The New Year Honours 1962 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 29 December 1961 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1962.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Nigeria list: Sierra Leone list: Rhodesia and Nyasaland 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 Sir (Walter) Russell Brain, . For services to Medicine. Sir Leonard Percy Lord, . For services to the motor industry. Right Honourable Sir Austin Richard William Low, , Member of Parliament for Blackpool North since 1945. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1951–1954; Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1954–1957. Deputy Chairman, Conservative Parity Organisation since 1959. For political and public services. Sir (George) Leighton Seager, , Chairman of the National Liberal Organisation. For political and public services.
Privy Councillor Herbert William Bowden, , Member of Parliament for Leicester South, 1945–1950 and for Leicester South-West since 1950. An Assistant Government Whip, 1949–1950; A Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, 1950–1951; Opposition Deputy Chief Whip, 1951–1955; Opposition Chief Whip since 1955. Sir (George) Richard Hodges Nugent, , Member of Parliament for Guidford since 1950. Joint Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1951–1957, and to Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1957–1959. Sir (John) Roland Robinson, , Member of Parliament for Widnes, 1931–1935, and for Blackpool, 1935–1945, and Blackpool South since 1945.
Baronet Sir Harry Jephcott, lately chairman, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Martin Alexander Lindsay, , Member of Parliament for Solihull since 1945. For political and public services. Colonel Jervoise Bolitho Scott, . For public services in Hampshire. Isaac Wolfson. For philanthropic services.
Knight Bachelor Gilmour Menzies Anderson, . For political services in Scotland. Leon Bagrit, chairman, Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd., Lewisham. Brigadier John Ashworth Barraclough, , chairman, Engineering Employers' Association (Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Stafford District). Captain Colin Reith Coote, , Managing Editor, The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post. John Greig Dunbar, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Angus Fraser, Solicitor of Inland Revenue. Richard Michael Fraser, . For political services. Donald Edward Evelyn Gibson, , Director-General of Works, War Office. John Anthony Langford-Holt, , Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury since 1945. For political and public services. William Kenneth Hutchison, , deputy chairman, Gas Council. James Robert Lumsden, . For political and public services in Dunbartonshire. Malcolm McDougall, chairman, J. & P. Coats, Batons & Baldwins Ltd. William MacTaggart, President of the Royal Scottish Academy. Robert Hogg Matthew, , Professor of Architecture, University of Edinburgh. Laurence James Menzies, Secretary, Export Credits Guarantee Department. Nevill Francis Mott, Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, and Master of Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. John William Nicholson, , Senior Resident Surgeon, Manor House Hospital, Golders Green. Alderman Frederick Ernest Oliver, . For political and public services in Leicester. Leslie Walter Phillips, , chairman, T. J. Jones & Co. Ltd., London, Grain Brokers. Charles Herbert Pollard, , lately City Treasurer, Kingston-upon-Hull. Joseph Rawlinson, , Chief Engineer and County Surveyor, London County Council. Edward Lionel Russell, , Chief Education Officer, Birmingham. Colonel Richard Home Studholme, , lately Sheriff, City of London. George Taylor, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Luke William Burke Teeling, , Member of Parliament for Brighton, 1944–1950, and for the Pavilion Division of Brighton since 1950. For political and public services. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Bertram Verdin, , lately President, Country Landowners' Association. Professor Graham Selby Wilson, , Director, Public Health Laboratory Service. Roy Mickel Wilson, , President of the Industrial Court.
State of Victoria Bernard Evans, , a member of the Melbourne City Council; Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, 1959–1961, State of Victoria. Kenneth George Luke, . For public services in the State of Victoria.
State of South Australia Honourable Dudley Bruce Ross, a Judge of the Supreme Court in the State of South Australia.
State of Western Australia William Frederick Samson, Mayor of the City of Fremantle, State of Western Australia.
Commonwealth Relations Edward Penderel Moon, , Indian Civil Service (Retired), formerly Adviser (Planning), Planning Commission, Government of India. Orby Howell Mootham, Indian Civil Service (Retired), formerly Chief Justice of the State of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Overseas Territories Diarmaid William Conroy, , Chief Justice, Northern Rhodesia. Learie Nicholas Constantine, , Minister of Works and Transport, Trinidad. John Osbaldiston Field, , Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service, lately Commissioner, Southern Cameroons. Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman, , Chief Justice, Gibraltar. Garnet Hamilton Gordon, , Commissioner in the United Kingdom for West Indies, British Guiana and British Honduras. John Stanley Mordecai, , Deputy Governor-General, Federation of West Indies. Lindsay Tasman Ride, , Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong University.
Tanganyika John Fletcher-Cooke, , lately Deputy Governor, Tanganyika.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir Horatius Murray, , (27245), Colonel, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (now retired). Air Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir Alexander Johnston, , chairman, Board of Inland Revenue.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Varyl Cargill Begg, . Vice-Admiral Charles Leo Glandore Evans, .
Army Lieutenant-General Robert Napier Hubert Campbell Bray, , (39414), late Infantry. Lieutenant-General Charles Leslie Richardson, , (40407), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Douglas Griffith Morris, . Acting Air Marshal George Augustus Walker, .
Civil Division Henry Hardman, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Venerable Archdeacon John Armstrong, , Chaplain of the Fleet. Rear-Admiral Walter William Hector Ash. Rear-Admiral George Ian Mackintosh Balfour, . Surgeon Rear-Admiral William Vincent Beach, . Rear-Admiral Antony Bartholomew Cole, . Rear-Admiral Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, . Rear-Admiral George David Archibald Gregory, . Rear-Admiral Desmond John Hoare. Surgeon Rear-Admiral (D) William Holgate, . Rear-Admiral Frank Roddam Twiss, .
Army Major-General Richard Hugh Barry, , (41073), late Infantry. Major-General Adam Johnstone Cheyne Block, , (39141), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General George Sinclair Cole, , (52577), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General William Robert Macfarlane Drew, , (52405), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Gerald William Duke, , (52586), late Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant Military Provost Staff Corps. Major-General Ian Cecil Harris, , (47584), late Infantry. Major-General Alan Jolly, , (49887), late Royal Armoured Corps. Major-General Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams, , (47677), late Infantry.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Sidney Richard Carlyle Nelson, . Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Alford Boyd Parselle, . Air Vice-Marshal Maxwell Edmund Massy Perkins, . Air Vice-Marshal Henry Bertram Wrigley, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Charles Stuart Moore, . Air Commodore Gareth Thomas Butler Clayton, . Air Commodore William Innes Cosmo Inness, .
Civil Division Goronwy Hopkin Daniel, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Power. Handel Davies, deputy director (Air), Royal Aircraft Establishment, Ministry of Aviation. Richard Fredrick Roberts Dunbar, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland. Lancelot Errington, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. John Hinshelwood Gibson, , Legal Secretary and Parliamentary Draftsman, Lord Advocate's Department. Francis Laurence Theodore Graham-Harrison, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Norman Percival Luscombe, Director of Armament Supply, Admiralty. Gerald John MacMahon, , Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. Edward Arthur Perren, lately Director, Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, War Office. Michael Reed, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health. David Radford Serpell, , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Winston Victor Wastie, , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Works. Tobias Rushton Weaver, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Education. Robert Andrew Wilson, Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Robert Brown Black, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong. Sir Henry Ashley Clarke, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Rome.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Brigadier Geoffrey Alex Colin Macnab, , Secretary, Government Hospitality Fund. Eric Roll, , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. John Morrice Cairns James, , British High Commissioner in Pakistan. Neil Pritchard, , British High Commissioner in Tanganyika. Major-General Sir Julian Alvery Gascoigne, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda. Clive Loehnis, , Director, Government Communications Headquarters. Dermot Francis MacDermot, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Bangkok. Francis Ralph Hay Murray, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) in Athens. Ian Dixon Scott, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) in Khartoum.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Albert Reginald Ashford, Assistant Secretary, Board of Customs and Excise. William Stanley Hindson, managing director, Indian Steelworks Construction Co. Ltd. Geoffrey Masterman Wilson, lately Under-secretary, HM Treasury. Alwyn Bowman Barker. For public and municipal services in the State of South Australia. Clyde Edwin Clements, . For public services in the State of Victoria. Percy Gordon Deedes, , Chairman of the Natural Resources Board, Southern Rhodesia. John Baines Johnston, British High Commissioner in Sierra Leone. Bruce Shearer. For public services in the State of Queensland. George Arthur Brown, Director, Central Planning Unit, Government of Jamaica. John Henry Butter, , Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Kenya. Harvey Lloyd Da Costa, , Federal Attorney-General, West Indies. Barry Owen Barton Gidden, Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office. Bryan Audley St. John Hepburn, Financial Secretary, Sarawak. Thomas Neil, , Permanent Secretary, Office of the Chief Secretary, Kenya. Thomas Oates, , Financial Secretary, Aden. Richard Evelyn Stone, Resident, Buganda. Christopher Swabey, formerly Forestry Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, now with the Department of Technical Co-operation. Frederick Maginley Thomas, Minister of Native Affairs, Northern Rhodesia.