2016 Special Honours

As part of the British honours system, the Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Order of St John. Life Peers are at times also awarded as special honours.

Life Peer

Mark Price, CVO to be Baron Price, of Sturminster Newton in the County of Dorset – 4 March 2016^[1]

Royal Victorian Order

Royal Victorian Order ribbon

Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Honorary

Kamalesh Sharma - on retirement as Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations - 24 March 2016^[2]

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

David George Clark, MVO - on retirement as Locksmith/Fitter, Royal Household – 4 March 2016^[3]

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Terence Joseph Lynch - on retirement as Operations Surveyor, London Palaces, Royal Household – 23 February 2016^[4]

Order of St John

Order of St John ribbon

Knight of the Order of St John

John Walker Bain, MNZM, JP^[5]
Geoffrey Thomas Ridley^[5]

Commaner of the Order of St John

Brigadier Robert Aitken, CBE^[5]
The Most Reverend Paul Kwong^[5]
Captain (Retired) Roderick Peter Abell Sale^[5]
Lee Warwick Short^[5]
Kenneth Ivan Williamson, QSM, JP^[5]
Souella Maria Cumming^[5]
Susan Paiahua Dunn^[5]
Miss Sara Elinor Edwards^[5]
Roslyn Ellen Smith^[5]

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 27686. p. 4714. 4 March 2016.
↑ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/courtsocial/article4720000.ece
↑ The London Gazette: no. 61517. p. 4830. 4 March 2016.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 61508. p. 3854. 23 February 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The London Gazette: no. 61556. p. 9206. 18 April 2016.

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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