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1896 New Year Honours

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The 1896 New Year Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 1 January 1896.[1]

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.

Order of the Star of India

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Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

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Knights Commander (KCSI)

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Companions (CSI)

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Order of the Indian Empire

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Knights Grand Commander (GCIE)

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Knights Commander (KCIE)

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Companions (CIE)

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  • James Grose, Esq, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras.
  • Patrick Playfair, Esq, Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council.
  • Rana Dhalip Singh, Chief of Baghat.
  • Frederick John Johnstone, Esq, Secretary, and Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Government of Bengal.
  • Colonel Richmond Irvine Crawford, Indian Staff Corps.
  • Charles Falkiner MacCartie, Esq, Indian Civil Service.
  • Richard Morris Dane, Esq, Indian Civil Service.
  • Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Haslett Browne, MD, Indian Medical Service.
  • Rash Behary Ghose, MA
  • Waman Abaji Modak, BA
  • Frank Henry Cook, Esq

Order of St Michael and St George

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Knights Commander (KCMG)

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  • The Honourable Philip Oakley Fysh, Treasurer and formerly Premier of the Colony of Tasmania.
  • William Crofton Twynam, Esq, CMG, on retirement, after fifty years service, from the office of Government Agent for the Northern Province of the Island of Ceylon.

Companions (CMG)

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 26695". The London Gazette. 1 January 1896. pp. 1–2.