The New Year Honours 1967 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 1967 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1967.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Sierra Leone list: Jamaica list: Gambia list: Guyana 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
Life Peer Baroness Beatrice Serota, . For services to welfare of children.
Baron Sir Willis Jackson. For services to Technology. The Very Reverend Sir George Fielden Macleod, , Leader of the Iona Community. Sir Charles Richard Morris, , lately Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds, and for services to University Education. Sir Robert Platt, , Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Manchester. Sir Harold Woolley, . For services to Agriculture.
Privy Councillor The Right Honourable Arthur Joseph, Baron Champion, Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords since 1964. Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas, , President, Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. Sir Eric George Molyneux Fletcher, , Member for East Islington since 1945. Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons. The Honourable Mr. Justice Karminski (Sir Seymour Edward Karminski), Judge of the High Court of Justice. William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, , Member of Parliament for the Penrith and Border Division of Cumberland since 1955. Opposition Chief Whip since November 1964.
Knight Bachelor Leonard Barford, Chief Inspector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue. Frederick Charles Bawden, Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Lieutenant-Colonel Alderman Ian Frank Bowater, , Sheriff of the City of London. Neville Cardus, . For services to cricket and music. Rupert Charles Hart-Davis. For services to Literature. Norman Randall Elliott, , Chairman, South of Scotland Electricity Board. Trevor Maldwyn Evans, , Industrial Editor, Daily Express. Samuel Fisher, . For services to Local Government in the Inner London area. Sidney William George Ford, , President, National Union of Mineworkers. William Frederick Houghton, Education Officer, Inner London Education Authority. Alexander Grigor Jeans, , Chairman, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, Ltd. Francis Charles McLean, , Director of Engineering, British Broadcasting Corporation. Harold Lancelot Roy Matthews, , Chairman, White Fish Authority. Joseph Thomas Molony, , lately Chairman of the Bar Council. His Honour Judge Owen Temple Temple-Morris, , Judge of the County Courts. Alfred James Nicholas, , Chairman, Aberdare Holdings Ltd. For services to Wales. Peter Scott Noble, Principal, King's College London. Michael Willcox Perrin, , Chairman (Treasurer), Board of Governors, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; Chairman, The Wellcome Foundation, Ltd. Alfred Ernest Ramsey, Manager, England Association Football World Cup Team. Stanley Edward Raymond, Chairman, British Railways Board. John Anthony Ewart Reiss, , Chairman, Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. Frank Rostron, , Chairman, Cotton Board. Colonel Thomas Eric St Johnston, , Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary. James Steel, . For services to industrial development in the North East. William Swallow, lately Chairman and Managing Director, Vauxhall Motors Ltd. For services to Export. Alderman Robert Evan Thomas, . For services to Local Government in Manchester. Edward Hugh Dudley Thompson, , Chairman and Chief Executive, Allied Breweries, Ltd. For services to Export. Ronald Ernest Tunbridge, , Professor of Medicine, University of Leeds. George Andrew Wheatley, , Clerk of the County Council and Clerk of the Peace, Hampshire. John Clermont Witt. For services to the Arts. Henry Peart Wood, , Principal, Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Donald Falshaw, lately Chief Justice of the High Court, Punjab, India. John Ortcheson, , lately Senior Judge of the High Court of West Pakistan.
State of New South Wales Warwick Oswald Fairfax. For services to the community. Clarence Roy McKerihan, . For services to the rural community and to hospital and other welfare activities.
State of Victoria Harold Roy Fidge, Mayor of Geelong. Robert Vincent Monahan, a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court.
State of Queensland Bruce Shearer, , of Brisbane. For public and social welfare services.
State of Western Australia Alfred Eric Sandover, . For services to commerce and industry.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Royal Navy Admiral Sir Desmond Parry Dreyer, .
Army General Sir Charles Richardson, (40407), late Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir John Grandy, .
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Peter John Hill-Norton, . Vice-Admiral Horace Rochfort Law, .
Army Major-General George Harris Lea, (58116), late Infantry, Colonel, The Lancashire Fusiliers. Lieutenant-General John Antony Jervis Read, (62631), late Infantry, Colonel Commandant, Army Catering Corps.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Sidney Weetman Rochford Hughes, . Acting Air Marshal Melvin Kenneth Drowley Porter, .
Civil Division Douglas Albert Vivian Allen, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Department of Economic Affairs. David Bruce Pitblado, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power. Sir Edward William Spencer Ford, , Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Harry Carew-Hunt. Rear-Admiral Peter Maxwell Compston. Major-General Ferris Nelson Grant. Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Francis Kemp. Rear-Admiral Andrew Mackenzie Lewis. Rear-Admiral Dennis Howard Mason. Rear-Admiral Thomas Heron Maxwell, . Rear-Admiral Philip Graham Sharp, . Rear-Admiral John Kingdon Watkins, .
Army Major-General Cecil Hugh Blacker, (67083), late Royal Armoured Corps. Major-General Robert Straton Broke, (56154), late Royal Regiment of Artillery (now retired). Major-General James Merricks Lewis Gavin, (52617), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General Arundell Rea Leakey, (67210), late Royal Armoured Corps. Major-General Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask, (62419), late Infantry, Colonel, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment). Major-General John Noel Thomas, (65504), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General George Robert Turner Cain, (50884), late Infantry. Major-General Thomas Norman Samuel Wheeler, (66180), late Infantry.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick Roberts, . Air Vice-Marshal Henry Neil George Wheeler, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Robert Deacon Elliott, . Air Commodore Alfred Henry Wynne Ball, . Air Commodore William Jack Maggs, . Air Commodore Adam Muir, .
Civil Division Derek Fortrose Allen, Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. James Craig Baird, lately Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland. George Raymond Bell, Third Secretary, HM Treasury. Ronald Brain, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Frank George Griffith Carr, , Director, National Maritime Museum. William George Downey, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Aviation. Douglas Emery, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health. Brigadier Claude Cyril Fairweather, , Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the North Riding of Yorkshire. Ronald James Guppy, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Henry William Walter Huxham, , Solicitor, Ministry of Labour. Kenneth Newis, , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Public Building and Works. John Reid, , Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Eric William Shepherd, Director of Finance and Accounts, General Post Office. Frederick George James Sherwin, Chief Inspector, Board of Customs and Excise. Donald William Smithers, Director of Dockyards, Ministry of Defence (Royal Navy).
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir John Guthrie Ward, , lately Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rome.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Alexander Kirkland Cairncross, , Head of the Government Economic Service.
Diplomatic Service And Overseas List William Barker, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Prague. John Edward Chadwick, , Minister (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington. Arthur Norman Galsworthy, , Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Commonwealth Office. Leslie Charles Glass, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Bucharest. George Peter Hampshire, , British High Commissioner, Port of Spain. John Ogilvy Rennie, , Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Evelyn Elizabeth Patricia Bark, , lately Director, International Affairs Department, National Headquarters, British Red Cross Society. James Arthur Kinnear Brown, . For services to the treatment of Leprosy. Ronald Sigismund Shepherd Dickinson, United Kingdom representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Edward Allan Morris, , Assistant Crown Agent for Oversea Governments and Administrations. Owen Humphrey Morris, Assistant Secretary, lately Ministry of Overseas Development (now Ministry of Housing and Local Government). Arthur Barrington Powell, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Power.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List George David Anderson, British Deputy High Commissioner, Colombo. Walter Fancourt Bell, Counsellor, British High Commission, Nairobi. James Eric Cable, Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Beirut. Eric Edmund Raitt Church, , Controller, Finance Division, British Council. Denis Mackrow Cleary, Commonwealth Office. Bernard Robert Curson, Commonwealth Office. Denzil Inglis Dunnett, , Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Madrid. Harry Frank Brien Fane, , lately Counsellor (Labour), Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington. Rafael Aloysius Fonseca, , Financial Secretary, British Honduras. John Archibald Ford, , Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Rome. John Stephen Gandee, , British High Commissioner, Gaberones. Basil Jack Greenhill, lately Commonwealth Office. Donald James Dundas Maitland, , Foreign Office. Peter John Ellison Male, , lately Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Oslo. Martin John Marshall, Counsellor (Commercial), Commercial Section of British High Commission at Sydney. Francis William Marten, , British Deputy High Commissioner, Kuching. Robert Wilson Munro, lately Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Khartoum. Keith Robertson Oakeshott, Her Majesty's Consul-General, Hamburg. Albert Russell Garness Prosser, , lately Adviser on Community Development, Kenya. Alan Keir Rothnie, Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Moscow. Fireebairn Liddon Simpson, Permanent Secretary, Premier's Office, Mauritius. Gerald Gordon Simpson, Her Majesty's Consul-General, Houston. Frank Stallwood, , Foreign Office. Teng Pin-hui, , Director of Medical and Health Services, Hong Kong. Ian Buchanan Watt, British High Commissioner, Maseru. Kenneth Michael Wilford, lately Counsellor, Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires, Peking. Alec Michael John Wright, Director of Public Works, Hong Kong.
State of Victoria