The New Year Honours 2011 were announced on 31 December 2010 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom: New Zealand,New Zealand: "New Year Honours 2011" (14 January 2011) 2 New Zealand Gazette 55. The Cook IslandsThe Cook Islands: Grenada,Grenada: Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands: Tuvalu,Tuvalu: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Belize,Belize: Antigua and Barbuda,Antigua and Barbuda: Saint Christopher and Nevis,Saint Christopher and Nevis: to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2011

The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of independence) whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.

United Kingdom Knights Bachelor

Peter James Bottomley. For public service. Martin Faulkner Broughton, Chairman, British Airways. For services to Business. Stephen John Limrick Bubb, Chief Executive, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. For services to the Voluntary Sector. Dr. David Edgeworth Butler, C.B.E., O.A., Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. For services to Political Science. Roger Martyn Carr, Chairman, Centrica plc. For services to Business. Professor Rory Edwards Collins, Co-Director, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford. For services to Science. Vernon James Ellis, Philanthropist and Chairman, English National Opera. For services to Music. Peter Brian Ellwood, C.B.E. For services to Business and to the Public Sector. Professor Michael John Gregory, C.B.E., Head, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. For services to Technology. Ronald James Kerr, C.B.E., Chief Executive, Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. Richard Peter Lambert, Director-General, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business. Professor Robin MacGregor Murray, Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. For services to Medicine. David Kennedy Newbigging, O.B.E. For voluntary service to Cancer Research. Professor Keith Macdonald Porter, Consultant, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. For services to the Armed Forces. Anthony Gerard Redmond, lately Chairman, Commission for Local Administration (Ombudsman). For services to Local Government. Professor Alec Edward Reed, C.B.E. For services to Business and to Charity. Professor Lewis Duthie Ritchie, O.B.E., General Medical Practitioner and Honorary Consultant in Public Health. For services to the NHS in Scotland. Professor Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith, F.R.S., Director-General, Knowledge and Innovation, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Professor Robert James Timothy Wilson, lately Vice Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire. For services to Higher Education and to Business.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Sir David Normington, KCB, Permanent Secretary, Home Office. General Sir David Julian Richards, KCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen. Chief of the Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division British Army Lieutenant General David Bill, CB Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Simon Bryant, CBE, ADC, Commander-in-Chief, RAF Air Command. Civil Division Stephen Charles Laws, CB, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Bruce Robinson, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Amjad Mazhar Hussain Rear Admiral Bob Love, OBE Army Major-General Gerald Berragan Major-General Timothy Inshaw The Venerable Archdeacon Stephen Robbins, QHC Royal Air Force Air Marshal Christopher Mark Nickols, CBE Air Marshal Peter William David Ruddock, CBE Air Marshal David Walker, CBE, AFC Civil Division Professor Brian Stanley Collins Yasmin Diamond Carolyn Downs Andrew Goudie, FRSE Andrew Fleming Hind Hilary Jackson, for public service. Mark Andrew Lowcock Una O'Brien Nigel Watkin Roberts Smith Peter Francis Unwin

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG) Sir Peter Ricketts, KCMG, currently National Security Adviser to HM Government

Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG) Simon Lawrance Gass, CMG, CVO, H.M. Ambassador, Iran. Professor Eldryd Hugh Owen Parry, OBE, Trustee and Founder, Tropical Health and Education Trust. For services to healthcare in Africa.

Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) Fleur Olive Lourens de Villiers, Chair, Trustees, International Institute of Strategic Studies. For services to democratic transition, reconciliation and governance in South Africa. Alan Doss, lately United Nations Special Representative. For services to the United Nations. Michael John Drury, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Caroline Margaret Elliot, OBE, H.M. Consul-General, Shanghai, China. Simon Featherstone, lately Director, Shanghai Expo 2010, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Thomas Fletcher, former foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister Sandy Gall, CBE, lately Freelance Writer and Broadcaster. For services to the people of Afghanistan. Robert Winnington Gibson, Deputy High Commissioner, Karachi, Pakistan. Alistair Dewar Kerr Johnston, Non-Executive Member, Board of Management, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Board of Management. Andrew Lloyd, MBE, lately Director, Corporate Services, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Trevor Steven Pears, Executive Chair of the Pears Foundation. For services to the community and UK/ Israel relations. Elizabeth Alison Platt, Non-Executive Member, Board of Management, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Board of Management. Rosemary Helen Sharpe, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of The Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Sir Andrew George Buchanan Bt., Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire James Cropper, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria The Rt Hon. The Lord Shuttleworth; Chairman of the Council, Duchy of Lancaster, and, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.

Commander of The Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Commodore Barry William Bryant, RN, Director General, Seafarers UK. Sheena Carlin Cruikshank, Lord-Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire. Kenneth Alasdair MacKinnon, RD, Lord-Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute. Ian Donald McGregor, LVO, Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse. Joseph McNally, formerly Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (UK). Robert Fraser Newell, LVO, Director General, The Royal Over-seas League. Helen Joanna Page, LVO, Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Gloucester. Ashok Jivraj Rabheru, Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. The Hon. William Shawcross, Author.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Colonel Richard Harold Graham, MBE Colonel Sir William Walter Mahon, Bt. Richard Francis Egerton-Warburton, AO Major Alastair Watson, Private Secretary to HRH The Duke of York Kathleen Williams Doctor Susan Margaret Kenyon Willmington, OBE, formerly Home Office.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Martin William Ashley Irene Louise Campden William Cathcart Richard John Carles Davison Timothy Mark Doncaster, RVM Mark Paul Flanagan Sergeant Danny Hill, for services to royalty protection Margaret Maran, for services to the Royal Collection Marion Louise McAuley Alexander Christopher de Montfort Briant John Pickett Julie Anne Sapsed Anthony Colin Shepherd Neil Alexander Wilson

Royal Victorian Medal

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Andrew Botto Constable Kenneth Wilson Coid Paul Denny David Gerald Hutchins Andrew Michael Jarvis Linda Eleanor Jones Roger David Williams

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Civil Division John Roundell, The Earl of Selborne, KBE. For services to Science. Arthur George, Baron Weidenfeld, Publisher. For public service.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Patricia Bacon, for services to local and national further education Anne Begg MP, for services to disabled people and to equal opportunities The Lady Antonia Fraser, CBE, for services to literature Professor Caroline Humphrey, Lady Rees of Ludlow, for services to scholarship Felicity Palmer, CBE, for services to music Indira Patel, OBE, for services to human rights Professor Helen Wallace, CMG, for services to social science Harriet Walter, CBE, for services to drama Susan John, MA, for services to local and national education. Headteacher, Lampton School.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Richard Jeffrey Ibbotson, CB, DSC C021702Q.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore Michael Peter Mansergh, Royal Navy, C025519N. Commodore Christopher Michael Howard Steel, ADC, Royal Navy, C023933K. Royal Air Force Group Captain Jonathan Burr, OBE, DFC (5204316C), Royal Air Force. Group Captain Richard John Christopher Powell, OBE (8028043C), Royal Air Force. Army Brigadier Michael Trevor Griffiths, late The King's Own Royal Border Regiment, 505972. Colonel Robert James Herring, late The Royal Logistic Corps, 517278. Brigadier James Ian Stuart Plastow, MBE, late The Royal Green Jackets, 507516. Colonel Christopher Robert Francis Rider, late The Staffordshire Regiment, 502757. Brigadier Christopher Linley Tickell, OBE, late Corps of Royal Engineers, 517325. Civil Division Miss Evelyn Jean Selby Arnold, Deputy Director, State Pensions Policy, Department for Work and Pensions. Sheila, Mrs Audsley, lately Headteacher, Clifton Green Primary School, York. For services to local and national Education. Ms Kirstin Baker, lately Head, Financial Stability Team, H.M. Treasury. Francis Baron, OBE, lately Chief Executive, Rugby Football Union. For services to Sport. Rabbi Doctor Anthony Michael Bayfield. For services to British Reform Judaism. Professor John Benington. Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Management, Warwick Business School. For public service. Professor Stephen Blackmore. Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. For services to Plant Conservation. George William Bolsover, Chairman, Aggregate Industries. For services to the Construction Industry. Dr Christopher Paul Hadley Brown, Director, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. For services to Museums. Ian Arthur Brown, Managing Director, London Rail, Transport for London. For services to the Rail Industry. Joseph Brown, MBE. For services to Rock Climbing and to Mountaineering. Dr Lindsay Burley, lately Chair, National Waiting Times Centre Board. For services to the NHS in Scotland. Ravi Parkash Chand, QPM, Head of Group Equality and Diversity, Home Office. Christopher Samuel Gordon Clark. For services to the Academy of Culinary Arts. Keith Edward Frank Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, W. S. Atkins plc. For services to Engineering and to the Construction Industry. Andy Cole, Director Operations, Specialist Investigations, Bootle, Merseyside, H.M. Revenue and Customs. Professor Michael John Cooke, Chief Executive, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Mental Healthcare.. Howard Cooper, Director of Children's Services, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government. Leslie Thomas Cramp, Deputy Chief Executive, Insolvency Service, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.