The New Year Honours 1961 were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 31 December 1960 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom: United Kingdom – Home Civil Service: For Distinguished Service in Malaya: Australia,Australia: New Zealand,New Zealand: "New Year Honours 1961" (12 January 1961) 1 New Zealand Gazette 11 at 12.New Zealand: Nigeria,Nigeria: and Rhodesia and NyasalandRhodesia and Nyasaland: to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1961.
At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours 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 Sir Alexander Fleck, . For public services. Chairman, Advisory Council on Research and Development, Ministry of Power, and of the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee.
Life Baron The Right Honourable Thomas Williams, Labour Member of Parliament for the Don Valley Division, 1922–1959; Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1940–1945; Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1945–1951. For political and public services.
Privy Councillor Sir Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, , Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough West since 1951; Joint Parliamentary Under-secretary of State, Home Office, 1957–1958, and Financial Secretary to HM Treasury, 1958–1959; Solicitor-General since October 1959.
Baronet Sir James Bowman, , Chairman, National Coal Board since 1956. Hugh Fraser, , Chairman and Managing Director, House of Fraser, Ltd. For public and charitable services.
Knight Bachelor Colonel Robert Philip Wyndham Adeane, . For services to the Tate Gallery. William Picken Alexander, General Secretary, Association of Education Committees. Christopher Howard Andrewes, , Deputy Director, National Institute for Medical Research. Gerald Clayton Beadle, , Director, Television Broadcasting, British Broadcasting Corporation. Colonel Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, , Member of Parliament for Lewes since 1945. For political and public services. George Edward Beharrell, Chairman, Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. Robert Henderson Blundell, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. Alderman John Charles Burman, . For political and public services in Birmingham. Cecil Dannatt, , Vice-Chairman, Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport, , Member of Parliament for Knutsford since 1945; a Conservative Whip, 1948–1951. For political and public services. William Tyrone Guthrie. For services to the Theatre. William Ogden Hart, , Clerk of the London County Council. George Gordon Honeyman, . For services to Industrial Arbitration. William Angus Boyd Iliff, , Vice-President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Barnett Janner, , President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Arthur John Kelly, , Secretary to the Cabinet, Northern Ireland. Edward Roberts Lewis, Chairman, The Decca Navigator Co. Ltd., and Decca Radar, Ltd. Thomas Frederick Lister, . For services to the British Legion. Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell, , Professor of Radio Astronomy, University of Manchester; Director, Jodrell Bank Experimental Station. Dan Hurdis Mason, . For political and public services in South-East England and London. Robert Alistair Murray, . For political and public services in Glasgow. Reginald Northam, . For political services. Kenneth Raymond Pelly, , Chairman, Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Alderman Hubert Percival Lancaster Pitman, , lately Sheriff of the City of London. John Neish Ritchie, , Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Alexander Robertson, , Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. Ivo Herbert Evelyn Joseph Stourton, , Inspector General of Colonial Police. Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock, , Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford. Jack Allan Westrup, Heather Professor of Music, University of Oxford. Alan Herries Wilson, a Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, Courtaulds, Ltd. Brian Wellingham Windeyer, , Professor of Radiology, University of London; Dean of Middlesex Hospital Medical School.
State of Victoria The Honourable John Vincent William Barry, a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria. The Honourable Ewen Paul Cameron, Minister of Health, State of Victoria.
State of Queensland The Honourable James Alfred Heading, , formerly Minister for Public Works and Local Government, State of Queensland.
State of South Australia William Poole Bishop, , formerly Auditor General, State of South Australia.
State of Western Australia Hugh Lancelot Brisbane, , of Perth in the State of Western Australia. For public services, particularly in connection with industrial development.
Southern Rhodesia The Honourable Thomas Hugh William Beadle, , a Judge of the High Court of Southern Rhodesia.
Commonwealth Relations Alexander Oppenheim, , Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya.
Overseas Territories Walter Fleming Coutts, , Chief Secretary, Kenya. Geoffrey Campbell Gunter, . For public services in Jamaica. Albert George Lowe, Chief Justice, Fiji. Philip James Rogers, . For public services in Kenya. Kenneth Sievewright Stoby, Chief Justice, Barbados. Arthur Edwin Trotman, , lately Minister for Natural Resources, Tanganyika. Arthur Norman Wolffsohn, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, British Honduras.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir James Cassels, , (36316), late Infantry; Colonel, The Seaforth Highlanders; Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Military Police and Gurkha Military Police. Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Geoffrey Pike, , Royal Air Force.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Laurence George Durlacher, . Vice-Admiral Sir St John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, .
Army Lieutenant-General John D'Arcy Anderson, , (42399), late Royal Armoured Corps. Lieutenant-General William Gurdon Stirling, , (36888), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Royal Air Force Air Marshal Samuel Charles Elworthy, . Acting Air Marshal Anthony Dunkerton Selway, .
Civil Division Sir Richard Royle Powell, , Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade. Richard George Kitchener Way, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, War Office.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Major-General Malcolm Cartwright Cartwright-Taylor, Royal Marines. Rear-Admiral Norman Egbert Denning, . Rear-Admiral Henry Charles Hogger, . Rear-Admiral Christopher Haynes Hutchinson, . Surgeon Rear-Admiral William Percival Edwin McIntyre, . Surgeon Rear-Admiral George Phillips, . Rear-Admiral Ronald Etridge Portlock, . Rear-Admiral Philip Frederick Powlett, . Rear-Admiral Richard Michael Smeeton, . Rear-Admiral Richard Everley Washbourn, .
Army Major-General Richard Hutchison Batten, , (41082), late Infantry. Major-General Cecil Martin Fothergill Deakin, , (49812), late Foot Guards. Major-General Christopher Earle Welby-Everard, , (52445), late Infantry. Major-General Adrian Price Webley Hope, , (49876), late Infantry. Major-General Harold Edwin Knott, , (41299), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Christopher Godfrey Lipscomb, , (39345), late Infantry. Major-General Denis Walter Price, , (41204), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General Charles Herbert Tarver, , (380334), late Infantry.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Michael Harington Dwyer, . Air Vice-Marshal Glen Albyn Martin Knight, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Edward Lawrence Colbeck-Welch, . Air Commodore Frederick Ernest Rosier, . Air Commodore Roland George Seymour, . Air Commodore Denis Frank Spotswood, . Acting Air Commodore Alan Pyke, .
Civil Division Leslie Ripley Bradley, , lately Director-General, Curator and Secretary, Imperial War Museum. Charles Douglas Campbell, Under-secretary, Board of Trade. Colonel David Carnegie, , lately Chairman, County of the City of Glasgow Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association. Frederick Noel Charlton, , Principal Assistant Solicitor, Office of HM Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor. Thomas George Barnett Cocks, , Clerk Assistant, House of Commons. Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Edward Durant Gumming, . Attached War Office. Edward Harold Gwynn, Assistant Under-secretary of State, Home Office. Ivor Edward King, , Director of Dockyards, Admiralty. Reep Lintern, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport. William Henry Long, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland. John Archibald Campbell Robertson, Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. Henry Anthony Sargeaunt, , Deputy Chief Scientist (B), War Office. William Henry Stephens, Director-General of Ballistic Missiles, Ministry of Aviation.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) The Honourable Henry Seymour Baker, , President of the Legislative Council, State of Tasmania, and Chancellor of the University of Tasmania. The Honourable Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, , High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand. The Right Honourable Antony Henry, Viscount Head, , High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in the Federation of Nigeria. William Lethbridge Gorell Barnes, , Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Sir Arthur George Rixson Mooring, , British Resident, Zanzibar. Harold Beeley, , Deputy United Kingdom Representative, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York. Malcolm Siborne Henderson, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Montevideo. Archibald David Manisty Ross, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) in Lisbon.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) John Colburn Bennett, , Joint Managing Director, Henry Gardner & Co. Ltd. For services as adviser to the Board of Trade. Frank Cooper, Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry. James Geddes Robertson, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour. William Wallace, Assistant Comptroller, Board of Trade. Archibald Archer, of Indooroopilly, State of Queensland, in recognition of his contribution to the development of primary production in various spheres. Major-General William Henry Alexander Bishop, , Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Calcutta. Eric William George Jarvis, Attorney General, Southern Rhodesia. Howard Huntley Shannon, a Member of the House of Assembly, State of South Australia. Robert Grainger Ker Thompson, , Secretary for Defence, Federation of Malaya. William Joseph Robinson Wilson, a prominent Grazier in the State of Victoria. Melvin George Billing, Provincial Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia. Christopher Powell-Cotton, , Provincial Commissioner, Uganda. Michael John Davies, , Minister for Security and Immigration, Tanganyika. Bryan James Dudbridge, Minister for Provincial Affairs, Tanganyika. The Right Reverend Alfred Thomas Hill, , Bishop of Melanesia, Western Pacific. George Charles Day Hodgson, , Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland. James Montieth Lloyd, Administrator, Grenada. Francis Alfred Loyd, , Provincial Commissioner, Nyanza Province, Kenya. James Carnegie McPetrie, , Legal Adviser, Colonial Office. Vincent Albert Maddison, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Kenya. William Frederick Searle, Chief Statistician, Colonial Office. Thomas Henry Glasse, , lately Foreign Office. Morgan Charles Garnet Man, Counsellor, British Residency, Bahrain.