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1900 New Year Honours

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The 1900 New Year Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India.

The list was published in The Times on 1 January 1900,[1] and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on 2 January 1900[2] and 16 January 1900.[3]

The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, etc.) then divisions (Military, Civil).

Baron

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

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Civil Division

Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney, CB, FRS, Director of the Science and Art Department.

Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)

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Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

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

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

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

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Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

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Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

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References

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  1. ^ "New Year Honours". The Times. No. 36027. London. 1 January 1900. p. 9.
  2. ^ "No. 27150". The London Gazette. 2 January 1900. pp. 2–3.
  3. ^ "No. 27154". The London Gazette. 16 January 1900. p. 285.