The New Year Honours 1999 for various Commonwealth realms were announced on 30 December 1998,UK list: Cook Islands list: Grenada list: Papua New Guinea list: Solomon Islands list: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines list: Belize list: Antigua and Barbuda list: Saint Christopher and Nevis list: to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1999. The Honours list is a list of people who have been awarded one of the various orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom. Honours are split into classes ("orders") and are graded to distinguish different degrees of achievement or service, most medals are not graded. The awards are presented to the recipient in one of several investiture ceremonies at Buckingham Palace throughout the year by the Sovereign or designated representative. The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and The Princess Royal deputised for The Queen.

The orders, medals and decorations are awarded by various honours committees which meet to discuss candidates identified by public or private bodies, by government departments or who are nominated by members of the public. Depending on their roles, those people selected by committee are submitted either to the prime minister, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, or Secretary of State for Defence for their approval before being sent to the Sovereign for final approval. As the "fount of honour" the monarch remains the final arbiter for awards. In the case of certain orders such as the Order of the Garter and the Royal Victorian Order they remain at the personal discretion of the Queen.

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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Life peers Onora Sylvia O'Neill, CBE, Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge. Sir Peter Michael Imbert, QPM, JP, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London Sir Naren Patel, Consultant Obstetrician, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; lately President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and past Chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Sir Alexander Trotman, lately Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company. Sir David Francis Williamson, GCMG, CB, formerly Secretary-General of the European Commission.

Privy Counsellors

Adam Paterson Ingram, JP, MP for East Kilbride and Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office. Walter Menzies Campbell, CBE, QC, MP for Fife North East. Paul Peter Murphy, MP for Torfaen and Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office.

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) The Right Honourable John Major, MP for Huntingdon. For services to Peace in Northern Ireland. Bridget Louise Riley, CBE, artist. For services to Art. General Alfred John Gardyne Drummond De Chastelain, CMM, OC, Co-Chairman, Northern Ireland Talks.

Knights Bachelor

A Knights Bachelor is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry. Maurice Victor Blank, Deputy Chairman, Great Universal Stores and Chairman, Mirror Group. John Alexander Raymond Chisholm, Chief Executive, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. David John Davies, lately Chairman, Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment. For leading business in abating Air Pollution. Andrew Frank Davis, CBE, Conductor. For services to Music. Professor Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett, Emeritus Professor of Logic, University of Oxford. For services to Philosophy and to Racial Justice. Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, OBE, Member, Belfast City Council. For political and public service. Ronald Flanagan, OBE, Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary. For services to the Police. Ian Gibson, CBE, Vice President, Nissan Europe and Chief Executive, Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. For services to the car manufacturing industry. Professor Denis John Pereira Gray, OBE, General Medical Practitioner and President, Royal College of General Practitioners. For services to Quality and Standards in General Practice. John Ralph Sidney Guinness, CBE, Chairman, British Nuclear Fuels plc. For services to the Nuclear Industry. Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, CBE, Actor. For services to the Theatre, Film and Television. Lyndon Jones, Principal and Chief Executive, Harris City Technology College. For services to education. Professor John Richard Krebs, FRS, Chief Executive, Natural Environment Research Council. For services to Behavioural Ecology. George Ross Mathewson, CBE, Group Chief Executive, Royal Bank of Scotland plc. For services to Economic Development and to Banking. Charles Alan McLintock. For services to the Church of England. Mohammed Anwar Pervez, OBE, Chairman, Bestway Ltd. For services to the Food Retail and Wholesale Sector and for charitable services. Professor Michael David Rawlins. For services to the Improvement of Patient Protection from the Side Effects of Medicinal Drugs. Henry John Roche. For services to the Newspaper Industry. Nicholas Andrew Serota, Director, Tate Gallery. For services to the Visual Arts. James Shand, MBE, Accordionist and Scottish Country Band Leader. For services to Scottish Culture. Professor Eric Brian Smith. For services to Academic/Business Partnership and to Higher Education. Graham William Smith, CBE, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation. For services to the Probation Service. Peter Alfred Soulsby, Leader, Leicester City Council. For services to Leicester and to Local Government. Quentin Jeremy Thomas, CB. For services to Peace in Northern Ireland. John Ernest Walker, FRS. For services to Molecular Biology. John Kemp-Welch, Chairman, London Stock Exchange. For services to Financial Regulation and to Financial Services. Francis Owen Garbett Williams, CBE, Chairman and Managing Director, Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd. For services to the Motor Sport Industry. John Kyffin Williams, OBE, DL. For services to the Visual Arts in Wales. David Ross Winkley, Director, National Primary Trust. For services to Primary Education. Po-Shing Woo. For charitable services to the Arts.

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry with three classes of member.

Knights Grand Cross of the Bath (GCB)

Civil division

Sir Nigel Leonard Wicks, KCB, CVO, CBE, Second Permanent Secretary of Finance, HM Treasury.

Knights Commander of the Bath (KCB)

Military division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Jeremy Joe Blackham. Army Lieutenant General Scott Carnegie Grant, CB (479236), late Corps of Royal Engineers Air Force Air Marshal John Romney Day, OBE, Royal Air Force.

Civil division

Robin Mountfield, CB, Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office. Michael Charles Scholar, CB, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Companions of the Bath (CB)

Military division

Royal Navy Vice-Admiral David Anthony James Blackburn, LVO Rear Admiral John Allan Trewby Army Major General Graham Anderson Ewer, CBE (479220), late Royal Corps of Transport. Major General Richard Arthur Oliver, OBE (479312), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General William Robert Short (477487), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Roderick Harvey Goodall, CBE, A.F.C., Royal Air Force. The Venerable Peter Robin Turner, Royal Air Force Civil division

Mark Andrew Blythe. Legal Adviser, HM Treasury; (London). Graham Duff. Lately director, Casework Services, Crown Prosecution Service; (Northumberland). David John Fisk. Chief Scientist and director, Environment International, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; (St Albans, Hertfordshire). Vera Kathleen Gordon. Head, Agricultural Crops and Commodities Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; (London). Derek James Langlands Grover. Director, Skills and Lifelong Learning, Department for Education and Employment; (Sheffield, South Yorkshire). Jeremy John Moore Harbison. For public service; (Belfast, Northern Ireland). Paul Richard Samuel Hartnack. Comptroller General, Patent Office, Department of Trade and Industry; (Hitchin, Hertfordshire). Alfred James Hastings. Clerk of the Journals, House of Commons; (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Michael McKenzie, QC. Master of the Crown Office and Queen's Coroner and Attorney, Registrar of Criminal Appeals and of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, Lord Chancellor's Department. Anthony Charles Sawyer. Director, Operations Prevention, HM Board of Customs and Excise; (London). Geoffrey Richard Scaife. Chief executive, NHS in Scotland; (Edinburgh).

Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George is an order of chivalry used to honour individuals who have rendered important services in relation to Commonwealth or foreign nations;.

Knights Commander of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Diplomatic division Graham Stuart Burton, CMG, British High Commissioner, Abuja. John Robertson Young, CMG, lately Chief Clerk, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Companions of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Civil division

Peter Freemantle Berry. Chairman, Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations Ltd. For services to Humanitarian Aid. Susan Margaret Scholefield. Lately head, Balkans Secretariat, Ministry of Defence; (Kent). James Francis Wall. Head of Shipping Policy 3 Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; (Hampshire).

Diplomatic division Michael John Canning, Deputy Director, Government Communications Headquarters. Dr Frances Gertrude Claire D'Souza. For services to human rights. Stewart Graham Eldon, OBE, lately Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Lieutenant General Sir John Martin Carruthers Garrod, KCB, OBE, lately Head of the Office of the High Representative of the European Union in Mostar, former Yugoslavia. John Henry Gary Gerson, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Jean Francois Gordon, HM Ambassador, Algiers. John Illman, HM Ambassador, Lima. Hywel Ceri Jones, lately Deputy Director-General, European Commission. Professor Geoffrey Lewis Lewis. For services to Turkish studies. Alan Phillips. For services to human rights. Nigel Elton Sheinwald, lately Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alen Gregg Webster, Director, Development and Training Services, British Council. Nicholas James Westcott, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Miss Elizabeth Susan Wilmshurst, lately Legal Counsellor, UK Mission to the United Nations, New York.

Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms; admission remains in the personal gift of the monarch.

Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Savile Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton, KCVO, lately Master of the Horse.

Knights/Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO/DCVO)

Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, trustee of the Royal Collection Trust. Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th Baron Digby, JP, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset. Colonel Sir Ralph Harry Carr-Ellison, TD, Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear. Patrick John Holmes Sellors, LVO, Surgeon Oculist to the Queen.

Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Commander Michael Bernard Shepley Higham, RN, lately Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England. Peter Nevile Wake Jennings, Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. John Richard Sclater, member of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

John Leveson-Gower Ablitt. Member of The Prince's Trust-Bro. Cherrill Diana Auton, MVO. Sales Ledger Administrator, Royal Household.