The 1980 New Year Honours 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 31 December 1979 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1980.United Kingdom list: New Zealand list:

Names and titles of recipients are shown as they appeared in this honours list.

United Kingdom

Knights Bachelor Harry Jefferson Barnes, C.B.E., Director, Glasgow School of Art. Professor James William Longman Beament, Chairman, Natural Environment Research Council. Charles William Bell, C.B.E. For political service in Scotland. Ronald McMillan Bell, Q.C., M.P. For political and public service. Professor Max Beloff, College at Buckingham. Principal of University Austin Ernest Bide, Chairman and Chief Executive, Glaxo Holdings Ltd. William Gibson Haig Clark, M.P. For political and public service. Robert James Clayton, C.B.E., Technical Director, The General Electric Company Ltd. Walter Clegg, M.P. For political and public service. Kenneth George Corfield, Chairman, Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. For services to Export. Colin Rex Davis, C.B.E., Music Director, Royal Opera, Covent Garden. John Rogers Ellis, M.B.E., General Physician and Dean, London Hospital Medical College. Nigel Gordon Foulkes, Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority. John Drury Grugeon. For service to local government in Kent. John Donald Brown Junor, Editor, Sunday Express. Philip Douglas Knights, C.B.E., Q.P.M., Chief Constable, West Midlands Police. Leslie Francis Knipe, M.B.E. For political service in Wales. Ronald Graeme Millar. For political service. Richard O'Brien, D.S.O., M.C., Chairman, Manpower Services Commission. Stanley Paul Osmond, C.B., Secretary to the Church Commissioners for England. The Right Honourable Rodney Graham Page, M.B.E., M.P. For political and public service. David Elmer Woodbine Parish, C.B.E. For services to Education. Professor Michael Moissey Postan. For services to Economic History. The Honourable John Davan Sainsbury, Chairman, J. Sainsbury Ltd. David Perronet Sells. For political service in Eastern England. Charles Barry Shaw, C.B., Q.C., Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland. Peter Faulkner Shepheard, C.B.E. For services to Architecture. Eric Roy Sisson, Executive Chairman, Smiths Industries Ltd. For services to Export. Arthur Godfrey Taylor, Chairman, Association of Metropolitan Authorities. William Henry Trethowan, C.B.E., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham. Ian Murray McKellen, CBE, Actor. Eric Weiss, President, Foseco Minsep Ltd. For services to Export. Hugh David Hamilton Wills, C.B.E., T.D., D.L. For services to the Ditchley Foundation. Mr Justice Moshe Chaim Efraim Philip Biron, Judge of the High Court, Dar es Salaam. Joseph Gold, lately General Counsel to the International Monetary Fund.

State of Victoria The Honourable William Gordon Fry, of Beaumaris. For distinguished service to the Parliament of Victoria.

State of Queensland Clarence Arthur Campbell Leggett, M.B.E., of Kenmore. For distinguished and dedicated services to surgery and the community. Keith Douglas Morris, C.B.E., of Wellers Hill, for distinguished and dedicated service to the building industry and to the people of Queensland.

State of Western Australia The Honourable Desmond Henry O'Neil, of South Como. Deputy Premier of Western Australia.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir David Fraser, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.D.C. Gen., late Grenadier Guards.

Civil Division Sir Douglas William Gretton Wass, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Stephen Ferrier Berthon. Vice-Admiral John David Elliott Fieldhouse.

Army Major General Frank Edward Kitson, C.B.E., M.C., Colonel Commandant 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets. Major General Richard George Lawson, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Royal Tank Regiment.

Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Thomas Lawrie Kennedy, C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Brian David Hayes, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The Right Honourable Sir Philip Brian Cecil Moore, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G., Private Secretary to The Queen and Keeper of Her Majesty's Archives.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Edward James William Flower. Rear Admiral Peter Beauchamp Hogg. Rear Admiral John Richard Danford Nunn.

Army Major General Peter Lester Spurgeon. Brigadier Anne Field, A.D.C. Hon., Women's Royal Army Corps. Major General Francis William Edward Fursdon, M.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General Laurie William Albert Gingell, O.B.E., late Royal Tank Regiment (now R.A.R.O.). Major General John Vincent Homan, late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major General Francis Michael Sexton, O.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Peter Edward Bairsto, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey William Cloutman, Q.H.D.S., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Peter Anthony Latham, A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Darrell Clive Arthur Lloyd, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division John Alvey, Deputy Controller, R. & D. Establishments and Research, and Chief Scientist, Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence. John Anderson Armstrong, O.B.E., T.D., Master of the Court of Protection. Ralph Benjamin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Alexander Bergin, Deputy Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department. John Handel Clement, Under Secretary, Welsh Office. Gordon Stanley Downey, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. George Edward Emery, Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Noel John Bebbington Evans, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. John Egerton Grey, Clerk Assistant, House of Lords. Peter Harvey, Legal Adviser, Department of Education and Science. Henry Leonard James, lately Press Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. Richard Austin James, M.C., Under Secretary, Home Office. Donald James Kirkness, Deputy Secretary, Overseas Development Administration. Hans Hubertus Liesner, Chief Economic Adviser, Department of Industry and Trade. Roy Kenneth Price, Under Secretary, Office of HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. David Andrew Michael Pring, M.C., Clerk of Committees, House of Commons. Archibald Louden Rennie, Secretary, Scottish Home and Health Department. Anthony Savage, Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Elizabeth Catherine, Mrs. Shore, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. Alexander Silverleaf, Director, Transport and Road Research Laboratory, Department of Transport.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Antony Duff, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O., D.S.C., Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir Donald Tebbit, K.C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Canberra.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Michael Dacres Butler, C.M.G., United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Communities, Brussels. Walter Robert Haydon, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Dublin. John Charles Moir Mason, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Tel Aviv. Brian John Maynard Tovey, Director, Government Communications Headquarters. Michael Scott Weir, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Cairo.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Robert Brash, H.M. Consul-General, Düsseldorf. The Right Reverend George Cardell Briggs, lately Anglican Bishop of the Seychelles. Alan Brooke Turner, Minister, H.M. Embassy, Moscow. Bryan George Cartledge, H.M. Ambassador (designate), Budapest. Martin Kenneth Ewans, Deputy British High Commissioner, New Delhi. Roy Fox, O.B.E., H.M. Consul-General, Houston. Roger Blaise Ramsay Hervey, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, The Hague. Rex Masterman Hunt, lately Deputy British High Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur. Gordon Wesley Jewkes, H.M. Consul-General, Cleveland. The Honourable Ivor Thomas Mark Lucas, H.M. Ambassador, Muscat. Philip Louis Victor Mallet, British High Commissioner, Georgetown. Achilles Symeon Papadopoulos, M.V.O., M.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Maputo Robin William Renwick, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Jeremy Cashel Thomas, H.M. Ambassador, Luxembourg. Michael Charlton Whittall, O.B.E., Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

State of New South Wales Lawford Richardson, of Killara. For service to the community.

State of Victoria Robert Taylor Balderstone, M.C., of Wellington. For service to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria.

State of Queensland Leonard Thomas Knevitt, of Surfers Paradise. For services to the business community.

State of South Australia Gordon Desmond Combe, M.C., of Edwardstown. For public service.

State of Western Australia Slade Drake-Brockman, of Dalkeith. For his role in the 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Keith William Edwards, C.B.E., of Mosman Park. For services in the rural, commercial and community service fields.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Major Sir James Rennie Maudslay, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., M.B.E.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Brigadier Sir Alexander Abel Smith, T.D., J.P. Mark Baring, C.V.O. Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Carreras, M.B.E. Air Commodore Archie Little Winskill, C.V.O., C.B.E., D.F.C., A.E.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Philip Ayrton Grime, veterinary surgeon at Ascot John William George Barratt. Lieutenant Colonel Peter Thomas Clifton, D.S.O. Major William Richard Hern. Lady Ariel Olivia Winifred Keith. John William Rolfe Kempe. Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Bt. Francis Michael Nunan, M.V.O. Michael Roger Ernest Ruffer, M.V.O., T.D. Charles Gordon Taylor, O.B.E., Q.P.M. The Reverend Prebendary Sidney Austen Williams.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Fourth Class Lieutenant Colonel Charles Maynard Adderley. Fiona Violet, Mrs Aird. Commander Graham John Tyrrell Creedy, Royal Navy. Commander David Hart-Dyke, Royal Navy. Catherine Taylor Morton, Mrs Green. Wing Commander Stanley Kitchen, A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Peter Scott Larkman. Ronald McCulloch Matheson. Francis Nigel, Major the Lord Napier and Ettrick. Commander John Ernest Porter, Royal Navy. Felicity Margaret Salisbury Simpson, M.V.O.

Fifth Class John Edward Langford Bannister. Miss Ivy Vera Edmond. Geoffrey Charles Francis. Wilfrid Edward Hall. Brenda Mary, Mrs Hodgson. Joan Kathleen, Mrs Jackson. James McLachlan. Patricia Cranwill, Mrs Ranking.

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Jack George Albert Beard. Acting Chief Petty Officer Steward James Maclaine Bell. Arthur Haviland Birch. Reginald Edwin Cammell. Miss Bridget Conroy. Police Constable Leslie Thomas Day, Metropolitan Police. Robert Gray Hamilton. Warrant Officer Chalmers Hardie, Royal Air Force. Arthur Hay Johnston. Frederick George Mitchell. Margaret Johanna, Mrs Wood-Murray. David Alfred Gates. Dennis O'Hagan. Frederick Charles Owen. Police Constable Thomas Richard Rawlinson, Metropolitan Police.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Military Division General Sir Hugh Beach, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Colonel Commandant Royal Pioneer Corps, Honorary Colonel Cambridge University Officers' Training Corps.

Civil Division The Right Honourable Michael John, Earl St. Aldwyn, K.B.E., T.D., D.L. For political and public service.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Miss Phyllis Muriel Friend, C.B.E., Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Social Security.