The New Year Honours 1998 for the United Kingdom,United Kingdom list: Barbados,Barbados 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: Antigua and Barbuda,Antigua & Barbuda list: and Saint Christopher and NevisSaint Kitts & Nevis list: were announced on 30 December 1997, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1998. The New Year Honours for New Zealand were announced on 31 December 1997.

The Honours list is a list of people who have been awarded one of the various orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom. Honours are split into classes ("orders") and are graded to distinguish different degrees of achievement or service, most medals are not graded. The awards are presented to the recipient in one of several investiture ceremonies at Buckingham Palace throughout the year by the Sovereign or her designated representative. The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and The Princess Royal deputised for The Queen.

In the United Kingdom, the orders, medals and decorations are awarded by various Honours Committees which meet to discuss candidates identified by public or private bodies, by government departments or who are nominated by members of the public. Depending on their roles, those people selected by committee are submitted either to the prime minister, Foreign Secretary, or Secretary of State for Defence for their approval before being sent to the Sovereign for final approval. As the "fount of honour" the monarch remains the final arbiter for awards. In the case of certain orders such as the Order of the Garter and the Royal Victorian Order they remain at the personal discretion of the Queen.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

United Kingdom

Life Peers

Sir Frederick Edward Robin Butler, , Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service. Sir Ronald Ernest Dearing, , Chairman, National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. Paul Bertrand Hamlyn, , Publisher. The Right Reverend David Stuart Sheppard, lately Bishop of Liverpool.

Privy Counsellors William David Trimble, , Member of Parliament for Upper Bann and Leader, Ulster Unionist Party.

Knights Bachelor

Professor John Peebles Arbuthnott, Principal, University of Strathclyde. For services to Higher Education. Peter Gilmour Noto Badge, lately Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate. Frank Barlow, . For services to the Newspaper Industry. Richard Rodney Bennett, , Composer. For services to Music. Professor Michael John Berridge, , Head, Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, Babraham Institute. For services to Science. Professor Alec Nigel Broers, . For services to Engineering Education. George Jeffrey Bull, Chairman, Grand Metropolitan plc. For services to the Alcoholic Drinks Industry. John Gordon Thomas Carter, Chief Executive, Commercial Union Group and Chairman, Association of British Insurers. For services to the Insurance Industry. Professor Alfred Cuschieri, Professor of Surgery, University of Dundee. For services to Minimal Access Surgery. Thomas Finney, , For services to Association Football. Terence Ernest Manitou Frost, Painter. For services to Art and to Art Education. Michael John Gambon, , Actor. For services to Drama. Leslie Geoffrey Hampton, Head Teacher, Northicote School, Wolverhampton. For services to Education. Brian Hayes, , Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. For services to the Police. Graham James Hearne, , Chairman, Enterprise Oil. For services to the Oil Industry. Elton Hercules John, , Musician and Composer. For services to Music and for charitable services. Peter Machin North, , Principal, Jesus College, Oxford. For Public Service and services to International Law. Professor John Ridley Pattison, Dean, University College London Medical School and Chair, Spongiform Encepalopathy Advisory Committee. For services to Medicine. Dennis Pettit, Leader, Nottinghamshire County Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in Nottinghamshire. Neville Ian Simms, Group Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman, Tarmac plc. For services to the Construction Industry. Major General Michael Edward Carleton-Smith, , lately Director General, Marie Curie Cancer Care. For services to Cancer Care. Norman Brian Smith, , Non-executive Chairman, Cable and Wireless plc and BAA plc. For services to Industry and to the community. Edwin Barrie Stephens, Chairman, Siebe plc. For services to the Engineering Industry. Henry Dennistoun Stevenson, , Chairman, GPA plc and Pearson plc. For services to Business and to the Arts. Professor Colin Alexander St. John Wilson. For services to Architecture.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List

Professor Derek William Bowett, , lately Member, International Law Commission. Dr. Arthur Charles Clarke, . For services to literature.

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry with three classes of member.

Knights Grand Cross (GCB) Civil Division Sir John Anthony Chilcot, , lately Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office. The Right Honourable Sir Robert Fellowes, , Private Secretary to The Queen and Keeper of The Queen's Archives.

Knights Commander (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral John Hugh Dunt. Air Marshal Anthony John Crowther Bagnall, , Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Richard Clive Mottram, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Gerald Hayden Phillips, , Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Companions (CB) Military Division Vice Admiral Michael Peter Gretton. Rear Admiral David John Wood. Major General Jonathan Michael Francis Cooper Hall, , (480320), late The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Major General William John Pherrick Robins, , (469087), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major General Charles Gerard Courtenay Vyvyan, , (484776), late The Royal Green Jackets. Air Vice-Marshal David Anthony Hurrell, , Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Peter Millar, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Geoffrey Hubert Bush, Director General, Resources and Planning, Her Majesty's Board of Inland Revenue. Richard John Derek Garden, Head, Food Safety and Environment Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Romola Carol Andrea Christopherson, Director of Press and Publicity, Department of Health. David Lovell Foot, Forestry Commissioner, Forestry Commission. Brian Michael Fox, Director, Senior Civil Service Group, Cabinet Office (Office of Public Service). James Hamill, Head, Home Department, Scottish Office. Julian David Hansen, lately Band 7, Ministry of Defence. Samuel Alexander Harbison, HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations and Director of Nuclear Safety, Health and Safety Executive. John Clive Hedger, Director of Operations, Department for Education and Employment. Professor Julian Charles Roland Hunt, , lately Chief Executive, Meteorological Office. James Dennis Maines, lately Director General, Command Information Systems, Ministry of Defence. Ronald Noel Martin. For public service. Michael Lewis Whippman, Policy Director, Department of Social Security. Charles Boniface Winnifrith, Clerk of Committees, House of Commons. Andrew William Saunders, Director, Communications-Electronics Security Group.

Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George is an order of chivalry used to honour individuals who have rendered important services in relation to Commonwealth or foreign nations.

Knights Commander (KCMG)

The Most Reverend Archbishop Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston. For services to UK–South African relations. Paul Lever, , lately Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Christopher John Rome Meyer, lately HM Ambassador, Bonn.

Companions (CMG)

Anthony Hubert Male. For services to the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges. Professor Norman Myers. For services to the Environment. Robert Daglish Smith, Executive Director, UK Committee for UNICEF. For services to UNICEF. Jonathan Sidney Spencer Beels, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Kenneth Anthony Bishop, , Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alan Stanley Collins, Director General, British Trade and Cultural Office, Taipei. Charles Graham Crawford, HM Ambassador, Sarajevo. Nigel Kim Darroch, lately Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Joseph Brian Donnelly, lately Minister and Deputy Permanent UK Representative, North Atlantic Council. William Geoffrey Ehrman, lately Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Dr. Abraham Sek-Tong Lue, , Member of the Executive, Great Britain-China Centre. Ralph Murphy, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Tom Richard Vaughan Phillips, lately Counsellor, HM Embassy, Washington. Douglas Scrafton, lately HM Ambassador, Sana'a.

Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms; admission remains in the personal gift of the monarch.

Knights Commander (KCVO)

Robin Berry Janvrin, , Deputy Private Secretary to The Queen. Lieutenant Colonel John St. Aubyn Parker, The Earl of Morley, Lord Lieutenant of Devon. Michael Charles Gerrard Peat, , Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen. Allen John George, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, lately Chairman of Business in the Community. Colonel Sir John Vernon Wills, , Lord Lieutenant of Somerset and former Lord Lieutenant of Avon.

Commanders (CVO)

Charles Roderick Curwen, , Official Secretary, Office of the Governor of Victoria, Australia. Brigadier Miles Garth Hunt-Davis, , Private Secretary to The Duke of Edinburgh. Giles Patrick Stretton Downes, Partner, Sidell Gibson Partnership. For services in connection with the restoration of the fire damage at Windsor Castle. Susan Richenda, The Lady Elton, Lady in Waiting to The Queen. Diana Marion, The Lady Farnham, Lady in Waiting to The Queen. Colonel Thomas Armitage Hall, , Lieutenant, Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Charles McClure Mather, , Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood and Assistant Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office. Robert James Maxwell, , lately Secretary and Chief Executive of The King's Fund. Malcolm Cyril Pinchin, lately Trustee of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Hugh Ashley Roberts, , Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art.

Lieutenants (LVO) Commander Jeremy Jonathan Frank Blunden, HM Yacht Britannia. Ivor John Dicker, Solicitor to the Duchy of Lancaster. Alan John Frost, Director, Donald Insall Associates. For services in connection with the restoration of the fire damage at Windsor Castle. Michael Edward Stanley Gibbins, Comptroller to Diana, Princess of Wales. Simon Alan Jones, Managing Director, Gardiner & Theobald Management Services. For services in connection with the restoration of the fire damage at Windsor Castle. Commander Simon Charles Martin, HM Yacht Britannia. Brian Walter Money, lately Head of Royal Matters Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Martin Gerard James Neary, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey. For services in connection with the funeral of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Caroline Anne Nunneley, Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal. Claudia Ann Wyndham Payne, , lately Secretary to the Secretary and Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Cornwall.

Members (MVO) Lilian Joyce Amelia Burfield, Couture Fitter, Hardy Amies Limited. Captain David Charles Cole, HM Yacht Britannia.