The King's Birthday Honours 1933 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire.
The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 3 June 1933.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
British Empire
Baron The Right Honourable George Richard Lane-Fox, , Member of Parliament for the Barkston Ash Division, 1906-1931. Parliamentary Secretary to the Mines Department, 1922 to 1924 and November 1924 to January 1928. Chairman of the Pig Products Commission 1932, and of Fat Stock Reorganisation Commission. For political and public services. Sir Edward Mauger Iliffe, , Member of Parliament for the Tamworth Division, 1923-1929. For political and public services. Sir (Samuel) Ernest Palmer, , a Vice-President and Chairman of the Council, Royal College of Music. For services to music. Major-General the Right Honourable John Edward Bernard Seely, , Chairman of the National Savings Committee. For public services.
Knights of the Garter The Right Honourable Victor Alexander George Robert, Earl of Lytton, .
Knights of the Thistle His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, . Edward James, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, .
Privy Councillor Sir Dennis Henry Herbert, , Member of Parliament for Watford since 1908. Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons since September 1931. Deputy Chairman, June 1928 to June 1929.
Baronet Sir Martin John Melvin, . For political and public services in Birmingham. Sir (Frederick) George Penny, , Member of Parliament for Kingston-on-Thames since November 1922. Comptroller of His Majesty's Household since September 1932, and Vice-Chamberlain November 1931 to September 1932. Lord of the Treasury, January 1928 to June 1929 and August to October 1931.
Knight Bachelor Edward Taswell Campbell, , Member of Parliament for North-West Camberwell, October 1924 to May 1929, and for Bromley since September 1930. For political and public services. William Chapel, Provost of Arbroath. For political and public services in Angus. Joseph Henry Pollock Chitty, Chief Master, Chancery Division, Supreme Court of Judicature. George Christopher Clayton, , Member of Parliament for the Widnes Division, November 1922 to May 1929, and for the Wirral Division since 1931. For political and public services. James Travis-Clegg, , Chairman of the Lancashire County Council. Raymond Henry Payne Crawfurd, , Consulting Physician, King's College Hospital. Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians, London. Robert Doncaster, . For political and public services in Derbyshire. William Stewart Duke-Elder, , Ophthalmic Surgeon, St. George's Hospital, London. Wallace Fairweather, . For political and public services in Renfrewshire. Samuel Gluckstein. For political and public services in the City of Westminster. Henry Stuart-Jones, , Principal, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. For services to scholarship and education. Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone, , Member of Parliament for the Western Isles, 1923-1929. Vice-Chairman of the National Labour Committee since 1932. For political and public services. Major John Lomax, . For political and public services in Montgomeryshire. Major Henry Edward Lyons, , a member of the Liberal National Council and Executive Committee. For political and public services. Senator Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, , Mayor of Londonderry. For public and philanthropic work in Northern Ireland. Joseph Charles McGrath, Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the West Riding County Council. Richard James Meller, , Member of Parliament for the Mitcham Division since December 1923. For political and public services. Ralph Sneyd Pearson, , Director, Forest Products Research Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Harry John Preston. For services to sport and philanthropy. Ernest Wingate Wingate-Saul, , Umpire under the Unemployment Insurance Acts. Angus Newton Scott, , Chairman of the London County Council, 1932-1983. Charles David Seligman, a member of the Advisory Committee, Export Credits Guarantee Department. A director of Seligman Brothers Ltd. John Collings Squire. For services to literature. Leonard Henry West, . For political and public services in Buckinghamshire. Brigadier-General Frederic Herbert Williamson, , Director of Postal Services, General Post Office. Alderman Edward William Willis, , Chairman of the Chatham Conservative Association for the past 31 years. For political and public services in Kent. Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Edward Boketon Holt-Wilson, , General Staff, War Office.
Dominions Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland, , Vice President of the Dominion Council of the Australian College of Surgeons, Dominion of New Zealand. John Musgrave Harvey, Chief Judge in Equity, and Senior Puisne Judge, State of New South Wales. Walter Leitch, , lately Agent-General in London for the State of Victoria. Frederick Wollaston Mann. Judge of the Supreme Court, State of Victoria. Keith Arthur Murdoch. For public services to the Commonwealth of Australia.
India Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy, Minister to the Governor of Bengal for Local Self-Government. Raja Rajendra Narayan Bhanja Deo, , Member and Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Hormusji Maneckji Mehta, Merchant and Millowner, Bombay. Syed Ross Masood, Barrister-at-Law, , Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, United Provinces. James Scott Pitkeathly, , Chief Controller of Stores, Indian Stores Department. Charles Banks Cunningham, , Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Madras. Colonel Robert McCarrison, , Indian Medical Service, Director, Nutritional Research, Indian Research Fund Association, India. Martin Onslow Forster, , lately Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Kedar Nath Das, , Principal, Carmichael Medical College, Calcutta, Bengal. Kenneth Mackenzie MacDonald, Managing Governor of the Imperial Bank of India. Khan Bahadur Diwan Abdul Hamid, , Chief Minister, Kapurthala State, Punjab States. Naoroji Bapuji Saklatvala, , Chairman, Messrs. Tata Sons Ltd., Bombay. Raja Bahadur Bansilal Motilal, Banker, Hyderabad, Deccan. Khan Hashmatullah Khan, Major in the Gwalior State Forces and Member, Council of Regency, Gwalior State.
Colonies, Protectorates, &c Arthur William Garrard Bagshawe, , Director, Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases. Samuel John Forster, , Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Gambia. For public services. Walter Clarence Huggard, , Attorney-General, Straits Settlements. Henry Marks, , formerly Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Fiji. For public services. Thomas Lister Villiers, lately Nominated Member of the State Council, Ceylon. For public services.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Laurence Field, .
Army General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, , Indian Army, Aide-de-Camp General to The King, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, India.
Civil Division Sir Herbert James Creedy, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War. Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Clive Wigram, , Private Secretary to His Majesty The King.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, . Vice-Admiral Hugh Justin Tweedie, . Surgeon Vice-Admiral Reginald St. George Smallridge Bond, .
Army Lieutenant-General George Sidney Clive, , (late Grenadier Guards) Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of the Selection Board. Major-General John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge, , Indian Army, Commander, Peshawar District, India.
Royal Air Force Air Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, .
Civil Division Colonel Sir (Michael) Hugh Shaw-Stewart, , Honorary Colonel, 5/6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), President and Chairman of the Territorial Army Association of the County of Renfrew. George Francis Hill, , Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Henry John Studholme Brownrigg, . Rear-Admiral Arthur Lionel Snagge. Rear-Admiral Francis Murray Austin.
Army Major-General James Andrew Hartigan, , (late Royal Army Medical Corps), Honorary Physician to The King, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Aldershot Command. Major-General Sir Hereward Wake, , (late The King's Royal Rifle Corps), Half-Pay List. Major-General Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, , (late Royal Artillery), Inspector of the Royal Artillery. Major-General Cecil Percival Heywood, , (late Coldstream Guards), Half-Pay List. Major-General Robert John Collins, , (late The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)), Half-Pay List. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent, , (late The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)), Commander, Tianjin Area. Colonel William Hugh Leonard, , retired pay, late Indian Medical Service. Colonel (Honorary Brigadier) Alan Campbell-Ross, , retired pay, late Indian Army. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Hector Campbell, , Indian Army, Military Adviser-in-Chief, Indian State Forces. Colonel Gerald Leslie Pepys, , Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, India Office. Colonel Guy George Egerton Wylly, , Indian Army, Aide-de-Camp to The King, Assistant Adjutant, and Quarter-Master-General, Peshawar District, India.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore William Foster MacNeece Foster, .
Civil Division Rear-Admiral Francis George Gillilan Chilton. Major-General Gerald Robert Stedall Hickson, , Royal Marines. Engineer Rear-Admiral Thompson Gurnell. Thomas Briggs Hunter, . Rupert Palmer Colomb, Principal Clerk, Committee and Private Bill Office, House of Commons. Walter Cecil Eaton, Principal Assistant Secretary, Board of Education. Reginald Herbert Hill, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Harold Richard Scott, Chairman of the Prison Commission. Arthur Landsborough Thomson, , Assistant-Secretary, Medical Research Council.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) Captain His Highness Maharaja Aditya Narayan Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Benares, United Provinces. Khan Bahadur Shaikh Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, Member and Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bombay.
Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) Herbert Aubrey Francis Metcalfe, , of the Political Department, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. Hubert Calvert, , Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Punjab. Cecil Bernard Cotterell, , Indian Civil Service, Member of the Board of Revenue, Madras. Eric Charles Miéville, , Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy. Reginald Maitland Maxwell, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Home Department, Bombay. Arthur Henderson Mackenzie, , Indian Educational Service, Director of Public Instruction, United Provinces.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, , Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica. Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, , High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of Palestine.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) The Honourable Thomas Rainsford Bavin, , formerly Premier of the State of New South Wales. The Honourable Walter Massy-Greene, Assistant Treasurer, Commonwealth of Australia.