The Queen's Birthday 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. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen. They were published for the United Kingdom in two tranches, first on 15 June 1979UK (1): and second on 25 June 1979. Other countries' lists were published on 15 June 1979: Australia,Australia: New Zealand,New Zealand: Barbados,Barbados: Mauritius,Mauritius: Fiji,Fiji: Bahamas,Bahamas: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea: Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands: Tuvalu,Tuvalu: and Saint Lucia.Saint Lucia:
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
Life Peers
Baroness The Right Honourable Betty Harvie Anderson, (Margaret Betty, Mrs. Skrimshire), lately Member of Parliament for the East Division of Renfrewshire. Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons, 1970–73. Jean Kennedy McFarlane, Professor and Head of Department of Nursing, University of Manchester. Diana Josceline Barbara, Mrs Neave, Widow of Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, .
Baron The Right Honourable John Emerson Harding Davies, . Formerly Member of Parliament for the Knutsford Division of Cheshire. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1970–72; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1972–74. The Right Honourable Joseph Bradshaw Godber, lately Member of Parliament for the Grantham Division of Lincolnshire. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1972–74. Ralph Harris, General Director, The Institute of Economic Affairs. Hugh Emlyn Hooson, , lately Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire. Lately Leader of the Welsh Liberal Party. The Right Honourable Sir Robert Lynd Erskine Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. The Right Honourable James Peter Hymers Mackay, , Lord Advocate. The Right Honourable Henry Oscar Murton, , lately Member of Parliament for Poole. Lately Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons. The Right Honourable Sir David Lockhart-Mure Renton, , lately Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire. Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford. The Right Honourable James David Gibson-Watt, Formerly Member of Parliament for Hereford. The Right Honourable Richard Frederick Wood, lately Member of Parliament for the Bridlington Division of Yorkshire. Minister of Overseas Development, 1970–74.
Privy Counsellor Terence Langley Higgins, , Member of Parliament for Worthing.
Knight Bachelor Professor Geoffrey Allen, Chairman Science Research Council. Reginald Frederick Brittain Bennett, , lately Member of Parliament for Fareham. James Clark Cameron, , Chairman of the Council, British Medical Association. For Services to Medicine. Robert Gordon Cooke, lately Member of Parliament for the West Division of Bristol. Horace Walter Cutler, , Leader, Greater London Council. Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis, lately Member of Parliament for the Morecambe and Lonsdale Division of Lancashire. Eric William Driver, Chairman, Mersey Regional Health Authority. Michael Owen Edwardes, Chairman, British Leyland. Stuart Newton Hampshire, Philosopher. Gordon Ivan Hobday, Chairman, Boots Company Ltd. Maurice Arthur Eric Hodgson, Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. For services to Export. Robert Frederick Hunt, , Chairman and Chief Executive, Dowty Group Ltd. For services to Export. Alexander Anthony Jarratt, , Chairman and Chief Executive, Reed International Ltd. For services to Export. Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, . For services to Landscape Architecture. Hugh Ferguson Jones, . For public services in South Wales. (Died) Henry Charles Kerruish, , Speaker of the House of Keys. Basil John Mason, , Director-General, Meteorological Office. Jasper More, lately Member of Parliament for the Ludlow Division of Shropshire. James William Spencer Mount, . For services to the horticultural industry. Noel Henry Moynihan, Chairman, The Save the Children Fund. John Henry Orr, , Chief Constable, Lothian and Borders Police. John Chance Palmer, President of the Law Society. Professor David Chilton Phillips, Biological Secretary, The Royal Society. Roy Shaw, Secretary-General, Arts Council of Great Britain. Ronald Oliver Carless Swayne, , Chairman, Overseas Containers Ltd. John Tooley, General Administrator, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Peter Edward Trench, , Chairman, Construction and Housing Research Advisory Council. Anthony Favill Tuke, Chairman, Barclays Bank Ltd. Gervas George Walker, Chairman, Avon County Council. John Robin Plowman, . For public services in Bermuda.
Australian States State of Victoria Jack Stuart Brockhoff, of Sandringham. For distinguished community service. Wilfred Deakin Brookes, , of Toorak. For distinguished service to commerce and industry.
State of Queensland Justin Hickey, of St Lucia. For distinguished service to the business community and people of Queensland. Ernest Walter Savage, of Jindalee. For outstanding services to the accountancy profession in Australia and to community interests and business enterprises in Queensland.
State of Western Australia Emeritus Professor Noel Stanley Bayliss, , of Nedlands. For his services to tertiary education and in the establishment of Murdoch University. Marcus Truby Beeck, of Katanning. For his role in the agricultural life of the State.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Royal Navy General Sir Peter Whiteley, , Royal Marines.
Army General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson, , (189025), late the Queen's Own Hussars. Colonel Commandant, Army Catering Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans, .
Civil Division Sir Frank Cooper, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral David Anning Loram, . Vice Admiral Cameron Rusby, .
Army Lieutenant General George Leslie Conroy Cooper, , (357063), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Marshal Philip Jacobus Lagesen, .
Civil Division Kenneth Edward Couzens, , Second Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury. William Kerr Fraser, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office. Douglas Arthur Lovelock, , Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise. Geoffrey Charles Wardale, , Second Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral David William Haslam, . Commandant Sarah Vonla Adair McBride, , Women's Royal Naval Service. Rear Admiral Philip Reginald Marrack. The Venerable Archdeacon Basil Arthur O'Ferrall, .
Army Major General Michael Callan (400816), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Major General Samuel Knox Lecky, , (370164), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Honorary Colonel, Queen's University (Belfast) Officers Training Corps. Brigadier Joan Olivia Elsie Moriarty, , (378906), Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. Major General The O'Morchoe, , (393236). Colonel, The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th). Major General Geoffrey Boyd Wilson (373937), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General Henry Gabriel Woods, , (312522), late 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Dudley Graham Bailey, . Air Vice-Marshal Paul Richard Mallorie, . Air Vice-Marshal Arnold Alec Morris. Air Vice-Marshal John Edward Smith, .
Civil Division John Arthur Allen, , Principal Director, Ministry of Defence. Kenneth Thomas Barnett, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. John Bertram Hardy Billam, , Legal Adviser, Department of Employment. Anthony Addison Birley, Clerk of Public Bills, House of Commons. George Dutton Gibb, Chief Dental Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. Frank Appleby Harper, , Under-Secretary, Department of Education and Science. Albert Blair Harrington, lately Medical Adviser, Civil Service Department. George Dennis Holmes, Director-General and Deputy Chairman, Forestry Commission. Anthony John Lippitt, Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry. William Burton Housley Lord, lately Director, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Ministry of Defence. James Victor Morrison, , lately Deputy Secretary, Northern Ireland Civil Service. Karl Max Newman, Under-Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department. Arthur Alan Pritchard, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Robert Edwin Radford, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. John Roderic Steele, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade. Bernard Maurice Thimont, Controller, H.M. Stationery Office. Eric Vickers, Under-Secretary, Department of the Environment. Malcolm Widdup, Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
Australian States State of Victoria Ronald Geoffrey Downes, of Eaglemont. For public service to the State of Victoria.
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 Alan Campbell, , HM Ambassador, Rome. Sir John Killick, , United Kingdom Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Ronald Arculus, , HM Ambassador (designate), Rome. John Alexander Noble Graham, , HM Ambassador, Tehran. John Lang Taylor, , HM Ambassador, Caracas.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Sidney Abramson, Under-Secretary, Department of Trade. David Bleackley, Assistant Director, Overseas Division, Institute of Geological Sciences.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Douglas William Alfred Blye, , Secretary for Monetary Affairs, Hong Kong. Hugh Campbell Byatt, H.M. Ambassador, Luanda. Arthur David Saunders Goodall, Minister, H.M. Embassy, Bonn. Keith Hamylton-Jones, lately H.M. Ambassador, San José. Francis Robert MacGinnis, Minister and Deputy Commandant, British Military Government, Berlin. James Mellon, British High Commissioner, Accra. Henry David Alastair Capel Miers, Counsellor and Head of Chancery, H.M. Embassy, Tehran. John William Nicholas, British Consul-General, Melbourne. Gerald Victor Summerhayes, , Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, Sokoto State, Nigeria. Ieremia Tienang Tabai. For public services in the Gilbert Islands. Benjamin Thorne, , lately Counsellor (Commercial), H.M. Embassy, Tokyo. Robert Lucian Wade-Gery, lately Minister, H.M. Embassy, Moscow. Harold Berners Walker, H.M. Ambassador, Bahrain. William Erskine Hamilton Whyte, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Christopher Matthew Woods, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Australian States State of New South Wales The Honourable Mr Justice Athol Randolf Moffitt, , President of the Court of Appeal.
State of Victoria Peter Bruce Ronald, of Pakenham. For service to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria and the community. Commander Richard Stanley Veale, , Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Retired), of Elwood. For service to the Royal Life Saving Society.
State of Queensland Kevin John Joseph King, of Hamilton. For community services, particularly to the Queensland Fire Services.
State of Western Australia Phillip Rennell Adams, , of Peppermint Grove. For services to the legal profession and in public service. Bernard Francis Prindiville, of South Perth. For services to commerce and the community.
Royal Victorian Order
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) The Right Honourable Ruth Sylvia, Dowager Baroness Fermoy, .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Stephen James Hamilton Miller. James Wilfred Stubbs, . The Very Reverend Martin Gloster Sullivan.