The New Year Honours 1957 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 in supplements to the London Gazette of 28 December 1956 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1957.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list:
At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours 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 The Right Honourable Sir Edward Bridges, , Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, and Official Head of Civil Service, 1945–1956. Sir Robert John Sinclair, . For public services.
Privy Counsellors Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster, , Member of Parliament for York since 1950, Solicitor-General since 1954. The Honourable Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, , Chief Justice, Federal Supreme Court, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Baronet Commander Peter Garnett Agnew, Royal Navy (Retd.), , Member of Parliament for Camborne, 1931–1950, and for Worcestershire South since 1955; Conservative Whip, 1945–1950. For political and public services.
Knight Bachelor David Stirling Anderson, Director, Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow. George Lindor Brown, , Jodrell Professor of Physiology, University College, London. Major Egbert Cadbury, . For public services in Somerset and Gloucestershire. John Johnston Campbell, Chairman, Committee of Scottish Bank General Managers. Henry Channon, , Member of Parliament for Southend-on-Sea, 1935–1950, and for Southend West since 1950. For political and public services. Alderman Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen. Lately Sheriff of the City of London. Archibald James Dirom Crawford. For political services in the West of England. John Norman Dean, Chairman, Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd. Josiah Eccles, , Deputy Chairman (Operations), Central Electricity Authority. George Robert Edwards, , Managing Director, Aircraft Division, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. James Frederick Emery, . For political and public services in Salford. Frank Guy Clavering Fison. For political and public services in Suffolk. Herbert John Gordon Griffin, , Secretary, Council for the Preservation of Rural England. Lieutenant-Colonel Roland Vaughan Gwynne, . For public services in Sussex. Noel Frederick Hall, Principal of the Administrative Staff College, Henley-on-Thames. Samuel Hoare, , Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Edward George Warris Hulton. For services to journalism. Bertram Long, , Senior Registrar, Principal Probate Registry. Charles Carnegie Martin, , Chief Constable, Liverpool City Police Force. Colonel Jackson Millar, . For political and public services in Scotland. Raymond Walter Needham, . For political and public services. Basil Edward Nield, , Member of Parliament for the City of Chester, 1940–1956. For political and public services. William Leonard Owen, , Director of Engineering, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's Industrial Group. Kenneth Wade Parkinson. For political and public services in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Frederick John Pascoe. For political services. Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe, , Member of Parliament for Windsor since 1942. A Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury and a Government Whip, May–July 1945, and a Conservative Whip, 1945–1946. For political and public services. Charles David Read, , President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Archibald Safford, , Deputy Commissioner under the National Insurance Acts, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. John Roughton Simpson, , Controller, HM Stationery Office. C. P. Snow, , Commissioner and Scientific Adviser, Civil Service Commission. John Landale Train, , Member, British Transport Commission. Hugh Watson, Deputy Keeper of Her Majesty's Signet. James Mann Wordie, . For services to Polar exploration; Master, St. John's College, University of Cambridge.
State of South Australia Mark Ledingham Mitchell, Professor of Biochemistry, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide, State of South Australia.
State of Victoria William John Jungwirth, , Permanent Head of the Premier's Department, State of Victoria; principal Liaison Officer for various Australian State Governments in connection with the Olympic Games in Melbourne. The Honourable John Gladstone Black McDonald, , a former Premier and Treasurer in the State of Victoria; has rendered special services in connection with the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Professor George Whitecross Paton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
Commonwealth Relations John Crawford Burns, the representative in Bombay of James Finlay & Co. Ltd., and a Director of other companies in India.
Overseas Territories Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola, Chief Justice, Western Region, Nigeria. Alfred John Ainley, , Chief Justice, Eastern Region, Nigeria. Edward Baglietto Cottrell, . For public services in Gibraltar. Leonard Courtney Hannays, . For public services in Trinidad. Amar Nath Maini, . For public services in Uganda. Brigadier William Eric Halstead Scupham, . For public services in Tanganyika. Douglas Tremayne Waring, . For public services in the Federation of Malaya. Ernest Hillas Williams, Chief Justice, Sarawak, Brunei, and North Borneo.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir Charles Falkland Loewen, , (17987), late Royal Regiment of Artillery; Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery. General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler, , (13017), late Infantry; Colonel, The Royal Sussex Regiment. Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle, , Royal Air Force.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice-Admiral John Peter Lorne Reid, . Lieutenant-General Campbell Richard Hardy, . Lieutenant-General William Henry Stratton, , (27948), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Air Marshal Andrew McKee, , Royal Air Force. Air Marshal Hubert Leonard Patch, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir James Ian Cormack Crombie, , Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise. Sir Maurice Joseph Dean, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry. Edward Wilder Playfair, , , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, War Office.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Philip Whitworth Burnett, . Rear-Admiral Robert Alexander Currie, . Rear-Admiral George Verner Motley Dolphin, . Major-General Halford David Fellowes, . Rear-Admiral Ralph Lindsay Fisher, . Major-General Frank Cyril Horton, . Rear-Admiral John Gilchrist Thesiger Inglis, . Rear-Admiral John David Luce, . Rear-Admiral Lancelot Arthur Babington Peile, . Rear-Admiral William John Yendell.
Army Major-General John D'Arcy Anderson, , (42399), late Royal Armoured Corps. Major-General Richard Neville Anderson, , (38648), late Infantry. Major-General George Patrick Demaine Blacker, , (34570), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Robert Napier Hubert Campbell Bray, , (39414), late Infantry. Major-General Alfred Edward Campbell, , (30235), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Ronald Albert Bramwell Davis, , (33622), late Infantry. Major-General John Robert Crosse Hamilton, , (34438), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General William Gordon Roe, , (44171), late Royal Army Service Corps. Major-General and Chief Paymaster Owen Patrick James Rooney, , (17894), Royal Army Pay Corps. Major-General Ralph Younger, , (33496), late Royal Armoured Corps; Colonel, 7th Queen's Own Hussars.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal James Laurence Fuller Fuller-Good, . Air Vice-Marshal Maurice Lionel Heath, . Air Vice-Marshal John Conrad Neely, . Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Luis Worthington, . Air Commodore Eric Scott Butler, . Air Commodore Arthur Edmond Clouston, . Air Commodore Dudley Spencer Radford, . Air Commodore Alexander Mitchell Rodgers.
Civil Division William Armstrong, , Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. Brigadier Euston Edward Francis Baker, , Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, County of Middlesex. John Frederic Allan Baker, Chief Engineer, Highways Engineering Staff, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Bertie Kennedy Blount, Deputy Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys, , lately Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health. Lindsay Gordon Davidson, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture for Scotland. John Alexander Drew, Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. Ludovic James Dunnett, , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Supply. Richard Lyons Alers Hankey, Principal Assistant Solicitor, Office of HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. William Andrew Hardie Hepburn, Under-Secretary, National Assistance Board. Alexander Currie Hill, Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. Victor Albert George Lambert, , Director-General of Armaments Production, Ministry of Supply. Brigadier John Alexander Longmore, , Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, County of Hertford. Graham Russell Mitchell, , Attached War Office. Gerald Richard Paling, , Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions. Sir Henry Campbell de la Poer Beresford-Peirse, , Deputy Director-General, Forestry Commission. Bernard Frank Pool, , Director of Navy Contracts, Admiralty. Ronald Herbert Purcell, Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office.
Order of Merit (OM) Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, .
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Pierson John Dixon, , Permanent United Kingdom Representative to the United Nations.
Honorary Knight Grand Cross Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Muhammad, , His Highness The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Colonel Sir (Arthur) Stanley Angwin, , Chairman, Commonwealth Telecommunications Board. Formerly Chairman, Cable & Wireless The Right Honourable William Edward, Viscount Harcourt, , Financial Adviser and Minister Economic, Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington. Oswald Raynor Arthur, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Falkland Islands, (Governor and Commander-in-Chief (designate), Bahamas). Colville Montgomery Deverell, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Windward Islands. Maurice Henry Dorman, , Governor, Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral, Sierra Leone. Roger Allen, , lately Minister at Her Majesty's Embassy in Bonn. Paul Henry Gore-Booth, , lately Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Rangoon. Eric Malcolm Jones, , Director of Government Communications Headquarters, Foreign Office. D'Arcy Patrick Reilly, , Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) John Harold Devine, . For services as Director, Export Services Branch, Board of Trade. Reginald John Halsey, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, General Post Office. Guy Elwin Millard, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Alun Michael Morgan, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service. Arthur Kingscote Potter, , Counsellor, United Kingdom Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. John Muir Anderson. For services in connection with political and charitable organisations in the State of Victoria. The Honourable Thomas Hugh William Beadle, , a Judge of the High Court, and formerly a Minister, in Southern Rhodesia. John Adrian Fargher, Railways Commissioner, South Australian Railways. John Morrice Cairns James, , Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Pakistan.