The New Year Honours 1969 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 20 December 1968 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1969.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Sierra Leone list: Gambia list: Guyana list: Barbados list: Mauritius 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
Life Peer Barons Professor Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, . President of the Royal Society since 1965. Sir Learie Nicholas Constantine, . High Commissioner in London for Trinidad and Tobago, 1962–1964. Member, Sports Council since 1965. Member, Race Relations Board since 1966. A Governor, British Broadcasting Corporation since 1968. Sir Joseph John Saville Garner, , lately Head of HM Diplomatic Service. Sir Donald Gresham Stokes, . Chairman and Managing Director, British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd.
Privy Councillor Harold Davies, . Member of Parliament for the Leek Division of Staffordshire since 1945. Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, October 1964–August 1966. Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Social Security, August 1966–January 1967. The Right Honourable Hervey, Baron Rhodes, . Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade, 1950–1951 and 1964–1967. Lord Lieutenant of Lancaster. Stephen Swingler, . Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme since October 1951. Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport, October 1964–August 1967. Minister of State, Ministry of Transport, August 1967–October 1968. Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security since November 1968.
Knight Bachelor David Thurlow Barritt, Chairman, Simon Engineering Ltd. For services to Export. Derman Guy Christopherson, , Vice Chancellor, University of Durham. Christopher Sydney Cockerell, , Consultant, Hovercraft Development Ltd. John Edward Cohen, Chairman, Tesco Stores (Holdings) Ltd. Alderman Major William Duncan Geddis, Lord Mayor of Belfast. John Hinshelwood Gibson, , Legal Secretary and Parliamentary Draftsman, Lord Advocate's Department. Lew Grade, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, Associated Television Corporation Ltd. For services to Export. Robert Ernest Hardingham, , Chief Executive, Air Registration Board. Frederick Hayday, , National Industrial Officer, National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Chairman, International Committee, Trades Union Congress. For services to the Trade Union Movement. Alderman John Michael Clifford Higgs, , Chairman, Worcestershire County Council. James William Howie, , Medical Director, Public Health Laboratory Service. Douglas Percy Iggulden, , Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue. Bernard Katz, Professor of Biophysics, University of London. Robert McErlean Kelly. For services to Scottish Football. Alderman James Reginald Lyons, , Lord Mayor of Cardiff. John Frederick Mallabar, Chairman, Harland & Wolff Ltd. For services to Export. Morien Bedford Morgan, , Controller of Guided Weapons and Electronics, Ministry of Technology. Max Rayne. For services to the Arts. Hubert Shirley-Smith, , lately President, Institution of Civil Engineers. Alderman Peter Malden Studd, Sheriff, City of London. Frederick Neil Sutherland, , Chairman, Marconi Company Ltd. For services to Export. Michael Milne-Watson, , Deputy Chairman, British Steel Corporation. Stephen John Watson, , lately Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy, University of Edinburgh. Charles Percival Law Whishaw, Senior Partner, Freshfields, Solicitors. Michael Francis Addison Woodruff, , Professor of Surgical Science, University of Edinburgh.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Jocelyn Bodilly, , Chief Justice, Western Pacific High Court. Kwan Cho-yiu, . For voluntary public service in Hong Kong. Dermod Art Murphy, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Saint Helena. Marriott Fawckner Nicholls, , British subject resident in the Sudan.
State of New South Wales Lionel Wolfe Coppleson. For services to the advancement of medical research. Robert Keith Yorston, . For services to the community.
State of Victoria John Muir Anderson, . For services to the community. Charles James Officer Brown, . For services to surgery. Roy Burman Grounds. For services to architecture.
State of Queensland Douglas Wadley. For services to commerce and to the community.
State of South Australia Alwyn Bowman Barker, . For services to industry and to the community. Alderman Charles John Glover, . For services to local government and to the community.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir John Byng Frewen, , Royal Navy. Air Chief Marshal Sir Augustus Walker, , Royal Air Force.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral Hugh Richard Benest Janvrin, , Royal Navy. Lieutenant-General Peter Mervyn Hunt, (67201), late Infantry, Colonel Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), and 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. Air Marshal Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris, , Royal Air Force. Air Marshal Henry Neil George Wheeler, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Denis William Dobson, , Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Permanent Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department. Geoffrey Masterman Wilson, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly, . Rear Admiral Dudley Leslie Davenport, . Rear Admiral Leslie Derek Empson. Rear Admiral Michael Frampton Fell, . Rear Admiral George Wilsmore Gay, . Rear Admiral Geoffrey Archer Henderson. Rear Admiral John Bayley Holt.
Army Major-General Humphrey Edgar Nicholson Bredin, (67203), late Infantry, Colonel Commandant The King's Division of Infantry. Major-General Michael Forrester, (69349), late Infantry, Colonel Commandant, The Queen's Division of Infantry. Major-General Errol Henry Gerrard Lonsdale, (63661), late Royal Army Service Corps. Major-General Reginald Joseph Gordon Morrison, (67302), late Royal Army Medical Corps Major-General Arthur Gordon Patterson, (380841), late Infantry. Major-General John Aubrey Taylor Sharp, (76719), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Richard Erskine Ward, (73199), late Royal Armoured Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal John Barraclough, . Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Bernard Grant, . Air Vice-Marshal William Derek Hodgkinson, . Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Neville Stack, . Air Commodore John Wesley McKelvey, .
Civil Division Fergus Hamilton Allen, Chief Scientific Officer (A), Cabinet Office. Douglas Carter, Under Secretary, Board of Trade. Harold William Cauthery, Director and Secretary, Land Commission. Kenneth Henry Clucas, Secretary, National Board for Prices and Incomes. Richard Henry Lionel Cohen, , Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. William Donaldson, Deputy Controller, HM Stationery Office. John Vernon Dunworth, , Director, National Physical Laboratory. Raymond Gedling, Third Secretary, HM Treasury. Arthur Baker Harnden, , Senior Director of Operations, General Post Office. Conrad Frederick Heron, , Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment and Productivity. William Millward, , Superintending Director, Government Communications Headquarters, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Thomas Redpath, , Director General of Research and Development, Ministry of Public Building and Works. Edward William Tucker, Director of Dockyards, Ministry of Defence. Eric Charles Williams, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Power. Claud William Wright, Deputy Under-secretary of State (Air), Ministry of Defence.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir William Denis Allen, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Philip George Doyne Adams, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Amman. Terence Willcocks Garvey, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgrade. Michael David Irving Gass, , Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong. Eric George Norris, , British High Commissioner, Nairobi. Anthony Gerald Roderick Rouse, , Her Majesty's Consul-General, New York.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Robert Greenhill Cochrane, . For services to the treatment and control of Leprosy. Claude James Hayes, Chairman, Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations; formerly Under-Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development. Professor Leonard John Lewis. For services to education in developing countries of the Commonwealth. Compton Alexander Rennie, lately Chief Executive, European Nuclear Energy Agency. Frank Howard Whitaker, , Under-secretary, Board of Trade.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Gordon Booth, Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Copenhagen. Kenneth Cavendish Christofas, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Ernest Howard Davis, , Financial and Development Secretary, Gibraltar. Robert Humphrey Gordon Edmonds, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Frederick Ronald Hayball, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Ronald Christopher Hope-Jones, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Honourable Edmund Bernard Carlo Howard, , Her Majesty's Consul-General, Genoa. David Jeffreys Jones, Puisne Judge, Uganda. Eric Thomas Drummond Lambert, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Anthony Derrick Parsons, , Political Agent, Bahrain. John Charles Abercromby Roper, , Counsellor and Head of Chancery, United Kingdom Delegation to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. Brian Thomas Webster Stewart, lately Her Majesty's Consul-General, Hanoi. Dugald Leslie Lorn Stewart, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Robert John Stewart Thomson, , Counsellor, British High Commission, Accra. Stephen John Whitwell, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mogadishu. Philip Potter Wise, , Director of Audit, Sabah.
State of New South Wales Walter Vincent Rowe. For services to the community, particularly to road transport.
State of South Australia James Melville, Director, Waite Agricultural Research Institute.
State of Western Australia The Honourable John Merrifield Hearman, lately Speaker, Legislative Assembly.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Brigadier The Right Honourable Charles George Vivian, Baron Tryon, .
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) The Most Noble Mary Kathleen, Duchess of Abercorn.
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Sir Arthur Bliss, . Henry Osmond-Clarke, . Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Vivian Dunn, , Royal Marines. Lieutenant-Colonel John Mandeville Hugo, . Sir Norman Samuel Joseph, . Commander Philip John Row, , Royal Navy.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Frances Hope Dorothy, Lady Balfour. Thomas Humphrey Brooke, . Elizabeth Bleckly Clarke. Major Peter Cecil Clarke, . Group Captain John Lyon Gilbert, , Royal Air Force. Charles David Heriot, .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)