Jan. 2. John Prat; Consul for Galicia and Asturias.

Otto Trechman; Consul at Hartlepool.

9. The Right Hon. Alexander M'Donnell, of Murlough, Antrim; Baronet.

Viscount Macduff; Lieutenant of Shire of Elgin.

William Henry Gregory; Governor of Ceylon.

Hon. E. J. Monson; Consul-General at Pesth.

J. R. Quain, Q.C.; Justice of the Queen's Bench.

Lord Suffield; Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales.

19. W. H. Lay; Consul at Tangchow.

S. B. Weikersheim; Consul at Vienna.
H. Scholfield; Consul at Guatemala.

23. Sir William Jenner, Bart.; K.C.B., Civil Division.

William Gull, M.D.; Baronet.

26. J. B. Aspinall; AttorneyGeneral for the County Palatine of Durham.

Feb. 2. R. B. D. Morier; Chargé d'Affaires to the King of Bavaria.

6. Sir J. Weir Hogg, Bart., Odo W. L. Russell; Privy Councillors. T. S. Aldis; Inspector of Schools.

Lord Poltimore; Treasurer of her Majesty's household.

Major-General D. M. Probyn; Equerry to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.

Sir Hercules Robinson; Governor of New South Wales.

Sir Philip Wodehouse; Governor of Bombay.

8. Edward Smallwood; Consul for the Azores.

12. Right Hon. S. J. Gibbons (Lord Mayor); Baronet.

15. J. Coode, J. Cowen, P. Spokes, J. R. Cormack, J. Gilbert, A.R.A., F. W. Truscott, J. Bennett, and T. Chambers, Q.C.; Knights.

Lord Northbrook; Governor-General of India.

Lord Hobart; Governor of Madras. A. Hobhouse, Q.C.; Legislative Member of Council of Governor-General of India.

M. J. Barrington-Ward; Inspector of Schools.

28. Sir C. Straubenzee; Governor

of Malta. A. Musgrave; Lieut.-Governor of Natal.

31. The Nawab Shah Tehan Begum of Bhopal; Knight Grand Commander of Star of India.

J. Strachey and J. C. Wilson; K.C. of Star of India.

O. T. Burne, G. B. Malleson, Mahomed Hyat Khan, and A. T. Etheridge; Companions of Star of India.

June 4. The Earl of Dufferin; Governor-General of Canada.

J. P. Hennessy, H. J. Ussher; Companions of St. Michael and St. George.

7. D .B. Robertson; Knight.

A. Rogers; Member of Bombay Council. 14. Earl of Brownlow; Ecclesiastical Commissioner.

18. G. B. Airy; K.C.B., Civil Division.

Right Hon. Sir B. Peacock; Member of Judicial Committee of Privy Council, under Act of 1871.

E. D. Baynes; President of Antigua. 21. R. Wilkinson; Consul for Ma

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6. R. A. Gilvie; C.B., Civil Division. 10. Sir J. H. Drummond-Hay; Minister Plenipotentiary at Morocco.

G. Bourchier, C. H. Brownlow; K.C.B., Military Division.

W. J. F. Stafford, T. Rattray, J. M. Nuttall, J. Doran, F. S. Roberts, J. Hills, J. A. Tytler, F. F. Allen; C.B., Military Division.

S. I. Tucker; Rouge Croix, Pursuivant of Arms.

13. R. W. Harley; Administrator of Gold Coast Settlement.

H. T. Ussher; Lieutenant-Governor of Tobago.

S. Leech; Commissioner of High Court of Chancery.

17. Rev. G. Rawlinson; Canon of Canterbury.

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20. R. F. Burton; Consul at Trieste. 24. Hon. L. S. Sackville-West; Envoy Extraordinary to Argentine Republic.

Sir J. Hanmer, Bart.; Baron (Hanmer).

27. Hon. W. Stuart; Envoy Extraordinary to the King of the Hellenes. Oct. 1. H. L. Gardiner; Equerry in Ordinary.

Hon. H. W. J. Byng; Groom in Wait

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11. Rev. Stopford A. Brooke ; Chaplain in Ordinary.

Rev. G. H.Connor; Honorary Chaplain. Sir J. D. Wauchope, Bart., Sir W. S. Maxwell, Bart., J. Ramsay, Sir A. Grant, Bart., J. Tulloch, D.D.; Members of Scotch Board of Education.

Oct. 18. Sir R. Palmer; Lord Chancellor and Privy Councillor.

F. W. H. Myers; Inspector of Schools. 29. H. Rumbold; Minister Resident at Chile.

Nov. 1. Sir W. M. Gomm, G.C.B.; Constable of the Tower.

Hon. E. R. Lytton; Secretary of Embassy at Paris.

F. Clare Ford; Secretary of Embassy at Vienna.

S. Locock; Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople.

R. P. Ffrench; Secretary of Embassy at St. Petersburg.

H. P. Fenton; Secretary of Legation at the Hague.

H. G. Macdonell; Secretary of Legation at Madrid.

F. R. St. John; Secretary of Legation at Buenos Ayres.

J. F. Leith and Alfred Wills; Queen's Counsel.

- 5. R. S. Ellis; Member of Madras Council.

- 15. C. B. Smith; Companion of the Star of India.

Gersai von Bleichröder; Consul-General at Berlin.

Sir James Hannen; Judge of Court of Probate.

Rev. J. Bramston; Dean of Winchester.

- 22. T. D. Archibald; Justice of the Common Pleas.

29. P. Erle and Sir J. Hannen; Privy Councillors.

Dec. 3. Josiah Mason; Knight.

H. Ayers; Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George.

F. S. Dutton and C. Todd; Companions of St. Michael and St. George.

R. W. Keate; Governor of West African Settlements.

-10. R. Southey, E. E. Rushworth, W. Porter, A. G. Archibald, and H. Bernard; Companions of St. Michael and St George.

J. Hill; Chief Charity Commissioner. F. O. Martin; Second Charity Commissioner.

A. B. Shand; Lord of Session (Scotland).

24. H Thring, C.B., Civil Division. E. W. Cope; Second Secretary in Diplomatic Service.

Hon. H. Wodehouse; Secretary of Legation at Athens.

J. C. Dundas; Lieut. of Orkney and Zetland.

J. P. Green; Judge of Bombay High Court.

- 27. Hon. and Rev. G. T. O. Bridgeman; Chaplain in Ordinary.

Rev. J. S. B. Monsell; Honorary Chaplain.

First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister), Right Hon. W. Ewart Gladstone.

Lord High Chancellor, Lord Selborne. Lord President of the Council, Marquess of Ripon, K.G.

Lord Privy Seal, Viscount Halifax, G.C.B.

Secretary of State, Home Department,

Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce. Secretary of State, Foreign Department, Earl Granville, K.G.

Secretary of State, Colonial Department, Earl of Kimberley.

Secretary of State, War Department, Right Hon. Edw. Cardwell.

Secretary of State, Indian Department, Duke of Argyll, K.T.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Right Hon. Robert Lowe.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers.

First Lord of the Admiralty, Right Hon. G. Joachim Goschen.

President of the Board of Trade, Right Hon. Chichester S. Fortescue. President of the Local

Government Board, Right Hon. James Stansfeld. Chief Secretary for Ireland, Right Hon. Marquess of Hartington.

Vice-President of Council of Education, Right Hon. W. E. Forster.