The 1953 Coronation Honours were appointments by Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours on the occasion of her coronation on 2 June 1953. The honours were published in The London Gazette on 1 June 1953.New Zealand list:
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
United Kingdom and the Commonwealth
Peerages
Viscounts The Rt. Hon. Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 1952; Minister of Food, 1940–1943; Minister of Reconstruction and member of War Cabinet, 1943–1945; Lord President of the Council, 1945 and 1951–1952; by the name, title and style of Viscount Woolton, of Liverpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Barons Sir Peter Bennett Unionist Member of Parliament for Edgbaston since 1940. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1951–1952. For political and public services; by the name, style and title of Baron Bennett of Edgbaston, of Sutton Coldfield in the County of Warwick. Sir Ralph Glyn Unionist Member of Parliament for Abingdon since 1924 and for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, 1918–1922. Chairman, Select Committee of House of Commons on Estimates since 1951. For political and public services; by the name, style and title of Baron Glyn, of Farnborough in the County of Berks. Sir Alfred Suenson-Taylor President, London Liberal Party. For political and public services; by the name, style and title of Baron Grantchester, of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster.
Privy Counsellors The Queen appointed the following to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: Sir Edward Bridges Sir Norman Brook John Edwards The Hon. Harold Holt The Hon. John McEwen Sir Patrick Spens
Baronetcies Alfred Bossom Sir Percy Mills Sir Henry Price Major-General Sir Edward Spears Sir Herbert Williams
Knights Bachelor Stephen Cecil Armitage Alderman, Nottingham City Council John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong Chester Herald Geoffrey Morris Barnett, For political and public services in Leicester. Dingwall Latham Bateson President of the Law Society Alderman John William Bowen Chairman of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, and the National Health Service General Whitley Council John Bevan Braithwaite, Chairman, Council of the Stock Exchange Edward Crisp Bullard, Director, National Physical Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Sydney Camm Director and Chief Designer, Hawker Aircraft, Ltd. Professor David Campbell President of the General Medical Council George Norman Clark, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. For services to the study of history. Bernard Henry Coode Clerk of Committees, House of Commons Leonard Lumley Savage Dodsworth For political and public services in York. Patrick William Donner Conservative Member of Parliament for Basingstoke since 1935 and for West Islington, 1931–35. For political and public services. Walter James Drummond, Deputy Chairman, National Coal Board Edward Brown Ferguson, Chairman, British Insurance Association Major John Frederick Ferguson Chief Constable, Kent County Constabulary Ernest Wensley Lapthorn Field Director, Scottish Engineering Employers' Association Lionel Wray Fox Chairman of the Prison Commission for England and Wales Arthur John Gielgud, Actor Colonel Louis Halle Gluckstein Conservative Member of Parliament for East Nottingham, 1931–45. For political and public services. Stuart Coldwell Goodwin For political and public services in Sheffield David Edward Griffiths Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee, Royal Air Force Cinema Corporation Alderman William Josiah Grimshaw For political and public services in Middlesex Kenneth George Grubb President of the Church Missionary Society John Berry Hobbs, For services to cricket. The Honourable Francis John Hopwood, Managing Director, Shell Transport and Trading Company, Ltd. Harry Hyde For political and public services in Lancashire. Hugh Nicholas Linstead Conservative Member of Parliament for Putney since 1942. For political and public services. George Donald Alastair MacDougall Chief Adviser, Statistical Branch, Office of the Paymaster General William Neil McKie Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey Major Sydney Frank Markham Conservative Member of Parliament for Buckingham since 1951; for South Nottingham (National), 1935–1945; and for Chatham (Labour), 1929–31. For political and public services. Alderman James Marshall For political and public services in Croydon. Frederick Messer Chairman, Central Health Services Council. Lately Chairman, North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board Charles Richard Morris, Vice-chancellor, University of Leeds John Spencer Muirhead President of the Law Society of Scotland Andrew Naesmith General Secretary, Amalgamated Weavers' Association James Henry Norritt Lord Mayor of Belfast Lieutenant-Colonel Grismond Picton Philipps For political and public services in Carmarthenshire. Alderman Theodore Beal Pritchett For political and public services in Birmingham. Stanley Walter Rawson, Director-General of Machine Tools, Ministry of Supply Gordon Richards, For services to horse racing in Great Britain. Alfred Road Chief Inspector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue Francis Martin Rouse Walshe President, Royal Society of Medicine. Consulting Physician to University College Hospital, London George Alexander Williamson For political and public services in Aberdeenshire.
Queensland, Australia Raymond Douglas Huish, of Queensland, Australia, president of the Queensland Branch of the Returned Services League.
South Australia The Honourable Shirley Williams Jeffries, of the State of South Australia. For public services. The Honourable Geoffrey Sandford Reed, Judge of the Supreme Court, State of South Australia
Tasmania Eric Ernest von Bibra Agent-General in London for the State of Tasmania
Southern Rhodesia Andrew Henry Strachan Secretary to the Treasury, Southern Rhodesia
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. Malcolm Palliser Barrow For public services in Nyasaland. Ewen MacGregor Field Fergusson For public services in Singapore. Mehmed Halid Bey. For public services in Cyprus. Donald Edward Jackson, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward Islands. Edwin Frank McDavid lately Financial Secretary and Treasurer, British Guiana Charles Mathew Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Federation of Malaya Roland Welensky For public services in Northern Rhodesia.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knights Grand Cross (GCB)
Military Division Admiral Sir George Elvey Creasy General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley late Royal Armoured Corps. Colonel, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts late Corps of Royal Engineers. Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Engineers Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh William Lumsden Saunders Royal Air Force
Civil Division The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles Private Secretary to The Queen Sir William Strang Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office
Knights Commander (KCB)
Military Division Vice-Admiral Edmund Walter Anstice Air Marshal Sir Francis Joseph Fogarty Royal Air Force Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman Royal Air Force General (temporary) Sir Eric Garden Robert Mansergh late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery Lieutenant-General (temporary) Harold Redman late Infantry. Colonel, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Vice-Admiral Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett
Civil Division Sir John Douglas Cockcroft Chairman, Defence Research Policy Committee and Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence. Director, Atomic Energy Research Establishment Commander (S) Sir Dudley Colles Royal Navy (Retired), Deputy Treasurer to The Queen and Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse Gilbert Nicolson Flemming Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education Sir Robert Uchtred Eyre Knox Ceremonial Officer, H.M. Treasury Sir Owen Frederick Morshead Librarian to The Queen, Windsor Castle Sir John Armitage Stainton Counsel to the Chairman of Committees, House of Lords
Companions (CB)
Military Division Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Barnard The Venerable Archdeacon Frank Noel Chamberlain Chaplain of the Fleet Major-General Richard Frank Cornwall Royal Marines Rear-Admiral Norman Vincent Dickinson Rear-Admiral John Willson Musgrave Eaton Rear-Admiral Arthur Gordon Voules Hubback Rear-Admiral (E) Alexander Davidson McGlashan Commodore Arthur Ian Robertson Rear-Admiral Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke Commodore Courtenay Alexander Rives Shillington Brigadier Alexander Meister Astruther late Corps of Royal Engineers Brigadier George Rowley Bradshaw late Royal Regiment of Artillery Major-General Edwyn Harland Wolstenholme Cobb late Corps of Royal Engineers Major-General Joseph Clinton Collins late Royal Army Medical Corps Major-General Ralph Cyril Cruddas late Infantry Major-General William James Fitzpatrick Eassie late Royal Army Service Corps Major-General Frederick Knowles Escritt late Royal Army Medical Corps Major-General Cecil Llewellyn Firbank late Infantry Major-General Reginald Peregrine Harding late Royal Armoured Corps Colonel Leslie Innes Jacques late Corps of Royal Engineers Major-General James Mansergh Wentworth Martin late Royal Armoured Corps The Reverend Canon Victor Joseph Pike Chaplain-General to the Forces (53409), Royal Army Chaplains' Department Major-General (temporary) Walter Henry Dennison Ritchie late Royal Army Service Corps Major-General Dennis Charles Tarrant Swan late Corps of Royal Engineers Brigadier and Chief Paymaster Frederick Christian Williams Royal Army Pay Corps Air Vice-Marshal George David Harvey Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Walter Hugh Merton Royal Air Force Air Commodore Adolphus Dan Davies Royal Air Force Air Commodore Hector Douglas McGregor Royal Air Force Air Commodore John Marson Royal Air Force Air Commodore Thomas Bain Prickman Royal Air Force Group Captain David John Pryer Lee Royal Air Force Group Captain John Gilbert Davis Royal Air Force
Civil Division John Anderson, Deputy Secretary, Scottish Home Department Philip Austin Browne, Chief Inspector, Ministry of Education Air Vice-Marshal Willett Amalric Bowen Bowen-Buscarlet Chairman, East Lancashire Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association Robert Cockburn Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry George Peter Humphreys-Davies, Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury Martin Teall Flett, Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury Isidore Graul Under-Secretary, Ministry of Food John French Greenwood, Undersecretary, Central Land Board and War Damage Commission John Hastings James, Under-Secretary, Admiralty Eric Malcolm Jones Foreign Office Ernest Turner Jones Principal Director of Scientific Research (Air), Ministry of Supply Evan Bonnor Hugh-Jones Chief Engineer, Highways Engineering Staff, Ministry of Transport George Herbert Edmeston Parr Comptroller and Auditor-General, Northern Ireland John Edward Pater, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health John Alfred Ralph Pimlott, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Materials Jack Stafford, Director of Statistics, Board of Trade William Thomas, Under-Secretary, Welsh Office, Ministry of Housing and Local Government Brigadier Alfred Cedric Cowan Willway Lately Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the County of Surrey Norman Egerton Young Comptroller-General, National Debt Office
Royal Victorian Chain His Grace Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk His Grace Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy, Duke of Beaufort
Royal Victorian Order
Dames Grand Cross (GCVO) Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret