View source for 1926 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

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{{See also|1926 Birthday Honours}}
The '''1926 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand''', celebrating the official birthday of [[King George V]], were appointments made by the King on the recommendation of the New Zealand government to [[Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms|various orders and honours]] to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 3 July 1926.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19260703.2.6 |title=Birthday honours |date=3 July 1926 |work=Horowhenua Chronicle |page=2 |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33179 |date=3 July 1926 |pages=4401–4418 |supp=y}}</ref>
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
==Knight Bachelor==
* [[Charles Holdsworth]]<!-- Q76037858 --> – managing director of the [[Union Company|Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited]]. In recognition of his services in the development of New Zealand.
* The Honourable [[Charles Statham|Charles Ernest Statham]] – [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|speaker of the House of Representatives]].
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File:Charles Holdsworth.jpg|Sir Charles Holdsworth
File:Sir Charles Statham.jpg|Sir Charles Statham
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==Order of the Bath==
===Companion (CB)===
;Military division
* Captain (Commodore 2nd class) [[Alister Beal|Alister Francis Beal]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG|ADC|RN|size=85%}} – commodore commanding the [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy]], and naval advisor to the New Zealand government.
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File:Alister Francis Beal.jpg|Alister Beal
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==Order of Saint Michael and Saint George==
===Companion (CMG)===
* [[John Ross (New Zealand businessman)|John Sutherland Ross]]<!-- Q99518980 knighted in 1954 --> – of [[Dunedin]]; chairman of directors of the [[New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition]].
* [[Harold Tapley|Harold Livingstone Tapley]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MP|size=85%}} – [[Mayor of Dunedin|mayor of the City of Dunedin]], and a director of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition.
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File:John Sutherland Ross.jpg|John Ross
File:Harold Tapley.jpg|Harold Tapley
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==Order of the British Empire==
===Dame Grand Cross (GBE)===
* [[Christina Massey|Christina Allen Massey]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CBE|size=85%}} – of [[Wellington]]. For services to New Zealand.
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File:Christina Massey.jpg|Dame Christina Massey
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===Commander (CBE)===
;Civil division
* [[Samuel Hurst Seager]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRIBA|size=85%}} – of [[Christchurch]]; a prominent architect.
* [[Charles Speight (businessman)|Charles Speight]] – of [[Dunedin]]; vice-chairman of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition.
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File:Samuel Hurst Seager, 1926.jpg|Samuel Hurst Seager
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==Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)==
* Robert Edward Hayes – of Wellington; [[New Zealand Treasury|secretary to the Treasury]].
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File:Robert Edward Hayes.jpg|Robert Edward Hayes
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==References==
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[[Category:1926 in New Zealand]]