1903 Birthday Honours

The 1903 Birthday Honours for the British Empire were announced on 6 and 17 November 1903, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII on 9 November.^[1]^[2]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

British Empire

Order of the Bath

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

Military Division

Admiral Sir Cyprian Arthur George Bridge, KCB.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division

Admiral Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey.
Admiral Albert Hastings Markham.
Vice-Admiral John Fellowes, CB.
Vice-Admiral the Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford, KCVO, CB.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Civil Division

Thomas Little Heath, Esq., Treasury.
Colonel Duncan Alexander Johnston, RE, Director-General of Ordnance Survey, Southampton.
Robert Sidney Mitford, Esq., Commissioner of Prisons.
Thomas Pitts, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board.
Charles Sandiford, Esq., Principal Engineer of the Uganda Railway.
Hubert Llewellyn Smith, Esq., Board of Trade.
Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, Esq., DSO, MP.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

The Honourable Augustus Charles Gregory, CMG, formerly Surveyor General of Queensland, Member of the Legislative Council.

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

The Honourable Henry Bruce Lefroy, Agent General for the State of Western Australia.
The Honourable Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Queensland, and late Secretary for Public Lands.
Herbert Wace, Esq., Government Agent of the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.
Colonel Louis-Félix Pinault, Deputy-Minister of Militia and Defence of the Dominion of Canada.
Leslie Probyn, Esq., Secretary to the Government of the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria.
James Allwood, Esq., Collector-General of Customs, Excise, and Internal Revenue of the Island of Jamaica.
Thomas Herbert Kershaw, Esq., late Legal Adviser, Federated Malay States.
Charles Henry Ommanney, Esq., Solicitor to the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
Major James Deane, Military Secretary to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Louis-Philippe Hébert, Esq., Artist and Sculptor, Dominion of Canada.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Richard George Penn, Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour, Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
Algernon Bertram, Baron Redesdale, CVO, CB. (Received the honour of Knighthood.)
Lieutenant-General Arthur Lyttelton Lyttelton-Annesley, Colonel of the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars. (Received the honour of Knighthood.)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

John Savile, Baron Savile.
Commander Sir Allen William Young, CB, RNR (Retd.)
Colonel Douglas Haig, CB, Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arthur Andrew Frederick, MVO. (Coldstream Guards). Deputy-Master of the Household and Extra Equerry to His Majesty the King.

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

Captain William Webster, MVO (Fifth Class), Clerk Comptroller in the Lord Steward's Department.
Arthur Abraham David Sassoon, Esq.
Colonel Albert Edward Williamson Goldsmid.

For services in securing the safety of His Majesty's Ship Victory when in peril of sinking.

Captain Thomas James Henry Rapson, Royal Navy, Staff Captain of Portsmouth Dockyard.
William Henry Gard, Esq., Royal Navy, Chief Constructor of Portsmouth Dockyard.

On the occasion of the Presentation of Colours by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, on behalf of His Majesty, to the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry.

Lieutenant-Colonel Carteret Walter Carey.

Honorary Member

Corvetten-Capitan Rudolf Hitter von Benigni in Müldenberg (Austrian Navy). Attached to Lord Methuen's special mission to Vienna.

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

John Michie, Esq., His Majesty's Factor at Balmoral.

On the occasion of the Presentation of Colours by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, on behalf of His Majesty, to the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry.

Lieutenant Henry Balfour Fergusson Bryant.
Lieutenant Lionel Graham Pringle.

References

↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27613. pp. 6852–6853. 6 November 1903.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27617. p. 7015. 17 November 1903.

Honours Lists

New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of Birthday Honours of new king (1902) and WWII (1940)

Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)

PM's Resignation Honours	1895 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 †Not issued

Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953

Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 1910 (January) 1910 (December) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 †Not issued

Special Honours	2009 2013 2014 2015 2016

Additional Honours	1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee)

Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

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