The 1929 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 26 February 1929.United Kingdom and British Empire: The announcement of the list was delayed two months by the health of the king, who fell ill with septicaemia in November 1928. There were no recipients of the Royal Victorian Order and only two recipients in the military division of the Order of the British Empire.
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 Colonies
Baron Sir Jesse Boot — For services in the promotion of education. Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton. In consideration of the public, political and philanthropic services of his Father, the late Urban Hanlon Broughton, whose elevation to the Peerage would have been recommended to His Majesty but for his death on 30 January 1929. Sir Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan President of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: James Richard, Earl Stanhope Civil Lord of the Admiralty since November, 1924.
Baronetcies Frederick Alfred Aykroyd. For political and public services. Member of the Council of Bradford Chamber of Commerce for sixteen years, being President in 1923. Friedrich Gustav Jonathan Eckstein, Chairman of the Sudan Plantations Syndicate. For services to the Sudan. Captain Sir (Francis) John Childs Ganzoni Member of Parliament for Ipswich, May, 1914 to December, 1923 and since October, 1924. For political and public services. William Edgar Horne. For public and political services. Chairman of the Prudential Assurance Company. Member of Parliament for Guildford, 1910–22. Alexander Park Lyle For services in connection with the Scottish National War Memorial. William Richard Morris, Governing Director of Morris Commercial Cars, Limited, chairman and managing director, of Morris Motors (1926) Limited. Charles Thomas-Stanford For public services in Brighton and district. Frederick Charles Thomson Member of Parliament for South Aberdeen since 1918. Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, February to April, 1923, and November, 1924 to January, 1928. Solicitor General for Scotland, 1923–24. Vice-Chamberlain of the Household since January, 1928. Stanley William Tubbs For political and public services in Gloucestershire. Chairman of Mid-Gloucestershire Conservative and Unionist Association.
Knight Bachelor
Alderman Charles Henry Booth For political and public services in Cheshire. Chairman of Stalybridge and Hyde Conservative and Unionist Association for over twenty-five years. His Honour Judge William Moore Cann, County Court Judge. Councillor William Cundiff For political and public services in Manchester. Stephen Easten late Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Robert Charles Evans, Proprietor of The Teachers World. Walter Evans For political and public services in Birmingham. John Ambrose Fleming Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, University College, London. Carteret Ernest Fletcher, Controller of Death Duties, Board of Inland Revenue. James Hamilton Chairman, York Local Employment Committee. David Patrick Henderson For political and public services in Caithness and Sutherland. Edward John Holland Chairman of the Surrey County Council. Gerald Berkeley Hurst Member of Parliament for the Moss Side Division of Manchester, December, 1918 to 1923, and since October, 1924. For political and public services. John Jackson Deputy Chief inspector of Factories, Home Office. Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Bingham Levita For public and political services. Chairman of the London County Council. Albert Levy, Treasurer of the Royal Free Hospital. For benefactions. Lewis Lougher Member of Parliament for Cardiff East, November, 1922 to 1923, and for Cardiff Central, since October, 1924. For political services. Lieutenant-Colonel Kenyon Pascoe Vaughan-Morgan Member of Parliament for East Fulham since 1922. For political and public services. William Thomas Paulin For long and valuable services to the London Hospital. Edgar Stroud Plummer. For political and public services in Devonshire. Harry Goring Pritchard, Secretary of the Association of Municipal Corporations. Colonel Thomas Fortune Purves Engineer-in-Chief, Post Office. Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul Member of Parliament for Lowestoft since November, 1922. For political and public services. Alliott Verdon Roe For distinguished services to British aviation. William Gustavus Stanhope Rolleston For political and public services in Leicester. John Thomas Podger Rowland For political and public services in Hampshire. Lewis Shedden For political and public services in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Arthur Somervell lately Principal Inspector of Music to the Board of Education and to the Scottish Education Department. Robert Stewart For public services in Glasgow. Thomas Powell Thomas For political and public services in Glamorganshire. William Ernest Thompson President, Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
Dominions George Alfred Julius, Chairman of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Norman William Kater, formerly Chairman of the Federal Pastoral Advisory Committee, Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Daniel Levy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, State of New South Wales. Carrick Hey Robertson of the City of Auckland, Dominion of New Zealand.
British India Justice Courtney Terrell, Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature at Patna. Sardar Jogendra Singh, Minister for Agriculture, Punjab. Lee Ah Yain, Minister for Forests, Burma. Arthur Edward Nelson Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces. Justice Vepa Ramesam Pantulu, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras. Osborne Arkell Smith, Managing Governor of the Imperial Bank of India. Maulvi Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad, Nawab Nizamat Jung Bahadur Sadr-ul-Maham, Political Department, H.E.H. the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad. Basil Eden Garth Eddis, Partner, Messrs. Gillanders, Arbuthnot and Company, Calcutta. Khan Bahadur Nasarvanji Hormasji Choksy Medical Practitioner, Bombay. Khan Bahadur Nawab Arbab Dost Muhammad Khan Honorary Magistrate and Provincial Durban, North-West Frontier Province. Hugh Golding Cocke Chartered Accountant, Bombay.
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. Professor Augusto Bartolo Minister for Public Instruction, Migration and Labour, and Member of the Senate, Island of Malta. Lieutenant-Colonel James Forrest Halkett Carmichael one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, and Engineer-in-Chief. Arthur George Murchison Fletcher Colonial Secretary of Ceylon. George Henry Gamblin, Unofficial Member of the Executive Council and President of the Legislative Council, Bahama Islands. Manasseh Meyer, one of the recognised leaders of the Jewish community in the Straits Settlements. For charitable services.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division Royal Navy Admiral Sir Osmond De Beauvoir Brock
Army General Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite Aide-de-Camp General to The King, Adjutant-General to the Forces, The War Office. General Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea Colonel, 20th Lancers, Indian Army, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, India.
Civil Division Sir William Arthur Robinson Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Arthur Allan Morison Duff
Army Lieutenant-General Sir Cecil Francis Romer General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command. Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Henry de Vere Atkinson Master-General of Supply, Army Headquarters, India. Lieutenant-General The Honourable John Francis Gathorne-Hardy Half Pay List.
Civil Division Leopold Halliday Savile Civil Engineer-in-chief, Admiralty. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Bliss Spender Head of the Civil Service, Northern Ireland.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral the Honourable Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton Rear-Admiral Henry Percy Douglas Commodore 2nd Class Geoffrey Blake Engineer Rear-Admiral Henry Frank Smith
Army Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Edward Harding-Newman Garrison Commander and Commandant Royal Artillery Depot, Woolwich. Colonel Osborne Herbert Delano-Osborne Commander, 150th (York and Durham) Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army. Colonel Alan James Gordon Moir Half Pay List. Colonel Richard Lovell Brereton Thompson Half Pay List, late assistant director of Works, The War Office. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Henry Karslake Brigadier, Royal Artillery, Western Command, India. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Bertie Drew Fisher Aide-de-Camp to The King, Commandant, Senior Officers School, Sheerness. Major-General Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird Unemployed List, Indian Army. Major-General Charles John Bruce Hay Indian Army, Commander 10th (Jubbulpore) Infantry Brigade, India. Colonel Norman Meredith Geoghegan Indian Army, Embarkation Commandant (Assistant Quarter-Master-General), Bombay, India. Colonel Charles McGregor Withers, Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Waziristan District, India.
Civil Division Frederick Gatus Bowers Accountant General, Ministry of Labour. Eric Rücker Eddison late Comptroller, Companies Department, Board of Trade. Sir Walter Morley Fletcher Secretary of Medical Research Council. George Francis Hill Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum. Maurice Gerald Holmes Principal Assistant Secretary, Board of Education. Lancelot Oliphant Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Acting), Foreign Office. George Williamson Wallace Chief Commissioner of Charities for England and Wales.
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Leslie Orme Wilson late Governor of Bombay.
Knight Commander (KCSI) Captain His Highness Rukn-ud-Daula Nusrat-i-Jang Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud, Daula Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan, Abbasi, Bahadur Nawab of Bahawalpur.
Companion (CSI) Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Bruce Resident in Waziristan. Robert Tullis Harrison, Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Public Works Department. Michael Keane Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Meerut Division, United Provinces. Clement Tudway Mullings, Indian Service of Engineers, Engineer-in-Chief, Cauvery (Metur) Project, Madras. James David Sifton Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bihar and Orissa.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) The Right Honourable Sir George Russell Clerk His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Constantinople. Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) The Honourable Frank Gavan Duffy Justice of the High Court of Australia. The Honourable William Nosworthy, formerly a Member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand. Colonel Sir Ronald Storrs Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Colony of Cyprus. Robert Hyde Greg, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Bucharest. Henry Fountain Principal Assistant Secretary, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department, Board of Trade. Howard William Kennard His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Belgrade.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)