1875 Birthday Honours


The 1875 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria 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 Queen, and were published in The London Gazette in May and June 1875.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes and then divisions as appropriate.

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

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

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  • Lieutenant-General William Raikes Faber, 17th Regiment
  • Lieutenant-General David Pott, Bengal Staff Corps
  • Major-General Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland
  • Major-General William Charles Forrest
  • Major-General Richard Hamilton, Madras Staff Corps
  • Colonel James Conolly
  • Colonel George Bryan Milman, late 5th Regiment
  • Colonel Henry Le Geyt Bruce, Royal Artillery
  • Colonel Henry Hastings Affleck Wood, Bombay Staff Corps
  • Colonel Francis Adam Ellis Loch, Bombay Staff Corps
  • Colonel Henry Knightley Burne, Bengal Staff Corps
  • Colonel Charles Terrington Aitchison, Bombay Staff Corps
  • Colonel Mark Walker 45th Regiment
  • Colonel Philip Gossett Piara, Royal Artillery
  • Colonel Alexander Abercrombie Nelson, late Depot Battalion
  • Colonel Patrick Robertson-Ross, late Depot Battalion
  • Colonel Henry Lowther Chermside, Royal Artillery
  • Colonel Hugh Rowlands 34th Regiment
  • Colonel Frederick Ernest Appleyard, 85th Regiment
  • Colonel Thomas Maunsell, Brigade Depot
  • Colonel Francis Fisher Hamilton, 4th Regiment
  • Colonel the Honourable Ivo de Vesci Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, late 9th Lancers
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Ingilby, Royal Artillery
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Jordan, 41st Regiment
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Ravenhill, Royal Engineers
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Charles John Stanley Gough Bengal Cavalry
  • Lieutenant-Colonel George Hutchinson Bengal Staff Corps
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast Royal Engineers
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Hillman Burnside, late 88th Regiment
  • Lieutenant-Colonel George Murray Miller, 79th Regiment
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Pym, Royal Marine Light Infantry

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

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