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The 1920 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette on 4 June 1920.[1]
Prince Albert, the future King George VI, led the honours list as the only new peer, being invested as the Duke of York, while more than 60 men were knighted.[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.
Frederick George KellawayMP one of the Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions, December, 1916. Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to Ministry, 1918. Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy Minister, 1919. Member of Parliament for Bedford, 1910, and for Bedford Division, 1918. For Parliamentary Services
The Hon. François Stephanus Malan, Minister of Agriculture, Mines, Industries and Education, Union of South Africa. Acted as prime minister for eight months during General Botha's absence.
Sir Howard George FrankKCB Director-General of Lands, War Office, Air Ministry, and Ministry of Munitions. Chairman of Disposals Board
Peter Jeffrey MackieDL Deputy Lieutenant for Argyll, Ayr and Lanark. Has travelled extensively and written on Tariff Reform, Imperial Federation, and other political subjects. In 1918 made a gift of Pedigree Cattle to Rhodesia in order to encourage ranching and cattle breeding. Financed the Mackie Anthropological Expedition to Uganda
Archibald Mitchelson, Chairman of Messrs. D. Davies & Sons, the Admiralty Collieries, Wharncliffe Collieries and Yorkshire Collieries. For Public and Local Services
Frank Bernard Sanderson, Controller of Trench Warfare, National Filling Factories and Stores during the War. For Public Services.
Milton Sheridan Sharp, Chairman of Bradford Dyers Association. For Public and Local Services.
Sir George Frederick Sleight, largest Trawler Owner in the World. At the commencement of the War practically all his ships were commandeered by the Government for Mine Sweeping and Patrol purposes
Herbert Smith, Member of Board of Control of Wool and Textile Industries. Chairman of Carpet Trade Rationing Committee. Chairman of Man Power and Protection Committee. For Public Services
William Reardon Smith, Principal of St. Just Steamship Co., Leeds Shipping Co., and the Cornborough Shipping Line. For Public and Local Services
John Henderson StewartJP Partner of Messrs. Alexander Stewart & Son, of Dundee, Deputy Chairman of Sheffield Steel Products. Freeman of the City of London. For Public Services
Philip Sidney Stott, Prominent in Lancashire business life. President of the Oldham Lyceum (a non-political institution)
John Brown JP Member of Aberdeen Town Council and of Aberdeen Harbour Board. Chairman of Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Company and Steam Herring Fleet. For public and local services.
Francis Morgan BryantCBEMVOISO Secretary of His Majesty's Private Secretary's Office, Buckingham Palace
Arthur Benjamin Bryceson, Town Clerk of Woolwich for over 18 years. For public and municipal services.
Major Gerald Arthur Fowler Burton. Raised considerable sums for Devonport War Hospital Supply Department and the Red Cross, and financed the Garrison Needlework Association during the War.
Ernest ClarkCBE Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Income Tax
His Honour Judge John Walker Craig KC former Recorder of Belfast and County Court Judge of Antrim
Philip Dawson, Member of the Disposal Board, Ministry of Munitions
Joseph Dobbie, For public and local services in Edinburgh.
Major George Alexander Dolby, Mayor of Poole 1917-20, Chairman of Harbour Commissioners. For public and municipal services
Robert Henry Glanfield, President of Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers Federation. For public services in connection with the supply and manufacture of clothing for H.M. Forces. Honorary Treasurer of Borstal Association
Wemyss Grant-WilsonJP Hon. Director of the Borstal Association and Director of the Central Association for the aid of convicts on discharge from Penal Servitude and Preventive Detention
Henry Gregg, Mayor of Tynemouth 1913-18; Member of Central Organisation for the County; Chairman of all local Organisations and Committees during the War. For public and municipal services.
Alderman Charles O'Brien Harding JPLRCP Mayor of Eastbourne in 1903 and from 1916 to 1919
Edgar Josiah Harper Chief Valuer, Inland Revenue Department
Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell Hicks CBEFCA For personal work in organising the Devonshire House War Work.
Alderman James Peace Hinchliffe JP Chairman of West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Chiefly responsible for formation of British Research Association for Woollen and Worsted Industries.
Harry Hope, Member of Parliament for Stirling and Clackmannan, and formerly for Bute. President of Scottish Chamber of Agriculture 1908; Honorary President of National Farmers Union of Scotland; Member of Scottish Agricultural Commission, and of Departmental Committee appointed by the Secretary for Scotland to inquire into the poultry industry in Scotland.
Louis Stanley Johnson, Member of Parliament for East Walthamstow from 1918; Mayor of Hackney for the whole five years of the War. For invaluable public work.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Bilbe RobinsonKCMGKBE Agent-General for Queensland until end of 1919. For services to Board of Trade in connection with purchase and distribution of frozen meat for Allied Forces
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Nur Mohammed, Third Grade Mounted Constable, both of the North-West Frontier Police;
Mohammed Hasan, Constable;
Lai Shahgul, Constable;
Hari Singh, Head Constable; and
Gul Mohammed, Mounted Head Constable, all of the Zhob and Loralai Police, on account of special services rendered on the North-West Frontier, in the Zhob Valley, and in Baluchistan during July and August, 1919, and January, 1920