The 2014 Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 2014 in the United Kingdom, on 9 June 2014 in Australia, on 2 June 2014 in New Zealand, on 14 June 2014 in Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia and Belize.
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.
United Kingdom The 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours list was published on 14 June 2014 by The London Gazette.
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
Dame Margaret Natalie Cross Smith, , Actress. For services to Drama.
Knight Bachelor
Dr Charles Richard Bean – Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, Bank of England Professor Colin Blakemore, – Director, Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London Ewan Brown, – Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise and Senior Governor, University of St Andrews Andrew Nicholas Carter, – Headteacher, South Farnham Community Junior School, Surrey William Nigel Paul Cash, – Member of Parliament for Stone Professor Cary Cooper, – Distinguished Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Barry Stuart Day, – Chief Executive, Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust and The Greenwood Academies Trust Daniel Day-Lewis – Actor. For services to Drama. Michael Deegan, – Chief Executive, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Professor Thomas Martin Devine, – Personal Senior Research Chair of History, The University of Edinburgh Philip Graham Dilley – Chairman, Arup Group Dr Michael Dixon – Director, Natural History Museum, London Dr John Ernest Dunford, Professor David Stephen Eastwood, – Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham Professor David Royden Fish – managing director, University College London Partners, Academic Health Science Partnership Robert Anthony Francis, – Chairman, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry Professor David Greenaway, – Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham Gerald Edgar Grimstone – Chairman, Standard Life Professor Tom Kibble, – Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London Jonathan Michael Murphy, – Chief Constable, Merseyside Police Derek John Myers – Lately Chief Executive, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Professor Michael John Owen – Director, The MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University Professor John Bernard Pethica, – Chief Scientific Adviser, National Physical Laboratory and Physical Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society András Schiff – Pianist Dr Anthony Seldon, – Headteacher, Wellington College, Berkshire The Rt Hon. Nicholas Soames, – Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex Professor Richard Sorabji, – Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford and Professor Emeritus, King's College London Professor David Spiegelhalter, – Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge Professor Tejinder Virdee, – Professor of Physics at Imperial College London
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB) Civil Jilian Matheson – National Statistician and Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics and Chief Executive, UK Statistics Authority Amyas Morse – Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office
Military Vice Admiral Philip Jones,
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Civil Susan Ruth Elizabeth Atkins – Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces Dr Michael William Patrick Cavendish – Director-General, Implementation Group, Cabinet Office Peter Clayton – Ministry of Defence Claire Johnston – Director, Legal Adviser's Office, Department for Education Christopher Jon Martin – Principal Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office Michael Spurr – Director-General and chief executive officer, National Offender Management Service Simon James Virley – Director-General, Markets and Infrastructure Group, Department of Energy and Climate Change Rhodri Havard Walters – Lately Reading Clerk, House of Lords
Military Major General Kevin David Abraham, late Royal Regiment of Artillery Major General Ed Davis, The Rev. Jonathan Woodhouse, , Royal Army Chaplains' Department Rear Admiral Duncan Laurence Potts Air Marshal Christopher Paul Anthony Evans, Air Vice-Marshal Graham John Howard
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG/DCMG) Brendan Gormley, – Lately Chief Executive, Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Christopher Hohn – Founder and UK Foundation Trustee, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Philip Martin Lowe – Lately Director General, European Commission, Brussels Simon McDonald, – HM Ambassador, Germany Sebastian Wood, – HM Ambassador, China Honorary Dame Commander Angelina Jolie – for services to UK foreign policy and the campaign to end war zone sexual violence
Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) John Casson – Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister's Office Andrew Thomas Cayley, – Lately International Co-Prosecutor, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Simon Collis – HM Ambassador, Iraq Matthew Gould, – HM Ambassador, Israel Ian Hughes – HM Ambassador, South Sudan Patrick Joseph McGuinness, – Deputy National Security Adviser Menna Rawlins – Director, Human Resources, Foreign and Commonwealth Office David Leslie Stanton – Lately Chair, Board of Trustees, UNICEF UK Christopher Adrian Whomersley – Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Royal Victorian Order
Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO/DCVO) The Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend, , Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire Nigel Sherlock, , Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Marion Teresa Brewis, Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown David Barker Moody, Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire Anne Helen Richards, Member of Council, Duchy of Lancaster
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Doctor Veronica Mary Geneste Ferguson, Surgeon-Oculist to the Royal Household Barbara Helen Kerry Francois, , Visitor Experience Director, Royal Collection Trust Inspector Robert Fulton, , Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection Nigel George Goldsmith, , Deputy Assistant to the Master of the Household, C Branch, Royal Household Catherine Anne Goodman, Artistic Director, The Prince's Drawing School Amanda Madeleine MacManus, Deputy Private Secretary to The Duchess of Cornwall Richard Alfred Martin Edward George Pattle, , Royal Air Force, Master of the Household to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Michael John Taylor, , Assistant to the Master of the Household, Operations and Finance, Royal Household Major Jeremy Frederick Warren, Lieutenant, Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) David John Peter Baldwin, , Serjeant of the Vestry, Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace Philip John Berg, Master of the Music, The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy John Anthony Coleman, director, BLB Architects Ltd Adrian John Denman, , Head Gardener, Royal Gardens, Windsor Philippa Jane Meryl Dutton, Assistant Secretary, Royal Warrant Holders' Association Anne Cecilia Geddes, Accounts Clerk, Balmoral Estate Francis Edmund Harris, , Palace Attendant, Buckingham Palace Andrew Joseph Hitchman, The Duke of York's Household Mary Victoria Inglefield, Senior Secretary, The Duke of Edinburgh's Household Suzy Juliet Lethbridge, Correspondence Secretary, The Duke of Edinburgh's Household Lynne Margaret Patchett, Personal Assistant to the Deputy Master of the Household David Russell Quick, , Household of The Earl and Countess of Wessex Graham Paul Richards, , Household of The Duke of York Gary Robertson, , Leading Porter/Craft Assistant, Palace of Holyroodhouse Brian William Stephen Birnie Tougher, , Household of The Earl and Countess of Wessex Joanne Evadne Watt, Financial Accountant, Royal Household Margaret Nicol Westwood, Secretary to the Librarian/Office Administrator, Royal Library, Windsor Castle David Wheatroft, formerly Clerk to the Lieutenancy, Derbyshire. Philip Anthony Egerton Williamson, Deputy Head, Ullswater Centre, Outward Bound Trust. Major General Henry Gabriel Woods, , Co-Founder and formerly chairman, The Duke of York's Community Initiative. Inspector Jeremy Dawson Woolgar, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Gold Nancy Fenwick, , For services to The Queen Stephen Richard Frohawk, , Tractor Driver, Sandringham Estate
Silver Gordon Holliday Currie, Assistant Carpet Planner, Royal Household Jason Edwin Dennis, Gardener, Sandringham Estate Neil Hepple Dodds, Frogmore Gardens Supervisor, Crown Estate, Windsor Marc David Harrison, Page of the Presence, Royal Household Constable John Patrick Murphy, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection Richard Gordon Quirk, Yeoman Bed Goer, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard Alan Philip Scales, formerly Messenger, Coutts & Co Stephen John Staines, Foreman, Highgrove Estate
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE/DBE)
Military Lieutenant General Simon Mayall, , 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards
Civil Katharine Mary Barker, , Economist. For services to the Economy. Professor Jessica Lois Corner, Dean of Health Sciences, University of Southampton. For services to Healthcare Research and Education. Laura Davies, , Professional Golfer. For services to Golf. Dr Pamela Louise Makin, Chief Executive Officer, British Technology Group plc. For services to the Life Sciences Industry. Hilary Mantel, (Mrs G. McEwen), Author. For services to Literature. Nicola Jane Nelson-Taylor, Executive Headteacher, Beech Hill and Walbottle Village Primary Schools, Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to Education. Erica Pienaar, lately Executive Headteacher, Leathersellers' Federation of Schools, Lewisham. For services to Education. The Rt Hon. Dawn Primarolo, , Member of Parliament for Bristol South. For political service. Zandra Rhodes, , Fashion Designer. For services to British Fashion and Textiles.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Military Major General Ewan Blythe Carmichael, , Royal Army Dental Corps Brigadier Mark Redman Goldsack, , The Rifles Brigadier Giles Patrick Hill, The Parachute Regiment Colonel Robert Jefferies, Royal Regiment of Scotland Brigadier Robert Daniel Meinertzhagen, Royal Corps of Signals Major General Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, , The Parachute Regiment Army Reserve Major General Richard James Semple, Corps of Royal Engineers Commodore Keith Andrew Beckett Rear Admiral Stephen Buchanan Brunton Commodore Paul Anthony Mcalpine, Air Commodore David John Edwin Cooper
Civil Professor Alastair Samuel Adair. For services to Higher Education in Northern Ireland. Jane Muriel Mallord, Mrs. Allberry, Deputy Director, Screening and Sexual Health, Department of Health. For services to Health Policy on Cancer and Heart Disease.