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64 unusual facts about Order of St Michael and St George


Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani

Abdelaziz bin Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani, GCMG (born 12 December 1948 in Rayyan near Doha) (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن خليفة)

Abe Landa

Landa was a prominent member of Sydney's Jewish Community and was made a CMG in 1968.

Alfred Biliotti

He was made a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George in October 1898.

Alfred William Robin

Major General Sir Alfred William Robin KCMG, CB (12 August 1860 – 2 June 1935) was a New Zealand military leader.

For service during the First World War he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, and was one of only 14 members of the New Zealand Military Forces to receive the French Legion of Honour decoration during the war.

Anthony O'Grady Lefroy

Anthony O'Grady Lefroy CMG (14 March 1816–21 January 1897), often known as O'Grady Lefroy, was an important government official in Western Australia before the advent of responsible government.

Archer brothers

Appointed C.M.G in 1884

Athol Moffitt

He was awarded the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours and, later, the medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

Christopher Ingham

Ingham was appointed as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2002 in a special Honours list for individuals involved in the early stages of the War in Afghanistan.

Edmond Townsend

Surgeon-General Sir Edmond Townsend, KCB, CB, CMG, RAMC; MA, MD, MCh Degrees from Queen's University of Ireland.

Edward Fortescue Wright

He was promoted to Inspector General in charge of the Jamaica Constabulary and in 1902 was awarded the C.M.G. for his services.

Edward Fortescue Wright CMG (born 11 March 1858 in Coburg, Chudleigh, Devon, murdered on 23 November 1904 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a Gloucestershire cricketer who emigrated to the West Indies.

Edward Mortimer

Edward Mortimer CMG (born 22 December 1943 in Burford, Oxfordshire) was until January 2007 the Director of Communications in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General.

Mortimer was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours.

Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall

Eustace Hubert Beilby Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, KCVO CMG, (born 3 July 1929) succeeded his brother, George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall as Baron Wraxall on 19 July 2001.

Evelyn Dennison Hone

Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone, KCMG (1911-1979) was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia, from 1959 until Zambia's independence in 1964.

Fazle Hasan Abed

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and globally.

Francis Billy Hilly

Already Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), Hilly was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.

Gairdner River

Roe named the river after Gordon Gairdner, Senior Clerk of the Australian and Eastern Departments in the Colonial Office, later Chief Clerk of the Colonial Office and Secretary and Registrar of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

H. G. de Lisser

He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours.

Harold Fairburn

Harold Fairburn, CMG, KPM, (1884-1973) was the Inspector General of the Straits Settlements Police in Singapore from 1925 to 1935.

Harry Lionel Churchill

Harry Lionel Churchill C.M.G. (1860-1924) was a Physician and British diplomat.

Hassan Pirnia

He was created an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George by the British crown in 1907.

Idris Shah II of Perak

Sultan Idris Iskandar Shah II, CMG (12 August 1924 – 31 January 1984) was the Sultan of the Malaysian state of Perak from 1963 until his death in 1984.

James David Bevan

He was appointed CMG in 2006 and knighted KCMG in 2012.

James Robert Dickson

Only nine days before he died, Dickson was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Years Honours List 1 January 1901, in recognition of services in connection with the Federation of Australian Colonies and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia.

James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett

James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett, CMG, SBS (born 10 September 1949) is a British businessman and investor.

John Carey Hall

John Carey Hall, CMG, ISO, (1844–1921) was a leading British diplomat who served in Japan in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.

John Mulvaney

John Mulvaney AO CMG (born 26 October 1925) is an Australian archaeologist and known as the "father of Australian Archaeology".

John Smith Murdoch

Murdoch was promoted to Director-General of Works by 1927 and was appointed C.M.G. (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) to honour his service to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Josiah Symon

He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the New Year Honours List 1 January 1901, in recognition of services in connection with the Federation of Australian Colonies and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Hon Sir Josiah Henry Symon KCMG (27 September 1846 – 29 March 1934), Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, was a member of the Australian Senate in the First Australian Parliament, and an Attorney-General of Australia.

Julian Priestley

He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, 2007 and was asked to participate in the second Irish referendum campaign on the Lisbon Treaty.

Kenneth Wheare

He was appointed CMG in 1953 and was knighted in 1966.

Lewis Adolphus Bernays

Lewis Adolphus Bernays CMG (3 May 1831 – 22 August 1908) was a public servant and agricultural writer in Queensland, Australia.

Mac Holten

Rendle McNeilage "Mac" Holten CMG (29 March 1922 – 12 October 1996) was a leading Australian rules footballer, Australian politician and government minister.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his parliamentary and community service in 1980.

Malcolm Henry Ellis

Malcolm Henry Ellis, CMG (21 August 1890 – 18 January 1969) was an Australian journalist, historian, critic, reviewer and staunch anti-communist.

Mariot Leslie

She was appointed Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2005 New Year Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.

Maurice Henry Dorman

Sir Maurice Henry Dorman, GCMG, GCVO (7 August 1912 – 26 October 1993) was the representative of the British Monarchy in Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta.

Maurice Wilder-Neligan

Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Wilder-Neligan CMG, DSO & Bar, DCM (20 April 1886–10 January 1923), born Maurice Neligan, was a British-born Australian soldier.

Originally receiving the rank of Private, he was commissioned and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by the conclusion of the war, as well as receiving many decorations, including a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, a Distinguished Service Order & Bar, a Distinguished Conduct Medal, five Mention in Despatches and the French Croix de Guerre.

Michael Ogio

Sir Michael Ogio, GCMG, CBE (born 7 July 1942) is the ninth and current Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.

On 26 April 2011, Queen Elizabeth II conferred the honour of Knighthood and invested him as Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George on his appointment as Governor-General of Papua New Guinea at Windsor Castle.

Mortlake

Sir Henry Taylor, KCMG, the dramatic poet lived here the following century.

Munir Butt

Munir Udit Zadu Nehru Butt, CMG (born 1940) is a former senior British diplomat and academic who was an economic and foreign policy advisor to various British Prime-Ministers.

Oleg Gordievsky

Gordievsky was appointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for "services to the security of the United Kingdom" in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours (in the Diplomatic List).

Oliver Wardrop

Sir (John) Oliver Wardrop KBE CMG (10 October 1864 – 19 October 1948) was a British diplomat, traveller and translator, primarily known as the United Kingdom's first Chief Commissioner of Transcaucasus in Georgia, 1919–21, and also as the founder and benefactor of Kartvelian studies at Oxford University.

Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

For his service he was offered a CMG by the Secretary of State for the Colonies in the new year's honours list of 1946, which declined.

Paul Buysse

Paul Henri Maria, Baron Buysse, CMG, CBE (born 17 March 1945, in Antwerp) is a Belgian businessman.

Robert Hamilton Lang

Lang was latterly appointed Director General of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, based in Constantinople, and was invested Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1886.

Sir Robert Hamilton Lang KCMG (1832-1913) was a Scottish-born financier, diplomat and collector of antiquities.

Robert Hannigan

Robert Peter Hannigan CMG (born 1965) is a senior British civil servant currently serving as the Director-General of Defence and Intelligence at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Ryszard Kaczorowski

On 9 November 2004, Kaczorowski was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as an Honorary Knight Grand Cross by Queen Elizabeth II for "his exceptional contribution to the community of Polish emigrees and their descendants living in the UK".

Samuel Herbert Wilson

Brigadier General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson, GCMG, KCB, KBE (1873-1950) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924.

Sandy Gall

He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the people of Afghanistan.

Henderson Alexander "Sandy" Gall, CMG, CBE (born 1 October 1927), is a Scottish journalist, author, and former ITN news presenter whose career as a journalist has spanned more than 50 years.

Stanley Burbury

On 28 August 1981 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).

Tim Hitchens

Hitchens was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2012 New Year Honours.

Timothy Mark Hitchens, CMG, LVO (born 1962) is a British diplomat and a former Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, 1999-2002.

Walter Coutts

Sir Walter Fleming Coutts, KCMG, MBE (1912–1988) was a British colonial administrator and was Uganda's last Governor before independence, from 1961–1962.

William C. Gorgas

William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918).

William Lyne

Sir William John Lyne KCMG (6 April 1844 – 3 August 1913), Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales and a member of the first federal ministry.

Wiwa Korowi

Sir Wiwa Korowi, GCMG (born July 7, 1948) was the sixth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.


Arthur Blackburn

Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC, CMG, CBE, ED (25 November 1892 – 24 November 1960) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

David Edward

Professor Sir David Alexander Ogilvy Edward, KCMG, QC, FRSE, PC (born 1934) is a Scottish lawyer and academic, and former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby

Major-General The Honourable Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH (6 July 1783 – 11 January 1837), styled The Honourable from 1806 to 1837, was a British military officer, the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough.

George Strahan

Major Sir George Cumine Strahan KCMG (9 December 1838 – 17 February 1887) was a British military officer and colonial administrator, best known as the Governor of Tasmania from 1881 to 1886.

Grand Masters of the Order of St Michael and St George

The Grand Master of the Order of St Michael and St George is the next most senior officer after the Sovereign of the Order, currently Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Gunasena de Soyza

Gunasena de Soyza CMG OBE (20 December 1902 – 12 October 1961) was High Commissioner for Ceylon in Britain from 1960 until his death.

Helen Wallace

--Professionally known as Helen Wallace, not Lady Wallace, and thus the prefix is correctly added--> DBE, CMG, FBA (born 25 June 1946), née Rushworth, is a British expert in European Studies and, by marriage to William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire, a peeress.

Henry Wray

Lieutenant-General Henry Wray CMG (1 January 1826 – 6 April 1900) was a Royal Engineers officer who arrived in Fremantle on 12 December 1851 and was responsible for carrying out the construction plans for Fremantle Prison for Edmund Henderson.

John Archibald Venn

John Archibald Venn CMG FSA JP (10 November 1883 – 15 March 1958), son of John Venn, was a British economist, President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1932 until his death, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University 1941–43, university archivist, and author, alongside his father, of Alumni Cantabrigienses.

Lanckoroński Foundation

Lanckoroński Foundation is Zygmunt Jan Ansgary Tyszkiewicz (CMG) of Cambridge, England.

Leeds Student

The editorship became a full-time, paid sabbatical position in 1972 after a campaign led by the then editor, Paul Vallely CMG, who went on to become the first sabbatical editor.

Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet

General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet of Bearcrofts, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, (15 June 1860 – 7 December 1929) was a British Army General during World War I and Governor of Gibraltar from 1923 to 1929.

Twyford, New Zealand

The school was established in the early 20th century by New Zealand Major General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell KCB, KCMG, who originated from Hawke's Bay and became a farm manager at Twyford.

Victor Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll

Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll and 4th Baron Kilmarnock, KCMG (17 October 1876 – 20 February 1928), was a British diplomat and briefly a member of the House of Lords.

Walter D. Scott

Sir Walter D. Scott, AC, CMG founded Australia's first management consultancy firm, WD Scott and was active in its leadership until his death in 1981.