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 1983 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 10 June 1983.United Kingdom list: New Zealand and Cook Islands lists:

At this time honours for Australians were still being awarded in the UK honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, as well as in the Australian honours system which had been established in 1975.

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

United Kingdom

Life peer

Baron The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Stuart Yarworth Blanch. Archbishop of York. Sir James Edward Hanson. Chairman, Hanson Trust. George Anthony Geoffrey Howard, D.L. Chairman, British Broadcasting Corporation. Sir John Leonard King. Chairman, Babcock International PLC.

Privy Counsellor Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979–81. Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence, 1981–83. Sir Frank Cooper, G.C.B., C.M.G., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, 1976–82. Sir Arthur Michael Palliser, G.C.M.G., Head of the Diplomatic Service, 1975–82. Peter Wynford Innes Rees, Q.C., Minister of State, H.M. Treasury, 1979–81. Minister of State, Department of Trade, 1981–83.

Knight Bachelor Michael Francis Atiyah, Royal Society Research Professor, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. Basil Davenport Blackwell, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive, Westland PLC. John Dennis Boles, , Director-General, The National Trust. Robert Lewis Fullarton Boyd, , Professor of Physics, University of London, and Director of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Philip Antony Fyson Buck, . For Political and Public Service. Terence Burns, Chief Economic Adviser, H.M. Treasury. Geoffrey Chandler, , Director-General, National Economic Development Office. Anthony Wakefield Cox, , Architect. Hugh Guy Cubitt, , Chairman, Housing Corporation. Rustam Moolan-Feroze, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Charles Keith Frossard, Bailiff of Guernsey. Abraham Goldberg, Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow. James Duncan Goold. For Public and Political services. Harold Edward Gurden. For Political and Public Service. Michael Aubrey Hamilton. For Political and Public Service. Philip Welsby Holland. For Political and Public Service. Ian Bruce Hope Hunter, . For services to the Arts. Brigadier Leonard Henry Lee, . For Political and Public Service. Duncan McDonald, , Chairman and Chief Executive, NEI Group PLC. For services to Export. Alexander McGregor Graham Macmillan. For Political Service. Kenneth Macmillan, Principal Choreographer, The Royal Ballet. James William Miskin, (His Honour Judge Miskin), Recorder of London. Francis Patrick Neill, , Chairman, Press Council. Joseph Nickerson, Chairman, Nickerson Group. John Holbrook Osborn. For Political and Public Service. Leslie Porter, Chairman and Chief Executive, Tesco Stores (Holdings) PLC. Alfred Sherman. For Political Service. Norman Siddall, , Chairman, National Coal Board. Clive Marles Sinclair, Chairman, Sinclair Research Ltd. Professor Stephen Harold Spender, , Poet and Critic. Alan Arthur Walters, Personal Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister. Malcolm George Wilcox, , lately Chairman, Export Guarantees Advisory Council. Alwyn Williams, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Glasgow. William Maxwell Harries Williams, President, The Law Society of England and Wales. Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Chairman, Horserace Totalisator Board. Roger William Young. For educational and public services, particularly in Scotland.

Australian States State of Queensland Francis Thomas Moore. For service to the tourist industry and the community. Henry Sydney Williams, . For services to the community.

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Sir David John Hallifax, K.B.E. Vice Admiral Peter Maxwell Stanford, M.V.O.

Army Lieutenant General Martin Baker Farndale, C.B., Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Commandant Army Air Corps.

Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Michael John Armitage, C.B.E. Acting Air Marshal Patrick Bardon Hine. Acting Air Marshal Michael William Patrick Knight, C.B., A.F.C.

Civil Division George Lawrence Jose Engle, C.B., Q.C., First Parliamentary Counsel. Michael David Milroy Franklin, C.B., C.M.G., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Clive Anthony Whitmore, C.V.O., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral Anthony Sanderson George. Rear Admiral David Conrad Jenkin. Rear Admiral John Keith Robertson. Major General William Maurice Allen (408929), late Royal Corps of Transport. Major General Eric Walter Barton, (393871), Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General Derek Thomas Crabtree (427648), Colonel The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire). Major General Sir David Hughes-Morgan, Bt., (384230), Army Legal Corps. Major General Michael Frank Reynolds (412046), late The Queen's Regiment. Air Vice-Marshal Herbert Brian Kelly, , Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Leslie William Phipps, , Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Robert George Price, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division John Anthony Christopher, Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue. Roy Henry Francis Croft, Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry. Ivor John Guest Davis, Comptroller-General, Patent Office, Department of Trade. Professor George Alfred Hugh Elton, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Kenneth Frederick John Ennals, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. Miss Susan Winthrop Fogarty, Under Secretary, Department of Transport. Stuart William Gilbert, Director, Department for National Savings. James Dominic George Hammer, H.M. Chief Inspector of Factories, Department of Employment. Lewis Dudley Hawken, Deputy Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise. Thomas Henry Kerr, Director, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Ministry of Defence. Robert Gavin Loudon McCrone, Secretary, Scottish Economic Planning Department. Kenneth Carmichael Macdonald, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. William Ernest Mason, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Mary Elizabeth, Mrs Hedley-Miller, Under Secretary, H.M. Treasury. Dallas Alfred Mithen, Commissioner, Harvesting and Marketing, Forestry Commission. Michael John Anthony Partridge, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Peter George Perry, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Clive Priestley, Under Secretary, Management and Personnel Office. Peter Damian Robinson, Deputy Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department. William Johnstone Sharp, Controller and Chief Executive, H.M. Stationery Office. Ralph Frederick Dendy Shuffrey, , Deputy Secretary, Home Office. Colin Macdonald Stewart, Directing Actuary, Government Actuary's Department.

Australian States State of Tasmania Ian Grahame Inglis, State Under Treasurer.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Percy Cradock, K.C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Peking.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Colin Frederick Figures, C.M.G., O.B.E., Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Oliver Grantham Forster, C.M.G., M.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Islamabad. Hugh Thomas Arnold Overton, C.M.G., lately Director, British Trade Development Office, New York. Anthony James Williams, C.M.G., Leader of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, Madrid.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Clive Carruthers Clemens, M.C., British High Commissioner, Maseru. Robert Kerr Cunningham, Chief Natural Resources Adviser, Overseas Development Administration. Patrick Robin Fearn, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Calvert Griffiths, Attorney-General, Hong Kong. Colin Henry Imray, British Deputy High Commissioner, Bombay. Peter Laurence O'Keeffe, C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Dakar. Philip McKearney, H.M. Consul-General, Boston. Robert Michael Purcell, H.M. Ambassador, Mogadishu. Oswald James Horsley Robinson, O.B.E., Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Dougal Gordon Reid, H.M. Ambassador, Monrovia. Harry Charles Salter, D.F.C., lately Director (Finance), Commission of the European Communities, Brussels. Richard Christopher Samuel, British Deputy High Commissioner, New Delhi. William Kenneth Slatcher, C.V.O., British High Commissioner, Georgetown. John Nicholas Teague Spreckley, H.M. Ambassador, Seoul. William Kelvin Kennedy White, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Australian States State of Queensland Dr Alphonso Jean Gardiner Nicholson. For service to medicine and the community.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Charles Matthew Farrer, C.V.O. John Michael Moore, C.B., D.S.C.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Howard Montagu Colvin, C.B.E. The Right Honourable Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe. Colonel William Henry Gerard Leigh, C.B.E., M.V.O. Group Captain Anthony Mumford, Royal Air Force. Commander Loftus Edward Peyton Jones, D.S.O., M.B.E., D.S.C., Royal Navy. George Douglas Pinker. Richard Henry Egerton Russell. Bernard Alfred Speight. The Reverend Canon Cecil Edwyn Young.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Fourth Class Miss Daphne Russell Edmunds, M.B.E. Commander Richard Gregory Evans, Royal Navy. Robert Fellowes. Athole Stephen Hereford Kemp, O.B.E. The Honourable Diana Mary Robina Makgill, M.V.O. Gordon Reynolds. The Honourable Jean Constance, Mrs Wills. Fifth Class Frank Newsome Berry. Miss Angela Margaret Bowlby, M.B.E. Edna Rosina, Mrs Canty. Miss Susan Lillian Derry. Lieutenant Commander Robert Montgomery Evans, Royal Navy. Superintendent John Maclean, Metropolitan Police.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM) Chief Technician Nicholas Anthony Copley, Royal Air Force. Divisional Sergeant Major James Green, M.B.E., The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Chief Petty Officer (Seaman) Garry Greenwood. Ronald Thomas Hankins. George Leonard Hasthorpe. Chief Petty Officer Cook Jeffrey Hughes. John Leishman. Sergeant John Raymond Taylor, B.E.M., Royal Air Force. Maurice John Watts. Charles Alexander Wright.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Admiral Sir William Thomas Pillar, K.C.B.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Rosamund Mary, Lady Holland-Martin, O.B.E., Chairman, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Vice-Admiral John Frederick Cadell. Major General David Calthorp Thorne, O.B.E., Deputy Colonel The Royal Anglian Regiment (Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire). Acting Air Marshal Eric Clive Dunn, C.B., B.E.M., Royal Air Force. The Right Honourable Patrick Edmund, Earl of Limerick, lately Chairman, British Overseas Trade Board. For Services to Export. John Henry Bremridge, O.B.E., Financial Secretary, Hong Kong.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Captain David Belfield Nolan, Royal Navy. The Reverend Peter Owen Price, Q.H.C., Royal Navy. Captain Philip William Seton Stearns, Royal Navy

Army Brigadier John Bryan Bettridge (419358), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Patrick Martin Blagden (443401), late Corps of Royal Engineers.