Appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours
The1882 Birthday Honours were appointments byQueen Victoria tovarious orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate theofficial birthday of the Queen, and were published inThe London Gazette on 23 May, 24 May and 2 June 1882.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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.
United Kingdom and British Empire [ edit ] Civilian star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)[ edit ] James Caird CB Senior Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe CommissionerRalph Wood ThompsonCB Undersecretary of State for the War Department Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)[ edit ] Star of a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)[ edit ] Knight Commander (KCSI)[ edit ] Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Bombay Staff Corps, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf William Hudleston, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras Charles Paget Carmichael, Bengal Civil Service, Senior Member of the Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces Edward Francis Harrison, late Bengal Civil Service, formerly Comptroller-General, Calcutta Star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)[ edit ] Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright CMG late Governor of the Colony of British GuianaWilliam Brampton Gurdon CB for services on Special Missions in 1879 and 1881 to South Africa for the Settlement of Financial QuestionsColonelWilliam Bellairs CB for services in South Africa ColonelGeorge Stoddart Whitmore CMG formerly Commandant of Local Forces in New Zealand, and Member of the Legislative Council of that Colony Saul Samuel CMG Agent-General in London for New South Wales, and previously Member of several Administrations in that ColonyCount Giorgio Serafino Ciantar (Paleologo), Barone di San GiovanniCMG President of the Assembly of the Maltese Nobility John Hall , lately First Minister in New Zealand Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)[ edit ] Alfred Patrick , lately Clerk of the House of Commons of the Dominion of CanadaLieutenant-ColonelJohn Stoughton Dennis , late Deputy of the Minister of the Interior in the Dominion of Canada Lieutenant-ColonelFrancis Walter de Winton RA Military Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada Montague Frederick Ommanney , one of the Crown Agents for the ColoniesWilliam Turner Thiselton-Dyer FRS Assistant Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for services rendered to Colonial GovernmentsSaverio Marchese di Piro, Major of the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery Henry Heylyn Hayter , Government Statist in the Colony of VictoriaCornelius Alfred Moloney , Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast ColonyGerhardus M. Rudolf, Resident Magistrate in Natal Melmoth Osborn, British Resident in Zululand John Forrest , Deputy Surveyor-General of Western Australia, for distinguished services in explorationVictor Alexander Williamson, for special services in Mauritius and Fiji William Mackinnon Syud Lutf Ali Khan Moung Shway Kyee, Police Department, British Burmah Rana Shankar Bakhsh Singh Bahadur, Honorary Assistant Commissioner in Oudh Deputy Surgeon-General William James Moore, Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India Edward Ronald Douglas, Deputy Director-General of the Post Office of India