The Birthday Honours 1990 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 15 June 1990, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 1990.
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
Life Peers
Baroness The Right Honourable Barbara Anne Castle, former Member of Parliament and Member of the European Parliament. The Honourable Dame Lydia Selina Dunn, DBE, Chairman Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Baron Sir Robert Haslam, Chairman, British Coal Corporation. Sir Peter Stewart Lane, Chairman of the executive committee, National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. Professor Sir George Porter, President of the Royal Society. The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Privy councillor Malcolm Ian Sinclair, Earl of Caithness, Paymaster-General. Sir William Gibson Clark, Member of Parliament, Croydon South.
Knights Bachelor Kingsley William Amis, CBE, Author. Thomas Richard Arnold, MP. For political service. Anthony Paul Bamford, DL, Chairman and Managing Director, JC Bamford (Excavators). John Derek Birkin, TD, Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman, RTZ Corporation. Robert Calderwood, Chief Executive, Strathclyde Regional Council. Bernard Crossland, CBE, Emeritus Professor, Queen's University, Belfast. John Albert Dellow, CBE, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. William Roland Doughty, Chairman, North West Thames Regional Health Authority. Norman Robert Foster, Principal, Foster Associates. Ronald Hugh Grierson, Chairman, South Bank Board. Peter Heatly, CBE, DL. For services to sports administration. Professor Frederick George Thomas Holliday, CBE, DL, Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham. Robert William Kerr Honeycombe, Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. Robert Michael Marshall, MP. For political services. Robert Arthur McCrindle, MP. For political services. Donald John Miller, Chairman, South of Scotland Electricity Board. Professor Edgar William John Mitchell, CBE, Chairman, Science and Engineering Research Council. Robert Kenelm Morland. For political services. William Derek Pattinson, Secretary General, General Synod of the Church of England. Daniel Norton Idris Pearce, CBE, TD, DL. For political and public service. Peter John Phillips, OBE, Chairman, AB Electronic Products Group. Antony Richard Pilkington, DL, Chairman, Pilkington plc. Robert Paul (Bob) Reid, Chairman and Chief Executive, Shell (UK) Ltd. Michael John de Rougemont Richardson, former Managing Director, N M Rothschild and Sons Ltd. Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts, MP. For political service. James Wilson Vincent Savile, OBE, Chairman, Broadmoor Hospital Advisory Committee and Stoke Mandeville Hospital Spinal Injuries Centre. For charitable services. Allen John George Sheppard, Chairman and Group Chief Executive, Grand Metropolitan plc. Robert Shields, Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of Surgery, University of Liverpool. William Frederick Stones, OBE, Managing Director, China Light and Power Company Ltd. Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority. Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE, Actor, Dramatist and Film Director. Edward Dillwyn Williams, Professor of Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, President, Royal College of Pathologists. Brian Gordon Wolfson, Chairman, Wembley plc. Chairman, National Training Task Force.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Civil Division
The Right Honourable Sir William Frederick Payne Heseltine, GCVO, KCB, AC, QSO, Private Secretary to The Queen.
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division
Royal Navy Vice Admiral Kenneth John Eaton. Vice Admiral Barry Nigel Wilson.
Civil Division Kenneth Carmichael Macdonald, CB, Second Permanent Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Michael John Anthony Partridge, CB, Permanent Secretary, Department of Social Security. James Brian Unwin, CB, Chairman, Board of HM Customs and Excise. Patrick Jeremy Walker, Ministry of Defence.
Companions of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Hugh Maxwell Balfour, LVO. Surgeon Rear Admiral (D) David Arthur Coppock Rear Admiral David Partin Pulvertaft
Army Major General Patrick Feltrim Fagan, MBE, late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General Christopher Neville Last, OBE, late Royal Corps of Signals. Major General James Stuart Lee, MBE, late Royal Army Education Corps. Major General Edward George Willmott, OBE, Colonel Commandment Corps of Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Michael John Charles Worwood Dicken. Air Vice-Marshal Rhys Tudor Brackley Jones, QHS. Air Vice-Marshal David Owen Creys-Williams.
Civil Division Alan Royle Atherton, Deputy Secretary, Property Services Agency. June, Mrs Bridgeman, Grade 3, Department of Transport. Robert Brodie, Solicitor, Scottish Office. John Latto Farquharson Buist, lately Grade 3, Overseas Development Administration. Ian Morgan Burns, Deputy Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office. John Anthony Chilcot, Deputy Secretary, Home Office. Geoffrey Bernard Claydon, Legal Adviser, Department of Energy. James Edward Fraser, Grade 3, Scottish Office. John Gustav Haycroft Gasson, Grade 3, Lord Chancellor's Department. Robert Anthony Gomme, Grade 3, Property Services Agency. Anthony John Lane, Deputy Director General, Office of Fair Trading. Graham Scott Pearson, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence. Michael Lawrence Saunders, Solicitor, Board of HM Customs and Excise. Nicholas Willoughby Stuart, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Science. William Dickson Thornton, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland. John Corelli James Thynne, Grade 3, Department of Trade and Industry. William Barry Wakefield, Grade 3, Department of Education and Science. Peter John Wormald, Director and Registrar General for England and Wales, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Diplomatic Division Nicholas John Barrington, CMG, CVO, British High Commissioner, Islamabad. David Howe Gillmore, CMG, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Gordon Wesley Jewkes, CMG, Director-General of Trade and Investment, USA and HM Consul-General, New York.
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Civil Division James Innes Maclear Dempster, OBE, for services to civil engineering. Alan Wesley Johns, OBE, Executive Director, Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind.
Diplomatic Division Michael John Bradley, QC, Governor, Turks and Caicos Islands. Ivan Roy Callan, H.M. Consul-General, Jerusalem. Peter James Fowler, Deputy British High Commissioner, New Delhi. Anthony Michael Goodenough, British High Commissioner, Accra. Alan Charles Hunt, H.M. Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General, Buenos Aires. Ian McCluney, H.M. Ambassador, Mogadishu. Derek Francis Milton, British High Commissioner, Kingston. Anthony Hugh Morgan, H.M. Consul-General, Zurich. Alan John Pover, Counsellor and Consul-General, H.M. Embassy, Washington. Michael Hewitt Shaw, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Richard Thomas, H.M. Ambassador, Sofia. Peter Gordon Wallis, Acting British High Commissioner, Windhoek. Frank Basil Wheeler, H.M. Ambassador, Quito.
Royal Victorian Order
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Colonel Allan Macdonald Gilmour, OBE, MC. Malcolm Rognvald Innes of Edingight, CVO. Colonel Bryce Muir Knox, MC, TD.
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Dr. Alan Breck Gilmour, CBE. Alistair Graham Lynn, CBE, QPM. Frank Ronald Mintram, LVO. Group Captain Philip George Pinney, LVO, Royal Air Force. Peter Delaney Smith.
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Reverend James Alexander Keith Angus, TD, MA. Deborah Elizabeth Bean, MVO. Commander Antony Lovel Chilton, OBE, Royal Navy. Dr. Christopher Hugh Dearnley. Clement John Govett. Clifford George Page. David Leslie Smallman Robert Ashley Shute Stephenson, MVO.
Members of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Paul Martin Almond. Caroline Mary Katherine Crichton-Stuart. The Honourable Jennifer Bridget Denman. Brian George Johnston. Charles Patrick Neville Noble. Richard John Popplewell. Elizabeth Ann Roads. Flight Lieutenant Richard Henry Stanton, Royal Air Force. Richard Donald Sweetzer. Terence Paul Worrall.
Royal Victorian Medal
Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)
Frederick William Mitchell, RVM. John Errick Taylor, RVM.
Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Chief Technician Michael Leslie Anstee, Royal Air Force. Frederick George Benefer. Flight Sergeant Michael David Burnett, Royal Air Force. William Robert Evans. John Henry Floyd. Ronald James Forsyth. Messenger Sergeant-Major Edwin Grant, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) Leslie Richard Green, Royal Navy. Jeffery Robert Hampstead. Divisional Sergeant-Major Eric Lloyd, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Maurice Orson Musson. Elsie Avis Oates. Eileen Margaret Wood.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of Order of the British Empire (KBE) Diplomatic
Terence Joseph Clark, CMG, CVO. Dennis Weatherstone.
Overseas Awards
Air Vice-Marshal Erik Peter Bennett, C.B., Royal Air Force Air Marshal Ronald Ian Stuart-Paul, M.B.E., Royal Air Force.
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Civil Division Audrey Pellow, Lady Hylton-Foster, Convenor, Cross Bench Peers, House of Lords. June Kathleen Lloyd, Nuffield Professor of Child Health, University of London.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Captain John William Gerald Bench. Surgeon Captain Robert John Carmichael. Captain Ian Plomer Somerville.
Army Colonel Michael Philip Kenneth Beatty, T.D. (461901), Honorary Colonel 35 (South Midland) Signal Regiment (Volunteers). Colonel George Edward Cauchi (459224), late Royal Army Pay Corps. Colonel Christopher Francis Drewry (488760), late Welsh Guards. Brigadier Miles Garth Hunt-Davis, M.B.E. (466744), late 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles. Brigadier Reginald James Neil Kelly (458566), late Corps of Royal Engineers/Postal and Courier Services. Brigadier John Francis Rickett, O.B.E. (461643), late Welsh Guards. Colonel Graham Henry Silver (469897), late Royal Army Educational Corps.
Air Force Group Captain John Victor Bell, Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Alan George Hicks, Royal Air Force. Air Commodore James Sibbald Martin, Q.H.D.S., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Michael John Forsyth Shaw, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Eileen Atkins, actress. Kenneth Dawson Bagshawe, Professor of Medical Oncology and Consultant Physician, Charing Cross Hospital, Director, Cancer Research. David Arthur Baldwin, Chairman and Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard Ltd. Kenneth Frederick Bales, Regional General Manager, West Midlands Regional Health Authority. John Godfrey Ball, Chairman, Medical Practices Committee; Consultant Adviser to Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. Robert Christopher Battersby, M.B.E. For political service. James Leatham Tennant Birley, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Consultant Psychiatrist, The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital. Miss Dorothy Blenkinsop, lately Regional Nursing Officer, Northern Regional Health Authority. Duncan Robert Yorke Bluck, O.B.E., lately Chairman, British Tourist Authority and Chairman, English Tourist Board.