The New Year Honours 1976 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 1976 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1976.UK list: New Zealand list: Mauritius list: Fiji list: Bahamas list: Grenada 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 Sir Thomas Brimelow, , lately Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Head of the Diplomatic Service. Sir Alan Louis Charles Bullock, , Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford. Sir Frank Schon, Chairman, National Research Development Corporation. Sir John Edward Wall, , Director, Exchange Telegraph (Holdings) Ltd. Paul Norman Wilson, , Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria.
Privy Counsellor Albert Edward Booth, , Minister of State, Department of Employment; Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness. Denis Herbert Howell, , Minister of State for Sport, Department of the Environment; Member of Parliament for the Small Heath Division of Birmingham. Gordon William Humphreys Richardson, , Governor, Bank of England.
Knight Bachelor William Owen Campbell Adamson, Director-General, Confederation of British Industry. Richard Samuel Attenborough, , Actor, Producer and Director. John William Atwell, . For services to mechanical engineering. John Francis Boyd, lately Lobby Correspondent, The Guardian. Henry Brian Boyne, , Political Correspondent, The Daily Telegraph. Professor Ernest Henry Phelps Brown, . For services to Economics. Arthur Bryan, Chairman and Managing Director, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. For services to Export. Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen, , Director, National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council. Robert Anthony Clark, , Chairman, Industrial Development Advisory Board. John Vivian Dacie, , Professor of Haematology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London. Alun Talfan Davies, . For public services in Wales. Richard Portway Dobson, Chairman, British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd. John Denis Forman, , Chairman and Managing Director, Granada Television Ltd. John Hrothgar Habakkuk, , Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford. Charles Denis Hamilton, . For services to the Arts. James Haughton, , Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. William MacGregor Henderson, Secretary, Agricultural Research Council. Peter Michael Kirk, . For services to the European Parliament. Guy Kempton Lawrence, , Chairman, Food and Drink Industries Council. Thomas Desmond Lorimer, Chairman, Northern Ireland Housing Executive. Cyril Edward Lucas, . For services to the Natural Environment Research Council. His Honour Judge Rudolph Lyons, , Circuit Judge and Recorder of Liverpool. The Right Honourable Richard William Marsh, Chairman, British Railways Board. Alexander Walter Merrison, , Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol. George Irvine Mitchell, , Legal Secretary and First Parliamentary Draftsman for Scotland. Francis Edwin Prescott Sandilands, , Chairman, Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd. Peter Malcolm Shepherd, , Chairman, Construction Industry Training Board. Simpson Stevenson, Chairman, Greater Glasgow Health Board. Maurice Sutherland, Leader, Cleveland County Council. Captain David Stanley Tibbits, , Royal Navy (Retd.), Deputy Master, Trinity House. Huw Pyrs Wheldon, , lately Managing Director, Television, British Broadcasting Corporation. William Thomas Williams, . For services to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Gordon Ethelbert Ward Wolstenholme, , Director, The Ciba Foundation. Robert Brash Wright, , Consultant Surgeon, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Probyn Ellsworth Inniss, , Governor of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
Australian States State of New South Wales Kenneth Owens Humphreys. For services to commerce and the community. Alderman Nicholas Michael Shehadie, , lately Lord Mayor of Sydney.
State of Victoria The Honourable Mr. Justice Edward Hamilton Esler Barber, , of Toorak. For distinguished services to Victoria. The Honourable Kenneth Henry Wheeler, , of Strathmore. For services as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
State of Queensland Professor Emeritus Zelman Cowen, , Vice Chancellor of the University of Queensland. Leslie Victor Price, . For services to the advancement of the grain growing industry in Queensland and Australia.
State of Western Australia Commodore James Maxwell Ramsay, , Royal Australian Navy (Retired). Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Lieutenant-General Sir Frank King, , (138204), late Infantry, Colonel Commandant Army Air Corps.
Civil Division Sir Arthur Lucius Michael Cary, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral John Ernle Pope. Vice Admiral Iwan Geoffrey Raikes, .
Army Major-General William Gerald Hugh Beach, , (251023), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Marshal Alfred Henry Wynne Ball, . Air Marshal Michael James Beetham, .
Civil Division Peter Willoughby Carey, , Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Industry. Kenneth Henry Clucas, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Prices and Consumer Protection. Lancelot Errington, , Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Richard Brian Meredith King, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development. Ronald Walter Radford, , Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Derek Willoughby Bazalgette. Rear Admiral Ronald Albert Harcus. Rear Admiral Alfred Raymond Rawbone, . Rear Admiral John Oliver Roberts.
Army Major-General John Michael Watson Badcock, , (233401), late Royal Corps of Signals, Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals. Brigadier Helen Cattanach, , (348096), Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. Major-General Ernest Lionel Ouseley Hood, , (115984), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Robert Lyon, , (288788), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Brigadier Eileen Joan Nolan, Honorary ADC, (345795), Women's Royal Army Corps. Major-General Norman Henry Speller (155921), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Daniel Button, . Air Vice-Marshal Ian Robert Campbell, , Royal Air Force (Retired). Air Vice-Marshal George John Kemp, Royal Air Force (Retired). Air Vice-Marshal Patrick Joseph O'Connor, . Air Vice-Marshal Harry Charles Southgate, .
Civil Division Colin Faulds Allan, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment. John Alexander Atkinson, , Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Kenneth Edward Couzens, Deputy Secretary, HM Treasury. Frederick Henry East, Director, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Ministry of Defence. John Martin Fearn, Secretary, Scottish Education Department. William John Gray, lately Medical Superintendent and Governor, Grendon Prison. Eugene Grebenik, Principal, Civil Service College. John Michael Green, Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue. Maurice Kingston Harris, Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Civil Service Group, Northern Ireland Office. John Audley Harrison, Principal Director, Ministry of Defence. Brian David Hayes, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Ian Francis Hudson, Secretary, Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth. Michael James Jardine, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions. Michael James Kerry, Solicitor, Department of Industry. James Richard Madge, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment. Douglas Anthony Newton, Senior Registrar, Principal Registry of the Family Division of the High Court. Philip Nicholls, lately Commissioner for Administration and Finance, Forestry Commission. Edward Hugh Simpson, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Science. Brian George Tucker, , Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy.
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 William Vincent John Evans, , lately Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir Roger William Jackling, , lately Leader of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List David Francis Muirhead, , Her Majesty's Ambassador, Brussels. Francis Brooks Richards, , Her Majesty's Ambassador, Athens. Howard Frank Trayton Smith, , Her Majesty's Ambassador (designate) Moscow. Kenneth Michael Wilford, , Her Majesty's Ambassador, Tokyo.
Australian States State of New South Wales The Honourable Laurence Whistler Street, Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of New South Wales.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Stanley George Browne, , Director, Leprosy Study Centre. Consultant Adviser, Department of Health and Social Security. Kenneth William Cotterill, Under Secretary, Exports Credits Guarantee Department. Alexander Elkin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Andrew Gardiner Lyall, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment. Leonard Mullins, Director of Research, The Malaysian Rubber Producers' Research Association.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Antony Arthur Acland, Her Majesty's Ambassador, Luxembourg. Walter Leonard Allinson, , Minister, British High Commission, New Delhi. John Oliver Chubb, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Simon Yelverton Dawbarn, Her Majesty's Consul-General, Montreal. Henry Alexander Dudgeon, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Oliver Grantham Forster, , lately Minister, British High Commission, New Delhi. Neville Arthur Irwin French, , Governor, Falkland Islands. Peter Harold Laurence, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Campbell Moberly, Her Majesty's Ambassador, Amman. Kenneth Robert Comyn Pridham, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Eric Norman Smith, Counsellor, British High Commission, Singapore. Alexander John Dickson Stirling, lately Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Her Majesty's Embassy, Beirut. Kenneth Wallis Joseph Topley, Director of Education, Hong Kong.
Australian States State of New South Wales Donald Munro Shand. For services to the community.
State of Victoria The Honourable Thomas Walter Mitchell, , of Corryong. For services to the community, particularly in the fields of politics, alpine sports and safety and writing.
State of Queensland Douglas Blaikie Duncan, of Hamilton. For services to charity, commerce and sport.
State of Western Australia Percy Pearson, . For services to the community through the Returned Services League, and the Methodist Church.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Martin Michael Charles Charteris, .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Lieutenant-Colonel John Derek Hornung, . The Right Honourable Ian St. John, Baron Luke of Pavenham, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Lady Elizabeth Legge Bassett. Joseph Frederick Burrell. Major-General Claude Ernest Pert, . Lindsay John Rose, . Phyllis Evelyn Gordon-Spencer. Jean Elizabeth Taylor, . The Right Honourable Henry David Leonard George, Baron Walston of Newton. Kenneth Percy Witney.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Fourth Class Captain The Honourable Edward Nicholas Canning Beaumont. Maurice Francis Bond, .