The 1997 Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 1997 for the United KingdomUnited Kingdom list: and on 2 June 1997 for New Zealand.New Zealand list: Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Monarch's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.

Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.

United Kingdom Life Peers

Barons Sir Michael Colin Cowdrey, chairman, International Cricket Council, 1989–1993. Field Marshal Sir Peter Inge, former Chief of the Defence Staff. Sir Peter Keith Levene, former adviser to the Prime Minister on efficiency and effectiveness.

Knights Bachelor Bryan William Baker, Regional Chairman, West Midlands NHS Executive. For services to health care. Professor Jack Edward Baldwin, FRS, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, For services to organic chemistry. Chay Blyth. For services to sailing. Ross Buckland, Chief Executive, Unigate plc. For services to the food industry and to the environment. Nicholas Dominic Cadbury, chairman, Cadbury Schweppes plc. For services to the food manufacturing industry. Bryan Thomas Alfred Collins, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services. For services to the Fire Service. Roger William Cork, Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London and for public service. Professor John Grimley Evans, Professor of Clinical Gerontology, University of Oxford. For services to medicine. Thomas Farmer, chairman and Chief Executive, Kwik Fit Holdings plc. For services to the automotive industry. Angus McFarlane McLeod Grossart, former chairman, Board of Trustees, National Galleries of Scotland. For services to the arts. John Andrew Harman, Leader, Kirklees Metropolitan Council. For services to local government and to the environment. John Southwood Jennings, chairman, Shell Transport and Trading plc. For services to the oil and gas industry. Professor Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science and Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. For services to the history of thought. The Honourable James David McGregor, O.B.E., I.S.O., J.P. For distinguished public service in Hong Kong. Charles Beech Gordon Masefield. For services to defence exports. Professor James Mirrlees, Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge. For services to Economic Science. Roger Arthur Carver Norrington, C.B.E., Conductor. For services to Music. Peter John O'Sullevan, C.B.E., For services to Horse Racing. Professor Narendra Babubhai Patel, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties. For services to Medicine. Professor Gareth Gwyn Roberts, F.R.S., Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. For services to Higher Education. Donald Alfred Sinden, C.B.E., Actor. For services to Drama. Thomas Stoppard, C.B.E., Playwright. For services to Literature. Hugh Ridley Sykes, D.L., chairman, Sheffield Development Corporation. For services to Business and for charitable services. Arthur Burton Weller, C.B.E. For services to British-Australian relations. His Honour Judge Frank John White, Senior Judge, Central London County Court.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, K.C.B., C.B.E., L.V.O., Royal Air Force.

Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) Ann Elizabeth, Mrs Bowtell, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of Social Security.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Vice Admiral John Richard Brigstocke. Donald William Limon, C.B., Clerk of the House of Commons. Air Marshal Peter Ted Squire, D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral Terence William Loughran. Rear Admiral Frederick Peter Scourse, M.B.E. Major General Bryan Hawkins Dutton, C.B.E., late The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Air Vice-Marshal Anthony John Harrison, C.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Richard Henry Kyle, M.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Robert Peter O'Brien, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division John Ernest Avery, Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. Pamela Anne, Mrs Denham, Regional Director, Government Office North East, Department of Trade and Industry. David Stanley Grundy, Forestry Commissioner, Forestry Commission. Keith Howard Jones, Chief Executive, Medicines Control Agency, Department of Health. Eugene McGivern, Director, Personal Tax Division, Her Majesty's Board of Inland Revenue. Ronald Blackwood Spence. For Public Service. Clifford David Stevens, lately Principal Establishment Officer, Welsh Office. Ian James Stewart, Project Director, Job Seekers' Allowance, Department for Education and Employment. Neil William Summerton, lately Director, Water and Land, Department of the Environment. David Christopher Tyte, Director Rationalisation, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. James Ashton Vallance White, Fourth Clerk at the Table and Clerk of the Judicial Office, House of Lords.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) David Elliott Spiby Blatherwick, C.M.G., O.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Cairo. Robert Andrew Burns, C.M.G., Deputy Under-secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Anthony Michael Goodenough, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Ottawa. Marrack Irvine Goulding, C.M.G., lately Under-secretary (Political), United Nations. Gordon Ying Sheung Wu, managing director, Hopewell Holdings Group. For services to Export.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Dr Terence David Adams. For services to British commercial interests in Azerbaijan. Graham Robertson Archer, High Commissioner, Valletta. Duncan Robin Carmichael Christopher, lately H.M. Ambassador, Addis Ababa. Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles, L.V.O., Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Robert Francis Cooper, M.V.O., Minister, H.M. Embassy, Bonn. John Ingram Denny. For services relating to the refurbishment of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peter John Freeman, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Audrey Frances, Mrs Glover, lately Director of the O.S.C.E. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Warsaw. Stephen John Gomersall, Minister and U.K. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York. Alan Norman Hoole, O.B.E., lately H.M. Governor, Anguilla. David Kennedy, Director-General, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Roger Stanley Mabey, Director, Bovis Construction Group. For services to Export. Neil Macleod McMillan, Director, International Communications Policy, Communications and Information Industries Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry. Norman Hamilton McMillan, O.B.E., Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Dr John Latimer Munby, O.B.E., Director, British Council, Athens. Martin Buchanan Nicholson, Minister-Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Moscow. Alan Roderick Paul, U.K. Representative, Joint Liaison Group, Hong Kong. Richard Peter Ralph, C.V.O., H.M. Governor, Falkland Islands. Kevin Reginald Tebbit, lately Director of Resources, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Allan Robert Willett, chairman, Willett International Ltd. For services to Export. Stephen John Leadbetter Wright, lately Director, European Union Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) John Nigel Courtenay James, C.B.E., Secretary and Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Cornwall. Richard Eustace Thornton, O.B.E., Lord Lieutenant of Surrey.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Stephen James Cox, Director General, Commonwealth Institute. David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, The Earl of Home, C.B.E. For personal services. Christopher Kingston Howes, C.B., Second Commissioner and Chief Executive, Crown Estate. Major Nigel Donald Peter Chamberlayne-Macdonald, L.V.O., O.B.E., lately Gentleman Usher to The Queen.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Khalid Aziz, lately Chairman of The Prince's Trust in Hampshire and Chairman of The Prince's Youth Business Trust, Southern Counties. John David Bond, M.V.O., lately Keeper of the Savill and Valley Gardens, Crown Estate, Windsor. Dr John Hubert Daly Briscoe, Apothecary to the Royal Household at Windsor. Michael Thomas Chamberlayne. For personal services. Timothy John Ffytche, Surgeon-Oculist to the Royal Household. Michael Charles William Norreys Jephson, M.V.O., Chief Clerk, Master of the Household's Department, Royal Household. Madeleine, the Honourable Mrs Louloudis, Assistant Private Secretary to The Princess Royal. John Hessel Tiltman, Director of Property Services, Royal Household.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) James Duncan Baxter, lately Chairman of The Prince's Youth Business Trust in Cheshire (deceased: to be dated 22 May 1997). Peter Leonard Brock, Headmaster, Royal School, Great Park, Windsor. Sergeant Graham Leonard Craker, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Richard Julian Ashton Edwards, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. Carole, Mrs Grayson, Secretary, Yorkshire Survey, Duchy of Lancaster. Miss Margaret Elizabeth Green, Administrator, Property Services, Royal Household. William Anderson, Meston, Secretary, Braemar Royal Highland Society. Sidney John Sampler, Secretary, Royal Travel Office. Sergeant David John Sharp, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Miss Rosemary Jetta Tiney, Operational Scheduling Manager (Longhaul), British Airways. Miss Ann Wycherley, Assistant Secretary, Royal Warrant Holders Association.

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Reginald Wilcock, R.V.M., Deputy Steward and Page of the Presence to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Malcolm Douglas Batterbee, Carpenter, Sandringham Estate. Constable Robert Brooks, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Paul Burrell, Butler to Diana, Princess of Wales. Peter Chong, Chief Gilder, Master of the Household's Department, Royal Household. Leonard Critchlow, Assistant Keeper of the Valley Gardens, Crown Estate, Windsor. Pauline Marie, Mrs Dodge, Senior Telephone Operator, Royal Household. Peter Christopher Noel Garraway, lately Assistant Bailiff, Ascot Racecourse. Able Seaman (Missile) Stephen Ernest Hislop, H.M. Yacht Britannia. Divisional Sergeant Major Harold Sheldon Howarth, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard. Allan Keir, Senior Gardener, Palace of Holyroodhouse. John Frederick George Kluth, Furniture Manager, Town and County Caterers. Barrie Thomas Lovell, Valet to The Duke of Edinburgh. Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) David Tony Rayner, H.M. Yacht Britannia. David Eric Stone. For services to the Royal Household. Constable Graham Kenneth Stuttard, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Terence Peter Sullivan, Fitter, Crown Estate, Windsor. Acting Leading Seaman (Missile) David John Wharram, H.M. Yacht Britannia.

Companion of Honour David Hockney, Artist. For services to Art.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis, K.C.B., C.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Miss Clementine Dinah Laine (Mrs Dankworth), O.B.E., Singer. For services to Jazz Music.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Arthur Leycester Scott Coltman, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Bogota.