The New Year Honours 1992 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 30 December 1991 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1992.United Kingdom list: New Zealand and Cook Islands lists: Mauritius list: "No. 52769" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 41-42Bahamas list: "No. 52770" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 43-44Grenada list: "No. 52771" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 45-46Papua New Guinea list: "No. 52772" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 47-50Solomon Islands list: "No. 52773" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 51-52Tuvalu list: "No. 52774" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991.;pp. 53-54St. Vincent list: "No. 52775" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 55-56Belize list: "No. 52776". The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 57-58Antigua and Barbuda list: "No. 52777" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 59-60St. Christopher and Nevis list: "No. 52778" The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 61-62
United Kingdom Life Peer
Baroness Dame Shelagh Marjorie Roberts, , Chairman of the London Tourist Board. Former MEP (C). Former Chairman, National Women's Advisory Committee of the Conservative Party.
Baron The Right Honourable Sir Reginald Ernest Prentice, former Member of Parliament, former Executive Member, Committee, National Union of Conservative Associations. Sir Brian Norman Roger Rix, , chairman, MENCAP (Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults). The Right Honourable William Thomas Rodgers, former Member of Parliament, Director-General, Royal Institute of British Architects. Sir David Clive Wilson, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong.
Privy Counsellor Alastair Robertson Goodlad, , Treasurer of H.M. Household (Deputy Chief Whip). Member of Parliament for Eddisbury. (William Armand Thomas) Tristan Garel-Jones, , Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Member of Parliament for Watford. The Honourable Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury, , Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry. Member of Parliament for Hove.
Knight Bachelor Hugh Norman Annesley, , Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary. John Michael Middlecott Banham, Director General, Confederation of British Industry. Thomas Baron, , chairman, Stockbridge Village Trust. Alan Rushton Battersby, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Cambridge. Alexander Ross Belch, . For services to Scottish Industry. Dirk Bogarde, Dirk Niven van den Bògaerde, Actor. Michael Checkland, Director General, British Broadcasting Corporation. Anthony Brian Cleaver, chairman and Chief Executive, IBM United Kingdom Holdings. Ivor Harold Cohen, , chairman, Remploy. Michael Colin Cowdrey, , chairman, International Cricket Council. Thomas (Tom) Cowie, . For political and public service. Geoffrey James Ellerton, , chairman, Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Matthew Alistair Grant, chairman and Chief Executive, Argyll Group pic. Richard Greenbury, chairman and chief executive officer, Marks and Spencer plc. William Michael John Grylls, , For political service. John Gordon Hannam, , For political service. Gordon Robert Higginson, Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton. Robert John (Robin) Maxwell-Hyslop, , For political service. John Trend Lacy. For political service. Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson, , chairman, National Employers' Liaison Committee. Robert Bruce Martin, , chairman, North Western Regional Health Authority. James McKinnon, Director General of Gas Supply. Peter Quennell, , For services to literature. Martin John Rees, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy; Director, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Michael Llewellyn Rutter, , Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Andrew Colin Hugh Smith, chairman, The London Stock Exchange. Professor James Runcieman Sutherland, emeritus Professor of Modern English Literature, University College, London. For services to literature. Donald Thompson, , For political service. Magdi Habib Yacoub, British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiac Surgery; Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Harefield, Royal Brompton and National Heart Hospitals.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Gordon Menzies Macwhinnie , For public and community services in Hong Kong.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division
Army General Sir Peter Inge, , Gen, late The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Colonel The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Military Police, Colonel Commandant Army Physical Training Corps. Civil Division Sir Terence Michael Heiser, , Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division
Royal Navy Vice Admiral Neville Purvis. Army Lieutenant General Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker, , late Royal Tank Regiment, Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment, Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Lieutenant General Jeremy John George Mackenzie, , late Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), Colonel Commandant Women's Royal Army Corps. Lieutenant General The Honourable William Edward Rous, , late Coldstream Guards. Royal Air Force Air Marshal John Robert Walker, , Royal Air Force. Civil Division James Nursaw, , Her Majesty's Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. Douglas Boucher Smith, , chairman, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. Nigel Leonard Wicks, , Second Permanent Secretary (Finance), Her Majesty's Treasury.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division
Royal Navy Rear Admiral John Patrick Windsor Middleton. Rear Admiral Ian Hugh Pirnie. Army Major General John Taylor Coull, , late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major General Peter Ronald Davies, late Royal Corps of Signals, Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals, Colonel The King's Regiment. Major General Richard Morgan Llewellyn, , late The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Colonel The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Colonel Gurkha Transport Regiment. Major General David Murray Naylor, , late Scots Guards. Major General Patrick Phillip Dennant Stone, , late The Royal Anglian Regiment, Colonel The Royal Anglian Regiment, Colonel Commandant Military Provost Staff Corps. Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal John Michael Patrick Calnan, Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal John Ernsting, , Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Timothy Garden, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Michael Ellis Abrams, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. Hugh Maben Barclay, lately Clerk of Public Bills, House of Commons. Leonard John Hobhouse Beighton, Director General, Board of Inland Revenue. Stephen Nigel Burbridge, Secretary, Monopolies and Mergers Commission. James Richard Coates, Grade 3, Department of Transport. John Maurice Crawley, Grade 3, Board of Inland Revenue. Michael John Culham, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence. Roger Lawrence Lowe Facer, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Brian Terence Gilmore, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. Anthony Hilgrove Hammond, Legal Adviser, Home Office. John Wilson Lloyd, Deputy Secretary, Welsh Office. William Ian Macintyre, Grade 3, Department of Energy. John Murray, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland. Edward Alexander Ryder, lately Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations, Health and Safety Executive. Peter Jefferson Smith, deputy chairman, Her Majesty's Customs and Excise. John Michael Medlicott Vereker, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Science. Christopher Roy Walker, Grade 3, Cabinet Office.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir John Whitehead, , H.M. Ambassador, Tokyo.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Brian Leon Barder, British High Commissioner, Canberra. Brian James Proetel Fall, , British High Commissioner, Ottawa. William Nicoll, , lately Director-General, Secretariat of the EC Commission, Brussels. Anthony Reeve, , H.M. Ambassador, Pretoria. Philip John Weston, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) John Saynor, Director-General, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Charles Christian Wilfred Adams, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Andrew Philip Foley Bache, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Christopher Charles Richard Battiscombe, H.M. Ambassador, Algiers. Robert Andrew Burns, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Kevin John Chamberlain, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. David Hicks Goodchild, , For services to the British Community in Paris. Richard Hay, lately Director-General of Personnel, EC Commission, Brussels. Anthony James Longrigg, lately Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Moscow. Miss Margaret Irene Rothwell, H.M. Ambassador, Abidjan. Anthony Aylett Rowell, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Pretoria. Bryan Sparrow, H.M. Consul-General, Lyons. David John Wright, , H.M. Ambassador, Seoul.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Major Sir Ralph Hugo Anstruther, Bt.,
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Miss Mona Mitchell,
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, Francis Nigel, Major the Lord Napier and Ettrick, David Rodney Sweetnam,
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) John Leonard Dawson, Dr Hugh Ford, Group Captain Michael Vincent Philip Hunter Harrington, Royal Air Force (Retired). Robert (Robin) Charles Kernick. Michael Kershaw Ridley. Christopher John Robinson,
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Ian Anthony Balding. Commander Peter Charles Chapman-Andrews, Royal Navy. Paul David Grenville Hayter. Wallace John Keay. Sally, Mrs McCorquodale. John Christopher Parsons. Chief Superintendent Sydney Graham Simpson, Grampian Police. Leslie John Stevens,
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) David Brown, Edith Anne Valerie, Mrs Cunningham. Major Barrie Trevor Eastwood, Inspector Jeremy Gottlieb, Metropolitan Police. Chief Yeoman Warder Denis Percy Harding. Miss Sally Wyndham Hughes. Miss Kiloran Elizabeth McGrigor. Police Constable Andrew Merrylees, , Metropolitan Police. Timothy Nettleton. Inspector Geoffrey William Padgham, Metropolitan Police. Lieutenant Commander Christopher William Pittaway, Royal Navy. John Wilfred Sanderson. Miss Dorothy Ann Shipsey.
Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) (RVM) John (Tam) Davidson,
Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM) Frank Samuel Cranston, Arthur George Showell,
Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM) Leading Steward Derek Douglas Craig, Royal Navy. Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) First Class Peter Anthony Found, Royal Navy. Harold Govier. Rodney William Douglas Haylor. Graham Charles Hulland. Frederick Roy Hutchings. Miss Elizabeth Ann Pickard. David John Skerritt. Sergeant Kenneth Anthony Thompson, ENG TECH AP (INT), Royal Air Force. Christopher Hinewood Arkell Williams. Chief Technician Derick Bernard Williams, ENG TECH A, Royal Air Force.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Skingsley, , Royal Air Force.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Miss Jocelyn Anita Barrow, (Mrs Downer), deputy chairman, Broadcasting Standards Council. Avril Anne Barker, Mrs Poole, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health.