1861 Birthday Honours

The 1861 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen, and were published in The London Gazette on 28 June 1861.

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.

Baron

 * The Right Honourable Sir Richard Bethell Chancellor of Great Britain, by the name, style, and title of Baron Westbury, of Westbury, in the county of Wilts

Military Division

 * Royal Navy
 * Vice-Admiral the Right Honourable Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley


 * Army
 * General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton
 * Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby
 * General Sir James Archibald Hope
 * General Sir Thomas William Brotherton
 * General Sir Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty
 * Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds
 * General Thomas Willshire
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Harry David Jones

Military Division

 * Royal Navy
 * Admiral Edward Harvey
 * Vice-Admiral Henry William Bruce
 * Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin
 * Rear-Admiral Lewis Tobias Jones


 * Army
 * Lieutenant-General William Henry Sewell
 * Lieutenant-General George William Paty
 * Lieutenant-General James Shaw Kennedy
 * Lieutenant-General George Leigh Goldie
 * Lieutenant-General John Michell
 * Major-General William Brereton
 * Colonel the Earl of Longford