The Queen's Birthday Honours 1980 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. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen. They were published on 13 June 1980 for the United Kingdom and Colonies,UK: Australia,Australia: New Zealand,New Zealand: Mauritius,Mauritius: Fiji,Fiji: Bahamas,Bahamas: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea: Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands: Tuvalu,Tuvalu: Saint Lucia,St. Lucia: and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.St. Vincent:
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 Colonies
Baron (Life Peers) Thomas Gray Boardman, , lately President, Association of British Chambers of Commerce. Former Member of Parliament for Leicester South. Sir Francis Scott McFadzean, Chairman, Rolls-Royce Ltd. Former Chairman, Shell Transport & Trading Co. Ltd. Sir Frank Shaw Marshall. For political and public service. Victor Collin Matthews, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, Trafalgar House Ltd. Sir Arnold Weinstock, Managing Director, General Electric Co. Ltd.
Privy Councillor Henry Paul Guinness Channon, , Minister of State, Civil Service Department; Member of Parliament for Southend West. Sir Arthur Antony Duff, , Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
Knight Bachelor Edward Penley Abraham, . Professor of Chemical Pathology, University of Oxford. Edward Anthony John Alment, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Joseph Franklin Madders Braithwaite, Chairman, Baker Perkins Holdings Ltd. For services to export. Frederick Frank Arthur Burden, , for political and public service. Wilfred Burns, , Chief Planner and Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. Albert Percy Costain, . For political and public service. James William Donald Crane, , HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary. Philip Manning Dowson, , Senior Partner, Ove Arup Partnership. For services to architecture. The Right Honourable Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser, , for political and public service. Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford, , for political and public service. David John Davenport-Handley, . For political and public service in the East Midlands. Professor Alan James Harris, , Senior Partner, Harris & Sutherland. For services to civil engineering. Jack William Hughes, Chairman, Bracknell Development Corporation. Albert Lamb, Editor, The Sun. Robert Leslie Edward Lawrence, , Chairman, National Freight Corporation. John Godfray Le Quesne, , Chairman, Monopolies & Mergers Commission. George Robin Perronet MacLellan, , lately Chairman, Scottish Tourist Board. Peter Meinertzhagen, , General Manager, Commonwealth Development Corporation. John Moores, . For charitable services. Walter Fraser Oakeshott. For services to medieval literature. Ronald Hugh Owen, lately Chairman, Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. Austin William Pearce, , lately Chairman, Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. Sydney Plaister, . For political service in the West Midlands. Joseph Albert Pope. For public services in the West Midlands. David Ernest Campbell Price, . For political and public service. Major-General Francis Brian Wyldbore-Smith, , for political service. John Chalmer Stebbings, President of The Law Society. Professor Michael George Parke Stoker, . Foreign Secretary, the Royal Society. For services to cancer research. Rawden John Afamado Temple, , Chief Social Security Commissioner. James Ian Raley Trethowan, Director General, British Broadcasting Corporation. Graham John Wilkins, Chairman and Chief Executive, Beecham Group Ltd. For services to export. Angus Wilson, , (Professor Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson), Author.
Diplomatic Service & Overseas List Alan Armstrong Huggins, Senior Justice of Appeal, Hong Kong.
Australian States State of Victoria The Honourable Mr. Justice Kevin Victor Anderson, of Toorak. For service to the law. John Vincent Dillon, , of Prahran East. For public service. Philip John Rupert Steele, of Toorak. For service to horse racing.
State of Queensland John Joseph Rowell, , of St. Lucia. For service to the legal profession and the community. Edward Jackson Stewart, of Ascot. For service to business, charity and horse racing.
State of South Australia Samuel Benson Dickinson, of College Park. For services to the mining industry.
State of Western Australia James Winter Cruthers, of Floreat Park. For services to television, the arts and the community.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Royal Navy Admiral Sir Richard Clayton, . Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir Alasdair Steedman, .
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral William Thomas Pillar. Vice Admiral Thomas Henry Eustace Baird. Lieutenant General John Charles Chisholm Richards, Royal Marines.
Army Major General John Hugh Bevil Acland, , (397794), late Scots Guards.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Charles Ernest Ness, .
Civil Division Arthur John Boreham, Director, Central Statistical Office, Cabinet Office. Professor Ronald Mason, Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence. Kenneth Ronald Stowe, , Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Anthony John Cooke. Rear Admiral Bryan John Straker, Rear Admiral Charles Bernard Williams, Surgeon Rear Admiral (D) Brian Frederick Rogers.
Army Major General Alistair Andrew Gibson Anderson (370575), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major General Martin Baker Farndale (397237), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General John Antony McIlvenna (176390), Army Legal Corps. Major General Frederick Joseph Plaskett, (376103), late Royal Corps of Transport. Major General Timothy Stuart Champion Streatfeild, (369843), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General Michael John Hatley Walsh, . (364588), late the Parachute Regiment.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Peter Robin Harding. Air Vice-Marshal Michael William Patrick Knight, . Air Commodore Pamela Joy Tamblin, WRAF (Ret'd).
Civil Division James Fleming Boyd, Deputy Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue. Alexander Cosens Lindsay Brown, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food. William Gordon Chalmers, , Crown Agent for Scotland. Geoffrey Fairfax Cockerill, Secretary, University Grants Committee. John Anthony Cradock, . Principal Director, Ministry of Defence. Edward Norman Eden, Under Secretary, Department of Trade. Graeme Frank Gloak, Solicitor, Board of Customs & Excise. Peter John Harrop, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. John Murray Hunter, , Commissioner For Administration and Finance, Forestry Commission. Anne Elisabeth Mueller Robertson, Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry. Douglas Robertson Nicoll, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. George Mark Parbury, Chief Registrar of the High Court of Justice in Bankruptcy. Michael Edward Quinlan, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. John Ellerslie Sanderson, Under Secretary, Department of Transport. John Douglas Semken, , Legal Adviser, Home Office. Percy Arthur Sythes, Comptroller and Auditor General, Northern Ireland. Robert John Thornton, Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Edward Leslie Trew, Under Secretary, Department of Health & Social Security.
Australian States State of Victoria Daryl Michael Dawson, , of North Melbourne. For public service. State of Queensland Keith Spann, , of Chermside West, Permanent Head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
Order of Saint Michael & Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Michael Wilford, , HM Ambassador, Tokyo.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Gordon Booth, , lately Director-General, British Trade Development Office, New York. Henry Arthur Hugh Cortazzi, , Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Percy Cradock, , H.M. Ambassador, Peking.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Hugh Reginald Braden, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Michael de Normann Ensor, , Assistant Secretary, Overseas Development Administration. Ronald Archer Campbell Byatt, British High Commissioner, Salisbury. Colin Malcolm Carruthers, lately Office of the Governor, Salisbury. William John Richard Dawson, , Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Nicholas Maxted Fenn, lately Office of the Governor, Salisbury. Richard Alwynne Fyjis-Walker, , H.M. Ambassador, Khartoum. Mark Evelyn Heath, H.M. Minister to the Holy See. Peter Charles Petrie, Minister (Economic), H.M. Embassy, Paris. Thomas Russell, , Governor, Cayman Islands. Kenneth Bertram Adam Scott, Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative, United Kingdom Delegation to NATO, Brussels. John Burns Ure, , H.M. Ambassador, Havana. Arthur Hope Wyatt, Counsellor (Commercial), H.M. Embassy, Tehran.
Australian States State of Victoria Colin Keon-Cohen, , of Toorak. For service to returned servicemen.
State of Queensland Archibald James McDonald, of Cloncurry. For services to the community.
State of Western Australia Honourable Graham Charles MacKinnon, , of Bunbury. For political and public service.
Royal Victorian Order
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) The Most Noble Ann Fortune, Duchess of Grafton.
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Vice Admiral Sir Peter William Beckwith Ashmore, . Arthur James Robert Collins, . Neville Egerton Leigh, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) The Honourable John Francis Harcourt Baring. The Right Honourable Esmé Mary Gabriel, The Countess of Cromer. Richard Hugh Buller Hamersley, . Lieutenant Commander Arthur John Arundell Holdsworth, Royal Navy. Major Raymond MacLaran, . Commander George John Manson, , Royal Canadian Navy (Ret'd).
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO) Captain Jeremy John Mainwaring-Burton, Irish Guards. Peter James Dingle. Fiona Henderson. David Gordon Illingworth. Violet Margaret McGhee. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Brian Mylchreest, . Anne Mary Neal, . Dorothy Joan Stephens, . John Robert Whitbread. Squadron Leader Geoffrey Hector Williams, Royal Air Force.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO) Squadron Leader Malcolm Stanley Bartlett, Royal Air Force. Elfed Morris Bowen. John Clench. Frances Dimond. Margaret Elizabeth Graham. Gerald Stanley Harman. Carlo Gerald Terry. Chief Yeoman Warder Leslie Varley, .
Royal Victorian Medal In Silver Stanley Edward Berresford. Ronald Eric Brown. Henry William Butcher. John Davidson. Victor Alan Doel. T0683445 Flight Sergeant Ivor Edwin Hawkins, Royal Air Force. Divisional Sergeant Major Alfred Frederick Hedditch, , the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic (Electrical) Francis William Kirby, M933349J. Michael Perry. Frederic Charles Scallan. Ernest Anthony Skelton. Yeoman Bed Goer Alfred Warren, the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal In Silver Ernest George Hatcher. Robert Geddes Macdonald.
Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) The Right Honourable Arthur Christopher John, Baron Soames, . For public service, particularly in connection with Rhodesia.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division The Right Honourable Mary, Baroness Soames, . For public service, particularly in connection with Rhodesia. Ann Marcella Springman, . For political and public service.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Roy William Halliday, .