The King's Birthday Honours 1931 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 2 June 1931.
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.
British Empire
Privy Councillor Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George, Earl of Athlone, , lately Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and High Commissioner for South Africa. Sir William Allen Jowitt, , Attorney-General since 1929. Member of Parliament for Preston since 1929, and for the Hartlepools, 1922–1924.
Baronet Philip Henry Devitt, Chairman of Devitt & Moore's Ocean Training Ships Limited, and Founder of the Nautical College, Pangbourne. Sir Edward Elgar, . Master of the Music in Ordinary to His Majesty. Sir Herbert Gibson, . For services in connection with the British Empire Trade Exhibition at Buenos Aires. Sir Thomas Jaffrey, , Lord Rector's Assessor of Aberdeen University Court since 1924. Chairman of the Aberdeen Art Gallery Committee.
Knight Bachelor James Black Baillie, , Vice Chancellor, Leeds University. Alfred Baker, . Solicitor to the National Labour Party, the London Labour Party, the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, etc. For public and political services. John Ferguson Bell, . Lately Mayor of Derby. For public services in Derby. Montague Burton, . A generous benefactor to Leeds and other Universities. For public services in the cause of industrial relationships. Archibald Henry Campbell, Chairman of the Committee for General Purposes, London Stock Exchange. His Honour Judge Ralph Bertie Peter Cator, Vice-President of the International Mixed Court of Appeal in Egypt. James Lewis Caw, , lately Director of the National Galleries of Scotland. Arthur Ernest Cowley, , Librarian, Bodleian Library, Oxford. William Cecil Dampier Dampier-Whetham, . Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. For services to agriculture. Alderman William Davy, , Lord Mayor of Manchester, 1927–1928. For public and political services. Henry Wade Deacon, , Chairman of the Lancashire County Council. President of the Council and Pro-Chancellor, University of Liverpool. For public services in Lancashire. Frank Walter Goldstone, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers. Member of Parliament for Sunderland, 1910–1918. For public and political services. Harry Hague. A generous benefactor to hospitals. Pendrill Charles Varrier-Jones, . Founder & Medical Director of Papworth Village Settlement for the treatment of Tuberculosis. Thomas Kelly, Lord Provost of Glasgow. Horace Lamb, , Mathematical Physicist. Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Manchester. Charles Reed Peers, , President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. Roy Lister Robinson, , Vice-Chairman & Technical Commissioner, Forestry Commission. George Richard Francis Shee, Secretary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. His Honour Judge Thomas Mordaunt Snagge, Judge of County Courts. William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens, , President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Ben Turner, . Member of Parliament for Batley & Morley, 1922–24 and since 1929. Secretary for Mines, 1929–30. President, National Union of Textile Workers. For public and political services. John Stewart Stewart-Wallace, , Chief Land Registrar, HM Land Registry. Thomas Barnby Whitson, , Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Samuel Wilson. Lately Senior Commissioner Land Purchase Commission, Northern Ireland.
Dominions Charles McNess, of the City of Perth, Western Australia. For philanthropic services in that State,
India Govind Balvant Pradhan, , Member of the Governor of Bombay's Executive Council, Bombay. Mr. Justice William Carr, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon, Burma. Mr. Justice Govind Dinanath Madgaonkar, Indian Civil Service, lately Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Mr. Justice Edward Hamilton Wallace, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras. Ernest Burdon, , Indian Civil Service, Auditor-General in India. Hubert Arthur Sams, , Indian Civil Service, Director-General, Posts & Telegraphs. Nripendra Nath Sircar, Barrister-at-Law, Advocate-General, Bengal. Robert John Sherwood Dodd, , Indian Police Service, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces. Thomas Everard Tichborne Upton, Solicitor, to the Government of India. Colonel Samuel Richard Christophers, , Indian Medical Service (retired), Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Albert John Gidney, , Indian Medical Service (retired). Brevet-Major Sardar Wazirzada Hissamuddin Bahadur, , Indian Army, of Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. William Robinson, , Secretary, Financial Department, India Office, London. Walter Lancelot Travers, , Manager, Baradighi Tea Estate, Jalpaiguri, Bengal. Maulavi Muhammad Yakub, , Pleader, Moradabad, United Provinces. Chaudhri Chhajju Ram, , Landowner and Jute Merchant, Hissar District, Punjab. Abdulla Suhrawardy, . Sarvapalli Radha Krishnan, King George V Professor of Philosophy, Calcutta University, Bengal.
Colonies, Protectorates, &c. Charles Frederic Belcher, , Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago. Henry Lawson De Mel, . For public and philanthropic services in Ceylon. Arthur Wileman Farquharson, Chairman, Jamaica Banana Producers' Association. For services to Jamaica. Donald Kingdon, Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Army General Sir Reginald Clare Hart, , retired pay, Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Chief-Marshal Sir John Maitland Salmond, .
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, . Vice-Admiral William Henry Dudley Boyle, .
Army Lieutenant-General Felix Fordati Ready, , Colonel, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office. Major-General Philip Gordon Grant, , (late Royal Engineers), Director of Works, War Office. Major-General Charles William Gwynn, , (late Royal Engineers), formerly Commandant, Staff College, now retired pay. Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Stewart Leslie, , Indian Army, Commander, Lahore District, India.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Charles Laverock Lambe, .
Civil Division Colonel Sir Clive Wigram, , Private Secretary and Extra Equerry to His Majesty.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Thomas Norman James, . Rear-Admiral Frank Forrester Rose, . Engineer Rear-Admiral Herbert Lyell Parry, . Surgeon Rear-Admiral Alfred James Hewitt, . Paymaster Captain Frank Lankester Horsey, .
Army Major-General William Richard Blackwell, , (late Royal Army Medical Corps), Deputy Director-General, Army Medical Services, War Office. Major-General Robert Gordon-Finlayson, , (late Royal Artillery), formerly Commander, Royal Artillery, 3rd Division, Southern Command, now half pay list. Major-General Henry Needham, , (late The Worcestershire Regiment), formerly Military Attaché, Paris, now half pay list. Major-General Gervase Thorpe, , (late The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)), formerly Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade, Aldershot Command, now half pay list. Colonel (Honorary Brigadier-General) Richard Elles Solly-Flood, , (late The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)), formerly Commander, 8th (Bareilly) Infantry Brigade, Indian Army, now retired pay. Colonel Richard Oakes, , (late Royal Engineers), President Royal Engineer Board. Major-General James Drummond Graham, , Indian Medical Service, Public Health Commissioner, Government of India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Clement Arthur Milward, , Indian Army, late Commander, Nowshera Brigade, India. Colonel John Gerald McConaghy, , Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters of the Army in India. Colonel Alan George Caldwell Hutchinson, , Indian Army, late Assistant Quarter-Master-General, Southern Command, India.
Civil Division Alexander Percy McMullen, , Adviser on Education, Admiralty. Colonel Stephen Rhodes, , Territorial Army. Cecil Fane De Salis, , Chairman, Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Middlesex. Charles Aitken. Lately Director of the National Gallery, Millbank. George Selby Washington Epps, , Deputy Government Actuary. The Honourable Hugh John Godley, , Counsel to the Chairmen of Committees, House of Lords. Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Henry Lawrence Mount, , Royal Engineers (Retd.) Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, Ministry of Transport. William George Brookfield Ritchie, Legal Adviser, Board of Education. Leon Simon, Director of Telegraphs & Telephones, General Post Office.
Order of Merit (OM) Sir William Henry Bragg, , in recognition of his eminent services in the advancement of Science.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) Sir George Ernest Schuster, , Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council.
Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) William David Russell Prentice, , Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bengal. Charles William Egerton Cotton, , Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras. Raja Padam Singh, Raja of Bashahr, Simla Hills States, Punjab. Lawrence Morley Stubbs, , Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Rohilkhand Division, United Provinces. George Cunningham, , of the Political Department, lately Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) William Harry Evans, , (late Royal Engineers), Chief Engineer, Western Command, India, and Secretary, Public Works Department, to the Agent to the Governor-General, Baluchistan.
Additional Companions Herbert William Emerson, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department. Gerald Sidney Wilson, Indian Police Service, Commissioner of Police, Bombay.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Cecil Clementi, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Mauritius. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Reginald St. Johnston, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. The Most Reverend William Marlborough Carter, , formerly Archbishop of Cape Town. Sir John Middleton, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland. Sir John Loader Maffey, , Governor-General of the Sudan. Harold Eustace Satow, , His Majesty's Consul-General at Beirut. Walford Harmood Montague Selby, , Private Secretary to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Arthur Charles Carrara, , formerly Unofficial Member of the Executive Council, Gibraltar. For public services. Edward Walter Evans, Colonial Secretary, Bermuda. Major Arthur Salisbury Lawrance, , Secretary to Government, Somaliland Protectorate. Gerald Verner Maxwell, Chief Native Commissioner, Kenya. Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote, Colonial Secretary, Gold Coast. George Ernest Shaw, , General Adviser, Johore, Malay States. Mark Aitchison Young, Chief Secretary, Palestine. Rupert Beswicke Howorth, , Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet.