The 1947 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were published on 31 December 1946.United Kingdom list: New Zealand list: Operational Minesweeping list:
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before tsheir 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
Viscounts The Right Honourable Stanley Melbourne Bruce, , Chairman of the International Emergency Food Council. The Right Honourable William Allen, Baron Jowitt, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Barons Charles Dukes, , lately General Secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Member of the Trades Union Congress General Council since 1934, and Chairman in 1945. For political and public services. General Sir Hastings Lionel Ismay, , lately Additional Secretary (Military) to the Cabinet and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence. George Morgan Garro-Jones, Member of Parliament for South Hackney, 1924–1929 and for Aberdeen, 1935–1945. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Production, 1942–1945. For political and public services. Fred Kershaw, . For political and public services. The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Lawrence, (Lord Justice Lawrence), one of the Lords Justices of Appeal. Sir Walter Thomas Layton, , Director General of Programmes, Ministry of Supply, 1940–1942. Head of Joint War Production Staff, Ministry of Production, 1942–1943. For public services. Sir John Loader Maffey, , United Kingdom Representative to Eire. Sir Ernest Darwin Simon, . For public services.
Privy Counsellors Clement Edward Davies, , Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire since 1929. Chairman of the Liberal Parliamentary Party. For political and public services. The Honourable James Garfield Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, Canada, since 1935. William Glenvil Hall, , Financial Secretary to the Treasury since 1945. Member of Parliament for Portsmouth Central, 1929–1931, and for the Colne Valley Division of Yorkshire since 1939. Arthur Henderson, , Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for India and for Burma since 1945. Member of Parliament for Cardiff South, 1923–1924 and 1929–1931, and for the Kingswinford Division of Staffordshire since 1935. The Honourable Ian Alistair Mackenzie, , Minister of National Defence, Canada, 1935–1939; Minister of Pensions and National Health, 1939–1944; and Minister of Veteran Affairs since 1944.
Knights Bachelor Lieutenant-Colonel Neville Anderson, , Presiding Special Commissioner of Income Tax, Board of Inland Revenue. Major William Baird, . For public and charitable services in Northern Ireland. Harold Montague Barton, , Financial Director, National Dock Labour Corporation, Ltd. Brigadier-General Atwell Charles Baylay, , Chairman, Birmingham and District Engineering and Allied Employers' Association. Alderman Frederick Tidbury Beer, Sheriff of the City of London, 1945–1946. Frederick Archibald Bell, , Chairman of the Herring Industry Board. Major Granville St John Orde Browne, , Labour Adviser to the Colonial Office. Arthur Belcher Cauty, Chairman of the National Maritime Board. William Henry Coates, , a Deputy Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. For services to Government Departments. Alderman Edward George Eddy, , Representative for the West Midland Region on the National Savings Committee. Thomas Frazer, . For services as Deputy General Manager and Secretary, North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., Ltd. Alexander Gray, , Professor of Political Economy and Mercantile Law, University of Edinburgh. For services to Government Departments. Henry Mendelssohn Hake, , Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Henry Nazeby Harrington, Solicitor to the Board of Customs and Excise. Walter Norman Haworth, , Mason Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the Department of Chemistry in the University of Birmingham. Alfred Herbert Holland, Chief Master in the Chancery Division of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Eardley Lancelot Holland, , President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Percy Clarke Hull, , Organist and Master of the Choristers, Hereford Cathedral. Conductor of the Three Choirs Festival. Robert John Mathison Inglis, , Chief of the Transport Division, British Element, Control Commission for Germany. Cadwaladr Bryner Jones, , Liaison Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Chairman of the Montgomery War Agricultural Executive Committee. Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Vivian Jones, , President of the Food Manufacturers' Federation. Harold Leslie Kenward. For services to the Ministry of Supply in connection with the rubber tyre industry. Major George Humphrey Maurice Broun-Lindsay, , President, Association of County Councils in Scotland. Convener, East Lothian County Council. Charles Percy Lister. For services as Managing Director of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation. Thomas McPherson, , Director and General Manager, Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, Ltd. Wilfrid Walter Nops, Clerk of the Central Criminal Court. Alexander Paterson, . HM Commissioner of Prisons and Director of Convict Prisons. Arthur Pickup, President of the Co-operative Wholesale Society. Ralph David Richardson. For services to the stage. Arthur Stanley Rogers, Chairman of the British Insurance Association. General Manager and Director, London and Lancashire Insurance Company, Ltd. William Guy Ropner. Lately Director of the Convoy Section, Ministry of Transport. Edward Graham Savage, , Education Officer to the London County Council. Colonel William Dishington Scott, , Chief Divisional Food Officer for Scotland, Ministry of Food. Ernest Woodhouse Smith, , lately President of the Institute of Fuel. Metford Watkins, Chairman, General Purposes Committee of the Retail Distributors' Association. Alderman Frederick Michael Wells, Sheriff of the City of London, 1945–1946. Walter Addington Willis, , Crown Umpire, Unemployment Insurance. Zwinglius Frank Willis, , General Secretary of the National Council, Young Men's Christian Association.
Dominions Kerr Grant, , Professor of Physics, University of Adelaide, State of South Australia. For public services. The Honourable Rupert Oakley Shoobridge, President of the Legislative Council, State of Tasmania.
India The Honourable Mr. Justice Norman George Armstrong Edgley, Indian Civil Service, Barrister-at-Law, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal. Major-General Hugh Clive Buckley, , Indian Medical Service, Principal (retired), Medical College, Agra, United Provinces. Norman Percival Arthur Smith, , Indian Police, Director, Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of India. The Honourable Sardar Bahadur Nawab Asadullah Khan, , Member of the Council of State, Raisani, Kalat State. Roger Thomas, , Indian Agricultural Service (retired), Adviser to the Government of Sind and Managing Director, Sind Land Development, Limited. Hugh Stuart Town, , Director, Messrs. Binny and Company, Limited, Madras. Robert Laing MacLennan, , Heeleakha Tea Estate, Sibsagar District, Chairman, Assam Valley Branch, Indian Tea Association, Assam.
Colonies, Protectorates, Etc. Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney, , Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Secretary, Palestine; lately Colonial Secretary, Gold Coast. Hugh Ragg. For public services in Fiji. Francis Joseph Soertsz, Senior Puisne Judge, Ceylon. Herbert Edmund Walker, , Director of Public Works, Nigeria.
Order of the Bath
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Civil Division Sir (James) Alan Noel Barlow, , Second Secretary, HM Treasury.
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Acting Vice-Admiral (S) Malcolm Giffard Stebbing Cull, . Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas Blake Fisher, .
Army General Sir Montagu George North Stopford, (4554), late The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). General Sir Geoffry Allen Percival Scoones, , Indian Army.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Alfred Conrad Collier, (Retired). Air Vice-Marshal Douglas Harries, (Retired).
Civil Division Colonel Percy Reginald Owen Abel Simner, , Chairman, Territorial Army and Air Force Association, of the County of London. Harold Corti Emmerson, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works. David Milne, , Permanent Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office. Sir Orme Sargent, , Permanent Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Leslie Haliburton Ashmore, . Rear-Admiral John Walter Durnford. Acting Rear-Admiral (S) Eyre Sturdy Duggan, . Rear-Admiral (E) Denys Chester Ford, . Rear-Admiral Henry Edward Horan, (Retired). Surgeon Rear-Admiral Herbert Richard Barnes Hull, . Major-General Godfrey Edward Wildman-Lushington, , Royal Marines.
Army Brigadier (temporary) Gilbert Leonard Appleton, (10740), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General (temporary) Edmund Charles Beard, (9698), late Infantry. Major-General (local) Valentine Blomfield, (13747), late Infantry. Major-General (acting) Arthur Charles Tarver Evanson, (11675), late Infantry. Brigadier (temporary) Charles Granville Barry Greaves, (6885), Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General John Charles Oakes Marriott, (9506), late Foot Guards. Major-General Eric Paytherus Nares, (4593), late Infantry. Major-General (temporary) William Pasfield Oliver, (18260), late Infantry. Major-General (temporary) Walter Hayes Oxley, (543), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General (temporary) William Maingay Ozanne, (28), late Infantry. Major-General (temporary) Cecil Miller Smith, (10540), late Royal Army Service Corps. Major-General Evelyn Alexander Sutton, (8525), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Colonel Victor John Eric Westropp, , (13552), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major-General Eric Norman Goddard, , Indian Army. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Berthold Wells Key, , Indian Army. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Thomas Scott, Indian Army. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Stephen Fenemore Irwin, , Indian Army.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Edward Drowley, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Lawrence Fleming Pendred, . Air Commodore Clifford Westly Busk, . Air Commodore William Ernest Staton, . Air Commodore Frank Whittle, . Acting Air Commodore George Braithwaite Beardsworth. Group Captain Robert John Rodwell.
Civil Division Colonel David Keith Murray, , Chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Caithness. Hubert Edward Aldington, Chief Highway Engineer, Ministry of Transport. Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt, Under Secretary, HM Treasury. Harold Fieldhouse, , Under Secretary, Assistance Board. John Malcolm Kenneth Hawton, Under Secretary, Ministry of Health. Sydney Walter Hood, Under Secretary, Ministry of Food. Lewis Bede Hutchinson, Under Secretary, Ministry of Supply. Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, , Deputy to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for the Council of Foreign Ministers. Herbert Needham Morrison, Under Secretary, Admiralty. Ralph Machattie Nowell, Under Secretary, Board of Trade. Granville Proby, Lately Principal Clerk, Judicial Department, House of Lords. Frederick Charles Starling, , Lately Under Secretary, Ministry of Fuel and Power. William Taylor, Under Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service. Hugh Townshend, Director of Telecommunications, General Post Office.
Order of Merit (OM) Field Marshal the Right Honourable Jan Christiaan Smuts, .
Order of the Star of India
Companions of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) Stewart Ellis Lawrence West, , Member, Transportation, Railway Board, New Delhi.