The New Year Honours 1990 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 30 December 1989 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1990.United Kingdom lists: New Zealand and Cook Islands lists: Barbados lists: Mauritius lists: Grenada lists: Solomon Islands lists: Saint Lucia lists: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lists: Belizelists: Antigua and Barbuda lists: Saint Christopher and Nevis lists:
United Kingdom
Life Peers Admiral Sir John David Elliott Fieldhouse, GCB, GBE, former Chief of Defence Staff. Daphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park, CMG, OBE, lately Principal, Somerville College, Oxford. Sir Francis Leonard Tombs, Chairman, T and N and Rolls-Royce; Chairman, ACOST.
Privy Counsellors Sir Nicholas Walter Lyell, QC, MP, Solicitor General; Member of Parliament, Mid-Bedfordshire. John Haggitt Charles Patten, MP, Minister of State, Home Office; Member of Parliament, Oxford West and Abingdon. The Honourable William Arthur Waldegrave, MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Member of Parliament, Bristol West.
Knights Bachelor Michael Richardson Angus, Chairman, Unilever plc. Professor Eric Albert Ash, CBE, Rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London. Alexander Paul Beresford. For political and public service. David Berriman, Chairman, North East Thames Regional Health Authority. Charles Edward Bainbridge Brett, CBE. For Public Service in Northern Ireland. Trevor Edwin Chinn, CVO, Vice-Chairman, Wishing Well Appeal, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. Harold Godfrey Oscar de Ville, CBE, Chairman, Meyer International plc. Robert William Simpson Easton, CBE, Chairman and Managing Director, Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. John Whitaker Fairclough, Chief Scientific Adviser, Cabinet Office. Alan Glyn, MP. For political service. Douglas Fleming Hardie, CBE, Deputy Chairman, Scottish Development Agency. Donald Frederick Norris Harrison, Professor of Laryngology and Otology, University of London. Professor James Clarke Holt, Lately Master of Fitzwilliam College and Professor of Medieval History, University of Cambridge, lately Vice-President, The British Academy. Derek Peter Hornby, Chairman, Rank Xerox (UK) Ltd. For services to Export. Charles Graham Irving, MP. For political service. Gordon Pearce Jones, Chairman, Yorkshire Water plc; Chairman Water Authorities Association. Frank William Lampl, Chairman, Bovis Construction. Eric Wallace McDowell, CBE, Chairman, Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland. William David Morton, CBE. For political and public service. Vidiadhar (Vidia) Surajprasad Naipaul, Author. Major General Laurence Anthony Wallis New, CB, CBE. Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. Christopher James Prout, QC, MEP. For political service. John Grand Quinton, Chairman, Barclays Bank plc. Raymond Mildmay Wilson Rickett, CBE, Director, Middlesex Polytechnic. John Wilson Smith, CBE, DL. For services to Sport. Colonel David Archibald Stirling, DSO, OBE. For services to the Military. John Anthony Swire, CBE, President, John Swire and Sons Ltd. Professor William Taylor, CBE, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hull; Chairman, Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. George Henry Turnbull, Chairman and Chief Executive, Inchcape plc. John Daniel Wheeler, MP, DL. For political service.
Order of the Bath
Knights Commander (KCB) Military Division Navy Vice-Admiral John Francis Coward, Army Lieutenant General Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, (461440), Colonel Commandant Intelligence Corps. Lieutenant General Garry Dene Johnson, (448155), Colonel 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. Air Force Air Marshal Richard John Kemball, , Royal Air Force. Air Marshal Michael James Douglas Stear, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division John Anson, , Second Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury. Clifford John Boulton, , Clerk of the House, House of Commons. Jack Hibbert, Director, Central Statistical Office.
Companions (CB) Military Division Navy Rear Admiral Peter George Valentin Dingemans, DSO Rear Admiral Guy Francis Liardet, CBE Rear Admiral Roger Oliver Morris. Army Major General Leslie Francis Harry Busk (453447), Honorary Colonel Corps of Royal Engineers (Volunteers) Sponsored Units. Major General Michael Teape Fugard (455407), Army Legal Corps. Major General Robert John Hodges, OBE (451264), Colonel The King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Major General Jerrie Anthony Hulme (449197), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Major General Thomas David Graham Quayle (456514), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Air Force Air Vice-Marshal David Conway Grant Brook, CBE, Royal Air Force. The Venerable (Air Vice-Marshal) Brian Norman Halfpenny, QHC, Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Andrew Fellowes Wilson, AFC, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Gillian Theresa Banks, Director, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Edward George Caldwell, Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Malcolm Clark, Inspector General, The Insolvency Service. John Ennis Coleman, Grade 3, Treasury Solicitor's Department. Philip Critchley, Director of Contracts, Highway Administration and Maintenance, Department for Transport. David Fell, Permanent Secretary, Department of Economic Development, Northern Ireland. Gwyn Jones Francis, Director General, Forestry Commission. Giles Hopkinson, Director, London Region, Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment. Thomas Pearson McLean, Director, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Ministry of Defence. George Gerald Newton, Directing Actuary, Government Actuary's Department. Peter Francis Owen, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. Terence James Painter, Deputy Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue. Raymond Potter, Deputy Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department. David Walter Ranson, OBE, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. William Wootton Scott, Grade 3, Industry Department for Scotland. James Moray Stewart, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Donald Henry Twyford, lately Grade 3, Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Order of St Michael and St George
Companions (CMG) Morgan Alistair Boyd, Director of Operations for East, Central and Southern Africa, Commonwealth Development Corporation. Frederick Albert Neal, Grade 5, United Kingdom Representative, Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Royal Victorian Order
Knights Commander (KCVO) The Honourable Sir John Francis Harcourt Baring, CVO Colonel Robert Andrew Scarth Macrae, MBE George Douglas Pinker, CVO Kenneth Bertram Adam Scott, CMG
Commanders (CVO) George Charlton, CBE, QPM Alexander Clement Gilmour General Sir (Basil) Ian Spencer Gourlay, KCB, OBE, MC Major David Auldjo Jamieson, VC The Honourable Diana Mary Robina Makgill, LVO David Lars Manwaring Robertson
Lieutenants (LVO) Anne Honor Mary Beckwith-Smith Major Richard Julian Gretsy, MVO, MBE Commander Peter John Hughes, Royal Navy Robert Donald Godfrey Macdonald Derrick Frank Mead John Crosbie Perlin Patrick John Holmes Sellors William Hamilton Summers, MVO The Very Reverend John David Treadgold
Members (MVO) Ronald George Bell Geoffrey Hamilton Button Phyllis Margaret Carswell William Roger Craster Audrey Jessie Dellow Laurence Leslie Fuller, RVM Paul Frederick Goddard Major Edwin Hunt Warrant Officer Brian Lea, BEM (D1923398), Royal Air Force Theresa Melinda Perfect David Andrew Senior, RVM Patricia Wallace
Royal Victorian Medal
Silver Chief Technician Andrew John Bashford, (H9099479), Royal Air Force James Cameron Superintendent Gordon John Frederick Cheesman, Automobile Association. Harold Frederick George Cooper Police Constable James Deane, Metropolitan Police. George Leslie Dibley Local Acting Chief Petty Officer Steward Graham Keith Easter (D147638A), Royal Navy Elizabeth Mary Hanslip Julie Christine Moyes Police Constable Michael John Robinson, Metropolitan Police. Chief Technician Laurence Tucker, (C429095I), Royal Air Force. Anthony Patrick Willis Local Acting Chief Petty Officer (Sonar) Peter David Royden Young, (DI26302J), Royal Navy.
Order of the British Empire
Knights Grand Cross (GBE) Military Division Army General Sir Richard Vincent, KCB, DSO (417555), Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery, Honorary Colonel 100 (Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Volunteers).
Civil Division The Right Honourable Sir Tasker Watkins, VC, PC, Deputy Chief Justice.
Dames Commander (DBE) Civil Division Maggie Smith, CBE (Mrs Cross), Actress. Rachel Elizabeth Waterhouse, CBE. For services to Consumer Affairs.
Knights Commander (KBE) Civil Division Sir James Arnold Stacey Cleminson, MC, DL, Chairman, British Overseas Trade Board. The Right Honourable David Martin Scott Steel, MP. For political and public service.
Diplomatic and Overseas List John William David Swan, J.P. For public services in Bermuda.
Commanders (CBE) Military Division Navy Captain David Hart-Dyke, L.V.O., Royal Navy. Captain Terence James Meadows, Royal Navy. Principal Nursing Officer Eileen Mary Northway, R.R.C., Q.H.N.O., Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. Captain Patrick Barton Rowe, L.V.O., Royal Navy.
Army Brigadier Norman Charles Allen, O.B.E., A.D.C. (454098), Corps of Royal Military Police. Brigadier Giles Geoffrey Arnold (457095), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Mark Guy Douglas-Withers (479213), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Anthony De Camborne Lowther Leask, O.B.E. (473996), late Scots Guards. Brigadier David Llewellyn Lewis, O.B.E. (457205), late Royal Tank Regiment. Colonel Graham Ridland Owens (447362), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier Nicholas Herbert Thompson, A.D.C. (453561), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier Samuel Thomas Webber (463531), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Air Force Air Commodore Gordon Macarthur Ferguson, Royal Air Force. Group Captain Roderick Harvey Goodall, A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Shirley Ann Jones, Women's Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Christopher Peter Lumb, O.B.E., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Brian Campbell McCandless, Royal Air Force.
Civil John Kevin Ashcroft, Chairman and Chief Executive, Coloroll Group plc. John Martin Bankier, lately Controller, North Fylde Central Office, Department of Social Security. Professor Laing Barden, Director, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic. Colonel Robert Renny St. John Barkshire, T.D., D.L., Chairman, Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association South East. Michael Bett, Managing Director, British Telecommunications UK. Edward Charles Arden Bott, Chief Medical Officer, Metropolitan Police. John MacInnes Boyd, Q.P.M., lately Chief Constable, Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary. Albert Richard Brannon, O.B.E., Inspector Grade I, H.M. Fire Service Inspectorate. Kelvin Arthur Bray, O.B.E., Managing Director, Ruston Gas Turbines Ltd, General Electric Company plc. For services to Export. Martin Richard Fletcher Butlin, lately Keeper, Historic British Collection, Tate Gallery. Antonia Susan Byatt. Author. John Andrew Caldecott, Lately Member, Board of Banking Supervision. Arthur McLure Campbell, lately Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary, Scottish Office. Leslie Neville Chamberlain, Chief Executive, British Nuclear Fuels, plc. Stanley William Clarke. For political and public service. Trevor Clay, lately General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing. Professor Charles Brian Cox, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature, University of Manchester. Robert Gammie Crawford, Chairman, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. John James Daniel. For political and public service. Ben Davies, Chairman, Sea Fish Industry Authority.