1989 Birthday Honours

Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are formally conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.

The 1989 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 16 June 1989.^[1][2][3]

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

United Kingdom

Life Peer

Baron

• Professor Ian McColl, Director of Surgical Unit, Guy's Hospital. Member, Council, Royal College of Surgeons.
• Sir Eric Sharp, C.B.E., Chairman and Chief Executive, Cable and Wireless plc.
• Sir John (Nicholas) Walton, T.D., Member and former President, General Medical Council.

Privy Counsellor

• Christopher Francis Patten, M.P., Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Member of Parliament, Bath.
• Nicholas Paul Scott, M.B.E., M.P., Minister of State, Department of Social Security; Member of Parliament, Chelsea.

Knight Bachelor

• Nigel Frederick Althaus, Government Broker.
• Bryan Askew, Chairman, Yorkshire Regional Health Authority.
• John Alexander Carter. For political and public service.
• Frederick Brian Corby, Chief Executive and Director, Prudential Corporation plc.
• Barry Albert Cross, C.B.E. For services to Animal Physiology and Genetics.
• Robert James Davidson, Managing Director, GEC Power Systems Ltd.
• John Ferguson (Ian) Denholm, C.B.E., Chairman, J & J Denholm Ltd; lately President, General Council of British Shipping.
• Victor William Michael Drury, O.B.E., Professor of General Practice, University of Birmingham. Lately President, Royal College of General Practitioners.
• Horace William Alexander Francis, C.B.E., lately President, Institution of Civil Engineers.
• Richard Kennedy Harvey Gaskell, President, The Law Society.
• Jayvantsinhji Kayaji Gohel, C.B.E. For political and public service.
• Simon Alexander Gourlay, President, National Farmers' Union.
• Rex (Reginald Carey) Harrison, Actor.
• Denys Hartley Henderson, Chairman, ICI plc.
• John Leonard Hunt, M.P. For political service.
• Horace Kadoorie, C.B.E. For services to British Gurkha interests in Nepal.
• Richard Marchant Knowles, Leader, Birmingham City Council.
• Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones, Professor of Greek, University of Oxford.
• Hugh Roderick Macleod, Chairman, Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
• John Manduell, C.B.E., Principal, Royal Northern College of Music.
• Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson, M.P. For political service.
• Peter Colin Michael, C.B.E., Chairman UEI plc.
• David Nicholas, C.B.E., Chairman, Independent Television News.
• Leonard Harry Peach, lately Chief Executive, National Health Service Management Board.
• John Tavare, C.B.E., Chairman, Mersey Basin Campaign.
• Cyril Julian Hebden Taylor. For services to Education.
• Michael Goodiff Taylor, C.B.E. For political and public service.
• Charles Henderson Tidbury, D.L., Chairman, William and Mary Tercentenary Trust.
• Aubrey Fiennes Trotman-Dickenson, Principal, University of Wales, College of Cardiff.
• Robert Wilson, C.B.E., Perren Professor of Astronomy and Head of Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College, London.
• John Woodcock, C.B.E., Q.P.M., H.M. Inspector of Constabulary, Wales and Midlands.
• Gerhard Jacob (Jack) Zunz, lately Joint Chairman, Ove Arup Partnership.

Order of the Bath

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

• Sir Antony Derek Maxwell Oulton, K.C.B., Q.C., Permanent Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice Admiral Brian Thomas Brown, C.B.E.
• Vice Admiral Michael Howard Livesay.
• Lieutenant General John Hartley Learmont, C.B.E., Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Commandant Army Air Corps.
• Lieutenant General Anthony Richard Guy Mullens, O.B.E., late 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
• Air Marshal Michael James Graydon, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Marshal Roger Hewlett Palin, O.B.E., Royal Air Force
• Air Marshal Michael George Simmons, C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• (Constant Hendrik) Henry de Waal, C.B., Q.C., First Parliamentary Counsellor, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
• Geoffrey Holland, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral Peter Francis Grenier.
• Rear Admiral Robert Arthur Isaac.
• Major General Nicholas Francis Vaux, D.S.O.
• Major General John Alan Maurice Evans, late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major General George Malcolm Hutchinson, late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Major General Peter Walter Ernest Istead, O.B.E., G.M., Colonel Commandant Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
• Major General Charles Alexander Ramsay, O.B.E., late The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys).
• Major General James Robert Templer, O.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Air Vice-Marshal Robert James Michael Alcock, Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Graham Neil Forman, Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Arthur George Woodford, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Alan Henry Bishop, Grade 3, Scottish Office.
• Ann Elizabeth, Mrs Bowtell, Deputy Secretary, Department of Social Security.
• Cyril Duncan Burgess, E.R.D., Director, Hazardous Substances Division, Health and Safety Executive.
• Philip John Cooper, Comptroller-General, Patent Office.
• Michael John Fairey, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health.
• David Stewart Gandy, O.B.E., Deputy Director, Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service.
• John Bryan Jefferson, C.B.E., Director General, Design Services, Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment.
• Alastair John Peter Macdonald, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Ronald Kinsman Miller, Solicitor, Board of Inland Revenue.
• David Alan Nicholls, C.M.G., Deputy Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
• John Allan Patterson, Director, Department for National Savings.
• Gerald Hayden Phillips, Deputy Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• David William Saunders, Parliamentary Counsellor, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
• William Albert Watson, Grade 3, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• Sir Patrick Wright, K.C.M.G., Permanent Under-secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Head of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.

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

• Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Ankara.
• Richard Trevor Langford Francis, Director-General, British Council.
• John Albert Leigh Morgan, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Mexico City.

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

• James Steven Bell, C.B.E., D.F.C., Q.P.M. For services to British interests in Bahrain.
• Gerald Edmondson Clark, United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the U.N., Vienna.
• John Coates Edwards, British High Commissioner, Maseru.
• William Hugh Fullerton, Governor of the Falkland Islands.
• James Ronald Gass, lately Director for Manpower, Social Affairs and Education, O.E.C.D., Paris.
• John Wilkings Hackett, lately Director for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, O.E.C.D., Paris.
• Michael Edward Howell, O.B.E., British High Commissioner, Port Moresby.
• Patrick Michael Nixon, O.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Doha.
• Allan John Ramsay, H.M. Ambassador, Beirut.
• John Alan Shepherd, H.M. Ambassador, Bahrain.
• Duncan Stuart, lately Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Washington.
• Jeremy Richard Levering Grosvenor Varcoe, lately H.M. Ambassador, Mogadishu.

Royal Victorian Order

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

• Elizabeth, Lady Basset, C.V.O.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Edwin Hardy Amies, C.V.O.
• Major Shane Gabriel Basil Blewitt, C.V.O.
• Robert Fellowes, C.B., L.V.O.
• Charles Mortimer Tollemache Smith-Ryland.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Professor Norman James Blacklock, L.V.O., O.B.E.
• Gordon Herbert Franklin, L.V.O.
• Group Captain Jeremy Frederick Billings Jones, A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
• Hartland Molson MacDougall, C.M.
• Dr John Duncan Matthews.
• Donald Ian Scleater, L.V.O.
• Commander Charles William Stuart Shears, O.B.E., R.N. (Ret'd.).
• The Honourable Geoffrey Hazlitt Wilson.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

• Lieutenant Colonel Peter Evan Wyldbore Gibbs.
• Edward Charles Joslin.
• Reverend John Herbert Williams.
• Major Eldred William O'Flaherty Wilson, D.S.O.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

• Brian Ames.
• Patricia Tempe, Mrs Behr, M.B.E.
• Valerie Moreton, Mrs Bennett-Levy.
• Sheila Loraine, Lady de Bellaigue.
• James Robert Holme.
• Miss Robin Isobel Rawson.
• Anthony Wilkie.

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

• Petty Officer Joseph James Croft, R.V.M., Royal Navy.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

• Chief Technician Brian John Beach, Royal Air Force.
• Ralph Burn.
• Charge Chief Marine Engineering Artificer (Propulsion) Edward Alfred Gilbert Coleman, Royal Navy.
• Charles Duncan Davidson.
• Thomas Edgar Deighton.
• Cyril John Eagle.
• Divisional Sergeant Major Frederick Hardy, B.E.M., The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard.
• Richard Charles Hawkins.
• Douglas James Jones.
• Gwynne Jones.
• Chief Technician Malcolm Langford, Royal Air Force.
• William Edward Martin.
• Chief Petty Officer (Seaman) Malcolm Thomas Nisbet, Royal Navy.
• Denis John Nutley.
• Chief Communications Yeoman David James Pritchard, Royal Navy.
• Ashley John Sadler.
• Leonard James Shelton.
• Police Constable Thomas Spink, Metropolitan Police.

Order of the British Empire

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

• Admiral Sir John Woodward, K.C.B.

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

• Elsie Rosemary, Mrs Rue, C.B.E., former Regional General Manager and Regional Medical Officer, Oxford Regional Health Authority.

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

• Vice Admiral Alan Grose.
• Rear Admiral (now Vice Admiral) James Lamb Weatherall.
• The Reverend Professor Henry Chadwick, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
• Piers Jacobs, O.B.E., Financial Secretary, Hong Kong.
• Terence George Streeton, C.M.G., M.B.E., British High Commissioner, Dhaka.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• Professor Stephen William Hawking, C.B.E. For services to Astronomical Research.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Robert Edward Jones. For services to business management and the community.
• Professor Ian Hugh Kawharu. For services to the Māori people.
• The Right Honourable (Mr. Justice) Edward Jonathan Somers - Judge of the Court of Appeal.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• Malcolm Leitch Cameron - lately Director General, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Denis Bazeley Gordon McLean - lately Secretary of Defence.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• Mrs Silvia Rose Cartwright. For services to women.

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

Civil Division

• Ross Malcolm Jansen CBE JP. For services to local government.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Ruth Dallas (Miss Ruth Minnie Mumford). For services to literature.
• John Harold Gray OBE ED - General Manager and Town Clerk, Christchurch City Council.
• Dr Charmian Jocelyn O'Connor JP. For services to chemistry, education and the community.
• Prof. Thomas Vianney O'Donnell. For services to medicine.
• Heughan Bassett (Hugh) Rennie - Chairman, Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand, 1984-88.
• Peter John Trapski - lately Chief District Court Judge.
• Miss Gillian Constance Weir (Mrs. Lawrence Phelps). For services to music.
• Malcolm Thomas Churches OBE - lately Commissioner of Police, New Zealand Police.

Military Division

• Air Commodore Robin John Klitscher DFC AFC (A926072) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Gordon Harold Brown. For services to art history.
• Prof. Arthur Derek Campbell. For services to science.
• Raymond John Chappell - lately Managing DIrector, The Rural Bank.
• Peter Kerry Clark. For services to bowls.
• Mervyn Frank Gorringe. For services to local government.
• Dr George Condor Hitchcock DFC. For services to medicine.
• Miss Olwyn Joan Holland. For services to education.
• Paul Burbridge Lynch. For services to agricultural science.
• Denford Coll McDonald. For services to the motor vehicle industry.
• Francis Graham Milne Parkinson - Deputy Chairman, National Roads Board.
• Mrs Jennifer Lynette Pattrick. For services to the arts.
• Henry Romanes. For services to local government.
• Francis Ryan. For services to local government.
• Linden Charles Mansell Saunders. For services to music.
• Tuke Tere Waamu. For services to the community.
• Kenneth Stewart Thomson. For services to the veterinary profession.
• Tennant Edward Wilson. For services to sport.
• Ronald Wood. For services to local government.
• Peter Gerhard Wiersma - Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police.

Military Division

• Captain Edwin Stanley Eide (L14707) - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Stuart David Jameson (R39299) - Colonels' List, New Zealand Army

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Jeffrey Victor Archibald. For services to hockey.
• Peter John Babich. For services to the viticultural industry.
• Raymond Kelvin Breeze. For services to sport and the community. .
• Simon John Cave. For services to farming.
• John Brynn Christie. For services to manufacturing, sport and the community.
• John William Coley. For services to art.
• Mrs Ruth Janice Cowell. For services to education.
• Miss Margaret Mary Darby JP - lately Chief Nurse, Canterbury Hospital Board.
• Frank Dickson. For services to banking and the community.
• Daniel John Duggan. For services to the trade union movement.
• Peter Dick Fredatovich. For services to the viticultural industry.
• Dr Bruce Robert Noel Golden. For services to aviation medicine.
• Gordon Alick Hookings. For services to education and gliding.
• James Bryce Jones. For services to the Order of St. John and the community.
• Anthony Bruce Kendall. For services to boardsailing.
• Mrs Ina Mabel Lamason. For services to cricket and hockey.
• Warren Kenneth Lees. For services to cricket.
• Kerry Leigh Francis Marshall JP. For services to local government.
• Maurice Lane Marshall. For services to education and sport.
• Noel Cedric Messenger. For services to sport and the community.
• Anthony Robin Le Clerc Mosse. For services to swimming.
• Horo Himi Waihika Pou. For services to the community.
• George Newton Te Au. For services to sport and the community.
• Geoffrey Garth Thornton. For services to architecture.
• Wilfred Ernest Wagener JP. For services to technical education and the building industry.

Military Division

• Warrant Officer Class One Brian John Fleming (D902799) - Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Class Two Matthew John Te Pou BEM (D42691) - Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Class Two David James Fitzwater (L654797) - The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Squadron Leader William Alexander Kennet Currie BEM (M72760) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Service Order

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Community Service (QSO)

• Mrs Pauline May Ayres.
• Rua Cooper.
• Frances Maria, Lady Nordmeyer.
• Hamiora (Sam) Raumati.
• Colonel James Ingram Miles Smail OBE MC TD DL.

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Public Services (QSO)

• John Murray Black.
• John Brian Burke JP.
• Mervyn Wilkinson Hancock JP.
• John Sedgley Hickman.
• Arthur Leonard Humphries DFM JP.
• John Klaricich JP.
• Ian Dallas Leggat.
• Dr Dorothy Muriel Ellen Liddell.
• Bryan Henry Palmer MBE ED.
• Ralph William Pile.
• Elwyn Stuart Richardson.
• John Francis William Wybrow.

Queen's Service Medal

Queen's Service Medal for Community Service (QSM)

• Mrs Lulu Ruhia Maria Andersen.
• Mrs Alice Frances Biddle.
• Mrs Blair.
• Ralph Hugh Blair.
• Lindsay Mostyn Buick-Constable JP.
• Jens Bukholt.
• Mrs Karen Margrethe Bukholt.
• Mrs Barbara Jean Cameron Dave.
• Mrs Ellen Doreen Condick.
• Ian James Farquhar.
• Mrs Shirley Agnes Farquhar.
• Stuart John Gordon.
• Mrs Anne Lynette Hawker.
• Ormond James Innes.
• Mrs Eva Anne, Lanauze.
• Miss Kora Hildyard Lang.
• Allen Joseph Little JP.
• Stephen Lock.
• William Robert McConnell.
• Miss Winifred Honor McKellar.
• Miss Joan Catherine Mahony.
• Mrs Lucy Carlili Marshall.
• The Reverend James David Milne.
• David John Monroe.
• Sydney Archibald Muirhead.
• The Reverend Puti Hopaea Murray.
• Thakor Parbhu.
• Joseph Samuel.
• Alexander Schiff.
• Mrs Mere Nutana Taka JP.
• Lloyd Edwin Thorne.
• Mrs Ria Moheko Wineera.

Queen's Service Medal for Public Services (QSM)

• Brian Seymour Emannuel Bellringer.
• Mrs Betty Imelda Black.
• Bruce Robert Borthwick.
• James William Forde Breeze.
• Allan Edward Brown.
• Kevin Raymond Brown.
• David Graham Conway.
• William Vincent Cowles JP.
• John Carlton Garrity.
• Norman William Golding.
• Evan Butler Graham.
• Mrs Kathleen Gladys May Handricks JP.
• Harold James Kelly.
• George Ngapukapuka Kereama.
• Mrs May MacRae Langdon JP.
• Ivan James Lawson.
• Graham Eric Selby Lowe.
• Allan Cedric McLeod.
• Donald Vincent Merton.
• Bruce William Pagan JP.
• Robert Daldy Reese JP.
• Lewis Gordon Robinson.
• Haydn Ferrars Sherley.
• Mrs Yvonne Eileen Trevors.
• John Richard Tripp JP.
• Maurice Carlyon Tryon JP.
• Libya Walker (Ripia Kireka Waaka).
• Arthur Ernest Clarke - lately Senior Constable, New Zealand Police.
• Brian John Husband - Detective Senior Sergeant, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Russell George Carlaw - Fire Commander, Timaru, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Jack Dorsey Clark - Chief Fire Officer, Whakatane, New Zealand Fire Service.
• George Grant Roberts - Fire Force Commander, No. 2 Region (Hamilton), New Zealand Fire Service.
• Sydney James Roberts - Station Officer, Waitara Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

• Lance Corporal Brent Michael Palmer (H54885) - Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.
• Sergeant Peter Grant Reece (L87709) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Francis Colleen Mullins - Sergeant, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Master Air Electronic Operator Peter Allan Hilliard (Q86103) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Cook Islands

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Apenera Pera Short JP. For services to the community.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Tikaka Henry JP. For services to the community.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Taira Rere. For services to education and the community.
• Terua Mana Strickland. For services to education and the community.

References

1. United Kingdom list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51772. pp. 1–26. 16 June 1989.
2. Australia list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51773. pp. 29–30. 16 June 1989.
3. New Zealand list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51774. pp. 31–38. 16 June 1989.