1908 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1908 were appointments by King Edward VII to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1907.^[1]

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander (KCB)

Civil Division

Sir John Edward Arthur Murray Scott, Bart.

Order of the Star of India

Companion (CSI)

Francis Alexander Slacke, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Bengal, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations.
John Nathaniel Atkinson, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Acting First Member, Board of Revenue, Madras, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George for making Laws and Regulations.
Saiyid Husain Bilgrami, Esq., lately Director of Public Instruction, Hyderabad, Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India.
Percy Comyn Lyon, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
Algernon Robert Sutherland, Esq., lately Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces, Public Works Department.

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)

His Excellency General the Right Honourable Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief in India.
Honorary Major His Highness Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Nawab Muhammad Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur of Rampur.

Knight Commander (KCIE)

His Highness Raja Bane Singh of Rajgarh.
Thomas Gordon Walker, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, lately Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
Arthur Naylor Wollaston, Esq., C.I.E., lately Registrar and Superintendent of Records, India Office.

Companion (CIE)

Palamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Aiyar, an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George for making Laws and Regulations.
Francis Guy Selby, Esq., Acting Director of Public Instruction, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations.
Colonel William Riddell Birdwood, Aide-de-Camp to The King, Military Secretary to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India.
Saint-Hill Eardley-Wilmot, Esq., Inspector-General of Forests to the Government of India.
William Herbert Dobbie, Esq., lately Accountant-General, Madras.
Alfred Hamilton Grant, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner and Agent to the Governor-General, North-West Frontier Province.
Sao Mawng, K.S.M., Sawbwa of the Shan State of Yawng Hwe.
Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Hamid-uz-Zafar Khan, Senior Member of the State Council, Alwar.
Major John Norman Macleod, M.B., Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon of Quetta.
Henry Elworthy, Esq., Calcutta.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander (KCVO)

Malcolm Morris, Esq., F.R.C.S. Edin.

References

↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28095. pp. 1–2. 31 December 1907.

Honours Lists

New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of Birthday Honours of new king (1902) and WWII (1940)

Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)

PM's Resignation Honours	1895 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 †Not issued

Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953

Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 1910 (January) 1910 (December) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 †Not issued

Special Honours	2009 2013 2014 2015 2016

Additional Honours	1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee)

Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

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