The New Year Honours 1977 are appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1977. The awards were announced on 30 December 1976 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom: Australia,Australia: New Zealand,New Zealand:"New Year Honours List 1977" (13 January 1977) 1 New Zealand Gazette 1 at 20. Barbados,Barbados: Mauritius,Mauritius: Fiji,Fiji: Grenada,Grenada: and for Overseas Privy Councillors.Overseas Privy Councillors:

The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.

United Kingdom

Life Peer Professor Sir John Fleetwood Baker, OBE, FRS. Formerly Professor of Mechanical Sciences and Head of the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. The Right Honourable Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner. Former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and former Chief Executive Member of the Northern Ireland Executive. The Right Honourable Sir Morrice James, GCMG, CVO, MBE. Formerly British High Commissioner in Australia. The Right Honourable Edward Watson Short, CH. Chairman of Cable & Wireless Ltd. Lately Lord President of the Council. Formerly Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, 1951–1976. The Right Honourable George Morgan Thomson. Member, Commission of the European Communities. Formerly Member of Parliament for Dundee East, 1952–1972.

Privy Counsellor Jesse Dickson Mabon, MP. Minister of State, Department of Energy. Member of Parliament for Greenock & Port Glasgow. Robert Edward Sheldon, MP. Financial Secretary, HM Treasury. Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne. David Martin Scott Steel, MP. Leader of the Liberal Party. Member of Parliament for Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles. Donald James Stewart, MP. Leader, Parliamentary Scottish National Party. Member of Parliament for the Western Isles. Alan John Williams, MP. Minister of State, Department of Industry. Member of Parliament for Swansea West.

Overseas List The Honourable John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados. The Honourable Mr. Justice Cooke (Robin Brunskill Cooke), Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. The Honourable Eric Matthew Gairy, MP, Prime Minister of Grenada and Minister for External Affairs. His Excellency The Honourable Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, QC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Phillip Reginald Lynch, MP, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Ian McCahon Sinclair, MP, Minister for Primary Industry of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Michael Thomas Somare, MP, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. The Honourable Brian Edward Talboys, MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Overseas Trade and Minister of National Development of New Zealand.

Knight Bachelor Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery. For services to the Theatre. Professor James Baddiley, FRS, Director, Microbiological Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Kenneth Raymond Boyden Bond, Deputy Managing Director, General Electric Co. Ltd. For services to Export. Robert Camm Booth, CBE, TD, Chairman, The National Exhibition Centre Ltd. For services to Export. John Charnley, CBE, FRS, lately Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester. John Warcup Cornforth, CBE, FRS, Royal Society Research Professor, University of Sussex. Clifford Michael Curzon, CBE, Pianist. Kenneth James Dover, FBA. For services to Greek scholarship. Professor David Gwynne Evans, CBE, FRS, lately Director, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control. Frank Hartley, CBE. For services to pharmacy. Christopher Thomas Higgins, Chairman, Peterborough Development Corporation. Harold Hobson, CBE, lately Drama Critic, The Sunday Times. Henry George Huckle, OBE, Chairman, Agricultural Training Board. Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, Chairman of Lloyd's. For services to Export. Howard Leslie Kirkley, CBE. For services to overseas aid. Heinrich (Heinz) Koeppler, CBE, Warden of Wilton Park and Warden of the European Discussion Centre. Daniel McGarvey, CBE. For services to the Trade Union Movement. Leonard William Francis Millis, CBE. For services to the water industry. Alexander Warren Page, MBE, Chairman and Chief Executive, Metal Box Ltd. Herbert Charles Pereira, FRS, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food. John Revans, CBE, lately Regional Medical Officer, Wessex Regional Health Authority. John Rix, MBE, Managing Director, Vosper Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. For services to Export. Denis Eric Rooke, CBE, Chairman, British Gas Corporation. Brigadier Noel Edward Vivian Short, MBE, MC, Secretary to the Speaker, House of Commons. James Eric Smith, CBE, FRS. For services to marine biology. William Tweddle, CBE, TD, Chairman, Yorkshire Regional Health Authority. Colonel George Anthony Wharton, CBE, TD, DL, Vice-Chairman, Council of Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations. James Brewis Woodeson, CBE, TD, Chairman, Clarke Chapman Ltd. and Chairman, Reyrolle Parsons Ltd. For services to Export. Edward Maitland Wright, lately Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Frederick Aubarua Osifelo, MBE, Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Solomon Islands.

Australian States State of Victoria Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal, CBE, of Kew. For services to medicine and science.

State of Queensland John Allan Sewell, ISO, Auditor-General of Queensland. Evan Rees Whitaker Thomson, of Kenmore. For services to the medical profession and related fields of endeavour.

State of Western Australia Norman Seymour Fletcher, of Perth. For services to the agricultural and pastoral industries.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir John Gibbon, KCB, OBE, ADC. Gen., (91397), Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Henry Conyers Leach. Vice Admiral Allan Gordon Tait, DSC.

Army Lieutenant General Robert Cyril Ford, CB, CBE, (284433), late 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.

Royal Air Force Air Marshal David George Evans, CBE. Air Marshal Rex David Roe, CB, AFC.

Civil Division Edward Clifford Cornford, CB, Chief Executive, Procurement Executive, Ministry of Defence. George Roy Denman, CB, CMG, Second Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office. Basil Brodribb Hall, CB, MC, TD, HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. John Edward Herbecq, Second Permanent Secretary, Civil Service Department.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Kenneth Gordon Ager. Rear Admiral John Anthony Bell. Rear Admiral Frank Wright Hearn. Captain Michael Arnold Higgs.

Army Major General Robert Wallace Tudor Britten, MC, (204193), late Corps of Royal Engineers (now RARO). Major General Geoffrey Burch (265221), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General Roy Laurence Dixon, MC, (308249), late Royal Tank Regiment. Major General Ronald William Lorne McAlister, OBE (336416), late 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. Major General David John St. Maur Tabor, MC, (237402), late Royal Horse Guards.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal William Harbison, CBE, AFC. Air Vice-Marshal Donald Francis Graham MacLeod, QHDS. Air Vice-Marshal Aubrey Sidney-Wilmot, OBE. Acting Air Vice-Marshal Aleksander Maisner, CBE, AFC.

Civil Division Francis William Armstrong, MVO, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Alexander Shelley Baker, OBE, DFC, Under Secretary, Home Office. Robert Edward Ball, MBE, Chief Master Supreme Court of Judicature (Chancery Division). Cyril Leonard Bourton, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health & Social Security. Philip Anthony Russell Brown, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade. John Patrick Carswell, Secretary, University Grants Committee. James Brownlee Dick, Director, Building Research Establishment, Department of the Environment. Mereth Cecil Fessey, Under Secretary, Department of Industry. Harold Glover, Controller, HM Stationery Office. Roland James Lees, Director, Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Ministry of Defence. Owen Humphrey Morris, CMG, Deputy Secretary, Welsh Office. Kenneth Alexander George Murray, Under Secretary, Civil Service Department. Marcel Ivan Prevett, Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue. Richard Lyall Sharp, Under Secretary, HM Treasury. Ronald Alfred Dingwall-Smith, Under Secretary, Scottish Office. John Arthur Fownes Somerville, CBE, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Joyce Toohey, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment. Dudley Russell Flower Turner, Secretary, Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service. Douglas Williams, CVO, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Michael Palliser, KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Head of HM Diplomatic Service.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Edward Noel Larmour, CMG, lately Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Ian McTaggart Sinclair, CMG, Legal Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Richard Adam Sykes, CMG, MC, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Edward Youde, CMG, MBE, HM Ambassador, Peking.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) George Christopher Buchanan Dodds, lately Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Leonard George Goodwin, FRS. For services to the study of tropical diseases. Angus MacQueen, Chairman, The British Bank of the Middle East. William Kenneth Ward, Under Secretary, Department of Trade.

Diplomatic Service & Overseas List Guy Maurice Bratt, MBE, Counsellor, HM Embassy, Washington. Denis Campbell Bray, CVO, Secretary for Home Affairs, Hong Kong. Donald Paul Montague Stewart Cape, HM Ambassador, Vientiane. John Cecil Cloake, HM Ambassador, Sofia. Henry Galton Darwin, Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Geoffrey Francis Hancock, Counsellor, HM Embassy, Beirut. George William Harding, CVO, HM Ambassador-designate, Lima. John Henry Lewen, HM Ambassador, Maputo. Colin McLean, MBE, Counsellor, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Richard Edmund Clement Fownes Parsons, HM Ambassador, Budapest. Michael Scott, MVO, HM Ambassador, Kathmandu. Kenneth James Uffen, lately Commercial Counsellor, HM Embassy, Moscow. Arthur Christopher Watson, Governor, Turks & Caicos Islands.

Australian States State of New South Wales Reginald Frank William Watson. For services to commerce and the community.

State of Victoria The Honourable Murray Lewis Byrne, JP, of Ballarat. For services to government and the community.

State of Queensland Glen Sheil, of Auchenflower. For services to the engineering profession.

State of Western Australia The Right Reverend Ralph Gordon Hawkins, Bishop of Bunbury.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Norman Bishop Hartnell, MVO. The Right Honourable George Charles Hayter, Baron Hayter, CBE.

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Ann Parker Bowles, CBE.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Captain Alastair Sturgis Aird, MVO. Newlands Guy Bassett Smith. Bernard Christian Briant, MVO, MBE. Sidney Charles Hutchison, MVO. Lieutenant Colonel John Frederick Dame Johnston, MVO, MC. Frances Olivia Campbell-Preston. Group Captain James Donald Spottiswood, AFC, Royal Air Force. John Basil Stanier, MVO, TD. Peter Alfred Wright, MVO.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO) Muriel Murray Brown. Stanley Finbow. Hugh Kelson Ford.