The New Year Honours 1996 were appointments by most of the sixteen 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 29–30 December 1995 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1996 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom list: New Zealand and the Cook Islands,New Zealand & Cook Islands list: The Bahamas,Bahamas list: Grenada,Grenada list: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea list: the Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Tuvalu,Tuvalu list: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,St. Vincent & the Grenadines list: Belize,Belize list: and Antigua and Barbuda.Antigua & Barbuda list:

United Kingdom

Life Peer Barons Sir David Howe Gillmore, , former Head of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. Sir Robert Kilpatrick, , lately President, General Medical Council. Dick Taverne, , President, PRIMA Europe Limited.

Privy Counsellor David Philip Heathcoat-Amory, , Member of Parliament for Wells and Her Majesty's Paymaster General. Michael Ancram, , Member of Parliament for Devizes and Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office. Sir Marcus Fox, , Member of Parliament for Shipley and Chairman of the 1922 Committee.

Knight Bachelor Peter Leahy Bonfield, , Chairman, ICL plc. For services to the Information Technology Industry. Christian John Storey Bonington, . For services to Mountaineering. Professor David Craig Carter, Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, and Chairman, Scottish Liver Transplantation Unit, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. For services to Medicine. Professor Cyril Chantler, Children Nationwide Medical Research Fund, Professor of Paediatric Nephrology, United Medical and Dental Schools, Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals. For services to Medicine. Charles Noel Davies, lately Chief Executive, VSEL Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. Professor Graeme John Davies. For services to the Higher Education Funding Council, England. Ian Leonard Dixon, , Chairman, Willmott Dixon Ltd. For services to the Construction Industry. Michael Gilbert Heron. For services to Vocation Education and Training. Colin Frederick Newton Hope, Chairman and Chief Executive, T&N plc. For services to the Motor Manufacturing Industry. Professor John Harold Horlock, , Treasurer and Vice President, the Royal Society. For services to Science, Engineering and to Education. Francis Roger Hurn, Chairman and Chief Executive, Smiths Industries plc. For services to the Engineering Industry. Paul Rupert Judge. For political and public service. Harold Stanley Kalms, Executive Chairman, Dixons Group plc. For services to the Electrical Retailing Industry. Graham Kirkham. For charitable services to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and to the Animal Health Trust. Professor Harold Walter Kroto, , Royal Society Research Professor, University of Sussex. For services to Chemistry. Andrew McLeod Brooks Large, Chairman, Securities and Investments Board. For services to Financial Regulation. James Theodore Lester, , Member of Parliament for Broxtowe. For political service. Professor Donald Iain MacKay, Chairman, Scottish Enterprise. For services to Industry and to Public Life in Scotland. Cameron Anthony Mackintosh, Chairman, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. For services to the Musical Theatre. Professor Robert McCredie May, , Chief Scientific Adviser, and lately Royal Society Research Professor, University of Oxford and Imperial College, London. For services to Science. Malcolm Kenneth McIntosh, Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence. Trefor Alfred Morris, , Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary. For services to the Police. Leslie Sharp, , Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police. Colin Ryley Shepherd, , Member of Parliament for Hereford. For political service. Maurice Adrian Shinwell. For political service. William Michael Hardy Spicer, , Member of Parliament for South Worcestershire. For political service. Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens, , Chairman, English Heritage. For services to Conservation. Professor Edward Anthony Wrigley, Master, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. For services to Historical Demography. Bernard Philip Zissman. For political and public service.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Alister Arthur Kneller, Gibraltar, lately Chief Justice, Gibraltar.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir John Finlay Willasey Wilsey, (461522), late The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Alcock, , Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Sir Peter Lewis Gregson, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.

Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) Civil Division Stella Rimington, Director General, The Security Service.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Lieutenant General Rupert Anthony Smith, , (477836), late The Parachute Regiment.

Civil Division Professor Kenneth Charles Calman, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Frederick Brian Goodson, . Rear Admiral Roger Charles Lane-Nott.

Army Major General Anthony Hugh Boyle (468949), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major General David Leslie Burden, , (476891), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Major General Anthony de Camborne Lowther Leask, , (473996), late Scots Guards.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Timothy Ivo Jenner. Air Vice-Marshal Peter Coulson Norriss, .

Civil Division Roderick Stuart Allison, Chief Executive, Offshore Safety Division, Health and Safety Executive, Department of the Environment. David Michael Rigby Barlow, Grade 3, Northern Ireland Office. Charles Richard Cann, Grade 2, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Peter Clapham, lately Chief Executive, National Physical Laboratory, Department of Trade and Industry. Thomas Nisbet Gallagher, Her Majesty's Senior Chief Inspector of Schools, Scottish Office. John Francis Howe, , Grade 2, Ministry of Defence. Norman Barrie Hudson, Grade 3, Overseas Development Administration. Lewis Harry Hughes, Assistant Auditor General, National Audit Office. Peter Francis Arnold Knowles, Parliamentary Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel Office. Stephen Charles Laws, Parliamentary Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel Office. William Robert McKay, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons. John Michael Moss, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence. David Lindsay Corbett Peretz, Deputy Director, Her Majesty's Treasury. Terence Charles Platt, Grade 2, Home Office. John Frederick Shaw, Grade 2, Department of Health. David Homfray Slater, Chief Inspector, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution, Department of the Environment. Clive Fenemore Tucker, Grade 3, Department for Education and Employment. Eugenie Christine Turton, Grade 2, Cabinet Office (OPS).

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Lilian Pauline Neville-Jones, , Deputy Under-Secretary of State and Political Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Peter John Goulden, , UK Permanent Representative, North Atlantic Council, Brussels.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) David Ronald William Bryer, Director of OXFAM. For charitable services. Professor Ernest Demetrios Hondros, lately Director, Petten Establishment, Commission of the European Community's Joint Research Centre. For services to Science.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Roger Bridgland Bone, HM Ambassador, Stockholm. Desmond Hugh Cecil, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alan Charlton, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. George Robert Acworth Conquest, . For services to the study of international affairs. Richard John Dalton, HM Consul-General, Jerusalem. Christopher Owen Hum, HM Ambassador-designate, Warsaw. David Christopher Andrew Madden, British High Commissioner, Nicosia. Peter James Marshall, Chargé d'Affaires, Algiers. Peter Pooley, lately Acting Director-General (DG VIII), Commission of the European Union. Robert John Sawers, lately Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Anne Elizabeth Stoddart, Deputy Permanent UK Representative to the United Nations, Geneva.

Royal Victorian Order

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Adrian Francis Patrick Barnes, Remembrancer, The City of London. Herrick Cyril William Bunney, , Organist and Master of Music, St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. Commander Hugh Douglas Younger Faulkner, , Secretary, The Royal Warrant Holders' Association. Marcus de Laune Faunce, , Honorary personal physician to the Governor-General of Australia. John Patrick Kyle, , lately Clerk Accountant to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Brigadier Thomas Longland, , Head of the World War II Commemoration Team. Delia Mary, Lady Millar. For services to the Royal Collection. Group Captain Godfrey Hugh Rolfe, , lately Her Majesty's Deputy Air Equerry.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Sarah Rose, Viscountess Campden, Lady in Waiting to The Princess of Wales. Jennifer Mary Coulson, , Chief Clerk, Private Secretary's Office, Buckingham Palace. Captain Jeremy Chilton Dreyer, lately Assistant Clerk of the Course, Ascot Racecourse. Anthony Charles Everett, , lately Deputy Chief Executive of The Prince's Youth Business Trust. Philip Langton Forwood, lately Financial Adviser, Duchy of Lancaster. Gerald Stanley Harman, , lately Head of Administration, Duchy of Lancaster. Michael Edward Kilby Hewlett, Managing Director, Royal Collection Enterprises Limited. Police Superintendent George John Kirchin, , Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Christopher Hamilton Lloyd, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. Helen Joanna Page, Lady in Waiting to The Duchess of Gloucester.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Ashley Brett Bonner, lately Director of The Queen's Anniversary Prizes Office. Beryl Court, Clerk to the Lieutenancy, Berkshire. Police Inspector Simon David Cousins, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Kenneth Spencer Fleetwood, Design Director, Hardy Amies Limited. Warrant Officer Cook Lawrence Marsh, , HM Yacht Britannia. Susan Marilyn Martin, Property Services Administrator, Duchy of Cornwall. Geraldine Miriam May, Protocol Officer, Nova Scotia. Robert Guy Mitchell, Management Accountant, Duchy of Cornwall. Sergeant Bruce Michael Peardon, , lately Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Lieutenant Commander Andrew Raggett, 32 (The Royal) Squadron. Gerald Twiss, Head Clerk, Crewe Survey Estate Office, Duchy of Lancaster. Police Inspector David Edward Voller, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. James Seath Wilkie Westwood, Accountant, Balmoral Estates.

Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver John Brian Bycroft, Relief Gatekeeper, Shaw Farm Gate, Windsor. David Cartledge, Stallion Man, The Royal Studs, Sandringham. Charge Chief Marine Engineering Artificer (Electrical) Patrick William Clifford, lately HM Yacht Britannia. Leading Seaman (Sea) Kevin Nigel Cottingham, HM Yacht Britannia. Colin Keen, Standman, Silver Ring, Ascot Racecourse. Eric Ottewill, Gatekeeper, Park Street Gate, Windsor. Acting Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) John Patterson, HM Yacht Britannia. Raymond David Raeburn, lately Superintendent of Works, The Palace of Holyroodhouse. Police Constable Barry Ward, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Colin Lawrence Wright, Woodman, The Crown Estate, Windsor.

Bar to the RVM in Silver