Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in 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 service people on active duty.

The 1985 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 15 June 1985.United Kingdom list: New Zealand and Cook Islands lists:

The recipients are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.

United Kingdom

Life Peers

Barons Sir Walter Charles Marshall, C.B.E., Chairman Central Electricity Generating Board. The Right Honourable Robert Joseph Mellish, Deputy Chairman, London Docklands Development Corporation.

Privy Counsellor Barney (Bernard John) Hayhoe, Minister of State, H.M. Treasury and Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth.

Knights Bachelor David Frederick Attenborough, C.B.E., Broadcaster. George Bernard Audley, Chairman, AGB Research plc. Professor George Malcolm Brown, Director, British Geological Survey. Professor David Roxbee Cox, Professor of Statistics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London. Bernard Melchior Feilden, C.B.E. For services to architecture. Peter Froggatt, President and Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University of Belfast. Ernest Roy Griffiths. For services to the National Health Service. Eldon Wylie Griffiths, M.P. For political service. Ronald Halstead, C.B.E., Chairman and Chief Executive, Beecham Group plc. Leonard Maxwell Harper Gow, M.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Christian Salvesen Ltd. Philip Charles Harris, Chairman, Harris Queensway plc. John Henry Harvey-Jones, M.B.E., Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries plc. Professor Francis Harry Hinsley, O.B.E., Historian. Arthur Hugh Hoole, President, The Law Society. Peter Maudslay Hordern, M.P. For political service. Martin Wakefield Jacomb, Vice-Chairman, Kleinwort Benson Ltd. For services to the City. Russell David Johnston, M.P. For political and public service. John Patrick Lowry, C.B.E., Chairman, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. David James Lumsden, Principal, Royal Academy of Music. Donald Og Grant Maclean. For political and public service. Peter Tester Main, E.R.D., Lately Chairman, The Boots Company plc. Neville Marriner, C.B.E. For services to music. James Munn, O.B.E., Chairman, Consultative Committee on the Curriculum, and for public services in Scotland. Philip Alan Myers, O.B.E., Q.P.M., D.L., H.M. Inspector of Constabulary, North West Region. Oliver John Napier. For political service. Eric John Pountain, D.L., Chairman and Chief Executive, Tarmac plc. For services to Export. Professor Philip John Randle, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Robert Basil Reid, C.B.E., Chairman, British Railways Board. Gordon Shattock. For political and public service. Alfred Henry Simpson, Chief Justice of Kenya. Brigadier John Nicholas Somerville, C.B.E. For political service. Joseph Anthony Porteous Trafford. For political and public service. Professor Henry William Rawson Wade, Q.C. For services to English Law. David Innes Williams. Director, British Postgraduate Medical Federation, University of London.

State of Queensland Bruce Dunstan Watson. For services to industry.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) General Sir Nigel Bagnall, K.C.B., C.V.O., M.C. (360763), Colonel Commandant Army Physical Training Corps, late 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. The Right Honourable Sir Philip Brian Cecil Moore, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., C.M.G., Private Secretary to The Queen.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Richard George Alison Fitch.

Army Lieutenant General Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins, O.B.E. Lieutenant General John Norman Stewart Arthur (418179), Colonel The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), Colonel Commandant Military Provost Staff Corps. Lieutenant General Brian Leslie Graham Kenny, C.B.E. (437098), Colonel Commandant Royal Army Veterinary Corps, late The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. Lieutenant General Robert Alan Pascoe, M.B.E. (424428), late The Royal Green Jackets.

Royal Air Force Air Marshal David Parry-Evans, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Angus McKay Fraser, C.B., T.D., Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise. David John Stowell Hancock, Permanent Secretary, Department of Education and Science. James Geoffrey Littler, C.B., Second Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral John Perronet Barker. Major General John Campbell Hardy, L.V.O. Rear Admiral Michael Frank Simpson.

Army Major General John Leonard Bartlett (371490), late Royal Army Pay Corps. Major General Peter Irvine Chiswell, C.B.E. (414821), late The Parachute Regiment. Major General Brian William Davis, C.B.E. (400989), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General William Leonard Whalley (421567), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal David Graeme Muspratt Hills, O.B.E., Royal Air Force (Retired). Air Vice-Marshal Frank Martyn Holroyd, Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick George Howe, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Stanley Clarke Agnew, Chief Engineer, Scottish Development Department. Clifford John Boulton, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons. Louis Victor Denis Calvert, Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland. Geoffrey Howes Chipperfield. Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. Kenneth Dowling, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions. Kenneth George Forecast, Under Secretary, Cabinet Office. James Hunter Galbraith, Under Secretary, Department of Employment. John Ralph Sidney Guinness, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy. David Holmes, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transport. Patrick William Jarvis, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Miss Mary Josephine Lackey, O.B.E., Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. Thomas Stuart Legg, Deputy Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department. Miss Elizabeth Marion Llewellyn Smith, Deputy Director General, Office of Fair Trading. Denis Alan Peach, Chief Charity Commissioner. Brian Ewart Robson, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Cecil Owen Shipp, O.B.E., Principal Director, Ministry of Defence. John Derek Taylor Thompson, Commissioner, Board of Inland Revenue. William Benjamin Utting, Chief Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate, 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 John Thomson, K.C.M.G., United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Bryan George Cartledge, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador-designate, Moscow. Peter Harvey Marychurch, Director, Government Communications Headquarters. John James Andrew Reid, C.B., T.D., Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Home and Health Department; and for services to international medicine. (William Erskine) Hamilton Whyte, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Singapore.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Professor Brian Edward Frederick Fender, lately Director, Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble. Peter Standley McLean, O.B.E., Assistant Secretary, Overseas Development Administration. Michael William Atkinson, M.B.E., HM Ambassador-designate, Quito. Martin Seymour Berthoud, British High Commissioner, Port of Spain. Terence Joseph Clark, C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Baghdad. Brian Lee Crowe, Minister (Commercial), H.M. Embassy, Washington. Patrick Howard Caines Eyers, L.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Kinshasa. Brian Hitch, C.V.O., Minister, H.M. Embassy, Tokyo. Lawrence John Middleton, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Martin Robert Morland, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Patrick James Murphy, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John William Richmond Shakespeare, L.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Lima. Alan White, O.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, La Paz. Nigel Christopher Ransome Williams, Minister, H.M. Embassy, Bonn.

Royal Victorian Order

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) James Brown. Colonel John Gilbert Bourne. Sir John Henry Harris Davis. Group Captain Richard Brian Duckett, A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Charles Annand Fraser, L.V.O., W.S. Francis Nigel, Major the Lord Napier and Ettrick, L.V.O. Kenneth Brian Smith.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Vincent Eugene Hart. Brian Roff Marsh, M.C. Commander William Carlton McKnight, Royal Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Richard George Satterthwaite, O.B.E.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Kenneth Wilfred Armstrong, D.F.C. Miss Diana Elizabeth Atkinson. Philip Jeremy Bonham-Carter. Inspector (Acting Chief Inspector) Peter William Challenger, Metropolitan Police. Robert Cook. Squadron Leader Brian James Crawford, Royal Air Force. Miss Patricia Joyce Deakin. Philip Macdonald Dinsey. Peter Leslie Edwards. Peter Magnus Goodman. Sidney Wiliam Goolding. Miss Ivy Beatrice Hoaen. Donald Jackson. Miss Mary Penelope Oliver. Robert Frederick James Oliver. Miss Elizabeth Louise Pitney. Joyce Ellen, Mrs, Smith.

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Yeoman Bed Goer Albert Edward Adams, B.E.M., The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Kathleen Margaret Rosina, Mrs Bawn. James Anthony Butler. Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineering Artificer Dennis Cook. Raymond William John Daw. Thomas Glossop. Gordon Grear. Philip Howell. Flight Sergeant Anthony Albert Hunter, Royal Air Force. Fred Vernon Knight. Adam Lazarczuk. Chief Petty Officer Cook Lawrence Marsh. Arthur Francis Martin.

Companion of Honour Philip Arthur Larkin, C.B.E. For services to Poetry. Professor Rodney Robert Porter. For services to Biochemistry.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Mary Jennifer, Mrs Jenkins. For public services. Joan Christabel Jill, Mrs Knight, M.B.E., M.P. For political service. Alison, Mrs Munro, C.B.E. For public services. Miss Joan Fleetwood Varley, C.B.E. For political service.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Air Marshal John George Donald, O.B.E., Q.H.S., Royal Air Force. David Akers-Jones, C.M.G., Chief Secretary, Hong Kong. Henry David Alastair Capel Miers, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Beirut.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Captain David Allen, Royal Navy. Captain Guy Francis Liardet, Royal Navy. Commodore John Parry, Royal Navy.

Army Colonel Thomas Seccombe, O.B.E., A.D.C. Colonel John David Blackwell (411893), late Royal Tank Regiment (now RARO). Colonel Graham Coxon, M.B.E. (461676), late The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire). Brigadier Kenneth John Davey, M.C. (417047), late The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot). Brigadier James Cyril Groom (411958), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Brigadier (now Acting Major General) Charles Edward Webb Jones (448994), late The Royal Green Jackets. Brigadier Ian Mackay, M.B.E., M.C. (440088), late The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment). The Right Reverend Monsignor John Moran (469273), Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class, Royal Army Chaplain's Department (now RARO). Brigadier (now Major General) Anthony John Shaw (449523), Q.H.P., late Royal Army Medical Corps.

Royal Air Force Air Commodore Reginald Derek Brittain, O.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Commodore John Philip Ravenscroft Browne, Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Jenkin Alun Morgan, O.B.E., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Godfrey Hugh Rolfe, M.B.E., Royal Air Force, Group Captain James Nankivell Sawyer, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Malcolm Argent, Secretary, British Telecommunications plc.