The New Year Honours 1955, were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1955 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1955.UK list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Ceylon list: Pakistan 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 Colonies
Baron Edgar Douglas Adrian, , President of the Royal Society, President of the British Association, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Sir William Fraser, , chairman, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Ltd. Sir Arnold Babb Gridley, , Member of Parliament for Stockport, 1935–1950, and for Stockport South since 1950. Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Members' Committee, 1946–1951. For political and public services.
Privy Councillor Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch, , Minister of Works since October 1954. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1952–1954; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, 1951–1952; Member of Parliament for Flintshire, 1945–1950, and for West Flint since 1950.
Knight Bachelor William Gordon Bennett, , Member of Parliament for the Woodside Division of Glasgow since 1950. For political and public services. David Arnold Scott Cairns, , chairman, Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission. Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark, , Dr. Lee's Professor of Anatomy, University of Oxford. William Robert Marshall Cockburn, Chief General Manager, The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Arthur Colegate, , Member of Parliament for the Wrekin Division, 1941–1945, and for the Burton Division since 1950. For political and public services. Ivor Richard Cox, . For services as managing director, Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd. William Charles Crocker, , lately President of The Law Society. Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson, , Professor of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Colonel Charles Vernon Fitton, . For political and public services in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Arthur Alexander Gemmell, , President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. George Frederick Hamer, . For public services in Wales. Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques, . For services to youth welfare. Alderman Archer Hoare, . For political and public services in Middlesex. Oscar Rudolf Hobson. For services to journalism. City Editor of the News Chronicle. Ian Macdonald Horobin, , Member of Parliament for Central Southwark, 1931–1935, and for Oldham East since 1951. For political and public services. Alderman Harold Walter Seymour Howard, Lord Mayor of London. Ronald Martin Howe, , Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Force. Colonel Francis James Gidlow Jackson, . For political and public services in Manchester and Cheshire. Norris Vaughan Kenyon, . For political and public services in Paddington. Charles Stuart McFarlane, . For political services in Scotland. Robert Reynolds Macintosh, , Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford. Robert Alexander Maclean. For services to industry in Scotland. John Mann, , Convenor, Lanarkshire County Council. Brigadier Frank Medlicott, , Member of Parliament for East Norfolk, 1939–1950, and for Central Norfolk since 1950. For political and public services. Philip Eric Millbourn, , Honorary Adviser on Shipping in Port to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation. Keith Anderson Hope Murray, chairman, University Grants Committee. John Ernest Neale, Astor Professor of English History, University of London. Wilfred John Neden, , Chief Industrial Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and National Service. Arthur Cyril Richmond, , Chairman of the Land Settlement Association and of the Federation of Agricultural Co-operatives in Great Britain and Ireland. Alfred Roberts, , General Secretary, National Association of Card, Blowing and Ring Room Operatives. Sydney Gordon Russell, , Designer and Artist. Robert Donald Scott, , Member of Parliament for the Wansbeck Division, 1940–1945, and for Penrith and the Border since 1950. Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, May–July 1945. For political and public services. Leonard Sinclair, chairman and managing director, Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. Rear-Admiral Matthew Sausse Slattery, , (Retired), chairman and managing director, Short Brothers & Harland Ltd., Belfast. Henry Spurrier, managing director, Leyland Motors Ltd. Oliver Graham Sutton, , Director of the Meteorological Office, Air Ministry. Walter Wharton Tong. For political and public services in Bolton. Colonel George Albert Wade, . For political and public services in Staffordshire. Robert Bernard Waterer, , Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenue. Thomas Adam Wedderspoon. For political and public services in Angus.
State of South Australia Edgar Layton Bean, , Parliamentary Draftsman, State of South Australia. The Honourable Frank Tennyson Perry, , a Member of the Legislative Council, State of South Australia. For public services.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Thomas Sidney Chegwidden, , Chairman of the Interim Public Service Commission, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. For public services.
Commonwealth Services James Greig Shearer, Indian Civil Service (Retired), formerly a Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna.
Colonies, Protectorates, Etc. Nicholas Bayard Dill, . For public services in Bermuda. Joseph Trounsell Gilbert, , , Chief Justice, Bermuda. Eric Hallinan, Chief Justice, Cyprus. Eldred Frederick Hitchcock. . For public services in Tanganyika. Kobina Arku Korsah, , Puisne Judge, Gold Coast. Paul George Pavlides, . For public services in Cyprus.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir John Primatt Redcliffe Maud, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Fuel and Power.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles, . Vice-Admiral (E) Frank Trowbridge Mason, .
Army Lieutenant-General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler, , (13017), late Infantry (Colonel, The Royal Sussex Regiment). Major-General Sir Thomas John Willoughby Winterton, , (5778), late Infantry.
Royal Air Force Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, .
Civil Division Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Michael Edward Adeane, , Private Secretary to The Queen. Sir Herbert Brittain, , Second Secretary, HM Treasury. Edward Abdy Fellowes, , Clerk of the House of Commons.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral William Leslie Graham Adams, . Rear-Admiral Hilary Worthington Biggs, . Rear-Admiral (E) John Garnett Cranston Given, . Surgeon Rear-Admiral James Hamilton, . Rear-Admiral Clarence Dinsmore Howard-Johnston, . Rear-Admiral (S) Alan Watson Laybourne, . Major-General Cecil Farndale Phillips, , Royal Marines. Rear-Admiral Ballin Illingworth Robertshaw, . Rear-Admiral Malcolm Walter St Leger Searle, . Rear-Admiral (E) Philip Cardwell Taylor.
Army Brigadier (temporary) Geoffrey Harding Baker, , (50806), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General George Edward Restalic Bastin, , (26948), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Denys Herbert Vintcent Buckle, , (27504), late Royal Army Service Corps. Major-General Cyril Harry Colquhoun, , (26956), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Brigadier (temporary) Robert Burrell Frederick Kinglake Goldsmith, , (38857), late Infantry. Major-General Charles William Greenway, , (27885), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General James Newton Rodney Moore, , (32071), late Foot Guards. Major-General Francis David Rome, , (33750), late Infantry. Brigadier Robert John Springhall, , (18004), late Infantry (now R.A.R.O.). Major-General Leslie Norman Tyler, , (38480), Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Cecil Leonard Morley Brown, . Air Vice-Marshal Walter Graemes Cheshire, . Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Francis Hutton, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Leonard Thomas Pankhurst, . Air Commodore Charles George Lott, . Air Commodore Walter Charles Sheen, . Acting Air Commodore Donald Randell Evans, .
Civil Division William Denis Allen, , Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office. Kenneth Anderson, , Deputy Director-General and Comptroller and Accountant General, General Post Office. William Herbert Cornish, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Brigadier Harold Powell Crosland, , chairman, Berkshire Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association. John Mathew Dick, , Solicitor to the Secretary of State for Scotland. Brigadier Sydney Thomas Divers, , Controller, Central Office, Newcastle, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. George Robert Disraeli Hogg, , Under-Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. William Rankin McGaw, Director General of Aircraft Production, Ministry of Supply. The Honourable Walter Symington Maclay, , Senior Medical Commissioner, Ministry of Health and Board of Control. Sydney William Charles Phillips, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Reginald Joseph William Stacy, Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. Burke St. John Trend, , Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. Colonel Francis William Watson, , lately chairman, County of Buckingham Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association. Maurice Gordon Whittome, Solicitor, Board of Customs and Excise. Percy Wilson, HM Inspector of Schools (Chief Inspector), Ministry of Education.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) His Highness The Right Honourable Aga Sultan Sir Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan, . The Honourable Sir Evelyn Baring, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Kenya. Sir Roger Mellor Makins, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Washington.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) The Honourable Geoffrey Cokayne Gibbs, , Chairman of the Advisory Council, Export Credits Guarantee Department. Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, , (Retired), lately vice-chairman, Imperial War Graves Commission. The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross, , Governor of the State of Tasmania. Lieutenant-General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, , Governor of the State of Queensland. The Honourable Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, , Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia; and Acting Governor of the Colony on several occasions. Edward Betham Beetham, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Windward Islands. The Right Honourable Thomas Daniel, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bahamas. Patrick Muir Renison, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, British Honduras. Sir Bryan Evers Sharwood-Smith, , Governor, Northern Region, Nigeria. The Honourable Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Stockholm. Geoffrey Wedgwood Harrison, , An Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office. Reginald Keith Jopson, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Bogota. Charles Norman Stirling, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) in Lisbon.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Norman Cecil Sommers Down, Senior Principal Inspector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue. Robert Clark McCall, assistant director of Television Broadcasting, British Broadcasting Corporation. Gerald John MacMahon, Senior Trade Commissioner and Economic Adviser to the United Kingdom High Commissioner in India. John Ivo Cecil May, , Director, Empire Cotton Growing Corporation.