganyika Territory.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Wyndham Murphy Commandant of the Zanzibar Police Force.
• Arthur Harold Dickinson, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Straits Settlements.
• Kenneth Walter Andrew, Sub-Inspector, Hong Kong Police Force.
• Marcos Antoniou, Inspector, Cyprus Police.
• Ahmed Izzet Hassan, Inspector, Cyprus Police.
• Kyriaco Gavriel Zaptieh, Cyprus Police.
• William Samuel Hay, Sergeant-Major, Jamaica Constabulary.
• Captain Patrick Ruane, lately Inspector, Leeward Islands Police Admiralty, R.N.V.R.