The New Year Honours 1901 were appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India.

The list was published in The Times on 1 January 1901,^[1] and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on 28 December 1900^[2] and 8 January 1901.^[3]

The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander etc.) then division (Military, Civil).

Privy Council

Lewis Fry, Esq.
Thomas Frederick Halsey, Esq., MP
Edmund Barton, QC, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, GCMG, Lieutenant-governor and Chief Justice of Queensland, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies

Knight Bachelor

Hugh Adcock, CMG
Edward Henry Busk, Esq., Chairman of Convocation in the University of London
Alfred Cooper, Esq., Surbiton
Robert Harvey, Esq., High Sheriff of Cornwall
Edward Wollaston Knocker, Esq., CB, Registrar of the Cinque Ports
Hiram Maxim, Esq.
John Mark, Esq., former Mayor of Manchester
Joseph Sykes Rymer, Esq., late Lord Mayor of York
Henry Miller, Speaker of the Legislative Council, New Zealand
Arthur Robert Wallace, Esq., CB, DL, Principal Chief Clerk Secretary′s Office, Dublin Castle
Edward Matthew Hodgson, Esq., JP, Chairman of the Rathmines and Rathgar Urban District Council
John Quick, of Victoria, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

Civil Division

Sir Alfred Milner, KCB, High Commissioner for South Africa
Sir Francis Mowatt, KCB, Secretary to the Treasury
Lord Justice Romer

Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Civil Division

Edward Chandos Leigh, CB, QC, Counsel to the Speaker, House of Commons
Richard Mills, Esq., CB, late Comptroller and Auditor General
Sir William Turner, D.C.L.

Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Civil division

Francis Alexander Campbell, Esq., of the Foreign Office
Frederick Victor Dickins, Esq., Registrar to the University of London
Lawrence Charles Edward Downing Dowdall, Esq., of the Irish Office
George Vandeleur Fiddes, Esq., Colonial Office
Robert O′Brien Furlong, Esq., Solicitor to the Inland Revenue Department, Ireland
Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Clare Garcia, Inspector-General of Military Prisons
Henry Paul Harvey, Esq., of the War Office
Charles Prestwood Lucas, Esq., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office
Malcolm McNeill, Esq., Chairman of the Local Government Board for Scotland
Lieutenant-Colonel George Tindall Plunkett, Royal Engineers, Director of the Science and Art Department, Dublin

Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

Charles Montgomery Rivaz, Esq., CSI, Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

Frederick Styles Philpin Lely, Esq., Indian Civil Service
John Ontario Miller, Esq., Indian Civil Service
George Robert Irwin, Esq., Indian Civil Service
William Robert Bright, Esq., Indian Civil Service

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

Sir John Forrest, LL.D, KCMG, Premier and Colonial Treasurer of Western Australia, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Brigadier-General Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, CB, DSO, High Commissioner for the Northern Nigeria Protectorate
Sir Henry Nevill Dering, Baronet, CB, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil
The Honourable William Augustus Curzon Barrington, Her Majesty's Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic
John Gordon Kennedy, Esq., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Majesty the King of Romania
Colonel Herbert Jekyll, Royal Engineers, CMG, Secretary to the Royal Commission for the Paris Universal International Exhibition of 1900
The Honourable Sir James Robert Dickson, DCL, CMG, Chief Secretary of Queensland, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies
William McMillan, Esq., formerly Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Australian Federal Convention, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies
Josiah Henry Symon, Esq., QC, formerly Attorney-General of South Australia, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Australian Federal Convention, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Colonel Gerald Charles Kitson, lately Commandant of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada
Lieutenant-Colonel D la Cherois Thomas Irwin, formerly Inspector of Artillery in Canada, Secretary of the Canadian Patriotic Fund
Maximilian Frank Simon, Esq., MD, on retirement as Principal Civil Medical Officer of the Straits Settlements
William Shelford, Esq., MICE, Consulting Engineer for West African Railways
William Matthews, Esq., MICE, Consulting Engineer for Harbour Work in the Colonies
Francis Alfred Cooper, Esq., Director of Public Works of the Island of Ceylon
Ralph Champneys Williams, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Barbados
Alfredo Naudi, Esq., LL.D, Crown Advocate of the Island of Malta
Thomas Robertson Marsh, Esq., on retirement as Head of the Engineering and Contract Branches of the Office for the Crown Agents for the Colonies
Charles Clive Bigham, Esq., Honorary Attaché to Her Majesty's Legation at Beijing, attached to Admiral Seymour's force
Charles William Campbell, Esq., Her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Shanghai, attached to Admiral Seymour's force
Pelham Laird Warren, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul-General at Hankou
William Richard Carles, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul at Tianjin
Everard Duncan Home Fraser, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul at Zhenjiang
Edmund Robert Spearman, Esq., Assistant Secretary to the Royal Commission for the Paris Universal International Exhibition of 1900
Lionel Earle, Esq., Assistant Secretary to the Royal Commission for the Paris Universal International Exhibition of 1900
Herbert Hughes, Esq., for services in connection with International Industrial Conferences
Edwin Gordon Blackmore, Esq., Clerk of the Legislative Council and Clerk of the Parliaments of South Australia, Clerk of the Australian Federal Convention, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies
Robert Randolph Garran, Esq., MA, Barrister, New South Wales, Secretary to the Drafting Committee of the Australian Federal Convention, on the occasion of the Federation of the Australian Colonies

Order of the Indian Empire

Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)

Major General Sir Edwin Henry Hayter Collen, KCIE, CB, Military Member of the Council of the Governor General of India
Maharao Raja Sir Raghubir Singh Bahadur, of Bundi

Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

Alexander Frederick Douglas Cunningham, Esq., CIE, Indian Civil Service
Henry Evan Murchison James, Esq., CIE, Indian Civil Service

Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

Colonel Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo, Governor-General of Portuguese India

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

Mian Bhure Singh, of Chamba
Captain Walter Somerville Goodridge, Royal Navy, Director of the Royal Indian Marine
Lieutenant-Colonel Solomon Charles Frederick Peile, Indian Staff Corps
Bertram Prior Standen, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Henry Alexander Sim, Esq., Indian Civil Service
Major James Robert Dunlop Smith, Indian Staff Corps
Major John Crimmin, VC, Indian Medical Service
Major Granville Henry Loch, Indian Staff Corps
Fardunji Kuvarji Tarapurvala, Public Works Department, Executive Engineer, Ahmedabad
Babu Kalinath Mitter, laletly Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal for making Laws and Regulations
Frederick William Latimer Esq., Assistant Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy of India
William Jameson Soulsby, Esq., CB, Secretary to the Mansion House Indian Famine Relief Funds in 1877, 1897, and 1900

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

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References

^ "New Year Honours". The Times. No. 36340. London. 1 January 1901. p. 8.
^ "No. 27261". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1900. p. 1.
^ "No. 27264". The London Gazette. 8 January 1901. p. 157.

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Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863§ 1864§ 1865§ 1866 1867 1868§ 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876§ 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 § Not issued † Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)
Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953 2023† † Not issued
Jubilee Honours	1887 (Golden) 1897 (Diamond) 1935 (Silver) 1977 (Silver) 2002 (Golden) 2012 (Diamond) 2022 (Platinum)† † Not issued
Demise Honours	2002 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2021 (The Duke of Edinburgh) 2023 (Queen Elizabeth II)
Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900† 1906† 1910† 1918† 1922 1923† 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017† 2019 † Not issued
Prime Minister's Resignation Honours	1895 1905 1916 1923 1924 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 2019 2022 (Johnson) 2022 (Truss) † Not issued
Special Honours	1923 1952 1972 1973 1974 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1999 2004 2006 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Additional Honours	1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1953 (Korea) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1990 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday)
Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand