The Birthday Honours 2006 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 17 June 2006, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2006.UK list: New Zealand list: Cook Islands list: Grenada list: Papua New Guinea list: Solomon Islands list: Saint Lucia list: Antigua & Barbuda list:

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged firstly by the country whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

United Kingdom

Knight Bachelor Michael John Aaronson, , lately Director-General, Save the Children. For services to Children. Professor Roy Malcolm Anderson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence. Jonathan Elliott Asbridge, President, Nursing and Midwifery Council. For services to the NHS and Nursing. Norman George Bettison, , Chief Executive, Centrex and lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to the Police. James Robert Crosby, Chief Executive, HBOS plc. For services to the Finance Industry. Donald Gordon Cruickshank. For public service. Professor Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, , Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford. For services to Archaeology. Professor Albert Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England. For services to Children and Young People. Philip Green, Retail Executive. For services to the Retail Industry. Mark Grundy, Headteacher, Shireland Language College, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands. For services to Education and to ICT. Dr. Richard Timothy Hunt, Principal Scientist, Cancer Research UK. For services to Science. Stelios Haji-Ioannou. For services to Entrepreneurship. Brian Gammell Ivory, , Chair, Board of Trustees, National Galleries of Scotland. For services to the Arts. Kenneth John Knight, , Commissioner, London Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service. Councillor Richard Charles Leese, , leader, Manchester City Council. For services to Local Government. Robert John Margetts, , Chair, Natural Environment Research Council. For services to Science and to Business. David Michael Charles Michels, lately Chief Executive, Hilton Group plc. For services to the Hospitality Industry. David Gerald Richards, Chair, Football Association Premier League and Football Foundation. For services to Sport. Dr. Peter Jeffery Simpson, President, Royal College of Anaesthetists. For services to the NHS. John Michael Sunderland, Chair, Cadbury Schweppes and President, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business. Gilbert Stanley Thomas, . For services to Business and to Charity in Wales. Charles Cornelius Wheeler, . For services to Broadcasting and to Journalism. Professor Roger Williams, Chair, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. For services to Higher Education.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List The Honourable Mr. Justice Lisle Austin Ward, , lately Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bermuda.

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral Timothy Pentreath McClement, .

Civil Division John Elvidge, Permanent Secretary, Scottish Executive. David Rowlands, , Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport. Roger Blakemore Sands, Clerk of the House and Chief Executive, House of Commons.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral Nicholas Henry Linton Harris, . Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Lawrence Jenkins, . Major General David Robert Bill (496284), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General David Malcolm Howell, , (500438), late Adjutant General's Corps (Army Legal Services Branch). Air Vice-Marshal Iain Walter McNicoll, , Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Philip Richard Hernaman Allen, lately Director, Corporate Services, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. John William Bacon, lately Group Director, Health and Social Care Delivery, Department of Health. Dr. Jonathan Richard Bell, lately Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency. Simon Brooks, director, Macroeconomics, HM Treasury. Michelle Mary Egan, Regional Offender Manager, National Offender Management Service. Thomas Baird Jeffery, Director-General, Children, Young People and Families, Department for Education and Skills. Greer Sandra Kerrigan, Legal Director, Law, Governance and Special Policy Group, Department for Work and Pensions. Joseph Montgomery, Director-General, Tackling Disadvantage Group, Department for Communities and Local Government. Nicola Susan Munro, Head, Development Department, Scottish Executive. Christopher Peter Jayantha Muttukumaru, The Legal Adviser and Legal Services Director, Department for Transport. Laurence Oates, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee, Department for Constitutional Affairs. David Alan Pritchard, lately Head, Economic Development and Transport Department, National Assembly for Wales.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir Michael Hastings Jay, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Richard Hugh Turton Gozney, , British High Commissioner, Abuja. Mark Justin Lyall Grant, , British High Commissioner, Islamabad.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Gillian Mary Anne Lambert, Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels. Paul Vallely. For services to Journalism and to the Developing World.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Timothy Earle Barrow, , Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Robert Scott Dewar, HM Ambassador, Addis Ababa. Hazel Mary, Lady Fox, . For services to international and comparative law. David George Hamilton Frost, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Ian Charles Stewart Johnson, lately Vice-President and Head of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network, World Bank. Julian Beresford King, Political and Security Council Representative, Office of the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union. Edward Anthony Oakden, director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Christopher Robert Geoffrey Pagett, , Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Paul Raymond Sizeland, director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Robin Anthony Vincent, , lately Registrar, Special Court for Sierra Leone. Ralph Zacklin, lately Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Secretariat.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Claude Dunbar Hankes-Drielsma, formerly Trustee and Adviser, St. George's House, Windsor Castle. Major Richard Yates Henderson, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran. Ronald Hobson. For services to charity. Robert Richard Taylor, , Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, formerly Serjeant Surgeon, Royal Household.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Major Barnaby Cockcroft, Lieutenant, Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Anne Frost, Lady in Waiting to Princess Michael of Kent. Colonel Robert Shaun Longsdon, Lieutenant, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu. For services to the Royal Collection. Lieutenant Commander Christopher William Pittaway, , Royal Navy (Retd), Manager/Chief Pilot, The Queen's Helicopter Flight. Eric Stephen Sharp, formerly Operations Director, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Captain Colin Michael Cato Stewart, formerly Assistant of the Corporation of Trinity House.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Peter James George Archer, formerly Court Correspondent, Press Association. Tonino Bonici, , Palace Foreman, Buckingham Palace. Antigoni Christodoulou, Clerk Comptroller, The Duke and Duchess of Kent's Household. Paul Frank Cradock, Horological Conservator, Royal Collection. Philip Shaun Croasdale, , Standards and Training Manager, Master of the Household's Department. Chief Inspector Richard James Curtis, Norfolk Constabulary. For services to Royalty Protection. Mark Fromont, , Premier Chef, Royal Household. Lucinda Gooch, Retail and Publishing Co-ordinator, Royal Collection. Andrew Mark Holt, Building Surveyor, Sandringham Estate. Mary Angela Kelly, Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to The Queen. Vivienne Bowen Morgan, director, The Prince's Trust, Carmarthenshire. Wing Commander Richard Edward George Pattle, Royal Air Force, formerly Equerry to the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. Terence Alan Pendry, , Stud Groom and Manager, Royal Mews, Windsor Castle. Jane Pithers, formerly Personnel Manager, Crown Estate, Windsor. Inspector Carol Alexandra Quirk, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Lynette Joyce Randall, Head of Savill Gardens, Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park. Sergeant Dominic Charles Ryan, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Brian Alan Ernest Stanley, , Stud Groom, Royal Paddocks, Hampton Court. Susan Elaine Welch, Secretary, Lieutenancy Office, Derbyshire. Norma Mae Blossom Wynter, Personal Secretary to the Governor-General of Jamaica.

Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Edward George Reginald Charlett, , Groom of the Vestry, Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. Keith Howard Griffiths, , Courier, Royal Household. Anthony Albert Harrowsmith, , formerly Chief Woodman, Crewe Survey, Duchy of Lancaster. John Trodden Kerr, , Leading Palace Attendant, Windsor Castle. Roger Edward Standen, , Senior Housekeeping Assistant, Buckingham Palace.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Colin Richard Cartwright, formerly Lay Clerk, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Trevor John Craddock, Lay Clerk, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Stephen Cuthbert, Gamekeeper, Sandringham Estate. Karl Patrick Dennis, Forestry Worker, Sandringham Estate. Avril Janette Cranston Dent, Deputy Housekeeper, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Rachel Ann Jane Gordon, Assistant Housekeeper, Windsor Castle. William Allan Henderson, Page of the Backstairs, Master of the Household's Department. Robert Stephen Jones, Palace Attendant, Buckingham Palace. Thomas Robert Peggie, Senior Painter, Balmoral Estate. Stephen John Read, Horticulturalist/Steward, Thatched House Lodge. John Leonard Reed, Stud Hand, Royal Studs, Sandringham. Russell Peter Sturgess, Forestry Team Supervisor, Crown Estate, Windsor.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Professor Anthony James Pawson, . For services to genetic science and cancer research.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Jane Susan Campbell, , lately Chair, Social Care Institute for Excellence. For services to Social Care and to Disabled People. Professor Hazel Gillian Genn, , Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University College, London. For services to Civil Justice. Professor Carole Jordan, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics (Theoretical Physics), University of Oxford. For services to Physics and Astronomy. Professor Janet Laughland Nelson, Professor of Medieval History, King's College London. For services to History. Dr. Ruth Muldoon Silver, , Principal, Lewisham College, London. For services to Further Education.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Michael Terence Wogan, K.B.E. (to be dated 11 October 2005).

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore Charles Percival Ross Montgomery. Commodore Richard Christopher Twitchen.

Army Brigadier Colin James Boag (516557), late Corps of Royal Engineers.