The New Year Honours 1988 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 1987 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1988 in the United Kingdom,UK additional list: Australia,Australia list: New Zealand,New Zealand list: Mauritius,Mauritius list: the Bahamas,Bahamas list: Grenada,Grenada list: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea list: the Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Saint Lucia,St. Lucia list: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,St. Vincent & Grenadines list: Belize,Belize list: Antigua and Barbuda,Antigua & Barbuda list: and Gibraltar.Gibraltar 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 Peer Barons Sir Robert Temple Armstrong, , lately Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service. The Right Honourable Sir John Francis Donaldson, Master of the Rolls. Rabbi Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
Privy Counsellor The Honourable Peter Leonard Brooke, , Minister of State, HM Treasury. Member of Parliament, the City of London and Westminster South. Antony Harold Newton, , Minister for Health. Member of Parliament, Braintree. Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow, , Member of Parliament, Woking.
Knight Bachelor Richard Stanley Barratt, , H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary. Edgar Philip Beck, chairman, John Mowlem & Co. plc. Christopher John Benson. For public services. Alan Bowness, , Director, Tate Gallery. Michael Harris Caine, chairman, Booker plc. Commander Ian Tofts Campbell, . For political and public service. John Seton Cassels, , Director General, National Economic Development Office. Alan Hugh Cook, Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. (Thomas) Henry Cotton, . For services to Golf. Professor Henry Clifford Darby, . For services to the study of Historical Geography. Paul Girolami, chairman, Glaxo Holdings plc. Alexander John Gordon, , Senior Partner, Alex Gordon Partnership. Anthony Herbert Grabham, Consultant Surgeon, Kettering and District General Hospital. Kenneth Green, Director, Manchester Polytechnic. Simon Michael Hornby, Director and chairman, W. H. Smith and Son Holdings Ltd. Chairman, The Design Council. David Anthony Jacobs. For political service. Antony Rupert Jay. For political and public service. John Patrick Grosvenor Lawrence, . For political and public service. Hugh Frank John Leggatt, Art Dealer, Member of the Museums and Galleries Commission. John Warren Loveridge. For political and public service. David Neil Macfarlane, . For political service Donald Murdo McCallum, . For services to Industry and Education in Scotland. The Honourable Charles Andrew Morrison, . For political service. Kenneth Gordon Oxford, , Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. Ralph Harry Robins, managing director, Rolls-Royce plc. Frank Jarvis Rogers, chairman, EMAP plc. Maurice Shock, lately Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester. John Lindsay Eric Smith, , chairman, Landmark Trust. James Wilton Spicer, . For political service. Ernest Sanderson Temple, , (His Honour Judge Temple), Recorder of Liverpool. Professor Bernard Evans Tomlinson, , chairman, Northern Regional Health Authority. Harry Anthony Wheeler, , President, Royal Scottish Academy. Anthony Wilson, Head of Government Accountancy Service and Accounting Adviser to HM Treasury.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Mr. Justice Yang Ti-liang, Chief Justice-designate, Hong Kong.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Harding, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir Brian (David) Hayes, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) Civil Division Anne Elisabeth Mueller, , Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Lieutenant General John Martin Carruthers Garrod, , Royal Marines. Lieutenant General Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, , (424859), late The Light Infantry Colonel Commandant The Light Division. Lieutenant General Peter Anthony Inge (448984), late The Green Howards Colonel The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Military Police. Lieutenant General John James Stibbon, , (437174), late Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant Royal Army Pay Corps, Colonel Commandant Royal Pioneer Corps.
Civil Division Frederick Edward Robin Butler, , Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Gilbert Archibald Ford Hitchens. Rear Admiral Robin Ivor Trower Hogg. Rear Admiral Anthony Wheatley.
Army Major General Edwin Horace Alexander Beckett, , (454977), late The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. Major General Gerald Brian Berragan (433719), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Brigadier Andrew Dewe Myrtle, , (430393), late The King's Own Scottish Borderers. Major General Christopher Noel Thompson (427012), late Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Dick. Air Vice-Marshal Barry Hamilton Newton, . Air Vice-Marshal James Donald Spottiswood, .
Civil Division James Geoffrey Ashcroft, Deputy Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence. Daniel Barry, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland. Professor Ernest Arthur Bell, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. John Roger Bickford Smith, , Senior Master, Queen's Bench Division. Roger James Dawe, , Deputy Secretary, Department of Employment. Edward Peter Kemp, Deputy Secretary, HM Treasury Neville Frank Ledsome, Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. Barbara Haig MacGibbon, Senior Principal Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. George Leeke McLoughlin, lately deputy director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland. Michael John Moriarty, Deputy Under Secretary of State, Home Office. Howard David Myland, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office. John Peters, Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. William Howard Guest Rees, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. James Archibald Scott, , Secretary, Scottish Education Department. John Williams Stevens, Under Secretary, Cabinet Office. John Handby Thompson, Under Secretary, Department of Education and Science. James Henry Willcox, Clerk of Public Bills, House of Commons.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) The Right Honourable Thomas Edward, Baron Bridges, , lately HM Ambassador, Rome.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Michael O'Donal Bjarne Alexander, , United Kingdom Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council. Stephen Loftus Egerton, , HM Ambassador, Riyadh. Leslie Fielding, lately Director-General for External Relations, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels. Christopher Leslie George Mallaby, , HM Ambassador-designate, Bonn.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Margaret Bryan, HM Ambassador, Panama City. Robert Linklater Burke Cormack, HM Ambassador, Kinshasa. John Michael Crosby, , lately British High Commissioner, Belmopan. Emrys Thomas Davies, HM Ambassador, Hanoi. Barrie Charles Gane, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. David Arthur Steuart Gladstone, British High Commissioner, Colombo. Peter Robert Mossom Hinchcliffe, , HM Ambassador, Kuwait. Colin Garth Mays, British High Commissioner, Nassau. Keith Elliott Hedley Morris, HM Consul-General, Milan. Arthur Jeffrey Payne, British High Commissioner, Kingston. John Peter Scott Taylor, lately Special Adviser for Human Rights, European Parliament, Luxembourg. John Michael Willson, British High Commissioner-designate, Lusaka.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy, .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Gerrard Charles Peat. Very Reverend Alan Brunskill Webster. Harold Haywood, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Dr. James Ewart Henderson. Robert Heron. Dr. (Francis) John Long. David Henry Maitland. His Honour Andrew James Blackett-Ord. Lieutenant Colonel George Arthur Alston-Roberts-West. Group Captain Alan Marcus Wills, . Ronald Winford.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Lieutenant Colonel Donald Clayton Barter, . Keith Lynden Brown. Pearl Leoni Kathleen Clark. Dr. Peter Macdonald Crawford. Captain Charles Roderick Curwen, . Lieutenant Colonel James Eagles. Edith Mary Fisher, . Commander Beresford Victor Charles Reeves, Royal Navy. David Edwin Walker, .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) John David Bond. Inspector David Robert Comben, Metropolitan Police. Eileen Mary Ferguson. Lieutenant Commander William Barry Kirby, Royal Navy. Eileen Blanche Searle. Colin Adair Sherman Sturmer. Gillian Irene Wickham. Lee Williams.
Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver Raymond Frederick Bridges. G42744391 Flight Sergeant John Benjamin Buck, Royal Air Force. William Leslie Day. Corporal of Horse Colin Ernest Dean (19058941), The Life Guards. David Hugh Farrow. Neville Gordon Farrow. T8068910 Chief Technician Terence Michael Fry, Royal Air Force. Zoe Clare Hudson. Jean-Marc Lautier. Peter Edward Loose. Christopher Harry Marlow. Arthur Petrie. Alexis Guerry Polhill. John Preston. Leslie Charles Spong. Local Acting Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic (Electrical) John Kenneth Turner (D1011355F), Royal Navy.
Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) Anthony Dymoke Powell, , Author.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Barbara Evelyn Clayton, , (Mrs. W. Klyne), Professor of Chemical Pathology and Human Metabolism, University of Southampton. Judith Olivia Dench, , (Mrs. Michael Williams), Actress. (Mary) Elaine Kellett-Bowman, . For political service.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Lieutenant General John Peter Barry Condliffe Watts, , (415012), late The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th).
Civil Division David Robert Ford, , Chief Secretary, Hong Kong.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Captain Neil Christopher Baird-Murray, Royal Navy. Commandant Marjorie Helen Fletcher, , Women's Royal Naval Service. Captain Neil Anthony Douglas Grant, Royal Navy. Captain Graham Francis Laslett, Royal Navy.
Army Brigadier Samuel Cowan, , (474845), late Royal Corps of Signals. Colonel William Telford Dennison, , (445837), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Colonel Francis Farquharson Gibb (463341), late The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Colonel John Henry McKeown (480880), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier Paul David Orchard-Lisle, , (452125), late Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial Army. Brigadier Michael John Paterson (422321), Army Catering Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore Michael John Allisstone, Royal Air Force. Group Captain Peter Langridge Harris, Royal Auxiliary Air Force. Air Commodore David Frank Lawrence, , Royal Air Force. Group Captain Graeme Alan Robertson, , Royal Air Force. Air Commodore John Frederick Boon, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division John Derek Allen, Chairman, Cwmbran Development Corporation.