1925 Birthday Honours
The 1925 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V 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 King, and were published in The London Gazette on 3 June 1925. 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, United Kingdom and British Empire Viscount Marcus Samuel, Baron Bearsted Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: Colonel William Graham Nicholson Member of Parliament for the Petersfield Division since 1897. Chairman of the Selection Committee of the House of Commons and of the Chairman's Panel Baronetcies Lieutenant-Colonel George Loyd Courthope Member of Parliament for the Rye Division of Sussex since 1906. For political and public services. Sir John Ritchie Findlay Chairman of the Board of Trustees, for the National Gallery in Scotland. Former Master of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. Chairman of Sick Children's Hospital, Edinburgh. For political and public services in Scotland. Hugo Hirst, Chairman of General Electric