The New Year Honours 1979 were appointments in 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 1 January 1979 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1979.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Barbados list: Mauritius list: Fiji list: Bahamas list: Grenada list: Papua New Guinea 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

Knight Bachelor Peter Coleman Boon, lately Chairman, Hoover Ltd. For services to Export. Lawrence Boyle, Chief Executive, Strathclyde Regional Council. John Keyworth Boynton, , Chief Executive, Cheshire County Council. Derrick Holden-Brown, Vice Chairman, Allied Breweries Ltd. Eugene Cross, . For public service in Wales. Alastair Robert Currie, Professor of Pathology, University of Edinburgh. Professor William Empson. For services to English Literature. Moses I. Finley, Professor of Ancient History, University of Cambridge. Isaac Hai Jacob, , Senior Master of the Supreme Court (Queen's Bench Division) and Queen's Remembrancer. Brian Smith Kellett, Chairman, Tube Investments Ltd. John Leonard King, Chairman, Babcock & Wilcox Ltd. For services to Export. Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras, , Conductor. Kenneth Mather, , Professor of Genetics, University of Birmingham. Frederick William Page, , Chairman and Chief Executive, Aircraft Group, British Aerospace. John Joseph Joffre Page, , Chairman, National Ports Council. William Drummond Macdonald Paton, , Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oxford. James Redmond, lately Director of Engineering, British Broadcasting Corporation. Bernard Francis William Scott, , Chairman, Lucas Industries Ltd. For services to Export. Walter Stansfield , Chief Constable, Derbyshire Constabulary. John Nicholas Walton, , Professor of Neurology and Dean of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Professor John Crossley Wood, , Chairman, Central Arbitration Committee.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Eric John Ewan Law, Judge of the Court of Appeal, Kenya.

Australian States State of Victoria The Honourable Mr. Justice George Hermann Lush, of Canterbury. For distinguished service to the law. Mr. Oscar Gwynne Meyer, , of Toorak. For distinguished service to the State of Victoria.

State of Queensland The Honourable William Edward Knox, , Deputy Premier and Treasurer. Robert Lyndley Sparkes, of Jandowae. For distinguished services to the State and to local government.

State of Western Australia Bruce MacKinlay, , of Dalkeith. For services as President, Confederation of Western Australian Industry and also to the community.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir Edwin Bramall, , (277408), Colonel Commandant 3rd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets, Colonel 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles).

Civil Division Sir Ian Powell Bancroft, , Head of the Home Civil Service.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Peter Egerton Capel Berger, . Vice Admiral James Henry Fuller Eberle.

Army Lieutenant General Robin Macdonald Carnegie, , (364503), late The Queen's Own Hussars. Major General James Michael Gow (278637), late Scots Guards, Colonel Commandant Intelligence Corps.

Royal Air Force Air Marshal Alan Cyril Davies, . Acting Air Marshal Keith Alec Williamson, .

Civil Division Frederick John Atkinson, , Chief Economic Adviser, HM Treasury. John Wilfrid Bourne, , Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and Permanent Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Office. Thomas Chalmers Hetherington, , Director of Public Prosecutions.

Additional Knight Commander Major Sir James Rennie Maudslay, , Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to The Queen.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Thomas Henry Bradbury. Rear Admiral John Roger Southey Gerard-Pearse. Rear Admiral Wilfred Jackson Graham. Rear Admiral Michael Laurence Stacey.

Army Major General David Stanley Appleby, , (91843), Army Legal Corps (now Retired). Major General Peter Aldcroft Downward, , (299293), Colonel The Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Major General Arthur Michael Lancelot Hogge, (357322), late The Queen's Own Hussars. Major General Kenneth Saunders, , (148549), late Royal Army Pay Corps. Major General Richard Brooking Trant, (383269), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal John Bagot Curtiss. Air Vice-Marshal Harry Gill, . Air Vice-Marshal Peter Turner. Air Commodore Hubert Desmond Hall, .

Civil Division Robert John Andrew, Deputy Secretary, Home Office. Allan Geoffrey Beard, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Ronald Ernest Bearing, Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry. Herbert John Dunster, Deputy Secretary, Health and Safety Executive. Michael David Milroy Franklin, , Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. Eric Frank Hedger, , Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Martin Wyatt Holdgate, Director General of Research, Departments of the Environment and Transport. Samuel Frederick Radcliffe Martin, First Legislative Draftsman, Northern Ireland. John Angus Macbeth Mitchell, , Secretary, Scottish Education Department. John Howard Nelson, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Antony Derek Maxwell Oulton, Deputy Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Office. Alexander Brown Paterson, Director, Veterinary Laboratories, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Denis Henry Payne, Principal Director, Ministry of Defence. Lois Audrey Pittom, lately Under Secretary, Department of Employment. William Sinclair Ryrie, Deputy Secretary, HM Treasury. George Girdwood Stewart, , Commissioner, Forestry Commission. John William Weston, Principal Assistant Solicitor, Board of Inland Revenue. Richard William Longworth Wilding, Deputy Secretary, Civil Service Department. Stanley David Wilks, Chief Executive, British Overseas Trade Board, Department of Trade.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir David Scott, , HM Ambassador, South Africa.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir Sam Falle, , British High Commissioner, Lagos. Stanley James Gunn Fingland, , British High Commissioner, Nairobi. Arthur Temple Franks, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Reginald Alfred Hibbert, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Arthur John Wilton, , HM Ambassador, Jedda.

Australian States State of Western Australia The Honourable Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, , Premier of Western Australia.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Gordon Elliot Myers, Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Rupert George Raw, United Kingdom Director, European Investment Bank. Richard John William Rees, Head of Laboratory for Leprosy and Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research. Ian James Shaw, , Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Charles Leonard Booth, , HM Ambassador, Rangoon. Sydney John Guy Cambridge, HM Ambassador, Kuwait. Alan Ewen Donald, HM Ambassador, Kinshasa. George Ferguson Finlayson, British Consul-General, Toronto. Bertram Anthony Flack, British Deputy High Commissioner, Ottawa. Brian Hutchinson, Government Communications Headquarters. Derek John Claremont Jones, Secretary for the Environment, Hong Kong. John William Denys Margetson, HM Ambassador, Hanoi. Peter James Scott Moon, British High Commissioner, Dar es Salaam. John Anthony Benedict Stewart, , HM Ambassador, Vientiane. Andrew Christopher Stuart, , lately Counsellor, HM Embassy, Jakarta. Reginald Robert Temple, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Reginald James Wallace, , Governor, Gilbert Islands. Joe Booth Wright, lately HM Ambassador, Abidjan.

Australian States State of New South Wales Keith Ransome Gollan. For service to medicine and the community.

State of Queensland Leo John Williams, of Hamilton. For services to the community.

State of Western Australia Gordon Barratt Hill, of Claremont. For services to the profession of engineering.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) The Right Honourable Simon, Earl of Dalhousie, .

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Alfred Lapthorn Blake, . The Reverend Canon James Seymour Denis Mansel, . Sir Peter Malden Studd, .

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Margery Grace Blackie. Vice-Admiral Sir Ronald Vernon Brockman, . William John Chalmers, . Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Colin Cole, . Roger Ivan Mutimer, . The Right Honourable James Wogan, Baron Remnant. Russell Dillon Wood, .

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Fourth Class Carol Elizabeth Barrington Haynes. Geoffrey Gowen Collins. Christopher Gordon Llewin Cory. Major Robert Anthony Gordon Courage, , Grenadier Guards. Chief Superintendent Stanley Critchlow, Metropolitan Police. Lieutenant Commander Oswald Manuel Blaxland de Las Casas, , Royal Navy (Retired). Martin Hynes. Surgeon Commander David Askey Lammiman, Royal Navy. Captain Michael Henry Tindal Mellish, . Frank Ronald Mintram. Jane Napier. Surgeon Lieutenant Commander (Temporary) Peter Huntly Robinson, Royal New Zealand Navy. Nigel Vinson. Commander Leslie Frederick John Walker, , Metropolitan Police. Peter Wilson.

Fifth Class Keith Alexander Evans. Stella Elizabeth Lewis Marks. Edith Victoria Martin. Laura Joan Maxey. Claudia Ann Wyndham Payne. Leonard George Perkins. Alan Neale Stimson. William Worgan Taylor.

Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver Yeoman Bed Goer Charles Blackmore, Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Rose Mary Crowe. James Forbes. Mary Kenny. Harry Eric Pashley. Chief Petty Officer Steward John Stuart Rhodes, D071137P. Ronald Charles Russell. William Eric Wickett. Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic James Taylor Wightman, D069322N.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Elizabeth Coker, Chairman, Executive Council, Association of County Councils. For public service. Gracie Fields, , (Mrs. Alperovici), Entertainer. Naomi Christine James. For services to sailing.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Major General Roy Michael Frederick Redgrave, , (330640), late The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues). Air Marshal Geoffrey Harold Ford, , Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Robert Hill Kidd, , Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Jack Cater, , Chief Secretary, Hong Kong.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy The Reverend John Charles Creber, . Captain Peter Keith Corbin Harris. Surgeon Commodore John Keeling, . Captain William Fergus Moore. Captain Stephen Alexander Stuart, .

Army Brigadier Gordon Baxter, , (327248), Army Catering Corps. Colonel (Local Brigadier) Tony William Alphonse Glenister, , (394479), late Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve. Colonel Guy Sydney Hatch, (364744), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Brigadier Egon Bjarne Madsen, (383186), late Intelligence Corps. Brigadier Richard James Parker, , (303686), late Army Air Corps. Brigadier John Richard Roden, , (285838), Colonel The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire). Colonel James St Clare Simmons, , (414974), late The Royal Green Jackets.

Overseas Awards