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 conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.

The 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours lists for the United Kingdom United Kingdom: and the lists for Australia,Australia: New Zealand,New Zealand: "Queen's Birthday Honours 1982" (24 June 1982) 68 New Zealand Gazette 1995. Barbados,Barbados: Mauritius,Mauritius: Fiji,Fiji: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea: Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands: Tuvalu,Tuvalu: St Vincent and Grenadines,St Vincent and Grenadines: Antigua & Barbuda, and Antigua & Barbuda: were issued on 11 June 1982.

United Kingdom

Life Barons and Baronesses Miss Elizabeth Patricia Carnegy, Chairman, Manpower Services Commission, Committee for Scotland. Joseph Gormley, O.B.E. Lately President, National Union of Mineworkers. Sir Raymond William Pennock. Formerly President, Confederation of British Industry.

Privy Counsellors Robert Washington, The Earl Ferrers, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. James Hector Northey (Hamish) Gray, M.P., Minister of State, Department of Energy. Member of Parliament for Ross and Cromarty. Bryant Godman Irvine, M.P., lately First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and a Deputy Speaker, Member of Parliament for the Rye Division of East Sussex.

Knights Bachelor Gordon Johnson Borrie, Director General, Office of Fair Trading. George Roland Chetwynd, C.B.E., Chairman, Northern Regional Health Authority. David English, Editor in Chief, Associated Newspapers, Editor Daily Mail. Basil Samuel Feldman. For Political Service in Greater London. Leslie Fowden, Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden. Professor Lawrence Burnett Gowing, C.B.E. For Services to Art. Peter James Frederick Green, Chairman of Lloyd's. Fred Hardman, M.B.E. For Political and Public Service. Paul Lancelot Hawkins, T.D., M.P. For Political and Public Service. John Austin Hungerford Leigh Hoskyns, Formerly Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit. (John) Robin Ibbs, lately Head of the Central Policy Review Staff, Cabinet Office. Geoffrey Johnson Smith, M.P. For Political and Public Service. Christophor Charles Fraser Laidlaw, Chairman, International Computers Ltd. Ian Alexander McGregor, C.B.E. For services to Tropical Medicine. Maitland Mackie, C.B.E. For public services in Scotland. Denis Alfred Marshall, President of The Law Society of England and Wales. Walter Charles Marshall, C.B.E., Chairman, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Peter McLay Mills, M.P. For Political and Public Service. Professor John Harold Plumb, Historian. (James) Gordon Robson, C.B.E., Professor of Anaesthetics, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London. Lawrence William Robson. For Political and Public Service. Walter Hans Salomon, Founder and Treasurer of "Young Enterprise". John Reynolds Mayhew-Sanders, Chairman, John Brown plc. For services to Export. William Arthur Shapland, Chairman, Blackwood Hodge plc. Michael Norman Shaw, D.L., M.P. For Political and Public Service. Jack Smart, C.B.E., Chairman, Association of Metropolitan Authorities. Alan Smith, C.B.E., D.F.C, D.L., Chairman and Chief Executive, Dawson International plc. William Oulton Wade. For Political and Public Service in North West England. Ian James Wallace, C.B.E. For Political Service in the West Midlands.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Clement Athelston Arrindell, Governor of St Kitts-Nevis.

Australian States State of Queensland Jack Frederick Leggo, D.F.C. For services to motoring and the community.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, K.C.B. General Sir John Stanier, K.C.B., M.B.E., A.D.C. Gen., Colonel Commandant Royal Armoured Corps, Colonel The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys). Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Williamson, K.C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Sir Peter Willoughby Carey, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of Industry.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Simon Alastair Cassillis Cassels, C.B.E. Vice Admiral John Michael Holland Cox. Lieutenant General Sir Steuart Pringle, Bt.

Army Lieutenant General Alexander Crawford Simpson Boswell, C.B.E., (397816), Colonel The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's). Lieutenant General Edward Arthur Burgess, O.B.E., (393092), Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery. Lieutenant General Robert Francis Richardson, C.V.O., C.B.E., (408020), Colonel The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Lieutenant General Richard Brooking Trant, C.B., (383269), Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Commandant Royal Army Educational Corps.

Royal Air Force Air Marshal Ian Maurice Pedder, O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.

`Civil Division Trevor Poulton Hughes, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Welsh Office. George Walker Moseley, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment. William Sinclair Ryrie, C.B., Second Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Robert Michael Burgoyne. Rear Admiral Alexander Peter Comrie. Surgeon Rear Admiral (D) Philip Reginald John Duly, O.B.E., Q.H.D.S. Rear Admiral John Bethell Hervey, O.B.E.

Army Major General Derek Boorman (411897), late The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's). Major General Trevor Stuart Hart, Q.H.P. (417772), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major General William Michael Ellis Hicks, O.B.E. (393169), late Coldstream Guards. Major General Patrick Herbert Lee, M.B.E. (397961), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major General Christopher John Popham (362368), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General William Nigel James Withall (414720), late Corps of Royal Engineers.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal John Bernard Fitzpatrick, Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Walter John Herrington, Royal Air Force (Retired). Air Vice-Marshal Henry Reed-Purvis, O.B.E., Royal Air Force Regiment. Air Vice-Marshal Michael Maurice Jeffries Robinson, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division James Frederick Barnes, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser (Projects), Ministry of Defence. Kenneth Anthony Bradshaw, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons. Lawrence Henry Brandes, lately Under Secretary, Department of Education and Science. John Cormack, Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. Philip Cousins, Deputy Secretary, Exchequer and Audit Department. David Levric Davies, O.B.E., lately Under Secretary, H.M. Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor's Department. Duncan Sheppey Davies, lately Chief Engineer and Scientist, Department of Industry. James David Fergusson, Assistant Comptroller, Patent Office. John Waterston Furness, Under Secretary, Department of Transport. Peter Graham, Parliamentary Counsel. Julian George Kelsey, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Alfred Walter Mabbs, lately Keeper of Public Records. Stanley Walter Midwinter, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment. Peter Rogerson Oglesby, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. William George Henry Quigley, Permanent Secretary, Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland. Derek Rippengal, Q.C., Counsel to the Chairman of Committees, House of Lords. Keith Henry Westcott Thomas, O.B.E., Chief Executive, Royal Dockyards, Ministry of Defence. Reginald Norman Williams, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.

Australian States State of Western Australia Robert David Davies, C.V.O., R.D., J.P. For public service.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Curtis Keeble, K.C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Moscow.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Sir Antony Acland, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of H.M. Diplomatic Service. Julian Leonard Bullard, C.M.G., Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Richard Edmund Clement Parsons, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Madrid. Richard James Stratton, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Wellington. John Robert Williams, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Nairobi.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) His Honour William Arnold Sime, M.B.E., Q.C., lately Senior Judge, Sovereign Base Areas Administration, Cyprus. Andrew Thomas Wilson, Assistant Secretary, Overseas Development Administration. Nicholas John Barrington, C.V.O., Head of British Interests Section, Royal Swedish Embassy, Tehran. Michael Crowley Crowley-Milling, lately Director, LEP Project, Centre for European Nuclear Research, Geneva. Alexis Porter, O.B.E., Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Paris. The Honourable Eustace Hubert Beilby Gibbs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, H.M.Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. David Howe Gillmore, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Christopher Leslie George Mallaby, Minister-designate, H.M. Embassy, Bonn. Peter Malcolm Maxey, H.M. Ambassador, East Berlin. Michael Ramsay Melhuish, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Warsaw. Michael John Newington, H.M. Consul-General, Düsseldorf. Terence David O'Leary, British High Commissioner, Freetown. Michael Keith Orlebar Simpson-Orlebar, Minister, H.M. Embassy, Rome. Duncan Slater, H.M. Ambassador, Muscat. David Churchill Thomas, H.M. Ambassador, Havana.

Australian States State of South Australia Robert Leo Seppelt. For service to the wine industry.

Royal Victorian Order

Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) The Most Noble Mary Kathleen, The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, D.C.V.O.

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) The Honourable Mary Anne Morrison, C.V.O.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Lieutenant-Colonel Simon Claud Michael Bland, C.V.O. Lieutenant Commander Peter Richard Buckley, C.V.O., Royal Navy. Henry George Reginald Molyneux, Lord Porchester, K.B.E., D.L. Richard Lyall Sharp, C.B.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Lady Mary Katherine Fitzalan-Howard, M.V.O. George Albert Harris, M.V.O., M.B.E. Colin Vyvyan Peterson, John Edward Powis Titman, M.V.O.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Francis Sedley Andrus. Commander John Hamilton Cracknell, Metropolitan Police. Leonard Geale Dickson. Alain Chartier Edmond Joly de Lotbinière. Major Nicholas Skerratt Lawson. Commander John Henry Stuart Mcanally, Royal Navy. Commander Richard Nicholas Margrave Paige, Royal Navy. Sydney Richards. Peter Scott Dunn. Captain Ashe George Russell Windham, Irish Guards. Graham Henry Bish. Anthony Joseph Charlton. Chief Yeoman Warder Robert Hugh Harton. Miss Susan Louise Hay. Captain (Local Major) Graham Anthony Clifford Hoskins, Royal Marines. Margaret Hannah, Mrs. Kennerley. John Alexander Murray. Derek Roy Mackay Ottowell. Arthur John William Scovell.

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Miss Margaret Rachel Coleman. Frederick William Henry George Cottrell. Sergeant Major Charles Frank Edward Crickmore, The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Richard Laurence Day. Police Constable James Hazeldine, Metropolitan Police. Lionel Thomas Mann. Yeoman Bed Hanger Frederick George Marsh, M.B.E., The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Humphrey Massey. Rene Henri Meylan. Yeoman Bed Hanger James Peart, The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Sergeant Major Frank George Pickford, The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard.