The New Year Honours 1974 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 1974 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1974.United Kingdom list: New Zealand list:

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.

At this time honours for Australians were still being awarded in the UK honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states. The Australian honours system began with the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.

United Kingdom

Life peers Victor Grayson Hardie Feather, C.B.E., lately General Secretary, Trades Union Congress. Sir Denis Arthur Greenhill, G.C.M.G., O.B.E., lately Permanent Under- Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service. The Right Honourable Sir Burke St John Trend, G.C.B., C.V.O., lately Secretary of the Cabinet.

Privy Counsellor James Anthony Stodart, M.P., Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Knight Bachelor William Wilkinson Addison, D.L., Chairman of Council, The Magistrates' Association. Alexander Sandor Alexander, chairman, Imperial Foods Ltd. For services to the food industry. Ralph Ellis Brook, C.M.G., O.B.E., President, Association of British Chambers of Commerce. For services to Export. John Gilbert Newton Brown, C.B.E., Publisher, Oxford University Press. Thomas Brown, chairman, former Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority. Daniel Norman Chester, C.B.E., Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford. Charles John Curran, Director-General, British Broadcasting Corporation. Alan Graham Dawtry, C.B.E., T.D., Town Clerk, City of Westminster. Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, M.C., M.P. For political and public services. Herbert Raymond Gower, M.P. For political and public services. William Woolf Harris, O.B.E. For political and public services in London. Charles William Hayward, C.B.E. For charitable services, particularly in relation to the care of the elderly. Arthur Ford Hetherington, D.S.C., chairman, British Gas Corporation. John Maxwell Hill, C.B.E., D.F.C., Q.P.M., H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary. Stanley George Hooker, C.B.E., F.R.S., Group Technical Director, Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. Maurice George Kendall, F.B.A. For services to the theory of statistics. John Cowdery Kendrew, C.B.E., F.R.S. For services to the Ministry of Defence. Leslie Ernest Laycock, C.B.E., chairman, Leeds Regional Hospital Board. Jan Alfred Lewando, C.B.E., chairman, Carrington Viyella Ltd. For services to Export. Emile Littler. For services to the Theatre. Thomas Lodge, Consultant Radiologist, United Sheffield Hospitals. Herbert Reginald Mathys, T.D., lately deputy chairman, Courtaulds Ltd. For services to patent law. Leonard Francis Neal, C.B.E, chairman, Commission on Industrial Relations. Charles William Oatley, O.B.E., F.R.S., Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge. Daniel Eric Arthur Pettit, chairman, National Freight Corporation. Professor Cyril Henry Philips, Vice-Chancellor, University of London. Director, School of Oriental and African Studies. Charlie Dennis Pilcher, C.B.E, chairman, Commission for the New Towns. John Francis Prideaux, O.B.E., chairman, Board of Governors, St Thomas' Hospital, London; chairman, National Westminster Bank Ltd. Professor Hugh Norwood Robson, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. Frederick Henry Stewart, F.R.S., Regius Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh. Francis Taylor, Founder, chairman and managing director, The Taylor Woodrow Group. James Henderson Waddell, C.B., Deputy Under-secretary of State, Home Office. Joseph Meredith Whittaker, T.D., D.L., chairman, Executive Council, County Councils Association of England and Wales. John Leslie Williams, C.B.E., lately Secretary General, Civil Service National Whitley Council (Staff Side). Harold Mario Mitchell Acton, C.B.E. For services to the British community in Florence and to Anglo-Italian relations. Mr Justice Darnley Arthur Raymond Alexander, C.B.E., Chief Justice, South-Eastern State, Nigeria. The Honourable Mr Justice Geoffrey Gould Briggs, Chief Justice, Hong Kong. Lawrence Kadoorie, C.B.E. For services to the community in Hong Kong.

Australian States State of New South Wales James Frederick John Auswild, C.B.E. For services to commerce and the community. The Honourable John Bryan Munro Fuller, M.L.C., Minister for Decentralisation and Development. Charles David Griffin, C.B.E. For services to the community. Gregory Blaxland Kater. For services to commerce.

State of Victoria Albert Edward Chadwick, C.M.G., M.S.M., of Toorak. For services to the community. Alexander Reid Creswick, of Melbourne. For services to horse racing. The Honourable Mr Justice Urban Gregory Gowans. For services to the law. David Fletcher Jones, O.B.E., of Warrnambool. For services to the decentralisation of industry and to the community.

State of Queensland Byrne Hart, C.B.E., M.C., of Brisbane. For services to business, the community and the sporting life of Queensland. The Honourable John Alfred Row, of Ingham. For services to Queensland as a Minister of the Crown and Parliamentarian.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Admiral Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore, K.C.B., D.S.C. Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Humphrey, K.C.B., O.B.E, D.F.C, A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Sir Charles Craik Cunningham, K.C.B., K.B.E, C.V.O. For public services.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Vice Admiral Michael Frampton Fell, C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C.* Vice Admiral George Francis Allan Trewby. Lieutenant-General Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, O.B.E., M.C., late Infantry, Colonel Commandant 3rd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets. Major-General Jack Wentworth Harman, O.B.E., M.C., late Royal Armoured Corps. Acting Air Marshal Ruthven Lowry Wade, C.B., D.F.C., Royal Air Force. Michael Bowen Hanley, Attached Ministry of Defence. Nicholas Godfrey Morrison, C.B., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office. Anthony Nathaniel Stainton, C.B., First Parliamentary Counsel. Peter Eustace Thornton, C.B, Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral Sir Peter Anson, Bt. Rear Admiral Thomas Rennison Cruddas. Rear Admiral Edward William Ellis, C.B.E. Surgeon Rear Admiral Cyril Lawson Tait McClintock, O.B.E., Q.H.S. Rear Admiral Ian George William Robertson, D.S.C. Major-General William Bate, O.B.E., late Royal Corps of Transport, Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Transport, now R.A.R O. Major-General Roger Sydenham Marshall, T.D., Army Legal Services Staff, now R.A.R.O. Major-General Horace Rollo Squarey Pain, M.C., late Royal Armoured Corps. Major-General James Howden Robertson, F.D.S., Queen's Honorary Dental Surgeon, late Royal Army Dental Corps. Major-General Ronald Macaulay Somerville, O.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Air Vice-Marshal Alan Cyril Davies, C.B.E., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Eric Plumtree, O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Rex David Roe, A.F.C, Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Arthur John Boreham, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. Frederick Gordon Burrett, Deputy Secretary, Civil Service Department. David Cardwell, Director, Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment, Ministry of Defence. Edward Geoffrey Cass, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Basil Brodribb Hall, M.C., T.D., Deputy Treasury Solicitor. Douglas Arthur Lovelock, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. Hugh Avant Lowry, Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland. Thomas Hamilton Shearer, Deputy Chief Executive, Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment. Henry Alexander Shewan, O.B.E., National Insurance Commissioner. Arthur Roger Thatcher, Deputy Secretary, Department of Employment. Ryland Lowell Degwel Thomas, deputy director of Public Prosecutions. Geoffrey Charles Wardale, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. Robert Windsor, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Philip John Woodfield, C.B.E, Deputy Secretary, Northern Ireland Office. Robert Little Workman, Under Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) The Right Honourable George Rowland Stanley, Earl of Cromer, K.C.M.G., M.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Washington.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Claude James Hayes, C.M G, chairman, Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations. (Ernest) John Ward Barnes, M.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, The Hague. Denis Seward Laskey, C.M.G., C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Vienna. David Aubrey Scott, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Wellington.

Australian States State of New South Wales The Honourable John Robert Kerr, C.M.G., Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Ian Donald Cameron, O.B.E., Senior Technical Adviser, Ministry of Defence. Robert Goldsmith, Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. Air Commodore Norman Walter Kearon, C.B.E, Chief Executive, British Aircraft Corporation, Saudi Arabia. Walter Plowright, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Royal Veterinary College, University of London. John Roland Malcolm Whitehorn, Deputy Director-General, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Export. Derrick Charles Carden, H.M. Ambassador, Sana'a. Leonard Clifford William Figg, H.M. Consul-General, Milan. Ian Albert Clark Kinnear, Deputy Governor, Bermuda. Ian Macdonald Lightbody, Secretary for Housing, Hong Kong. Donald Hardman Macdonald, lately Manager, Banking Department, Bank for International Settlements, Basle. Arthur Frederick Maddocks, British Deputy High Commissioner, Ottawa. Peter Harold Reginald Marshall, Assistant Under-secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Ernest Powell-Jones, H.M. Ambassador, Phnom Penh. Iain Johnstone Macbeth Sutherland, lately Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alexander Neilson Strachan Walker, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Washington.

Australian States State of Victoria George Frederick William Brown, lately Chairman of Commissioners, Victorian Railways. John Vincent Dillon, Under Secretary, Chief Secretary's Department. David Milton Myers, Vice Chancellor, La Trobe University.

State of Queensland Ivor Gray Morris, of Redbank. For services to industry and the community.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett, K.C.V.O, C.M.G., O.B.E.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Arthur George Linfield, C.V.O., C.B.E. Sir Ivison Stevenson Macadam, C.V.O., C.B.E. Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable Patrick Terence William Span, Baron Plunket, C.V.O. William Thomas Charles Skyrme, C.B., C.B.E., T.D.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) William Harry Gabb, M.V.O. Leslie William Green, M.B.E. Major Arthur John Stewart Griffin, M.V.O. Robert Lindsay, M.V.O., B.E.M. Colonel Donald Curtis McKinnon. George Albert Henry Pearce.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Fourth Class Bernard Christian Briant, M.B.E. Kenneth Grant Chavasse. Reginald Joffre Elliott, M.V.O. Commander John Edwin Stroud Raymond, Royal Navy. Michael David Tims, M.V.O. Fifth Class James Harper MacDonald. Kenneth William Moss. George Oakes. Ronald William Palmer. Miss Helen Dale Strange. William Hamilton Summers. Ernest Leslie Turnock, M.B.E.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM) Augustus Lawrence Gordon Belcher. Chief Technician Martin Richard Cockett, Royal Air Force. Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic Frank William Coupland. Victor Fletcher. Chief Petty Officer Steward Peter William Ford