1925 New Year Honours

British Empire

Earl

• Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,, late Governor General of the Dominion of New Zealand.

  Baron

• Sir John Swanwick Bradbury,, Retiring Principal British Delegate, Reparations Commission.
• The Right Honourable Sir Henry Edward Duke, President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division.

  Privy Councillor

• The Right Honourable Charles Stewart Henry, Marquis of Londonderry,, Minister of Education, Northern Ireland.

  Baronet

• Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor,, Chairman of Commissioners of Income Tax for the City of London.
• Sir Charles Campbell McLeod, chairman, Royal Colonial Institute.
• The Right Honourable Thomas Francis Molony, formerly Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.

  Knight Bachelor

• Professor John Adams,, Professor of Education, University of London, 1902–1922.
• Professor Rowland Harry Biffen,, Professor of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge University.
• William Nicholson Brown, a prominent businessman in Northern Ireland, a public benefactor and a generous supporter of charitable objects.
• John Campbell,, Senior Surgeon to the Samaritan Hospital for Women, Belfast. Member of Parliament representing Queens University.
• Richard James Coles,, Financial Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Pensions.
• Robert William Dibdin,, President of the Law Society, 1923–1924.
• Francis Bernard Dicksee,, Artist.
• Edmund Gosse,.
• William Bate Hardy,, Secretary of the Royal Society.
• Professor Frederick Gowland Hopkins,, Professor of Bio-Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
• James Colquhoun Irvine,, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of St Andrews.
• Harry Philip Parnell Lane,, Chief Constable of Lancashire.
• Thomas Morison Legge,, H.M. Senior Medical Inspector of Factories.
• Benjamin Longbottom, chairman, British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Association.
• Andrew McFadyean, formerly General Secretary, Reparations Commission; now Controller of German Assigned Revenues under the Dawes Scheme.
• The Right Honourable James O'Connor, formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal in Ireland.
• Ernest Willoughby Petter, President, British Engineers Association.
• Colonel John Wallace Pringle,, Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, Ministry of Transport.
• Councillor Arnold Rushton,, Ex-Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
• Wasey Sterry,, Legal Secretary to the Sudan Government.
• Holburt Jacob Waring,, Senior Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Vice President, Royal College of Surgeons, Vice Chancellor of the University of London, 1922–1924.

• Khan Bahadur Mian Fazl-i-Husain, Minister for Education, Punjab.
• William John Keith,, Indian Civil Service, Finance Member of the Executive Council, Burma.
• Harry Evan Auguste Cotton,, President, Bengal Legislative Council.
• Mr. Justice Charles Gordon Spencer, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Madras.
• Mr. Justice George Claus Rankin, Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Calcutta.
• Major-General Robert Charles MacWatt,, Director-General, Indian Medical Service.
• Geoffrey Rothe Clarke,, Indian Civil Service, Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs.
• Hari Singh Gour,, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Kaye,, Indian Army, Director of the Intelligence Bureau.
• Frederick St John Gebbie,, Consulting Engineer to the Government of India.
• Sidney Ashley Hurt Sitwell, London Manager of the Imperial Bank of India.
• Rao Bahadur Raghunath Venkaji Sabnis,, Dewan of the Kolhapur State, Bombay.
• William Crawford Currie, Senior Partner of Messrs Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., Calcutta.
• Alexander Maclean MacDougall, Partner, Messrs Simpson & Co., and Sheriff of Madras.
• John Cuthbert Grenside Bowen, Government Solicitor and Public Prosecutor, Bombay, and Registrar of the Bombay Diocese.
• Mahomedbhoy Hajibhoy, Merchant, Bombay.
• William Foster,, Historiographer, India Office.

• Alfred Henry Ashbolt, lately Agent-General in London for the State of Tasmania.
• The Honourable David John Gordon, formerly Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia; for services rendered to the Commonwealth.
• Frederick Truby King,, Director of the Child Welfare Division of the Department of Health, Dominion of New Zealand.
• James Lochore, Member of the Executive Council of the Island of Ceylon; in recognition of his public services.
• Philip James Macdonell,, Judge of the High Court of Northern Rhodesia.
• Alfred Parker Sherlock, Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of British Guiana; in recognition of his public services.
• Thomas Symonds Tomlinson, Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar.

  Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice-Admiral the Honourable Victor Albert Stanley,.
• Paymaster Rear-Admiral Charles Fleetwood Pollard,.

• Major-General Sir George Tom Molesworth Bridges,, Colonel 5th Dragoon Guards, retired pay.
• Major-General Sir Archibald Armar Montgomery,, General Officer Commanding, 1st Division, Aldershot Command.
• Lieutenant-General Thomas Edwin Scott,, Indian Army, Colonel, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, and 13th Frontier Force Rifles, General Officer Commanding and Political Resident, Aden.
• Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Skeen,, Indian Army, Chief of the General Staff, India.

• Colonel Henry Clayton Darlington,, Territorial Army.
• Brigadier-General Sir Douglas Frederick Rawdon Dawson,.

  Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

• Rear-Admiral Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard,.
• Rear-Admiral Frank Larken,.
• Engineer Rear-Admiral Lewis Jones Watson,.
• Captain Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson,.

• Major-General Sebert Francis St Davids Green,, late Royal Army Medical Corps, deputy director of Medical Services, Western Command, India.
• Colonel Granville George Loch,, Brigade Commander, 1st Indian Infantry Brigade, India.
• Colonel Ernest Vere Turner,, late Chief Signal Officer, The British Troops in Egypt.
• Colonel Cyril Lachlan Porter,, Chief Instructor, Senior Officers' School, Belgaum.
• Colonel William Henry Loraine Allgood,, Brigade Commander, 146th Infantry Brigade.
• Colonel George Mostyn Williams,, deputy director of Veterinary Services, Aldershot Command.
• Major-General Charles Alexander Campbell Godwin,, Indian Army, Colonel, 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry, Inspector-General of Cavalry, Headquarters Staff of the Army in India.
• Major-General Harold John Kinahan Bamfield,, Indian Medical Service, deputy director of Medical Services, Eastern Command, India.
• Colonel Gilbert Robert Cassels,, Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 20th Indian Infantry Brigade.
• Colonel Digby Inglis Shuttleworth,, Indian Army, Commander, Jullundur Brigade Area.

• Air Commodore Arthur Murray Longmore,.

• Leopold Halliday Savile,, Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty.
• Colonel Arthur Maxwell,, Territorial Army.

  Order of Merit (OM)

• Sir James George Frazer,.
• Sir Ernest Rutherford,.

  Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)

• The Right Honourable Arthur Hamilton, Viscount Lee of Fareham,.

  Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

• Captain His Highness Maharana Shri Vijayasinhji Chhatrasinhji, Maharaja of Rajpipla.
• Sir Frederick Augustus Nicholson,, Indian Civil Service, Madras.

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

• David Thomas Chadwick,, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Commerce Department.
• Malcolm Edward Couchman, Indian Civil Service, First Member of the Board of Revenue, Madras.
• Frederick Greville Pratt, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Northern Division, Bombay Presidency.
• Ralph Oakden,, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, United Provinces.
• Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond,, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bihar and Orissa.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell,, lately Governor of Mauritius.
• Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate,, lately Governor of the State of Western Australia.

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

• Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike,, Maha Mudaliyar of Ceylon, in recognition of his services to the Government of Ceylon.
• The Honourable Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan,, Premier of Southern Rhodesia.
• John Hubert Plunkett Murray,, Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua.
• The Honourable Christopher James Parr,, Minister of Education, Minister of Justice and Minister in Charge of Police & Prisons Departments, Dominion of New Zealand.
• The Honourable Ronald Charles Lindsay,, His Majesty's High Commissioner at Constantinople.
• Basil Shillito Cave,, His Majesty's Consul-General at Algiers.
• Basil Alfred Kemball-Cook,, Assistant British Delegate, Reparation Commission, Paris.

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

• Wilberforce John James Arnold,, Colonial Surgeon, Saint Helena.
• William Cattanach, Chairman of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, State of Victoria.
• Captain Arthur Randolph Wormeley Curtis,, in recognition of his services as Private Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand.
• Edwin Richard Hallifax,, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hong Kong.
• John Gilbert Maclaren, Secretary to the Department of Home and Territories, Commonwealth of Australia.
• Frank Milner, Rector of Waitaki Boys' High School, Oamaru, in recognition of his services to Education in New Zealand.
• Captain Charles Wolfran Round-Turner, Royal Navy, for services rendered in connection with the recent Empire Cruise of the Special Service Squadron of the Royal Navy.
• Major Upton FitzHerbert Ruxton, Senior Resident in charge of the Southern portion of the British Sphere of the Cameroons.
• Salisbury Stanley Spurling,, Member of the House of Assembly of Bermuda, and for many years Member of the Executive Council of that Colony.
• Captain John Bryan Stevenson, Royal Australian Navy, Naval Representative on the Staff of the High Commissioner in London for the Commonwealth of Australia, for services rendered as Captain of, which accompanied the Special Service Squadron of the Royal Navy during its recent Empire Cruise.
• Orme Garton Sargent, a First Secretary at His Majesty's Embassy, Paris.

• Sultan Mehdi bin Ali, of Lahej.