The Birthday Honours 2004 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 11 June 2004 for the United Kingdom,United Kingdom list: New Zealand,New Zealand list: the Cook IslandsCook Islands list: and elsewhere to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2004.
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
Knight Bachelor David Charles Maurice Bell, For services to Business, the Arts and Charity in London. Trevor David Brooking, C.B.E., For services to Sport. Hugh Robert Collum, For services to the Nuclear Industry. Professor Alan William Craft, For services to Medicine. Professor Peter Robert Crane, For services to Horticulture and Conservation. Crispin Henry Lamert Davis, For services to the Information Industry. Thomas Joseph Duggin, HM Ambassador, Bogota. Leslie Elton, For services to Local Government. Frederick Anderson Goodwin, For services to Banking. (annulled) Professor Peter Stanley Harper, C.B.E., For services to Medicine. David George Henshaw, For services to Local Government. The Right Honourable Gerald Bernard Kaufman, M.P., Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton. For services to Parliament. John Anthony Lewis, O.B.E., For services to Education. Professor John Brian Pendry, F.R.S., For services to Science. Robert Weston Phillis, For services to the Media Industry. Alan William Steer, For services to Education. Julian Michael Horn-Smith, For services to International Mobile Telecommunications. Professor Nicholas Herbert Stern, For services to Economics. Geoffrey Michael Montgomery Wakeford, O.B.E., For services to Education. Professor David James Wallace, C.B.E., F.R.S., D.L., For services to UK Science, Technology and Engineering. Willard Wentworth White, C.B.E., For services to Music. Peter James Joseph Winship, C.B.E., Q.P.M., For services to the Police. Dr Gregory Winter, C.B.E, F.R.S., For services to Molecular Biology. Judge Richard George May, lately Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Sir David Bruce Omand, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral James Michael Burnell-Nugent, C.B.E., A.D.C. Lieutenant General Francis Richard Dannatt, C.B.E., M.C., late The Green Howards.
Civil Division Edwin Geoffrey Bowman, First Parliamentary Counsel.
Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral Rory Alistair Ian McLean, O.B.E. Major General David Wilson, C.B.E. Air Vice-Marshal David Anthony Hobart.
Civil Division Priscilla Jean Baines, Head, Library Department, House of Commons. John Anthony Catlin, Director of Legal Services, Department for Work and Pensions. Alexis Jane Cleveland, Chief Executive, The Pension Service. David John Gould, Deputy Chief Executive, Defence Procurement Agency. Dr Ruth Hall, Chief Medical Officer for Wales. Christopher George Maccabe, Senior Civil Servant, Northern Ireland Office. Stephen John Pickford, Director, International Finance, HM Treasury. Robert Lee Smith, Director General, Regional Development Group, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Jonathan Edward Simon Tross, Chief Executive, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support, Department for Education and Skills. Eithne Victoria Wallis, lately Director General, National Probation Service for England and Wales. John Roger Weiss, Group Director, Business Group, Export Credits Guarantee Department. Philip Martin Wheatley, Director General, HM Prison Service
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir John Stephen Wall, K.C.M.G., L.V.O., Head of European Secretariat, Cabinet Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles, C.M.G., L.V.O., HM Ambassador, Riyadh. Gregory David Green, C.M.G., Director General, British Council.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) James Oswald Atkinson, HM Ambassador, Kinshasa. Henry Joly Dixon, lately Director, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission. David John Fitton, Deputy Head of Mission, Ankara and lately Acting Consul-General, Istanbul. Adrian Greer, British Council Director, Russia. Ms Joanna Christian Mary Korner, Q.C., lately Senior Prosecuting Counsel, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. William Andrew O'Neil, lately Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization. Anne Fyfe, Mrs Pringle, HM Ambassador, Prague. David Frank Richmond, UK Special Representative for Iraq. Christopher Michael John Segar, Head of British Office, Baghdad.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Vice Admiral David Anthony James (Tom) Blackburn, C.B., L.V.O., Master of the Household.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Colonel Henry Malcolm Chitty Havergal, O.B.E., lately Gentleman Usher. Colonel Anthony Paul Arengo Arengo-Jones, lately Secretary General, International Award Association (The Duke of Edinburgh's Award). John Lyles, C.B.E., lately Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire. Marcus Edward Setchell, Surgeon-Gynaecologist, Royal Household.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) David William Gareth Beynon, Obstetrician, Frimley Park Hospital. Miss Heather Rosalind Colebrook, M.V.O., Chief Housekeeper, Royal Household. Elsa Myfanwy, Mrs Davies, Director of the National Playing Fields Association Dr Jonathan James Cornelius Holliday, Apothecary to the Royal Household, Windsor Castle. Elisabeth Aline Clare, Mrs Hunka, Director of Personnel, Royal Household. Elizabeth Harriet, Mrs Bowes-Lyon, Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal. Dr Karyn Peta Maltby, Paediatrician, Frimley Park Hospital. Philip Guy McCracken, chairman, Duchy Originals. Dr David Colin Mitchell, Apothecary to The Prince of Wales. Miss Theresa-Mary Morton, M.V.O., Exhibitions Coordinator, Royal Collection. Justin Robert O’Connor, Official Secretary to the Governor of Queensland. Peter John Ord, Resident Factor, Balmoral Estate. William Edward Johnston Preston, lately Head of Royal Households' Secretariat, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Michael John Stephenson, M.B.E., D.L., lately County Board Chairman, The Prince's Trust. The Reverend Canon John Austin White, Canon of Windsor.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Frederick George Benefer, R.V.M., Fruit Farm Manager, Sandringham Estate. Miss Barbara Helen Kerry Bishop, Visitor Manager, Buckingham Palace. David Stuart Brown, lately Special Services Manager, English, Welsh and Scottish Railways. Miss Caroline Ann Cassels, Matron, King Edward VII's Hospital (Sister Agnes). Inspector David Dance, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Lieutenant Commander Alastair Neil Spencer Graham, Royal Navy, Equerry to The Prince of Wales. Inspector Ted Kania, Gloucestershire Constabulary. For services to Gloucestershire Constabulary. Harold Norman Loughran, lately Development Award Assessor, The Prince's Trust. Thomas Henry Sharp, Chief Yeoman Warder, HM Tower of London. Adrian Michael Smith, Assistant to the Master of the Household, 'C' Branch. Sergeant Kevin Sullivan, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. David Charles Wheeler, Senior Furniture Conservator, Royal Collection.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil division Enid, Mrs Bibby, Headteacher, Wood Green High School College of Sport, Wednesbury, West Midlands. For services to Education. Diana, Lady Brittan of Spennithorne, C.B.E., J.P., lately chair, Community Fund. For Public Service and Charity. Hilary Mary, Mrs Cropper, C.B.E., Member, National Employment Panel and Security Commission. For Public and Charitable Services. Ms Jacqueline Docherty, Director of Nursing and Operations, King's College Hospital. For services to the NHS. Professor Olwen Hufton, emeritus Fellow, Merton College, University of Oxford. For services to History. Ms Deirdre Mary Hutton, C.B.E., Executive Chair, Consumer Council. For services to Consumers. Dr Gillian Margaret Morgan, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation. For services to the NHS. Ms Denise Platt, C.B.E., chair, Commission for Social Care Inspection. For services to Social Care. Marion Audrey, Mrs Roe, M.P., Member of Parliament for Broxbourne. For services to Parliament. Audrey Frances, Mrs Glover, C.M.G., lately Head of UK Delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights. The Honourable Pamela Felicity Gordon. For public service, Bermuda.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military division Lieutenant General Philip Charles Cornwallis Trousdell, C.B., late The Royal Irish Regiment. Air Marshal Robert Alfred Wright, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
Civil division Professor Anthony James Leggett. For services to physics. Daniel Joseph Allso, MISM, For services to Training.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military division Commodore Christopher John Parry, Royal Navy. Commodore Charles Bernard Hilton Stevenson, Royal Navy. Commodore Hugh Rudkin Whitaker, A.D.C., Royal Navy. Colonel Christopher Michael Bruce Coats (488407), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Michael Lithgow, M.B.E. (504479), late Royal Corps of Signals. Brigadier Andrew Donisthorpe Meek (490927), late The Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Brigadier Maurice Nugent (489574), late Adjutant General's Corps (Royal Military Police). Brigadier Edward John Torrens-Spence (493268), late The Royal Dragoon Guards. Colonel Richard Hardy Duncan Toomey, M.B.E. (509586), late The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Brigadier Christopher Colin Wilson, A.D.C. (495598), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Air Commodore Michael John Harwood, M.B.E., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Raymond Lock, O.B.E., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Andrew Douglas Pulford, Royal Air Force.
Civil division George Lawrence Hastings Alderson, chair, Rare Breeds Survival Trust and Trustee, Rare Breeds International. For services to Conservation. Ms Helen Anne Alexander, Chief Executive, The Economist Group. For services to Publishing. John Thomas Anderson, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Medicine. Michael Ash, deputy director of Planning, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Nicholas Charles Fairthorn Barber. For services to Heritage. Colin Barrow, chairman, Improvement and Development Agency. For services to Local Government. Professor John Michael Batty, Director, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College, London. For services to Geography. Michael John Baunton, President, Perkins Engines Company. For services to the Automotive and Engineering Industries. Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, D.L., Member, National Employment Panel. For services to Business. Miss Valerie Margaret Bourne, O.B.E., artistic director, Dance Umbrella. For services to Dance. Dr. Roger Michael Boyle, National Director for Heart Disease, Department of Health. David Brown, Detective Superintendent, Greater Manchester Police. For services to the Police. Professor Ian Waugh Bruce, lately Director-General, Royal National Institute of the Blind. For services to Blind and Partially Sighted People. The Right Worshipful Sheila Morag Clark Cameron, Q.C., Dean of the Arches and Auditor of the Chancery Court of York. For services to the Church of England. Ian Percy Cannell, M.B.E., lately National Chair, Royal British Legion. For services to the Royal British Legion. Edward Francis Cantle, chair, Independent Review Team on Community Cohesion. For services to Local Government.