1904 Birthday Honours

The 1904 Birthday Honours for the British Empire were announced on 8 and 11 November, 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 Compton Edward Domvile, GCVO, KCB.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division

Vice-Admiral Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe.
Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, KCMG.
Lieutenant-General William Purvis Wright.

Civil Division

Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, KCMG, CB.
William Henry Mahoney Christie, Esq., CB.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Major-General William Campbell.

Civil Division

Chief Inspector of Machinery James Melrose, RN.
Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux, Esq., CMG.
R. Gundry, Esq.
Charles Alexander Harris, Esq., CMG.
The Honourable Charles Algernon Parsons.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

Sir Montagu Frederick Ommanney, KCB, KCMG, ISO, Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and Secretary to the Most Distinguished Order.
His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, GCVO, KCB, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy.

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

John Pickersgill Rodger, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast Colony.
William Grey-Wilson, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands.
Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Esq., CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of British Honduras.
Thomas Ekins Fuller, Esq., CMG, Agent General in London for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Vice-Admiral Reginald Neville Custance, CVO.

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

Captain Robert Archibald James Montgomerie, RN, CB, ADC, late Senior Naval Officer, engaged in the protection of the Newfoundland Fisheries.
The Honourable Alfred Dobson, Agent-General in London for the State of Tasmania.
Philip Clarke Cork, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Colony of British Honduras.
Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Major John Alder Burdon, First Class Resident, Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
Francis Watts, Esq., Director of Agriculture in the Island of Antigua, and Analytical and Agricultural Chemist for the Colony of the Leeward Islands.
Major Dudley Henry Alexander, Private Secretary to the Right Honourable the Earl of Ranfurly, GCMG, while Governor of the Colony of New Zealand.
Charles Walter Boyd, Esq., Joint Secretary, the Rhodes Trust.
Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, Esq., a Councillor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, attached to His Majesty's Agency at Cairo.
Colonel Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters, CVO, formerly Military Attaché to His Majesty's Embassies at St. Petersburg and Berlin.
John Gerolimato, Esq., His Majesty's Vice-Consul at Harar. For services during the operations in Somaliland.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Charles Henry, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, CB, ADC, Colonel, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Major-General Ronald Bertram Lane, CVO, CB.

Honorary

Henri Charles Joseph, Marquis de Breteuil.
Alfred Therese Armand, Marquis du Lau d'Allemand.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Honorary

Capitaine de Frégate Kimon Jean Lembessis, Aide-de-Camp to His Royal Highness Prince George of Greece.

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

Esme William Howard, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General for the Island of Crete.

References

↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27732. pp. 7255–7256. 8 November 1904.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27734. p. 7261. 11 November 1904.

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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