The 1884 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria 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 Queen, and were published in The London Gazette in May and June 1884.
Civilian star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Star of a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
Star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Sir Thomas Charles Scanlen was a politician and administrator of the Cape Colony.
Thomas Charles Scanlen
The Cape Colony (dark pink) and neighbouring states, on the eve of the Confederation Wars and before the loss of Basutoland in 1881.
Scanlen in later life in Rhodesia