KNIGHTS AND DAMES 
BED - BUG
Last updated 01/11/2018
  Surname/Title Forenames Created Order Born Died Age
Bedale John Leigh 1 Jan 1948 KBE (Mil) 14 Jul 1891 7 Jul 1964 72
Bedbrook George Montario 15 Sep 1978 Kt Bach 8 Nov 1921 6 Oct 1991 69
Beddington John Rex 13 Oct 2010 Kt Bach 13 Oct 1945
Beddington  Edward Henry Lionel 10 Jul 1956 Kt Bach 7 Jan 1884 25 Apr 1966 82
Beddington-Behrens Edward 16 Jul 1957 Kt Bach 7 Feb 1897 28 Nov 1968 71
Bedford, Duke  and Duchess of see "Russell"
Bedford Charles Henry 12 Dec 1911 Kt Bach 19 Jun 1866 8 Jul 1931 65
Bedford Frederick George Denham     Governor of Western Australia 1903-1909 21 Dec 1894 KCB (Mil) 24 Dec 1838 30 Jan 1913 74
    "     " 26 Jun 1902 GCB (Mil)
    "     " 9 Nov 1909 GCMG
Bedford Walter George Augustus 3 Jun 1918 KCMG 24 Oct 1858 8 Jan 1922 63
Bedi Baba Garbaksh Singh 15 Feb 1916 Kt Bach 22 Nov 1945
    "     " 3 Aug 1920 KBE (Civ)
Bednall (Cecil Norbury) Peter 1 Jun 1953 KBE (Mil) 1895 28 May 1982 86
Bedser Alec Victor 18 Mar 1997 Kt Bach 4 Jul 1918 4 Apr 2010 91
Bedson Samuel Phillips 10 Jul 1956 Kt Bach 1 Dec 1886 11 May 1969 82
Beeby George Stephenson 8 Jun 1939 KBE (Civ) 23 May 1869 18 Jul 1942 73
Beecham Jeremy Hugh, later [2010] Baron Beecham [L] 22 Nov 1994 Kt Bach 17 Nov 1944
Beecham Joseph, later [1914] 1st baronet 6 Mar 1912 Kt Bach 3 Jun 1848 23 Oct 1916 68
Beecham Thomas, 2nd baronet            CH 1957 1 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 29 Apr 1879 8 Mar 1961 81
Beeck Marcus Truby 19 Mar 1980 Kt Bach 28 Dec 1923 3 May 1986 62
Beeley Harold 31 Dec 1960 KCMG 15 Feb 1909 27 Jul 2001 92
Beeman Robert 3 Jun 1935 KBE (Mil) 1880 10 Sep 1963 83
Beer Gillian Patricia Kempster 13 Jun 1998 DBE (Civ) 27 Jan 1935
Beer Janet Patricia 30 Dec 2017 DBE (Civ) 1 Aug 1956
Beerbohm Henry Maximilian [Max] 13 Jul 1939 Kt Bach 24 Aug 1872 20 May 1956 83
Beetham Edward Betham                    Governor of the Windward Islands 1953-1955 and Trinidad and Tobago 1955-1960 1 Jan 1955 KCMG 19 Feb 1905 19 Feb 1979 74
Beetham Michael James 1 Jan 1976 KCB (Mil) 17 May 1923 24 Oct 2015 92
    "     " 31 Dec 1977 GCB (Mil)
Beeton Mayson Moss 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) 1865 24 Jun 1947 81
Beevor Antony James 17 Feb 2017 Kt Bach 14 Dec 1946
Begbie James 12 Dec 1911 Kt Bach 27 Mar 1859 20 Nov 1934 75
Begbie Matthew Baillie 26 Oct 1875 Kt Bach 9 May 1819 11 Jun 1894 75
Begg Anne                                 MP for Aberdeen South 1997-2015 31 Dec 2010 DBE (Civ) 6 Dec 1955
Begg (Isoleen) Heather  [originally DCNZM 5 June 2000] 17 Apr 2009 DNZM 1 Dec 1932 12 May 2009 76
Begg Neil Colquhoun 31 Dec 1985 KBE (Civ) 13 Apr 1915 25 Jun 1995 80
Begg Varyl Cargill                        Governor of Gibraltar 1969-1973 1 Jan 1962 KCB (Mil) 1 Oct 1908 13 Jul 1995 86
    "     " 12 Jun 1965 GCB (Mil)
Behan David 11 Oct 2017 Kt Bach
Behan Harold Garfield 9 Mar 1977 Kt Bach 22 Feb 1901 7 Aug 1979 78
Behan John Clifford Valentine 15 Mar 1949 Kt Bach 8 May 1881 Sep 1957 76
Beharrell (George) Edward 7 Feb 1961 Kt Bach 26 May 1899 6 Jun 1972 73
Beharrell (John) George 10 Jul 1919 Kt Bach 11 Mar 1873 20 Feb 1959 85
Behrens Charles 6 Mar 1912 Kt Bach 5 Aug 1848 25 Sep 1925 77
Behrens Jacob 30 Nov 1882 Kt Bach 13 Nov 1806 22 Apr 1889 82
Behrens Leonard Frederick 14 Jul 1970 Kt Bach 15 Oct 1890 12 Mar 1978 87
Beilby George Thomas 11 Jul 1916 Kt Bach 17 Nov 1850 1 Aug 1924 73
Beit Otto John, later [1924] 1st baronet 1 Jan 1920 KCMG 7 Dec 1865 7 Dec 1930 65
Beith Alan James, later [2015] Baron Beith [L]. MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1973-2015. PC 1992 26 Nov 2008 Kt Bach 20 Apr 1943
Beith John Greville Stanley 14 Jun 1969 KCMG 4 Apr 1914 4 Sep 2000 86
Belch (Alexander) Ross 5 Mar 1992 Kt Bach 13 Dec 1920 26 Mar 1999 78
Belcher Charles Frederic 26 Jun 1931 Kt Bach 11 Jul 1876 7 Feb 1970 93
Belcher Edward 21 Jan 1843 Kt Bach 27 Feb 1799 18 Mar 1877 78
    "     " 13 Mar 1867 KCB (Mil)
Beldam (Alexander) Roy Asplan        Lord Justice of Appeal 1989-   PC 1989 5 Nov 1981 Kt Bach 29 Mar 1925
Belfield Henry Conway                   Governor of Kenya 1912-17 1 Jan 1914 KCMG 29 Nov 1855 8 Jan 1923 67
Belfield Herbert Eversley 22 Jun 1914 KCB (Mil) 25 Sep 1857 19 Apr 1934 76
    "     " 1 Jan 1918 KCMG
    "     " 3 Jun 1919 KBE (Mil)
Belgrave Charles Dalrymple 5 Jun 1952 KBE (Civ) 9 Dec 1894 28 Feb 1969 74
Belgrave Elliott Fitzroy                      Governor General of Barbados 2012-2017 1 Jun 2012 GCMG 16 Mar 1931
    "     " Jun 2012 KA
Belich James 31 Dec 1990 Kt Bach 25 Jul 1927 13 Sep 2015 88
Bell Arthur Capel Herbert 24 Jul 1963 Kt Bach 18 Sep 1904 24 Nov 1977 73
Bell (Bernard) Humphrey 1 Feb 1937 KBE (Civ) 1884 7 Dec 1959 75
Bell Brian Ernest 31 Dec 1993 KBE (Civ) 3 Jul 1928 26 Jul 2010 82
Bell Charles Alfred 2 Jun 1922 KCIE 31 Oct 1870 8 Mar 1945 74
Bell Charles William 12 Feb 1980 Kt Bach 4 Jun 1907 12 Mar 1988 80
Bell David Charles Maurice 16 Jul 2004 Kt Bach 30 Sep 1946
Bell David Robert 11 Jun 2011 KCB (Civ) 31 Mar 1959
Bell Douglas James 15 Feb 1966 Kt Bach 16 Jun 1904 21 Jul 1974 70
Bell (Edward) Peter Stubbs 6 Jul 1954 Kt Bach 10 May 1902 18 Jun 1957 55
Bell Ernest Albert Seymour 25 Jul 1923 Kt Bach 1868 8 Jan 1955 86
Bell Florence Eveleen Eleanore  [wife of Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd baronet] 3 Jun 1918 DBE 9 Sep 1851 16 May 1930 78
Bell  Francis Dillon 14 Mar 1873 Kt Bach 8 Oct 1822 15 Jul 1898 75
    "     " 24 May 1881 KCMG
Bell Francis Gordon 1 Jun 1953 KBE (Civ) 1887 28 Feb 1970 82
Bell Francis Henry Dillon             PC 1926 3 Jun 1915 KCMG 31 Mar 1851 13 Mar 1936 84
    "     " 1 Jan 1923 GCMG
Bell Frederick Archibald 28 Jan 1947 Kt Bach 19 Sep 1891 5 Jan 1972 80
Bell Gawain Westray 25 Jul 1957 KCMG 21 Jan 1909 26 Jul 1995 86
Bell George 13 Mar 1867 KCB (Mil) 17 Mar 1794 10 Jul 1877 83
Bell George John 12 Jun 1941 KCMG 29 Nov 1872 5 Mar 1944 71
Bell (George) Raymond 1 Jan 1973 KCMG 13 Mar 1916 18 Feb 2002 85
Bell (Harold) Idris 12 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 2 Oct 1879 22 Jan 1967 87
Bell Henry Hesketh Joudou        Governor of Uganda 1907-1909, Northern Nigeria 1909-1912, the Leeward Islands 1912-1916 and Mauritius 1916-1924 26 Jun 1908 KCMG 17 Dec 1864 1 Aug 1952 87
    "     " 1 Jan 1925 GCMG
Bell James 6 Jul 1911 Kt Bach 26 Mar 1866 1 Sep 1937 71
Bell James 11 Feb 1921 Kt Bach 26 Aug 1878 Feb 1948 69
Bell James Alexander 27 Nov 1911 KCVO 28 Jan 1856 10 Nov 1926 70
Bell John 6 Apr 1852 KCB (Mil) 1782 20 Nov 1876 94
    "     " 18 May 1860 GCB (Mil)
Bell John Charles, later [1908] 1st baronet 24 Oct 1902 Kt Bach 4 Sep 1844 2 Feb 1924 79
Bell John Ferguson 26 Jun 1931 Kt Bach 7 Jun 1856 21 Nov 1937 81
Bell John Irving 7 May 2008 Kt Bach 1 Jul 1952
    "     " 31 Dec 2014 GBE (Civ)
Bell John William Anderson 18 Jan 1927 Kt Bach 1873 21 Aug 1938 65
Bell Joshua Peter 30 Nov 1881 KCMG 19 Jan 1827 20 Dec 1881 54
Bell Peter Robert Frank 5 Nov 2002 Kt Bach 12 Jun 1938
Bell Robert Duncan 3 Jun 1935 KCSI 18 May 1878 24 May 1953 75
Bell Rodger 28 Oct 1993 Kt Bach 13 Sep 1939
Bell Ronald McMillan                   MP for Newport Monmouthshire 1945, Buckinghamshire South 1950-1974 and Beaconsfield 1974-1982 19 Feb 1980 Kt Bach 14 Apr 1914 27 Feb 1982 67
Bell Stanley 6 Jul 1954 Kt Bach 30 Oct 1899 23 Jul 1972 72
Bell Stuart                               MP for Middlesbrough 1983-2012 25 Jun 2004 Kt Bach 16 May 1938 13 Oct 2012 74
Bell  Sydney Smith 9 Oct 1869 Kt Bach 1805 13 Sep 1879 74
Bell Thomas 4 Jun 1917 KBE 21 Dec 1865 9 Jan 1952 86
Bell Timothy John Leigh, later [1998] Baron Bell [L] 5 Mar 1991 Kt Bach 18 Oct 1941
Bell William 13 Mar 1867 KCB (Mil) 1788 1873 85
Bell (William) Ewart 31 Dec 1981 KCB (Civ) 13 Nov 1924 2 Jan 2001 76
Bell William James 15 Jun 1892 Kt Bach 3 May 1859 2 Apr 1913 53
Bell Burnell (Susan) Jocelyn 16 Jun 2007 DBE (Civ) 15 Jul 1943
Bell Davies Lancelot Richard 11 Jun 1977 KBE (Mil) 18 Feb 1926 3 Jul 2010 84
Bellairs William 17 May 1848 Kt Bach 1794 2 Oct 1863 69
Bellairs William 24 May 1882 KCMG 28 Aug 1828 24 Jul 1913 84
Bellamy Christopher William 29 Feb 2000 Kt Bach 25 Apr 1946
Bellamy Joseph Arthur 19 Dec 1904 Kt Bach 6 Sep 1845 1 Mar 1918 72
Belleau Narcisse Fortunat 21 Aug 1860 Kt Bach 20 Oct 1808 14 Sep 1894 85
    "     " 24 May 1879 KCMG
Bellew George Rothe 7 Dec 1950 Kt Bach 13 Dec 1899 6 Feb 1993 93
    "     " 1 Jun 1953 KCVO
    "     " 7 Jul 1961 KCB (Civ)
Bellhouse Gerald 10 Jul 1924 Kt Bach 1867 15 Sep 1946 79
Bellinger Robert Ian 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 10 Mar 1910 8 Jul 2002 92
    "     " 10 Jun 1967 GBE (Civ)
Bellingham Henry Campbell                   MP for Norfolk North West 1983-1997 and 2001- 1 Mar 2016 Kt Bach 29 Mar 1955
Bellman (Charles) Harold 25 Feb 1932 Kt Bach 16 Feb 1886 1 Jun 1963 77
Bello Ahmadu                            For further information on this knight, see the note at the foot of this page 1 Jan 1959 KBE (Civ) 12 Jun 1910 15 Jan 1966 55
Belmore, Earl of see "Lowry-Corry"
Beloe (Isaac) William Trant 12 Jun 1965 KBE (Mil) 9 Dec 1909 3 Apr 1966 56
Beloff Max, later [1981] Baron Beloff [L] 12 Feb 1980 Kt Bach 2 Jul 1913 22 Mar 1999 85
Belsey Francis Flint 13 Dec 1909 Kt Bach 17 Oct 1837 25 May 1914 76
Belstead, Baron see "Ganzoni"
Bemrose Henry Howe                        MP for Derby 1895-1900 3 Aug 1897 Kt Bach 19 Nov 1827 4 May 1911 83
Bemrose (John) Maxwell [Max] 5 Jul 1960 Kt Bach 1 Jul 1904 13 Jul 1986 82
Benares,  Maharaja   of Aditya Narayan Singh 3 Jun 1933 KCSI 17 Nov 1874 5 Apr 1939 64
Benares,  Maharaja   of Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh 24 May 1866 KCSI 1822 13 Jun 1889 66
    "     " 1 Jan 1877 GCSI
Benares,  Maharaja   of Prabhu Narayan Singh 1 Jan 1891 KCIE 26 Nov 1855 4 Aug 1931 75
    "     " 1 Jan 1898 GCIE
    "     " 1 Jan 1921 GCSI
Benbow Henry                               For further information, see the note at the foot of this page 26 Jun 1902 KCB (Mil) 5 Sep 1838 20 Oct 1916 78
Bencraft Henry William Russell 28 Feb 1924 Kt Bach 4 Mar 1858 25 Dec 1943 85
Bender Brian Geoffrey 14 Jun 2003 KCB (Civ) 25 Feb 1949
Benedict Julius 24 Mar 1871 Kt Bach 27 Nov 1804 5 Jun 1885 80
Bengough Harcourt Mortimer 26 Jun 1908 KCB (Mil) 25 Nov 1837 30 Mar 1922 84
Bengough Piers Henry George 31 Dec 1985 KCVO 24 May 1929 18 Apr 2005 75
Benham William Blaxland 8 Jun 1939 KBE (Civ) 29 Mar 1860 21 Aug 1950 90
Benham (William) Gurney 10 Jul 1935 Kt Bach 16 Feb 1859 13 May 1944 85
Benjamin Benjamin 22 Jun 1889 Kt Bach 2 Sep 1834 7 Mar 1905 70
Benjamin George William John 12 Dec 2017 Kt Bach 31 Jan 1960
Benka-Coker Salako Ambrosius 13 Jul 1961 Kt Bach 16 Jun 1900 7 Dec 1965 65
Benn Arthur Shirley, later [1926] 1st baronet and [1936] 1st Baron Glenravel. MP for Plymouth 1910-1918, Drake 1918-1929 and Park 1931-1935 3 Jun 1918 KBE 20 Dec 1858 13 Jun 1937 78
Benn John Williams, later [1914] 1st baronet. MP for St. George's 1892-1895 and Devonport 1904-1910 24 Jul 1906 Kt Bach 13 Nov 1850 10 Apr 1922 71
Bennet Edward 23 Feb 1939 Kt Bach 26 Oct 1880 15 May 1958 77
Bennett Albert Edward 20 Jul 1965 Kt Bach 1 Oct 1900 6 Jul 1972 71
Bennett Arnold Lucas 9 Mar 1976 Kt Bach 12 Nov 1908 30 Jan 1983 74
Bennett Charles Alan 4 Dec 1929 Kt Bach 9 May 1877 20 Dec 1943 66
Bennett Charles Moihi Te Arawaka 14 Nov 1975 Kt Bach 27 Jul 1913 26 Nov 1998 85
Bennett Courtenay Walter 12 Feb 1914 Kt Bach 11 May 1855 15 Dec 1937 82
Bennett Erik Peter 16 Jun 1990 KBE (Mil) 3 Sep 1928
Bennett Ernest Nathaniel                 MP for Woodstock 1906-1910 and Cardiff Central 1929-1945 13 Jun 1930 Kt Bach 12 Dec 1868 2 Feb 1947 78
Bennett Francis Sowerby 1 Jul 1912 Kt Bach 9 Oct 1863 31 Mar 1950 86
Bennett Frederick Mackarness            MP for Reading North 1951-1955, Torquay 1955-1974 and Torbay 1974-1987. PC 1985 16 Feb 1965 Kt Bach 2 Dec 1918 14 Sep 2002 83
Bennett Henry 28 Jun 1891 Kt Bach 1827 21 Feb 1895 67
Bennett Henry Curtis 19 May 1913 Kt Bach 11 May 1846 2 Jun 1913 67
Bennett Hubert 3 Feb 1970 Kt Bach 4 Sep 1909 13 Dec 2000 91
Bennett Hugh Peter Derwyn 18 May 1995 Kt Bach 8 Sep 1943
Bennett James Risdon 2 Mar 1881 Kt Bach 29 Sep 1809 14 Dec 1891 82
Bennett John 14 Mar 1872 Kt Bach 1814 3 Jul 1897 83
Bennett John 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 28 Oct 1876 30 Aug 1948 71
Bennett John Cecil Sterndale 8 Jun 1950 KCMG 25 Apr 1895 30 May 1969 74
Bennett John Mokonuiarangi 20 May 1988 Kt Bach 4 Sep 1912 28 Oct 1997 85
Bennett John Robert 5 Jun 1926 KBE (Civ) 8 Aug 1866 23 Oct 1941 75
Bennett John Thorne Masey 9 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 7 Oct 1894 20 May 1949 54
    "     " 14 Aug 1947 KCSI
Bennett Norman Godfrey 13 Jun 1930 Kt Bach 16 Jun 1870 14 Sep 1947 77
Bennett Peter Frederick Blaker, later [1953] 1st Baron Bennett of Edgbaston. MP for Edgbaston 1940-1953 18 Feb 1941 Kt Bach 16 Apr 1880 27 Sep 1957 77
Bennett Philip Harvey 31 Dec 1982 KBE (Mil) 27 Dec 1928
Bennett Reginald 16 Feb 1928 Kt Bach 1870 1 Jan 1944 73
Bennett Reginald Frederick Brittain     MP for Gosport & Fareham 1950-1974 and Fareham  1974-1979 18 Jul 1979 Kt Bach 22 Jul 1911 19 Dec 2000 89
Bennett Richard Rodney 22 Jul 1998 Kt Bach 29 Mar 1936 24 Dec 2012 76
Bennett Thomas Jewell                    MP for Sevenoaks 1918-1923 11 Feb 1921 Kt Bach 1852 16 Jan 1925 72
Bennett Thomas Penberthy 12 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 14 Aug 1887 29 Jan 1980 92
    "     " 1 Jan 1954 KBE (Civ)
Bennett William Gordon                    MP for Woodside 1950-1955 8 Feb 1955 Kt Bach 1900 5 Oct 1982 82
Bennett William Henry 23 Jul 1901 KCVO 1852 24 Dec 1931 79
Bennett William James 15 Feb 1966 Kt Bach 30 Mar 1896 3 May 1971 75
Bennett William Sterndale 24 Mar 1871 Kt Bach 13 Apr 1816 1 Feb 1875 58
Benson Arthur Edward Trevor           Governor of Northern Rhodesia 1954-1959 1954 KCMG 21 Dec 1907 15 Oct 1987 79
    "     " 13 Jun 1959 GCMG
Benson Christopher John 9 Feb 1988 Kt Bach 20 Jul 1933
Benson (Clarence) Irving 22 Nov 1963 Kt Bach 1 Dec 1897 6 Dec 1980 83
Benson Francis Robert 2 May 1916 Kt Bach 4 Nov 1858 31 Dec 1939 81
Benson Frank 7 Jul 1942 Kt Bach 1878 30 Oct 1952 74
Benson Frederick William 24 Jun 1910 KCB (Mil) 2 Aug 1849 19 Aug 1916 67
Benson George                               MP for Chesterfield 1929-1931 and 1935-1964 11 Feb 1958 Kt Bach 3 May 1889 17 Aug 1973 84
Benson Henry Alexander, later [1981] Baron Benson [L] 10 Mar 1964 Kt Bach 2 Aug 1909 5 Mar 1995 85
    "     " 1 Jan 1971 GBE (Civ)
Benson John 12 May 1853 Kt Bach 1812 17 Oct 1874 62
Benson John Hawtrey 6 Mar 1912 Kt Bach 28 Feb 1843 9 Oct 1931 88
Benson Ralph Sillery 26 Jan 1906 Kt Bach 21 Aug 1851 19 Oct 1920 69
Benson Reginald Lindsay [Rex] 15 Jul 1958 Kt Bach 20 Aug 1889 26 Sep 1968 79
Benson (William) Jeffrey 11 Feb 1987 Kt Bach 15 Jul 1922 13 Nov 1994 72
Benstead John 10 Feb 1953 Kt Bach 10 Jan 1897 24 Jan 1979 82
Bent John 9 Oct 1851 Kt Bach 1793 13 Aug 1857 64
Bent Thomas 26 Jun 1908 KCMG 7 Dec 1838 17 Sep 1909 70
Benthall (Arthur) Paul 8 Jun 1950 KBE (Civ) 25 Jan 1902 7 Jan 1992 89
Benthall Edward Charles 3 Mar 1933 Kt Bach 26 Nov 1893 5 Mar 1961 67
    "     " 14 Jun 1945 KCSI
Bentinck Charles Henry 1 Feb 1937 KCMG 23 Apr 1879 26 Mar 1955 75
Bentinck Henry John William 5 Jul 1855 KCB (Mil) 8 Sep 1796 29 Sep 1878 82
Bentinck Rudolf Walter 3 Jun 1919 KCMG 20 Mar 1869 31 Mar 1947 78
    "     " 5 Jun 1926 KCB (Mil)
Bentley William 31 Dec 1984 KCMG 15 Feb 1927 10 Jun 1998 71
Benton John 2 Jan 1911 KCIE 5 Aug 1850 29 Aug 1927 77
Benyon Edith Isabel 1 Jan 1918 GBE 30 Apr 1857 28 Mar 1919 61
Benyon William Richard                    MP for Buckingham 1970-1983 and Milton Keynes 1983-1992 20 Jul 1994 Kt Bach 17 Jan 1930 2 May 2014 84
Beoku-Betts Ernest Samuel 23 Jul 1957 Kt Bach 1895 11 Sep 1957 62
Beral Valerie 31 Dec 2009 DBE (Civ) 28 Jul 1946
Berar, Prince of Mir Himayat Ali Khan 1 Jan 1943 GBE (Civ) 22 Feb 1907 9 Oct 1970 63
    "     " 1 Jan 1946 GCIE
Berendsen Carl August 1 Jan 1946 KCMG 16 Aug 1890 12 Sep 1973 83
Beresford (Alexander) Paul                 MP for Croydon Central 1992-1997 and Mole Valley 1997- 30 Dec 1989 Kt Bach 6 Apr 1946
Beresford Beatrix Frances, Dowager Marchioness of Waterford  [widow of the 6th Marquess] and later [1918] Duchess of St. Albans  [wife of the 12th Duke] 1 Jan 1919 GBE (Civ) 25 Mar 1877 5 Aug 1953 76
Beresford Charles William de la Poer, later [1916] Baron Beresford. MP for Waterford 1874-1880, Marylebone East 1885-1889, York 1897-1900, Woolwich 1902-1903 and Portsmouth 1910-1916 11 Aug 1903 KCVO 10 Feb 1846 6 Sep 1919 73
    "     " 9 Nov 1903 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 16 Apr 1906 GCVO
    "     " 19 Jun 1911 GCB (Mil)
Beresford George de la Poer 21 Jan 1949 Kt Bach 21 Jul 1885 29 Sep 1964 79
Beresford Lord Marcus de la Poer 3 Jun 1918 KCVO 25 Dec 1848 16 Dec 1922 73
Beresford  Lord William Leslie de la Poer VC                                   For information regarding the award of his VC, see the note at the foot of this page 1 Jan 1894 KCIE 20 Jul 1847 30 Dec 1900 53
Beresford-Peirse Noel Monson de la Poer 4 Mar 1941 KBE (Mil) 22 Dec 1887 14 Jan 1953 65
Beresford-Stooke George                     Governor of Sierra Leone 1948-1953 10 Jun 1948 KCMG 3 Jan 1897 7 Apr 1983 86
Berger Peter Egerton Capel 30 Dec 1978 KCB (Mil) 11 Feb 1925 19 Oct 2003 78
Berghuser Hugo Erich [Eric] 17 Jun 1989 Kt Bach 25 Oct 1935
Bergne John Henry Gibbs 10 Sep 1888 KCMG 12 Aug 1842 15 Nov 1908 66
    "     " 10 Jul 1903 KCB (Civ)
Bergquist Patricia Rose 31 Dec 1993 DBE (Civ) 10 Mar 1933 9 Sep 2009 76
Beringer John Evelyn 21 Mar 2000 Kt Bach 14 Feb 1944
Berkeley Ernest James Lennox 1 Jan 1921 KCMG 31 May 1857 24 Oct 1932 75
Berkeley George                             Governor of the Leeward Islands 1875-1881 24 May 1881 KCMG 1819 29 Sep 1905 86
Berkeley George 3 Jun 1893 KCMG 1821 20 Dec 1893 72
Berkeley George Harold Arthur Comyns 27 Jun 1934 Kt Bach 16 Oct 1865 27 Jan 1946 80
Berkeley Henry Spencer Hardtman 2 Nov 1896 Kt Bach 3 Sep 1851 30 Sep 1918 67
Berkeley Lennox Randal Francis 17 Jul 1974 Kt Bach 12 May 1903 26 Dec 1989 86
Berkeley Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge, later [1861] 1st Baron Fitzhardinge. MP for Gloucester 1831-1833, 1835-1837 and 1841-1857. PC 1855 5 Jul 1855 KCB (Mil) 3 Jan 1788 17 Oct 1867 79
    "     " 28 Jun 1861 GCB (Mil)
Berkeley Maurice Julian 3 Mar 1927 Kt Bach 1860 18 Apr 1931 70
Berlin Isaiah                                OM 1971 16 Jul 1957 Kt Bach 6 Jun 1909 5 Nov 1997 88
Berman Franklin Delow 31 Dec 1993 KCMG 23 Dec 1939
Bernard Charles Edward    29 May 1886 KCSI 21 Dec 1837 19 Sep 1901 63
Bernard Denis John Charles Kirwan    Governor of Bermuda 1939-1941 1939 KCB 22 Oct 1882 25 Aug 1956 73
Bernard Edgar Edwin 1 Jan 1919 KBE (Civ) 5 Nov 1866 3 Jul 1931 64
Bernard Percy Ronald Gardner, 5th Earl of Bandon 1 Jan 1957 KBE (Mil) 30 Aug 1904 8 Feb 1979 74
    "     " 31 Dec 1960 GBE (Mil)
Berners-Lee Timothy John                       OM 2007 31 Dec 2003 KBE (Civ) 8 Jun 1955
Berney Henry 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 1862 26 Dec 1953 91
Bernstein Howard 26 Mar 2003 Kt Bach 9 Apr 1953
Berridge Michael John 18 Feb 1998 Kt Bach 22 Oct 1938
Berridge Thomas Henry Devereux 6 Mar 1912 Kt Bach 6 Jul 1857 24 Oct 1924 67
    "     " 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ)
Berrill Kenneth Ernest 12 Jun 1971 KCB (Civ) 28 Aug 1920 30 Apr 2009 88
    "     " 11 Jun 1988 GBE (Civ)
Berriman David 29 Dec 1989 Kt Bach 20 May 1928
Berry Alice Miriam 1 Jan 1960 DBE (Civ) 28 Apr 1900 18 Sep 1978 78
Berry Anthony George                 MP for Southgate 1964-1974 and Enfield Southgate 1974-1984 8 Nov 1983 Kt Bach 12 Feb 1925 12 Oct 1984 59
Berry Colin Leonard 23 Nov 1993 Kt Bach 28 Sep 1937
Berry George Andreas 15 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 1853 18 Jun 1940 86
Berry Graham 28 Jun 1886 KCMG 28 Aug 1822 25 Jan 1904 81
Berry (Henry) Vaughan 12 Jul 1949 Kt Bach 28 Mar 1891 27 Feb 1979 87
Berry James 6 Jul 1925 Kt Bach 1860 17 Mar 1946 85
Berry James Gomer, 1st Viscount Kemsley 1 Jan 1959 GBE (Civ) 7 May 1883 6 Feb 1968 84
Berry Michael Victor 24 Jul 1996 Kt Bach 14 Mar 1941
Berry Walter Wheeler 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) 1857 2 Dec 1933 76
Berry William Bisset 16 Jul 1900 Kt Bach 26 Jul 1839 8 Jun 1922 82
Berry William John                                   5 Jun 1926 KCB (Civ) 1865 5 Apr 1937 71
Berryman Frank Horton 1 Apr 1954 KCVO 11 Apr 1894 28 May 1981 87
Berryman Frederick Henry 25 Feb 1932 Kt Bach 1869 22 Dec 1952 83
Berthon Stephen Ferrier 31 Dec 1979 KCB (Mil) 24 Aug 1922 30 Jan 2007 84
Berthoud Eric Alfred 1 Jan 1954 KCMG 10 Dec 1900 29 Apr 1989 88
Berthoud Martin Seymour 2 Nov 1985 KCVO 20 Aug 1931
Bertie Francis Leveson, later [1918] 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame. PC 1903 11 Jul 1902 KCB (Civ) 17 Aug 1844 26 Sep 1919 75
    "     " 27 Apr 1903 GCVO
    "     " 9 Nov 1904 GCMG
    "     " 26 Jun 1908 GCB (Civ)
Bertram Alexander 1 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 18 Feb 1853 Apr 1926 73
Bertram George Clement 1 Aug 1885 Kt Bach 8 Jan 1841 24 Oct 1915 74
Bertram (Thomas) Anton   1 Jan 1916 Kt Bach Feb 1869 16 Sep 1937 68
Bertschinger Claire 31 Dec 2009 DBE (Civ) 1953
Berwick George Thomas 17 May 2013 Kt Bach 10 Oct 1948
Besant Walter 18 Jul 1895 Kt Bach 14 Aug 1836 9 Jun 1901 64
Besley Timothy John 2 Mar 2018 Kt Bach 14 Sep 1961
Bessborough, Earl of see "Ponsonby"
Bessemer Henry 26 Jun 1879 Kt Bach 19 Jan 1813 15 Mar 1898 85
Best John Victor Hall 22 Mar 1956 Kt Bach 1894 27 Feb 1972 77
Best Matthew Robert 1 Jan 1935 KCB (Mil) 18 Jun 1878 13 Oct 1940 62
Best Richard Radford 26 Jun 1990 KCVO 28 Jul 1933 7 Mar 2014 80
Best Robert Wallace 9 Nov 1908 KCMG 18 Jun 1856 27 Mar 1946 89
Best Thomas Alexander Vans 5 Jun 1926 KBE (Civ) 8 Oct 1870 24 Nov 1941 71
    "     " 1 Jan 1932 KCMG
Bestel Nicholas Gustave 27 Feb 1880 Kt Bach 12 Dec 1802 26 Jan 1887 84
Betham Geoffrey Lawrence 6 Apr 1944 KBE (Civ) 8 Apr 1889 6 Nov 1963 74
Bethel Baltron Benjamin 30 Dec 2006 KCMG
Bethell Alexander Edward 1 Jan 1912 KCMG 28 Aug 1855 13 Jun 1932 76
    "     " 22 Jun 1914 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 2 Aug 1918 GCMG
Bethell (Hugh) Keppel 3 Jun 1935 KBE (Mil) 24 Sep 1882 3 Mar 1947 64
Bethell John Henry, later [1911] 1st baronet and [1922] Baron Bethell. MP for Romford 1906-1918 and East Ham North 1918-1922 18 Dec 1906 Kt Bach 23 Sep 1861 27 May 1945 83
Bethell Richard, later [1861] 1st Baron Westbury. MP for Aylesbury 1851-1859 and Wolverhampton 1859-1861. Solicitor General 1852-1856. Attorney General 1856-1858 and 1859-1861. Lord Chancellor 1861-1865. PC 1861 13 Jun 1853 Kt Bach 30 Jun 1800 20 Jul 1873 73
Bethell Thomas Robert                     MP for Maldon 1906-1910 29 Jun 1914 Kt Bach 8 May 1867 23 Dec 1957 90
Bethlehem Daniel Lincoln 12 Jun 2010 KCMG 16 Jun 1960
Bethune Edward Cecil 3 Jun 1915 KCB (Mil) 23 Jun 1855 2 Nov 1930 75
Bethune (Walter) Angus 22 Aug 1979 Kt Bach 10 Sep 1908 22 Aug 2004 95
Betjeman John 22 Jul 1969 Kt Bach 28 Aug 1906 19 May 1984 77
Bett Michael 11 Oct 1995 Kt Bach 18 Jan 1935
Betterton Henry Bucknall, 1st Baron Rushcliffe. MP for Rushcliffe 1918-1934. Minister of Labour 1931-1934. PC 1931 12 Jun 1941 GBE (Civ) 15 Aug 1872 18 Nov 1949 77
Bettison Norman George 11 Oct 2006 Kt Bach 3 Jan 1956
Bevan Alfred Henry 29 Mar 1900 Kt Bach 1837 8 Dec 1900 63
Bevan James David 16 Jun 2012 KCMG 13 Jul 1959
Bevan Maud Elizabeth 3 Jun 1918 DBE 18 Aug 1856 8 Jan 1944 87
Bevan Nicolas 22 May 2001 Kt Bach 8 Mar 1942
Bevan Richard Hugh Loraine 1 Jan 1946 KBE (Mil) 10 Jul 1885 10 May 1976 90
Bevan Timothy Hugh 14 Feb 1984 Kt Bach 24 May 1927 11 Feb 2016 88
Bevan Yasmin Prodhan 30 Dec 2006 DBE (Civ) 3 Dec 1953
Beveridge Gordon Smith Grieve 20 Jul 1994 Kt Bach 28 Nov 1933 28 Aug 1999 65
Beveridge Wilfred William Ogilvy 3 Jun 1924 KBE (Civ) 16 Nov 1864 23 Mar 1962 97
Beveridge William Henry, later [1946] Baron Beveridge. MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1944-1945 1 Jan 1919 KCB (Civ) 5 Mar 1879 16 Mar 1963 84
Beverley Henry York La Roche 31 Dec 1990 KCB (Mil) 25 Oct 1935
Beverley (William) York La Roche 5 Jun 1952 KBE (Mil) 14 Dec 1895 19 Nov 1982 86
Beville George Francis 19 Jun 1911 KCB (Mil) 9 Oct 1837 18 Jan 1913 75
Bevin Florence Anne  [widow of Ernest Bevin PC] 5 Jun 1952 DBE (Civ) 1882 11 Aug 1968 86
Bevir Anthony   5 Jun 1952 KCVO 7 Nov 1895 17 Jan 1977 81
Bewicke-Copley Robert Calverley Alington Bewicke 3 Jun 1919 KBE (Mil) 8 Apr 1855 23 Jun 1923 68
Bewley Beulah Rosemary 31 Dec 1999 DBE (Civ) 2 Sep 1929 20 Jan 2018 88
Bewley Edmund Thomas 5 Jan 1898 Kt Bach 11 Jan 1837 26 Jun 1908 71
Bewoor Gurunath Venkatesh 20 Jun 1939 Kt Bach 29 Nov 1950
    "     " 1 Jan 1946 KCIE
Beynon William George Lawrence 3 Jun 1916 KCIE 5 Nov 1866 19 Feb 1955 88
Beynon (William John) Granville 28 Jul 1976 Kt Bach 24 May 1914 11 Mar 1996 81
Bhadour, Sirdar of Atar Singh 24 May 1888 KCIE
Bhandari Gopal Das 26 Oct 1923 Kt Bach Jun 1860 Feb 1927 66
Bhandarkar Ramkrishna Gopal 12 Dec 1911 KCIE 6 Jul 1837 Aug 1925 88
Bharatpur, Maharaja of Jashwant Singh   1 Jan 1877 GCSI 1851 12 Dec 1893 42
Bharatpur, Maharaja of Vrijendra Sawai Kishan Singh 1 Jan 1926 KCSI 4 Oct 1899 27 Mar 1929 29
Bhardashia Harshad Kumar Dharamshi 27 Oct 2015 Kt Bach 27 Nov 1953
Bhatawadekar Bhalchandra Krishna 5 Feb 1900 Kt Bach 19 Feb 1852 c Oct 1922 70
Bhatnagar Rajeshwar Sarup [Roger] 1 Jun 1998 KNZM 26 Oct 1942
Bhatnagar Shanti Swarupa 18 Feb 1941 Kt Bach Feb 1895 1 Jan 1955 59
Bhattacharyya Sushantha Kumar, later [2004] Baron Bhattacharyya [L] 3 Dec 2003 Kt Bach 6 Jun 1940
Bhavnagar, Maharaja of Raol Shri Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavsinhji 9 Jun 1938 KCSI 19 May 1912 1 Apr 1965 52
Bhavnagar, Thakur Sahib of Bhavsinghji Takhtsinghji 24 Jun 1904 KCSI 26 Apr 1875 17 Jul 1919 44
Bhavnagar, Thakur Sahib of Takhatsinhji Jashwantsinhji 24 May 1881 KCSI 1858 29 Jan 1896 37
    "     " 1 Jan 1886 GCSI
Bhetti, Bahadur of Harendra Kishor Singh 28 Jun 1888 KCIE
Bhiwandiwalla Dassabhoy Hormusji 1 Mar 1935 Kt Bach 1901 1940 39
Bhopal, Begum of Nawab Sikandar (f) 25 Jun 1861 KSI 1816 1868 52
    "     " 24 May 1866 GCSI
Bhopal, Begum of Soltan Kaykhosrow Jahan Begam (f) 4 Jun 1904 GCIE 9 Jul 1858 12 May 1930 71
    "     " 1 Jan 1910 GCSI
    "     " 1 Jan 1918 GBE
Bhopal, Begum of Soltan Shah Jahan Begam (f) 31 May 1872 GCSI 3 Jul 1838 16 Jun 1901 62
Bhopal, Nawab of Hamidulla Khan Iftikhar-ul-Mulk 3 Jun 1929 GCIE 9 Sep 1894 4 Feb 1960 65
    "     " 3 Jun 1932 GCSI
Bhor, Raja of Raggunathrao Shankarrao Pandit Pant Sachiv 1 Jan 1941 KCIE 20 Sep 1878 1951 72
Bhore Joseph William 3 Jun 1930 KCIE 6 Apr 1878 15 Aug 1960 82
    "     " 2 Jan 1933 KCSI
Bhownaggree Mancherjee Merwanjee         MP for Bethnal Green North East 1895-1906 22 Jun 1897 KCIE 15 Aug 1851 14 Nov 1933 82
Bhownuggur, Thakoor of Rawul Jeswunt Singjee 24 May 1866 KCSI
Bhutan, Maharaja of Ugyen Wangchuk 2 Jan 1905 KCIE 1861 26 Aug 1926 65
    "     " 12 Dec 1911 KCSI
    "     " 1 Jan 1921 GCIE
Bhutto Shah Nawaz 27 Feb 1930 Kt Bach Mar 1888
Bibby (Arthur) Harold, later [1959] 1st baronet 7 Feb 1956 Kt Bach 18 Feb 1889 7 Mar 1986 97
Bibby Enid 12 Jun 2004 DBE (Civ) 8 Feb 1951
Bice John George 2 Jun 1923 KCMG 1853  9 Nov 1923 70
Bichard Michael George, later [2010] Baron Bichard [L] 12 Jun 1999 KCB (Civ) 31 Jan 1947
Bickerstaffe John 13 Jul 1926 Kt Bach 20 Jan 1848 6 Aug 1930 82
Bickersteth John Monier 3 Aug 1989 KCVO 6 Sep 1921 29 Jan 2018 96
Bicket Alexander 31 Mar 1921 KBE (Civ) 1853 15 Mar 1931 77
Biddle Reginald Poulton 16 Jul 1957 Kt Bach 4 Dec 1888 11 Sep 1970 81
Biddlecombe George 26 Jun 1873 Kt Bach 1808 Jul 1878 70
Biddulph Michael Anthony Shrapnel 25 Jul 1879 KCB (Mil) 30 Jul 1823 23 Jul 1904 80
    "     " 25 May 1895 GCB (Mil)
Biddulph Robert                                Governor of Gibraltar 1893-1900 27 Apr 1880 KCMG 26 Aug 1835 18 Nov 1918 83
    "     " 29 May 1886 GCMG
    "     " 20 May 1896 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 3 Jun 1899 GCB (Mil)
Biddulph Thomas Myddleton                PC 1877 10 Mar 1863 KCB (Civ) 29 Jul 1809 28 Sep 1878 69
Bide Austin Ernest 12 Feb 1980 Kt Bach 11 Sep 1915 11 May 2008 92
Bidwell Hugh Charles Philip 10 Oct 1989 GBE (Civ) 1 Nov 1934 7 Dec 2013 79
Biffen Rowland Harry 12 Feb 1925 Kt Bach 28 May 1874 12 Jul 1949 75
Biggam Alexander Gordon 13 Jun 1946 KBE (Mil) 1888 22 Mar 1963 74
Biggam Robin Adair 14 Jul 1993 Kt Bach 8 Jul 1938
Biggart (John) Henry 11 Jul 1967 Kt Bach 17 Nov 1905 21 May 1979 73
Biggart Thomas 19 Feb 1936 Kt Bach 20 May 1949
Bigge Arthur John, later [1911] Baron Stamfordham. PC 1910 25 May 1895 KCB (Civ) 18 Jun 1849 31 Mar 1931 81
    "     " 2 Feb 1901 GCVO
    "     " 26 Nov 1901 KCMG
    "     " 15 May 1906 KCSI
    "     " 12 Dec 1911 GCIE
    "     " 3 Jun 1916 GCB (Civ)
Bigge William Egelric 15 Feb 1909 Kt Bach 18 Oct 1850 24 Dec 1916 66
Bigger Edward Coey 11 Feb 1921 Kt Bach 1861 1 Jun 1942 80
Biggs (Albert) Ashley 28 Jun 1928 Kt Bach 7 Dec 1872 12 May 1938 65
Biggs Arthur William 18 Dec 1906 Kt Bach 2 Mar 1846 6 Dec 1928 82
Biggs Geoffrey William Roger 31 Dec 1992 KCB (Mil) 23 Nov 1938 29 Jun 2002 63
Biggs Hilary Worthington 12 Jun 1958 KBE (Mil) 15 Jan 1905 2 Jan 1976 70
Biggs Lionel William 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 28 May 1906 16 Nov 1985 79
Biggs Norman Parris 20 Jul 1977 Kt Bach 23 Dec 1907 25 Jul 2011 103
Biggs-Davison John Alec                            MP for Chigwell 1955-1974 and Epping Forest 1974-1988 15 Jul 1981 Kt Bach 7 Jun 1918 17 Sep 1988 70
Bigham (Frank) Trevor Roger 3 Jun 1929 KBE (Civ) 1876 23 Nov 1954 78
Bigham John Charles, later [1916] 1st Viscount Mersey. MP for Liverpool Exchange 1895-1897. PC 1909 25 Nov 1897 Kt Bach 3 Aug 1840 3 Sep 1929 89
Bignold Arthur                              MP for Wick District 1900-Jan 1910 5 Jul 1904 Kt Bach 8 Jul 1839 23 Mar 1915 75
Bignold (Charles) Robert 17 Feb 1938 Kt Bach 22 Aug 1892 26 Dec 1970 78
Bignold Samuel                               MP for Norwich 1854-1857 3 May 1854 Kt Bach 1791 2 Jan 1875 83
Bigwood James Edward Cecil 17 Feb 1938 Kt Bach 1863 4 Jul 1947 84
Bijawar, Maharaja of Sawant Singh 12 Dec 1911 KCIE 25 Nov 1877 30 Oct 1940 62
Bikaner, Maharaja of Rajeshwar Narendra Shiromani 1 Jan 1946 GCIE 7 Sep 1902 25 Sep 1950 48
    "     " 14 Aug 1947 GCSI
Bikanir, Maharaja of Raj Rajeshwar Shiromani Sri Ganga Singh Bahadur 24 Jul 1901 KCIE 3 Oct 1880 2 Feb 1943 62
    "     " 24 Jun 1904 KCSI
    "     " 1 Jan 1907 GCIE
    "     " 12 Dec 1911 GCSI
    "     " 1 Jan 1918 Hon KCB (Mil)
    "     " 1 Jan 1919 GCVO
    "     " 1 Jan 1921 GBE (Mil)
Bikanir, Vice Presid-ent of the State Council of Sri Bairon Singh 1 Jan 1916 KCSI 15 Sep 1879
Bilas Angmai Simon 31 Dec 1993 Kt Bach 1939
Bilaspur, Raja of Anand Chand 14 Jun 1945 KCIE 26 Jan 1913 15 Nov 1983 70
Bilaspur, Raja of Bije Chand 4 Jun 1917 KCIE 1873 Nov 1931 58
Biles John Harvard 11 Jun 1913 Kt Bach 6 Jan 1854 27 Oct 1933 79
    "     " 2 Jan 1922 KCIE
Bilgrami Akeel  11 Apr 1938 Kt Bach 2 Oct 1874 Apr 1945 70
Bilgrami Mehdi Husain 12 Feb 1944 Kt Bach 8 Apr 1948
Biliotti Alfred 21 Sep 1896 KCMG 14 Jul 1833 1 Feb 1915 81
Bill David Robert 31 Dec 2010 KCB 17 Nov 1954
Billimoria Shapoorjee Bomonjee 20 Feb 1928 Kt Bach 27 Jul 1877 27 Aug 1958 81
Billson Alfred                               For information on the death of this intended knight, see the note at the foot of the page which contains details of the Members of Parliament for the constituency of Staffordshire North West Jun 1907 Kt Bach 18 Apr 1839 9 Jul 1907 68
Binder Bernhard Heymann 8 Jul 1952 Kt Bach 24 Nov 1876 11 Jul 1966 89
Bindman Geoffrey Lionel 13 Feb 2007 Kt Bach 3 Jan 1933
Bing Rudolf Franz Joseph 12 Jun 1971 KBE (Civ) 9 Jan 1902 2 Sep 1997 95
Bingen Eric Albert 15 Mar 1966 Kt Bach 12 Apr 1898 10 Aug 1972 74
Bingham Cecil Edward 1 Jan 1918 KCMG 7 Dec 1861 31 May 1934 72
    "     " 4 Jun 1928 GCVO
Bingham (Eardley) Max 7 Mar 1989 Kt Bach 18 Mar 1927
Bingham Francis Richard 1 Jan 1918 KCMG 5 Jul 1863 5 Nov 1935 72
    "     " 3 Jun 1924 KCB (Mil)
Bingham George Charles, 3rd Earl of Lucan. MP for Mayo 1826-1830 5 Jul 1855 KCB (Mil) 16 Apr 1800 10 Nov 1888 88
    "     " 2 Jun 1869 GCB (Mil)
Bingham George Charles, 5th Earl of Lucan. MP for Chertsey 1904-1906. PC 1938 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) 13 Dec 1860 20 Apr 1949 88
    "     " 2 Jan 1939 GCVO
Bingham Thomas Henry, later [1996] Baron Bingham of Cornhill [L]. Lord Justice of Appeal 1986-1992. Master of the Rolls 1992-1996. Lord Chief Justice 1996-2000. PC 1986 10 Jun 1980 Kt Bach 13 Oct 1933 11 Sep 2010 76
    "     " 23 Apr 2005 KG
Bingley Alexander Noel Campbell 1 Jan 1959 KCB (Mil) 15 Feb 1905 28 Sep 1972 67
    "     " 2 Jun 1962 GCB (Mil)
Bingley Alfred Horsford 3 Jun 1918 KCIE 28 May 1865 20 Apr 1944 78
Binney (Frederick) George 7 Aug 1941 Kt Bach 23 Sep 1900 27 Sep 1972 72
Binney Judith Mary Caroline  [originally DCNZM 31 Dec 2005] 1 Aug 2009 DNZM 1 Jul 1940 15 Feb 2011 70
Binney (Thomas) Hugh                  Governor of Tasmania 1945-1951 11 Jul 1940 KCB (Mil) 9 Dec 1883 8 Jan 1953 69
    "     " 1 Jan 1951 KCMG
Binnie Alexander Richardson 3 Aug 1897 Kt Bach 26 Mar 1839 18 May 1917 78
Binning Arthur William 11 Jul 1916 Kt Bach 5 Aug 1861 8 Jul 1931 69
Binns Arthur Lennon 16 Feb 1954 Kt Bach 31 Mar 1891 23 Sep 1971 80
Binns Bernard Otwell 1 Jan 1948 KBE (Civ) 16 Jul 1898 8 Dec 1953 55
Binns Frank 23 Jul 1946 Kt Bach 3 Apr 1898 23 Oct 1954 56
Binns Henry 17 Aug 1898 KCMG 27 Jun 1837 6 Jun 1899 61
Birch Arthur Nonus 28 Jun 1886 KCMG Sep 1837 31 Oct 1914 77
Birch Ernest Woodford 2 Jan 1911 KCMG 29 Apr 1857 17 Dec 1929 72
Birch James Frederick Noel 1 Jan 1918 KCMG 29 Dec 1865 3 Feb 1939 73
    "     " 3 Jun 1922 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 9 Dec 1927 GBE (Mil)
Birch (John) Alan 5 Jul 1961 Kt Bach 20 Dec 1909 13 Dec 1961 51
Birch John Allan 7 May 1993 KCVO 24 May 1935
Birch Richard James Hollwell 18 May 1860 KCB (Civ) 1803 25 Feb 1875 71
Birch Roger 22 Jul 1992 Kt Bach 27 Sep 1930
Birch William Francis                    PC 1992 7 Jun 1999 GNZM 9 Apr 1934
Birchall John Dearman                    MP for Leeds NE 1918-1940 10 Jul 1929 Kt Bach 26 Sep 1875 6 Jan 1941 65
Birchall (Walter) Raymond 2 Jan 1939 KBE (Civ) 1888 1 Aug 1968 80
    "     " 13 Jun 1946 KCB (Civ)
Bircham Bertram Okeden 25 Feb 1932 Kt Bach 18 Oct 1877 16 Oct 1961 83
Birchenough John Henry, later [1920] 1st baronet 3 Jun 1916 KCMG 7 Mar 1853 12 May 1937 84
    "     " 3 Jun 1935 GCMG
Bird Adrian Peter 1 Jul 2014 Kt Bach 3 Jul 1947
Bird Alfred Frederick, later [1922] 1st baronet. MP for Wolverhampton West 1910-1922 4 Mar 1920 Kt Bach 27 Jul 1849 7 Feb 1922 72
Bird Charles Hayward 10 Jul 1929 Kt Bach 1862 5 Sep 1944 82
Bird Clarence August 1 Jan 1943 KCIE 5 Feb 1885 30 Jul 1986 101
Bird (Cyril) Handley 15 Jul 1958 Kt Bach 3 Jun 1896 27 Mar 1969 72
Bird Cyril Pangbourne 4 Oct 1968 Kt Bach 5 Apr 1906 19 Mar 1984 77
Bird Ernest Edward 4 Jul 1944 Kt Bach 1 Sep 1877 6 Feb 1945 67
Bird George Corrie 31 Dec 1898 KCIE 11 Jun 1838 20 Dec 1907 69
Bird Harry 10 Feb 1922 Kt Bach 6 Apr 1862 10 Apr 1944 82
Bird Henry Busby 18 Aug 1919 Kt Bach 28 Oct 1856 16 Feb 1929 72
Bird James 6 Feb 1918 Kt Bach 1 Jul 1863 12 Feb 1925 61
Bird James 10 Jul 1945 Kt Bach 19 Mar 1883 13 Aug 1946 63
Bird Lester Bryant                       Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda 1994-2004 2014 KNH 21 Feb 1938
Bird Robert Bland, 2nd baronet. MP for Wolverhampton West 1922-1929 and 1931-1945 1 Jan 1954 KBE (Civ) 20 Sep 1876 20 Nov 1960 84
Bird Vere Cornwall                      Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda 1981-1994. PC 1982 1994 KNH 7 Dec 1910 28 Jun 1999 88
Bird Wilkinson Dent 2 Jun 1923 KBE (Civ) 4 May 1869 6 Jan 1943 73
Bird William Barrott Montfort       MP for Chichester 1921-1923 25 Jun 1920 Kt Bach 11 Jul 1855 13 Nov 1950 95
Birdwood George Christopher Molesworth 7 Dec 1881 Kt Bach 8 Dec 1832 28 Jun 1917 84
    "     " 15 Feb 1887 KCIE
Birdwood William Riddell, later [1919] 1st baronet and [1938] 1st Baron Birdwood 1 Jan 1915 KCSI 13 Sep 1865 17 May 1951 85
    "     " 3 Jun 1915 KCMG
    "     " 4 Jun 1917 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 1 Jan 1919 GCMG
    "     " 1 Jan 1923 GCB (Mil)
    "     " 1 Jan 1930 GCSI
    "     " 11 May 1937 GCVO
Birkbeck Edward, 1st baronet 26 Jun 1908 KCVO 11 Oct 1838 2 Sep 1908 69
Birkbeck William Henry 3 Jun 1915 KCB (Mil) 8 Apr 1863 16 Apr 1929 66
Birkenhead, Earl of see "Smith"
Birkett Peter Vidler 25 Jan 2013 Kt Bach 13 Jul 1948
Birkett Thomas William   6 Feb 1918 Kt Bach 11 Mar 1871 15 Aug 1957 86
Birkett William Norman, later [1958] 1st Baron Birkett. MP for Nottingham East 1923-1924 and 1929-1931. Lord Justice of Appeal 1950-1957. PC 1947 8 Jul 1941 Kt Bach 6 Sep 1883 10 Feb 1962 78
Birkin (John) Derek 25 Jul 1990 Kt Bach 30 Sep 1929
Birkmyre Archibald, later [1921] 1st baronet 21 Feb 1917 Kt Bach 28 Jun 1875 24 Jun 1935 59
Birley Derek Sydney 9 Feb 1989 Kt Bach 31 May 1926 14 May 2002 75
Birley Frank 23 Feb 1938 Kt Bach 6 Jul 1883 25 Nov 1940 57
Birley Oswald Hornby Joseph 12 Jul 1949 Kt Bach 31 Mar 1880 6 May 1952 72
Birley Robert 10 Jun 1967 KCMG 14 Jul 1903 22 Jul 1982 79
Birnam, Lord see "Murray"
Biron Henry Chartres 6 May 1920 Kt Bach 10 Jan 1863 28 Jan 1940 77
Biron (Moshe Chaim Efraim) Philip 23 Jul 1980 Kt Bach 20 Aug 1909 31 Dec 1981 72
Birrell James Drake 14 Jul 1993 Kt Bach 18 Aug 1933
Birss Colin Ian 15 Oct 2013 Kt Bach 28 Dec 1964
Birt John, later [2000] Baron Birt [L] 27 Oct 1998 Kt Bach 10 Dec 1944
Birt Michael Cameron St. John 9 Nov 2012 Kt Bach 25 Aug 1948
Birt William 3 Feb 1897 Kt Bach May 1834 18 May 1911 77
Birtchnell Cyril Augustine 9 Jun 1949 KCMG 6 May 1887 3 Oct 1967 80
Birtwistle Harrison Paul                      CH 2000 27 Jul 1988 Kt Bach 15 Jul 1934
Bisarya Oudh Narain 7 Jul 1943 Kt Bach
Bischoff Winfried Franz Wilhelm [Win] 21 Mar 2000 Kt Bach 10 May 1941
Biscoe Hugh Vincent 3 Jun 1932 KBE (Civ) 27 Jun 1881 19 Jul 1932 51
Bishop (Frank) Patrick                     MP for Harrow Central 1950-1964 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 7 Mar 1900 5 Oct 1972 72
Bishop Frederick Arthur 4 Feb 1975 Kt Bach 4 Dec 1915 2 Mar 2005 89
Bishop George Sidney 16 Jul 1975 Kt Bach 15 Oct 1913 9 Apr 1999 85
Bishop Harold 12 Jul 1955 Kt Bach 29 Oct 1900 22 Oct 1983 82
Bishop Henry Rowley 1 Jun 1842 Kt Bach 18 Nov 1786 30 Apr 1855 68
Bishop (Margaret) Joyce 1 Jan 1963 DBE (Civ) 28 Jul 1896 7 Jun 1993 96
Bishop Michael David, later [2011] Baron Glendonbrook [L] 16 Jul 1991 Kt Bach 10 Feb 1942
Bishop William Alfred 1 Jan 1955 KBE (Mil) 29 May 1899 22 May 1991 91
Bishop (William Henry) Alexander [Alec] 13 Jun 1964 KCMG 20 Jun 1897 15 May 1984 86
Bishop William Poole 28 Apr 1961 Kt Bach 8 Aug 1894 13 Aug 1977 83
Bisset James Gordon Partridge 10 Jul 1945 Kt Bach 15 Jul 1883 28 Mar 1967 83
Bisset John  [prev Kt Bach 6 Nov 1832] 16 Aug 1850 KCB (Mil) 1777 3 Apr 1854 76
Bisset John Jarvis 1 Dec 1877 KCMG Dec 1819 25 May 1894 74
Bisset Murray 18 Jul 1928 Kt Bach 14 Apr 1876 24 Oct 1931 55
Bisset William Sinclair Smith 22 Jun 1897 KCIE 13 Nov 1843 30 Jul 1916 72
Bisson Gordon Ellis                         PC 1987 29 May 1991 Kt Bach 23 Nov 1918 14 Nov 2010 91
Bittleston Adam 28 Apr 1858 Kt Bach 12 Sep 1817 18 Jan 1892 74
Bjelke-Petersen Johannes 16 Jun 1984 KCMG 13 Jan 1911 23 Apr 2005 94
Blachford, Baron see "Rogers"
Black Archibald Campbell 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 1877 16 Sep 1962 85
Black Arthur William 15 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 28 Feb 1863 13 Jul 1947 84
Black Carol Mary 11 Jun 2005 DBE (Civ) 26 Dec 1939
Black Cyril Wilson                        MP for Wimbledon 1950-1970 10 Feb 1959 Kt Bach 8 Apr 1902 29 Oct 1991 89
Black Douglas Andrew Kilgour 13 Feb 1973 Kt Bach 29 May 1913 13 Sep 2002 89
Black Frederick William 11 Jun 1913 Kt Bach 25 Apr 1863 7 Jun 1930 67
    "     " 1 Jan 1917 KCB (Civ)
Black Harold 3 Feb 1970 Kt Bach 9 Apr 1914 19 Jan 1981 66
Black Hermann David 17 Jul 1974 Kt Bach 15 Nov 1904 28 Feb 1990 84
Black James Whyte                     Nobel Prize for Medicine 1988                     OM 2000 10 Feb 1981 Kt Bach 14 Jun 1924 22 Mar 2010 85
Black Jill Margaret                        Lord Justice of Appeal 2010-2017. Justice of the Supreme Court 2017-        PC 2011 23 Nov 1999 DBE (Civ) 1 Jun 1954
Black (John) Jeremy 31 Dec 1986 KCB (Mil) 17 Nov 1932 25 Nov 2015 83
    "     " 15 Jun 1991 GBE (Mil)
Black John Paul 13 Jul 1943 Kt Bach 10 Feb 1895 24 Dec 1965 70
Black Misha 12 Jul 1972 Kt Bach 16 Oct 1910 11 Aug 1977 66
Black Nicholas Andrew 16 Jun 2017 Kt Bach 1951
Black Robert Brown                       Governor of Singapore 1955-1957 and Hong Kong 1958-1964 9 Jun 1955 KCMG 3 Jun 1906 29 Oct 1999 93
    "     " 1 Jan 1962 GCMG
Black Samuel 15 Aug 1892 Kt Bach 26 Jun 1830 18 Apr 1910 79
Black Susan Margaret [Sue] 11 Jun 2016 DBE (Civ) 7 May 1961
Black William Rushton, later [1968] Baron Black [L] 15 Jul 1958 Kt Bach 12 Jan 1893 27 Dec 1984 91
Black Wilsone 28 Jun 1907 KCB (Mil) 10 Feb 1837 5 Jul 1909 72
Blackadder Elizabeth Violet 14 Jun 2003 DBE (Civ) 24 Sep 1931
Blackall Henry William Butler 13 Feb 1945 Kt Bach 19 Jun 1889 1 Nov 1981 92
Blackburn Arthur Dickinson 9 Jun 1938 KCMG 21 Oct 1887 5 Mar 1970 82
Blackburn Charles Bickerton 15 Jul 1936 Kt Bach 1874 20 Jul 1972 98
    "     " 1 Jan 1960 KCMG
Blackburn Colin, later [1876] Baron Blackburn [L]                      Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-1886. PC 1876 24 Apr 1860 Kt Bach 18 May 1813 8 Jan 1896 82
Blackburn David Anthony James [Tom] 12 Jun 2004 KCVO 18 Jan 1945
Blackburn Richard Arthur 28 Mar 1983 Kt Bach 26 Jul 1918 1 Oct 1987 69
Blackburn Thomas   9 Jul 1968 Kt Bach 1900 10 Mar 1974 73
Blackburne Kenneth William                 Governor of the Leeward Islands 1950-1956 and Jamaica 1957-1962. Governor General of Jamaica 1962-1963 5 Jun 1952 KCMG 12 Dec 1907 4 Nov 1980 72
    "     " 1 Jan 1962 GBE (Civ)
    "     " 17 Aug 1962 GCMG
Blackburne William 21 Feb 1838 Kt Bach 1764 1839 75
Blackburne William Anthony 2 Dec 1993 Kt Bach 24 Feb 1944
Blacker (Anthony Stephen) Jeremy 31 Dec 1991 KCB (Mil) 6 May 1939 17 Mar 2005 65
Blacker Cecil Hugh 14 Jun 1969 KCB (Mil) 4 Jun 1916 18 Oct 2002 86
    "     " 1 Jan 1975 GCB (Mil)
Blacker George Francis 25 Jul 1923 Kt Bach 1865 21 May 1948 82
Blackett Basil Phillott                       For information on the death of this knight, see the note at the foot of this page 8 Apr 1921 KCB (Civ) 8 Jan 1882 15 Aug 1935 53
    "     " 1 Jan 1926 KCSI
Blackham Jeremy Joe 31 Dec 1998 KCB (Mil) 10 Sep 1943
Blacklock Norman James 7 May 1993 KCVO 5 Feb 1928 7 Sep 2006 78
Blackman Courtney Nov 1998 KA
Blackman Frank Milton 29 Oct 1985 KCVO 31 Jul 1926
    "     " Nov 1985 KA
Blackmore Charles Henry 25 Feb 1932 Kt Bach Jul 1880 13 May 1967 86
Blackwell Basil Davenport 20 Jul 1983 Kt Bach 8 Feb 1922 18 May 2003 81
Blackwell Basil Henry 10 Jul 1956 Kt Bach 29 May 1889 9 Apr 1984 94
Blackwell (Cecil) Patrick 18 May 1938 Kt Bach 8 Nov 1881 7 Nov 1944 62
Blackwell Ernley Robertson Hay 1 Jan 1916 KCB (Civ) 6 Jun 1868 21 Sep 1941 73
Blackwood Margaret 31 Dec 1980 DBE (Civ) 26 Apr 1909 1 Jun 1986 77
Blackwood Robert Rutherford 26 Oct 1961 Kt Bach 3 Jun 1906 21 Aug 1982 76
Blackwood Stevenson Arthur 21 Jun 1887 KCB (Civ) 22 May 1832 2 Oct 1893 61
Blades George Rowland, later [1922] 1st baronet and [1928] 1st Baron Ebbisham. MP for Epsom 1918-1928 6 Jul 1918 Kt Bach 15 Apr 1868 24 May 1953 85
    "     " 27 Sep 1927 GBE (Civ)
Blagden John Ramsay 4 Mar 1970 Kt Bach 25 Jul 1908 3 Jun 1985 76
Blaikie Thomas 20 Feb 1856 Kt Bach 11 Feb 1802 25 Sep 1861 59
Blain Eric Herbert 3 Nov 1965 Kt Bach 7 May 1904 19 Nov 1969 65
Blain Herbert Edwin 6 Jul 1925 Kt Bach 14 May 1870 16 Dec 1942 72
Blain  William Arbuthnot 3 Feb 1897 Kt Bach 1833 11 Feb 1911 77
Blaine Charles Frederick 22 Jun 1889 Kt Bach 1845 17 Jul 1915 70
Blaine Robert Stickney                 MP for Bath 1885-1886 30 Jun 1890 Kt Bach 30 Jan 1816 15 Dec 1897 81
Blair Alastair Campbell 14 Jun 1969 KCVO 16 Jan 1908 9 Jan 1999 90
Blair Archibald William 8 Oct 1947 Kt Bach 25 Oct 1875 11 Apr 1952 76
Blair Chandos 25 Oct 1972 KCVO 25 Feb 1919 22 Jan 2011 91
Blair Emily Mathieson 2 Jun 1943 DBE (Mil) 1892 25 Dec 1963 71
Blair Ian Warwick, later [2010] Baron Blair of Boughton [L] 7 Nov 2003 Kt Bach 19 Mar 1953
Blair James William 6 Mar 1930 Kt Bach 16 May 1871 18 Nov 1944 73
    "     " 3 Jun 1935 KCMG
Blair Patrick James 12 Jun 1958 KBE (Civ) 1891 10 Dec 1972 81
Blair Reginald, later [1945] 1st baronet. MP for Bow & Bromley 1912-1922 and Hendon 1935-1945 11 Feb 1921 Kt Bach 8 Nov 1881 18 Sep 1962 80
Blair Robert 12 Feb 1914 Kt Bach 8 Mar 1859 10 Jun 1935 76
Blair William James Lynton 13 Jun 2008 Kt Bach 31 Mar 1950
Blair-Cunynghame James Ogilvy 28 Jul 1976 Kt Bach 28 Feb 1913 4 Jan 1990 76
Blair-Kerr William Alexander [Alastair] 5 Mar 1974 Kt Bach 1 Dec 1911 1 Dec 1992 81
Blaize Venetia Ursula 16 Jun 1990 DBE (Civ) 20 Aug 1920 7 Apr 1991 70
Blake Alfred Lapthorn 30 Dec 1978 KCVO 6 Oct 1915 17 Nov 2013 98
Blake Arthur Ernest 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) 5 Jan 1869 25 Feb 1935 66
Blake Ernest Edward 9 Nov 1901 KCMG 1 Mar 1845 30 Nov 1920 75
Blake Geoffrey 11 May 1937 KCB (Mil) 1882 18 Jul 1968 86
Blake (George) Reginald 27 Jun 1934 Kt Bach 1882 5 Feb 1949 66
Blake Henry Arthur                      Governor of the Bahamas 1884-1887, Newfoundland 1887-1889, Jamaica 1889-1898, Hong Kong 1898-1903 and Ceylon 1903-1907 7 Nov 1888 KCMG 8 Jan 1840 23 Feb 1918 78
    "     " 22 Jun 1897 GCMG
Blake Herbert Acton 25 May 1914 KCVO 19 Oct 1857 7 Mar 1926 68
    "     " 3 Jun 1918 KCMG
Blake John Lucian 27 Feb 1952 Kt Bach 28 Jan 1898 18 May 1954 56
Blake Nicholas John Gorrod 20 May 2008 Kt Bach 21 Jun 1949
Blake Peter James                       For information on the death of this knight, see the note at the foot of this page 17 Jun 1995 KBE (Civ) 1 Oct 1948 6 Dec 2001 53
Blake Peter Thomas 10 Oct 2002 Kt Bach 25 Jun 1932
Blake Quentin Saxby 20 Feb 2013 Kt Bach 16 Dec 1932
Blakemore Colin Brian 14 Oct 2014 Kt Bach 1 Jun 1944
Blakeney Edward  [prev KCB (Mil) 2 Jan 1815]  PC [I] 1836 7 May 1849 GCB (Mil) 26 Mar 1778 2 Aug 1868 90
Blaker John George, later [1919] 1st baronet 18 Aug 1897 Kt Bach 15 Oct 1854 11 Jun 1926 71
Blaker Peter Allan Renshaw, later [1994] Baron Blaker [L]. MP for Blackpool South 1964-1992. PC 1983 21 Jul 1983 KCMG 4 Oct 1922 5 Jul 2009 86
Blake-Reed John Seymour 4 Jul 1950 Kt Bach 26 Nov 1882 8 Mar 1966 83
Blakeway Denys Brooke 28 Feb 1924 Kt Bach 29 May 1870 21 May 1933 62
Blamey Thomas Albert 20 Feb 1935 Kt Bach 24 Jan 1884 27 May 1951 67
    "     " 1 Jan 1942 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 28 May 1943 GBE (Mil)
Blanc Henry Jules 23 Jul 1901 KCVO 17 Sep 1831 30 Sep 1911 80
Blanch Malcolm 4 Aug 1998 KCVO 27 May 1932
Blanchard Peter                                 PC 1998  [originally DCNZM 31 Dec 2004] 1 Aug 2009 KNZM 2 Aug 1942
Blanchette Stanley Augustus Nov 1988 KA 5 Nov 2010
Bland (Francis) Christopher Buchan 10 Feb 1993 Kt Bach 29 May 1938 28 Jan 2017 78
Bland  (George) Nevile Maltby 11 May 1937 KCVO 6 Dec 1886 19 Aug 1972 85
    "     " 1 Jan 1947 KCMG
Bland Henry Armand 27 Aug 1965 Kt Bach 28 Dec 1909 8 Nov 1997 87
Bland Simon Claud Michael 12 Jun 1982 KCVO 4 Dec 1923
Bland Thomas Maltby 5 Jul 1961 Kt Bach 15 Jun 1906 29 Jun 1968 61
Bland-Sutton John, later [1925] 1st baronet 1 Jul 1912 Kt Bach 21 Apr 1855 20 Dec 1936 81
Blandy Edmond Nicholas 11 Jun 1942 KCIE 1886 8 Sep 1942 56
Blanesburgh, Baron see "Younger"
Blank (Maurice) Victor 16 Feb 1999 Kt Bach 9 Nov 1942
Blankenberg Reginald Andrew 15 Oct 1920 KBE (Civ) 25 Dec 1876 Jul 1960 83
Blatch (William) Bernard 7 Jul 1942 Kt Bach 12 Dec 1887 8 Sep 1965 77
Blatherwick David Elliott Spiby 14 Jun 1997 KCMG 13 Jul 1941
Blatherwick Thomas 9 Jun 1949 KCB (Civ) 31 Aug 1887 12 Jun 1950 62
For further information, see the note at the foot of this page
Blavatnik Leonard 23 Nov 2017 Kt Bach 14 Jun 1957
Blaxland Helen Frances 14 Jun 1975 DBE 21 Jun 1907 17 Dec 1989 82
Blaxter Kenneth Lyon 20 Jul 1977 Kt Bach 19 Jun 1919 18 Apr 1991 71
Bledisloe, Viscount see "Bathurst"
Blelloch John Niall Henderson 13 Jun 1987 KCB (Civ) 24 Oct 1930 1 Aug 2017 86
Blenkinsop Alfred Percy 3 Jun 1922 KCB (Mil) 25 Jun 1865 3 Nov 1936 71
Blenkinsop Layton John 1 Jan 1921 KCB (Mil) 27 Jun 1862 28 Apr 1942 79
Blewitt Shane Gabriel Basil 17 Jun 1989 KCVO 25 Mar 1935
    "     " 15 Jun 1996 GCVO
Bligh Edward Clare 1 Mar 1949 Kt Bach 1887 27 Dec 1976 89
Bligh Florence Rose, Countess of Darnley [wife of the 8th Earl] 3 Jun 1919 DBE (Civ) 1862 30 Aug 1944 82
Bligh John Duncan 30 Sep 1856 KCB (Civ) 11 Oct 1798 8 May 1872 73
Bligh Timothy James 22 Oct 1963 KBE (Civ) 2 Sep 1918 12 Mar 1969 50
Blindell James                                MP for Holland with Boston 1929-1937 19 Feb 1936 Kt Bach 1884 10 May 1937 52
Bliss Arthur Edward Drummond     CH 1971 4 Jul 1950 Kt Bach 2 Aug 1891 27 Mar 1975 83
    "     " 1 Jan 1969 KCVO
Bliss Henry William 22 Jun 1897 KCIE 1840 28 Oct 1919 79
Bloch Maurice 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 1890 19 Feb 1964 73
Block Adam Samuel James 28 Jun 1907 KCMG 25 Jun 1856 16 Apr 1941 84
Blofeld John Christopher Calthorpe 12 Feb 1991 Kt Bach 11 Jul 1932
Blom-Cooper Louis Jacques 1 Dec 1992 Kt Bach 27 Mar 1926 19 Sep 2018 92
Blomfield Arthur William 4 Jun 1889 Kt Bach 6 Mar 1829 30 Oct 1899 70
Blomfield Reginald Theodore 19 May 1919 Kt Bach 20 Dec 1856 27 Dec 1942 86
Blomfield Richard Massie 24 Jun 1904 KCMG 3 Mar 1835 26 Jun 1921 86
Blood Bindon 21 Jan 1896 KCB (Mil) 7 Nov 1842 16 May 1940 97
    "     " 25 Jun 1909 GCB (Mil)
    "     " 3 Jun 1932 GCVO
Blood Hilary Rudolph Robert          Governor of the Gambia 1942-1947, Barbados 1947-1949 and Mauritius 1949-1954 1 Jan 1944 KCMG 28 May 1893 20 Jun 1967 74
    "     " 1 Jun 1953 GBE (Civ)
Bloom Stephen Robert 29 Feb 2012 Kt Bach 24 Oct 1942
Bloomfield John 13 Mar 1867 KCB (Mil) 1793 1 Aug 1880 87
    "     " 24 May 1873 GCB (Mil)
Bloomfield John Arthur Douglas, 2nd Baron Bloomfield. PC 1860 1 Mar 1851 KCB (Civ) 12 Nov 1802 17 Aug 1879 76
    "     " 3 Sep 1858 GCB (Civ)
Bloomfield John Stoughton 6 Oct 1967 Kt Bach 9 Oct 1901 30 Jun 1989 87
Bloomfield Kenneth Percy 13 Jun 1987 KCB (Civ) 15 Apr 1931
Blount Edward Charles 15 Jun 1888 KCB (Civ) 14 Mar 1809 15 Mar 1905 96
Blumberg Herbert Edward 1 Jan 1923 KCB (Mil) 20 Mar 1869 16 Aug 1934 65
Blume Hilary Sharon Braverman 14 Jun 2008 DBE (Civ) 9 Jan 1945
Blumhardt (Vera) Doreen  [originally DCNZM 31 Dec 2002] 1 Aug 2009 DNZM 7 Mar 1914 17 Oct 2009 95
Blundell (Edward) Denis                    Governor General of New Zealand 1972-1977 10 Jun 1967 KBE (Civ) 29 May 1907 24 Sep 1984 77
    "     " 25 Jul 1972 GCMG
    "     " 7 Feb 1974 GCVO
Blundell Michael 1 Jan 1962 KBE (Civ) 7 Apr 1907 1 Feb 1993 85
Blundell Richard William 21 Mar 2014 Kt Bach 1 May 1952
Blundell Robert Henderson 7 Feb 1961 Kt Bach 19 Jan 1901 19 Jun 1967 66
Blundell Thomas Leon [Tom] 11 Feb 1997 Kt Bach 7 Jul 1942
Blunden George 22 Jul 1987 Kt Bach 31 Dec 1922 3 Mar 2012 89
Blunt Anthony Frederick  [revoked 16 Nov 1979] 31 May 1956 KCVO 26 Sep 1907 26 Mar 1983 75
Blunt Edward Arthur Henry 4 Jun 1934 KCIE 14 Mar 1877 29 May 1941 64
Blunt John Elijah 9 Nov 1902 Kt Bach 14 Oct 1832 19 Jun 1916 83
Blunt MacDonald Jul 1980 KA deceased
Blyde Henry Ernest 14 Jun 1969 KBE (Civ) 25 Oct 1896 31 Aug 1984 87
Blyth Arthur 31 May 1877 KCMG 19 Mar 1823 7 Dec 1891 68
Blyth Charles [Chay] 9 Oct 1997 Kt Bach 14 May 1940
Blyth James, later [1995] Baron Blyth of Rowington [L] 12 Feb 1985 Kt Bach 8 May 1940
Blythswood,  Baron see "Campbell" and "Douglas-Campbell"
Boag George Townsend 1 Jan 1941 KCIE 12 Nov 1884 28 Apr 1969 84
Boag Robert 30 Jan 1877 Kt Bach 1810 7 Nov 1877 67
Boak Robert 14 Aug 1902 Kt Bach 1816 5 Dec 1904 88
Board (Archibald) Vyvyan 18 Jul 1941 Kt Bach 5 Feb 1884 10 Jan 1973 88
Board William John 10 Jul 1935 Kt Bach 12 May 1869 2 Nov 1946 77
  Boardman John 9 Feb 1989 Kt Bach 20 Aug 1927
Boardman Kenneth Ormrod 15 Jul 1981 Kt Bach 18 May 1914 12 Jul 1995 81
Bobbili, Raja of Ravu Swetachalupati Ramakrishna Rana Rao Bahadur 3 Jun 1935 KCIE 20 Feb 1901 10 Mar 1978 77
Bobbili, Raja of Sri Rao Ventaka Svetachalapati 1 Jan 1895 KCIE 28 Aug 1862 12 Sep 1920 58
    "     " 12 Dec 1911 GCIE
Bodey David Roderick Lessiter 25 Feb 1999 Kt Bach 14 Oct 1947
Bodilly Jocelyn 3 Mar 1969 Kt Bach 15 Sep 1913 27 Apr 1997 83
Bodington Nathan 14 Dec 1908 Kt Bach 29 May 1848 12 May 1911 62
Bodinnar John Francis 8 Jul 1941 Kt Bach 1880 17 Aug 1958 78
Bodkin Archibald Henry 21 Feb 1917 Kt Bach 1 Apr 1862 31 Dec 1957 95
    "     " 3 Jun 1924 KCB (Civ)
Bodkin William Alexander 29 Jan 1954 KCVO 28 Apr 1883 15 Jun 1964 81
Bodkin William Henry                     MP for Rochester 1841-1847 3 Aug 1867 Kt Bach 5 Aug 1791 26 Mar 1874 82
Bodley Scott Ronald 13 Jun 1964 KCVO 10 Sep 1906 12 May 1982 75
    "     " 9 Nov 1973 GCVO
Bodmer Walter Fred 11 Feb 1986 Kt Bach 10 Jan 1936
Body Richard Bernard Frank Stewart. MP for Billericay 1955-1959, Holland with Boston 1966-1997 and Boston and Skegness 1997-       2001 11 Feb 1986 Kt Bach 18 May 1927 26 Feb 2018 90
Boffa Paul 10 May 1956 Kt Bach 30 Jun 1890 6 Jul 1962 72
Bogan Nagora 14 Jun 1997 KBE (Civ) 1956
Bogarde Dirk - see "van der Bogaerde"
Bogle Archibald 9 Dec 1853 Kt Bach 18 Aug 1805 12 Jun 1870 64
Bogle Nigel Peter Cranston 19 Dec 2013 Kt Bach 27 Apr 1947
Bois Stanley   9 Nov 1905 Kt Bach 20 Jun 1864 14 Apr 1938 73
Bolam Robert Alfred 5 Feb 1926 Kt Bach 1871 28 Apr 1939 67
Boland (Edward) Rowan 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 9 Mar 1898 24 Aug 1972 74
Boldero Harold Esmond Arnison 14 Mar 1950 Kt Bach 20 Aug 1889 30 Nov 1960 71
Boleat Mark John 8 Dec 2017 Kt Bach 21 Jan 1949
Boles John Dennis [Jack] 20 Jul 1983 Kt Bach 25 Jun 1925 1 Jul 2013 88
Bolitho Edward Hoblyn Warren 1 Jan 1953 KBE (Civ) 20 Apr 1882 18 Dec 1969 87
Bolland Edwin 13 Jun 1981 KCMG 20 Oct 1922 5 Dec 2008 86
Bollers Harold Brodie Smith 22 Jul 1969 Kt Bach 5 Feb 1915 26 Dec 2006 91
Bollom Simon John 31 Dec 2015 KBE (Mil) 1960
Bologna Count Nicola Scebarras 24 Apr 1868 KCMG 1875
Bols Louis Jean                        Governor of Bermuda 1927-1930 11 Jan 1918 KCMG 23 Nov 1867 13 Sep 1930 62
    "     " 1 Jan 1919 KCB (Mil)
Bolt Richard Bruce 16 Jun 1979 KBE (Mil) 16 Jul 1923 27 Jul 2014 91
Bolte Edith Lilian  [wife of Sir Henry Edward Bolte] 1 Jan 1973 DBE (Civ) 1906 14 Aug 1986 80
Bolte Henry Edward 1 Jan 1966 KCMG 20 May 1908 4 Jan 1990 81
    "     " 31 Dec 1971 GCMG
Bolton Francis John 31 Dec 1883 Kt Bach 1831 5 Jan 1887 55
Bolton Frederic 21 Jul 1908 Kt Bach 7 Mar 1851 25 Jan 1920 68
Bolton Frederic Bernard [Tim] 28 Jul 1976 Kt Bach 9 Mar 1921 27 Jul 2005 84
Bolton George Lewis French 2 Jan 1950 KCMG 16 Oct 1900 2 Sep 1982 81
Bolton (Horatio) Norman 1 Jan 1926 KCIE 1 Feb 1875 24 May 1965 90
Bolton Ian Frederick Cheney, 2nd baronet 13 Jun 1957 KBE (Civ) 29 Jan 1889 12 Jan 1982 92
Bolton John Brown 20 Jul 1977 Kt Bach 20 Jan 1902 11 Sep 1980 78
Bomanji Dhunjibhoy 10 Feb 1922 Kt Bach 1868 1 Apr 1937 68
Bomford Gerald 1 Jan 1909 KCIE 19 Jul 1851 12 Apr 1915 63
Bomford Hugh   7 Jul 1938 Kt Bach 12 Aug 1882 19 Jan 1939 56
Bomon-Behram Jehangir Bomonji 2 Mar 1934 Kt Bach Jul 1868 29 Dec 1949 81
Bona Kina 12 Jun 1993 KBE (Civ) 14 Feb 1954
Bonallack Michael Francis 22 Jul 1998 Kt Bach 31 Dec 1934
Bonallack Richard Frank 5 Feb 1963 Kt Bach 2 Jun 1904 4 Jan 1996 91
Bonar Herbert Vernon 18 Oct 1967 Kt Bach 26 Feb 1907 28 Apr 1993 86
Bonavita Ignatius Gavino  [prev KCMG 2 Apr 1836] 28 Jan 1856 GCMG 31 Oct 1792 1 Aug 1865 72
Bond (Charles) Hubert 1 Mar 1929 KBE (Civ) 1870 18 Apr 1945 74
Bond Edward Augustus                See also the note at the foot of this page 1 Jan 1898 KCB (Civ) 31 Dec 1815 2 Jan 1898 82
Bond Francis George 3 Jun 1919 KBE (Mil) 10 Aug 1856 15 Aug 1930 74
Bond John Reginald Hartnell 14 Jul 1999 Kt Bach 24 Jul 1941
Bond Kenneth Raymond Boyden 10 Feb 1977 Kt Bach 1 Feb 1920 13 May 2006 86
Bond Lionel Vivian 1942 KBE 1884 4 Oct 1961 77
Bond Michael Richard 4 Jul 1995 Kt Bach 15 Apr 1936
Bond Ralph Stuart 12 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 2 Jul 1871 1 Apr 1968 96
Bond Reginald St. George Smallridge 3 Jun 1933 KCB (Mil) 1872 27 Jul 1955 83
Bond Robert                               PC 1902 17 Sep 1901 KCMG 25 Feb 1857 16 Mar 1927 70
Bondi Hermann   1 Jan 1973 KCB (Civ) 1 Nov 1919 10 Sep 2005 85
Bone David William 23 Jul 1946 Kt Bach 1874 17 May 1959 85
Bone (James) Drummond 2 Dec 2008 Kt Bach 11 Jul 1947
Bone Muirhead 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 23 Mar 1876 21 Oct 1953 77
Bone Roger Bridgland 31 Dec 2001 KCMG 29 Jul 1944
Bonfield Peter Leahy 31 May 1996 Kt Bach 3 Jun 1944
Bonham Samuel George, later [1852] 1st baront. Governor of the Straits Settlements 1837-1843 and Hong Kong 1848-1854 22 Nov 1850 KCB (Civ) 7 Sep 1803 8 Oct 1863 60
Bonham-Carter (Arthur) Desmond 8 Jul 1969 Kt Bach 15 Feb 1908 18 Apr 1985 77
Bonham-Carter Charles                                Governor of Malta 1936-1940 1 Jan 1935 KCB (Mil) 25 Feb 1876 21 Oct 1955 79
    "     " 1 Jan 1941 GCB (Mil)
Bonham Carter Christopher Douglas 8 Jun 1968 KCVO 3 Nov 1907 3 Jun 1975 67
    "     " 26 Nov 1970 GCVO
Bonham-Carter Edgar  1 Jan 1920 KCMG 2 Apr 1870 24 Apr 1956 86
Bonham-Carter Helen Violet, later [1964] Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury [L].  [wife of Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter] 1 Jun 1953 DBE (Civ) 15 Apr 1887 19 Feb 1969 81
Bonham-Carter Maurice 1 Jan 1917 KCB (Civ) 11 Oct 1880 7 Jun 1960 79
    "     " 4 Jun 1917 KCVO
Bonham-Carter Stuart Sumner 1 Jan 1943 KCB (Mil) 9 Jul 1889 5 Sep 1972 83
Bonington Christian John Storey 23 Feb 1996 Kt Bach 6 Aug 1934
Bonn Max Julius 5 Jun 1926 KBE (Civ) 1877 25 Mar 1943 65
Bonner George Albert 22 Jun 1927 Kt Bach 9 Mar 1862 27 Apr 1952 90
Bonnetard (Nicolas Patrick) France 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 20 Feb 1907 9 Oct 1969 62
Bonnycastle Richard Henry 18 Mar 1840 Kt Bach 30 Sep 1791 3 Nov 1847 56
Bonsall Alfred Wilfred 11 Jun 1977 KCMG 25 Jun 1917 26 Nov 2014 97
Bonser John Winfield                      PC 1902 15 Feb 1894 Kt Bach 24 Oct 1847 9 Dec 1914 67
Bonython John Langdon 9 Jun 1898 Kt Bach 15 Oct 1848 22 Oct 1939 91
    "     " 3 Jun 1919 KCMG
Bonython (John) Lavington 10 Jul 1935 Kt Bach 10 Sep 1875 6 Nov 1960 85
Booker William Lane 12 Mar 1894 Kt Bach 12 Jul 1824 19 Feb 1905 80
Boolell Satcam 2 Aug 1977 Kt Bach 11 Sep 1920 23 Mar 2006 85
Boon Geoffrey Pearl 22 Feb 1966 Kt Bach 19 Jul 1888 26 Apr 1970 81
Boon Peter Coleman 7 Feb 1979 Kt Bach 2 Sep 1916 10 Apr 1997 80
Boorman Derek 31 Dec 1985 KCB (Mil) 13 Sep 1930
Boos Werner James 4 Nov 1965 Kt Bach 25 Jul 1911 4 May 1974 62
Boot Horace Louis Petit 10 Feb 1942 Kt Bach 1873 31 Mar 1943 69
Boot  Jesse, later [1917] 1st baronet and [1929] 1st Baron Trent 9 Nov 1909 Kt Bach 2 Jun 1850 13 Jun 1931 81
Boot John Campbell, 2nd Baron Trent 1 Jan 1954 KBE (Civ) 19 Jan 1889 8 Mar 1956 67
Booth Charles Henry 27 Mar 1929 Kt Bach 17 Sep 1853 14 Nov 1939 86
Booth Charles Sylvester 26 Aug 1969 Kt Bach 23 Feb 1897 27 Jun 1970 73
Booth Christopher Charles 22 Feb 1983 Kt Bach 22 Jun 1924 13 Jul 2012 88
Booth Clive 13 Feb 2003 Kt Bach 18 Apr 1943
Booth (George) Arthur Warrington 3 Jun 1935 KBE (Civ) 28 Oct 1879 22 Mar 1972 92
Booth Gordon 14 Jun 1980 KCMG 22 Nov 1921 13 Jun 2014 93
Booth Margaret Myfanwy Wood 23 Jan 1979 DBE (Civ) 11 Sep 1933
Booth Paul Malone 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 28 Jul 1884 2 Jul 1963 78
Booth Robert Camm 10 Feb 1977 Kt Bach 9 May 1916 22 Oct 1996 80
Boothby Robert John Graham, later [1958] Baron Boothby [L]. MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine East 1924-1950 and Aberdeenshire East 1950-1958 1 Jun 1953 KBE (Civ) 12 Feb 1900 16 Jul 1986 86
Boothby Robert Tuite 1 Mar 1929 KBE (Civ) 1871 7 Feb 1941 69
Booth-Gravely Walter 2 Jan 1939 KCMG 22 May 1882 1 Jan 1971 88
Boothman John Nelson 7 Jun 1951 KBE (Mil) 19 Feb 1901 29 Dec 1957 56
    "     " 10 Jun 1954 KCB (Mil)
Bootle-Wilbraham Edward, 1st Earl of Lathom    PC 1874 1 Aug 1892 GCB (Civ) 12 Dec 1837 19 Nov 1898 60
Boraston John 15 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 1851 18 Apr 1920 68
Borden Frederick William           26 Jun 1902 KCMG 14 May 1847 6 Jan 1917 69
Borden Robert Laird                       PC 1912 22 Jun 1914 GCMG 26 Jun 1854 10 Jun 1937 82
Bore Albert 13 Feb 2002 Kt Bach 1946
Boreham (Arthur) John 14 Jun 1980 KCB (Civ) 30 Jul 1925 8 Jun 1994 68
Boreham Leslie Kenneth Edward 12 May 1972 Kt Bach 19 Oct 1918 2 May 2004 85
Boreland-Kelly Lorna May  13 Jun 1998 DBE (Civ) 9 Aug 1952
Borg George 7 Jul 1942 Kt Bach 23 Apr 1887 28 Jun 1954 67
Borrett Oswald Cuthbert 1 Feb 1937 KCB (Mil) 4 Mar 1878 28 Jul 1950 72
Borrie Gordon Johnson, later [1995] Baron Borrie [L] 13 Jul 1982 Kt Bach 13 Mar 1931 30 Sep 2016 85
Borthwick Algernon, later [1887] 1st baronet and [1895] 1st Baron Glenesk. MP for Kensington South 1885-1895 20 Apr 1880 Kt Bach 27 Dec 1830 24 Nov 1908 77
Borton Arthur                               Governor of Malta 1878-1884 2 Jun 1877 KCB (Mil) 20 Jan 1814 7 Sep 1893 79
    "     " 29 May 1880 GCMG
    "     " 24 May 1884 GCB (Mil)
Borwick Robert Hudson, later [1916] 1st baronet and [1922] 1st Baron Borwick 18 Dec 1902 Kt Bach 21 Jan 1845 27 Jan 1936 91
Borwick Thomas Faulkner 9 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 29 May 1889 12 Dec 1981 92
Borysiewicz Leszek Krzysztof 20 Feb 2001 Kt Bach 13 Apr 1951
Bosanquet Day Hort                           Governor of South Australia 1909-1914 30 Jun 1905 KCB (Mil) 22 Mar 1843 28 Jun 1923 80
    "     " 3 Aug 1907 GCVO
    "     " 22 Jun 1914 GCMG
Bosanquet Frederick Albert 27 Feb 1907 Kt Bach 8 Feb 1837 2 Nov 1923 86
Bosanquet Oswald Vivian 1 Jan 1919 KCSI 5 Apr 1866 6 Nov 1933 67
Bosanquet (Samuel) Ronald Courthope 7 Jul 1942 Kt Bach 6 Sep 1868 5 Nov 1952 84
Boscawen Evelyn Edward Thomas, 7th Viscount Falmouth 9 Nov 1905 KCVO 24 Jul 1847 1 Oct 1918 71
Bose Bipin Krishna 28 Jun 1907 Kt Bach 21 Jan 1851 26 Aug 1933 82
    "     " 1 Jan 1920 KCIE
Bose Jagadis Chandra 21 Feb 1917 Kt Bach 30 Nov 1858 23 Nov 1937 78
Bose Kailas Chandra 1 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 26 Dec 1850 Feb 1927 76
Bose Sudhansu Mohan 8 Mar 1947 Kt Bach 29 Oct 1888
Bosher Robin 19 Oct 2012 Kt Bach 30 Jan 1957
Bossano Joseph John                      Chief Minister of Gibraltar 1988-1996 30 Dec 2017 KCMG 10 Jun 1939
Bostock David John 31 Dec 2014 KCMG 11 Apr 1948
Boston Henry Josiah Lightfoot         Governor General of Sierra Leone 1962-1967 1962 GCMG 19 Aug 1898 11 Jan 1969 70
Boswell Alexander Crawford Simpson 12 Jun 1982 KCB (Mil) 3 Aug 1928
Bosworth Neville Bruce Alfred 22 Jul 1987 Kt Bach 18 Apr 1918 25 Dec 2012 94
Botham Ian Terence 10 Oct 2007 Kt Bach 24 Nov 1955
Bottomley Bessie Ellen  [wife of Arthur George Bottomley, later (1984) Baron Bottomley [L] 1 Jan 1970 DBE (Civ) 28 Nov 1906 8 Sep 1998 91
Bottomley James Reginald Alfred 1 Jan 1973 KCMG 12 Jan 1920 5 Jun 2013 93
Bottomley Norman Howard 8 Jun 1944 KCB (Mil) 18 Sep 1891 13 Aug 1970 78
Bottomley Peter James                        MP for Woolwich West 1975-1983, Eltham 1983-1997 and Worthing West 1997- 10 Mar 2011 Kt Bach 30 Jul 1944
Bottomley (William) Cecil 1 Jan 1930 KCMG 19 Mar 1878 1 Apr 1954 76
Bottoms Anthony Edward 30 Oct 2001 Kt Bach 29 Aug 1939
Boucaut James Penn 1 Jan 1898 KCMG 29 Oct 1831 1 Feb 1916 84
Bouch Thomas 26 Jun 1879 Kt Bach 25 Feb 1822 30 Oct 1880 58
Boucher Charles Hamilton 13 Dec 1949 KBE (Mil) 1898 15 Nov 1951 53
Bouchier Cecil Arthur 1 Jan 1953 KBE (Mil) 14 Oct 1895 15 Jun 1979 83
Boulding Hilary 17 Jun 2017 DBE (Civ)
Boult Adrian Cedric                       CH 1969 25 Feb 1937 Kt Bach 8 Apr 1889 22 Feb 1983 93
Boulton Clifford John 30 Dec 1989 KCB (Civ) 25 Jul 1930 25 Dec 2015 85
    "     " 11 Jun 1994 GCB (Civ)
Boulton William Whytehead, later [1982] 3rd baronet 4 Feb 1975 Kt Bach 21 Jun 1912 20 Jul 2010 98
Bouraga Philip 11 Jun 2005 KBE (Civ) 10 Sep 1939
Bourchier George 10 Sep 1872 KCB (Mil) 1821 15 Mar 1898 76
Bourchier Thomas 24 Dec 1842 KCB (Mil) 26 Apr 1849
Bourdillon Bernard Henry                    Governor of Uganda 1932-1935 and Nigeria 1935-1943 3 Jun 1931 KBE (Civ) 3 Dec 1883 6 Feb 1948 64
    "     " 1 Jan 1934 KCMG
    "     " 11 May 1937 GCMG
Bourdillon James Austin 1 Jan 1904 KCSI Mar 1848 23 Apr 1913 65
Bourinot John George 21 May 1898 KCMG 24 Oct 1836 13 Oct 1902 65
Bourke George Deane 1 Jan 1917 KCMG 15 Oct 1852 7 Dec 1936 84
Bourke Paget James 16 Jul 1957 Kt Bach 1906 7 Nov 1983 77
Bourke Richard Southwell, 6th Earl of Mayo. MP for Kildare 1847-1852, Coleraine 1852-1857 and Cockermouth 1857-1867. Chief Secretary for Ireland 1858-1859 and 1866-1868. Viceroy of India 1868-1872. PC 1852. PC [I] 1852 12 Jan 1869 GCSI 21 Feb 1822 8 Feb 1872 49
Bourke Robert, Baron Connemara     MP for King's Lynn 1868-1886. Governor of Madras 1886-1890. PC 1880 21 Jun 1887 GCIE 11 Jun 1827 3 Sep 1902 75
Bourn John Bryant 15 Jun 1991 KCB (Civ) 21 Feb 1934
Bourne Alan George Barwys 1 Jul 1941 KCB (Mil) 25 Jul 1882 24 Jun 1967 84
Bourne Alfred Gibbs 1 Jan 1913 KCIE 8 Aug 1859 14 Jul 1940 80
Bourne Clive 17 Feb 2005 Kt Bach 27 Sep 1942 10 Jan 2007 64
Bourne Edna Ermyntrude Nov 1995 DA deceased
Bourne Frederick Chalmers 9 Aug 1946 KCSI 12 Aug 1891 3 Nov 1977 86
Bourne Frederick Samuel Augustus 15 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 3 Oct 1854 23 Aug 1940 85
Bourne Geoffrey Kemp, later [1964] Baron Bourne [L] 10 Jun 1954 KBE (Mil) 5 Oct 1902 26 Jun 1982 79
    "     " 13 Jun 1957 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 1 Jan 1960 GCB (Mil)
Bourne Henry Roland Murray 24 May 1918 KBE 18 Jun 1874 8 Jun 1931 56
Bourne (John) Wilfrid 30 Dec 1978 KCB (Civ) 27 Jan 1922 19 Oct 1999 77
Bourne Matthew Christopher 20 May 2016 Kt Bach 13 Jan 1960
Bourne Susan Mary 15 Jun 2013 DBE (Civ) 2 Feb 1953
Bousfield William 24 Jul 1905 Kt Bach 9 Jul 1842 7 Apr 1910 67
Boustead (John Edmund) Hugh 1 Jan 1965 KBE (Civ) 14 Apr 1895 3 Apr 1980 84
Bouverie Henry Frederick  [prev KCB (Mil) 2 Jan 1815 and GCMG 28 Sep 1836]. Governor of Malta 1836-1843 6 Apr 1852 GCB (Mil) 11 Jul 1783 14 Nov 1852 69
Bovell (Conrad Swire) Kerr 7 Feb 1961 Kt Bach 9 Sep 1913 29 Sep 1973 60
Bovell Henry Alleyne 9 Dec 1902 Kt Bach 4 Mar 1854 28 Aug 1938 84
Bovell (William) Stewart 9 Mar 1977 Kt Bach 19 Dec 1906 15 Sep 1999 92
Bovenschen Frederick Carl 9 Jun 1938 KBE (Civ) 26 Mar 1884 9 Nov 1977 93
    "     " 2 Jun 1943 KCB (Civ)
Bovill Elliot Charles 11 Aug 1884 Kt Bach 1848 24 Mar 1893 44
Bovill William                              MP for Guildford 1857-1866. Solicitor General 1866. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1866-1873. PC 1866 26 Jul 1866 Kt Bach 26 May 1814 1 Nov 1873 59
Bowater Eric Vansittart 15 Feb 1944 Kt Bach 16 Jan 1895 30 Aug 1962 67
Bowater Frank Henry, later [1939] 1st baronet 3 Oct 1930 Kt Bach 3 Apr 1866 10 Nov 1947 81
Bowater Frederick William 5 Jun 1920 KBE (Civ) 8 Jun 1867 16 May 1924 56
Bowater Ian Frank 7 Feb 1967 Kt Bach 16 Dec 1904 1 Oct 1982 77
    "     " 13 Jun 1970 GBE (Civ)
Bowater Noel Vansittart, 2nd baronet 9 Nov 1954 GBE (Civ) 25 Dec 1892 22 Jan 1984 91
Bowater Thomas Vansittart, later [1914] 1st baronet. MP for London 1924-1938 24 Jul 1906 Kt Bach 20 Oct 1862 28 Mar 1938 75
Bowater William Henry 15 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 21 Oct 1855 30 May 1932 76
Bowden Andrew 20 Jul 1994 Kt Bach 8 Apr 1930
Bowden  Harold, 2nd baronet 28 Jun 1929 GBE (Civ) 9 Jul 1880 24 Aug 1960 80
Bowden-Smith Nathaniel 22 Jun 1897 KCB (Mil) 21 Jan 1838 28 Apr 1921 83
Bowe (Mary) Colette 31 Dec 2013 DBE (Civ) 27 Nov 1946
Bowell Mackenzie 1 Jan 1895 KCMG 27 Dec 1823 10 Dec 1917 93
Bowen Barry Manfield 29 Dec 2007 KCMG 19 Sep 1945 26 Feb 2010 64
Bowen Charles Christopher 7 Jul 1910 Kt Bach 29 Aug 1830 14 Dec 1917 87
    "     " 1 Jan 1914 KCMG
Bowen Charles Synge Christopher, later [1893] Baron Bowen [L]. Lord Justice of Appeal 1882-1893. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1893-1894. PC 1882 26 Jun 1879 Kt Bach 29 Aug 1831 10 Apr 1894 62
Bowen Geoffrey Fraser 9 Mar 1977 Kt Bach 23 Jun 1912 28 Feb 2012 99
Bowen George Bevan 4 Jun 1928 KBE (Civ) 1858 3 Jul 1940 82
Bowen George Ferguson                  Governor of Queensland 1859-1867, New Zealand 1867-1872, Victoria 1873-1879, Mauritius 1879-1880 and Hong Kong 1883-1885. PC 1886 9 Apr 1856 KCMG 2 Nov 1821 21 Feb 1899 77
    "     " 16 Apr 1860 GCMG
Bowen John Cuthbert Grenside 6 Jul 1925 Kt Bach 15 Aug 1860 29 Dec 1932 72
Bowen John Poland 27 Feb 1952 Kt Bach 1887 4 Mar 1955 67
Bowen (John) William 30 Jun 1953 Kt Bach 1876 1 Apr 1965 88
Bowen Nigel Hubert 12 Jun 1976 KBE (Civ) 26 May 1911 27 Sep 1994 83
Bowen-Buscarlet Willett Amalric Bowen 11 Jun 1960 KBE (Civ) 28 May 1898 18 Sep 1967 69
Bower Alfred Louis, later [1925] 1st baronet 13 Oct 1913 Kt Bach 8 Oct 1858 16 Nov 1948 90
Bower Frank 5 Jul 1960 Kt Bach 25 Aug 1894 1 Sep 1982 88
Bower Graham John 1 Jan 1892 KCMG 15 Jun 1848 2 Aug 1933 85
Bower Hamilton 23 Aug 1912 KCB (Mil) 1 Sep 1858 5 Mar 1940 81
Bower Leslie William Clement 2 Jun 1962 KCB (Mil) 11 Jul 1909 17 Feb 1991 81
Bower Percival 17 Feb 1927 Kt Bach 1880 7 May 1948 67
Bower Robert Lister 3 Jun 1925 KBE (Civ) 12 Aug 1860 13 Jun 1929 68
Bower Roger Herbert 1 Jan 1957 KBE (Mil) 13 Feb 1903 9 Jan 1990 86
    "     " 13 Jun 1959 KCB (Mil)
Bowerbank Fred Thompson 1 Jan 1946 KBE (Mil) 1880 25 Aug 1960 80
Bowers Edward Hardman 11 Jun 1913 Kt Bach 21 Sep 1854 19 Apr 1914 59
Bowes (Harold) Leslie 1 Jan 1968 KCMG 18 Nov 1893 29 Apr 1988 94
Bowes-Lyon Cecilia Nina, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne  [wife of the 14th Earl] 11 May 1937 GCVO 11 Sep 1862 23 Jun 1938 75
Bowes-Lyon Claud George, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 26 Apr 1923 GCVO 14 Mar 1855 7 Nov 1944 89
    "     " 11 Oct 1928 KT
    "     " 11 May 1937 KG
Bowes-Lyon David 13 Jun 1959 KCVO 2 May 1902 13 Sep 1961 59
Bowes-Lyon (Francis) James Cecil 26 Oct 1973 KCVO 19 Sep 1917 18 Dec 1977 60
Bowes Lyon Simon Alexander 11 Jun 2005 KCVO 17 Jun 1932
Bowett Derek William 24 Mar 1998 Kt Bach 20 Apr 1927 23 May 2009 82
Bowhill Frederick William 1 Jan 1936 KCB (Mil) 1 Sep 1880 12 Mar 1960 79
    "     " 1 Jul 1941 GBE (Mil)
Bowie William Tait 8 Jul 1941 Kt Bach 16 May 1876 30 Apr 1949 72
Bowker Leslie Cecil Blackmore 10 Feb 1948 Kt Bach 1887 23 Apr 1965 77
    "     " 1 Jan 1953 KCVO
Bowker (Reginald) James 1 Jan 1952 KCMG 2 Jul 1901 15 Dec 1983 82
    "     " 10 Jun 1961 GBE (Civ)
Bowlby Anthony Alfred, later [1923] 1st baronet 6 Jul 1911 Kt Bach 10 May 1855 7 Apr 1929 73
    "     " 18 Feb 1915 KCMG
    "     " 1 Jan 1916 KCVO
    "     " 3 Jun 1919 KCB (Mil)
Bowles George 22 Jul 1851 KCB (Mil) 1787 21 May 1876 88
    "     " 24 May 1873 GCB (Mil)
Bowles William                               MP for Launceston 1844-1852 10 Nov 1862 KCB (Mil) 1780 2 Jul 1869 89
Bowley Arthur Lyon 14 Mar 1950 Kt Bach 6 Nov 1869 21 Jan 1957 87
Bowman (Edwin) Geoffrey 12 Jun 2004 KCB (Civ) 27 Jan 1946
Bowman James, later [1961] 1st baronet 13 Jun 1957 KBE (Civ) 8 Mar 1898 25 Sep 1978 80
Bowman Jeffery Haverstock 14 Feb 1991 Kt Bach 3 Apr 1935
Bowman-Manifold Michael Graham Egerton 3 Jun 1919 KBE (Mil) 9 Jun 1871 13 Mar 1940 68
Bowman-Shaw (George) Neville 31 Jul 1984 Kt Bach 4 Oct 1930 11 Jul 2015 84
Bowmar (Charles) Erskine 25 May 1984 Kt Bach 6 May 1913 15 Aug 1996 83
Bowness Alan   9 Feb 1988 Kt Bach 11 Jan 1928
Bowness Peter Spencer, later [1995] Baron Bowness [L] 11 Feb 1987 Kt Bach 19 May 1943
Bowra (Cecil) Maurice                    CH 1971 14 Feb 1951 Kt Bach 8 Apr 1898 4 Jul 1971 73
Bowring Charles Calvert 3 Jun 1919 KBE (Civ) 20 Nov 1872 13 Jun 1945 72
    "     " 3 Jun 1925 KCMG
Bowring Charles Clement 30 Jun 1900 Kt Bach 29 Nov 1844 22 Mar 1907 62
Bowring Edgar Rennie 18 Jun 1915 Kt Bach 17 Aug 1858 23 Jun 1943 84
    "     " 4 Jun 1934 KCMG
Bowring Frederick Charles 16 Feb 1928 Kt Bach 1857 24 Mar 1936 78
Bowring John                                 MP for Kilmarnock 1835-1837 and Bolton 1841-1849. Governor of Hong Kong 1854-1859 16 Feb 1854 Kt Bach 17 Oct 1792 23 Nov 1872 80
Bowring Thomas Benjamin 6 Feb 1913 Kt Bach 14 Sep 1847 18 Oct 1915 68
Bowron Edward 11 Jun 1913 Kt Bach 5 Sep 1857 10 Dec 1923 66
Bowser John 9 May 1927 Kt Bach 26 Aug 1856 10 Jun 1936 79
Bowtell Ann Elizabeth 14 Jun 1997 DCB (Civ) 25 Apr 1938
Bowyer Bertram Stanley Mitford, 2nd Baron Denham. PC 1981 31 Dec 1990 KBE (Civ) 3 Oct 1927
Bowyer Eric Blacklock 8 Jun 1950 KBE (Civ) 5 Nov 1902 21 Apr 1964 61
    "     " 10 Jun 1954 KCB (Civ)
Bowyer George Edward Wentworth, later [1933] 1st baronet and [1937] 1st Baron Denham. MP for Buckingham 1918-1937 10 Jul 1929 Kt Bach 16 Jan 1886 30 Nov 1948 62
Boxall Charles Gervaise 26 Jun 1902 KCB (Civ) 31 Aug 1852 6 Mar 1914 61
Boxall William 24 Mar 1871 Kt Bach 29 Jun 1800 6 Dec 1879 79
Boxer Alan Hunter Cachemaille 13 Jun 1970 KCVO 1 Dec 1916 26 Apr 1998 81
Boyce Graham Hugh 16 Jun 2001 KCMG 6 Oct 1945
Boyce (Harold) Leslie, later [1952] 1st baronet. MP for Gloucester 1929-1945 8 Jun 1944 KBE (Civ) 9 Jul 1895 30 May 1955 59
Boyce Michael Cecil, later [2003] Baron Boyce [L] 31 Dec 1994 KCB (Mil) 2 Apr 1943
    "     " 12 Jun 1999 GCB (Mil)
    "     " 23 Apr 2011 KG
Boyce Robert William 18 Dec 1906 Kt Bach 22 Apr 1863 16 Jun 1911 48
Boyce William George Bertram 1 Jan 1919 KCMG 27 May 1868 18 Jul 1937 69
Boyd Archibald John 4 Jul 1950 Kt Bach 27 Dec 1888 9 May 1959 70
Boyd Denis William 14 Jun 1945 KCB (Mil) 6 Mar 1891 21 Jan 1965 73
Boyd Donald James 1 Jan 1936 KCIE 1877 12 Dec 1953 76
Boyd Gerald Farrell 1 Jan 1923 KCB (Mil) 19 Nov 1877 12 Apr 1930 52
Boyd Harry Robert 19 Jul 1935 KCVO 13 Feb 1876 9 Mar 1940 64
Boyd John 28 Nov 1891 Kt Bach 1827 9 Oct 1893 66
Boyd John 5 Jul 1961 Kt Bach 7 Jun 1887 4 Nov 1967 80
Boyd John Alexander 17 Aug 1899 Kt Bach 23 Apr 1837 23 Nov 1916 79
    "     " 17 Sep 1901 KCMG
Boyd John Dixon Iklé 13 Jun 1992 KCMG 17 Jan 1936
Boyd (John) Francis 10 Feb 1976 Kt Bach 11 Jul 1910 10 Dec 1995 85
Boyd John McFarlane 26 Jul 1979 Kt Bach 8 Oct 1917 30 Apr 1989 71
Boyd (John) Michael 4 Dec 2012 Kt Bach 6 Jul 1955
Boyd John Smith 8 Jul 1947 Kt Bach 18 May 1886 17 May 1963 76
Boyd John Smith Knox 15 Jul 1958 Kt Bach 18 Sep 1891 10 Jun 1981 89
Boyd Robert David Hugh 11 Feb 2004 Kt Bach 14 May 1938
Boyd Robert Lewis Fullarton 20 Jul 1983 Kt Bach 19 Oct 1922 5 Feb 2004 81
Boyd Thomas Jamieson 25 Aug 1881 Kt Bach 22 Feb 1818 22 Aug 1902 84
Boyd Vivienne Myra 14 Jun 1986 DBE (Civ) 11 Apr 1926 13 Jul 2011 85
Boyd-Carpenter Archibald Boyd                   MP for Bradford North 1918-1923, Coventry 1924-1929 and Chertsey 1931-1937 13 Jul 1926 Kt Bach 26 Mar 1873 27 May 1937 64
Boyd-Carpenter (Marsom) Henry 3 Apr 2002 KCVO 11 Oct 1939
Boyd-Carpenter Thomas Patrick John 31 Dec 1992 KBE (Mil) 16 Jun 1938
Boyd-Orr John, later [1949] 1st Baron Boyd-Orr. MP for Scottish Universities 1945-1947. CH 1968 20 Feb 1935 Kt Bach 23 Sep 1880 25 Jun 1971 90
Boyd Rochfort Cecil Charles 1 Jan 1968 KCVO 16 Apr 1887 17 Mar 1983 95
Boyer Richard James Fildes 2 Jan 1956 KBE (Civ) 24 Aug 1891 5 Jun 1961 69
Boyes George Thomas Henry 9 Nov 1906 KCB (Mil) 1842 16 Mar 1910 67
Boyle Alexander George 1 Jan 1921 KCMG 6 Mar 1872 18 Apr 1943 71
Boyle Algernon Douglas Edward Harry 1 Jan 1924 KCB (Mil) 21 Oct 1871 13 Oct 1949 77
Boyle Charles Cavendish                Governor of Newfoundland 1901-1904 and Mauritius 1904-1911 22 Jun 1897 KCMG 29 May 1849 7 Sep 1916 67
Boyle Courtenay 25 May 1892 KCB (Civ) 21 Oct 1845 19 May 1901 55
Boyle David, 7th Earl of Glasgow. Governor of New Zealand 1892-1897 22 Feb 1892 GCMG 31 May 1833 13 Dec 1915 82
Boyle Dermot Alexander 1 Jan 1953 KBE (Mil) 2 Oct 1904 5 May 1993 88
    "     " 16 Jul 1953 KCVO
    "     " 1 Jan 1957 GCB (Mil)
Boyle Lawrence 7 Feb 1979 Kt Bach 31 Jan 1920 27 Dec 1989 69
Boyle Roger Michael 4 Oct 2011 Kt Bach 27 Jan 1948
Boyle Simon Hugh Patrick 13 Jun 2015 KCVO 22 Mar 1941
Boyle William Henry Dudley, later [1934] 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery 3 Jun 1931 KCB (Mil) 30 Nov 1873 19 Apr 1967 93
    "     " 16 Jul 1935 GCVO
    "     " 23 Jun 1936 GCB (Mil)
Boyne, Viscount see "Hamilton-Russell"
Boyne Henry Brian [Harry] 10 Feb 1976 Kt Bach 29 Jul 1910 18 Sep 1997 87
Boynton John Keyworth 27 Mar 1979 Kt Bach 14 Feb 1918 15 Jan 2007 88
Boys Charles Vernon 20 Feb 1935 Kt Bach 15 Mar 1855 30 Mar 1944 89
Boys Francis Theodore 1 Jan 1919 KBE (Civ) 12 Feb 1870 4 Jul 1952 82
Boyson John Alexander 1 Jan 1914 Kt Bach 1846 15 Mar 1926 79
Boyson Rhodes                               MP for Brent North 1974-1997. PC 1987 22 Jul 1987 Kt Bach 11 May 1925 28 Aug 2012 87
Boyton James                               MP for Marylebone East 1910-1918 6 Feb 1918 Kt Bach 1855 16 May 1926 70
Brabant Edward Yewd 29 Nov 1900 KCB (Mil) 1839 13 Dec 1914 75
Brabazon John Palmer 19 Jun 1911 KCB (Mil) 13 Feb 1843 20 Sep 1922 79
Brabazon Reginald, 12th Earl of Meath  PC [I] 1887 1 Jan 1920 GBE (Civ) 31 Jul 1841 11 Oct 1929 88
    "     " 13 Apr 1905 KP
    "     " 2 Jun 1923 GCVO
Brabazon of Tara, Baron see "Moore-Brabazon"
Brabham John Arthur [Jack] 14 Mar 1979 Kt Bach 2 Apr 1926 19 May 2014 88
Brabin Daniel James 9 Mar 1962 Kt Bach 14 Aug 1913 22 Sep 1975 62
Brabourne, Baron see "Knatchbull"
Brabrook Edward William 24 Jul 1905 Kt Bach 1839 20 Mar 1930 90
Brace Ivor Llewellyn 27 Feb 1952 Kt Bach 13 May 1898 24 Oct 1952 54
Bracegirdle Leighton Seymour 1 Jan 1947 KCVO 31 May 1881 22 Mar 1970 88
Bracewell Joyanne Winifred 1 Nov 1990 DBE (Civ) 5 Jul 1934 9 Jan 2007 72
Bracken  Geoffrey Thomas Hirst 23 Jun 1936 KCIE 11 Apr 1879 25 May 1951 72
Brackenbury Cecil Fabian 9 Jun 1938 KCIE 13 Mar 1881 29 Sep 1958 77
Brackenbury Henry                                 PC 1904 26 May 1894 KCB (Mil) 1 Sep 1837 20 Apr 1914 76
    "     " 1 Jan 1896 KCSI
    "     " 29 Nov 1900 GCB (Mil)
Brackenbury Henry Britten 22 Jun 1932 Kt Bach 1866 8 Mar 1942 75
Brackenbury John MacPherson 7 May 1845 Kt Bach 1778 30 Nov 1847 69
Brackenridge Alexander 13 Jun 1959 KBE (Civ) 14 Jun 1893 22 May 1964 70
Bradbeer Albert Frederick 9 Feb 1960 Kt Bach 20 Nov 1890 15 Mar 1963 72
Bradbeer (John) Derek Richardson 27 Jul 1988 Kt Bach 29 Oct 1931 30 Apr 2016 84
Bradbury Eric Blackburn 12 Jun 1971 KBE (Mil) 2 Mar 1911 6 Jan 2003 91
Bradbury John Swanwick, later [1925] 1st Baron Bradbury 3 Jun 1913 KCB (Civ) 23 Sep 1872 3 May 1950 77
    "     " 1 Jan 1920 GCB (Civ)
Bradbury Malcolm Stanley 30 Mar 2000 Kt Bach 7 Sep 1932 27 Nov 2000 68
Braddell Roland St. John 20 Jul 1948 Kt Bach 20 Dec 1880 15 Nov 1966 85
Braddell Thomas de Multon Lee 1 Jan 1914 Kt Bach 25 Nov 1856 31 Jan 1927 70
Braddock Christine 29 Dec 2012 DBE (Civ) 1954
Braddon Edward Nicholas Coventry 1 Jan 1891 KCMG 11 Jun 1829 2 Feb 1904 74
Braddon Henry Yule 15 Oct 1920 KBE (Civ) 27 Apr 1863 7 Sep 1955 92
Brade Reginald Herbert 1 Jan 1914 KCB (Civ) 15 Aug 1864 5 Jan 1933 68
    "     " 3 Jun 1919 GCB (Mil)
Bradfield Ernest William Charles 1 Jan 1941 KCIE 28 May 1880 26 Oct 1963 83
Bradfield John Richard Grenfell 12 Jul 2007 Kt Bach 20 May 1925 13 Oct 2014 89
Bradford Edward Eden 1 Jan 1916 KCB (Mil) 10 Dec 1858 25 Nov 1935 76
    "     " 1 Jan 1930 GBE (Mil)
Bradford Edward Ridley Colborne, later [1902] 1st baronet 6 Jun 1885 KCSI 27 Jul 1836 13 May 1911 74
    "     " 21 May 1890 KCB (Civ)
    "     " 22 Jun 1897 GCB (Civ)
    "     " 9 Nov 1902 GCVO
Bradford James 29 Jun 1914 Kt Bach 13 Feb 1841 24 Apr 1930 89
Bradford John Fowler 20 May 1871 KCB (Mil) 28 Feb 1805 11 Apr 1889 84
Bradford John Rose, later [1931] 1st baronet 19 Jun 1911 KCMG 7 May 1863 7 Apr 1935 71
Bradford Thomas  [prev KCB (Mil) 2 Jan 1815] 15 Feb 1838 GCB (Mil) 1777 28 Nov 1853 76
Bradford Thomas Andrews 16 Feb 1939 Kt Bach 23 Mar 1886 29 Dec 1966 80
Bradlaw Robert Vivian 16 Feb 1965 Kt Bach 14 Apr 1905 12 Feb 1992 86
Bradley (Augustus) Montague 7 Jul 1910 Kt Bach 23 Apr 1855 9 Jun 1953 98
Bradley John Stanley Travers 11 Jun 1942 KCB (Mil) 11 Apr 1888 6 Jan 1982 93
Bradley Kenneth Granville 5 Feb 1963 Kt Bach 5 Jan 1904 6 Feb 1977 73
Bradman Donald George 15 Mar 1949 Kt Bach 27 Aug 1908 25 Feb 2001 92
Bradney Joseph Alfred 28 Feb 1924 Kt Bach 11 Jan 1859 21 Jul 1933 74
Bradshaw Adrian John 15 Jun 2013 KCB (Mil) 1958
Bradshaw Alexander Frederick 14 Jun 1912 KCB (Mil) 5 Dec 1834 27 Sep 1923 88
Bradshaw Kenneth Anthony 31 Dec 1985 KCB (Civ) 1 Sep 1922 31 Oct 2007 85
Bradshaw Richard Philip 11 Jun 1977 KBE (Mil) 1 Aug 1920 12 Oct 1999 79
Bradshaw William 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 1876 28 Aug 1955 79
Brady Antonio 23 Jun 1870 Kt Bach 1811 4 Dec 1881 70
Brady Francis 24 May 1860 Kt Bach 1809 29 Dec 1871 62
Brady Graham Stuart                   MP for Altrincham and Sale West 1997- 6 Mar 2018 Kt Bach 20 May 1967
Brady (John) Michael 9 Jun 2004 Kt Bach 30 Apr 1945
Brady Thomas Francis 3 Aug 1886 Kt Bach 29 Jul 1823 21 Sep 1904 81
Bragg William Henry                     Nobel Prize for Physics 1915. OM 1931                           For further information, see the note at the foot of this page 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) 2 Jul 1862 12 Mar 1942 79
Bragg (William) Lawrence              Nobel Prize for Physics 1915. CH 1967                            For further information, see the note at the foot of this page 18 Feb 1941 Kt Bach 31 Mar 1890 1 Jul 1971 81
Brahmachari Upendranath 1 Mar 1935 Kt Bach
Braila Pietro Armeni 16 May 1855 KCMG 15 Sep 1884
    "     " 21 May 1864 GCMG
Brailsford David John [Dave] 28 Feb 2013 Kt Bach 29 Feb 1964
Brain Francis William Thomas 29 Jun 1914 Kt Bach 28 Oct 1855 31 Aug 1921 65
Brain (Henry) Norman 1 Jan 1963 KBE (Civ) 19 Jul 1907 27 Dec 2002 95
Brain Hugh Gerner 28 Apr 1972 Kt Bach 3 Dec 1890 31 Dec 1976 86
Brain Margaret Anne 31 Dec 1993 DBE (Civ) 23 Apr 1932
Brain Walter Russell, later [1954] 1st baronet and [1962] 1st Baron Brain 27 Feb 1952 Kt Bach 23 Oct 1895 29 Dec 1966 71
Braine Bernard Richard, later [1992] Baron Braine of Wheatley [L]. MP for Billericay 1950-1955, Essex SE 1955-1983 and Castle Point 1983-1992. PC 1985 3 Feb 1972 Kt Bach 24 Jun 1914 5 Jan 2000 85
Braintree, Baron see "Crittall"
Braithwaite Albert Newby                      MP for Buckrose 1926-1945 and Harrow West 1951-1959 14 Jun 1945 Kt Bach 2 Sep 1893 20 Oct 1959 66
Braithwaite (Florence) Lilian 1 Jan 1943 DBE (Civ) 9 Mar 1873 17 Sep 1948 75
Braithwaite John Bevan 30 Jun 1953 Kt Bach 22 Nov 1884 5 Apr 1973 88
Braithwaite (Joseph) Franklin Madders 23 Jul 1980 Kt Bach 6 Apr 1917 12 Jun 2005 88
Braithwaite Rodric Quentin 11 Jun 1988 KCMG 17 May 1932
    "     " 31 Dec 1993 GCMG
Braithwaite Walter Pipon 3 Jun 1918 KCB (Mil) 11 Nov 1865 7 Sep 1945 79
    "     " 1 Mar 1929 GCB (Mil)
Brake Francis Joseph Edwin 12 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 10 Dec 1889 13 Jun 1960 70
Brakspear Harold 1 Jan 1931 KCVO 10 Mar 1870 20 Nov 1934 64
Bramall Edwin Noel Westby, later [1987] Baron Bramall [L] 1 Jan 1974 KCB (Mil) 18 Dec 1923
    "     " 30 Dec 1978 GCB (Mil)
    "     " 23 Apr 1990 KG
Bramall (Ernest) Ashley 16 Jul 1975 Kt Bach 6 Jan 1916 10 Feb 1999 83
Bramley Paul Anthony 14 Feb 1984 Kt Bach 24 May 1923
Brampton, Baron see "Hawkins"
Bramsdon Thomas Arthur                   MP for Portsmouth 1900 and 1906-1910 and Portsmouth Central 1918-1922 and 1923-1924 22 Jul 1909 Kt Bach 27 Feb 1857 29 Sep 1935 78
Bramston John 4 May 1897 KCMG 14 Nov 1832 13 Sep 1921 88
    "     " 1 Jan 1900 GCMG
Bramwell Byrom 28 Feb 1924 Kt Bach 18 Dec 1847 27 Apr 1931 83
Bramwell Frederick Joseph, later [1889] 1st baronet 18 Aug 1881 Kt Bach 7 Mar 1818 30 Nov 1903 85
Bramwell George William Wilshere, later [1882] Baron Bramwell. Lord Justice of Appeal 1876-1881. PC 1876 30 Jan 1856 Kt Bach 12 Jun 1808 9 May 1892 83
Branagh Kenneth Charles 9 Nov 2012 Kt Bach 10 Dec 1960
Branch (Charles Ernest) St. John 10 Jul 1924 Kt Bach 1865 28 Jun 1939 73
Branch William Allan Patrick 2 Aug 1977 Kt Bach 17 Feb 1915 27 Jan 1993 77
Brancker (John Eustace) Theodore 29 Mar 1969 Kt Bach 9 Feb 1909 28 Apr 1996 87
Brancker William Sefton 1 Jan 1919 KCB (Mil) 22 Mar 1877 5 Oct 1930 53
Brand Christoffel Josephus 24 May 1860 Kt Bach 21 Jun 1797 19 May 1875 77
Brand (Christopher Joseph) Quintin 14 May 1920 KBE (Civ) 25 May 1893 7 Mar 1968 74
Brand David 28 Jun 1907 Kt Bach 27 Dec 1837 22 Jan 1908 70
Brand David 14 Jun 1969 KCMG 1 Aug 1912 15 Apr 1979 66
Brand Harry Francis 10 Feb 1942 Kt Bach 2 Oct 1873 5 Jul 1951 77
Brand Henry Bouverie William, later [1884] 1st Viscount Hampden of Glynde. MP for Lewes 1852-1868 and Cambridgeshire 1868-1884. Speaker of the House of Commons 1872-1884. PC 1866 20 Sep 1881 GCB (Civ) 24 Dec 1814 14 Mar 1892 77
Brand Henry Robert, 2nd Viscount Hampden. MP for Hertfordshire 1868-1873 and Stroud 1874 and 1880-1886. Governor of New South Wales 1895-1899 2 Jan 1899 GCMG 2 May 1841 22 Nov 1906 65
Brand Hubert George 5 Apr 1919 KCMG 20 May 1870 14 Dec 1955 85
    "     " 2 Jan 1922 KCVO
    "     " 3 Jun 1927 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 12 Oct 1932 GCB (Mil)
Brand Thomas Walter, 3rd Viscount Hampden of Glynde 4 Jun 1921 KCB (Civ) 29 Jan 1869 4 Sep 1958 89
    "     " 1 Jan 1935 GCVO
Brand (William) Alfred 3 May 1965 Kt Bach 22 Aug 1888 26 Oct 1979 91
Brandis Dietrich 15 Feb 1887 KCIE 31 Mar 1824 29 May 1907 83
Brandon Henry Vivian, later [1981] Baron Brandon of Oakbrook [L]. Lord Justice of Appeal 1978-1981. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1981-1991. PC 1978 11 Nov 1966 Kt Bach 3 Jun 1920 24 Mar 1999 78
Brandreth Thomas 21 Jun 1887 KCB (Mil) 6 Aug 1825 10 Dec 1894 69
Branfoot Arthur Mudge 12 Dec 1911 KCIE 27 Feb 1848 17 Mar 1914 66
Brangwyn Frank 12 Feb 1941 Kt Bach 13 May 1867 11 Jun 1956 89
Branigan Patrick Francis 13 Jul 1954 Kt Bach 30 Aug 1906 2 Nov 2000 94
Branson Douglas Stephenson 1 Jan 1954 KBE (Civ) 25 Jul 1893 23 Nov 1981 88
Branson George Arthur Harwin           PC 1940 10 Aug 1921 Kt Bach 11 Jul 1871 23 Apr 1951 79
Branson Richard Charles Nicholas 30 Mar 2000 Kt Bach 18 Jul 1950
Brass Leslie Stuart 3 Jan 1950 Kt Bach 1891 17 Nov 1958 67
Brass  William, later [1945] 1st Baron Chattisham. MP for Clitheroe 1922-1945 10 Jul 1929 Kt Bach 11 Feb 1886 24 Aug 1945 59
Brassey Hugh Trefusis 31 Dec 1984 KCVO 5 Oct 1915 10 Apr 1990 74
Brassey Thomas, later [1911] 1st Earl Brassey. MP for Devonport 1865 and Hastings 1868-1886. Governor of Victoria 1895-1901 24 May 1881 KCB (Civ) 11 Feb 1836 23 Feb 1918 82
    "     " 29 Jun 1906 GCB (Civ)
Brathwaite Nicholas Alexander              Prime Minister of Grenada 1983-1984 and 1990-1995 1995 Kt Bach 8 Jul 1925 28 Oct 2016 91
Bratza Nicolas Dušan 5 Mar 1999 Kt Bach 3 Mar 1945
Braund Henry Benedict Linthwaite 18 Aug 1945 Kt Bach 21 Mar 1893 18 Apr 1969 76
Bray Claude Arthur 3 Jun 1918 KCMG 31 Dec 1858 25 Aug 1934 75
Bray Denys de Saumarez 3 Jun 1925 KCIE 29 Nov 1875 19 Nov 1951 75
    "     " 3 Jun 1930 KCSI
Bray Edward 18 Feb 1919 Kt Bach 19 Aug 1849 19 Jun 1926 76
Bray Edward Hugh 13 Jun 1917 Kt Bach 15 Apr 1874 27 Nov 1950 76
Bray Jocelyn 23 Jul 1946 Kt Bach 7 Apr 1880 12 Feb 1964 83
Bray John Cox 1 Jan 1890 KCMG 31 May 1842 13 Jun 1894 52
Bray Reginald More 10 Aug 1904 Kt Bach 26 Sep 1842 22 Mar 1923 80
Bray Robert Napier Hubert Campbell 1 Jan 1962 KCB (Mil) 14 Jun 1908 14 Aug 1983 75
    "     " 1 Jan 1966 GBE (Mil)
Bray Theodor Charles 16 Jul 1975 Kt Bach 11 Feb 1905 10 Aug 2000 95
Brayley (John) Desmond, later [1973] Baron Brayley [L]. 17 Nov 1970 Kt Bach 29 Jan 1917 16 Mar 1977 60
Brayn Richard 6 Jul 1911 Kt Bach 1850 12 Mar 1912 61
Braynen Alvin Rudolph 16 Dec 1975 Kt Bach 6 Dec 1904 9 Oct 1992 87
Brayshay Maurice William 27 Jun 1934 Kt Bach 7 Mar 1883 2 Aug 1959 76
Brazier Julian William Hendy             MP for Canterbury 1987- 7 Mar 2017 Kt Bach 24 Jul 1953
Brazier-Creagh (Kilner) Rupert 1 Jan 1962 KBE (Mil) 12 Dec 1909 4 Apr 2002 92
Brazill Mary Philippa [Sister Philippa] 16 Jun 1979 DBE (Civ) 25 Sep 1896 1 Jan 1988 91
Breakwell Glynis Marie 31 Dec 2011 DBE (Civ) 26 Jul 1952
Brearley Norman 7 May 1971 Kt Bach 22 Dec 1890 9 Jun 1989 98
Brebner Alexander 23 Feb 1938 Kt Bach 19 Aug 1883 5 Mar 1979 95
Brechin Herbert Archbold 13 Feb 1968 Kt Bach 3 Nov 1903 25 Jan 1979 75
    "     " 1 Jan 1971 KBE (Civ)
Breckenridge Alasdair Muir 20 Feb 2004 Kt Bach 7 May 1937
Brecknock, Countess of see "Pratt"
Bredon Robert Edward 24 Jun 1904 KCMG 4 Feb 1846 3 Jul 1918 72
Breen Marie Freda 16 Jun 1979 DBE (Civ) 3 Nov 1902 17 Jun 1993 90
Bremer James John Gordon  [prev Kt Bach 23 Feb 1836] 29 Jun 1841 KCB (Mil) 26 Sep 1786 14 Feb 1850 63
Bremridge John Henry 11 Jun 1983 KBE (Civ) 12 Jul 1925 6 May 1994 68
Brenan John Fitzgerald 3 Jun 1932 KCMG 29 Jul 1883 11 Jan 1953 69
Brennan (Francis) Gerard 10 Mar 1981 KBE (Civ) 22 May 1928
Brennan Maureen 11 Jun 2005 DBE (Civ) 26 Mar 1954
Brennan Murray Frederick 31 Dec 2014 GNZM 2 Apr 1940
Brennan Ursula Mary 29 Dec 2012 DCB (Civ) 28 Oct 1952
Brenton Anthony Russell 16 Jun 2007 KCMG 1 Jan 1950
Brereton William 28 Jun 1861 KCB (Mil) 1789 27 Jul 1864 75
Bressey Charles Herbert 20 Feb 1935 Kt Bach 3 Jan 1874 14 Apr 1951 77
Brett Cecil Michael Wilford 12 Dec 1911 Kt Bach 3 Aug 1852 12 Nov 1938 86
Brett Charles Edward Bainbridge 30 Dec 1989 Kt Bach 30 Oct 1928 19 Dec 2005 77
Brett Charles Henry 24 Jul 1906 Kt Bach 16 Jul 1839 17 Jul 1926 87
Brett Henry 1 Apr 1926 Kt Bach 1843 29 Jan 1927 83
Brett Lionel    19 Sep 1961 Kt Bach 19 Aug 1911 10 Sep 1990 79
Brett Oliver Sylvain Baliol, 3rd Viscount Esher 1 Jan 1955 GBE (Civ) 23 Mar 1881 8 Oct 1963 82
Brett Reginald Baliol, 2nd Viscount Esher. MP for Penrhyn and Falmouth 1880-1885. PC 1922 1 Jan 1901 KCVO 30 Jun 1852 22 Jan 1930 77
    "     " 11 Jul 1902 KCB (Civ)
    "     " 30 Jun 1905 GCVO
    "     " 9 Nov 1908 GCB (Civ)
Brett Wilford 13 Oct 1864 KCMG 1824 30 Oct 1901 77
Brett William Baliol, later [1897] 1st Viscount Esher. MP for Helston 1866-1868. Solicitor General 1868. Master of the Rolls 1883-1897. PC 1876 29 Feb 1868 Kt Bach 13 Aug 1815 24 May 1899 83
Brevitt Horatio 13 Jan 1915 Kt Bach 31 Mar 1847 26 Apr 1933 86
Brewer Alfred Herbert 5 Feb 1926 Kt Bach 21 Jun 1865 1 Mar 1928 62
Brewer David William 28 Feb 2007 Kt Bach 28 May 1940
    " 23 Apr 2016 KG
Brewer Henry Campbell 20 Jul 1954 Kt Bach 1885 1 Aug 1963 78
Brewer Nicola Mary 11 Jun 2011 DCMG 14 Nov 1957
Brickwood John, later [1927] 1st baronet 5 Jul 1904 Kt Bach 23 Jun 1852 12 Feb 1932 79
Bridge (Arthur) Robin Moore 8 Jun 1950 KBE (Mil) 15 Feb 1894 19 Feb 1971 77
Bridge Charles Henry 18 Aug 1916 KCMG 16 Jun 1852 18 Jul 1926 74
Bridge Cyprian Arthur George 3 Jun 1899 KCB (Mil) 13 Mar 1839 16 Aug 1924 85
    "     " 9 Nov 1903 GCB (Mil)
Bridge Frederick 3 Aug 1897 Kt Bach 5 Dec 1844 18 Mar 1924 79
Bridge John 5 May 1890 Kt Bach 1824 26 Apr 1900 75
Bridge Nigel Cyprian, later [1980] Baron Bridge of Harwich [L]. Lord Justice of Appeal 1975-1980. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1980-1992. PC 1975 30 Apr 1968 Kt Bach 26 Feb 1917 20 Nov 2007 90
Bridgeford William 31 May 1956 KBE (Civ) 28 Jul 1894 21 Sep 1971 77
Bridgeman Caroline Beatrix, Viscountess Bridgeman [wife of the 1st Viscount] 8 Feb 1924 DBE (Civ) 1872 26 Dec 1961 89
Bridgeman Francis Charles Bridgeman 3 Aug 1907 KCVO 7 Dec 1848 17 Feb 1929 80
    "     " 26 Jun 1908 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 24 Jun 1911 GCVO
    "     " 10 Dec 1912 GCB (Mil)
Bridgeman Maurice Richard 1 Jan 1964 KBE (Civ) 26 Jan 1904 18 Jun 1980 76
Bridgeman Robert Clive, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman 10 Jun 1954 KBE (Civ) 1 Apr 1896 17 Nov 1982 86
Bridges Edward Ettingdene, later [1957] 1st Baron Bridges. PC 1953 2 Jan 1939 KCB (Civ) 4 Aug 1892 27 Aug 1969 77
    "     " 1 Jan 1944 GCB (Civ)
    "     " 13 Jun 1946 GCVO
    "     " 23 Apr 1965 KG
Bridges Ernest Arthur 13 Feb 1945 Kt Bach 17 Aug 1880 22 Feb 1953 72
Bridges George Tom Molesworth       Governor of South Australia 1922-1927 1 Jan 1919 KCMG 20 Aug 1871 26 Nov 1939 68
    "     " 1 Jan 1925 KCB (Mil)
Bridges Mary Patricia 31 Dec 1980 DBE (Civ) 6 Jun 1930
Bridges Phillip Rodney 24 Oct 1973 Kt Bach 9 Jul 1922 26 Dec 2007 85
Bridges Thomas Edward, 2nd Baron Bridges 31 Dec 1982 KCMG 27 Nov 1927
    "     " 31 Dec 1987 GCMG
Bridges William Throsby 17 May 1915 KCB (Mil) 18 Feb 1861 19 May 1915 54
Bridgford Robert 26 Jun 1902 KCB (Civ) 1836 13 May 1905 68
Bridgland Aynsley Vernon 17 Mar 1959 Kt Bach 24 May 1893 20 Jul 1966 73
Bridport, Viscount see "Hood"
Briercliffe Rupert 13 Jul 1939 Kt Bach 27 Jan 1889 2 Dec 1975 86
Brierley Charles Isherwood 15 Jul 1936 Kt Bach 24 Mar 1879 25 Jan 1940 60
Brierley Ronald Alfred 18 May 1988 Kt Bach 2 Aug 1937
Brierley Zachry 11 Feb 1987 Kt Bach 16 Apr 1920 5 Feb 1993 72
Brierly Oswald Walters 29 Dec 1885 Kt Bach 19 May 1817 14 Dec 1894 77
Brigg John                                 MP for Keighley 1895-1911 13 Dec 1909 Kt Bach 21 Sep 1834 30 Sep 1911 77
Briggs (Alfred) George Ernest 10 Feb 1953 Kt Bach 12 Feb 1900 30 Nov 1976 76
Briggs Charles James 1 Jan 1917 KCB (Mil) 22 Oct 1865 27 Nov 1941 76
    "     " 1 Jan 1918 KCMG
Briggs Charles John 3 Jun 1913 KCB (Mil) 15 Jul 1858 16 Jul 1951 93
Briggs Francis Arthur 13 Jul 1961 Kt Bach 9 Jul 1902 6 Jul 1983 80
Briggs Geoffrey Gould 22 Jul 1975 Kt Bach 6 May 1914 12 May 1993 79
Briggs Harold Rawdon 14 Aug 1947 KCIE 14 Jul 1894 27 Oct 1952 58
Briggs Henry 1 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 17 Mar 1844 8 Jun 1919 75
Briggs John Henry 23 Jun 1870 Kt Bach 1808 26 Feb 1897 88
Briggs John Thomas 26 Feb 1851 Kt Bach 4 Jun 1781 3 Feb 1865 83
Briggs Michael Townley Featherstone                     Lord Justice of Appeal 2013-2017. Justice of the Supreme Court 2017-      PC 2013 12 Oct 2006 Kt Bach 23 Dec 1954
Brighouse Samuel                                          27 Jun 1934 Kt Bach Aug 1849 15 Jan 1940 90
Brighouse Timothy Robert Peter 7 Apr 2009 Kt Bach 15 Jan 1940
Bright Charles 10 Jul 1919 Kt Bach 25 Dec 1863 20 Nov 1937 73
Bright Charles Hart 31 Dec 1979 KBE (Civ) 25 Nov 1912 16 May 1983 70
Bright Charles Tilston                     MP for Greenwich 1865-1868 4 Sep 1858 Kt Bach 8 Jun 1832 3 May 1888 55
Bright Graham Frank James            MP for Luton East 1979-1983 and Luton South 1983-1997 17 Nov 1994 Kt Bach 2 Apr 1942
Bright Joseph 24 Jul 1906 Kt Bach 1849 3 Jul 1918 69
Bright Keith 11 Feb 1987 Kt Bach 30 Aug 1931
Bright Robert Onesiphorus 22 Feb 1881 KCB (Mil) 1823 15 Nov 1896 73
    "     " 26 May 1894 GCB (Mil)
Brightman John Anson, later [1982] Baron Brightman [L]. Lord Justice of Appeal 1979-1982. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1982-1986. PC 1979 5 Aug 1970 Kt Bach 20 Jun 1911 6 Feb 2006 94
Brigstocke John Richard 14 Jun 1997 KCB (Mil) 30 Jul 1945
Brimelow Thomas, later [1976] Baron Brimelow [L] 1 Jan 1968 KCMG 25 Oct 1915 2 Aug 1995 79
    "     " 1 Jan 1975 GCMG
Brind (Eric James) Patrick 11 Jun 1946 KCB (Mil) 12 May 1892 4 Oct 1963 71
    "     " 1 Jan 1951 GBE (Mil)
Brind James 2 Jun 1869 KCB (Mil) 10 Jul 1808 3 Aug 1888 80
    "     " 24 May 1884 GCB (Mil)
Brind John Edward Spencer 3 Jun 1935 KBE (Mil) 9 Feb 1878 14 Oct 1954 76
    "     " 23 Jun 1936 KCB (Mil)
Brindley Harry Samuel Bickerton        See also the note at the foot of this page 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) Sep 1867 28 Mar 1920 52
Brindley Lynne Janie 29 Dec 2007 DBE (Civ) 2 Jul 1950
Brinton (Esme) Tatton Cecil 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 4 Jan 1916 26 Sep 1985 69
Brisbane (Hugh) Lancelot 28 Apr 1961 Kt Bach 16 Mar 1893 4 Feb 1966 72
Briscoe Brian Anthony 26 Nov 2002 Kt Bach 29 Jul 1945
Brise Samuel Brise Ruggles           MP for Essex East 1868-1883 22 Jun 1897 KCB (Civ) 29 Dec 1825 28 May 1899 73
Bristow Charles Holditch 6 Jul 1944 Kt Bach 28 Dec 1887 18 Apr 1967 79
Bristow Peter Henry Rowley 30 Oct 1970 Kt Bach 1 Jun 1913 1 Aug 2002 89
Bristow Robert Charles 10 Mar 1941 Kt Bach 1880 3 Sep 1966 86
Bristowe Henry Fox 5 Aug 1887 Kt Bach 8 May 1824 20 Feb 1893 68
Brittain Alida Luisa  [wife of Sir Harry Ernest Brittain] 1 Mar 1929 DBE (Civ) 1882 5 Jan 1943 60
Brittain Henry Ernest [Harry]            MP for Acton 1918-1929 3 Jun 1918 KBE 24 Dec 1873 9 Jul 1974 100
Brittain Herbert 8 Jun 1944 KBE (Civ) 3 Jul 1894 6 Sep 1961 67
    "     " 1 Jan 1955 KCB (Civ)
Brittan Diana  [wife of the life peer Baron Brittan of Spennithorne] 12 Jun 2004 DBE (Civ) 14 Oct 1940
Brittan Leon, later [2000] Baron Brittan of Spennithorne [L]. MP for Cleveland and Whitby 1974-1983 and Richmond 1983-1988. Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1981-1983. Home Secretary 1983-1985. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1985-1986. PC 1981 21 Feb 1989 Kt Bach 25 Sep 1939 21 Jan 2015 75
Brittan Samuel 21 Jul 1993 Kt Bach 29 Dec 1933
Britten Desmond John 31 Dec 2011 KNZM 1939
Britten Edgar Theophilus 28 Feb 1934 Kt Bach 27 Apr 1874 28 Oct 1936 62
Britton Edward Louis 4 Feb 1975 Kt Bach 4 Dec 1909 3 Jan 2005 95
Britton Paul John James 23 Apr 2010 Kt Bach 17 Apr 1949
Broackes Nigel 30 Oct 1984 Kt Bach 21 Jul 1934 28 Sep 1999 65
Broad Charles Noel Frank 1 Jul 1941 KCB (Mil) 29 Dec 1882 23 Mar 1976 93
Broadbent Edward Nicholson 11 May 1937 KBE (Mil) 5 May 1875 18 Jun 1944 69
Broadbent Ewen 16 Jun 1984 KCB (Civ) 9 Aug 1924 27 Feb 1993 68
Broadbent Richard John 14 Jun 2003 KCB (Civ) 22 Apr 1953
Broadbent William Henry, 1st baronet 19 Mar 1901 KCVO 23 Jan 1835 10 Jul 1907 72
Broadbridge George Thomas, later [1937] 1st baronet and [1945] 1st Baron Broadbridge. MP for London 1938-1945 10 Jul 1929 Kt Bach 13 Feb 1869 17 Apr 1952 83
    "     " 19 May 1937 KCVO
Broadfoot Walter James 9 Jun 1955 KBE (Civ) 6 Apr 1881 10 Sep 1965 84
Broadhurst Harry 5 Jul 1945 KBE (Mil) 28 Oct 1905 29 Aug 1995 89
    "     " 1 Jan 1955 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 1 Jan 1960 GCB (Mil)
Broadley Herbert 1 Jan 1947 KBE (Civ) 23 Nov 1892 2 Jun 1983 90
Broadmead Philip Mainwaring 5 Jun 1952 KCMG 3 Dec 1893 23 May 1977 83
Broadway Alan Brice 22 Aug 1929 Kt Bach 2 Nov 1873 1 Jun 1948 74
Brock Frederic Edward Errington 1 Jan 1916 KCMG 15 Oct 1854 1 Nov 1929 75
    "     " 5 Jun 1926 GBE (Mil)
Brock Laurence George 10 Jul 1935 Kt Bach 1879 29 Apr 1949 69
Brock (Madeline) Dorothy 1 Jan 1947 DBE (Civ) 18 Nov 1886 31 Dec 1969 83
Brock Osmond de Beauvoir 25 Jun 1917 KCVO 5 Jan 1869 14 Oct 1947 78
    "     " 1 Jan 1918 KCMG
    "     " 5 Apr 1919 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 1 Mar 1929 GCB (Mil)
Brock Russell Claude, later [1965] Baron Brock [L] 6 Jul 1954 Kt Bach 24 Oct 1903 3 Sep 1980 76
Brock Thomas 16 May 1911 KCB (Civ) 1847 22 Aug 1922 75
Brockhoff Jack Stuart 22 Aug 1979 Kt Bach 11 Mar 1908 3 Sep 1984 76
Brockington William Allport 23 Jul 1946 Kt Bach 18 Jun 1871 14 Feb 1959 87
Brocklebank Clement Edmund Royds        MP for Nottingham East 1924-1929 and Fairfield 1931-1945 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 28 Aug 1882 24 Aug 1949 66
Brockman Edward Lewis 1 Jan 1913 KCMG 29 Jun 1865 10 Jan 1943 77
Brockman Ronald Vernon 1 Jan 1965 KCB (Mil) 8 Mar 1909 3 Sep 1999 90
Broderick John Joyce 3 Jun 1927 KBE (Civ) 24 Apr 1882 2 Jun 1933 51
Brodie Israel 1 Jan 1969 KBE (Civ) 10 May 1895 13 Feb 1979 83
Brodie-Hall Laurence Charles 7 Apr 1983 Kt Bach 10 Jun 1910 1 Oct 2006 96
Brodrick Thomas 8 Jul 1922 Kt Bach Mar 1856 26 Oct 1925 69
Broers Alec Nigel, later [2005] Baron Broers [L] 18 Feb 1998 Kt Bach 17 Sep 1938
Brogan Denis William 16 Jul 1963 Kt Bach 11 Aug 1900 5 Jan 1974 73
Brogan Mervyn Francis 3 Jun 1972 KBE (Mil) 10 Jan 1915 8 Mar 1994 79
Bromet Geoffrey Rhodes 14 Jun 1945 KBE (Mil) 28 Aug 1891 16 Nov 1983 92
Bromley Arthur, later [1957] 8th baronet 12 Jun 1941 KCMG 8 Aug 1876 12 Jan 1961 84
    "     " 1 Jun 1953 KCVO
Bromley John 14 Dec 1908 Kt Bach 1849 14 Jan 1915 65
Bromley Michael Roger 31 Dec 1997 KBE (Civ) 19 Jul 1948
Bromley Richard Madox 6 Sep 1858 KCB (Civ) 1813 30 Nov 1866 53
Bromley Thomas Eardley 13 Jun 1964 KCMG 14 Dec 1911 18 Jun 1987 75
Bromley-Davenport Lilian Emily Isabel Jane 10 Jun 1954 DBE (Civ) 9 Dec 1878 2 May 1972 93
Bromley-Davenport Walter Henry                     MP for Knutsford 1945-1970 7 Feb 1961 Kt Bach 15 Sep 1903 26 Dec 1989 86
Bromley-Davenport William                                 MP for Macclesfield 1886-1906 1 Jan 1924 KCB (Civ) 21 Jan 1862 6 Feb 1949 87
Bromley-Davenport William Arthur 31 Dec 2009 KCVO 7 Mar 1935
Broodbank Joseph Guinness 21 Feb 1917 Kt Bach 15 Jul 1857 14 Jul 1944 86
Brook Dryden 16 Feb 1965 Kt Bach 25 Aug 1884 31 Jan 1971 86
Brook  Frank 10 Feb 1942 Kt Bach 1883 16 Feb 1960 76
Brook Norman Craven, later [1963] 1st Baron Normanbrook. PC 1953 1 Jan 1946 KCB (Civ) 29 Apr 1902 15 Jun 1967 65
    "     " 7 Jun 1951 GCB (Civ)
Brook Ralph Ellis [Robin] 5 Feb 1974 Kt Bach 19 Jun 1908 25 Oct 1998 90
Brook Richard John 27 Feb 2002 Kt Bach 12 Mar 1938
Brooke Alan Francis, later [1946] 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. OM 1946 10 Jun 1940 KCB (Mil) 23 Jul 1883 17 Jun 1963 79
    "     " 16 Nov 1942 GCB (Mil)
    "     " 3 Dec 1946 KG
    "     " 1 Jun 1953 GCVO
Brooke Annette Lesley                    MP for Mid Dorset & North Poole 2001-2015. PC 2014 22 Sep 2015 DBE (Civ) 7 Jun 1947
Brooke Barbara Muriel, later [1964] Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte [L] 1 Jan 1960 DBE (Civ) 14 Jan 1908 1 Sep 2000 92
Brooke Basil Vernon 3 Jun 1933 KCVO 9 Mar 1876 11 Dec 1945 69
    "     " 2 Jun 1943 GCVO
Brooke Charles Johnson, Rajah of Sarawak 2 Jun 1888 GCMG 3 Jun 1829 17 May 1917 87
Brooke Charles Vyner                      Rajah of Sarawak 1917-1946 3 Jun 1927 GCMG 25 Sep 1874 9 May 1963 88
Brooke Cynthia Mary, Viscountess Brookeborough  [wife of the 1st Viscount] 13 Jun 1959 DBE (Civ) 1897 2 Mar 1970 72
Brooke George 13 Mar 1867 KCB (Mil) 1792 31 Dec 1882 90
Brooke Harry Vesey                      For further information, see the note at the foot of this page 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) 23 Sep 1845 11 Jun 1921 75
Brooke Henry                                Lord Justice of Appeal 1996-2006. PC 1996 18 Nov 1988 Kt Bach 19 Jul 1936 30 Jan 2018 81
Brooke James                                Rajah of Sarawak 1842-1868 27 Apr 1848 KCB (Civ) 29 Apr 1803 11 Jun 1868 65
Brooke John Reeve 16 Feb 1928 Kt Bach 1880 1 Apr 1937 56
Brooke (Norman) Richard Rowley 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 23 Jun 1910 21 Sep 1989 79
Brooke Rodney George 25 Oct 2007 Kt Bach 22 Oct 1939
Brooke William Robert   25 May 1895 KCIE 12 Mar 1842 8 Jul 1924 82
Brooke-Hitching Thomas Henry 18 Dec 1902 Kt Bach 1858 4 Feb 1926 67
Brooke-Popham (Henry) Robert Moore 3 Jun 1927 KCB (Mil) 18 Sep 1878 20 Oct 1953 75
    "     " 6 Jul 1935 GCVO
Brookeborough, Viscountess see "Brooke"
Brookes Ernest Geoffrey 26 Oct 1946 Kt Bach 1889 10 Jul 1969 80
Brookes Mabel Balcombe  [wife of Sir Norman Everard Brookes] 9 Jun 1955 DBE (Civ) 15 Jun 1890 30 Apr 1975 84
Brookes Norman Everard 13 Jul 1939 Kt Bach 14 Nov 1877 27 Sep 1968 90
Brookes Raymond Percival, later [1975] Baron Brookes [L] 9 Feb 1971 Kt Bach 10 Apr 1909 31 Jul 2002 93
Brookes Wilfred Deakin 26 Jul 1979 Kt Bach 17 Apr 1906 1 Aug 1997 91
Brooking Harry Triscott 3 Jun 1916 KCB (Mil) 13 Jan 1864 17 Jan 1944 80
    "     " 19 Oct 1917 KCMG
    "     " 3 Jun 1919 KCSI
Brooking Trevor David 15 Oct 2004 Kt Bach 2 Oct 1948
Brookman George 15 Oct 1920 KBE (Civ) 1853 20 Jun 1927 73
Brooks (Arthur) David 3 Jun 1918 GBE 6 Mar 1864 7 Apr 1930 66
Brooks James Henry 1 Jan 1920 KCB (Civ) 15 Apr 1863 13 Oct 1941 78
Brooks (Reginald Alexander) Dallas   Governor of Victoria 1949-1963 1 Jan 1948 KCB (Mil) 22 Aug 1896 22 Mar 1966 69
    "     " 5 Jun 1952 KCMG
    "     " 8 Mar 1954 KCVO
    "     " 1963 GCMG
Brooks Timothy Gerald Martin 14 Jun 2003 KCVO 20 Mar 1929 2 May 2014 85
Broom Ivor Gordon 14 Jun 1975 KCB (Mil) 2 Jun 1920 24 Jan 2003 82
Broom  James Thomson 1 Jan 1915 Kt Bach 18 Nov 1866 29 Aug 1931 64
Broome Frederick Napier                Governor of Mauritius 1880-1883, Western Australia 1883-1889 and Trinidad 1891-1896 24 May 1884 KCMG 18 Nov 1842 26 Nov 1896 54
Broomfield Nigel Hugh Robert Allen 31 Dec 1992 KCMG 19 Mar 1937 29 Oct 2018 81
Broomfield Robert Stonehouse 18 Feb 1941 Kt Bach 1883 29 Jun 1957 74
Brotherston John Howie Flint 3 Feb 1972 Kt Bach 9 Mar 1915 12 May 1985 70
Brotherton Thomas William Browne 5 Jul 1855 KCB (Mil) 1785 20 Jan 1868 82
    "     " 28 Jun 1861 GCB (Mil)
Brougham Henry Charles, 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux 14 Oct 1905 KCVO 2 Sep 1836 24 May 1927 90
Broughshane, Baron see "Davison"
Broughton, Baron see "Hobhouse"
Broughton Alfred Davies Devonsher       MP for Batley and Morley 1949-1979 8 Jul 1969 Kt Bach 18 Oct 1902 2 Apr 1979 76
Broughton Charles 12 Jun 1965 KBE (Mil) 27 Apr 1911 17 May 1998 87
Broughton Martin Faulkner 8 Apr 2011 Kt Bach 15 Apr 1947
Broun Lindsay (George) Humphrey Maurice 28 Jan 1947 Kt Bach 23 Oct 1888 23 Jun 1964 75
Browett Leonard 9 Jun 1938 KCB (Civ) 27 Dec 1884 7 May 1959 74
Brown Alfred William 18 Feb 1941 Kt Bach 12 Oct 1883 5 Jan 1955 71
Brown Allen Stanley 22 Mar 1956 Kt Bach 3 Jul 1911 2 Aug 1999 88
Brown (Arthur James) Stephen 10 Jun 1967 KBE (Civ) 15 Feb 1906 26 Feb 1998 92
Brown Arthur Whitten 27 Jun 1919 KBE (Civ) 23 Jul 1886 4 Oct 1948 62
Brown (Austen) Patrick 31 Dec 1994 KCB (Civ) 14 Apr 1940
Brown Brian Thomas 17 Jun 1989 KCB (Mil) 31 Aug 1934
Brown Charles Gage 22 Jun 1897 KCMG 8 Aug 1826 13 Aug 1908 82
Brown (Charles) James Officer 11 Apr 1969 Kt Bach 24 Sep 1897 22 Aug 1984 86
Brown (Cyril) Maxwell Palmer [Max] 14 Jun 1969 KCB (Civ) 30 Jun 1914 13 Aug 2009 95
Brown David 13 Feb 1968 Kt Bach 10 May 1904 3 Sep 1993 89
Brown David Martin 22 May 2001 Kt Bach 14 May 1950
Brown David Worthington 31 Dec 1983 KCB (Mil) 28 Nov 1927 13 Jul 2005 77
Brown Douglas Denison 10 Feb 1983 Kt Bach 8 Jul 1917 20 May 2007 89
Brown Douglas Dunlop 7 Mar 1989 Kt Bach 22 Dec 1931 21 Dec 2015 83
Brown Edith Mary 1 Jan 1932 DBE (Civ) 24 Mar 1864 6 Dec 1956 92
Brown Edward 13 Jun 1930 Kt Bach 8 Sep 1851 7 Aug 1939 87
Brown Edward Joseph 5 Jul 1961 Kt Bach 15 Apr 1913 27 Aug 1991 78
Brown (Ernest) Henry Phelps 10 Feb 1976 Kt Bach 10 Feb 1906 15 Dec 1994 88
Brown Ewan 14 Jun 2014 Kt Bach 23 Mar 1942
Brown Frank 6 Feb 1913 Kt Bach 3 Oct 1857 5 Apr 1931 73
Brown Frank Herbert 11 Jun 1937 Kt Bach 13 Mar 1868 14 Feb 1959 90
Brown (Frederick Herbert) Stanley 11 Jul 1967 Kt Bach 9 Dec 1910 17 Mar 1997 86
Brown George                                 PC [I] 1860 6 Apr 1852 KCB (Mil) 3 Jul 1790 27 Aug 1865 75
    "     " 5 Jul 1855 GCB (Mil)
Brown George                              KCMG gazetted on this date, but he refused the honour. For information on his death, see the note at the foot of this page 24 May 1879 KCMG 29 Nov 1818 9 May 1880 61
Brown (George) Lindor 12 Feb 1957 Kt Bach 9 Feb 1903 22 Feb 1971 68
Brown (George) Malcolm 24 Jul 1985 Kt Bach 5 Oct 1925 27 Mar 1997 71
Brown George McLaren 1 Jan 1919 KBE (Mil) 29 Jan 1865 28 Jun 1939 74
Brown George Noel 1991 Kt Bach 13 Jun 1942 26 Jul 2007 65
Brown George Thomas 25 Jan 1898 Kt Bach Dec 1827 20 Jun 1906 78
Brown Gillian Gerda 8 May 1981 DCVO 10 Aug 1923 21 Apr 1999 75
Brown Harold Arthur 4 Jun 1934 KCB (Mil) 19 Mar 1878 15 Feb 1968 89
    "     " 8 Jun 1939 GBE (Mil)
Brown Harry Percy 31 Oct 1938 Kt Bach 28 Dec 1878 5 Jun 1967 88
Brown Henry Isaac Close 17 Feb 1938 Kt Bach 1874 18 Mar 1962 87
Brown Herbert 1 Jan 1920 KBE (Civ) 4 Mar 1869 16 May 1946 77
Brown James Birch 1 Jan 1947 KCIE 18 Nov 1888 28 Nov 1968 80
Brown James Raitt 20 Jul 1948 Kt Bach 9 May 1892 29 Dec 1979 87
Brown John 31 Aug 1867 Kt Bach 6 Dec 1816 27 Dec 1896 80
Brown John 25 Jun 1920 Kt Bach 28 Apr 1928
Brown John 1 Jan 1934 KCB (Civ) 10 Feb 1880 4 Apr 1958 78
Brown John 9 Mar 2000 Kt Bach 6 May 1901 27 Dec 2000 99
Brown (John Alfred) Arnesby 7 Jul 1938 Kt Bach 1866 16 Nov 1955 89
Brown  John Campbell 29 May 1875 KCB (Mil) 13 May 1813 27 Jul 1890 77
Brown John Douglas Keith 12 Jul 1960 Kt Bach 8 Sep 1913 13 Oct 2000 87
Brown John Gilbert Newton 5 Feb 1974 Kt Bach 7 Jul 1916 3 Mar 2003 86
Brown John McLeavy 24 Jul 1906 Kt Bach 1842 6 Apr 1926 83
Brown John Rankine 13 Jun 1946 KBE (Civ) 1861 14 Oct 1946 85
Brown Joseph 29 Jun 1914 Kt Bach 19 Aug 1919
Brown Kenneth Alfred Leader 16 Jul 1963 Kt Bach 26 Jan 1906 5 Jul 1978 72
Brown Leslie Oswald 1 Jan 1948 KCB (Mil) 11 Jun 1893 28 Jun 1978 85
Brown Mervyn 31 Dec 1980 KCMG 24 Sep 1923
Brown Percival 2 Jul 1953 Kt Bach 3 Apr 1901 4 Oct 1962 61
Brown Peter Boswell 13 Feb 1945 Kt Bach 1866 12 Oct 1948 82
Brown Peter Randolph 4 Nov 1997 Kt Bach 30 Aug 1945
Brown Ralph Kilner 19 Feb 1970 Kt Bach 28 Aug 1909 12 Jun 2003 93
Brown Raymond Frederick 8 Jul 1969 Kt Bach 19 Jul 1920 3 Sep 1991 71
Brown Robert Charles 18 Aug 1919 Kt Bach 2 Oct 1836 23 Nov 1925 89
Brown  Robert Hanbury 6 Dec 1902 KCMG 13 Jan 1849 4 May 1926 77
Brown Samuel 21 Feb 1838 Kt Bach 1776 13 Mar 1852 75
Brown Samuel Harold 12 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 28 Dec 1903 17 Dec 1965 61
Brown Simon Denis, later [2004] Baron Brown of Eaton under Heywood [L]. Lord Justice of Appeal 1992-2004. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2004-2009. Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2012. PC 1992 14 Dec 1984 Kt Bach 9 Apr 1937
Brown Stephen                             Lord Justice of Appeal 1983-1988. PC 1983 14 Nov 1975 Kt Bach 3 Oct 1924
    "     " 12 Jun 1999 GBE (Civ)
Brown Stephen David Reid 19 Apr 1999 KCVO 26 Dec 1945
Brown Stuart Kelson 8 Jun 1939 KCIE 1885 27 Jan 1952 66
Brown  Thomas 26 Aug 1903 Kt Bach 7 Sep 1903
Brown Thomas 5 Feb 1974 Kt Bach 11 Oct 1915 8 Nov 2003 88
Brown (Thomas) Algernon 10 Jul 1956 Kt Bach 22 May 1900 5 Oct 1960 60
Brown Vernon Sydney 8 Jul 1952 Kt Bach 10 Jan 1889 26 Aug 1986 97
Brown  William 18 May 1870 Kt Bach 1812 19 May 1884 71
Brown William 9 Oct 1996 Kt Bach 24 Jun 1929 29 Dec 1996 67
Brown William Barrowclough 11 May 1937 KCMG 1893 12 Feb 1947 53
    "     " 9 Jun 1938 KCB (Civ)
Brown William James 9 Nov 1907 KCB (Civ) 1832 8 Feb 1918 85
Brown William Nicholson 12 Feb 1925 Kt Bach 1865 6 Nov 1939 74
Brown  William Roger 11 Aug 1893 Kt Bach 1831 14 May 1902 71
Brown William Scott 14 Aug 1947 KCIE 30 Sep 1890 17 May 1968 77
Brown William Slater 1911 Kt Bach 14 Jan 1845 19 Apr 1917 72
Browne Albert 15 Oct 1920 KBE (Civ) 1860 20 Dec 1923 63
Browne Arthur George Frederic 25 Jun 1909 KCB (Mil) 21 Jun 1851 22 Jun 1935 84
Browne Lord Arthur Howe, later [1941] 8th Marquess of Sligo 3 Jun 1919 KBE (Mil) 8 May 1867 28 May 1951 84
Browne Benjamin Chapman 5 Aug 1887 Kt Bach 26 Aug 1839 1 Mar 1917 77
Browne Charles Ernest Christopher 23 Jul 1946 Kt Bach 28 Nov 1871 8 Feb 1953 81
Browne Denis John Wolko 31 Dec 1960 KCVO 28 Apr 1892 9 Jan 1967 74
Browne Edmond   6 Feb 1918 Kt Bach 1857 9 Mar 1923 65
Browne (Edmund) John Phillip, later [2001] Baron Browne of Madingley [L] 22 Jul 1998 Kt Bach 20 Feb 1948
Browne (Edward) Humphrey 14 Feb 1964 Kt Bach 7 Apr 1911 20 Feb 1987 75
Browne (George) Buckston 25 Feb 1932 Kt Bach 13 Apr 1850 19 Jan 1945 94
Browne George Washington 13 Jul 1926 Kt Bach 21 Sep 1853 15 Jun 1939 85
Browne James 2 Jan 1888 KCSI 16 Sep 1839 13 Jun 1896 56
Browne James Frankfort Manners 26 May 1894 KCB (Mil) 24 Apr 1823 6 Dec 1910 87
Browne John Walton 22 Jun 1921 Kt Bach 5 Oct 1845 19 Dec 1923 78
Browne Moyra Blanche Madeleine  [2nd wife of Sir Denis John Wolko Browne] 11 Jun 1977 DBE (Civ) 2 Mar 1918 4 Dec 2016 98
Browne Nicholas Walker 15 Jun 2002 KBE (Civ) 17 Dec 1947 14 Jan 2014 66
Browne Patrick Reginald Evelyn        PC 1974 26 Feb 1965 Kt Bach 28 May 1907 1 Oct 1996 89
Browne Philip Henry 22 Jun 1932 Kt Bach 7 Mar 1877 27 May 1950 73
Browne Samuel James VC                For information on the awarding of this VC, see the note at the foot of this page 7 Mar 1876 KCSI 3 Oct 1824 14 Mar 1901 76
    "     " 25 Jul 1879 KCB (Mil)
    "     " 30 May 1891 GCB (Mil)
Browne Sidney Jane 1 Jan 1919 GBE (Mil) 5 Jan 1850 13 Aug 1941 91
Browne Thomas Gore                     Governor of St.Helena 1851-1855, New Zealand 1855-1861 and Tasmania 1862-1868 13 Feb 1869 KCMG 3 Jul 1807 17 Apr 1887 79
Browne-Evans Lois Marie 12 Jun 1999 DBE (Civ) 1 Jun 1927 29 May 2007 79
Browne-Wilkinson Nicolas Christopher Henry, later [1991] Baron Browne-Wilkinson [L]. Lord Justice of Appeal 1983-1985. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1991-2000. PC 1983 31 May 1977 Kt Bach 30 Mar 1930 25 Jul 2018 88
Browning Frederick Arthur Montague 1 Jan 1946 KBE (Mil) 20 Dec 1896 14 Mar 1965 68
    "     " 1 Jun 1953 KCVO
    "     " 14 May 1959 GCVO
Browning Jeffrey 25 Jun 1921 Kt Bach 31 Aug 1862 24 Feb 1933 70
Browning Montague Edward 4 Jun 1917 KCB (Mil) 18 Jan 1863 4 Nov 1947 84
    "     " 1 Jan 1919 GCMG
    "     " 3 Jun 1924 GCB (Mil)
    "     " 2 Jan 1933 GCVO
Brownjohn Nevil Charles Dowell 1 Jan 1951 KCB (Mil) 25 Jul 1897 21 Apr 1973 75
    "     " 13 Jun 1957 GBE (Mil)
Brownless Anthony Colling 2 Jan 1893 KCMG 19 Jan 1817 3 Dec 1897 80
Brownlie Ian 27 Nov 2009 Kt Bach 19 Sep 1932 3 Jan 2010 77
Brownlow, Earl see "Cust"
Brownlow Charles Henry 10 Sep 1872 KCB (Mil) 12 Dec 1831 5 Apr 1916 84
    "     " 21 Jun 1887 GCB (Mil)
Brownlow William, 3rd Baron Lurgan 11 Aug 1903 KCVO 11 Jan 1858 3 Feb 1937 79
Brownrigg Henry John 12 Nov 1858 Kt Bach 1798 26 Nov 1873 75
Brownrigg (Henry John) Studholme 11 May 1937 KBE (Mil) 1882 24 Jan 1943 60
Brownrigg Wellesley John Studholme 8 Jun 1939 KCB (Mil) 21 Apr 1886 7 Feb 1946 59
Browse Norman Leslie 20 Jul 1994 Kt Bach 1 Dec 1931
Bruce Alexander Carmichael 18 Jul 1903 Kt Bach 1850 26 Oct 1926 76
Bruce Alexander Hugh, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh. Secretary of State for Scotland 1895-1903. PC 1892 10 Jan 1901 KT 13 Jan 1849 6 Jul 1921 72
    "     " 2 Jan 1911 GCMG
    "     " 1 Jan 1917 GCVO
Bruce Arthur Atkinson 1 Jan 1943 KBE (Civ) 26 Mar 1895 3 Jan 1992 96
Bruce Charles                                Governor of the Windward Islands 1893-1897 and Mauritius 1897-1903 24 May 1889 KCMG 13 Oct 1836 13 Dec 1920 84
    "     " 28 Jun 1901 GCMG
Bruce Clarence Napier, 3rd Baron Aberdare 10 Jun 1954 GBE (Civ) 2 Aug 1885 4 Oct 1957 72
Bruce David                               For further information on this knight, see the note at the foot of this page 21 Jul 1908 Kt Bach 29 May 1855 27 Nov 1931 76
    "     " 1 Jan 1918 KCB (Mil)
Bruce  Frederick William Adolphus 12 Dec 1862 KCB (Civ) 14 Apr 1814 19 Sep 1867 53
    "     " 17 Mar 1865 GCB (Civ)
Bruce Gainsford                           MP for Holborn 1888-1892. PC 1904 5 Aug 1892 Kt Bach 1834 24 Feb 1912 77
Bruce George Barclay 10 Jul 1888 Kt Bach 1 Oct 1821 25 Aug 1908 86
Bruce Gerald Trevor 1 Jan 1941 KCB (Civ) 1872 7 Jul 1953 81
Bruce Henry Austin, 1st Baron Aberdare. MP for Merthyr Tydvil 1852-1868 and Renfrewshire 1869-1873. Vice President of the Council of Education 1864-1866. Home Secretary 1868-1873. Lord President of the Council 1873-1874. PC 1864 7 Jan 1885 GCB (Civ) 16 Apr 1815 25 Feb 1895 79
Bruce Henry Harvey 1 Jan 1920 KCB (Mil) 1862 14 Sep 1948 86
Bruce Henry le Geyt 22 Jun 1897 KCB (Mil) 1824 15 Apr 1899 74
Bruce Henry William 28 Jun 1861 KCB (Mil) 2 Feb 1792 14 Dec 1863 71
Bruce James Andrew Thomas  8 Nov 1900 KCMG 15 Jul 1846 25 May 1921 74
Bruce James, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine. MP for Southampton 1841. Governor of Jamaica 1842-1846. Governor General of Canada 1846-1854 and India 1862-1863. Postmaster General 1859. PC 1857 12 Jul 1847 KT 20 Jul 1811 20 Nov 1863 52
    "     " 28 Sep 1858 GCB (Civ)
    "     " 12 Mar 1862 KSI
Bruce John 16 Jul 1963 Kt Bach 6 Mar 1905 30 Dec 1975 70
Bruce Katherine Elizabeth, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine  [wife of the 10th Earl] 9 Jun 1938 DBE (Civ) 16 Mar 1890 20 Jun 1989 99
Bruce Malcolm Gray, later [2015] Baron Bruce of Bennachie [L]. MP for Gordon 1983-2015. PC 2006 21 Nov 2012 Kt Bach 17 Nov 1944
Bruce Morys George Lyndhurst, 4th Baron Aberdare. PC 1974 16 Jun 1984 KBE (Civ) 16 Jun 1919 23 Jan 2005 85
Bruce Robert 11 Jun 1913 Kt Bach 23 Oct 1855 17 May 1931 75
Bruce Robert 6 Feb 1918 Kt Bach 26 Oct 1871 27 Mar 1955 83
Bruce Susan Margaret 31 Dec 2014 DBE (Civ)
Bruce Thomas Cuppage 20 Apr 1880 Kt Bach 1822 23 Aug 1896 74
Bruce Victor Alexander, 9th Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine. First Commissioner of Works 1886. Viceroy of India 1894-1899. Sec of State for Colonies 1905-1908. PC 1886 27 Jan 1894 GCIE 16 May 1849 18 Jan 1917 67
    "     " 27 Jan 1894 GCSI
    "     " 2 Mar 1899 KG
Bruce Victoria Geraldine 13 Jun 2015 DBE (Civ) 4 Jan 1953
Bruce Wallace 9 May 1927 Kt Bach 3 Aug 1878 16 Nov 1944 66
Bruce-Gardner Charles, later [1945] 1st baronet 17 Feb 1938 Kt Bach 6 Nov 1887 1 Oct 1960 72
Bruce-Lockhart Alexander John, later [2006] Baron Bruce-Lockhart [L] 23 May 2003 Kt Bach 4 May 1942 14 Aug 2008 66
Bruce Lockhart Robert Hamilton  1 Jan 1943 KCMG 2 Sep 1887 27 Feb 1970 82
Bruce-Porter Harry Edwin Bruce 1 Jan 1919 KBE (Mil) 5 Feb 1869 15 Oct 1948 79
Bruce-Williams Hugh Bruce 3 Jun 1919 KCB (Mil) 24 Jul 1865 14 Dec 1942 77
Bruche Julius Henry 3 Jun 1935 KCB (Mil) 6 Mar 1873 28 Apr 1961 88
Brudenell James Thomas, 7th Earl of Cardigan. MP for Marlborough 1818-1829, Fowey 1830-1832 and Northamptonshire North 1832-1837 5 Jul 1855 KCB (Mil) 16 Oct 1797 28 Mar 1868 70
Brundrett Frederick 2 Jan 1950 KBE (Civ) 25 Nov 1894 1 Aug 1974 79
    "     " 2 Jan 1956 KCB (Civ)
Brunel Isambard Kingdom 24 Mar 1841 Kt Bach 9 Apr 1806 15 Sep 1859 53
Brunker James Milford Sutherland 4 Jun 1917 KCMG 30 May 1854 10 Mar 1942 87
Brunlees James 8 May 1886 Kt Bach 1816 2 Jun 1892 75
Brunner Hugo Laurence Joseph 14 Jun 2008 KCVO 17 Aug 1935
Brunt David 12 Jul 1949 Kt Bach 17 Jun 1886 5 Feb 1965 78
    "     " 13 Jun 1959 KBE (Civ)
Brunton Gordon Charles 12 Feb 1985 Kt Bach 27 Dec 1921 30 May 2017 95
Brunton Thomas Lauder, later [1908] 1st baronet 9 Feb 1900 Kt Bach 14 Mar 1844 16 Sep 1916 72
Brunton William 1 Apr 1926 Kt Bach 1 Feb 1867 17 Apr 1938 71
Brunyate James Bennett 17 Jul 1918 KCSI 22 Mar 1871 20 Oct 1951 80
Brunyate William Edwin 1 Jan 1916 KCMG 12 Sep 1867 29 Aug 1943 75
Bruton James                                MP for Gloucester 1918-1923 For information on the death of his widow, see the note at the foot of this page 15 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 6 Feb 1848 26 Feb 1933 85
Bruxner Michael Frederick 1 Jan 1962 KBE (Civ) 25 Mar 1882 28 Mar 1970 88
Bryan Andrew Meikle 14 Mar 1950 Kt Bach 1 Mar 1893 27 Jun 1988 95
Bryan Arthur 10 Feb 1976 Kt Bach 4 Mar 1923 11 Feb 2011 87
Bryan Herbert 3 Jun 1925 KBE (Civ) 13 Jun 1865 28 Sep 1950 85
Bryan Paul Elmore Oliver               MP for Howden 1955-1983 and Boothferry 1983-1997 12 Jul 1972 Kt Bach 3 Aug 1913 11 Oct 2004 91
Bryan Simon James 2 Nov 2017 Kt Bach 23 Nov 1965
Bryans Anne Margaret 13 Jun 1957 DBE (Civ) 29 Oct 1909 21 Apr 2004 94
Bryant Arthur Wynne Morgan                                CH 1967  6 Jul 1954 Kt Bach 18 Feb 1899 22 Jan 1985 85
Bryant Francis Morgan 25 Jun 1920 Kt Bach 13 Mar 1859 30 Aug 1938 79
Bryant Simon 31 Dec 2010 KCB (Mil) 20 Jun 1956
Bryce James, 1st Viscount Bryce    MP for Tower Hamlets 1880-1885 and Aberdeen South 1885-1907. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1892-1894. President of the Board of Trade 1894-1895. PC 1892. PC [I] 1895. OM 1907 22 Dec 1917 GCVO 10 May 1838 22 Jan 1922 83
Bryce Quentin Alice Louise              Governor-General of Australia  2008-2014 25 Mar 2014 AD 23 Dec 1942
Bryce (William) Gordon 9 Nov 1971 Kt Bach 2 Feb 1913 5 Jan 2004 90
Bryceson Arthur Benjamin 25 Jun 1920 Kt Bach 22 Nov 1861 10 Aug 1943 81
Bryden William James 5 Jul 1978 Kt Bach 2 Oct 1909 27 May 1986 76
Bryson Alexander 7 Jun 1865 KCB (Civ) 5 Apr 1802 12 Dec 1869 67
Bryson Lindsay Sutherland 31 Dec 1980 KCB (Mil) 22 Jan 1925 24 Mar 2005 80
Bu Mya 27 Feb 1937 Kt Bach 10 Mar 1885
Bubakr Seiyid 1 Jan 1953 KBE (Civ) c Dec 1965
Bubb Stephen John Limrick 18 Feb 2011 Kt Bach 5 Nov 1952
Buccleuch and Queensberry, Duke of  see "Montagu-Douglas-Scott"
Buchan John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. MP for Scottish Universities 1927-1935. Governor General of Canada 1935-1940. CH 1932. PC 1937 23 May 1935 GCMG 26 Aug 1875 11 Feb 1940 64
    "     " 15 Jun 1939 GCVO
Buchan Thomas Johnston [John] 8 Oct 1971 Kt Bach 3 Jun 1912 25 Oct 1998 86
Buchanan Andrew, later [1898] 1st baronet. PC 1863 25 Feb 1860 KCB (Civ) 7 May 1807 12 Nov 1882 75
    "     " 6 Jul 1866 GCB (Civ)
Buchanan Andrew George, 5th baronet 31 Dec 2010 KCVO 21 Jul 1937
Buchanan Colin Douglas 3 Feb 1972 Kt Bach 22 Aug 1907 6 Dec 2001 94
Buchanan Ebenezer John 31 Oct 1901 Kt Bach 8 Mar 1844 11 Oct 1930 86
Buchanan George 9 May 1892 Kt Bach 1831 5 May 1895 63
Buchanan George Cunningham 1 Jan 1915 Kt Bach 20 Apr 1865 14 Apr 1940 74
    "     " 25 Aug 1917 KCIE
Buchanan George Seaton 10 Feb 1922 Kt Bach 19 Feb 1869 11 Oct 1936 67
Buchanan George William                    PC 1910 8 Mar 1905 KCVO 25 Nov 1854 20 Dec 1924 70
    "     " 3 Jun 1909 GCVO
    "     " 25 Jun 1909 KCMG
    "     " 3 Jun 1913 GCMG
    "     " 3 Jun 1915 GCB (Civ)
Buchanan James, 1st Baron Woolavington 1 Jan 1931 GCVO 16 Aug 1849 9 Aug 1935 85
Buchanan John Cecil Rankin 10 Jun 1961 KCMG 18 Jun 1896 19 Feb 1976 79
Buchanan John Gordon St. Clair 3 Apr 2012 Kt Bach 9 Jun 1943 13 Jul 2015 72
Buchanan John Scoular 4 Jul 1944 Kt Bach 23 Nov 1883 5 Apr 1966 82
Buchanan Kenneth Gray 12 Mar 1946 Kt Bach 1880 7 Jun 1973 92
Buchanan Peter William 14 Jun 1980 KBE (Mil) 14 May 1925 23 Nov 2011 86
Buchanan (Ranald) Dennis 16 Jul 1991 Kt Bach 6 Nov 1932 28 Aug 2001 68
Buchanan Robert Wilson [Robin] 16 Jul 1991 Kt Bach 28 Sep 1930 19 Sep 2013 82
Buchanan Walter Clarke 1 Jan 1913 Kt Bach 1838 19 Jul 1924 86
Buchanan Walter James 3 Jun 1918 KCIE 12 Nov 1861 23 Mar 1924 62
Buchanan-Smith Alick Drummond, later [1963] Baron Balerno [L] 10 Jul 1956 Kt Bach 9 Oct 1898 28 Jul 1984 85
Buchanan-Smith Walter 20 Feb 1935 Kt Bach 25 May 1879 27 Nov 1944 65
Buchan-Hepburn Patrick George Thomas, later [1957] 1st Baron Hailes. MP for East Toxteth 1931-1950 and Beckenham 1950-1957. Minister of Works 1955-1957. Governor General of the West Indies 1957-1962. PC 1951. CH 1962 25 Sep 1957 GBE (Civ) 2 Apr 1901 5 Nov 1974 73
Bucher Francis Robert Roy 10 Jun 1948 KBE (Mil) 31 Aug 1895 5 Jan 1980 84
Buck Edward Charles 2 Aug 1886 Kt Bach 1838 6 Jul 1916 78
    "     " 1 Jan 1897 KCSI
Buck Edward John 27 Feb 1930 Kt Bach 1862 27 Apr 1948 85
Buck Percy Carter 19 Feb 1936 Kt Bach 1871 3 Oct 1947 76
Buck Peter Henry 13 Jun 1946 KCMG 15 Aug 1880 1 Dec 1951 71
Buck (Philip) Antony Fyson            MP for Colchester 1961-1983 and Colchester North 1983-1992 20 Jul 1983 Kt Bach 19 Dec 1928 6 Oct 2003 74
Buckell Robert 15 Jul 1907 Kt Bach 22 Sep 1841 1 Jun 1925 83
Buckham George Thomas 21 Feb 1917 Kt Bach 1863 9 May 1928 64
Buckingham Henry Cecil                        MP for Guildford 1922-1931 6 Jul 1911 Kt Bach 2 May 1867 1 Aug 1931 64
Buckingham James 9 Jan 1906 Kt Bach 23 Mar 1843 27 Feb 1912 68
Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of see "Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville"
Buckland Henry James  24 Feb 1931 Kt Bach 13 Aug 1870 16 Dec 1957 87
Buckland Philip Lindsay 11 Oct 1926 Kt Bach 12 Sep 1874 10 May 1952 77
Buckland Reginald Ulick Henry 3 Jun 1919 KCMG 20 Jan 1864 Nov 1933 69
Buckland Ross 25 Nov 1997 Kt Bach 19 Dec 1942
Buckland Thomas 10 Jul 1935 Kt Bach 1 Aug 1848 12 Jun 1947 98
Buckland Yvonne Helen Elaine [Yve] 14 Jun 2003 DBE (Civ) 29 Nov 1956
Buckle Claude Henry Mason 29 May 1875 KCB (Mil) 1803 10 Mar 1894 90
Buckleton Henry 31 Jul 1929 Kt Bach 4 Jan 1864 7 Dec 1934 70
Buckley Denys Burton                      Lord Justice of Appeal 1970-1981. PC 1970 21 Jan 1960 Kt Bach 6 Feb 1906 13 Sep 1998 92
Buckley George William 11 Jun 2011 Kt Bach 23 Feb 1947
Buckley Henry Burton, later [1915] 1st Baron Wrenbury. Lord Justice of Appeal 1906-1915. PC 1906 3 Mar 1900 Kt Bach 15 Sep 1845 27 Oct 1935 90
Buckley Hugh Clive 24 Mar 1948 Kt Bach 31 Oct 1880 28 Dec 1962 82
Buckley John William 20 Jul 1977 Kt Bach 9 Jan 1913 19 Nov 2000 87
Buckley Kenneth Robertson 10 Jun 1961 KBE (Mil) 24 May 1904 28 Aug 1992 88
Buckley Michael Sydney 13 Feb 2002 Kt Bach 20 Jun 1939
Buckley Patrick Alphonsus 25 May 1892 KCMG 1841 18 May 1896 54
Buckley (Peter) Richard 12 Jun 1982 KCVO 31 Jan 1928
Buckley Roger John 1 Nov 1989 Kt Bach 26 Apr 1939
Buckley Ruth Burton 1 Jan 1959 DBE (Civ) 12 Jul 1898 11 Jul 1986 87
Buckmaster Stanley Owen, later [1933] 1st Viscount Buckmaster. MP for Cambridge 1906-1910 and Keighley 1911-1915. Solicitor General 1913-1915. Lord Chancellor 1915-1916. PC 1915 15 Nov 1913 Kt Bach 9 Jan 1861 5 Dec 1934 73
    "     " 3 Jun 1930 GCVO
Bucknall James Jeffrey Corfield 29 Dec 2012 KCB (Mil) 29 Nov 1958
Bucknill Alfred Townsend                 PC 1945 23 Feb 1935 Kt Bach 1880 22 Dec 1963 83
Bucknill John Alexander Strachey 1 Jan 1916 Kt Bach 14 Sep 1873 5 Oct 1926 53
Bucknill John Charles 2 Jul 1894 Kt Bach 25 Dec 1817 19 Jul 1897 79
Bucknill Thomas Townsend              PC 1914 14 Jan 1899 Kt Bach 18 Apr 1845 4 Oct 1915 70
Budd Alan Peter 18 Feb 1997 Kt Bach 16 Nov 1937
    "     " 29 Dec 2012 GBE (Civ)
Budd Cecil Lindsay 1 Jan 1919 KBE (Civ) 29 Sep 1865 27 Dec 1945 80
Budd Colin Richard 15 Jun 2002 KCMG 31 Aug 1945
Budd Harry Vincent 1 May 1970 Kt Bach 18 Feb 1900 8 Mar 1979 79
Budge Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis 4 Mar 1920 Kt Bach 27 Jul 1857 23 Nov 1934 77
Budge Henry Sinclair Campbell 20 Feb 1935 Kt Bach 12 Oct 1874 5 Jun 1946 71
 
Buffini Damon Marcus 27 Jan 2017 Kt Bach May 1962
Buganda, Kabaka of Edward Frederick William Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II 1 Jan 1962 KBE (Civ) 19 Nov 1924 21 Nov 1969 45
       
       
Sir Ahmadu Bello  [KBE 1959]
Bello's obituary, which was published in "The Times" on 17 January 1966, reads:-
"Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto, whose death is reported from Nigeria, was one of the most powerful figures -
possibly the most powerful - in Nigeria.
"His political career was entirely in Northern Nigeria, of which he had been Premier since 1954, the first holder of the post.
He played no formal part in federal politics. As president of the Northern People's Congress, however, he was the leader of
the largest party in the Federation, which was the senior component of the Federal Government. Significantly, the Federal
Prime Minister, Sir Abubakur Tafawa Balewa, has never been more than the Sardauna's deputy within the party, though the
common assertion that this had made him simply the Sardauna's lieutenant in Lagos grew steadily less true as Sir 
Abubakur's stature increased.
"Of the Sardauna's importance as ruler of the largest region of the federation there can be no doubt. The very fact that he 
and his ally, Chief Akintola, Premier of the West, have now been removed from the scene by assassination confirms this.
"Sir Ahmadu's power derived from the fact that he combined in his person aristocracy and high religious standing, a 
formidable combination in Northern Nigeria. He was born in 1909 [other sources say 1910] in Rabah in the Sokoto province.
His father was district head of Rabah and Ahmadu himself later held that office from 1934 to 1938.
"He was educated at the provincial school in Sokoto and then at the Katsina teacher training college, the nursery of so 
many of the leaders of the north. He then taught English and mathematics for three years in Sokoto before becoming
district head. A rival for the Sultanate of Sokoto, he was appointed Sardauna, and for a time - many years ago now - there
was friction between him and the Sultan.
"Ahmadu Bello's first cautious steps towards politics proper came with his support in 1945 for the Youth Social Circle. Four
years later he sat in the Northern House of Assembly as representative of Sokoto, and in the constitutional discussions 
in 1949 and 1950 he quickly emerged as the spokesman for northern views - in effect the political embodiment of the emirs
and sultans. When the Northern People's Congress, started as a cultural organization, became a party in 1951 its leading
members included Ahmadu Bello and Sir Abubakar, later Federal Prime Minister. In 1954 the Sardauna became the party's
general president.
"His position had been vastly strengthened in 1963, when, in his capacity as head of the Northern Nigerian Government, he
forced the resignation of the then Emir of Kano - his own kinsman - whose administration had been severely criticized by 
a one-man commission of inquiry.
"Ahmadu Bello was possibly the last representative of a type of rule now obsolete in Africa. That he has met his end in the
tragedy of assassination rather than by the processes of political evolution - and this in a country whose responsible 
leaders have been among the most outspoken critics of change by violence - is sadly ironic."
As to the manner of his death, "The Guardian" reported on 18 January 1966:-
"Mr Bernard Floud, the Labour MP for Acton, who arrived at London Airport last night from Kaduna, Northern Nigeria,
described the assassination of the Regent Premier, Sir Ahmadu Bello.
"Mr Floud, who went to Kaduna a month ago to attend a board meeting of the Northern Nigerian Broadcasting Service, said
the first he knew of the revolt was at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning. A section of the army led by a major broke into the
home of the Premier on the outskirts of Kaduna and shot down five policemen. They broke farther into the house and shot
the Premier's bodyguard, he said. The Premier was then brought out and shot against the wall. His senior wife, who tried
to intervene, was also shot. Then the house was burned down."
Sir Henry Benbow  [KCB 1902]
All awards of the Victoria Cross are, without doubt, wholly merited. There are bound to be, however, numerous actions 
which deserve the award of a Victoria Cross, but which go unrewarded. One such action was that of Henry Benbow, 
during the expedition to relieve General Gordon in the Sudan in 1885, which earned him the nickname of "The Man who 
who Mended the Boiler."
The following note is copied from the website http://www.benbowfamily.com. I have done everything I can think of to
obtain the permission of the owner of the website to reproduce this note, but in vain. Numerous emails have been ignored.
I therefore reproduce the website's words here, and emphasize that this note was created by a third party.
"BENBOW, HENRY, Chief Engineer, RN, was born in London 5 September 1838, son of James Benbow, of Thornton Heath,     
Surrey, and his wife, Caroline (nee Parrey); educated at a private school; entered the Royal Navy as Assistant Engineer,
1861; became Chief Engineer 1879; served in Nile Expedition for relief of General Gordon, 1884-85, being attached as Chief
Engineer to the Naval Brigade, under the command of Lord Charles Beresford, in connection with river steam-boat flotilla. 
The Naval Brigade did not accompany General [Sir Herbert] Stewart [1843-1885] but crossed the desert later, and was 
not at the Battle of Abu Klea. A desperate effort, in which Colonel Fred Burnaby was killed, was made to save General 
Gordon before the fall of Khartoum. The Expedition reached the Nile at Gubat. Here it was met by four little steamers sent 
down by General Gordon from Khartoum. Sir Charles Wilson [1836-1905], with a score of British soldiers and 266 Sudanese 
troops, started off at once for Khartoum in two of the steamers. On 1 February 1885, Lieutenant [Edward James 
Montagu-] Stuart-Wortley [1857-1934] brought down word that General Gordon was dead, that Khartoum had fallen, and 
that Sir Wilson's two steamers had been wrecked thirty miles up river.
'Lord Charles Beresford started to the rescue on the Salia, which had originally been a 'penny steamboat' on the Thames,     
with Benbow and a crew of bluejackets, a few picked soldier marksmen, two Gardner guns, and two brass four-pounder
Egyptian mountain guns on board. The Salia was old, and could only make two and half knots per hour against the stream.
The following morning they had to pass the fort of Wad-el-Habeshi, where three heavy Krupp guns were mounted, with
5,000 dervishes well entrenched, while a quarter of a mile further on could be seen the wreck of one of Sir Charles Wilson's
steamers, and the island upon which he and his men had taken refuge. By concentrating machine-gun fire on the 
embrasures, they ran the gauntlet, and had passed some two hundred yards up stream, when a shot from the fort pierced
the crazy vessel's boiler, killing or scalding all the engine-room hands, except one leading stoker, Royal Navy. The way on 
the boat enabled it to be headed across and anchored on the opposite shore. Although the dash across the desert had 
been carried out in the lightest possible order, Chief Engineer Benbow had brought with him the necessary plates, bolts,
nuts, tools, etc, for dealing with such an emergency. With his own hands he cut out and bent a new plate, sixteen inches
by fourteen inches, drilled the holes, cut the threads of the screws on bolts and nuts, and after some ten hours' work
standing in water, he was able to report that the job was done. During all this time bullets pattered continually on the hull,
some of them piercing it and striking the wounded who lay below, and any moment a shell might have burst into the 
engine-room.
'At 5 am the fires were lit with the utmost caution and steam got up. The guns of the fort were safely eluded, Sir Charles    
Wilson's party picked up, and the whole expedition brought back to Gubat. The plate is now in the Museum of the Royal
Naval College, Greenwich, having been cut out and sent home some fifteen years later by Lord Kitchener. In his official
report, Lord Charles Beresford stated: "Too much credit cannot be given to this officer." Lord Charles Beresford, in his
Memoirs, writes: "He ought to have received the VC, but owing to the fact that I did not know that the decoration
could be granted for a service of this nature, I did not, to my great regret, recommend him for that honour." On the
return to Korti, Mr Benbow was specially complimented on parade for his skill and bravery by Lord Wolseley, who presented
him with his cigarette-case. Sent to England shortly after to prepare special light-draft steamers. Specially mentioned by
Lord Wolseley in Despatches; received the Medal and clasp, and Khedive's Bronze Star.
'On the discussion of the Naval Estimates in the House of Commons in 1885, Lord (then Sir Thomas) Brassey, Secretary to     
the Admiralty, stated: "I particularly desire to place on record the services rendered by the Naval Engineer, Mr Benbow."
Promoted to be Inspector of Machinery, "for gallantry in action during operations, in Egypt (Gazette, 13 June 1886); Chief
Inspector of Machinery, 1888. He was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette, 30 May 
1891): "Henry Benbow, Chief Inspector of Machinery, Royal Navy." Insignia presented by the Queen, 17 August 1891. Sir
Henry Benbow married, 1892, Elizabeth Jean, only daughter of Henry Bird, of Uxbridge, and their only child was a daughter,
Muriel Caroline. He was created a KCB (Military), 26 June 1902. Sir Henry Benbow KCB, DSO, died 20 October 1916.'
Lord William Leslie de la Poer Beresford VC  [KCIE 1894]
 
 
Lord William was the second son of the 4th Marquess of Waterford. He joined the Army in 1867 as a cornet [equivalent to
a second lieutenant] in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, serving for a time in India until the outbreak of the Zulu War 
in 1879, by which time he had reached the rank of Captain.
 
Beresford won his Victoria Cross on 3 July 1879. His citation in the London Gazette (issue 24760, page 5395) reads:-
 
"For gallant conduct in having at great personal risk, during the retirement of the reconnoitring party across the "White
Umvolosi River" on 3rd of July last [1879], turned to assist Sergeant Fitzmaurice, 1st Battalion, 24th Foot (whose horse
had fallen with him), mounted him behind him on his horse, and brought him away in safety under the close fire of the
Zulus who were in great force, and coming on quickly. Lord William Beresford's position was rendered most dangerous from
the fact that Sergeant Fitzmaurice twice nearly pulled him from his horse."
 
During this incident, Beresford had been assisted by Sergeant Edmund O'Toole of the Frontier Light Horse. Initially, only
Beresford was awarded the VC, but at the investiture ceremony, Beresford, to his great credit, "explained to his Queen 
he could not in honour receive recognition of any services he had been able to perform, unless Sergeant O'Toole's services
were also recognised, as he deserved infinitely greater credit than any that might attach to himself." As a result, O'Toole
was also awarded the VC, his citation (London Gazette, issue 24769, page 5830) reading:-
 
"For his conspicuous courage and bravery on several occasions during the campaign, and especially for his conduct on 
the 3rd of July, 1879, at the close of the reconnaissance before Ulundi, in assisting to rescue Sergeant Fitzmaurice, 1st
Battalion, 24th Mounted Infantry, whose horse fell and rolled on him, as the troops retired before great numbers of the 
enemy. When lifted up behind him by Lord William Beresford, the man, being half stunned by the fall, could not hold on,
and he must have been left had not Sergeant O'Toole, who was keeping back the advancing Zulus, given up his carbine
and assisted to hold Sergeant Fitzmaurice on the horse. At the time the Zulus were rapidly closing on them, and there was
no armed man between them and Sergeant O'Toole."
Sir George Corrie Bird  [KCIE 1898]
When Sir George Corrie Bird died in December 1907, "The Times" of 21 December 1907 contained the following obituary:-
'The death at Boulogne-sur-Mer yesterday of General Sir G. Corrie Bird, K.C.I.E., C.B., removes another name from the list
of general officers who took a prominent part in the fighting on the Indian frontiers towards the close of the last century.
The son of a Madras civilian, the late general was born in 1838, and entered the Madras Army a few months previous to
the outbreak of the Sepoy revolt in 1857. Consequently he saw active service at the very outset of his military career.
During this momentous period he served on the staff of [Robert] Walpole's movable column in Canara, and received the
Mutiny medal. His regiment was the 35th N[ative] I[nfantry], afterwards the 35th Madras Infantry, and until he was
promoted a major he was content with regimental duty. At the outbreak of the Afghan War, however, his chance came,
and he went to the front as brigade major of the Cavalry Brigade with the Guzni Field Force. During this tour of active
service Sir George Bird was present at the actions of Ahmed Khel [19 April 1880] and Patkao Shana [1 July 1880]. He was
mentioned in despatches, received the medal and clasps, a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy, and emerged from the campaign
a marked man. At the close of his regimental career, he was, in 1891, appointed A.A.G., Madras, which appointment he 
held for two years. It included operations in Burma and another medal. From 1893 to November, 1894, he was a colonel
on the Staff, Madras, until he was promoted brigadier-general. The general commanded the Oudh District in 1895-96, and
the Punjab Frontier Force 1897-98. During this latter period he undertook the operations in the Tochi Valley, when his
services were acknowledged by her Majesty's Government. He had received his C.B. in 1889, and he was made a K.C.I.E.
in 1898. He was promoted general in 1900, and transferred to the Unemployed Supernumerary List in 1904.'
An exemplary record, one might think. Unfortunately it was somewhat tarnished in the last year of his life. The Adelaide
"Advertiser," in its issue for 6 August 1907, reported that:-
'General Sir George Corrie Bird, C.B., K.C.I.E, was charged at Lambeth Police Court on Saturday with converting to his
own use Ł114 belonging to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' Association. A detective said that when the warrant was
read to him the general replied, "I thought the solicitors could arrange a settlement." The general was a bankrupt, but
not in connection with the present case.
'In answer to the magistrate Sir George Bird said civil proceedings had been brought for the recovery of the money, and
judgment was obtained against him. A police sergeant stated that there was no objection to bail if it was substantial. "A
summons was issued, but we were unable to serve it," he added, "and a warrant was then granted. Sir George was
caught going to a post-office for letters. He has not disclosed his address." "As civil proceedings were actually taken to
recover the money, and judgment was obtained," said the magistrate, "I shall accept bail - one surety in Ł50 - for his
appearance here this day week."
'General Corrie Bird, who has had a most distinguished military career, lost his arm in the service of his country. He
received a commission in the Indian army two years before the mutiny, and his age now is nearly 70. In the mutiny he
served with much distinction, and received a special medal and commendation. Ten [twenty?] years later, in the Afghan-
istan campaign, he was "mentioned in despatches," and was awarded medals and bars for service in Burma and on the
North-West Frontier. As major-general he commanded the Oudh district, and later the Punjab Frontier Force. Three years
ago, like many other Indian army officers, he was placed on the "unemployed supernumerary" list. At his examination in
February at the London Bankruptcy Court General Sir George Corrie Bird gave his liabilities as Ł15,163, with a deficiency
of Ł12,803. He declared he had been in receipt of retired pay and allowances amounting to Ł1,050 net since 1899. Under
examination he declared his difficulties to be due to "unjustifiable extravagance in my youth," and said some of his debts
were 30 years old. The General declared he had lost nearly Ł3,000 because of the Indian rate of exchange in remitting
money home, and that he had lost over Ł2,000 by endorsing bills for an unsuccessful electrical inventor.'
The charge against Sir George was subsequently withdrawn after the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' Association refused 
to press charges on the basis that, had they known of his financial difficulties, they would not have prosecuted him in
the first place.
Sir Basil Phillott Blackett  [KCB 1921 and KCSI 1926]
Blackett was a British civil servant in the Treasury Department in the United Kingdom and India, and subsequently an 
expert in international finance. While on his way to give a lecture in Germany in August 1935, he was killed when the car
in which he was travelling was struck by a train. His death was reported in "The Times" on 16 August 1935:-
"Sir Basil Blackett died at Marburg hospital this afternoon from injuries he received at midday at a level-crossing near the
village of Allendorf, in Upper Hesse. His motor-car was struck by a goods train. He was accompanied by a friend, Fräulein
Eisenträger, who is 60 years of age and a teacher of languages, and was on his way to Heidelberg, where he was to have
given a lecture at the University to-morrow on "Problems of English Economy."
"The main road was blocked on account of repairs, and Sir Basil Blackett, in making a detour, drove his car along a narrow
track through meadows and fields. Evidently he failed to hear the warning whistle and bell of a goods train approaching him
from the rear on a branch railway line, and his car was caught broadside on a level-crossing which has no barriers, but only
warning signs erected at the approaches to it. The car, according to the report of a local doctor who rendered first aid,
was lifted up on to the buffers of the engine and carried in that position for about 200 yards.
Sir Basil Blackett and his companion were immediately removed to the hospital at Marburg. Sir Basil was dying when he 
arrived there owing to severe internal injuries. His pulse was extremely weak, and he was able to utter only a few 
inarticulate words. He died about three hours later. Fräulein Eisenträger is lying in a critical condition.
"In view of Sir Basil Blackett's death the foreign section of Heidelberg University has cancelled a festivity which was to 
have taken place to-morrow night. There will be a mourning ceremony in the University at 9 o'clock."
Sir Peter James Blake  [KBE 1995]
Sir Peter Blake was arguably the greatest yachtsman in history. He twice won the America's Cup for his native New
Zealand, where he was considered to be a national hero. He also held, together with [Sir] Robin Knox-Johnston, the Jules 
Verne Trophy which is awarded for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht, and won the 1989-
1990 Whitbread Round the World Race.
Sir Peter was murdered by river pirates in the Amazon delta in 2001. The following report appeared in the "Guardian" of
6 December 2001:-
 
'Sir Peter Blake, the world's most famous sailor, who went further and faster then anyone before, was yesterday shot and   
killed by a group of armed pirates known as "the water rats" in a night-time robbery on his boat in the Brazilian Amazon.
Blake, aged 53, had returned from dinner with his crew in Macapa, a remote city on the northern bank of the Amazon
delta, when a gang of up to eight men arrived at his boat by rubber dinghy. When the gang, wearing motorcycle helmets,
made their demands, Blake reached for his gun and shot one of them, according to Brazilian police. In retaliation the 
robbers opened fire. Blake died from gunshot wounds. Two other members of the crew were injured.
'It was a tragic end for a man who dominated the world of sailing for more than a decade, twice securing the America's
Cup - the sport's most prestigious trophy - for his native New Zealand. Blake was also the only man to complete five
Whitbread Round the World races, finally winning in 1990 when, uniquely, he finished first in all six legs.
"He was a New Zealand hero and everyone will feel a great sense of sadness at his death," Paul East, New Zealand's high
commissioner in London, said.
'Last night, as tributes continued to pour in from around the world for the man whose other great love was the environ-
ment, the New Zealand ambassador in Brazil arrived in Macapa. Brazilian police said the robbers took a watch and the
boat's motor. No one has been arrested.
'Blake, who was appointed in July as a goodwill ambassador of the United Nation's environment programme, was on a    
research expedition - sponsored by Omega - that was progressing up the River Amazon. He arrived in Rio de Janeiro on
September 12 and headed north up the Brazilian coast. He reached Belem, where the Amazon meets the Atlantic Ocean,
on October 2. The crew was planning to sail upstream and reach Venezuela at the beginning of February. Blake was
travelling with 14 crew, including his daughter Sarah Jane. Nine people were on board the Seamaster yacht when the
attack happened, just after 10pm on Wednesday.
'The riverside near Macapa is well known for its violence, said a man in the city who did not want to be named. "Blake was  
badly advised to anchor there," he said. "The police definitely know who did it, but they will only catch them if there is
enough international pressure."
'Blake arrived in Macapa away from the eyes of the local media. "There is no way the pirates knew who he was. For them
he was just another tourist with a large boat."
'While on his Amazonian journey Blake kept a log on his website. The last entry was written on Wednesday, the day he   
died. "Status: still motoring. Conditions: pleasant," he wrote. "Dusk has turned the surface of the river into a greasy grey,
with the sky quickly darkening after the sun's oranges and golds have gone." "Again, I raise the question: why are we 
here? Our aim is to begin to understand the reasons why we must all start appreciating what we have before it is too late.
We want to restart people caring for the environment as it must be cared for. We want to make a difference."
'Blake, who had started to sail aged five, had achieved what he set out to do in the sport - everything. His domination 
was a hallmark of his application, persistence and overriding passion for the job in hand. The yacht in which he finally won 
the Whitbread, Steinlager 2, was built to the limits of the rule for that race. It incorporated his and designer Bruce Farr's
thinking and gave him a psychological as well as physical advantage over his rivals. In those days (1989/90), the race was
scored on cumulative time and at the end of the first leg, from Southampton to Punta del Este in Uruguay, Blake had such 
a commanding lead that he need only sail the rest of the race conservatively to be sure of overall victory.
'Buoyed by that success, Blake was sought by Sir Michael Fay to instil a spirit of teamwork into his America's Cup 
campaign for New Zealand in 1992. He was devastated by the failure of this campaign, and when Fay stood down Blake
picked up the gauntlet, mortgaging his house to pay the $75,000 deposit for a challenge in 1995. At the time he had no
support, but he had always had strong backers in his home country and financial leaders provided most of the money 
needed. 
'He had, by then, captured the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest sailing circumnavigation with co-skipper Robin Knox-  
Johnston aboard the 92-foot catamaran Enza ["Eat New Zealand Apples"]. His "lucky red socks" - knitted for him by his
wife Pippa - became an icon. 500,000 pairs were sold in New Zealand, with half a million dollars helping the challenge fund.
'Black Magic, with Blake as skipper, lost only two races in the challenger trials and went on to win the cup in straight  
races. He received a knighthood, and managed the successful defence of the Cup in 2000, again winning in five straight
races. He had earlier become head of the Jacques Cousteau Foundation. Blake took the foundation's specially designed  
boat and set off on scientific exploration in Antarctic waters twice before opting for further scientific research up the
Amazon.'
Sir Thomas Blatherwick  [KCB 1949]
Sir Thomas's death was reported in the "Manchester Guardian" on 13 June 1950:-
'Colonel Sir Thomas Blatherwick, chairman of the East Lancashire Territorial Army and Air Force Association, was the victim
of a fatal motor accident last night at Millington, Cheshire. He was driving along the main Chester road, near Bucklow Hill,
on his way home from the England and West Indies cricket match, when his car collided with a lorry travelling in the
opposite direction. Sir Thomas was alone in the car, and was dead on arrival at Altrincham General Hospital.'
The report below of the inquest into his death appeared in the "Manchester Guardian" on 16 June 1950:-
'A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest yesterday on Colonel Sir Thomas Blatherwick, chairman of the
East Lancashire Territorial Army and Air Force Association, who was killed on Monday when his car collided with a lorry.
'Sir Thomas, who was 62, was returning to his home in Leigh Road, Knutsford, from the England and West Indies cricket
match when the accident occurred on the Chester Road near Bucklow Hill. The Coroner, addressing the jury, said he 
attached no blame to the driver of the lorry. Sir Thomas was driving home with the sun blazing down on his car and
apparently dozed off. There was no evidence that he was a careless driver.
The lorry driver, Bernard Francis Webber, of Mona Street, Manchester, said the car overtook some cyclists and then
swerved across the road. "I could only see the top of the driver's head," he said, "it was slumped forward on his chest.
I pulled up because an accident was inevitable."
'An A.A. patrol said that in recent months he had often seen Sir Thomas asleep at the wheel of his car when it was
parked at the side of the road. Mr. Edmund Lewers, of Knutsford, a friend, said Sir Thomas would often fall asleep for a
moment during a conversation.'
Sir Edward Augustus Bond  [nominated KCB 1898]
Bond's name was included in a listing of new knights, effective from 1 January 1898, shown in the London Gazette of 14
January 1898 (issue 26929, page 241). Unfortunately, he died on 2 January. His widow was later granted the style of a
knight's widow by a notice in the Gazette on 6 May 1898 (issue 26964, page 2820):-
"The Queen has been pleased to ordain and declare that Caroline Frances Bond, Widow of Edward Augustus Bond, Esq.,
C.B., late Principal Librarian of the British Museum, shall have, hold and enjoy the same style, title, place and precedence
to which she would have been entitled had her husband survived to be invested with the Insignia of a Knight Commander
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; Her Majesty's pleasure in regard to this promotion in the said Order having been
notified in the London Gazette of Friday, the 14th January, 1898."
Sir Henry Roland Murray Bourne  [KBE 1918]
         
 
The following report is taken from the Dundee "Courier and Advertiser" of 10 June 1931:-
"Sir Henry Roland Murray Bourne, a retired civil servant, was found shot dead in his bath at his flat in Grove End Road, St.
John's Wood, London. The tragedy was not revealed till the inquest at Paddington yesterday. A verdict of suicide while of
unsound mind was recorded.
"A police constable said that Sir Henry was sitting in the bath in is pyjamas. There was a revolver in his right hand. Mrs.
Christobel Hopton, a sister, said that her brother had been depressed following an attack of influenza in April. He was also
worried because he was lonely and had nothing to do. He lived alone in his flat.
"Winifred Dundervale, of Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, said she was engaged to Sir Henry. There were to have been married
in July. She last saw Sir Henry at Eastbourne on Sunday. He then appeared to be fairly well, although she knew that had 
had insomnia for the last few months.
"Coroner - Was there any financial trouble? Miss Dundervale - He had an overdraft at the bank, and I think that worried 
him. Coroner - Was there anything in the nature of a quarrel? - No. Miss Dundervale said that Sir Henry left her at
Eastbourne on Sunday night he did not say when he would see her again.
"Sir Bernard Spilsbury, who made a post-mortem examination, said death was caused by a gunshot wound. A bullet had
entered the mouth, fracturing the skull.
"The Coroner said that Sir Henry had overdrawn at his bank, but it was not of a serious nature. He believed that Sir Henry
was contemplating marriage for the third time, and had seen his fiancée only the day before the tragedy. "I think he was
suffering from post-influenzial depression," said the Coroner, "and in a moment of intense depression he yielded to a sudden
impulse to take his life."
"Sir Henry Bourne was [nearly] 57 years old. He went to Radley School and New College, Oxford, before joining the Royal
Scots in 1896. After serving in the South African War he remained in the country and became a friend of General Smuts. 
He became Under Secretary in the Colonial Secretary's office in the Transvaal in 1905, and five years later was appointed
Under Secretary in the Union Department of the Interior. From 1912 to 1922 was Under Secretary and Secretary in the 
Defence Department of the Union."
Sir William Henry Bragg  [KBE 1920] and Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg  [Kt Bach 1941]
The following biography of Sir William Henry Bragg appeared in the April 1964 issue of the monthly Australian magazine
"Parade." Sir Lawrence Bragg was the first Australian-born winner of a Nobel Prize, and was also, at age 25, the youngest
winner of a Nobel Prize until 2014, when 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
"Lawrence Bragg, five-year-old son of Professor William Bragg of Adelaide University, injured his elbow one day in 1896. A
doctor was called to the house, but he could not decide whether there were any bones broken. The professor took him to
the basement. There the problem would be solved. Professor Bragg had set up a primitive X-ray machine modelled on the
discovery announced a few weeks before by Dr. Roentgen, of Warzburg. The doctor was fascinated by the crude 
apparatus. Its big induction coil buzzed loudly, electric sparks crackled and the vacuum tube emitted a weird green glow.
The result was an X-ray photograph clearly showing the extent and location of the injury to the boy's arm. This was the
first recorded surgical use of the Roentgen Ray, as it was then called, in Australia. Bragg's demonstration silenced many
sceptics who had asserted that the German scientist was either deceiving himself or trying to deceive others.
"The discovery of X-rays had been greeted with a chorus of ill-informed criticism all over the world. Clergymen protested
against what they called the revolting indecency of the invention. In the belief that Peeping Toms armed with Dr. 
Roentgen's machine would prowl the suburbs peering through brick walls, some extremists demanded the ray be outlawed
and the inventor's written works on the subject burnt. One London firm of outfitters advertised ray-proof underwear, and
the State of New Jersey, USA, introduced urgent legislation to prevent opera glasses being fitted with x-rays and used
for long-distance invasions of privacy. 
 
"In Adelaide, however, Professor Bragg was so interested that he immediately built a machine of his own. It was the 
turning point in his life - and his son's. Twenty years later William and Lawrence Bragg stood before the King of Sweden
to receive the Nobel Prize for their researches into the effect of x-rays on crystalline substances.
"A slow starter in the field of scientific research, William Henry Bragg was born in Westmorland in 1862. His father, a 
captain in a shipping line, gave up the sea to go on the land. But farming in the Lakes District proved so unprofitable
that although William Bragg was the star pupil at the village school, his parents could not afford to give him a higher
education. A prosperous uncle stepped into the breach and offered to pay his fees. As it turned out, the gesture cost him
little for the boy soon won a scholarship to King William's College in the Isle of Man. There he concentrated so much on
mathematics that it was rumoured he knew nothing else.
"At that time a knowledge of Latin was regarded as a must for everyone with any pretensions to education. Bragg was no
Latinist. It was still a mystery to him when he sat for a Cambridge University scholarship. But his exceptional brilliance at
mathematics pulled him through. He was timid and perpetually out of funds and could not afford the social diversions which
sugared the pill of learning for many Cambridge undergraduates of the time. On the other hand, he applied himself to his
favourite subject with such intensity that when he graduated in 1885 he was regarded as the foremost mathematician in
the university. 
 
"Just as he was pondering his next move, a friend showed him an advertisement in the London Times. Adelaide University
wanted a professor of mathematics and physics at the then immense salary of Ł800 a year. Bragg believed he had no
chance. He said no university would appoint an inexperienced man of 23 to a professorial chair. Moreover, he had no 
knowledge of physics and, to add to his pessimism, applications closed that day. At this his friend pointed out that as
applications had to be lodged with the SA Agent-General in London, it was not too late to send a telegram.
 
"Having sent the telegram, Bragg dismissed the matter from his mind. Shortly afterwards he was asked to call at the office
of the Agent-General, Sir Arthur Blyth, for an interview. Another candidate, older than Bragg and with more impressive
qualifications, received the same summons. But he got roaring drunk before the interview. This left the field to the 23-year
old graduate, who was interviewed by the Agent-General as well as the noted physicist J.J. (afterwards Sir Joseph)
Thompson and Sir Charles Todd, the SA Government astronomer of overland telegraph fame. For some inexplicable reason,
they ignored Bragg's comparative ignorance of physics and gave him the appointment. In a few weeks he was on his way 
to Adelaide accompanied by all the books on physics he could cram into his luggage.
 
"As it turned out, he need not have worried. The Adelaide University had been founded only 10 years before and was still
in its infancy. There were very few physics students so Bragg had no difficulty in keeping a lecture or two ahead of them.
Soon he found he had become more interested in physics than mathematics. He proved to be the ideal choice. Rapidly
developing into a teacher of exceptional skill, he had the faculty of reducing the most abstruse proposition to relatively
simple terms. No gift could have been more useful. At that time, science was the Cinderella of the South Australian
secondary schools and many students came to the university with only the haziest ideas of the subject. Once Bragg asked
a student if he knew how the latitude and longitude of a place could be determined. The student replied that it could be
done by means of a mariner's compass. When the surprised professor inquired how such an instrument could be used for
the purpose, the student shook his head: "Hanged if I know, sir," he said frankly, "I'll have to leave that to you."
 
"Under constant pressure from Bragg, the standard of teaching in secondary schools rapidly rose. He became a force 
outside the university as well as within. His own personality, which had been cramped by the narrow atmosphere in which
he had spent his boyhood, expanded in the genial climate of Adelaide. Until then he had never been able to find time for
games. Now he not only became a proficient tennis player, but introduced lacrosse into Adelaide and captained a first
grade team for some years. When he married the daughter of Sir Charles Todd it seemed as if he would remain a permanent
fixture in Adelaide. Actually, his real career still lay ahead.
 
"In 1896, 12 years after his arrival in Adelaide, the change began. Stirred to action by Roentgen's startling discovery of 
X-rays, he resolved to investigate their properties. To do this required apparatus unobtainable in Australia. So Bragg
improvised it himself. The greatest difficulty was making vacuum tubes to the specifications laid down by Sir William
Crookes. The professor and his laboratory assistant tried blowing the tubes but they were never satisfactory. Luckily Bragg
managed to obtain two vacuum tubes from England and used them to build the first X-ray apparatus made in Australia.
"He became more and more deeply involved in original research. A pioneer in the field of radio transmission, he erected the
first wireless mast seen in Australia in 1898 and used it to establish communication between the Adelaide Observatory and
Henley Beach [a coastal suburb of Adelaide]. In 1904 he turned his attention to radium Five years later he established an
an international reputation as a physicist by a masterly address on the fundamental characteristics of the atom. 
Recognition came immediately. McGill University in Canada cabled him an invitation to become its first professor of
theoretical physics. Bragg declined the offer. But in 1909 he reluctantly realised he would have to seek a wider sphere 
than Adelaide. He returned to England and joined the University of Leeds.
 
"Many people found it hard to understand how a man who had been practically unknown until middle age should suddenly
leap to the front. But at 47 Bragg, who seemed to have been storing up energy for years, went from triumph to triumph.
His invention of the X-ray spectrometer, used to analyse the structure of crystals and the arrangement of atoms, opened
up new vistas. In 1913 he was joined by his 23-year-old Adelaide-born son. They made perhaps the most distinguished
father-and-son team in the history of scientific research. In 1915 they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. Through
World War I they worked on the detection of submarines and the locating of enemy guns by means of sound waves.
Knighted in 1920, the former Adelaide professor was now one of the best known men in the world of science. It was Bragg
who first demonstrated that one atom could pass through another without a collision, and his investigation into the 
function of crystals was of inestimable economic value in the creation of new alloys.
 
"Despite his work as director of the Royal Institution of Science, the professor never lost his interest in teaching. He was
one of the few savants who could address a gathering of international physicists on one day and hold an audience of
children spellbound the next. For years his lectures to boys and girls at the Royal Institution were important features of
the Christmas holidays. 
"In 1931 he achieved the greatest distinction possible when he was made one of the 24 members of the highly exclusive
Order of Merit. Sir William Bragg was 79 when he died in 1942. By then his son had also been knighted [in 1941]."
 
Sir Harry Samuel Bickerton Brindley  [nominated KBE 1920]
Brindley was nominated KBE, effective from 1 January 1920, in the London Gazette of 26 March 1920 (issue 31840,
page 3757). He died on 28 March 1920, before he could receive the accolade. His widow was later granted the style of a
knight's widow by a notice in the London Gazette on 1 June 1920 (issue 31924, page 6044):-
"The King has been pleased, by Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, bearing date the 19th instant, to ordain and declare
that Violet Mary Brindley, widow of Harry Samuel Bickerton Brindley, Esq., Associate Member of the Institutions of Civil and
Mechanical Engineers, shall have, hold and enjoy the style, title, place and precedence to which she would have been
entitled had her husband survived to be invested with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire."
Sir Harry Vesey Brooke  [KBE 1920]
The following article, which was published on the death of Sir Harry, has been edited from a report in the "Aberdeen Daily
Journal" of 13 June 1921. It describes how Sir Harry received the accolade whilst ill in bed.
'We regret to announce the death of Sir Harry V. Brooke, K.B.E., of Fairley, Aberdeen, which took place at his residence
there early on Saturday morning.
'Sir Harry, who was in his 76th year, had been in somewhat indifferent health for some time. The war, despite his splendid
spirit amid bereavements that made the record of the family tragic yet glorious, left its mark upon him, but he was wonder-
fully vigorous for a man who had passed the allotted span. A somewhat serious accident three years ago necessitated a
long stay in the south of England. It was in March, 1920, while he was staying in London, that the King created him a 
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services in connection with the war. Captain Brooke, as he then
was, had contracted a chill the day before the Court which he was to attend for investiture, but his Majesty, with charact-
eristic solicitude, dispensed with the ceremony in his case, and deputed Brigadier-General Sir Douglas Dawson, of the Lord
Chamberlain's Department, to present the Captain with the insignia and Royal warrant. These Captain Brooke received in
bed. It was a touching incident. The signal honour and the gracious manner in which it was conferred gave the liveliest
satisfaction in and around Aberdeen, where for quite forty years Sir Harry had been an outstanding personality. On return-
ing north he was able to move about with some measure of his accustomed freedom, and even when increasing frailty
manifested itself his natural vivacity of spirits never deserted him.'
Sir George Brown  [gazetted KCMG 1879, but refused the honour]
The name "George Brown, Esq., Member of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada" appears in a list of appointments of
Knights Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George published in a Supplement to the 
London Gazette [issue 24726, page 3597], such appointments dating from 24 May 1879. There appears to be no doubt,
however, that Brown refused to accept the knighthood. In his entry in "The Canadian Dictionary of Biography," it is stated
that Brown "was a man....who refused the lieutenant governorship of Ontario in 1875 and a knighthood in 1879." Similarly,
his entry in the Dictionary of National Biography states that "on 24 May 1879, he was gazetted K.C.M.G., but refused the
honour."
Brown was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire in Scotland. His family migrated to New York in 1837 and six years later to 
Toronto in Canada where he founded the "Globe" newspaper in 1844. In time the "Globe" became Canada's most powerful
and influential newspaper. He was also active in politics, being one of the "Fathers of Confederation." 
George Bennett was employed by the "Globe" between 1875 and 1880, by which time he was the night engineer in the 
boiler room. Bennett had a history of drunkenness and domestic abuse, and had on several occasions been reprimanded
by his immediate superior, James Banks, the chief engineer of the "Globe." On the night of 4 February 1880, Bennett was
found to be drunk on duty, an offence for which he was dismissed the next day. Over the next seven weeks he made 
several attempts at reinstatement, but in vain.
On 25 March 1880, Bennett again went to the office of the "Globe." After roaming around the office in a drunken state, a
little after 4 o'clock in the afternoon he went to George Brown's office, to ask him to sign a statement that he (Bennett)
had been employed by the "Globe" during the previous five years. Brown refused to sign such a statement, and referred
Bennett to either Banks or the "Globe's" treasurer, either of whom would have better information as to the details of his
employment history. An argument ensued, and suddenly Bennett produced a gun. Brown grappled with Bennett, trying to
seize the weapon, but in the scuffle the gun was fired and a bullet struck Brown in his thigh.
The wound appeared to be only a flesh wound, and Brown was expected to recover from his injury, but, as the weeks 
passed, Brown's condition worsened. By late April, gangrene had set in and was spreading. His medical advisers were
unable to halt the progress of the gangrene, and Brown slipped into a coma before dying on 9 May 1880.
 
At the subsequent inquest, Bennett was found to have been responsible for Brown's death, and was, as a result, charged
with murder. He was tried on 23 June 1880, found guilty and sentenced to death. Bennett was hanged in Toronto Gaol 
on 23 July 1880.
Sir Samuel James Browne VC  [KCSI 1876, KCB 1879 and GCB 1891]
Browne, a cavalry officer in the British Indian Army, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his action during the Indian
Mutiny, His citation in the London Gazette (issue 22485, page 1007) reads:-
"For having at Seerporah, in an engagement with the Rebel Forces under Khan Allie Khan, on the 31st of August, 1858, 
whilst advancing upon the Enemy's position, at day break, pushed on with one orderly Sowar [mounted escort or guard]
upon a nine-pounder gun that was commanding one of the approaches to the enemy's position, and attacked the gunners,
thereby preventing them from re-loading, and firing upon the Infantry, who were advancing to the attack. In doing this, a
personal conflict ensued, in which Captain, now Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel James Browne, Commandant of the 2nd Punjab
Cavalry, received a severe sword-cut wound on the left knee, and shortly afterwards another sword-cut wound, which
severed the left arm at the shoulder, not, however, before Lieutenant-Colonel Browne had succeeded in cutting down one
of his assailants. The gun was prevented from being re-loaded, and was eventually captured by the Infantry, and the 
gunner slain."
Browne gave his name to the widely-used "Sam Browne belt," which he designed and wore after he had lost his left arm.
A Sam Browne belt is a wide belt, most often made of leather, which is supported by a narrow strap passing over the
right shoulder in such a way as to stabilize the scabbard of any sword that is worn. This arrangement is also very useful
in stabilizing other equipment such as pistols and binoculars. During the second Boer War, the belt was widely copied and
soon became standard issue to not only English troops, but the troops (and police forces) of many nations.
Sir David Bruce  [Kt Bach 1908 and KCB 1918]
The following biography of Sir David Bruce appeared in the July 1957 issue of the Australian monthly magazine "Parade":-
"A tall Scot, Melbourne born, followed by a plump, pleasant-faced woman, plodded into a native village on Buvuma Island,
Lake Victoria, Uganda, early in 1903. Instead of the usual bustle they were met with an eerie calm. The village was 
deserted save for half a dozen corpses and a man or two in the last tremors that preceded death. Lieut.-Col. David Bruce
and his wife had reached the climax of their search which had as its goal the conquest of a sleeping death that claimed
200,000 of the 300,000 natives of Uganda and was already threatening the rest of central Africa. David Bruce beat the
sleeping sickness. By doing so he made the heart of a vast, rich continent fit, at last, for man to live in. Lt.-Col., later
General, Sir David Bruce was one of the first and greatest in the science of pathology. His discovery of the cause of 
sickness saved a race from annihilation. 
 
"David Bruce was born in Melbourne on May 29, 1855, a few years after his father, a Scottish engineer, arrived in the
colony to set up a crushing plant on the Bendigo goldfields. The family returned to Scotland in 1860, settling in Stirling.
David was duly launched on a commercial career in a Manchester warehouse. He rebelled, and at 21 quit the job he hated.
Since boyhood in Australia, David Bruce had been fascinated by wild-life, particularly birds. He decided to study zoology at
Edinburgh University, A friend persuaded him to switch to medicine. Five years later, he graduated a doctor.
 
"David Bruce's first job was as assistant to a medico at Reigate. There he married, in 1883, Mary Elizabeth Stone, a 
doctor's daughter. Soon after his marriage, Bruce was commissioned in the Army Medical Service. The following year he
was ordered to Malta, where he arrived with his wife to find the naval and military hospitals crowded with servicemen
stricken by a mysterious ailment known as Malta disease [now known as brucellosis]. Many were dying. Others were bed-
ridden for months, Bruce was an exponent of the comparatively new science of bacteriology. While many of his colleagues
laughed at such new-fangled notions, he worked late into the night studying the organs of Malta disease victims under a
microscope. Only his wife had complete faith in him. She stayed by his side, encouraging him to work on and recording his
his findings. Two years later Bruce announced that Malta fever was caused by a new organism which he found in the 
spleen of victims. 
 
"His work on Malta disease was continued by his aides when he was posted suddenly to South Africa. The authorities there
were much perturbed by a strange disease known as Nagana which was killing off thousands of head of cattle in northern
Zululand and reducing natives to poverty and want. In December, 1896, Bruce and his wife set out by ox waggon for the
hinterland to solve the mystery of the cattle disease. They camped on the veldt, slept in native huts, lived off the land by
their rifles, shooting for food some of the many varieties of antelope. Everywhere they went they checked on the strange
disease that was wiping out the native herds. Within two months, Bruce, through his microscope, knew the cause, an
organic parasite he called trypanosoma. He noticed also that the disease flared to a peak in a belt of low country not fully
explored. Into this he and his wife plunged in defiance of wild beasts, hacking their way through jungle and dragging them-
selves through snake-ridden swamps. As they pressed on they noticed more and more of the stinging fly known as tsetse.
 
"Bruce caught and examined hundreds of tsetse flies under his microscope. He sent natives to drive healthy cattle into the
fly country. Back at his camp he watched them slowly lose condition and die a lingering death. Slowly, painstakingly, Bruce
collated his findings. After two years, he announced that the "plague" was carried to cattle by the tsetse fly, which drew
the parasite from wild animals. It was impractical to attempt to wipe out the flies. On Bruce's advice the natives were 
ordered to drive their herds from the fly belt in a great. exodus and the dreaded Nagana vanished. For this work on the 
tsetse fly, Bruce was promoted to Major. Four years later he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the 
greatest honours science can bestow.
"Bruce and his wife were still in Africa when the Boer War flared. They went with General French's force to clear the Boers
from Elandslaagte and Laing's Neck. Under heavy fire they tended the wounded where they fell. Though French won his
actions, the rest of the British campaign crumpled. British forces fell back fighting sullenly into Ladysmith, soon to be
encircled by the enemy. One of the greatest sieges of the Boer War had begun.
"Bruce and his wife were in charge of the main military hospital, crammed with casualties from disastrous rearguard actions.
Bruce rarely left the operating theatre. Day and night he performed near-miracles of surgery with inadequate outmoded
equipment and rapidly dwindling drugs. Shells exploded round the hospital, some within 50 yards of where Bruce was 
operating. He worked on with steady hand, helped by his wife, who appointed herself sister-in-charge of the operating
theatre. Food ran short. The soldiers killed off their horses. Meat was rigorously rationed. With the starvation diet, disease
swept Ladysmith. Enteric fever and dysentery ran through the 22,000 soldiers and civilians cooped up in the little town.
Men died at the rate of 10 a day. Hospital cases overflowed again when the famished garrison beat off a desperate Boer
attempt to storm the city. In three months 8000 men passed through Bruce's hospital. Garrison and civilians were at their
last gasp when General Sir Redvers Buller, after four reverses, broke through to the relief of Ladysmith on February 8, 1900.
For his heroic work Bruce was promoted Lieutenant­Colonel and awarded a medal and seven clasps.
 
"Bruce was back in England when, in 1902, the Royal Society sent a Commission to Uganda to investigate sleeping sickness,
which had wiped out more than 200,000 natives. The Commission made little progress till the Society appealed to the army.
"Lend us Bruce," they said. In February, 1903, Bruce left England to take charge of the Sleeping Sickness Commission in
Uganda. His wife and constant partner went with him. They had to travel through dense jungle to reach the Commission's
camp near Lake Victoria. The Lake was the centre of the sleeping sickness region, which ravaged into the Congo Free 
State, the French Congo, the Sudan, the Portuguese possessions, and was threatening German East Africa, Rhodesia and
the British Central African Protectorate. The disease struck with devastating force. Healthy natives changed to tired,
physical wrecks who lay down hopelessly to die of sheer exhaustion. A member of the Commission, Lieutenant Tulloch, died
of the disease. Others had been invalided home.
 
"When Bruce and his wife arrived, the remaining member of the original Commission, Dr. Aldo Castellani [1877-1971, Hon 
KCMG 1928], reported he had found in some of the victims a species of trypanosoma. These were the parasites which 
Bruce had discovered killing off cattle in the lower tsetse belt. Bruce set out at once to find the origin and carrier of the
parasite. Through the forests and swamps Bruce forged, seeking a Uganda variety of tsetse fly which he found round lake
shores and islands. In the drive, he came across whole native villages deserted by their occupants. Among the huts he
found the bodies of natives left to die by their families as the whole tribe fled the killing scourge. On Buvuma Island, he
found that nearly 14,000 natives had died from the disease. The population of the southern part of Busoga province had
been almost completely annihilated. In all, about 200,000 of the 300,000 natives of Uganda had fallen victim to the 
scourge. Most had died or were dying a slow, lingering death. The horror of it spurred Bruce to greater effort.
"By September, 1903, only six months after he arrived, he had sufficient facts to be certain that sleeping sickness was
carried by the tsetse fly. He fought a brisk battle to convince the natives of the flying death. Then began another great
exodus, as they left the villages by lake and marsh where the tsetse flourished, for higher ground where it could not live.
In due course sleeping sickness vanished. 
 
"There was no rest for Bruce when he returned to England in 1904. Though he had discovered the cause of Malta fever as
far back as 1887, no one yet had traced the source of the parasite or a cure for the fever. The Royal Society sent Bruce
to Malta to pick up the investigations where he had left off. For two years he checked all possible sources of infection
without result. Then, almost casually, he asked one of his assistants, Dr. Zammit, to examine the blood of the island's
goats. They found the goats were carrying the fever germs. When the British garrison on Malta stopped using the goat's
milk, the fever disappeared.
 
"Bruce's brilliant work for humanity received Royal recognition in 1908, when he was knighted. In 1912, he was promoted
Surgeon-General, with the rank of Major-General. When the Great War flared in 1914, Bruce was appointed commandant
of the Royal Army Medical College, at Millbank. He chaired committees which investigated trench fever and tetanus, which
were taking greater toll than enemy bullets. As a result of these investigations, trench fever and tetanus were greatly
reduced among Allied troops.
"For these and other wartime scientific advances, Bruce was awarded the K.C.B. in 1918. His wife, who had laboured
beside him throughout, received the O.B.E. Bruce retired in 1919, but still continued to help and advise the scientists of 
the world. When Lady Bruce died at their home in Artillery Mansions, Westminster, on November 23, 1931, her husband 
collapsed at the shock of losing her. He died four days later, at the age of 76, as her funeral service was being held in a
church across the square."
Rosa Gertrude, Lady Bruton, widow of Sir James Bruton  [Kt Bach 1916]
Lady Bruton died after her dressing gown caught on fire and caused extensive burns. The inquest into her death was
reported in the Gloucester "Citizen" on 26 February 1937:-
 
'The inquest on Lady Rosa Gertrude Bruton (82), widow of the late Sir James Bruton of Wotton Hill Cottage, Gloucester, 
nine times Mayor of the City [Gloucester], was held at Bournemouth this afternoon. Lady Bruton died yesterday almost
immediately after being burned at the Tollard Royal Hotel as the result of her dressing gown catching fire. A verdict of
"Accidental death" was recorded, and it was made clear that members of the hotel staff were not to blame.
'The discovery of Lady Bruton with her clothes a mass of flames was described by a chambermaid, Miss Gladys Winifred
Thresh, who said at 11.33 a.m. she heard Lady Bruton shout. "She was wearing a light dressing gown of silk and was
shouting for help," said Miss Thresh. "I wrapped bed-clothes around her, and sand and oil were sent for. By the [that?]
time the doctor had arrived and pronounced life extinct."
'The hall porter, Harry Edward Brown, said he found Lady Bruton in flames from her feet to her hips. He wrapped her in
blankets and sheets, but he was unable to make headway in smothering the flames. He obtained a bucket of water, but
did not use it as by that time other assistance had arrived. 
'Lady Bruton was on the landing some distance from her bedroom, and there was a portable electric fire in her room. Her
son, Mr. Henry Michael Bruton, said she had been attended by a doctor for the past three years for blood pressure and 
a slight stroke. He last saw her alive at 10 a.m. yesterday when he switched a portable electric stove on in her bedroom.
'The manageress of the hotel, Miss Phyllis Ethel Woodcock, described how she tore off pieces of smouldering clothes,
administered oil to the burns, and gave Lady Bruton some brandy. She died shortly afterwards. Lady Bruton, she said,
had stayed in the hotel for more than three years, and was in the habit of using her portable electric fire in her bedroom.
She thought Lady Bruton's dressing gown caught alight from her electric fire.
'Dr. Maitland Scott stated that about a year ago she had a slight stroke, and last week experienced an attack of gastric
influenza from which she had just recovered. He saw Lady Bruton just before the accident when she appeared normal.
The cause of death was heart failure due to shock, following extensive burns to the legs and back. There was also a
large bruise on her forehead as if she had fallen.
'The Coroner, who sat without a jury, returned a verdict of accidental death, adding: "The only assumption is that her
clothes caught fire from the electric stove. I think everything was done by those in the hotel that they could do, but
owing to the weak state of her heart and her infirmity the shock was too much for her. There is no blame attached to
anyone in the hotel."