The New Year Honours 1983 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 31 December 1982 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1983 in the United Kingdom,UK & Commonwealth list: Australia,Australia list: New Zealand and Cook Islands,New Zealand & Cook Islands list: the Bahamas,Bahamas list: Fiji,Fiji list: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea list: Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Tuvalu,Tuvalu list: St. Lucia,St. Lucia list: St. Vincent & Grenadines,St. Vincent & Grenadines list: and Antigua & Barbuda.Antigua & Barbuda list:
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Baron Life Peers Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Neil Cameron, , Principal of King's College, London. Sir Derek Ezra, . Lately Chairman, National Coal Board. Sir Derek George Rayner, Joint Vice Chairman, Marks & Spencer plc. Adviser to the Prime Minister on efficiency in Government. The Right Honourable Gordon William Humphreys Douglas Richardson, . Governor, Bank of England.
Privy Counsellor John Julian Ganzoni, Baron Belstead. Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir Ian Percival, , Solicitor General. Member of Parliament for Southport. The Honourable Nicholas Ridley, . Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Member of Parliament for Cirencester and Tewkesbury.
Knight Bachelor Robert Atkinson, , Chairman, British Shipbuilders. Brian Harry Bailey, , Chairman, South West Regional Health Authority. The Honourable John Francis Harcourt Baring, , Chairman, Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd. Christopher Charles Booth, Director, Medical Research Council, Clinical Research Centre. Douglas Denison Brown. For political service. Austin Wyeth Bunch, , Chairman, The Electricity Council. Clifford Charles Butler, Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University of Technology. For services to Science Education. Wilfred Halliday Cockcroft. For services to Education. Terence Orby Conran, Chairman, Habitat/Mothercare plc. James Carlisle Stormonth Darling, , Director, The National Trust for Scotland. William Barr McKinnon Duncan, , Deputy Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries plc. Sidney Alfred William Eburne, , Chairman and Senior Crown Agent. Leslie Fletcher, . For political and public service. Edward Lucas Gardner, . For political and public service. John Anthony Grant, . For political and public service. John Peter Grenside, , Senior Partner, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company. Harold George Hillier, . For services to horticulture and for charitable services. Michael Murray Hordern, , Actor. David William Stennis Stuart Lane, lately Chairman, Commission for Racial Equality. Kenneth Lewis, . For political and public service. Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Chairman and Managing Director, Macfarlane Group (Clansman) plc, and for services to industry and the Arts. John David Nunes Nabarro, Chairman of the Joint Consultants' Committee. Lately Consultant Physician, Middlesex Hospital. Edward Walter Parkes, Chairman, University Grants Committee. David Towry Piper, . For services to Art. John Michael Pritchard, , Conductor. The Right Honourable Kenneth Robinson. For services to the Arts. Dudley Gordon Smith, . For political and public service. Theodore Morris Sugden, , Master of Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. Physical Secretary, The Royal Society. John Meredith Temple, . For political and public service. Adam Thomson, , Chairman and Chief Executive, Caledonian Aviation Group plc. Frederick Donald Walters. For political and public service.
Australian States State of Queensland Raymond Douglas Logan. For service to the cattle industry and the community.
State of Western Australia James Alexander McCusker. For service to building societies.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Royal Navy Admiral Sir Arthur Desmond Cassidi, .
Army General Sir Michael Gow, (278637), late Scots Guards, Colonel Commandant Intelligence Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, .
Civil Division Sir Robert Temple Armstrong, , Secretary of the Cabinet. Joint Head of the Home Civil Service.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert, . Vice Admiral James Edward Campbell Kennon, . Lieutenant General Richard Maurice Hilton Vickers, , (400100), late The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). Acting Air Marshal Peter Robin Harding, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division John Lewis Jones, , attached Ministry of Defence. Michael James Kerry, , HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. Philip John Woodfield, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral David John Mackenzie. Major General John Frederick Mottram, . Rear Admiral Derek O'Hara. Rear Admiral Trevor Owen Keith Spraggs.
Army Major General Archibald Cull Birtwistle, , (406347), late Royal Corps of Signals. The Venerable Archdeacon William Francis Johnston, , (459970), Royal Army Chaplains' Department. Major General Lennox Alexander Hawkins Napier, , (397999), late The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot), Colonel Commandant Prince of Wales' Division. Major General George Brian Sinclair, , (376979), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General Henry Michael Tillotson, , (393310), Colonel The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. Major General Anthony John Trythall (390055), late Royal Army Educational Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal David Frank Bates, (Retired). Air Vice-Marshal Joseph Alfred Gilbert, . Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Gerald Skingsley. The Venerable Herbert James Stuart, .
Civil Division Richard Herries Bird, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Science. John Niall Henderson Blelloch, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. John Caines, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade. David Cunningham, Solicitor to the Secretary of State for Scotland. Ian Leonard Davies, Director, Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment, Ministry of Defence. Anthony Noble Frankland, , lately Director, The Imperial War Museum. Charles Freedman, Under Secretary, Board of Customs and Excise. Peter Lewis Gregson, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. John Ferguson Irvine, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland. Kenneth Linsdell, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment. Andrew Gordon Manzie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry. Peter Marchmont, Principal Assistant Solicitor, Department of Transport. James Nursaw, Legal Secretary, Law Officers' Department. Philip Redfern, Deputy Director, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Colonel Robert Charles Townsend Sivewright, , Vice-Chairman, Council of Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations. Walter Gordon Mason Williams, Deputy Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Edward Youde, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) The Right Honourable Thomas Edward, Baron Bridges, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Kenneth Cavendish Christofas, , lately Director-General, Secretariat Council, European Community, Brussels. George William Harding, , H.M. Ambassador, Brasilia. Peter Harold Reginald Marshall, , United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations, Geneva. Robert Lucian Wade-Gery, , British High Commissioner, New Delhi.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) William Atherton Dodd, Chief Education Adviser, Overseas Development Administration. Kenneth Peter Jeffs, Director General (Marketing), Ministry of Defence.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Roger John Carrick, , lately Counsellor, HM Embassy, Washington. Dr. Ronald Ian Talbot Cromartie, Leader of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Committee on Disarmament, Geneva. Stanley Frederick St. Clare Duncan, HM Ambassador, La Paz. Marrack Irvine Goulding, Counsellor, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York. Thomas Nivison Haining, lately HM Ambassador, Ulan Bator. David Neil Lane, British High Commissioner, Port of Spain. Christopher Duncan Lush, United Kingdom Permanent Representative-designate to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Colin Hugh Verel McColl, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Adam Robson, HM Ambassador, Bogotá. John Anthony Sankey, British High Commissioner, Dar es Salaam. Alfred Murray Simons, Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Negotiations on the Mutual Reduction of Forces, Vienna. Charles William Wallace, , HM Ambassador, Lima.
Australian States State of South Australia Reverend Ian Bowe Tanner. For service to the Church.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) The Right Honourable Sir Philip Brian Cecil Moore, .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Colin Cole, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) The Right Honourable Virginia Fortune, Countess of Airlie. Michael Barclay Mavor. James Graham Urquhart. Fulke Thomas Tyndall Walwyn. Clive Anthony Whitmore.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Fourth Class David Robert Collinson. John Martin Gregory. Wing Commander Eric Thomson Inglis King, Royal Air Force. Mary Carew Pole. Philip Henry Parkyns Shaw. Austin Denham Smith. Surgeon Commander David Leslie Swain, Royal Navy. James Douglas Thomas. Lieutenant Colonel Blair Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, Scots Guards.
Fifth Class Mavis Sylvia Eireen Belsey. Edward Archdale Candy. Richard James William Edwards. Dorothea Mary Patricia Malley, . Frederick Lionel Quinby. Warrant Officer Bryan Keith Rawnsley (D1920363), Royal Air Force. Edward Arthur Sibbick, . Major Ernest Smith. Michael James Robert Stroud. Muriel Wood.
Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Gold Charles Alexander Candy, .
In Silver Montague Wallace Christopher. C4266189 Chief Technician Roger John Church, Royal Air Force. John Collings. Edward George Fancourt. Police Constable Roger Stanton Grigson, Metropolitan Police. Police Constable Peter Richard Howard, Metropolitan Police. Edmund Ambrose Lucas. E4253008 Chief Technician Martyn John Meredith, Royal Air Force. Marine Ronald George Steele, Royal Marines, P021867R. Maria June Tawse Webster.
Bar to the RVM in Silver Gladys Bell, .
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division The Most Honourable Elizabeth Shirley Vaughan, Marchioness of Anglesey, . For public service. Olga Nikolaevna Uvarov, . For services to veterinary medicine.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Civil Division David Arthur Roberts, , HM Ambassador, Beirut.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Captain Brian Thomas Brown. Matron-in-Chief Margaret Elizabeth Collins, , Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. Commodore Robert Cameron Hastie, , Royal Naval Reserve. Captain James Trevor Lord.
Army Colonel Colin Edward George Carrington (445814), late Royal Corps of Transport. Brigadier Godfrey John Curl (381805), late Royal Corps of Signals (now R.A.R.O.). Brigadier Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, , (424859), late The Light Infantry. Colonel John Graham Evans, , (420391), late Corps of Royal Engineers, Territorial Army. Brigadier Ronald Edward Lewis Jenkins, , (393710), late Royal Corps of Transport. Brigadier Donald Jolliffe London, , (364097), late Corps of Royal Engineers.