1971 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1971 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 December 1970 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1971.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.^[2]

Recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.

United Kingdom

Life peer

Baron

• Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Bt., K.T., K.B.E., Chief Scout of the Commonwealth.
• The Right Honourable Sir Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice.
• Sir (William) Miles Webster Thomas, D.F.C., President and lately Chairman, National Savings Committee.

Privy Counsellor

• The Honourable Sir Cyril Ambrose Walsh, K.B.E., A Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Knight Bachelor

• William Melville Arnott, T.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., William Withering Professor of Medicine, University of Birmingham.
• Maurice Alfred Lister Banks. For services to Patent Law.
• David Haven Barran, Chairman, Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd.
• Raymond Percival Brookes, Chairman and Chief Executive, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd. For services to Export.
• Leslie Cannon, C.B.E., General President, Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Union. (Died 9.12.1970 after the Honour was approved.)
• Henry Frederick Ross Catherwood, Director-General, National Economic Development Office.
• Henry Chisholm, C.B.E., Chairman, Corby Development Corporation.
• Alan Howard Cottrell, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government.
• Cyril Thomas Cripps, M.B.E. For public and charitable services.
• Professor Frederick Sydney Dainton. For services to Science and Higher Education.
• George Edward Raven Deacon, C.B.E. Director, National Institute of Oceanography.
• Gerald Alfred Glover. For political and public services.
• Francis Frederick Griffin, Alderman, Birmingham City Council.
• Adrian Lincoln Hallinan, D.L. For local government and public services in Cardiff.
• John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, C.B.E. For services to Fine Art.
• William Aylsham Bryan Hopkin, C.B.E., Deputy Chief Economic Adviser, H.M. Treasury.
• Cyril Hugh Kleinwort, Chairman, Committee on Invisible Exports.
• Donald Ross Liddle, D.L., Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow.
• Wylie McKissock, O.B.E., M.S., F.R.C.S., Neurological Surgeon.
• Henry Stenhouse Mance, Chairman of Lloyd's.
• Frank Shaw Marshall, Alderman, Leeds City Council.
• Stirrat Andrew William Johnson-Marshall, C.B.E., Senior Partner, Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall and Partners.
• Douglas Osmond, C.B.E., Q.P.M., Chief Constable, Hampshire Constabulary.
• Denys Lionel Page, Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge.
• The Right Honourable Robert Wilson Porter, Q.C., M.P. Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Northern Ireland, 1969-70.
• Humphrey Povah Treverbian Prideaux, O.B.E., Chairman, Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.
• William Clark Ramsay, C.B.E. For services to Rugby Football.
• Alexander Ross, lately Chairman, East European Trade Council. For services to Export.
• The Honourable Marcus Joseph Sieff, O.B.E., Joint Managing Director, Marks and Spencer Ltd. For services to Export.
• William Gordon Bryce, C.B.E., Q.C., Chief Justice, Bahama Islands.
• The Honourable Mr Justice William Algernon Holwell Duffus, President, Court of Appeal for East Africa.
• The Honourable Kenneth Fung Ping-fan, C.B.E. For public and social services in Hong Kong.
• Rupert Godfrey John, Governor of Saint Vincent.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

• The Honourable Asher Alexander Joel, O.B.E. For services to the community.
• Matthew John O'Neill, C.B.E. For services to commerce and charity.
• Raymond Edgar Purves, C.B.E. For services to the community.

State of Victoria

• Charles Roger Darvall, C.B.E., of Toorak. For public service.
• Professor Sydney Lance Townsend, V.R.D., M.D., F.R.C.S., of Hawthorn East. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne.

State of Queensland

• The Honourable Harold Richter, of Brisbane. For outstanding public services.

State of Western Australia

• Norman Brearley, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C. For services to aviation.
• Reginald Fielding Rushton, of Perth. For outstanding service to the community.

State of Tasmania

• The Honourable Alfred John White, Agent-General for Tasmania in London.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

• Admiral Sir Michael Patrick Pollock, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.C.
• General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.B.E., M.C., A.D.C. (Gen.), late Royal Armoured Corps, Deputy Colonel The Blues and Royals.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir George Edward Godber, K.C.B., D.M., F.R.C.P., Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security, Department of Education and Science and Home Office.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Admiral Edward Beckwith Ashmore, C.B., D.S.C.
• Vice-Admiral Andrew Mackenzie Lewis, C.B.
• Lieutenant-General William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson, O.B.E., M.C., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Lieutenant-General Richard Erskine Ward, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., late Royal
• Armoured Corps, Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment.
• Air Marshal William Derek Hodgkinson, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Marshal Harold Brownlow Martin, C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• William Dennis Pile, C.B., M.B.E., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Science.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral Charles Courtney Anderson.
• Rear Admiral Derrick George Kent.
• Rear Admiral Nigel Hugh Malim, M.V.O.
• Rear Admiral Douglas Granger Parker, D.S.O., D.S.C., A.F.C.
• Major-General Denis Arthur Beckett, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General John Cain Cowley, Royal Army Pay Corps.
• Brigadier Barbara Masson Gordon, R.R.C., Q.H.N.S., Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
• Major-General Frank Douglas King, M.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General David Lanyon Lloyd Owen, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., late Infantry.
• Major-General Alexander Young, late Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
• Air Vice-Marshal Neil Cameron, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Martin Maynard, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Howard Moulton, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Charles Duncan Alfred Browne, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Frederick John Atkinson, Chief Economic Adviser, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Clifford Henry Baylis, Controller, H.M. Stationery Office.
• Basil Edmund Bellamy, Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Norman Coles, Deputy Chief Adviser (Research and Studies), Ministry of Defence.
• Peter Richmond Cox, Deputy Government Actuary.
• Herbert Clyde Fitzer, O.B.E., Director of Engineering (Ships) and Head of the Royal Naval Engineering Service, Ministry of Defence.
• Leonard Ralph Fletcher, Secretary, University Grants Committee.
• Thomas Charles Green, Chief Charity Commissioner.
• Eric William Charles Lewis, Controller of Death Duties, Board of Inland Revenue.
• Miss Jean Josephine Nunn, C.B.E., lately Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
• John Glendwr Owen, Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• Ronald Walter Radford, M.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise.
• Hume Boggis-Rolfe, C.B.E., Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Deputy Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor.
• Peter Eustace Thornton, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
• Henry Gabriel Ware, Deputy Treasury Solicitor.
• Henry Yellowlees, M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston, K.C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Canberra.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• Peter Telford Hayman, C.M.G., C.V.O., M.B.E., British High Commissioner, Ottawa.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Arthur Hugh Bunting, Professor of Agricultural Botany, University of Reading. For services to developing countries.
• James Richard Cross, lately Senior British Trade Commissioner, Montreal.
• Stanley Mason Davies, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.
• John Ivor McKinnon Rhodes, Minister, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations.
• Lilian Katherine, Mrs Somerville, O.B.E., Director, Fine Arts Department, British Council.
• Miss Gillian Gerda Brown, Counsellor and Head of Chancery, H.M. Embassy, Berne.
• John Christopher Wyndowe Bushell, Minister and Deputy Commandant, British Military Government, Berlin.
• Ronald Lawrie Huckstep, M.D., F.R.C.S., Honorary Surgeon-in-Charge, Round Table Polio Clinic, Kampala.
• Kenneth James Knaggs, O.B.E., formerly Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Zambia.
• Miss Daphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park, H.M. Consul-General, Hanoi.
• James Grant Purves, H.M. Consul-Genera1, Hamburg.
• Alastair Todd, Defence Secretary, Hong Kong.
• John Peter Tripp, H.M. Ambassador, Tripoli.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

• Charles Aubrey Hardwick, Q.C. For service to the community.

State of Victoria

• Alan John Moir, of Toorak. For services to horse racing.

State of South Australia

• Colin Sandergrove Ballantyne, of Adelaide. For services to the theatre.

State of Western Australia

• Kenneth Joseph Townsing, I.S.O., Under-Treasurer for Western Australia. For outstanding public service to the community and to education.

State of Tasmania

• Robert Charles Sharp, Director of Public Works, State of Tasmania.

Royal Victorian Order

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

• Lady Margaret Katherine Hay, C.V.O.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• The Very Reverend Robert Wilmer Woods.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Lady Susan Katharine Hussey.
• Denis Haigh Marrian, Ph.D.
• George Gaze Pace.
• Paul Edward Paget.
• John Pillar, M.V.O.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• Major Ralph Sidney Bromhead.
• Douglas Walter Butt, M.V.O.
• John Robert Hare.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Frederick Dame Johnston, M.C.
• Captain Norman Henry Morgan, M.V.O., M.M.
• Surgeon Commander John Roger Lawrance-Owen, M.B.E., Royal Navy.
• Squadron Leader Anthony William Picking, Royal Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Philip George Pinney, Royal Air Force.
• Wing Commander Michael John Rayson, Royal Air Force.
• Brian Barrington Dashwood Stopford.
• Miss Jean Elizabeth Taylor, M.V.O.
• Derek Roy Waters, M.V.O.
• Robert William Way.

Fifth Class

• Miss Clarice Winifred Austin.
• John David Gallagher.
• Miss Edith Holmes.
• Harry Dockrill Jones.
• Captain Lewis Thomas Lambert, Royal Marines.
• Squadron Leader James Marshall, Royal Air Force.
• Miss Florence Wade.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

• Flight Sergeant Peter James Baughan, Royal Air Force.
• Yeoman Bed Goer John Baxter, Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
• Miss Gladys Bell.
• Albert Victor Charlwood.
• Corporal David Arthur Evans, Royal Air Force.
• Chief Petty Officer Roger George Eves.
• Lily, Mrs Foster.
• Robert William Frier.
• Edward Victor Lovegrove.
• Robert Geddes MacDonald.
• Police Constable Ralph Alec Lewis Morten, Metropolitan Police.
• Miss Robertina Nicol.
• Joseph Matthew Pearce.
• Chief Engineering Mechanic David John Rayworth.
• Joseph Smith.
• Miss Gwendoline May Suckling.
• John Errick Taylor.
• Walter Vickers.
• Arthur Vincent.
• Flight Sergeant Frank Stanhope Williams, B.E.M., Royal Air Force.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

• Sir Henry Alexander Benson, C.B.E., Senior Partner, Cooper Brothers and Company, Chartered Accountants. For public services.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

• Adelaide Baillieu, Mrs Doughty, C.B.E., For political services in the South East.
• Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, C.B.E. (Mrs Agatha Christie), Author.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

• Major-General John Evelyn Anderson, C.B.E., late Royal Corps of Signals, Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals.
• Acting Air Marshal John Hunter Hunter-Tod, C.B., O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Herbert Archbold Brechin, C.B.E., Chairman, Main Organising Committee, 1970 Commonwealth Games.
• Roger Talbot Walters, C.B.E., Controller General, Department of the Environment.
• Colonel Sir Arthur Edwin Young, C.M.G., C.V.O., K.P.M., lately Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary.
• The Right Honourable Richard Duke, Baron Coleridge, C.B.E., lately Executive Secretary to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Brussels.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• Sir (Cecil) Maurice Bowra. For services to Literature.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Noel Cole – of Auckland. For outstanding services to the community.

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral Lawrence George Carr DSC – Royal New Zealand Navy.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Kendrick Gee Archer – of Christchurch. For most valuable services as a Judge of the Valuation Court and chairman of various administrative tribunals.
• Ivan Thomas – of Wellington. For most valuable services as general manager of the New Zealand Railways.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Civil Division

• Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes CBE MB ChM. For outstanding services as surgeon-in-charge of the cardio-thoracic unit at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland.
• George Philip Proctor CBE – of Wellington. For outstanding services to manufacturing and the community.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Professor Ian Alistair Gordon – of Wellington. For very valuable services to university education.
• James Robert Maddren – of Christchurch. For very valuable services to industry and the export drive.
• Professor John Arthur Reginald Miles MD – of Dunedin. For very valuable services to science.
• Alick Lindsay Poole – of Wellington. For very valuable services to the development of forestry and the forest industries.

Military Division

• Brigadier Ian Thomas Galloway OBE ED – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Miss Marjory French Erne Adams – of Auckland. For valuable services to education as headmistress of Epsom Girls' Grammar School from 1953–1970.
• The Right Reverend Owen Thomas Baragwanath ED – of Auckland. For valuable services to the community as a minister of religion.
• Robert Colville Bradshaw – of Upper Hutt, For valuable services to industry and commerce.
• The Reverend Haddon Charles Dixon – of Lower Hutt. For valuable services to the relief of hunger and poverty overseas.
• John Lloyd Fenaughty – of Wellington. For valuable services as New Zealand Commissioner-General at Expo 70, Osaka.
• Claude Jack Ferrier – of Christchurch. For valuable services to the community.
• Miss Marie Louise Dansey Iles MBE – of Christchurch. For valuable services as general secretary of the Girl Guides Association.
• Gilbert Maclean MB ChB. For valuable services to the community as chairman of the Wellington Hospital Board.
• Russell Matthews – of New Plymouth. For valuable services to the community.
• John Alexander Moreland – of Cambridge. For valuable services to the dairy industry.
• Mrs Iriaka Rio Te Hihiri Ratana – of Whangaehu. For valuable services to the Māori people.
• Mrs Constance Egmont Tulloch MBE – of Putaruru. For valuable services to the community, especially as chairman of the Waikato Hospital Board.
• Edward William Desmond Unwin MBE ED. For valuable services as chairman of the Timaru Harbour Board.

Military Division

• Commander Raymond Frederick Sanderson VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Wynyard Beasley – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).
• Group Captain Nelson Hastings Bright – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Lloyd James Appleton – of Dannevirke. For services to local government and journalism.
• Thomas Frank Armstrong Archer – of Nelson. For services as president of the New Zealand Fruit Growers Federation Limited, 1950–1966.
• Neil Alexander Barr – of Kaukapakapa. For services as founder of the Farm Forestry Association in New Zealand.
• Frederick Harold Bennett. For services to local government as chairman of the Masterton County Council.
• Percival Mahan Brooker – of Wellington. For services to brass band music.
• Stanley Crawford Childs – of Pukekohe. For services to local government.
• Mrs Mollie Christie MB ChB – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Wilfred Trevor Church – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Alan Harry De Costa – of Gisborne. For services to surf life saving.
• Frank McGregor Henderson – of Lumsden. For services to agriculture and education.
• Mrs Lily Annie Huggan. For services to the community especially as Mayor of Petone.
• Mrs Eileen Marie Kelly – of Greymouth. For services to the community.
• Father Thomas Gerarde Keyes – of Invercargill. For services to the rehabilitation of young offenders.
• Harold Edward Lawrence – of Otorohanga. For services to local government.
• Charles Frederic Le Cren – of Christchurch. For services to amputees.
• Mrs Jessie Kennedy Lees – of New Plymouth. For services to the Women's Division of Federated Farmers.
• Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Lepper – of Invercargill. For services to crippled children.
• Lewis Rowland Lewis – of Napier. For services to education.
• George Lorimer McLatchie – of Oamaru. For services to the poultry industry.
• Colin Earl Meads – of Te Kuiti. For services to rugby football.
• Walter Allan Parker. For services as Mayor of Kaitangata.
• Henry Witen Bell Poppelwell – of Hastings. For services to the community.
• Gordon Cowie Riddell – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Brian Preston Stevenson – of Auckland. For services to local government.

Military Division

• Lieutenant Commander (Special) Ian George McLean – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Maire – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Second Class David Ernie Dorset – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Roland Alfred Manning – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class George Hedley Newcomb – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer William Twaddle Frickleton Buchanan MM – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Walter George Carruthers – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Ian Greville Watt – of Auckland. For valuable services as director of the Meat Division, Department of Agriculture.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Ernest Ashton – of Nelson. For services to the community especially as a member of the St John Ambulance Association.
• Mrs Sheila Currie – of Christchurch. For services to disabled and handicapped children.
• Mrs Daphne Matilda Dobell – of Kaitaia. For services to the community.
• Leigh Sherris Gooch – of Takapau. For services to the scouting movement.
• Mrs Zella Eugenie Harrison – of Hokitika. For services to the community.
• George Charles Hart – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Joseph Frederick Jobson – of Linden. For services as a member of the Post Office.
• Mrs Eileen Elizabeth Lane – of Christchurch. For services to netball.
• Mrs Marjorie Isabel Pilkington – of Opotiki. For services to the community.
• Miss Agnes Reid – of Auckland. For services to intellectually handicapped children.
• Constable Raymond John Ruane – of Katikati. For services to the community.
• John Smith – of Rotorua. For services as a tour coach driver.
• Mrs Winifrede Mary Smith – of Ranfurly. For services to the community.

Military Division

• Chief Marine Engineering Artificer Kelvin William Hunt – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Leigh George Morley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff-Sergeant Wallace Richards – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Staff-Sergeant (Temporary Warrant Officer Second Class) Daniel Wilfred Wilson – New Zealand Special Air Service (Regular Force).
• Flight Sergeant Wallace Frederick Cleaver – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Joseph John Keegan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Temporary Sergeant Ronald Allan Nicholson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Lieutenant Commander Nigel Hawkesly Burbury – Royal Navy.
• Squadron Leader Donald Raymond Smith – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Frank Albert Hardy – Chief Fire Officer, Christchurch Fire Brigade.
• Peter Habib – Fireman, Haumoana.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• George Stuart Austing – Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant John Stewart Hosie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

1. United Kingdom list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45262. pp. 1–30. 31 December 1970.
2. Australia list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45263. pp. 33–38. 31 December 1970.
3. New Zealand list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45264. pp. 39–42. 31 December 1970.
4. Sierra Leone list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45265. pp. 43–44. 31 December 1970.
5. Barbados list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45266. p. 45. 31 December 1970.
6. Mauritius list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45267. p. 47. 31 December 1970.
7. Fiji list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45268. p. 49. 31 December 1970.