The Queen's Birthday Honours 1885 are the birthday honours announced in 1885 in celebration of the birthday of Queen Victoria.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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Appointments to the Order of the Bath were published in The London Gazette on 15 June 1885.[1]

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

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Civil Division
  • Sir John Savile Lumley KCB, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Rome.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

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Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

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Civil Division

Order of St Michael and St George

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Appointments to the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George were published in The London Gazette on 6 June 1885.[2]

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG)

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  • The Right Honourable Lord Carrington, on appointment as Governor of the Colony of New South Wales.
  • Major-General Sir Andrew Clarke, RE, KCMG, CB, CIE, Inspector General of Fortifications and Director of Works.
  • Sir Anthony Musgrave KCMG, Governor of the Colony of Queensland.
  • Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld KCMG, Governor General of the Straight Settlements.

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

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  • Adams George Archibald CMG, late Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia, in the Dominion of Canada.
  • Charles Mills CMG, Agent-General in London for the Cape of Good Hope.
  • Major-General Peter Henry Scratchley RE, CMG, Her Majesty's Special Commissioner for the Protected Territory in New Guinea.
  • Alexander Stuart, Premier and Colonial Secretary of New South Wales.

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

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  • James Francis Garrick, Agent-General in London for Queensland.
  • Edward Noel Walker, Colonial Secretary of the Island of Jamaica.
  • Lorenzo, Marquis Cassar Dessain, lately a Member of the Council Government of Malta.
  • Edward Fairfield, of the Colonial Office.
  • Frederick Thomas Sargood, Minister of Defence of the Colony of Victoria.
  • Major-General Major Francis Downes RA, Commandant of the Volunteer Forces of the Colony of South Australia.
  • Colonel Charles Fyshe Roberts, late Major in the Royal Artillery, in command of the Artillery forces of the Colony of New South Wales.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Robert Drury, late Acting-Commandant of the Volunteer Forces of the Colony of Queensland.

Order of the Star of India

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Appointments to the Order of the Star of India were published in The London Gazette on 6 June 1885.[2]

Knight Commander of the Star of India (KCSI)

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Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

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  • Herbert John Reynolds, Bengal Civil Service.
  • James Macnabb Cuningham MD, Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department.
  • The Nawab Surfuraz Khan of Dera.
  • Colonel Michael Weekes Willoughby, Bombay Staff Corps.
  • Major Frederick Mercer Hunter, Bombay Staff Corps.

Order of the Indian Empire

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Appointments to the Order of the Indian Empire were published in The London Gazette on 6 June 1885.[2]

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

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  • Major Robert Parry Nisbet, Bengal Staff Corps.
  • Francis Day, Deputy Surgeon-General (Retired), Medical Department, Madras.
  • James Baboneau Nickterlien Hennessey, late Deputy Superintendent, Indian Survey Department.
  • Duluptram Dayabhoy.
  • Captain Adalbert Cecil Talbot, Bengal Staff Corps, Political Agent, Bikanir State.
  • James Burgess, Archaeological Surveyor and Reporter to Government, Bombay.
  • George Hamnett, Inspector-General, Registration Department, Madras.
  • Ramaswami Mudaliar.

Knight Bachelor

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Appointments of Knight Bachelor were published in Times, London on 6 June 1885.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 25480". The London Gazette. 15 June 1885. p. 2753.
  2. ^ a b c "No. 25477". The London Gazette. 6 June 1885. pp. 2631–2632.
  3. ^ "Birthday Honours." Times [London, England] 6 June 1885: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 June 2015