* Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, Kt., D.C.L., L.L.D., Litt. D., St. Ann's Hill, near Chertsey-on-Thames, Surrey.
* Sir Douglas Straight, Kt., L.L.D., J.P., Hon. Treasurer of Institute of Journalists, 16A New Cavendish Street, Portland Place, London, W.
* Alfred Austin, Esq., Poet Laureate, Swinford Old Manor, Ashford, Kent.
Arthur Christopher Benson, Esq., C.V.O., M.A., Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.
* Samuel Henry Butcher, Esq., Litt. D., M.P. (University of Cambridge), President of the British Academy, 6 Tavistock Square, London, W.C.
* William Leonard Courtney, Esq., M.A., LL.D., Editor of The Fortnightly Review, 11 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.
* Lionel Cust, Esq., M.A., M.V.O., F.S.A., Surveyor of the King's Pictures and Works of Art, Oliphant Crescent, Windsor.
* Anthony Hope Hawkins, Esq., 41 Bedford Square, London, W.C.
* Edward Henry Pember, Esq., M.A., K.C., Vicar's Hill, Lymington, Hants.