Name
- Robinson, Hercules George Robert, GCMG, 1st Baron Rosmead1
- Robinson, Robert Spencer, Admiral KCB1
- Roby, Henry John, MP1
- Rogers, Edward Dresser, of the Plate Glass Insurance Co1
- Rogers, Frederic, Baron Blachford1
- Rouher, Eugène, French statesman1
- Rowntree, Joseph, chocolate manufacturer1
- Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister, 1792-18781
- Sandilands, Philip, of Hythe Savings' Bank1
- Scrope, George Julius Poulett, FRS1
- Scudamore, Frank Ives, of the General Post Office1
- Sellar, Alexander Craig, barrister1
- Seton, Bruce Maxwell, 8th Baronet1
- Sewell, Henry, Prime Minister of New Zealand 18561
- Shipton, George, Scottish clergyman1
- Short, Augustus, Bishop of Adelaide1
- Sichel, Walter Sydney, author1
- Sidney Wells and Co, coffee merchants1
- Smee, William Ray, writer1
- Smith, George, of Liverpool1