1992 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1992 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 30 December 1991 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1992.^[1][2]

United Kingdom

Life Peer

Baroness

• Dame Shelagh Marjorie Roberts, D.B.E., Chairman of the London Tourist Board. Former MEP (C). Former Chairman, National Women's Advisory Committee of the Conservative Party.

Baron

• The Right Honourable Sir Reginald Ernest Prentice, former Member of Parliament, former Executive Member, Committee, National Union of Conservative Associations.
• Sir Brian Norman Roger Rix, C.B.E., D.L., Chairman, MENCAP (Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults).
• The Right Honourable William Thomas Rodgers, former Member of Parliament, Director-General, Royal Institute of British Architects.
• Sir David Clive Wilson, G.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong.

Privy Counsellor

• Alastair Robertson Goodlad, M.P., Treasurer of H.M. Household (Deputy Chief Whip). Member of Parliament for Eddisbury.
• (William Armand Thomas) Tristan Garel-Jones, M.P., Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Member of Parliament for Watford.
• The Honourable Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury, M.P., Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry. Member of Parliament for Hove.

Knight Bachelor

• Hugh Norman Annesley, Q.P.M., Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary.
• John Michael Middlecott Banham, Director General, Confederation of British Industry.
• Thomas Baron, C.B.E., Chairman, Stockbridge Village Trust.
• Alan Rushton Battersby, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
• Alexander Ross Belch, C.B.E. For services to Scottish Industry.
• Dirk Bogarde, Dirk Niven van den Bògaerde, Actor.
• Michael Checkland, Director General, British Broadcasting Corporation.
• Anthony Brian Cleaver, Chairman and Chief Executive, IBM United Kingdom Holdings.
• Ivor Harold Cohen, C.B.E., T.D., Chairman, Remploy.
• Michael Colin Cowdrey, C.B.E., Chairman, International Cricket Council.
• Thomas (Tom) Cowie, O.B.E. For political and public service.
• Geoffrey James Ellerton, C.M.G., M.B.E., Chairman, Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
• Matthew Alistair Grant, Chairman and Chief Executive, Argyll Group pic.
• Richard Greenbury, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Marks and Spencer plc.
• William Michael John Grylls, MP. For political service.
• John Gordon Hannam, M.P. For political service.
• Gordon Robert Higginson, Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton.
• Robert John (Robin) Maxwell-Hyslop, M.P. For political service.
• John Trend Lacy. For political service.
• Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson, C.B.E., M.C., T.D., Chairman, National Employers' Liaison Committee.
• Robert Bruce Martin, Q.C., Chairman, North Western Regional Health Authority.
• James McKinnon, Director General of Gas Supply.
• Peter Quennell, C.B.E. For services to literature.
• Martin John Rees, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy; Director, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.
• Michael Llewellyn Rutter, C.B.E., Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London.
• Andrew Colin Hugh Smith, Chairman, The London Stock Exchange.
• Professor James Runcieman Sutherland, Emeritus Professor of Modern English Literature, University College, London. For services to literature.
• Donald Thompson, M.P. For political service.
• Magdi Habib Yacoub, British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiac Surgery; Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Harefield, Royal Brompton and National Heart Hospitals.
• Gordon Menzies Macwhinnie, C.B.E., For public and community services in Hong Kong.

Order of the Bath

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

• General Sir Peter Inge, K.C.B., A.D.C. Gen, late The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Colonel The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Military Police, Colonel Commandant Army Physical Training Corps.
• Sir Terence Michael Heiser, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice Admiral Neville Purvis.
• Lieutenant General Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker, C.B.E., late Royal Tank Regiment, Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment, Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Lieutenant General Jeremy John George Mackenzie, O.B.E., late Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), Colonel Commandant Women's Royal Army Corps.
• Lieutenant General The Honourable William Edward Rous, O.B.E., late Coldstream Guards.
• Air Marshal John Robert Walker, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• James Nursaw, C.B., Q.C., Her Majesty's Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor.
• Douglas Boucher Smith, C.B., Chairman, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
• Nigel Leonard Wicks, C.V.O., C.B.E., Second Permanent Secretary (Finance), Her Majesty's Treasury.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral John Patrick Windsor Middleton.
• Rear Admiral Ian Hugh Pirnie.
• Major General John Taylor Coull, Q.H.S., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Major General Peter Ronald Davies, late Royal Corps of Signals, Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals, Colonel The King's Regiment.
• Major General Richard Morgan Llewellyn, O.B.E., late The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Colonel The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Colonel Gurkha Transport Regiment.
• Major General David Murray Naylor, M.B.E., late Scots Guards.
• Major General Patrick Phillip Dennant Stone, C.B.E., late The Royal Anglian Regiment, Colonel The Royal Anglian Regiment, Colonel Commandant Military Provost Staff Corps.
• Air Vice-Marshal John Michael Patrick Calnan, Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal John Ernsting, O.B.E., Q.H.S., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Timothy Garden, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Michael Ellis Abrams, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health.
• Hugh Maben Barclay, lately Clerk of Public Bills, House of Commons.
• Leonard John Hobhouse Beighton, Director General, Board of Inland Revenue.
• Stephen Nigel Burbridge, Secretary, Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
• James Richard Coates, Grade 3, Department of Transport.
• John Maurice Crawley, Grade 3, Board of Inland Revenue.
• Michael John Culham, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence.
• Roger Lawrence Lowe Facer, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence.
• Brian Terence Gilmore, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
• Anthony Hilgrove Hammond, Legal Adviser, Home Office.
• John Wilson Lloyd, Deputy Secretary, Welsh Office.
• William Ian Macintyre, Grade 3, Department of Energy.
• John Murray, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland.
• Edward Alexander Ryder, lately Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations, Health and Safety Executive.
• Peter Jefferson Smith, Deputy Chairman, Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
• John Michael Medlicott Vereker, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Science.
• Christopher Roy Walker, Grade 3, Cabinet Office.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• Sir John Whitehead, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Tokyo.

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

• Brian Leon Barder, British High Commissioner, Canberra.
• Brian James Proetel Fall, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Ottawa.
• William Nicoll, C.M.G., lately Director-General, Secretariat of the EC Commission, Brussels.
• Anthony Reeve, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Pretoria.
• Philip John Weston, C.M.G., Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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

• John Saynor, Director-General, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
• Charles Christian Wilfred Adams, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Andrew Philip Foley Bache, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Christopher Charles Richard Battiscombe, H.M. Ambassador, Algiers.
• Robert Andrew Burns, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Kevin John Chamberlain, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• David Hicks Goodchild, C.B.E. For services to the British Community in Paris.
• Richard Hay, lately Director-General of Personnel, EC Commission, Brussels.
• Anthony James Longrigg, lately Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Moscow.
• Miss Margaret Irene Rothwell, H.M. Ambassador, Abidjan.
• Anthony Aylett Rowell, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Pretoria.
• Bryan Sparrow, H.M. Consul-General, Lyons.
• David John Wright, L.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Seoul.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• Major Sir Ralph Hugo Anstruther, Bt., K.C.V.O., M.C.

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

• Miss Mona Mitchell, C.V.O.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, G.B.E., K.C.B.
• Francis Nigel, Major the Lord Napier and Ettrick, C.V.O.
• David Rodney Sweetnam, C.B.E., M.B., F.R.C.S.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• John Leonard Dawson, M.B., M.S., F.R.C.S.
• Dr Hugh Ford, L.V.O., M.B., F.R.C.G.P.
• Group Captain Michael Vincent Philip Hunter Harrington, Royal Air Force (Retired).
• Robert (Robin) Charles Kernick.
• Michael Kershaw Ridley.
• Christopher John Robinson, L.V.O.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

• Ian Anthony Balding.
• Commander Peter Charles Chapman-Andrews, Royal Navy.
• Paul David Grenville Hayter.
• Wallace John Keay.
• Sally, Mrs McCorquodale.
• John Christopher Parsons.
• Chief Superintendent Sydney Graham Simpson, Grampian Police.
• Leslie John Stevens, M.B.E.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

• David Brown, T.D.
• Edith Anne Valerie, Mrs Cunningham.
• Major Barrie Trevor Eastwood, M.B.E.
• Inspector Jeremy Gottlieb, Metropolitan Police.
• Chief Yeoman Warder Denis Percy Harding.
• Miss Sally Wyndham Hughes.
• Miss Kiloran Elizabeth McGrigor.
• Police Constable Andrew Merrylees, R.V.M., Metropolitan Police.
• Timothy Nettleton.
• Inspector Geoffrey William Padgham, Metropolitan Police.
• Lieutenant Commander Christopher William Pittaway, Royal Navy.
• John Wilfred Sanderson.
• Miss Dorothy Ann Shipsey.

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) (RVM)

• John (Tam) Davidson, R.V.M.

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

• Frank Samuel Cranston, R.V.M.
• Arthur George Showell, R.V.M.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

• Leading Steward Derek Douglas Craig, Royal Navy.
• Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) First Class Peter Anthony Found, Royal Navy.
• Harold Govier.
• Rodney William Douglas Haylor.
• Graham Charles Hulland.
• Frederick Roy Hutchings.
• Miss Elizabeth Ann Pickard.
• David John Skerritt.
• Sergeant Kenneth Anthony Thompson, ENG TECH AP (INT), Royal Air Force.
• Christopher Hinewood Arkell Williams.
• Chief Technician Derick Bernard Williams, ENG TECH A, Royal Air Force.

Order of the British Empire

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

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Skingsley, K.C.B., Royal Air Force.

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

• Miss Jocelyn Anita Barrow, O.B.E. (Mrs Downer), Deputy Chairman, Broadcasting Standards Council.
• Avril Anne Barker, Mrs Poole, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health.
• Elisabeth Friederike Marie Olga, Mrs Legge-Schwarzkopf. For services to music.

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

• Vice Admiral David Stuart Dobson.
• Lieutenant General Peter John Beale, Q.H.P., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Air Marshal Robert James Michael Alcock, C.B., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Charles Keith Frossard, Bailiff of Guernsey.

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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Stephen Wilkinson, Conductor, British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Singers and William Byrd Singers.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

England and Wales

• Robert Alan Hunt, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Barry John Curtis JP. For services to local government and the community.
• Dr Colin James Maiden. For services to education and business management.
• Patrick William Eisdell Moore OBE. For services to otolaryngology.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• Graham Keith Ansell – lately Secretary of External Relations and Trade.
• The Honourable William Lambert Young JP. For public services.

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Robert James Charles OBE. For services to golf.
• Emeritus Prof. Ian Edward Coop OBE. For services to farming.
• Patrick Hogan. For services to thoroughbred racing.
• David Livingstone Holmes MBE JP. For services to the people of the Chatham Islands.
• Prof. John Desmond Hunter. For services to medicine.
• Ian William Lawrence. For services to local government and the community.
• Dr Donald Rees Llewellyn JP. For services to education and the community.
• Raymond Francis Smith OBE ED. For services to the newspaper industry.
• The Honourable Maxwell Helier Vautier QC. For services to the law.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Alfred Charles Cleaver. For services to local body and community affairs.
• Maurice Cleland JP. For services to technical education and the community.
• Miss Cassia Joy Cowley. For services to children's literature.
• Mrs Mavis Melville Davidson. For services to science and mountaineering.
• Emeritus Prof. Frank Foster Evison. For services to seismology.
• Robert Murray Gough. For services to the dairy industry.
• Howard William Hunter. For services to surveying.
• Colwell Francis Alston Keen JP. For services to the dairy industry and the community.
• The Honourable Henry Robert Lapwood. For public services.
• Peter McNee. For services to humanitarian and welfare work.
• John Duncan McRae. For services to television drama.
• Peter Garth Mander. For services to yachting.
• Mrs Jean Sampson JP. For services to local body and community affairs.
• Thomas Donald Stanley. For services to local government and swimming.
• James Franklin Stirton. For services to the insurance industry.
• Dr Barbara Mary Stone. For services to medicine and the community.
• Angus McMillan Tait. For services to manufacturing and export.
• Horace Charles Warnes. For services to the raspberry industry.

Military Division

• Commander Peter Molesworth McHaffie (S19060) – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Group Captain James Edward Scutter (J84855) – Royal New Zealand Air Force (Retired).

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Barbara Frances Leslie Bagley. For services to the community.
• Mrs Norma Elizabeth Bates. For services to education and youth.
• Miss Sandra Lee Blewett. For services to marathon swimming.
• Martin David Crowe. For services to cricket.
• Malcolm Edward Dick JP. For services to local government.
• Edwin Glass. For services to farming.
• Mrs Patricia Joan Hill. For services to paraplegics.
• Henry Brennan Ray Kerr. For services to epileptics.
• The Reverend Waka Kukutai. For services to the community.
• Mrs Nola Hazel Lyon. For services to bowls.
• Mrs Carolyn Ngaire Whylma McCondach. For services to welfare work.
• Martin Philip (Peter) McDermott. For services to the community.
• John Narey McGowan. For services to the handicapped.
• Owen James Morgan JP. For services to local body and community affairs.
• Laurence Arthur John O'Keefe. For services to athletics.
• Barry Ian Purdy. For services to the retail industry.
• Dr Patrick Philip Eric Savage ED. For services to mental health.
• Mrs Minnie Aldred Stewart. For services to welfare work.
• Michael Joseph Sullivan JP. For services to local government.
• Mrs Waimarama Taumaunu. For services to netball.
• James Thompson Thwaites. For services to the dairy industry.
• Mrs Iritana Terangi Tawhiwhirangi – General Manager, Te Kohanga Reo National Trust.
• George Edward Wright JP. For services to local government, the potato industry and the community.
• Neville Berkley Trendle – Superintendent, New Zealand Police.

Military Division

• Lieutenant Commander John Hugh Williams (C106423) – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major Ian Donald Shepherd Civil ED (X210862) – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.
• Warrant Officer Class One Paul Brendan O'Connor (G41015) – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Squadron Leader Malcolm John Derek Fuller (H87683) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Geoffrey William Ford (A82708) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Service Order

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

• Mrs Joan Elizabeth Beale.
• Eric Roy Grainger.
• Norman David Hardie.
• Arthur Stanley Helm MBE.
• Frederic Hardwicke Knight.

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

• The Right Honourable Fraser MacDonald Colman.
• Bryce (William) Harland – lately New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
• Mrs Ngaire Louisa Kilpatrick.
• The Honourable Arthur Ellis Kinsella.
• Michael Neville Mayman.
• William John Mitchell – lately District Court Judge.
• Paul Warren Rieger JP.
• Mrs Patricia Josephine Taylor.
• The Honourable Hugh Campbell Templeton.

Queen's Service Medal

Queen's Service Medal for Community Service (QSM)

• Leslie Arthur Andrews.
• Vavaura Aukino.
• Douglas John Baker JP.
• Herbert Kenneth Barwell.
• Thomas Ralph Benny.
• Mrs Nellie Charles.
• Mrs Pamela Helen Coe.
• Sidney Birch Creagh.
• Mrs Kathleen Alma Des Forges.
• Miss Elizabeth Suzanne Dickens.
• Ross Montague Fryer.
• Mrs Maud Emily (Melody) Grant.
• Cyril Stanley Hall.
• Raymond Anthony Harriss.
• Miss Joyce Mildred Louisa Hirst.
• Mrs Catherine Mary Holmes JP.
• Miss Josephine Marguerite Elaine Knox-Thompson.
• Richard John Littlejohn.
• Mrs Thelma Beatrice Rosemary Justina Reid Loibl.
• Mrs Joan Miller McCall.
• Mrs Margaret Mary Macnamara.
• Mrs Elizabeth Nancy McConnell.
• Mrs Nellie Elizabeth Macown.
• Rpss William Malyon.
• Basil Keith Marsh.
• Mrs Nancie Le Morna Marsh.
• Mrs Joan Morrell.
• John Edmond O'Neill.
• Mrs Judith Anne O'Sullivan.
• Mrs Nancy Margaret Pickmere.
• Mrs Dawn June Sanders.
• Mrs Materita Mamae Hemi (Rita) Smallman.
• John Hoani (Nick) Wall.
• Mrs Te Aho-o-te-rangi Kathleen Welsh.
• Mrs Wikitoria Te Huruhuru Whatu.
• Bruce John Williams.

Queen's Service Medal for Public Services (QSM)

• Mrs Madge Harkness A'Court.
• Hector Frank Allan.
• Aubrey Gordon Amos Baigent JP.
• Mrs Nancy Barnett.
• Frederick Sydney Blogg.
• Cedric Hunter Cochrane JP.
• Peter Anstie Cornford.
• Francis Thomas Croft JP.
• Mrs Doreen Rose Doolan JP.
• Rollo George Edkins JP.
• Stuart Charles Eunson JP.
• Jonathan Ernest Gadsby.
• Miss Margaret Adam Gardiner.
• Anthony Michael Healy.
• Brian Francis Jaques JP.
• Miss Marion Elizabeth Judge.
• Alistair Newton Lane.
• Colin Francis McMillan.
• David Alexander McPhail.
• Miss Pauline Margaret Meads.
• Charles Vernon Owen.
• Mrs Margaret Mark Plank.
• Robert Sell.
• Dr Allan Henderson Stewart.
• Wallace Sutherland.
• Hendrik Willem (Bill) Ten Hove.
• Henare Raumoa Te Ua.
• Rangitane Donald Kakaho Tipene.
• Mrs Denise Udy.
• Jacobus Petrus (Jack) van der Hulst.
• Mrs Marjorie (Peggy) Young.
• Buddy Haami Netana – Senior Constable, New Zealand Police.
• John Roger Gower – Senior Constable, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Robert Andrew McInnes Baillie – Fire Force Commander, No. 6 Region (Dunedin), New Zealand Fire Service.
• Alexander Weir JP – Chief Fire Officer, Raetihi Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Frederick John Kirkwood – Firefighter, Balclutha Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

• Leading Writer Constantin Papadopoulos (Y24977) – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Christopher Archibald Campbell (D788880) – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant William Thomas McDougall (K972702) – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Neville John Stokes – Detective Superintendent, New Zealand Police.

Polar Medal (PM)

with Clasp "Antarctic 1959–1990"

• Graeme Geoffrey Claridge.

with Clasp "Antarctic 1964–1990"

• Dr Ian Bruce Campbell.

with Clasp "Antarctic 1981–1990"

• Dr John Alan MacDonald.

Cook Islands

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• The Honourable Inatio Akaruru – Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Neil Pearson McKegg – Chairman, Cook Island Trading Company.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Kapua Ariki Ioteva (Joseph). For services to the community.

References

1. United Kingdom list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52767. pp. 1–27. 30 December 1991.
2. New Zealand and Cook Islands lists: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52768. pp. 29–33. 30 December 1991.