The New Year Honours 1989 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 31 December 1988 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1989 in the United Kingdom,UK list: Australia,Australia list: New Zealand,New Zealand and Cook Islands lists: Mauritius,Mauritius list: the Bahamas,Bahamas list: Grenada,Grenada list: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea list: the Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Saint Vincent and The Grenadines,St Vincent & the Grenadines list: Belize,Belize list: Antigua and Barbuda,Antigua & Barbuda list: and Saint Christopher and Nevis.St Kitts & Nevis list:
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
United Kingdom
Life Peers
Baroness The Right Honourable Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Chairman, National Consumer Council.
Barons Professor Sir Jack Lewis, Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge; Chairman, Commission on Environmental Pollution. Sir John (Davan) Sainsbury, Chairman, J. Sainsbury plc.
Privy Counsellors Jeremy John Durham (Paddy) Ashdown, , Leader Social and Liberal Democratic Party; Member of Parliament Yeovil. (Bernard Harold) Ian (Halley) Stewart, , Minister of State Northern Ireland Office; Member of Parliament North Hertfordshire. David Garro, Baron Trefgarne, Minister of State Ministry of Defence.
Knights Bachelor David Alliance, , Chief Executive, Coats Viyella plc. Derek Sydney Birley, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Ulster. John Boardman, Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art; Fellow, Lincoln College, University of Oxford. The Right Honourable Leon Brittan, . For political service. Professor Bryan Victor Carsberg, Director General, Office of Telecommunications. Peter Grenville Cazalet, Deputy Chairman, The British Petroleum Company plc. Robert Cowan, Chairman, Highlands and Islands Development Board. Cyril Humphrey Cripps, . For political and public service. Judson Graham Day, Chairman and Chief Executive, The Rover Group plc. Evelyn Robert Adrian de Rothschild, Chairman, N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd. Reginald Derek Henry Doyle, , Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services. Graham Newman Eyre, . For services to the London Airports Authority. Hugh Fish, , lately Chairman, Natural Environment Research Council. Peter Walter Gibbings, Chairman, Anglia Television Group plc; lately Chairman, Guardian and Manchester Evening News. William Howard Goodhart, . For political and public service. Matthew Dean Goodwin, . For political service. Arthur Alfred Hill, . For political and public service. Brian John Hill, Chairman and Chief Executive, Higgs & Hill Group plc. Ian Charter MacLaurin, Chairman, Tesco plc. Edward Michael Ogden, , Chairman, Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Geoffrey Owen, Editor, The Financial Times. Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi, , Sculptor. William Jeremy Masefield Shelton, . For political service. Alfred Joseph Shepperd, Chairman and Chief Executive, Wellcome plc. Charles Eric Stroud, lately Professor of Child Health, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry. Christopher Stephen Wates, Chairman, The English Industrial Estates Corporation; Chairman, Wates Building Group Ltd. William Henry Nairn Wilkinson, Chairman, Nature Conservancy Council.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir Julian Oswald, . Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir Peter Edward Middleton, , Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral John Beverley Kerr, Royal Navy. Lieutenant General Charles Edward Webb Jones, , Colonel Commandant 3rd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets, Colonel Commandant Royal Army Educational Corps. Air Marshal Thomas Henry Stonor, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Anthony Michael William Battishill, Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue. Christopher Walter France, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Health.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Anthony Mansfeldt Norman. Rear Admiral David Robert Sherval.
Army Major General Paul Donald Alexander, (439931), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major General John David Graham Pank (459052), Colonel the Light Infantry. Major General Robert Scott, (450391), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major General Christopher Tyler (437190), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major General Robert William Ward, (443583), late 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Richard Christopher Allerton. Air Vice-Marshal Kenneth Archibald Campbell. Air Vice-Marshal Peter Howard, , (Retired).
Civil Division Robert Morrison Ainscow, Deputy Secretary, Overseas Development Administration. Sandra Pauline Burns, Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Christopher Hugh Cossham, Senior Assistant Director, Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland. Patricia Ann Cox, lately Under Secretary, Scottish Home and Health Department. Zelma Ince Davies, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland. Roger Garnett Lavelle, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. William Frederick Mumford, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence. Ronald Martin Oliver, , Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. Jeffrey William Preston, Deputy Secretary, Welsh Office. Peter Vivian Henworth Smith, Solicitor, Board of Customs and Excise. Anthony William Stephens, , Deputy Secretary, Northern Ireland Office. Neville Taylor, lately Director General, Central Office of Information. George Morton Wedd, Grade 3, Department of the Environment. Roland Hewlett Widdows, Presiding Special Commissioner of Income Tax. Roy Williams, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. John Wood, Director, Serious Fraud Office.
Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Crispin Tickell, . United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Arthur John Coles, , British High Commissioner, Canberra. Nicholas Maxted Fenn, , H.M. Ambassador, Dublin. Robin William Renwick, , H.M. Ambassador, Pretoria. Arthur Desmond Watts, , Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Right Reverend Robert Wilmer Woods, , Prelate of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) James Nicholas Allan, , HM Ambassador, Maputo. David Beattie, United Kingdom Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO, Brussels. John Brown, Deputy Consul-General and Director of Trade Development, New York. Michael Francis Daly, HM Ambassador, San José. Stephen Peter Day, HM Ambassador, Tunis. Peter John Goulden, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Michael John Llewellyn Smith, Minister, HM Embassy, Paris. Ian Warren Mackley, Chargé d'Affaires, HM Embassy, Kabul. Jeremy Fell Mathews, , Attorney-General, Hong Kong. David Joseph Moss, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. James Bowen Thomas, Grade 5, Ministry of Defence. Michael Jacques Thompson, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Terence Courtney Wood, Minister, HM Embassy, Rome.
Royal Victorian Order
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Mary Elizabeth Hedley-Miller, .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Charles Annand Fraser, . Hon. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy. Colonel Hon. Gordon William Nottage Palmer, . Wing Commander Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Ronald William Abbott, . Trevor Edwin Chinn. Denys Michael Gwilym King. Sir (Robert) Andrew Morritt. Nigel Leonard Wicks, . Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, .
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Jeffrey Bertram Cackett, . Colonel Charles Herbert Kenneth Corsar, . Elizabeth Anne Griffiths, . John Oswald Hitchings, . Celia Innes. Charles Quant, .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Susan Benjamin. Cyril Davidson. Cyril Sidney Dickman, . David Nawton Grimston. Sandra Koller. Michael Trevor Parker. Michael Hugh Lacey Warnes. Thomas Archibald Stark Wicks. Bridget Anne Wright.
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) William Edward Rowe, .
Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Dobrinka Bambic. Grenville Leslie Victor Batterbee. Geoffrey Howard Borton. Chief Technician Michael Brown, Royal Air Force. Stanley Walter Butler. George William Cooke. Chief Technician Alan Gibson, Royal Air Force. Police Constable Dennis William Goldsmith, Metropolitan Police. Kenneth Reginald Maynard. Arthur Jeffrey Nunn. Vincent Payne. Sergeant Allan Ritson Peters, Metropolitan Police. Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) Stephen James Turner, (D140964F), Royal Navy. Kevan Barry Yoxall.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Military Division Air Chief Marshal Sir David Harcourt-Smith, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir Sze-yuen Chung, . For public service in Hong Kong.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Lydia Dunn, . For public service in Hong Kong. Audrey Caroline Emerton. For services to nursing. Janet Evelyn Fookes, . For political service. Margaret Louise Fry, . For political and public service.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Air Marshal Frank Martyn Holroyd, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Edward Alexander Johnston, , Government Actuary. Peter Keith Levene, Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence. Sir David Chilton Phillips, Professor of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford; Chairman, Advisory Board for the Research Council. Ian Pelham Todd, President, Royal College of Surgeons.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore Ian Affleck Warden Berry, , , Royal Naval Reserve. Captain Geoffrey Alan Eades, . Surgeon Commodore Raymond Radford, .
Army Brigadier John Alexander James Pooler Barr, late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier Eric Coulthard, , late Royal Army Dental Corps. Brigadier Henry John Hickman, , Royal Pioneer Corps. Colonel Noel Henry Peters, late Royal Army Medical Corps. Brigadier Michael Francis Linton Shellard, late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Brigadier Michael Robert Topple, , late Royal Corps of Signals. The Right Reverend Monsignor John Noctor Williams, Chaplain To The Forces 1st Class, Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore John Frederick Boon. Air Commodore David Emmerson, . Group Captain Edward David Frith, , (Retired). Air Commodore Joan Hopkins, , Women's Royal Air Force. Group Captain John Holt Spencer, .
Civil Division Peter Hugh Alexander. For political and public service. Thomas Boaz Allen, Opera Singer. John Graeme Anderson, Executive Deputy Chairman, Northern Engineering Industries plc. Alec Walter Barbour, President, Board of Governors, East of Scotland College of Agriculture. Brian James Beedham, Foreign Editor, The Economist. David John Binns, General Manager, Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation. Donald Bishop, , Chairman, Study Team on Professional Liability in the Construction Industry. Alastair Kenneth Lamond Black, , Under Sheriff, Greater London. Peter Leahy Bonfield, Chairman and Managing Director, ICL Ltd. Peter Derek Carr, Regional Director, Northern Region Employment Service, Department of Employment.