• Source: 1878 Birthday Honours

      • The 1878 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 1878.
      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




      = Viscount and Earl

      =
      The Right Honourable Thomas George, Lord Northbrook lately Her Majesty's Viceroy and Governor-General of India, by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Baring, of Lee, in the county of Kent, and Earl of Northbrook, in the county of Southampton


      = Baronetcies

      =
      The Right Honourable Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere of Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey


      = Knight Bachelor

      =
      Thomas Elder, Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of South Australia
      Salvatore Naudi, Doctor of Laws, Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Island of Malta
      Edward Eyre Williams, late Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria


      = The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

      =


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




      = Civil Division

      =
      Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere


      Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)




      = Civil Division

      =
      Charles, Lord Suffield, of the Household of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales


      = The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

      =


      Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)




      Knight Commander (KCSI)


      The Honourable Ashley Eden Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
      Stuart Colvin Bayley Bengal Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Judicial and Political Departments


      Companion (CSI)


      James Gibbs, Bombay Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay
      Colonel Charles James Merriman, Royal (late Bombay) Engineers, Superintending Engineer for Irrigation in Sind
      James Bellett Richey, Bombay Civil Service, Extra First Assistant to the Collector and Magistrate of Kaira for the Panch Mahals
      Lieutenant-Colonel William Scott Drever, Madras Staff Corps, Commissioner, Madras Town Police
      John Henry Garstin, Madras Civil Service, Collector and Magistrate, South Arcot
      Robert Davidson, Madras Civil Service, District and Sessions Judge, Chingleput
      Charles Alfred Elliott, Bengal Civil Service, Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit, North-Western Provinces
      Major Colin Campbell Scott Moncrieff, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, Chief Engineer, Mysore and Coorg


      = The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

      =


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


      Major-General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois Royal Engineers, Governor of the Colony of South Australia
      Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt Member of the Halifax Fisheries Commission


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


      Albert Smith, Minister of the Marine for the Dominion of Canada, and lately employed in connection with the Halifax Fisheries Commission
      Henry Turner Irving Governor of the Island of Trinidad
      Sanford Freeling Governor of the Gold Coast Colony
      Sir James Milne Wilson lately Premier of the Colony of Tasmania, and now President of the Legislative Council of that Colony
      John Hay, President of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New South Wales
      Archibald Michie formerly Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in the Colony of Victoria, and now Agent-General in England for that Colony
      Frederick B. T. Carter, late Premier and Attorney-General of the Island of Newfoundland


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


      Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Treasurer of the Colony of Western Australia
      Doctor Francis Reid, Chief Medical Officer of the Island of Mauritius
      George Henry Kendrick Thwaites, Director of the Botanical Gardens in the Island of Ceylon
      Colonel William Acland Douglas Anderson, in Command of the Local Military Forces in the Colony of Victoria
      Henry Halloran, Principal Under-Secretary for the Colony of New South Wales
      Timothy Darling, Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of the Bahama Islands
      Colville Arthur Durell Barclay, formerly of Mauritius, and lately Auditor-General of the Island of Ceylon
      Colonel George Pomeroy Colley for services in Natal and South Africa
      Captain Francis W. Sullivan Commodore on the Cape and African Station
      Captain Warren, Royal Engineers, Boundary Commissioner, Griqualand West
      Captain Matthew J. Blyth, Resident Magistrate, Griqualand East
      Captain Charles Mills, Assistant Colonial Secretary, Cape of Good Hope


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