The Queen's Birthday Honours 1995 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.
The honours were announced on 16 June 1995 in the United Kingdom,The United Kingdom: and on 5 June 1995 in New Zealand,New Zealand:"The Queen's Birthday Honours 1995" (23 June 1996) 62 New Zealand Gazette 1759.New Zealand: Barbados,Barbados: Grenada,Grenada: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea: Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands: Saint Lucia,Saint Lucia: Belize,Belize: Antigua and Barbuda,Antigua and Barbuda: and Saint Kitts and Nevis.Saint Kitts and Nevis:
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight or Dame Grand Cross before Knight or Dame Commander, and by division i.e. civil, diplomatic, and military as appropriate.
United Kingdom
Life Peers Sir James Blyth, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, Boots Company. Sir John Graham Cuckney, Chairman, Orion Publishing Group. The Most Reverend Robert Henry Alexander Eames, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. The Most Reverend The Right Honourable John Stapylton Habgood, Archbishop of York.
Privy Counsellor Robert James Atkins, Member of Parliament for South Ribble and Minister of State for the Environment and the Countryside, Department of the Environment. David John Maclean, Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border and Minister of State, Home Office. Thomas Galloway, Baron Strathclyde, Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords and Captain of the Honourable Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Arms.
Knight Bachelor Michael Bett, . For services to training and to personnel management. The Right Honourable Christopher John Chataway, Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority. For services to the aviation industry. Michael John Cobham, , Chairman, Cobham plc. For services to the defence industry. Howard Montagu Colvin, . For services to architectural history. Julian Michael Gordon Critchley, Member of Parliament for Aldershot. For political service. Anthony James Dowell, , Artistic Director, Royal Ballet. For services to ballet. John Richard Gray Drummond, , Director, BBC Promenade Concerts. For services to music. Professor Ian Derek Gainsford, Dean, Kings College Medical and Dental School. For services to medical and dental education. Richard William George, Chairman and Managing Director, Weetabix Ltd. For services to the food industry. Martin John Gilbert, . For services to British history and to international affairs. Robert Norman Gunn, , Chairman, Further Education Funding Council for England. For services to further education. Professor John Bertrand Gurdon, , John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Cell Biology, University of Cambridge. For services to developmental biology. Ronald Hadfield, , Chief Constable, West Midlands. For services to the police. Terence Harrison, , Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce plc. For services to the engineering industry and to export. Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden. For political service. Michael Holt, . For political service. Peter John Hunt, Chairman and Managing Director, Land Securities. For services to the property industry. William Robert Patrick (Robin) Knox-Johnston, , RD*. For services to yachting. Geoffrey Lofthouse, , First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons. Professor Michael John Peckham, Director of Research and Development, Department of Health. For services to medicine. Professor Ghillean Tolmie Prance, , Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. For scientific services to conservation. Cliff Richard, , Entertainer. For charitable services. Derek Harry Roberts, , Provost, University College London. For services to engineering. Sydney Wylie Samuelson, , Commissioner, British Film Commission. For services to the film industry. Professor John Calman Shaw, , Chairman, Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. For services to higher education. Julian Michael Shersby, Member of Parliament for Uxbridge. For political service. David Alec Gwyn Simon, , Group Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman, British Petroleum. For services to the oil industry. William Royden Stuttaford, . For political service. Christopher Rupert Walford, Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London. Professor Glanmor Williams, . For services to the history, culture and heritage of Wales.
Diplomatic and overseas list Mr. Justice Harold Grant Platt, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Uganda. Professor David Todd, , President of the Council of the Academy, Hong Kong.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Sir Terence Burns, Permanent Secretary, Her Majesty's Treasury.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Robert Walmsley
Army Lieutenant General Michael John Dawson Walker, (481887), late The Royal Anglian Regiment
Royal Air Force Air Marshal John Shakespeare Allison, , Royal Air Force.
Civil division David Fell, , Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. James Moray Stewart, , Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Richard Oran Irwin Rear Admiral John Gordon Tolhurst
Army Major General Scott Carnegie Grant (479236), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General Frederick Brian Mayes (464204), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major General Raymond Austin Pett, (469078), late The King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Major General Peter John Sheppard, (471351), late Corps of Royal Engineers
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Peter George Beer, , Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Colin George Terry, , Royal Air Force.
Civil division John Sale Beastall, Grade 3, Her Majesty's Treasury. James David Prydeaux Bickford, lately Legal Adviser to the Security Service. Christopher David Butler, Director, Department for National Savings. Clive William Corlett, Deputy Chairman, Her Majesty's Board of Inland Revenue. Julian Smyth Crozier, Chief Executive, Training and Employment Agency, Department of Economic Development, Northern Ireland. Antony John Goldman, Grade 3, Department of Transport. Martin Howe, Director, Competition Policy, Office of Fair Trading, Department of Trade and Industry. Roger Tustin Jackling, , Grade 2, Ministry of Defence Ian Alistair Johnston, Director General, TEED, Department of Employment. John Duncan Lowe, Crown Agent, Crown Office, Scotland. Dinah Alison Nichols, Grade 2, Department of the Environment. Anthony David Osborne, lately Grade 3, Treasury Solicitor's Department. His Honour Judge James William Rant, , The Judge Advocate General, Lord Chancellor's Department. Guy Stapleton, Chief Executive, Intervention Board Executive Agency, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Roger Hill Warren, lately Managing Director (Programmes), Defence Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. Rosemary Jane Wool, Director of Health Care, Prison Service, Home Office. David Charles Lynn Wroe, Deputy Director, Central Statistical 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 Nicholas Maxted Fenn, , High Commissioner, New Delhi
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Gerald Chierici Warner, , Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office Roger John Carrick, , High Commissioner, Canberra. David Murray Elliott, , Director General (Internal Market), General Secretariat of the Council of European Union. Andrew Marley Wood, , H.M. Ambassador-designate, Moscow
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Professor John Brand Free. For services to beekeeping worldwide. Michael George Bawden, Head of British Development Division in the Caribbean. Andrew Carter, lately Deputy Governor, Gibraltar. Anthony David Harris, , H.M. Ambassador, Abu Dhabi. Thomas George Harris, H.M. Ambassador, Seoul. Gavin Wallace Hewitt, H.M. Ambassador, Zagreb David John Johnson, , High Commissioner, Georgetown. Peter Alfred Penfold, , Governor of the British Virgin Islands. Ivor Anthony Roberts, Chargé d'Affaires, Belgrade. Michael Godfrey Thickett, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Michael Charles Wood, lately Counsellor (Legal Adviser) UK Mission to the United Nations, New York
Royal Victorian Order
Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) The Lady Mary Katharine Mumford, , Lady in Waiting to Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy.
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) The Right Honourable Gustavus Michael George Hamilton-Russell, Viscount Boyne, Lord in Waiting to The Queen. The Very Reverend William James Morris, , Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland. Richard Hanbury-Tenison, Lieutenant of Gwent.
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Air Commodore the Honourable Timothy Charles Elworthy, , Senior Air Equerry, Royal Air Force. Lately Captain of The Queen's Flight. Lieutenant Colonel Peter Evan Wyldbore Gibbs, , Private Secretary to The Princess Royal. Elizabeth Anne, Mrs. Griffiths, , Librarian and Archivist to The Duke of Edinburgh. Group Captain John Arthur Guinness Slessor, Gentleman Usher to The Queen. Major General Sir David Calthrop Thorne, , Director General of the Commonwealth Trust. Professor Christopher John White. For services to the Royal Collection.
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Jane Valerie Joan Astell, , Royal Liaison Assistant, British Broadcasting Corporation. Geoffrey Bignell. For personal services to The Prince of Wales. Judith Lynne, Mrs. Hill, Partner, Farrer and Company. Patrick Desmond Christian Jenny Jephson, Private Secretary to The Princess of Wales. Lieutenant Colonel Sean O'Dwyer, Private Secretary to The Prince Edward. Donald Pennington, Senior Press Officer, Central Office of Information (South West). Priscilla Jane Stephanie, The Honourable Mrs. Roberts, , Curator of the Print Room, Windsor Castle. Timothy Willatt Slack, Principal, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. Wing Commander Neil Thurston, Royal Air Force. Lately Commanding Officer, The Queen's Flight.
Members of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Inspector Kenneth Atmore, Royal and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Inspector Brian John Baston, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Captain Anthony John Bull, , Harbour Master, Port of London Authority. Evelyn Florence, Mrs. Elliott. For personal services to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Patricia Jane Foye, lately Secretary to the Newspaper Society. Squadron Leader Anthony Howard Guttridge, , Royal Air Force. For services to The Queen's Flight. Squadron Leader Robert Fifield King, Royal Air Force. For services to The Queen's Flight. Anne Cynthia, Mrs. Lansiaux, lately Secretary to the Librarian, Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Theresa-Mary Morton, Assistant Curator (Exhibitions), Print Room, Windsor Castle. Stuart Cyril Stagey, Senior Clerk, Master of the Household's Department, Buckingham Palace. Sergeant Brian Thorne, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Arleen Valerie, Mrs. Vince, Lady Clerk, Private Secretary's Office, Buckingham Palace. Desmond Kenneth Waite, lately Consultant Architect to Sandringham Estate. Janet Ellen Weir, lately Secretary to Defence Services Secretary. Gerald Stanley Wharton, Manager, Ceremonial and Protocol Services, Public Works and Government Services, Canada.