Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen'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.
The 1998 Queen's Birthday honours were announced on 12 June 1998 for the United KingdomUnited Kingdom list: and on 1 June 1998 for New Zealand.New Zealand list:
Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.
United Kingdom
Life Peers
Baroness The Reverend Kathleen Margaret Richardson, O.B.E., Moderator, Free Churches' Council.
Barons Sir Terence Burns, G.C.B., Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury. Sir David English, Editor in Chief and Chairman, Associated Newspapers, Chairman, ITN and President of the Commonwealth Press Union . Sir William Herbert Laming, C.B.E., Chief Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate, Department of Health. Sir Colin Marsh Marshall, Chairman, British Airways.
Privy Counsellor John Henry, Baron Harris of Greenwich, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, House of Lords.
Knights Bachelor Malcolm Rowland Bates. For services to Industry. John Birt, Director-General, BBC. For services to Broadcasting. Michael Francis Bonallack, O.B.E., Secretary, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. For services to Golf. Edmund John Phillip Browne, Group Chief Executive, British Petroleum, for services to the Oil and Gas Industries Professor Philip Cohen, F.R.S., Director, MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit and Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Dundee. For services to Biochemistry. Robert George Cooper, C.B.E. For services to Equal Opportunities. John Eliot Gardiner, C.B.E., Conductor. For services to Music. Professor Charles Frederick George, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Dean of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences, University of Southampton. For services to Medicine and to Medical Education. Patrick John Gillam, Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank. For services to Industry. John Reginald Gorman, C.V.O., C.B.E., M.C., D.L., Chairman, Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue. Professor Peter Geoffrey Hall. For services to the Town and Country Planning Association. Stuart Hampson, Chairman, John Lewis Partnership. For services to Retailing. David Hare, Playwright. For services to the Theatre. John Charles Hoddinott, C.B.E., Q.P.M., Chief Constable of Hampshire. For services to the Police and to the prevention of Crime. Ian Holm (Ian Holm Cuthbert), C.B.E., Actor. For services to Drama. Geoffrey Charles Hurst, M.B.E. For services to Association Football. Professor Brian Jarman, O.B.E., General Medical Practitioner and Professor of Primary Health Care, Imperial College School of Medicine, London. For services to General Practice. Robert Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, NHS Executive, Department of Health. Professor Elihu Lauterpacht, C.B.E., Q.C. For services to international law. Alexander Wiseman Macara, Chairman, Council of the British Medical Association. For services to the Medical Profession. Professor Netar Prakesh Mallick, Professor of Renal Medicine, University of Manchester and Consultant Nephrologist, Manchester Royal Infirmary. For services to Nephrology. Robert Malpas, C.B.E. For services to Industry and to Science and Technology. Robert William Roy McNulty, C.B.E. For services to Economic Development. Alexander Fraser Morrison, C.B.E., Chairman, Morrison Construction Group. For services to Highland and Islands Enterprise. John Clifford Mortimer, C.B.E., Q.C., Barrister and Playwright. For services to the Arts. Richard Everard Nichols, Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London. Robert William Salisbury, Headteacher, Garibaldi School, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. For services to Education. Professor Nicholas John Shackleton, F.R.S., Director, Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. For services to the Earth Sciences. Professor David John Watson, Director, University of Brighton. For services to Higher Education. Peter Michael Williams, C.B.E., Chairman, Oxford Instruments pic. For services to Science and Technology.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) General Sir Jeremy John George Mackenzie, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.D.C. Gen., late Queen's Own Highlanders.
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) Valerie Patricia Marie, Mrs Strachan, C.B., Chairman, H.M. Board of Customs and Excise.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Ian David Graham Garnett. Army Lieutenant General Michael David Jackson, C.B., C.B.E., late The Parachute Regiment.
Civil Division Andrew Turnbull, C.B., C.V.O., Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Richard Thomas Ryder Phillips. Rear Admiral Paul Anthony Moseley Thomas. Army Major General Karol John Drewienkiewicz, late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General Nigel William Fairbairn Richards, O.B.E. (480385), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General Martin Spencer White, C.B.E., late Royal Corps of Transport. Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Peter John Goddard, A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Michael Richard Jackson, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division David John Bell. For public service. Brian Bender, Head, European Secretariat, Cabinet Office. Charles Valentine Betts, lately Director General Submarines and Head of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, Ministry of Defence. David Charles Ross Heyhoe, lately Assistant Under Secretary (General Finance), Ministry of Defence. Mavis, Mrs McDonald, Director General, Housing, Construction and Countryside Regeneration, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Robert Stewart Parker, Parliamentary Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel Office. Miss Eileen Doris Rubery, Head, Protection of Health Division, Department of Health. Nicholas John Sanders, Director, School Curriculum Funding and Teachers, Department for Education and Employment. Sarah Jacqueline, Mrs Tyacke, Chief Executive, Public Record Office and Keeper of Public Records, Lord Chancellor's Department. Timothy Edward Hanson Walker, Director-General, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office.
Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) David Francis Williamson, C.B., lately SecretaryGeneral, European Commission, Brussels.
Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) Miss Maeve Geraldine Fort, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Pretoria.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Andrew Fleming Green, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Riyadh. Jeremy Quentin Greenstock, C.M.G., lately Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Professor Joseph Rotblat, C.B.E., F.R.S. For services to international understanding.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (Charles) Kerry Bagshaw, O.B.E., Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Andrew John Bennett, Chief Natural Resources Adviser, Department for International Development. David Derek Boothby, lately Department of Political Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, New York. John Bostock, Deputy Permanent Representative, UKREP Brussels. Ivor Hywel Duck, lately Director of Fisheries, Secretariat-General, Council of Ministers of the European Union. Simon Lawrence Gass, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alan Fletcher Goulty, H.M. Ambassador, Khartoum. John Western Greaves. For services to the Latin American Trade Advisory Group and to Export. Roger Dudley Hart, H.M. Ambassador, Luanda. Barbara Logan Hay, M.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Tashkent. John Wynne Owen, M.B.E., Governor, Cayman Islands. Roy Stephen Reeve, H.M. Ambassador, Kiev. James Maxwell Cree Rollo, Chief Economic Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. James Michael Scott Whittell, O.B.E., European Union Policy Director, British Council. Zygmunt Jan Ansgary Tyszkiewicz. For services to the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Sir Edward William Spencer Ford, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., E.R.D., Secretary and Registrar of the Order of Merit.
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Major General Michael Frederick Hobbs, C.B.E., lately Director of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. William Richard Michael Oswald, C.V.O., Director of the Royal Studs.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Thomas Kelman Fleming, O.B.E., Broadcaster. Sir Richard William George, Vice-Chairman, The Prince's Trust Action. Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones, L.V.O., Garter Principal King of Arms. John Christopher Parsons, L.V.O., Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse and Deputy Treasurer to The Queen. John Watt Wightman, C.B.E., R.D.*, W.S., Solicitor to The Queen in Scotland. Charles Frederick Woodhouse, Solicitor to The Duke of Edinburgh. Eric Arthur Worrall, lately Deputy Director of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Joseph Cowell, M.V.O., Superintendent of the Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace. Brian Neale Howell, Forestry Consultant to Sandringham Estate. Neil Robertson Hynd, Regional Director, Properties in Care, Historic Scotland. Sidney William Ricketts, Senior Veterinary Consultant to the Royal Studs. Samuel Humfrey Gaskell Twining, O.B.E. lately Honorary Treasurer, Royal Warrant Holders Association. Elizabeth Frances, Mrs Vyvyan, Lady in Waiting to The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Sergeant Roger Edward Best, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Gerald Arthur Caesar, J.P., lately Chairman, The Prince's Youth Business Trust, Lancashire. Lucy Mary Dove, Secretary to the Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office. Ian Hardy, Information Systems Manager, Royal Household. Inspector William Maurice Harris, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Kevan Hunt, lately Chairman, The Prince's Youth Business Trust, Nottinghamshire. Audrey Margaret, Mrs Laing, Deputy Visitor Manager, Windsor Castle. Inspector Iain MacRae, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Lionel Thomas Mann, R.V.M. Royal Chef, Royal Household. Allen James Marshall, Superintendent's Assistant, Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace. Martin Francis McCartney, Operations Director, Town & County Catering. Corinne Albert, Mrs Norrad, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. George Chesterton Pindred, lately Regional Director, The Prince's Youth Business Trust, Yorkshire and Humberside. Chander Kanta, Mrs Sharma, Invoice Clerk, Property Services, Royal Household. Manon Bonner, Mrs Williams, Assistant Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales.
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Eric Williams, R.V.M., Manager. Reprographic Unit, Royal Household.
Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Robert Peter Ashworth, lately Senior Horological Conservator, Windsor Castle. Robin Victor Bunn, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. David Charles Cattle, Assistant Superintendent of Parks, The Home Park, Windsor. Robert John Rogerson Chambers, Horse Box Driver, Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace. Alan Christian, Reprographic Operator, Royal Household. Phillip Raymond Cook, Senior Dining Room Assistant, Royal Household. John Alfred Dixon, Verger, The Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park. Marcel Guilemette, Maitre d'hotel and Administrative Assistant, Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Susan Bridgett Northbrook-Hine, Dining Room Assistant, Royal Household.