The 1902 Birthday Honours were announced on 10 November 1902, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII the previous day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.

The list was published in The Times 10 November 1902,[1] and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on 9 November 1902[2] and on 28 November 1902.[3]

The list also included the first appointments to the Imperial Service Order, which the King had announced as a new order in the Coronation Honours list earlier the same year.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, etc.) and then division (Military, Civil).

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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Order of the Bath ribbon

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

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Military Division
Civil Division (Honorary)

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

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Military Division (Honorary)
Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

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Civil Division
 
Order of St Michael and St George ribbon

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

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  • Sir James Lyle Mackay, KCIE, late His Majesty's Special Commissioner and Plenipotentiary for Commercial Negotiations with China.
Honorary

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

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  • Henry Austin Lee, Esq., CB, Secretary of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service and Commercial Attaché to His Majesty's Embassy at Paris, and to His Majesty's Legations at Brussels and Berne.
  • Major-General George Arthur French, CMG, late Commandant of the Military Forces of the State of New South Wales.
  • Donald William Stewart, Esq., CMG, Chief Commissioner, Ashanti.
Honorary
  • His Highness Ahmad Maatham Shah, Sultan of Pahang.
  • Colonel José Joaquim Machado, of the Portuguese Army, late Governor-General of Mozambique.
  • Captain Cornelius Álvaro da Costa Ferreira, of the Portuguese Navy, late Governor-General of Mozambique.
  • Viscount Meirelles do Canto e Castro, Governor of the Mozambique Company.

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

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For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in South Africa

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

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Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

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Honorary
  • Baron Hermann von Eckhardtstein, CVO, Councillor and First Secretary of the German Embassy.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

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Honorary

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

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Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

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  • Second Lieutenant the Honourable Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett, Coldstream Guards.
  • Rowland Bailey, Esq., of His Majesty's Office of Works.
  • Mrs. Crowlie, in recognition of her services to the sick and wounded seamen and marines who were under treatment in Tianjin Hospital in June and July 1900.
 
Imperial Service Order ribbon

The King has been pleased to make the following appointments to the Imperial Service Order, which his Majesty recently instituted for Members of the Civil Service of the Empire as a recognition of long and meritorious Service.

Secretary and Registrar and ex-fficio Companion of the Order

Companions of the Imperial Service Order

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References

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  1. ^ "Birthday Honours". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 10.
  2. ^ "No. 27493". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1902. pp. 7161–7163.
  3. ^ "No. 27499". The London Gazette. 28 November 1902. p. 8253.