1972 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1972 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 1971 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1972.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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

Privy Counsellor

Robert Alexander Lindsay, Lord Balniel, M.P., Minister of State for Defence.
The Honourable Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, K.B.E., A Justice of the High Court of Australia.
Maurice Victor Macmillan, M.P., Chief Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Knight Bachelor

Herbert Ashworth, Chairman, Housing Corporation.
William Denholm Barnetson, Chairman, Reuters Ltd.
Geoffrey Hirst Bateman, lately Surgeon, Ear, Nose and Throat Department, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, C.B.E., Designer and Photographer.
Bernard Richard Braine, M.P. For political and public services.
John Howie Flint Brotherston, Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Home and Health Department.
Colin Douglas Buchanan, C.B.E., Professor of Transport, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.
Alan Louis Charles Bullock, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford.
Thomas Arthur Collier Burgess, Vice-Chancellor, County Palatine of Lancaster.
Alderman Joseph Foster Cairns, Lord Mayor of Belfast.
Einar Athelstan Gordon Caroe, C.B.E., Chairman, Trustee Savings Banks Association.
Kenneth Sholl Ferrand Corley, Chairman and Managing Director, Joseph Lucas (Industries) Ltd. For services to Export.
Esmond Otho Durlacher. For political and public services in London.
Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, C.B.E., M.C. For services to the preservation of the environment and to architecture.
Cyril Rupert English, Director-General, City and Guilds of London Institute.
William John English, M.B.E., Chairman, South Western Regional Hospital Board.
John Dudley Harmer, O.B E. For political and public services in the South-East.
Fred Hoyle, F.R S., Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, University of Cambridge.
William Hardie Kininmonth, President, Royal Scottish Academy.
Gilbert James Morley Longden, M.B.E., M.P. For political and public services.
Alexander Forbes McDonald, Chairman, Distillers' Company Ltd. For services to Export.
John Andrew McKay, C.B.E, Q.P.M, H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales.
Peter Gordon Masefield, lately Chairman, British Airports Authority.
William Gerard Morris, Recorder of Manchester and Judge of the Crown Court of Manchester.
George Porter, F.R.S., Fullerian Professor of Chemistry. Director, Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, C.B.E, F.B A. For services to Numismatics and the Ashmolean Museum.
Martin Roth, Professor of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Archibald Edward Russell, C.B E. Lately Director, British Aircraft Corporation Ltd.
Michael Sobell. For charitable services.
Harold Macdonald Steward, Alderman, Liverpool City Council.
Nigel Edward Strutt, T.D., D.L, Chairman, Agricultural Advisory Council.
Peter Frank Dalrymple Tennant, C.M.G., O.B.E., Director-General, British National Export Council. For services to Export.
Robert Hugh Willatt, Secretary-General, Arts Council of Great Britain.
Hugh Walter Kingwell Wontner, C.V.O., lately Aldermanic Sheriff, City of London.
Milton Pentonville Allen, O.B.E., Acting Governor, St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla.
The Honourable Sidney Samuel Gordon, C.B E., J.P. For public services in Hong Kong.
The Honourable Kan Yuet-keung, C.B.E., J.P. For public services in Hong Kong.
Thomas Oates, C.M.G., O.B.E., Governor, St Helena.
The Honourable Mr. Justice James Wicks, Chief Justice, Kenya.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

Emil Herbert Peter Abeles. For services to transport, charities and universities.
The Honourable Mr Justice James Kenneth Manning, Q.C. For services to the law.

State of Victoria

The Honourable Vernon Howard Colville Christie, M.P., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Thomas Meek Ramsay, C.M.G., of South Yarra. For public service and services to commerce.

State of Queensland

The Honourable David Eric Nicholson, M.L.A., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Clive Wentworth Uhr, C.B.E., Ch.M., F.C.R.A., of Brisbane. For services to medicine and the community.

Order of the Bath

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

Admiral Sir Horace Rochfort Law, K.C.B., O.B.E., D.S.C.
General Sir John Mogg, K.C.B, C.B.E., D.S.O., A.D.C. (General), late Infantry, Colonel Commandant The Royal Green Jackets, Colonel Commandant Army Air Corps.

Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB)

Miss Mildred Riddelsdell, C.B.E., Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Vice Admiral Peter William Beckwith Ashmore, C.B., M.V O., D.S C.
Vice Admiral John Charles Young Roxburgh, C.B., C.B E., D S.O., D S.C.*
Major-General Roland Christopher Gibbs, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., late Infantry, Colonel Commandant 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets.
Lieutenant-General Frank Douglas King, C.B., M.B.E., late Infantry.
Lieutenant-General John Hugh Sherlock Read, O.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
Air Marshal Anthony Wilkinson Heward, C.B., O.B.E, D.F.C, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
Air Marshal Thomas Neville Stack, C.B., C.V.O., C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
James Duncan Jones, C.B., Second Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment.
Alan Derrett Neale, C.B., M.B.E., Second Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Rear Admiral Colin Charles Harrison Dunlop, C.B.E.
Rear Admiral Philip Roger Canning Higham.
Major General Patrick Richard Kay, M.B.E.
Instructor Rear Admiral Brinley John Morgan.
Rear Admiral John Atrill Templeton-Cotill.
Major-General Patrick Fisher Claxton, O.B.E., late Royal Army Service Corps, now R.A.R.O.
Major-General Ian Gordon Gill, O.B.E, M.C., late Royal Armoured Corps.
Major-General Derek George Levis, O.B.E., late Royal Army Medical Corps, now retired.
Major-General Terence Douglas Herbert McMeekin, O.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Major-General Harry Owen, Army Legal Services, now R.A.R.O.
Air Vice-Marshal Ivor Gordon Broom, C.B.E., D.S.O, DF.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
Air Vice-Marshal Marcus Maxwell Gardham, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
Acting Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Griffiths, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
Air Commodore Thomas Malcolm Grahame Bury, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
Air Commandant Ann Smith McDonald, A.R.R.C., Q.H.N.S., Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.

Civil Division

Edward John Braybrook, Director-General of Supplies and Transport (Naval), Ministry of Defence.
Arthur Caffin Brooke, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland.
Peter Willoughby Carey, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
William Henry Morton Clifford, C.B.E., Solicitor, Department of Health and Social Security.
George Roy Denman, C.M.G., Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
Hywel Wynn Evans, Permanent Secretary, Welsh Office.
Ronald Petrie Fraser, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. (Secretary designate, Scottish Home and Health Department.)
James Arnot Hamilton, M.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
James Boag Howard, Assistant Under Secretary of State, Home Office.
Dennis John Lyons, Director-General of Research, Department of the Environment.
John Ringer Moss, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Robert Stanley Porter, O.B.E., Director-General of Economic Planning, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Overseas Development Administration).
Robert Press, C.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
Rhys Price Probert, Deputy Controller of Aircraft (A) Procurement Executive, Ministry of Defence.
Eric Hugh Alexander Stretton, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment.
Colonel Kenneth David Treasure, C.B.E., T.D., D.L., lately Chairman, Wales and Monmouthshire Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

Sir William Alan Nield, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office.
Sir Denis Arthur Greenhill, K.C.M.G., O.B.E., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Head of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
The Honourable Sir Con Douglas Walter O'Neill, K.C.M.G., Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The Right Honourable Arthur Christopher John Soames, C.B.E., Her Majesty's Ambassador, Paris.

Australian States

State of Victoria

The Honourable Sir Henry Edward Bolte, K.C.M.G., M.L.A., Premier and Treasurer, State of Victoria.

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

John Henry Keswick, C.M.G. For services to British interests in the Far East.
Guy Elwin Millard, C.M.G., C.V.O., Her Majesty's Ambassador, Stockholm.
The Honourable Peter Edward Ramsbotham, C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador, Tehran.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

The Honourable Robert William Askin, M.L.A., Premier and Treasurer, State of New South Wales.

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

Charles William Capstick, Senior Principal Agricultural Economist, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Michael David Milroy Franklin, Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Cyril Robert Parke Hamilton, Deputy Chairman, The Standard Bank Ltd.
Michael Hugh Lawrence, Principal Clerk and Head of Overseas Office. House of Commons.
Walter Patrick Shovelton, Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
John Fell Slater, Assistant Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
Harry Godfrey Mitchell Bass, British High Commissioner, Maseru.
Joseph Alfred Dobbs, O.B.E., T.D., Minister, Her Majesty's Embassy, Moscow.
Martin John Moynihan, M.C., Her Majesty's Ambassador and Consul-General, Monrovia.
Andrew Lancelot Pope, C.V.O., O.B.E., Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Bonn.
Frank Charles Douglas Sargeant, lately British Deputy High Commissioner, Dacca.
Ian McTaggart Sinclair, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
John Adam Thomson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Peter Alan Grant Westlake, M.C., Minister, Her Majesty's Embassy, Tokyo.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

Stanley Hains Lovell, E.D., M.S., F.R.A.C.S. For services to surgery.

State of Victoria

Professor James Adam Louis Matheson, M.B.E., Vice-Chancellor, Monash University.

State of Queensland

Leslie Frank Diplock, M.L.A., of Scarborough. For public service.

State of South Australia

The Honourable Berthold Herbert Teusner, J.P., of Tanunda. For public and community service.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

James Cecil Hogg, C.V.O., F.R.C S., L.R.C.P.
Peter James Kerley, C.V.O, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P.
Rear-Admiral Alexander Henry Charles Gordon Lennox, C.B., D.S.O.
Major James Rennie Maudslay, C.V.O., M.B.E.
Douglas Sinclair Miller, C.B,E.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Esmond Butler.
Henry Louis Carron Greig.
Charles John Leslie Hibberd.
Group Captain Basil Anthony Primavesi, Royal Air Force.
Peter Henry Ogle-Skan, T.D.

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

Philip Hugh Halsey.
Squadron Leader Richard Edward Johns, Royal Air Force.
Commander John Michael Powell, Royal Navy.
Michael Roger Ernest Ruffer, T D.
Arthur Bartram Savage, O.B.E.
Major George Raymond Seymour.
David Stevenson, M.V.O.
Roy Vincent Francis Turner, M.B E. Q.P.M.

Fifth Class

Flight Lieutenant Arthur John Finucane, D.F.C., Royal Air Force (Retd.).
John Patrick Kyle.
Miss Constance Jane Lugton.
Eric Wingfield Morrell.
Leonard Charles Munn.
Flying Officer John Rae, Royal Air Force.
Miss Pamela Selby-Smyth.
Miss Irene Ellen Try.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Lionel Allibone.
Warrant Officer Jesse Baker, B.E.M., Royal Air Force.
Chief Petty Officer Steward Douglas Gordon Cleary.
Victor William Eynon.
Chief Technician Sydney Arthur Frost, Royal Air Force.
Leading Seaman Ronald William Gander.
Flight Sergeant Alexander Henry Graham, Royal Air Force.
Frederick Owen Hildreth.
Leslie Donald Hillier.
Alfred John Holloway.
Police Constable John McMitty, Metropolitan Police.
William Stanley Parker.
Gertrude Annie, Mrs Sweeney.

Order of the British Empire

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

Sir Henry Frank Harding Jones, K.B E., Chairman, Gas Council.

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

Miss Cicely Courtneidge, C.B.E. (Cicely Esmeralda, Mrs Hulbert). For services to the Theatre.
Miss Muriel Diana Reader Harris. For services to Education and the Church.
Miss Freya Stark, C.B.E. (Freya Madeline, Mrs. Perowne), Writer and traveller.
Miss Susan Armour Walker, C.B.E. For political services.

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

Air Marshal Ernest Shaw Sidey, C.B., Q.H.S., M.D., Ch.B., Royal Air Force.
Professor Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, President, Royal Society of London.
Sir Henry Cecil Johnson, C.B.E., lately Chairman, British Railways Board.
John Thomson, T.D., Chairman, Barclays Bank Ltd.
Sir Henry James Tucker, C.B.E., J.P., M.C.P., lately Government Leader, Bermuda.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

Alderman Lawrence Emmett McDermott, Lord Mayor of Sydney.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Sir Peter Brian Medawar, C.B.E., F.R.S. For services to Medical Research.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

Bernard Thomas O'Connell – of Wellington. For outstanding services to manufacturing and commerce.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

Alfred Lawrence Friis – of Tauranga. For very valuable services to the dairy industry.
Roy Granville McElroy – of Auckland. For very valuable services to the community.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

Thomas Harcourt Clarke Caughey OBE – of Auckland. For outstanding services to health administration.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

Harold Iver Austad MBE – of Wellington. For very valuable services to athletics.
Alan Fleming Gilkison – of Invercargill. For very valuable services to the community.
George Searle – of Wellington. For very valuable services as Director-General of the New Zealand Post Office.
Alan Stewart – of Palmerston North. For very valuable services to education.

Military Division

Commodore Edward Courtney Thorne – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Major-General Leslie Arthur Pearce OBE – Brigadiers' List (Regular Force).

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

Neil Colquhoun Begg MB FRCP – of Dunedin. For valuable services to the community.
George James Brocklehurst – of Wellington. For valuable services as chairman of the Social Security Commission.
Maurice Alister Brook – of Auckland. For valuable services as a judge of the Māori Land Court and judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands.
Ian Donald Arthur Cameron MBE – of Wairarapa. For valuable services to the community.
Arnold Edwin Clark – of Eastbourne. For valuable services as chairman of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council.
Duncan Sandford Cox – of Auckland. For valuable services to tourism and the accountancy profession.
Selwyn Osgood Field – of Geneva, Switzerland. For valuable services to youth.
Mrs Margaret Katherine Holt – of Hawkes Bay. For valuable services to the community.
David Fiander Horlor – of Nelson. For valuable services to education.
Wiremu Peka Kerekere – of Wellington. For valuable services to the Māori people.
Horace McGregor Kirk – of Auckland. For valuable services to the community.
Malcolm Arnold Rickard – of Wellington. For valuable services to broadcasting and music.
Mrs Margaret Grace Turnbull – of Wellington. For valuable services as chief commissioner, Girl Guides Association.
William Leslie Francis Utley MD FRCS – of Christchurch. For valuable services to surgery.

Military Division

Surgeon Commander Malcolm Hames Watson VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Ian Launder – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
Wing Commander William Neil Alexander McKay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

George Albert Benson – of Wanganui. For services to athletics.
Hugh Morrish Besley – of Taupo. For services to local government.
Mrs Eileen Brown – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
Denver Harold Calder MB ChB – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
Ronald James Doherty – of Woodville. For services to the trade union movement.
Leslie Ernest Farr – of Rangiora. For services to local government.
Charles Edmund Forsyth – of West Otago. For services to the community.
Matthew Green – of Feilding. For services to local government.
George Davidson Griffiths – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
Mrs Ethel Winifred Jessie Harwood – of Rotorua. For services to education.
Muir James McGlashen – of Richmond. For services to local government.
John Alexander McNeish – of Brunner. For services to the community.
Miss Moya Clare McTamney – of Masterton. For services as a nurse in South Vietnam.
Henry Francis Miller – of Russell. For services to local government.
Alfred Benjamin Muggeridge – of South Taranaki. For services to the community.
John Joseph Nimon – of Havelock North. For services to the community.
Alfred Clarence Paine – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
Richard Charles Parker – of Gisborne. For services to local government.
Harry Leonard Riley – of Golden Bay. For services to local government.
Herbert Donald Robertson VD MB ChB – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
The Reverend Ewing Campbell Stevens – of Dunedin. For services as a minister of religion.
Henry Charles Tod MB ChB – of Cambridge. For services to the community.
Ernest Cecil Wright – of Canterbury. For services to the community.

Military Division

Lieutenant Commander Francis Edward John Mason – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Stores Warrant Officer Noel Lindsay Walker – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Major Andrew Lawrence Fleming ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Peter Gibson Hotop – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
Captain (Temporary Major) Eruini Taharua Te Moananui ED – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).
Squadron Officer Beverley Ethne Bowler – Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Warrant Officer Thomas Methven – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

Joseph Langmuir Hunter – of Wellington. For valuable services as Assistant Director-General of Education.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

Miss Olive Mary Barker – of Timaru. For services to the community.
Edward Francis Bradley – of Auckland. For services to education.
Clifford Bruce Collins – of Nelson, mechanical overseer, Ministry of Works.
Gordon Harold Cowles – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
Mrs Florence Laurel Craig – of Auckland. For services to education.
Francis Patrick Mahony – of Napier. For services as a mail contractor.
Mrs Elsie Constance Odell – of Riverton. For services to the community.
Cyril Walter Partridge – of Te Puke. For services to the community.
Miss Jessie May Quarrie – of Helensville. For services as matron of Helensville Obstetric Hospital.
Peter Robson – of Mana. For services to the community.
Mrs Dorothy Jenner Wales – of Christchurch. for services to the community.
Leonard Ryan Williams – of Alexandra. For services to the community.

Military Division

Chief Engineering Mechanic Noel Rapana Flesher – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Chief Radio Electrical Artificer Edward Arthur Postance – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Chief Radio Mechanic Albert Alexander Tiriana – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Sergeant Garry Belchamber – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).
Corporal (Temporary Sergeant) Michael Roger Arthur Carter – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force).
Staff Sergeant Herbert Desmond Smith – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
Staff Sergeant Thelma Audrey Wigley – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Regular Force).
Sergeant Gerald William Gaston – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Squadron Leader Trevor Thomas Bland – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

Robert Allan Davidson – Chief Fire Officer, Timaru Fire Brigade.
Lumsden Vickers Trass – Chief Fire Officer, Levin Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

Burton Bernard Bevege – Detective Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.
Joseph William Saunders – Chief Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

Master Air Electronics Operator Barry James Hogg – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

↑ United Kingdom list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45554. pp. 1–30. 31 December 1971.
1 2 Australia list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45555. pp. 33–39. 31 December 1971.
↑ New Zealand list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45556. pp. 41–44. 31 December 1971.
↑ Barbados list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45557. p. 45. 31 December 1971.
↑ Mauritius list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45558. p. 47. 31 December 1971.
↑ Fiji list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45559. p. 49. 31 December 1971.

Honours Lists

New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of birthday honours of new king (1902) and WWII (1940)

Birthday Honours	1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 †Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937)

PM's Resignation Honours	1945 1951 1955 1957 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979 1990 1997 2007† †Not issued

Coronation Honours	1902 1911 1937 1953

Dissolution Honours	1900 1906 1910 (January) 1910 (December) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979† 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 †Not issued

Special Honours	2009 2013 2014 2015 2016

Additional Honours	1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee)

Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

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