The Birthday Honours 2005 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 11 June 2005 to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2005. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged first 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 Knights Bachelor Thomas David Guy Arculus, Chair, Better Regulation Task Force. For public service. Professor Michael Bayldon Barber, Prime Minister's Chief Advisor on delivery and Head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit. Christopher James Clarke, OBE, Leader, Liberal Democrat Group, Local Government Association. For services to Local Government. George Edwin Cox. Director General of the Institute of Directors & Chairman of the Design Council. For services to Business. Philip Lee Craven, MBE, President, International Paralympic Committee. For services to Paralympic Sport. Roderick Ian Eddington, Chief Executive, British Airways plc. For services to Civil Aviation. Professor Roderick Castle Floud, President, London Metropolitan University. For services to Higher Education. Professor Richard Lavenham Gardner, Royal Society Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Biological Sciences. Clive Daniel Gillinson, CBE, Managing Director, London Symphony Orchestra. For services to Music. Professor John Rankine Goody, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, St. John's College, University of Cambridge. For services to Social Anthropology. Donald Gordon. For services to the Arts and to Business. Dr. John Armstrong Muir Gray, CBE, NHS Director of Knowledge Management and Programmes Director, UK National Screening Committee. For services to the NHS. Thomas Blane Hunter, Founding Partner, West Coast Capital. For services to Philanthropy and to Entrepreneurship in Scotland. David Jason, OBE, Actor. For services to Drama. Professor Peter Knight, Head of Department of Physics, Imperial College, London. For services to Optical Physics. Callum McCarthy, Chair, Financial Services Authority. For services to the Finance Sector. Hugh Stephen Roden Orde, OBE, Chief Constable Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Northern Ireland. Michael Edward Pitt, Chief Executive, Kent County Council. For services to Local Government. David John Prosser, Group Chief Executive and Director, Legal and General Group plc. For services to the Insurance Industry. William Rae, QPM, Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police. The Chief Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks. For services to the Community and to Inter-faith Relations. Iqbal Abdul Karim Mussa Sacranie, OBE. For services to the Muslim community, to Charities and to Community Relations. Pritpal Singh, Headteacher, Drayton Manor High School, Ealing, London. For services to Education. John Rowland Tomlinson, CBE, Opera Singer. For services to Music.

Diplomatic and Overseas List The Honourable Michael David Kadoorie. For charitable services in the UK and overseas. Dr. David Li Kwok-po, OBE. For services to education in the UK.

Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric (Jock) Stirrup, KCB, AFC, ADC.

Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) Civil Division The Honourable Elizabeth Manningham-Buller Susan Ruth Street.

Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division

Royal Navy Lieutenant General Robert Allan Fry, CBE.

Civil Division Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, CB.

Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division

Royal Navy Rear Admiral Richard Frank Cheadle. Rear Admiral Roger Graham Lockwood.

Army Major General James Henderson Terry Short, O.B.E. (489597), late 9th/12th Royal Lancers.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Richard Anthony Charles. Air Vice-Marshal David Ralph Grey Rennison.

Civil Division Dr. Ernest McAlpine Armstrong Penelope Ann Boys Peter George Collis Professor James Daniel Gallagher Stephen Hawker Sheelagh Elizabeth Keyse Neil Alden John Kingham Charles Mackinnon Stanley Leonard Porter Michael John Richardson John Marsland Sellers Janice Shiner Robert Michael Whalley Paul Wiles Stephen John Wooler

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Division Professor Gordon Richard Conway, FRS, for services to international development, science and agriculture. Richard John Dalton, CMG, HM Ambassador, Tehran Dr. David Edwin Pepper

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Civil Division Professor Herbert Michael Gilles

Diplomatic Division Anthony Jonathan Corrie Boyd, OBE. Professor Archibald Haworth Brown, FBA. John Andrew Grainger Janet Frederica Gunn Peter Redmond Jenkins Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe Andrew John Russell

Military Division Army Major General Peter Gage William, OBE.

Royal Victorian Order Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Elizabeth Ann Griffiths, CVO, Librarian and Archivist to The Duke of Edinburgh. Baroness Trumpington, Extra Baroness in Waiting to The Queen.

Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Sir Michael William Bunbury, Bt, DL. Chairman, Council of the Duchy of Lancaster. Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Patricia Gay Warren Catto, Head of Ceremonial Secretariat, Cabinet Office. Ian William Venart Taylor, Treasury Accountant, H.M. Treasury.

Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Kenneth Atmore, MVO. For services to Royalty Protection. Audrey Jessie Dellow, MVO. formerly Organist, Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park Sandra Gee, Assistant Private Secretary to The Princess Royal. Major David Rankin-Hunt, MVO, MBE, TD. Administrator and Assistant to the Surveyors (Military), Royal Collection. Roger Hedley Whalley, formerly Surveyor of Lands- Urban, Duchy of Lancaster.

Members of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Inspector Mark Raymond Bentley Chief Superintendent Ian Richard Boyes Pauline Marie Dodge, RVM, Alan Richard Donnithorne Michael Alan Ebbage Iola May Fass Stephen Thomas Harrison, MBE. David I'Anson Richard David Thompson Hilary Jane Whiting Peter Francis Wilkinson

Royal Victorian Medal Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) Andrew Littlejohn Kemp, RVM.

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Elizabeth Ann Pickard, RVM.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Dennis Andrew Brown Yeoman Warder Derrick Coyle Graham Roy Cummins David Fisher Alan William Goodship Keith Johnson Colin Johnstone Ian Francis Juffs Paul Adrian Moores Christopher Stephen Leonard Page Barry Kenneth Stone Leslie Walter Strudwick Divisional Sergeant Major David Melville Thompson, MBE. John William Underhill David Weigh Peter Barry Whorton

Order of the Companions of Honour Dame Judith Olivia Dench, DBE, for services to Drama.

Order of the British Empire Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Professor Carol Mary Black, CBE, for services to medicine. Maureen Brennan, for services to education. Professor Nancy Jane Rothwell, for services to science.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military division

Royal Navy Lieutenant General Robert Henry Gervase Fulton

Civil division Honorary appointments to be made Substantive: Professor Bruce Edward Keogh, K.B.E. (to be dated 5 February 2004). Professor Robert Milton Worcester, K.B.E. (to be dated 22 September 2004).

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Civil division Thomas Nisbet Aitchison, for services to local government. Hugh Gray Aitken, for services to the Scottish electronics industry and to charity. William John Alexander, for services to the water industry. Jeremy David Bruce Anderson, for services to the Department for Work and Pensions and industry. John Astbury, Director of Operations, Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Anthony Attwood, Inland Revenue. Michael John Bailey, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Christina Ann Baxtor, for services to the Church of England. Marian Patricia Bell, for services to macroeconomics policy and economics. Tim Bevan, for services to the British film industry. Professor Adrian Peter Bird, for services to science. Gordon Leslie Black, for services to business and to charity in West Yorkshire. William Andrew Murray Boyd, for services to literature. Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, for services to child poverty. Alison Jane Brimelow, for services to intellectual property law. Arnold Julian Butler, Office of Government Commerce. William Geoffrey Byatt, Ministry of Defence. Sokari Douglas Camp, for services to art. Patricia Mavis Campbell, for services to education. Dr. David John Collins, for services to further education. Leonard Warren Cook, Registrar General of England and Wales. Basil Lewis D'Oliveira, OBE, for services to sport. Christine Davies, for services to education. Alistair Cox Dempster, for services to sport in Scotland. Michael George Tufnell Dickson, for services to engineering. Timothy David Dobbin, for services to the agri-food and packaging industry. Rita Margaret Donaghy, for services to employment relations. Robert Harold Douglas, for services to post-16 education and training. Philip Wyn Evans, for services to tourism in Wales. Thomas Russell Evans, Inland Revenue. Judith Mary Eve, OBE, for public service. Michael Farrar, for services to the National Health Service. Eric Fellner, for services to the British film industry. Ian Stewart Ferguson, for services to education and training. Jackie Fisher, for services to further education in the North East. Andrew Kevin Foster, Department of Health. Professor David Fowler, for services to atmospheric pollution. Mary Elizabeth Francis, LVO, for services to the financial services and pensions industry. Philip Bernard Freedman, for services to property law. Malcolm James Gammie, QC, for services to tax policy. Dr. Martyn Goff, OBE, for services to literature. Colin Henry Green, for services to the defence industry. Dr. George Greener, for services to waterways. Dr. Anna Gregor, for services to medicine. Professor Peter Grindrod, for services to mathematical research and development. Elizabeth Joyce Hay, MBE, for services to broadcasting. John Stuart Higgins, for services to the IT industry. Richard Hooper, for services to the communications industry. Robert Charles Hutchinson, for services to Children and Families. Professor Alan Anthony Jackson, for services to public health and nutrition. Robert Archie Jennings, for services to the finance sector and to the transport industry. David Lewis Jones, Librarian, House of Lords. Stephen Morris Jones, lately Chief Executive, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government. Professor Roger James Peter Kain, for services to scholarship. John Kelly, for public service. Paul Robert Kernaghan, QPM, for services to the police. Afzal Khushi, for services to business in Scotland. Vikram Lall, for services to business in Scotland. Anthony Laurance, Department of Health. Edward Douglas Leicester, for services to heritage. Hugh MacKinnon, Rural Payments Agency. Professor Ian Calman Muir MacLennan, for services to medical science. William John MacNaught, for services to public libraries and to cultural life. Professor Martin Neil Marshall, for services to healthcare. Dr. Brian May, for services to the music industry. Christine Alexandra Mayer, Department of Constitutional Affairs. John William Mayhead, for services to transport. Veronica McDonald, for services to equal opportunities. David Croft McDonnell, for services to museums and galleries. Hilary McEwan, for services to special needs education. Arthur McFerran, for services to the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Stephen McQuirk, QFSM, for services to the fire and rescue service.