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 formally conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.

The 1989 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 16 June 1989.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list:

Recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.

United Kingdom

Life Peer Baron Professor Ian McColl, Director of Surgical Unit, Guy's Hospital. Member, Council, Royal College of Surgeons. Sir Eric Sharp, C.B.E., Chairman and Chief Executive, Cable & Wireless plc Sir John (Nicholas) Walton, T.D., Member and former President, General Medical Council.

Privy Counsellor Christopher Francis Patten, M.P., Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Member of Parliament, Bath. Nicholas Paul Scott, M.B.E., M.P., Minister of State, Department of Social Security; Member of Parliament, Chelsea.

Knight Bachelor Nigel Frederick Althaus, Government Broker. Bryan Askew, Chairman, Yorkshire Regional Health Authority. John Alexander Carter. For political and public service. Frederick Brian Corby, Chief Executive and Director, Prudential Corporation plc. Barry Albert Cross, C.B.E. For services to Animal Physiology and Genetics. Robert James Davidson, Managing Director, GEC Power Systems Ltd. John Ferguson (Ian) Denholm, C.B.E., Chairman, J & J Denholm Ltd; lately President, General Council of British Shipping. Victor William Michael Drury, O.B.E., Professor of General Practice, University of Birmingham. Lately President, Royal College of General Practitioners. Horace William Alexander Francis, C.B.E., lately President, Institution of Civil Engineers. Richard Kennedy Harvey Gaskell, President, The Law Society. Jayvantsinhji Kayaji Gohel, C.B.E. For political and public service. Simon Alexander Gourlay, President, National Farmers' Union. Rex (Reginald Carey) Harrison, Actor. Denys Hartley Henderson, Chairman, ICI plc. John Leonard Hunt, M.P. For political service. Horace Kadoorie, C.B.E. For services to British Gurkha interests in Nepal. Richard Marchant Knowles, Leader, Birmingham City Council. Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones, Professor of Greek, University of Oxford. Hugh Roderick Macleod, Chairman, Lloyd's Register of Shipping. John Manduell, C.B.E., Principal, Royal Northern College of Music. Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson, M.P. For political service. Peter Colin Michael, C.B.E., Chairman, UEI plc. David Nicholas, C.B.E., Chairman, Independent Television News. Leonard Harry Peach, lately Chief Executive, National Health Service Management Board. John Tavare, C.B.E., Chairman, Mersey Basin Campaign. Cyril Julian Hebden Taylor. For services to Education. Michael Goodiff Taylor, C.B.E. For political and public service. Charles Henderson Tidbury, D.L., Chairman, William and Mary Tercentenary Trust. Aubrey Fiennes Trotman-Dickenson, Principal, University of Wales, College of Cardiff. Robert Wilson, C.B.E., Perren Professor of Astronomy and Head of Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College, London. John Woodcock, C.B.E., Q.P.M., H.M. Inspector of Constabulary, Wales and Midlands. Gerhard Jacob (Jack) Zunz, lately Joint Chairman, Ove Arup Partnership.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Sir Antony Derek Maxwell Oulton, K.C.B., Q.C., Permanent Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Brian Thomas Brown, C.B.E. Vice Admiral Michael Howard Livesay.

Army Lieutenant General John Hartley Learmont, C.B.E., Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Commandant Army Air Corps. Lieutenant General Anthony Richard Guy Mullens, O.B.E., late 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.

Royal Air Force Air Marshal Michael James Graydon, C.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Marshal Roger Hewlett Palin, O.B.E., Royal Air Force Air Marshal Michael George Simmons, C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division (Constant Hendrik) Henry de Waal, C.B., Q.C., First Parliamentary Counsellor, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Geoffrey Holland, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral Peter Francis Grenier. Rear Admiral Robert Arthur Isaac. Major General Nicholas Francis Vaux, D.S.O. Major General John Alan Maurice Evans, late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General George Malcolm Hutchinson, late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major General Peter Walter Ernest Istead, O.B.E., G.M., Colonel Commandant Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Major General Charles Alexander Ramsay, O.B.E., late The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys). Major General James Robert Templer, O.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Air Vice-Marshal Robert James Michael Alcock, Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Graham Neil Forman, Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Arthur George Woodford, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Alan Henry Bishop, Grade 3, Scottish Office. Ann Elizabeth, Mrs Bowtell, Deputy Secretary, Department of Social Security. Cyril Duncan Burgess, E.R.D., Director, Hazardous Substances Division, Health and Safety Executive. Philip John Cooper, Comptroller-General, Patent Office. Michael John Fairey, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health. David Stewart Gandy, O.B.E., Deputy Director, Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service. John Bryan Jefferson, C.B.E., Director General, Design Services, Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment. Alastair John Peter Macdonald, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. Ronald Kinsman Miller, Solicitor, Board of Inland Revenue. David Alan Nicholls, C.M.G., Deputy Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence. John Allan Patterson, Director, Department for National Savings. Gerald Hayden Phillips, Deputy Secretary, H.M. Treasury. David William Saunders, Parliamentary Counsellor, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. William Albert Watson, Grade 3, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Patrick Wright, K.C.M.G., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Head of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Ankara. Richard Trevor Langford Francis, Director-General, British Council. John Albert Leigh Morgan, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Mexico City.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) James Steven Bell, C.B.E., D.F.C., Q.P.M. For services to British interests in Bahrain. Gerald Edmondson Clark, United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the U.N., Vienna. John Coates Edwards, British High Commissioner, Maseru. William Hugh Fullerton, Governor of the Falkland Islands. James Ronald Gass, lately Director for Manpower, Social Affairs and Education, O.E.C.D., Paris. John Wilkings Hackett, lately Director for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, O.E.C.D., Paris. Michael Edward Howell, O.B.E., British High Commissioner, Port Moresby. Patrick Michael Nixon, O.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Doha. Allan John Ramsay, H.M. Ambassador, Beirut. John Alan Shepherd, H.M. Ambassador, Bahrain. Duncan Stuart, lately Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Washington. Jeremy Richard Levering Grosvenor Varcoe, lately H.M. Ambassador, Mogadishu.

Royal Victorian Order

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Elizabeth, Lady Basset, C.V.O.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Edwin Hardy Amies, C.V.O. Major Shane Gabriel Basil Blewitt, C.V.O. Robert Fellowes, C.B., L.V.O. Charles Mortimer Tollemache Smith-Ryland.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Professor Norman James Blacklock, L.V.O., O.B.E. Gordon Herbert Franklin, L.V.O. Group Captain Jeremy Frederick Billings Jones, A.D.C., Royal Air Force. Hartland Molson MacDougall, C.M. Dr John Duncan Matthews. Donald Ian Scleater, L.V.O. Commander Charles William Stuart Shears, O.B.E., R.N. (Ret'd.). The Honourable Geoffrey Hazlitt Wilson.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Lieutenant Colonel Peter Evan Wyldbore Gibbs. Edward Charles Joslin. Reverend John Herbert Williams. Major Eldred William O'Flaherty Wilson, D.S.O.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Brian Ames. Patricia Tempe, Mrs Behr, M.B.E. Valerie Moreton, Mrs Bennett-Levy. Sheila Loraine, Lady de Bellaigue. James Robert Holme. Miss Robin Isobel Rawson. Anthony Wilkie.

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM) Petty Officer Joseph James Croft, R.V.M., Royal Navy.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM) Chief Technician Brian John Beach, Royal Air Force. Ralph Burn. Charge Chief Marine Engineering Artificer (Propulsion) Edward Alfred Gilbert Coleman, Royal Navy. Charles Duncan Davidson. Thomas Edgar Deighton. Cyril John Eagle. Divisional Sergeant Major Frederick Hardy, B.E.M., The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard. Richard Charles Hawkins. Douglas James Jones. Gwynne Jones. Chief Technician Malcolm Langford, Royal Air Force. William Edward Martin. Chief Petty Officer (Seaman) Malcolm Thomas Nisbet, Royal Navy. Denis John Nutley. Chief Communications Yeoman David James Pritchard, Royal Navy. Ashley John Sadler. Leonard James Shelton. Police Constable Thomas Spink, Metropolitan Police.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Admiral Sir John Woodward, K.C.B.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Elsie Rosemary, Mrs Rue, C.B.E., former Regional General Manager and Regional Medical Officer, Oxford Regional Health Authority.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Vice Admiral Alan Grose. Rear Admiral (now Vice Admiral) James Lamb Weatherall. The Reverend Professor Henry Chadwick, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Piers Jacobs, O.B.E., Financial Secretary, Hong Kong. Terence George Streeton, C.M.G., M.B.E., British High Commissioner, Dhaka.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore Anthony Dennis Barrett, R.D.**, Royal Naval Reserve. The Right Reverend Monsignor William Ronald Brown, Royal Navy. Surgeon Commodore Raymond Radford Captain John Francis Scott Trinder, Royal Navy. Captain Brian Vincent Woodford, Royal Navy.

Army Brigadier Robert John Hayman-Joyce, O.B.E. (474714), late The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) Colonel Norman Stephen Nash (468708), Army Catering Corps. Brigadier Shirley Patricia Nield, A.D.C. (450671), Women's Royal Army Corps. Brigadier Thomas Hugh Robinson (482348), Royal Army Chaplains' Department. Brigadier Ian Angus Sim, T.D., A.D.C. (472476), late 51st Highland Volunteers, Territorial Army. Brigadier Francis George Sugden, O.B.E. (458186), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier David Henry Amyatt Swinburn, A.D.C. (437138), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier David Phillips Thomson, M.C. (472633), late The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's).

Royal Air Force Air Commodore William Richard John Fewing, Royal Air Force (Ret'd.). Group Captain Anthony John Martin McKeon, O.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Anthony James Stables, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division The Most Honourable (Beatrice Mary) June, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, M.B.E., D.L. For services to the arts and the community in North-East Scotland. Major Kenneth Gait Adams, C.V.O. For services to Industry. Leslie Newman Anderton, M.B.E., Chairman, Rugby Health Authority.