Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry. Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).
Knights bachelor appointed in 1908
| Date | Name | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January 1908 | Charles George Hillersden Allen | Indian Civil Service; Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta | |
| 17 February 1908 | Samuel Thomas Evans, KC, MP | Solicitor-General | |
| 26 June 1908 | Horatio Hale Shephard | Formerly Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State for India | |
| 26 June 1908 | Arthur Guillum Scott | Formerly Accountant-General to the India Office | |
| 26 June 1908 | John Roche Dasent, CB | Of the Board of Education | |
| 26 June 1908 | Colonel David Bruce, CB, RAMC | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Major Edward Gilbert Clayton, CB | ||
| 26 June 1908 | William Dawkins Cramp, ISO | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Colonel Charles Allen | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Frederic Bolton | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Percy William Bunting | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Robert William Burnet, MD | ||
| 26 June 1908 | David Burnett | Alderman and Sheriff of the city of London | |
| 26 June 1908 | Joseph Joel Duveen | ||
| 26 June 1908 | John Fleming, LLD | Lord Provost of Aberdeen | |
| 26 June 1908 | Edward Henry Fraser, DCL | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Evelyn Freeth | Secretary, Estate Duty Office | |
| 26 June 1908 | Professor Alfred George Greenhill, FRS | Ordnance College, Woolwich | |
| 26 June 1908 | Robert Abbott Hadfield | ||
| 26 June 1908 | William Pickles Hartley | ||
| 26 June 1908 | John Hay, LLD | ||
| 26 June 1908 | George McCrae, MP | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Hugh Mack | ||
| 26 June 1908 | James Augustus Henry Murray, LLD, DCL | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Peter Reilly O'Connell, MD | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Robert John Price, MP | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Richard Stapley | ||
| 26 June 1908 | Charles Cheers Wakefield | Alderman and Sheriff of the City of London | |
| 26 June 1908 | James Henry Young | Member of the Executive Council and of the House of Assembly, Bahama Islands | |
| 26 June 1908 | William Ascroft | ||
| 26 June 1908 | William Glenholme Falconbridge | Chief Justice of the King's Bench, High Court of Justice of the Province of Ontario | |
| 26 June 1908 | Stephen Henry Parker | Chief Justice of the State of Western Australia | |
| 26 June 1908 | Henri Thomas Taschereau | Chief Justice of Quebec | |
| 26 June 1908 | The Hon. John Hannah Gordon | Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia | |
| 26 June 1908 | Percival Maitland Laurence | Judge of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope | |
| 26 June 1908 | The Right Hon. Henry Weedon | Lord Mayor of the city of Melbourne | |
| 26 June 1908 | The Hon. George Henry Sutherland | Sheriff of Calcutta, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations | |
| 26 June 1908 | The Hon. Vithaldas Damodar Thakarsi | Additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay for making Laws and Regulations | |
| 7 July 1908 | Wilfred Lawrence Hepton | Lord Mayor of the City of Leeds. On the occasion of Their Majesties' visit to Leeds, for the purpose of opening the new University buildings in that City | |
| 9 July 1908 | Edward Burnet James | Lord Mayor of Bristol. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Bristol to open the Royal Edward Dock. | |
| 9 July 1908 | William Howell Davies, MP | Chairman of the Bristol Docks Committee. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Bristol to open the Royal Edward Dock. | |
| 23 July 1908 | The Hon. Lomer Gouin | Premier and Attorney-General of the Province of Quebec. On the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to Quebec. | |
| 23 July 1908 | The Hon. James Pliny Whitney, KC, LLD, DCL | Prime Minister and President of the Council of the Province of Ontario. On the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to Quebec. | |
| 23 July 1908 | John George Garneau | Mayor of the City of Quebec, and Chairman of The National Battlefields Commission, Quebec. On the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to Quebec. | |
| 28 September 1908 | Col. Philip Durham Trotter | Chairman of the General Executive Committee of the Queen Victoria Memorial School for the sons of Scottish Sailors and Soldiers at Dunblane. On the occasion of the opening of the school. | |
| 9 November 1908 | Robert Fulton Fulton (formerly Rampini) | Formerly Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, in Bengal | |
| 9 November 1908 | Hefferman James Fritz Considine, CB, MVO | Deputy Inspector-General, Royal Irish Constabulary | |
| 9 November 1908 | John Bromley, CB | Accountant-General to the Board of Education | |
| 9 November 1908 | Rear-Admiral Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot | Superintendent of Ordnance Stores, Admiralty | |
| 9 November 1908 | Frederick Prat Alliston | Former Deputy Chairman of the London County Council | |
| 9 November 1908 | Thomas Barclay | ||
| 9 November 1908 | Nathan Bodington | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds | |
| 9 November 1908 | Charles Burt | Senior Member of the Thames Conservancy Board | |
| 9 November 1908 | James Henry Dalziel, MP | ||
| 9 November 1908 | James Duckworth, MP | ||
| 9 November 1908 | Herbert George Fordham | Chairman of the Cambridge County Council | |
| 9 November 1908 | George James Frampton, RA | Sculptor | |
| 9 November 1908 | Richard Charles Garton | ||
| 9 November 1908 | Jonathan Hutchinson, MD, FRCS | Consulting Surgeon, London Hospital | |
| 9 November 1908 | Thomas Buxton Morrish | Chairman of the British and Foreign School Society | |
| 9 November 1908 | Thomas Oliver, MD, FRS | ||
| 9 November 1908 | Robert James Thompson | Treasury Valuer and Inspector of Rates | |
| 9 November 1908 | Joseph John Thomson, DSc, FRS | Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge | |
| 9 November 1908 | Edward Daniel Walker | ||
| 9 November 1908 | Luke White, MP | ||
| 9 November 1908 | Steward Woodhouse, MD | Formerly Member of the General Prisons Board, Ireland | |
| 9 November 1908 | Archibald FitzGerald Law | Chief Judicial Commissioner, Federated Malay States | |
| 9 November 1908 | Lt-Col. the Hon. Albert John Gould | President of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia | |
| 9 November 1908 | Alessandro Chapelle, Baron of San Giovanni, LLD | One of His Majesty's Judges for the Island of Malta and its Dependencies | |
| 9 November 1908 | Hugh Graham |
References
- "Knight Bachelor", Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- The London Gazette, 17 January 1908 (issue 28100), p. 417.
- The London Gazette, 18 February 1908 (issue 28110), p. 1124.
- ^ The London Gazette, 28 July 1908 (issue 28162), p. 5530.
- ^ The London Gazette, 11 August 1908 (issue 28166), p. 5895.
- The London Gazette, 2 October 1908 (issue 28182), p. 7107.
- ^ The London Gazette, 18 December 1908 (issue 28206), p. 9650.
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