The New Year Honours 1978 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, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1978. They were announced on 31 December 1977 for the United Kingdom,UK listing: Australia,Australia listing: New Zealand,New Zealand listing: Mauritius,Mauritius listing: Fiji,Fiji listing: the Bahamas,Bahamas listing: Grenada,Grenada listing: and Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea listing:
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 Betty Lockwood, chairman, Equal Opportunities Commission.
Baron Sir Douglas Albert Vivian Allen, , Head of the Home Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, Civil Service Department. Lieutenant Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Martin Michael Charles Charteris, . Lately Private Secretary to The Queen and Keeper of Her Majesty's Archives. Oliver Ross McGregor, Professor of Social Institutions, University of London. Michael Young. Lately Chairman, National Consumer Council. Chairman, Mutual Aid Centre.
Privy Counsellor John Dennis Concannon, , Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office. Member of Parliament for the Mansfield Division of Nottinghamshire. David John Denzil Davies, , Minister of State, HM Treasury. Member of Parliament for Llanelli. John William Gilbert, , Minister of State, Ministry of Defence. Member of Parliament for Dudley East. Charles Richard Morris, , Minister of State, Civil Service Department. Member of Parliament for the Openshaw Division of Manchester.
Knight Bachelor Kenneth James Priestley Barraclough, . Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Lord Chancellor's Department. David Robert Bates, , Research Professor of Theoretical Physics, Queen's University of Belfast. William John Hughes Butterfield, , Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. Charles Frederick Carter, . Vice-chancellor, University of Lancaster. Ronald Ellis, Head of Defence Sales, Ministry of Defence. James Campbell Fraser, managing director, Dunlop Holdings Ltd. For services to Export. James Finlay Elder Gilchrist, . Lately Chairman, Harrisons & Crosfield Ltd. For services to Export. Henry Thomas Hopkinson, . For services to Journalism. William Elwyn Edwards Jones. For public service in Wales. Hector Laing, chairman, United Biscuits (Holdings) Ltd. For services to Export. Commander John Duncan Lock, chairman, Association of District Councils of England & Wales. David Blackstock McNee, , Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. Malcolm John Methven, Director-General, Confederation of British Industry. Leslie Frederick Murphy, chairman, National Enterprise Board. Kenneth Leslie Newman, Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Peter Neville Luard Pears, , Singer. For services to Music. Joseph Raymond Lynden Potter, chairman, The Halifax Building Society. Peter Wendel Seligman, , lately chairman, A.P.V. Holdings Ltd. For services to Export. Andrew Akiba Shonfield, Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Professor George Algernon Smart, Director, British Postgraduate Medical Federation. George Fenwick Smith, , General Secretary, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians. John Richard Nicholas Stone, , Leake Professor of Finance & Accounting, University of Cambridge. Arthur Sugden, chief executive officer, Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd. Professor Thomas Symington, lately Director, Institute of Cancer Research. Francis Leonard Tombs, chairman, Electricity Council. Walter Winterbottom, . For services to Sport.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sze-Yuen Chung, . For public services in Hong Kong. Ernest Howard Davis, , Deputy Governor, Gibraltar.
Australian States State of Victoria The Honourable Mr. Justice Murray Vincent McInerney, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. James Charles McNeill, , of Canterbury. For services to the State through industry. State of Queensland Anthony Thomas Covacevich, , of Cairns. For services to the welfare of the people of North Queensland. Lionel Joseph McCray, of Ascot. For services to the business community and people of Queensland.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Army General Sir Jack Harman, (123536), Colonel Commandant Royal Armoured Corps, Colonel 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards.
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Beetham, .
Civil Division Sir William Dennis Pile, , chairman, Board of Inland Revenue.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Richard Pilkington Clayton. Vice Admiral Anthony Storrs Morton.
Army Lieutenant General Timothy May Creasey, (350206), Colonel Commandant The Queen's Division, Deputy Colonel (Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire) The Royal Anglian Regiment, Colonel Commandant Small Arms School Corps.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Frederick Beresford Sowrey, . Acting Air Marshal Peter David George Terry, .
Civil Division James Arnot Hamilton, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education & Science. Arthur Patrick Hockaday, , Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence. Peter Sansome Preston, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development. Anthony Keith Rawlinson, , Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil. Rear Admiral Thomas Buckhurst Homan. Rear Admiral Benjamin Cubitt Perowne. Major General Robert Percival Walter Wall, Royal Marines.
Army Major General Peter Blunt, (335303), Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Transport, Honorary Colonel 160 Transport Regiment Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers), Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve. Major General Kenneth Gardiner Galloway, (150137), late Royal Army Dental Corps. Major General John David Carew Graham, (243024), late The Parachute Regiment Major General Anthony George Clifford Jones, (251031), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major General William Desmond Mangham (303693), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General Henry Arthur John Sturge (379385), Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals. Major General Denys Broomfield Wood (307281), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Donald Laurence Attlee, , (Retired). Air Vice-Marshal Alan David Dick, . Air Vice-Marshal Charles Robert Griffin, . Air Vice-Marshal Philip Michael Sweatman Hedgeland, . Air Vice-Marshal Basil Goodhand Lock, .
Civil Division Ernest Victor Adams, Deputy Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue. William Cartwright Beckett, Legal Secretary, Law Officers' Department. Maurice Francis Bond, , Principal Clerk, Information Services, and Clerk of the Records, House of Lords. John David Brierley, Under Secretary, Department of Education & Science. James Carver, lately Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries, Department of Employment. John Frederick Thomas Cheetham, Secretary, Exchequer and Audit Department. Keith Dexter, Director General, Agricultural Development & Advisory Service. Jeffery Raymond Ede, Keeper of Public Records, Lord Chancellor's Department. William Kerr Fraser, Deputy Secretary, Scottish Office. Derek Ivens Archibald Hamblen, , lately Principal Director, Ministry of Defence. Alistair Robert Morton Jaffray, Deputy Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Thomas Philip Jones, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy. William Daniel Lacey, , Deputy Secretary, Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment. Geoffrey John Otton, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Geoffrey Penrice, Under Secretary, Departments of the Environment & Transport. Harry Wilfrid Pout, , Deputy Controller Aircraft "D", Ministry of Defence. Philip Waller Ridley, , Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry. Kenneth Reeve Shimeld, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Civil Service for Northern Ireland. Jack Edward Clive Thornton, , Under 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) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir John Johnston, , British High Commissioner, Ottawa. The Honourable Sir Peter Ramsbotham, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir John Moreton, , lately Minister, HM Embassy, Washington. James Murray, , Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York. Harold Smedley, , British High Commissioner, Wellington. John Adam Thomson, , British High Commissioner, New Delhi.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Harald Fairbairn Christopherson, Commissioner, Board of Customs and Excise. Alexander Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, , Counsellor (Aviation & Shipping), HM Embassy, Washington.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List David Akers-Jones, Secretary for the New Territories, Hong Kong. Kenneth Roy Crook, HM Ambassador, Kabul. Stephen Loftus Egerton, HM Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro. Richard Mark Evans, Minister (Economic), HM Embassy, Paris. George Edmund Hall, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Frederick Hume Jackson, , HM Consul-General, Düsseldorf. David Wylie McDonald, Director of Public Works, Hong Kong. Peter Donovan McEntee, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Belize. Patrick Hamilton Moberly, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. James Roland Walter Parker, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Falkland Islands. Harold Martin Smith Reid, Counsellor, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Fernley Gordon Rogers, , Administrative Officer, Senior Staff Grade, Nigeria. Frederick Allan Rowley, , Counsellor, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Alan Bedford Urwick, Minister, HM Embassy, Madrid. Patrick Richard Henry Wright, HM Ambassador, Luxembourg.
Australian States State of New South Wales Lloyd Frederic Rees. For services to art. State of Victoria John Joseph McGee, of Malyern. For services to the community. State of Queensland Neil Milne Gow, of Pullenvale. For services to industry and commerce. State of Western Australia Sheila Mary Kenworthy, , of Dalkeith. For services to the community, through activities in the field of law and in the interests of women.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Richard Ian Samuel Bayliss. Henry Ernest Marking, . Colonel The Right Honourable John Aylmer, Earl of Stair, . Admiral Sir Frank Roddam Twiss, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Major General Nigel Thomas Bagnall, . Captain Ian Mosley Clegg, Royal Navy (Retd). Commander David Laurence Cobb, Royal Navy (Retd). Colonel James Ainsworth Campden Gabriel Eyre, . James Valentine Edwards. Surgeon Captain Philip Charles Fulford, , Royal Navy. Assistant Commissioner Henry James Ellis Hunt, , Metropolitan Police. Vivian David Lipman. Vice Admiral Dennis Howard Mason, . Peter Jack Matthews, , Chief Constable, Surrey Constabulary. Alexander John Buckley Rutherford, . Group Captain John Francis Humphrey Tetley, Royal Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel John Riddell Bromhead Walker, . Kenneth Burwood Walter. Captain Gordon Frank Walwyn, Royal Navy.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO) Lieutenant Colonel Paul Robin Adair, Coldstream Guards. David Culbert Boyd. Lieutenant Colonel John Campbell Hardy, Royal Marines. Eileen Elsie Harrison. Captain Christopher Hope Layman, Royal Navy. Philip Fairfax Mason.