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

The 1987 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 13 June 1987.United Kingdom list: New Zealand list:

Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.

United Kingdom

Life Peers

Barons Sir (Amos) Henry Chilver, Chairman, Milton Keynes Development Corporation; Vice-Chancellor, Cranfield Institute of Technology. Sir Philip (Douglas) Knights, C.B.E., Q.P.M., D.L. Former Chief Constable, West Midlands Police.

Privy Counsellors Dr Rhodes Boyson, Minister of State for Local Government, Department of the Environment. Lynda, Mrs Chalker, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Knights Bachelor James George Ackers, Chairman, West Midlands Regional Health Authority. George Blunden, Deputy Governor, Bank of England. Neville Bruce Alfred Bosworth, C.B.E. For political and public service. Anthony Alfred Caro, C.B.E., Sculptor. Clifford Jack Chetwood, Chairman and Chief Executive, George Wimpey plc. Peter Leslie Crill, C.B.E., Bailiff of Jersey. David Lance Crouch. For political service. Colin Terence Dollery, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School. Hugh Spencer Lisle Dundas, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., Chairman, British Electric Traction plc. Professor Roger James Elliott. For services to Theoretical Physics and National Computing. Archibald William Forster, Chairman and Chief Executive, Esso UK plc. David Armand Hopkin, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. Anthony Seymour Laughton, Director, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Natural Environment Research Council. Leslie Thomas Loader, C.B.E. For political and public service. John Lyons. For services to the Study of Linguistics. Colin Marsh Marshall, Chief Executive, British Airways plc. Bryan Hubert Nicholson, Chairman, Manpower Services Commission. Alan Turner Peacock, D.S.C. For public service. Basil Edward Rhodes, C.B.E., T.D., D.L. For political and public service. Robert Scholey, C.B.E., Chairman, British Steel Corporation. Albert Edward Sloman, C.B.E., Vice-Chancellor, University of Essex. Robert Courtney Smith, C.B.E. For services to Industry in Scotland. Robert William Wall, O.B.E. For political and public service. John Michael Wickerson, President, The Law Society.

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral David Benjamin Bathurst. Vice Admiral William Richard Scott Thomas, O.B.E.

Army Lieutenant General David John Ramsbotham, C.B.E. (427439), late The Royal Green Jackets. Colonel Commandant 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets. Lieutenant General Antony Kenneth Frederick Walker (437194), Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment.

Royal Air Force Air Marshal Laurence Alfred Jones, C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division John Bilsland Bailey, C.B., H.M. Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. John Niall Henderson Blelloch, C.B., Second Permanent Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence. Kenneth Percy Bloomfield, C.B., Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service and Second Permanent Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office. Terence Michael Heiser, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Major General John St John Grey. Rear Admiral Ronald Victor Holley. Rear Admiral Andrew John Richmond.

Army Major General John Boyne, M.B.E., late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major General Anthony Showan Jeapes, O.B.E., M.C., late The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Major General Denis Edgar Ryan, late Royal Army Educational Corps. Major General Keith Spacie, O.B.E., late The Parachute Regiment. Major General Alan Yeoman, late Royal Corps of Signals, Honorary Colonel 37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment (Volunteers).

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Derek Thomas Bryant, O.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Peter Francis King, O.B.E., Q.H.S., Royal Air Force. The Venerable Glyndwr Rhys Renowden, Q.H.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Eric James Bolton, Senior Chief Inspector of Schools, Department of Education and Science. Frank Cassell, Deputy Secretary, H.M. Treasury. Bernard Maurice Day, Assistant Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence. Ian Dean, Crown Agent, Crown Office, Edinburgh. William Norman Drummond, Under Secretary, Department of Economic Development, Northern Ireland. David Murray Elliott, Minister and Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the European Communities. Cecil Bentley-Innes Glass, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peter Graham Heard, Deputy Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue. (Walter) Patrick Jackson, Grade 3, Department of Transport. James Christopher Jenkins, Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Clifford Harold Alfred Judd, Grade 3, H.M. Treasury. Gordon Harry Lakes, M.C., Deputy Director General of the Prison Service. Arthur Bryan Martin, Under Secretary, Health and Safety Executive. Ian Dalgleish Penman, Deputy Secretary, Scottish Office. Bryan Roy Rayner, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Donald Maurice Spiers, T.D., Controller of R. & D. Establishments, Research and Nuclear Programmes, Ministry of Defence.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir John Fretwell, K.C.M.G., lately H.M. Ambassador, Paris.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Ewen Alastair John Fergusson, H.M. Ambassador-designate, Paris. Derek Morison David Thomas, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador-designate, Rome.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Roger Arnold Rowlandson Barltrop, C.V.O., British High Commissioner, Suva. John Brasnett, Deputy British High Commissioner, Bombay. Michael St Edmund Burton, C.V.O., Minister and Deputy Commandant, British Military Government, Berlin. John Olav Kerr, lately Counsellor and Head of Chancery, H.M. Embassy, Washington. Alastair Christopher Donald Summerhayes MacRae, Minister and Head of British Interests Section, Royal Swedish Embassy, Tehran. Richard Alvin Neilson, L.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Bogota. Miss Lilian Pauline Neville-Jones, lately Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Andrew Eustice Palmer, C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Havana. Derek William Partridge, British High Commissioner, Freetown. Peter Edward Rosling, L.V.O., British High Commissioner, Maseru. George Neil Smith, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Kenneth Campbell Wright, O.B.E., Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Frederick Dame Johnston, K.C.V.O., M.C. Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Mansel Miller, K.C.V.O., D.S.O., M.C.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Major George Victor Sheridan Le Fanu.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Martin Somervell Argles. Fiona, Mrs Henderson L.V.O. Group Captain Sir Gordon Hamish Martin Pirie, C.B.E. Leonard Albert George Soper, Q.P.M.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Chief Superintendent James Wallace Beaton, G.C., Metropolitan Police. Anthony Scott Crawford. John Haslam. David Hugh Heath. Michael George Paul Kelly, M.V.O. Martin Rowley Melville Leslie. Lucy Annora, Mrs Murphy, M.V.O. Christopher Miles Perrins. Philip Lee Thornton.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Squadron Leader Roger Charles Tavener Bent, Royal Air Force. Eileen Barbara, Mrs Bishop. Warrant Officer Class I Alexander Dumon, M.B.E., Coldstream Guards. Miss Maud Florence Lillian Joan Jones. Oswald Lewis. Charles Francis Martyn. Arthur Edgar Parish. James Bertram Smith.

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Raymond Allington. Jack Brown. John Brown. Divisional Sergeant Major John Cawthorne, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Douglas Alan Goodship. Chief Technician George Martin Henderson, Royal Air Force. Chief Technician Allan Hogan, Royal Air Force. Dennis Stanley Mace. Ronald Stephen Muir. Cecil John Nelson. Anthony Vernon Parnell. Miss May Quail Motion Prentice. Gilbert Frederick Reed. Peter James Rouse. Christine, Mrs Skinner. Chief Radio Supervisor Nigel Robert Sullivan. Divisional Sergeant Major Leslie Haywood Trimming, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Sir Kenneth Leslie Newman, Q.P.M., Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. Edwin Noel, Baron Plowden, K.C.B., K.B.E. For public services.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Miss Elizabeth Ursula Chesterton, O.B.E., Architect and Town Planner. Miss Elizabeth Violet Maconchy, C.B.E. (Mrs Le Fanu), Composer.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) David Wigley Nickson, C.B.E., D.L., President, Confederation of British Industry. John Roundell, Earl of Selborne, D.L., Chairman, Agricultural and Food Research Council. Harold Martin Smith Reid, C.M.G., lately British High Commissioner, Kingston.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Captain George Victor Buxton, Royal Navy. Captain John Marsh, Royal Navy. Captain George Matheson Tullis, Royal Navy. Brigadier Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker, O.B.E., late Royal Tank Regiment. Colonel Patrick John Daniell, late Royal Regiment of Artillery (now retired). Colonel John Cawdron Langlands, late the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforths and Camerons). Brigadier Robert Brian Macgregor-Oakford, O.B.E., M.C., late the Light Infantry, Deputy Colonel the Light Infantry (Durham). Colonel Joseph Hubbard Milburn, O.B.E., late The King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Brigadier Geoffrey Chartres Safford, late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel (now acting Brigadier) Clive Anthony Wilkinson, late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Group Captain Peter George Beer, L.V.O., O.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Peter Joseph Alan Chislett, M.B.E., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Brian Martin Humphries, O.B.E., Royal Air Force. Group Captain Thomas Graham Rowland Osborn, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Douglas Ian Acres, O.B.E., D.L., Chairman, Council of the Magistrates' Association. John Francis Avery Jones. For services in the field of revenue law. Eric Billingsley Bates, Grade 5, Department of Trade and Industry. Ronald Frank Bishop, lately Managing Director, Whessoe Heavy Engineering Ltd. Christopher Wadsworth Brierley, Managing Director, Economic Planning, British Gas plc. Brian Bernard Bushell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Ronald Herbert Butt, formerly Associate Editor, The Times. For services to journalism. Donald Campbell, Professor of Anaesthetics, University of Glasgow. Gordon Verner Carr, Chairman, Port of Tyne Authority. Michael James Frederick Carter. For political and public service. Denis Marsden Child, Chairman, Executive Committee, British Bankers' Association. Kenneth James Clark, Chief Executive, Borders Regional Council. John Robert Clayton, Chairman, Agricultural Training Board. Peter Bridgeman Cocks. For political and public service. Francis Joseph Cogan, lately Chairman, Hertfordshire County Council. Douglas Cooke, Director, Royal Ordnance, Leeds plc. Robert George Cooper, Chairman, Fair Employment Agency, Northern Ireland. Professor John Terence Coppock. For services to Geography. Roy Arthur Cox, lately Chairman of Council, Building Societies Association. Ronald Duncan Cramond, Deputy Chairman, Highlands and Islands Development Board. William Peter Davey, lately Chief Executive, South Glamorgan County Council.