The New Year Honours 1985 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 1984 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1985 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom list: New Zealand,New Zealand list: Barbados,Barbados list: Mauritius,Mauritius list: Fiji,Fiji list: the Bahamas,Bahamas list: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea list: the Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Tuvalu,Tuvalu list: Saint LuciaSt. Lucia list: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,St. Vincent & Grenadines 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 and Commonwealth
Life Peer Baroness Dame Mary Warnock, , Senior Research Fellow, St. Hugh's College, Oxford University.
Baron Francis Joseph Chapple, former General Secretary, Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union. The Right Honourable Lionel Murray, , lately General Secretary, Trades Union Congress. Nigel Vinson, , Chairman, Development Commission. President, Industrial Participation Association.
Privy Counsellor Sir Frederic Bennett, , Member of Parliament for Torbay. Sir Bernard Braine, , Member of Parliament for Castle Point. Beatrice Nancy, Baroness Seear, Liberal Party Leader, House of Lords.
Knight Bachelor James Blyth, Head of Defence Sales, Ministry of Defence. Gordon Charles Brunton, Managing Director and Chief Executive, International Thomson Organization plc. John Michael Carlisle, Chairman, Trent Regional Health Authority. William David Coats, Chairman, Coats Patons plc. John Alfred Cumber, , Director-General, The Save The Children Fund. Peter Howard Darby, , HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services for England and Wales. (Arthur) Paul Dean, . For Political Service. Diarmuid Downs, . For services to the study of Engineering Technology. Kenneth Durham, Chairman, Unilever plc. Reginald Goodall, , Conductor. For services to Music. Roy Pollard Harding, . For services to education. Robert Haslam, Chairman, British Steel Corporation, Chairman, Tate & Lyle plc. Christopher Anthony Hogg, Chairman, Courtaulds plc. Professor John Frank Charles Kingman, Chairman, Science and Engineering Research Council. Professor William Hunter McCrea. For services to Theoretical Astronomy. William Fergus Montgomery, . For Political Service. Rear-Admiral Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles, . For Political Service. Robin Buchanan Nicholson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Cabinet Office. Norman John Payne, , Chairman, British Airports Authority. William Stanley Peart, Professor of Medicine, University of London. John Anthony Quayle, . For services to the Theatre. Professor Charles Randolph Quirk, , Vice-Chancellor, University of London. Peter William John Reynolds, , Chairman, Rank Hovis McDougall plc. Adam Nicholas Ridley. For Political Service. David Robinson. For charitable services. Jeffrey Maurice Sterling, . For public and industrial services. Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell, . For Political Service. Lynton Stuart White, . For Political and Public Service.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Rogerio Hyndman Lobo, . For public services in Hong Kong. Arthur Michael Wood, . For medical services to the community in Kenya.
Australian States State of Queensland Sydney Schubert, Co-ordinator-General, Premier's Department. Hercules Sinnamon . For services to the community.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Kennedy, , Royal Air Force.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt, , Royal Navy. Lieutenant General John Lyon Chapple, , (410821), late 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles). Acting Air Marshal Joseph Alfred Gilbert, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Peter Esmond Lazarus, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Transport. Michael Edward Quinlan, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral William Alleyne Higgins, . Rear Admiral Geoffrey Gordon Ward Marsh, .
Army Major General Keith Burch, , (418208), late The Royal Anglian Regiment. Major General Alastair Wesley Dennis, , (420824), late 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers. Major General Richard Eustace John Gerrard-Wright, , (407841), late The Royal Anglian Regiment. Major General Ronald Matthew Pearson, , (283274), late Royal Army Dental Corps. Major General George Michael Geoffrey Swindells (400534), late 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's). Major General John Peter Barry Condliffe Watts, , (415012), late Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th).
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Peter Spencer Collins, . Air Vice-Marshal Robin Lowther Lees, . Air Vice-Marshal Henry Alan Merriman, , (Retired).
Civil Division Arthur Kingsley Hall Atkinson, Chief Executive, Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce. William Reay Atkinson, Regional Director, North East Regional Office, Department of Trade and Industry. John Bolton, Chief Works Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. Norman Eley Clarke, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Kenneth Playfair Duncan, Deputy Director-General, Health and Safety Executive. John Ellis, Deputy Director (Vehicles), Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Ministry of Defence. David Ewart Riley Faulkner, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Euan Douglas Graham, lately Principal Clerk of Private Bills, House of Lords. Donald David Grant, Director General, Central Office of Information. Anthony John Gower Isaac, Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue. Peter George Edward Fitzgerald Jones, Director, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Ministry of Defence. Brian Percival Tickle, Senior Registrar, Principal Registry of the Family Division, High Court of Justice. Michael John Ware, Solicitor and Legal Adviser, Department of the Environment. Ian Matthew Wilson, Under Secretary, Scottish Education Department.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) William Bentley, , HM Ambassador, Oslo. Alan Clowes Goodison, , HM Ambassador, Dublin. Cynlais Morgan James, , HM Ambassador, Mexico City. Robert Mark Russell, , HM Ambassador, Ankara.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Donald Francis Ballentyne, HM Consul-General, Los Angeles. John Dixon Ikle Boyd, lately Counsellor, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York. Richard Eagleson Gordon Burges Watson, HM Consul-General, Milan. John David Fay, lately Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. Giles Eden Fitzherbert, Minister, HM Embassy, Rome. Anthony Charles Galsworthy, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alistair John Hunter, Counsellor and Head of Chancery, HM Embassy, Bonn. Ronald Alexander McDonald, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Michael David Thomas, , Attorney-General, Hong Kong. Philip John Weston, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. David Clive Wilson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Australian States State of Queensland Reginald Murray Williams. For services to the outback community of Australia.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Colonel Hugh Trefusis Brassey, . Major Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, . Lieutenant General Sir David George House, . Russell Dillon Wood, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) The Very Reverend Professor John McIntyre. Mona Mitchell, . Major General Desmond Hind Garrett Rice, .
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Michael Colborne. John Kenneth Holroyd. Michael Sinclair MacAuslan Shea. Nigel Ralph Southward. Wing Commander Brian Peter Synnott, Royal Air Force. Commander Cecil William Whittington, , Royal Navy (Retired).
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Amanda Kate Atwell. Warrant Officer Kenneth Broddle (E2454544), Royal Air Force. John Foster. Margaret Alice Gilmour, . Gerald Stephen Grote. Rosemary Joan Johnston. John David Bowes Mordaunt. Elizabeth Winifred Kate Pearce. Sergeant Major Cyril Horace Phillips, , The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Elizabeth Clare Potts. Inspector Peter Reginald Prentice, Metropolitan Police. The Honourable Priscilla Jane Stephanie Roberts. Chief Yeoman Warder William John Russell. Chief Inspector Colin Leslie Haywood-Trimming, Metropolitan Police.
Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver John Armstrong. Horace James Bradbury. Robert James Brant. Muriel Bertha Bryant. Police Constable Dennis George Claydon, Metropolitan Police. P8077871 Sergeant Peter Frederick Coy, Royal Air Force. Kenneth Dowson. Kenneth Claude Dunstan. Peggy Gladys Hoath. Petty Officer Steward Michael Luigi Lumsden, DO71110Q. Roger Ian Oliver. Patrick Norman Pope. Olive Rattle. Police Sergeant William James Reid, Metropolitan Police. Wilfred Sollitt. Police Constable William Norman Thornborrow, Metropolitan Police. Arthur James White.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Military Division General Sir Frank Kitson, , (362061), Colonel Commandant 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets, Honorary Colonel Oxford University Officers' Training Corps Territorial Army.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Lieutenant General William Cameron Moffat, , (438315), late Royal Army Medical Corps.
Civil Division The Right Honourable Edward Dillon Lott du Cann. For Political and Public Service.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List John David Gibbons. For public services in Bermuda.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore David Henry Morse, . Captain Raymond Harry Norman. Commodore Hugo Moresby White.
Army Colonel Eric Hugh Barker, , (463307), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier Harry Gregorius Brown (442113), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Colonel Brian Trevor John, , (471966), late The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) Territorial Army. Colonel James Frederick Junor Johnston (461457), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Brigadier Frederick John Lucas (419294), Royal Pioneer Corps. Brigadier Anthony John Griffin Pollard (446685), late The Royal Anglian Regiment. Brigadier Peter Gerald Sandeman Tower (424488), late Coldstream Guards.
Royal Air Force Air Commodore Eric Norman Meats, (Retired). Air Commodore Derek Arthur Saunders. Group Captain Peter John Harding, . Group Captain Richard Edward Johns, .
Civil Division Richard Clarke Allan, , lately Assistant Secretary, Scottish Home and Health Department. Thomas David Williams Astorga, Director, Building Division, Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service. Ronald Eric George Back, Managing Director, National Networks, British Telecom plc. John Richard Thomas Bailey, , Chief Constable, Ministry of Defence Police. Alan George Bamford, Principal, Westhill College, Birmingham. Josephine Clare Barstow (Mrs. A. Anderson), Opera Singer. Basil Bean, Chief Executive, Merseyside Development Corporation. Harry Crombie Beveridge, . For Political and Public Service. Michael Bird, Chairman, Massey Ferguson Holdings Ltd. Professor John Ivan George Cadogan, Director of Research, British Petroleum John Ashton Cannon, Professor of Modern History, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.