Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. 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 1996 Queen's Birthday honours list for the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was announced on 14 June 1996; the list for Australia announced on 9 June 1996; and the list for New Zealand announced on 3 June 1996.
Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.
United Kingdom
Life Peers
Baroness Dame June Kathleen Lloyd, D.B.E., Nuffield Professor of Child Health, British Postgraduate Medical Federation, London University, 1985–1992; now Emeritus Professor.
Barons Marmaduke James Hussey, lately chairman, Board of Governors, BBC. Field Marshal Sir Richard Frederick Vincent, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., lately Chairman of the Military Committee, NATO.
Privy Counsellors James Gordon Brown, M.P., Member of Parliament for Dunfermline East. Robin Finlayson Cook, M.P., Member of Parliament for Livingston. David Maurice Curry, M.P., Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon and Minister of State, Department of the Environment. Donald Campbell Dewar, M.P., Member of Parliament for Glasgow Garscadden. Don Dixon, M.P., Member of Parliament for Jarrow. Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, M.P., Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and Minister of State, Scottish Office. John Jackson, Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish, Minister of State, Department of Social Security. Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Wealden and Vice Chairman of the 1922 Committee.
Knights Bachelor Philip Martin Bailhache, Bailiff of Jersey. For services to the community in Jersey. James David Francis Barnes, C.B.E., chief executive officer, Zeneca Group plc. For services to the Pharmaceuticals Industry. Professor Michael Victor Berry, F.R.S., Royal Society Research Professor, University of Bristol. For services to Physics. William Brown, C.B.E., lately chairman, Scottish Arts Council and of Scottish Television. For services to the Arts and to Broadcasting. Leonard John Chalstrey, Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London. John Anthony Craven, chairman, Morgan Grenfell Group plc. For services to Banking and to the city. Richard Harry Evans, C.B.E., Chief Executive, British Aerospace plc. For services to the Aerospace and Defence Industries. Harry Fang Sin-yang, C.B.E., J.P. For services to orthopaedic and rehabilitative medicine in Hong Kong. Professor David Paul Brandes Goldberg, Director of Research and Development, Institute of Psychiatry. For services to Medicine. James Hann, C.B.E. For services to Industry in Scotland. Robert Hicks, M.P., Member of Parliament for Cornwall South-East. For political service. Stanley James Allen Hill, M.P., Member of Parliament for Southampton Test. For political service. Jeremy Isaacs, General Director, Royal Opera House. For services to Broadcasting and to the Arts. Elgar Spencer Jenkins, O.B.E. For political and public service. David Robert Corbett Kelly, C.B.E. For political and public service. William Herbert Laming, C.B.E., Chief Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate, Department of Health. For services to the Social Services. George Henry Martin, C.B.E., chairman, Air Studios. For services to the Recording Industry. Brian Scott Moffat, O.B.E., chairman and Chief Executive, British Steel plc. For services to the Steel Industry. Professor Peter John Morris, F.R.S., Nuffield Professor of Surgery, Chairman of Surgery and Director, Oxford Transplantation Centre, University of Oxford. For services to Medicine. Professor James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith, C.B.E. For services to Architecture. Raymond Powell, M.P. For services to the House of Commons. Anthony Nigel Russell Rudd, chairman, Williams Holdings plc. For services to the Manufacturing Industry. James Sharples, Q.P.M., Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to the Police. Roger Edward Sims, M.P., Member of Parliament for Chislehurst. For political service. John James Skehel, F.R.S., Director, National Institute for Medical Research. For services to Science. Professor Trevor Arthur Smith. For services to Higher Education. Clive Malcolm Thompson, Group Chief Executive, Rentokil Group plc. For services to Industry. Alexander Trotman. For services to British-American commercial relations. His Honour Stephen Tumim, lately H.M. Chief Inspector of Prisons in England and Wales. Rodney Myerscough Walker, chairman, the Sports Council. For services to Sport.
Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Air Marshal David Cousins, C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Graham Allan Hart, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of Health. Lieutenant General Robert John Hayman-Joyce, C.B.E., late Royal Hussars. William Kennedy Reid, C.B., Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales. Vice Admiral Jonathan James Richard Tod, C.B.E.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral John Patrick Clarke, L.V.O., M.B.E. Major General Philip James Gladstone Corp, late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major General Alasdair Ian Gordon Kennedy, C.B.E., late The Gordon Highlanders. Major General Michael Dalrymple Regan, O.B.E., late The Light Infantry. Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Bruce Baldwin, C.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal John Bartram Main, O.B.E., Royal Air Force (Retired).
Civil Division Kenneth Richard Ashken, lately Grade 3, Crown Prosecution Service. Christopher John Andrew Barnes, lately Grade 3, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Valerie June, Mrs Bayliss, lately Grade 3, Department for Education and Employment. John Frederick Brindley, Grade 3, Lord Chancellor's Department. Robert Charles Dobbie, Grade 3, Office of Public Service. John Albert Gulvin, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence. Anthony John Langford, Chief Executive, Valuation Office Agency, H.M. Board of Inland Revenue. David Henry Loades, Grade 3, Government Actuary's Department. Thomas Richard Harman Luce, Head of Social Care Policy, Department of Health. Kenneth John MacKenzie, Grade 2, Scottish Office. Miss Eileen Alison Mackay (Mrs Russell), lately Grade 3, Scottish Office. Marilynne Ann, Mrs Morgan, Solicitor and Legal Adviser, Department of the Environment. Sydney George Norris, Grade 3, Home Office. Miss Margaret Ellen Peirson, Grade 3, Department of Social Security. Alexander William Russell, deputy chairman, H.M. Board of Customs and Excise. George Warren Staple, Director of the Serious Fraud Office. Andrew Donald Whetnall, Grade 3, Cabinet Office. William Brian Willott, Chief Executive, Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Christopher Leslie George Mallaby, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Paris.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Michael Douglas McWilliam, Director, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. For services to Higher Education. David Rolland Spedding, C.V.O., O.B.E., Chief of Secret Intelligence Service. John Stephen Wall, C.M.G., L.V.O., UK Permanent Representative to the European Union, Brussels. David John Wright, C.M.G., L.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Tokyo.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Merrick Stuart Baker-Bates, H.M. Consul-General, Los Angeles. Bishop Bernard Patrick Devlin. For services to the community in Gibraltar. Gordon Aldridge Duggan, High Commissioner, Singapore. Richard George Hopper Fletcher, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Ian Duncan Hendry, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. James William Hodge, Minister, H.M. Embassy, Peking. David Christopher Kelly, Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence. Neil Maidment. For services to British commercial interests in Hong Kong and China. Francis Joseph Savage, L.V.O., O.B.E., Governor, Montserrat. Peter Graham Wilmott, lately Director General (Customs and Indirect Taxation), Commission of the European Union.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Major Sir Shane Gabriel Basil Blewitt, K.C.V.O., Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to The Queen. The Right Honourable Sir Robert Fellowes, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., Private Secretary to The Queen.
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) The Very Reverend Thomas Eric Evans, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. James Hugh Neill, C.B.E., T.D., lately Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Charles Vernon Anson, L.V.O., Press Secretary to The Queen. James Gerald Gulliver, lately Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. Robert Matthew Morris, lately Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Criminal Justice and Constitutional Department, Home Office. Kenneth William Parsons, L.V.O., lately Surveyor of the Lands for the South Survey, Duchy of Lancaster. Thomas Andrew Shebbeare, executive director, The Prince's Trusts.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Richard Winston Arbiter, Director of Media Affairs, Royal Collection. Major Nicholas Michael Lancelot Barne, Private Secretary to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Commander Hugh Blyth Daglish, Royal Navy. Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia. Cecil William Lavery Graham, O.B.E., lately vice-chairman of the Board, The Prince's Trust. Katharine Joan, Mrs Harvey, Lady in Waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Commander Jonathan Mortimer Collingwood Maughan, Royal Navy. Lately of Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia. Miss Jane Katharine Walker-Okeover, Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Ian Richard Parsons, Surveyor of Lands for the Lancashire and Crewe Surveys, Duchy of Lancaster. Harold Geoffrey Roberts, lately Director of Information, Welsh Office. Thomas Woodcock, Somerset Herald, College of Arms.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Kathleen Elizabeth, Mrs Brown. For services to The Crown in Canada. Major Colin Neville Burgess, lately Temporary Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Miss Wendy Dorothea Button, Personal Assistant (Auxiliary) to the Governor-General of Australia. Miss Maria Cicutto. For services to The Crown in Australia. Miss Sandra Evelyn Cochrane, Personal Assistant to the Governor-General of Australia. Sergeant Brian Edward Ford, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Sergeant Jeffrey Alan Fuller, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Daniel Neil Glasser. For services to The Crown in Australia. Miss Jean Catherine Gray, Secretary, Household of The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Bernard Rushmer Jones, lately chairman of the Board of The Prince's Youth Business Trust. Edwin Alfred Andrew Norton, Maintenance Manager, Windsor Castle. Major Albert Victor Smith, M.B.E., Superintendent of the Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace. Terence Hector Summers, Partner, Smith-Woolley. Patricia, Mrs Wilde, Assistant to the Lieutenancy of Hereford and Worcester. Brian Wilson, lately Head Forester, Duchy of Cornwall.
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) Leslie Robert Simmons, R.V.M., lately Agricultural Worker, Sandringham Estate.
Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Leslie Frank Cribbett, R.V.M., lately Member of the Princetown Works Department, Duchy of Cornwall, Dartmoor. Roy Thomas William Howling, R.V.M., Farm Foreman, Sandringham Estate.
Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) John Alan Brown, Agricultural Worker, Sandringham Estate. Philip Shaun Croasdale, Palace Steward, Buckingham Palace.