The Queen's Birthday Honours 1898 were announced on 21 May 1898 in celebration of the birthday of Queen Victoria.
The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India.
The list was published in The Times on 21 May 1898[1] and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on 21 June 1898,[2] and on 3 June 1898.
[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.)
The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the grant to His Highness Sir Hira Singh Malwandar Bahadur, Raja of Nabha, GCSI, as a personal distinction, of an increase of two guns to his salute of 13 guns.