1922 Birthday Honours 1922 Birthday Honours The 1922 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 2 June 1922. Controversy from the 1922 Birthday Honours list eventually led to the passage of the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 and creation of the Honours Committee to formally review nominations. Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, chairman of the Robinson South African Banking Company and generous contributor to Prime
Irish honours system Holy See awards. As well as state awards, Irish citizens have received foreign dynastic orders such as the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, and awards from the Order of Malta. Some existing award schemes are run or supported by the State in Ireland and these include: Other honours or distinctions have also been compared to honours systems: Opposition politicians and others, in criticising actual or potential government appointments to the boards of public and state-sponsored bodies, have on occasion described the practice as a kind of ersatz honours system to reward party loyalists or personal friends of ministers.