The New Year Honours 1984 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 1983 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1984 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom list: New Zealand and the Cook Islands,New Zealand and Cook Islands list: Fiji,Fiji list: the Bahamas,Bahamas list: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea list: the Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Saint Lucia,Saint Lucia list: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,St. Vincent and the Grenadines list: and Antigua and Barbuda.Antigua & Barbuda 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
Baron Life Peers The Right Honourable Arthur George Bottomley, , Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1959, and from 1962 to 1983. Minister of Overseas Development 1966–67, and formerly holder of other Ministerial posts. Sir Peter Gordon Henderson, , lately Clerk of the Parliaments. The Honourable Robert Alistair McAlpine, Joint Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative and Unionist Party. The Right Honourable Frederick William Mulley, Member of Parliament for the Park Division of Sheffield 1950–83. Secretary of State for Defence 1976–79 and formerly holder of other Ministerial posts.
Privy Counsellor Kenneth Wilfred Baker, , Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry. Member of Parliament for Mole Valley. Kenneth Harry Clarke, , Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security. Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe. Alexander Patric Greysteil, The Earl of Gowrie, Minister for the Arts.
Knight Bachelor John Badenoch, Consultant Physician, Oxfordshire District Health Authority. Richard John Bailey, , Chairman, Royal Doulton Tableware (Holdings) Ltd. Maurice Edward Bathurst, . For services to International and Comparative Law. Timothy Hugh Bevan, Chairman, Barclays Bank PLC. Paul Anthony Bramley, Professor of Dental Surgery, University of Sheffield. James William Alexander Burnet (Alastair Burnet). For services to journalism and broadcasting. Lawrence Byford, , H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary. John Robert Cater, lately Chairman, The Distillers Company PLC. Oswald Davies, , Chairman, Amec PLC. Reginald Edwin Eyre, . For Political and Public Service. Geoffrey Finsberg, . For Political and Public Service. Richard Brinsley Ford, . For services to the Arts. Anthony Stuart Garner. For Political Service. Arthur Abraham Gold, . For services to Sport. Patrick Hamill, , Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones, . For Political and Public Service. Peter Stewart Lane. For Political Service in the South of England. Christopher Donald Lawson. For Political Service. Spencer Le Marchant. For Political and Public Service. Edwin Ronald Nixon, , Chairman and Chief Executive, IBM United Kingdom (Holdings) Ltd. Dimitri Obolensky, Professor of Russian and Balkan History, University of Oxford. Kenneth Johnston Sharp, , lately Head of Government Accountancy Service, Department of Trade and Industry. Philip Shelbourne, Chairman, Britoil PLC. William James Simpson, lately Chairman, Health and Safety Commission. Thomas Richard Edmund Southwood, Linacre Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. John Sparrow, lately Director-General, Central Policy Review Staff. Michael Ian Bowstead Straker, . For public services in the North East. John Henry Alan Swinson, . For public services in Northern Ireland. Peter Anthony Thompson, Chairman and Chief Executive, National Freight Consortium plc. John Robert Vane. For services to pharmaceutical research. Gerard Folliott Vaughan, . For Political and Public service. Alan John Ralph Veale, Managing Director, GEC Power Engineering Ltd. For services to Export. Peter Ingram Walters, Chairman, The British Petroleum Company PLC. David Mackenzie Wilson, Director, British Museum.
Australian States State of Queensland Dr. Llewellyn Roy Edwards, . For services to government and parliament.
State of Tasmania Geoffrey James Foot. For services to the community.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir George Cooper, , (357063), Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel The Queen's Gurkha Engineers, Colonel Commandant Royal Pioneer Corps.
Civil Division Sir Brian Crossland Cubbon, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Edward Rosebery Anson. Vice Admiral David Worthington Brown.
Army Lieutenant General Charles Richard Huxtable, , (420858), Colonel Commandant The King's Division, Colonel The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Lieutenant General Joseph David Frederick Mostyn, , (397994), Colonel Commandant The Light Division, Colonel Commandant Army Legal Corps. Lieutenant General Richard Frederick Vincent, , (417555), Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Honorary Colonel 100th (Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) Territorial Army.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Donald Percy Hall, .
Civil Division Gordon Stanley Downey, , Comptroller and Auditor General. Peter Edward Middleton, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral John Phillip Edwards, . Rear Admiral John Scott Grove, . Rear Admiral David Edward Macey. The Venerable Archdeacon Raymond Harcourt Roberts, .
Army Major General Joseph Porter Crowdy, , (399616), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major General Jonathan Hugh Baillie Dent, , (400735), late 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards. Major General John Patrick Groom, , (403475), Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Engineers (now RARO). Major General Richard Martyn Jerram, , (397291), Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment. Major General Barry Michael Lane, , (433169), Colonel The Light Infantry. Major General Martin Henry Sinnatt (393289), late Royal Tank Regiment.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Robert Leslie Davis, (Retired). Air Vice-Marshall Laurence Alfred Jones, . Air Vice-Marshal Richard Charles Fairfax Peirse. Air Commodore Irene Joyce Harris, , Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.
Civil Division Frank Graham Allen, Clerk of the Journals, House of Commons. John Francis Holroyd Barker, Principal Director, Ministry of Defence. Rex Alan Browning, Deputy Secretary, Overseas Development Administration. William Dermott, Head of Agricultural Science Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Jack Gill, Secretary, Export Credits Guarantee Department. John Stuart Goldsmith, Director General, Defence Accounts, Ministry of Defence. Terence Michael Heiser, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. Edmund Rawlings Reward, Chief Master of the Supreme Court (Chancery Division). Geoffrey Gordon Hulme, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Ivor Harry Lightman, Deputy Secretary, Welsh Office. John Howard Locke, Director, Health and Safety Executive. William Derek Collier Lyddon, Chief Planning Officer, Scottish Development Department. Ivor Thomas Manley, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy. David Bryan Rogers, Deputy Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue. Peter William Rumble, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment. Richard Maybury Hastie-Smith, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Stanley Anthony Treleaven Warren, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Robert James Weir, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland.
Australian States State of Queensland Dr. Douglas George Wilson, Government Medical Officer.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Hugh Cortazzi, , HM Ambassador, Tokyo. Sir James Craig, , HM Ambassador, Jedda.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Richard Mark Evans, , HM Ambassador-designate, Peking. Charles Sydney Rycroft Giffard, , HM Ambassador-designate, Tokyo. John Edward Jackson, , HM Ambassador, Brussels. Philip Robert Aked Mansfield, , HM Ambassador, The Hague.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) David Alan Nicholls, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Hugh James Arbuthnott, lately Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Paris. Nicholas Peter Bayne, H.M. Ambassador, Kinshasa. Anthony David Brighty, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Lisbon. Kevin Francis Xavier Burns, British High Commissioner, Accra. Richard Dennis Cleft, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Eileen Denza, lately Legal Counsellor, Office of the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Community, Brussels. Reginald Eric Holloway, H.M. Consul-General, Toronto. Keith Gordon MacInnes, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Richard Oliver Miles, H.M. Ambassador-designate, Tripoli. Alan Gordon Munro, H.M. Ambassador-designate, Algiers. Michael Edmund Pike, H.M. Ambassador, Hanoi. Gerald Chierici Warner, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Australian States State of Queensland Keith Williams. For service to the community.
Royal Victorian Order
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Lady Susan Katharine Hussey, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Major Derek Swithin Allhusen. Muriel Murray Brown, . Michael William Leonard. John Philip Brooke Brooke-Little, . Alexander Morrison, .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Fourth Class Jane Egerton Warburton. John French, . Leonard John Gost. Joshua Alexander Loss, . Commander Alick Christopher Moore, Royal Navy. John Inglis Drever Pottinger. Graham Tullis Ross. Commander Simon Nicholas Guy Sloot, Royal Navy.
Fifth Class Cherrill Diana Auton. Jane Bartlett. Inspector Stephen Orme Burgess, Metropolitan Police. Fiona Margaret Fletcher. Richard Saxon French, . Squadron Leader Christopher Max Gerig, Royal Air Force. David Bertram Fenn Gorringe. Peter Dawson Hartley. Superintendent Brian Peter Jeffery, Metropolitan Police. Squadron Leader Hugh Northey, Royal Air Force.
Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver Police Constable Stanley Reid Buchan, Metropolitan Police. Police Constable Andrew Craig, Metropolitan Police. Cyril John Crowe. William Fenwick. Anne Gardner. George Whyte Gordon. Philip Greenaway. Police Constable Anthony William Haines, Metropolitan Police. Police Constable Andrew Merrylees, Metropolitan Police. Violet Agnes Minell. K4288209 Chief Technician John Wakeham, Royal Air Force. Chief Petty Officer Steward Terence Jack Warner, D060267U.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Military Division Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, , Royal Air Force.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Guinevere, Lady Tilney. For Political and Public Service. Helen Mary Warnock. For Public Service.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Army Lieutenant General Geoffrey Hugh Whitby Howlett, , (411979), late The Parachute Regiment, Colonel Commandant Army Catering Corps.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal John Bernard Fitzpatrick, , Royal Air Force.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore Anthony Casdagli. Captain George Kenneth Beattie, , Royal Navy Reserve. Captain Richard James Husk. Captain Hugh William Young, .
Army Brigadier Christopher John Airy (433040), late Scots Guards. Brigadier Michael Anthony Aris (439934), late The Royal Anglian Regiment. Brigadier Francis Guy Barton (403385), late Corps of Royal Engineers.