The New Year Honours 2012 were announced on 31 December 2011 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand,"New Year Honours 2012" (27 January 2012) 8 New Zealand Gazette 215.Prominent artist tops New Year honours Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Belize, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Solomon Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Cook Islands, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2012.
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 Gerald Acher, CBE, LVO. For charitable services. Rodney Aldridge, OBE. Chair, The Aldridge Foundation. For services to Young People. Charles Lamb Allen, CBE. For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. John Alexander Armitt, CBE. Chair, Olympic Delivery Authority. For services to Engineering and Construction. Peter Lytton Bazalgette. TV Producer. For services to Broadcasting. Michael David Bear. Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London. Professor Stephen Robert Bloom. Head, Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College London. For services to Medical Science. Dr John Gordon St Clair Buchanan. Chairman, Smith & Nephew. For services to Industry. Professor Simon Kirwan Donaldson. Royal Society Professor of Mathematics, Imperial College London. For services to Mathematics. Herbert Douglas Ellis, OBE. For charitable services. Roger James Gale, MP. For public and political services. Professor Andre Konstantin Geim. Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science. Professor Brian Mellor Greenwood, CBE. Professor, Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For services to malaria research in Africa Geoffrey Hall. Lately Principal and Chief Executive, New College Nottingham. For services to Further Education. Professor Geoffrey William Hill. Poet and Critic. For services to Literature. George Iacobescu, CBE. For services to Charity, Community and the Financial Services Industry. Professor Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch. Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford. For services to Scholarship. Professor Konstantin Novoselov. Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science. Antonio Pappano. Music Director, Royal Opera House. For services to Music. Professor Mark Brian Pepys. Professor of Medicine and Head of Medicine Division, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital. For services to Biomedicine. Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. Scientist, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology. For services to Molecular Biology. David Edward Reid. Lately chairman, Tesco plc and chairman, Kwik-Fit Group. For services to Business and to Charity. Paul Ruddock. Philanthropist. For services to the Arts. Robert Russell, MP. For public service. Professor John Gerald Patrick Sissons. Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. For services to Research and Education in Clinical Medicine. Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden. Vice-chancellor, University of Surrey. For services to Engineering and to Higher Education. Professor Robert Tony Watson, CMG. Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Honourable (Frederik) Gordon (Roy) Ward, OBE. Lately Chief Justice, Turks and Caicos Islands. For services to the judiciary in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Commonwealth Andrew Witty. chief executive officer, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to the Economy and to the UK Pharmaceutical Industry.
Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Air Marshal Kevin James Leeson, CBE, Royal Air Force Vice Admiral Paul Lambert, CB, Royal Navy Lieutenant General Mark Francis Noel Mans, CBE, British Army, late Corps of Royal Engineers
Civil Division The Honourable Alexander Claud Stuart Allan. Lately Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment. Jeremy John Heywood, CB, CVO. Permanent Secretary, 10 Downing Street.
Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Major General Nicholas John Caplin, British Army, late Army Air Corps Major General Clive Chapman, British Army, late The Parachute Regiment Air Vice-Marshal Michael John Harwood, CBE, Royal Air Force Vice Admiral Philip Andrew Jones, Royal Navy Major General Patrick Claude Marriott, CBE, British Army, late The Queen's Royal Lancers Air Vice-Marshal Christopher Brian Morris, Royal Air Force Major General Jeremy Hywel Thomas, DSO, Royal Marines
Civil Division James Bowler. Principal Private Secretary, 10 Downing Street Andrew Peter Hudson. Director General, Public Services, HM Treasury Catriona Wendy Campbell Laing. International Director, Justice Policy Group, Ministry of Justice Carol Patricia Moore. Lately Director, Justice Policy, Northern Ireland Executive Richard Dixon Murray. Director, Financial Planning and Allocations, Department of Health Rachel Sandby-Thomas. Solicitor and Director General, Legal People and Communications, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG) The Honourable Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith, CMG. Lately HM Ambassador, Egypt Michael Leigh. Lately Director General, Enlargement, European Commission, Brussels. For services to the enlargement of the European Union David Alexander Warren, CMG. HM Ambassador, Japan
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Colin Robert Armstrong, OBE. Executive President, AGRIPAC and Honorary Consul, Guayaquil, Ecuador. For services to UK business and the British community in Ecuador Graham John Lloyd Avery. Lately Director, European Commission, Brussels. For services to European affairs James Nicholas Geoffrey Bowden, OBE. Lately HM Ambassador, Kingdom of Bahrain Robert John Dean. Director, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Timothy Mark Hitchens, LVO. Director, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Jan Marceli Kopernicki. Lately President, British Chamber of Shipping. For services to the safety and security of the international shipping community Mrs Judith Anne MacGregor, LVO. HM Ambassador, Mexico Ms Shan Elizabeth Morgan. HM Ambassador, Argentina Dr Robert George Stevens. Director, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Dr Christian Philip Hollier Turner. Director, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
The Royal Victorian Order
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Sarah Jane Frances Goad. Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) The Right Honourable The Earl Erne. Lord-Lieutenant of County Fermanagh Walter Robert Alexander Ross, CVO. Secretary and Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Cornwall
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Denis Brennan. Formerly head of Honours and Appointments Secretariat, Cabinet Office The Honourable Mark Thomas Bridges. Personal Solicitor to The Queen Michael Ashley Cecil Brinton. Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire Nigel James Cubitt Buchanan. Formerly Trustee, Outward Bound Trust John Barnard Bush, OBE. Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire William Nicholas Hood, CBE. Council Member, Duchy of Cornwall Sally Seabourne McCorquodale, LVO. Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Gloucester Terence John Regan, LVO. Lead Trustee, International Special Projects Adviser, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Gillian Shirazi, LVO. Formerly Secretary General, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Scheme
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) The Honourable Virginia Carington. Assistant Master of the Household to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Mrs Margaret Eleanor Hammond, MVO. Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal Jonathan David Jagger. Surgeon Oculist to The Queen Dr James Roy Robertson, MBE. Apothecary to the Royal Household, Palace of Holyroodhouse Lt Col Anthony John Charles Woodrow, OBE, MC, QGM. Chief of Staff and private secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Mrs Margaret Ashby. Head of Learning and Development, Personnel Office, Royal Household. Miss Claire Jocelyn Bostock. Travel Officer, Royal Household. Mrs Julia Ann Brown. Formerly Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Warwickshire. Miss Shelley Anne Chambers. Deputy head of Audit Services, Royal Household. Steven Brian Davidson. Horological Conservator, Windsor Castle. Acting Chief Inspector Paul Ephgrave. Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty Protection. Miss Janice Claire Galvin. Specialist Sales Supervisor, Ticket Sales and Information Office, Royal Household. Timothy Michael Grenville Gray. Estate Surveyor, Duchy of Cornwall. Lee Hunt. Electrician, Royal Household. Carl Anthony Jackson. Director of Music, Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace. Jeffrey Kevin Johnson. Deputy Records manager, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Sgt Ieuan Dyfrig Jones. Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty Protection. Geoffrey Ian Mackrell. Superintendent and Visitor manager, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Matthew Norman Hawkshaw Moss. Private secretary to the vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge.
Royal Victorian Medal
Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) David James Benefer, RVM. Glasshouses manager, Sandringham Estate.
Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Phillip David Chancellor. Formerly Verger, The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy. Miss Teresa Lesley Connors. Admissions manager, Her Majesty's Tower of London. Mrs Marion Rose Cox. Part-time Gardener, Highgrove House. Arthur George Fernie. Stalker and Gamekeeper, Balmoral Estate. Div Sgt Maj Albert Douglas Lewis Field. The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Mrs Victoria Frances Hartles. Assistant Chef, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Joseph MacLugash. Woods Foreman, Balmoral Estate. Stephen Mark Niedojadlo. The Duke of Edinburgh's Page. Graham Passmore Stone. Horticulturalist, Crown Estate, Windsor.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Right Honourable The Baroness Hayman. For services to the House of Lords.
Dame Commander of The Order of the British Empire (DBE) Professor Glynis Marie Breakwell. Vice-chancellor, University of Bath. For services to Higher Education. Moira Gibb, CBE. Lately Chief Executive, London Borough of Camden and Chair, Social Work Reform Board. For services to Local Government and Social Work. Professor Judith Eileen Hill, CBE. Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Hospice. For services to People receiving Palliative Care in Northern Ireland. Penelope Margaret Lively, CBE. Author. For services to Literature. Julie Moore. Chief Executive, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. Sylvia Morris. Headteacher, The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy, Southwark, London. For services to Education. Joan Mary Ruddock, MP. For public and political services.
Knight Commander of The Order of the British Empire (KBE) Jonathan Paul Ive, CBE. Senior Vice-President, Industrial Design, Apple Inc, USA. For services to design and enterprise. John Patrick Richardson. Art Historian and Author. For services to art.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Captain Paul Abraham, Royal Navy Air Commodore Richard John Atkinson, Royal Air Force Group Captain Nicholas Bray, Royal Air Force Captain Steven Dainton, Royal Navy