The Queen's Birthday Honours 1957 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.
The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were published on 4 June 1957 for the United Kingdom and Colonies, Australia, New Zealand, and to members of the British Armed Forces in recognition of distinguished and gallant services in the Operations in the Near East, October–December 1956.
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
Viscount The Right Honourable Harold Vincent, Baron Mackintosh of Halifax, DL, chairman, National Savings Committee.
Baron Sir Horace Evans, GCVO, MD, FRCP. Physician. Lieutenant-General Sir (Charles) Willoughby Moke Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, New Zealand. Joseph Arthur Rank. For public services.
Baronet Captain James Alexander Lawson Duncan, MP, Member of Parliament for North Kensington, 1931–1945, and for South Angus since 1950. For political and public services. Hamilton William Kerr, MP, Member of Parliament for Oldham, 1931–1945, and for Cambridge since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health, May–July 1945. For political and public services. Sir Fitzroy Hew Maclean, CBE, MP, Member of Parliament for Lancaster since 1941. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary, War Office, 1954–1957. For political and public services. The Right Honourable Sir Henry Urmston Willink, MC, QC. For public services.
Knight Bachelor Major Edward Beddington-Behrens, CMG, MC. For services to the European Movement. Isaiah Berlin, CBE, Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. Reginald Poulton Biddle, CBE, TD. For public services in Southampton. William Robson Brown, MP, Member of Parliament for Esher since 1950. For political and public services in Surrey. Gordon Roy Cameron, MB, FRCP, Professor of Morbid Anatomy, University College Hospital Medical School, University of London. John Middleton Campbell, chairman, Booker Brothers, McConnell & Co. Ltd. Harry Campion, CB, CBE, director, Central Statistical Office, Cabinet Office. William Emsley Carr, chairman, News of the World. Charles Travis Clay, CB, lately Librarian, House of Lords. His Honour Brett Mackay Cloutman, VC, MC, QC, Senior Official Referee, Supreme Court of Judicature. Colonel John Gordon Crabbe, OBE, MC, TD. For public services. Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. Geoffrey Crowther. For services to Journalism. Leslie Doubleday, JP. For political and public services in Kent. Thomas Robinson Ferens, CBE. For political and public services in Hull. Charles John Geddes, CBE, Member of the General Council, Trades Union Congress. George Colvile Hayter-Hames, CBE, DL, chairman, Devon County Council. For services to Agriculture in Devon. Robert John Rolston Harcourt, JP, Lord Mayor of Belfast. For public services. Alister Clavering Hardy, Linacre Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University of Oxford. Air Commodore Arthur Vere Harvey, CBE, MP, Member of Parliament for Macclesfield since 1945. For political and public services. Samuel Thompson Irwin, CBE, MCh, FRCS, MP. For political and public services in Belfast. William Clarence Johnson, CMG, CBE, HM Inspector of Constabulary, Home Office. George Basil Todd-Jones, Presiding Special Commissioner of Income Tax, Board of Inland Revenue. Herbert Gladstone McDavid, CBE, chairman and managing director, Glen Line Ltd. John Leslie Martin, Professor of Architecture, University of Cambridge. Major-General Aymer Maxwell, CBE, MC, chairman, British Legion, Scotland. Lieutenant-Colonel Dealtry Charles Part, OBE. For public services in Bedfordshire. Lately Lord Lieutenant. George White Pickering, MD, FRCP, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford. Frederick Pickworth, chairman, English Steel Corporation Ltd. Lieutenant-Colonel George Kenneth Fordham Ruddle, TD, DL. For political and public services in Rutland. Colonel Malcolm Stoddart-Scott, OBE, TD, MD, MP, Member of Parliament for Pudsey and Otley, 1945–1950, and for Ripon since 1950. For political and public services. William Scott, OBE, JP. For political and public services in Jarrow. William Sinclair, CBE, JP. For political services in Scotland. Edward Walter Thompson, JP, chairman, John Thompson Ltd., Wolverhampton. William Gosselin Trower. For political and public services. Donald Wolfit, CBE, Actor-Manager. Alec Thomas Sharland Zealley, chairman, Remploy Ltd. State of South Australia John Stanley Murray, of Adelaide, State of South Australia. For public services. State of Victoria Professor Arthur Barton Pilgrim Amies, CMG, DDSc, FRACS, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Science, University of Melbourne, State of Victoria. Colonel the Honourable William Watt Leggatt, DSO, MC, ED, Agent-General in London for the State of Victoria. Henry Arthur Winneke, OBE, Solicitor General, State of Victoria. Overseas Territories Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC. For public services in Barbados. Ernest Samuel Beoku-Betts, MBE. For public services in Sierra Leone. Paget James Bourke, Chief Justice of Cyprus. Richard Brunel Hawes, CMG, MB, FRCP, Consulting Physician to the Colonial Office. Frank Wilfred Holder, KCMG, QC, Chief Justice of British Guiana. Joseph Henry Pierre, MB, FRCS(Ed), Specialist Surgeon, General Hospital, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Bernard Vidal Shaw, Senior Puisne Judge, Special Court, Cyprus. John Whyatt, QC, Chief Justice, Singapore.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir Charles Edward Lambe, KCB, CVO. General Sir Francis Wogan Festing, KCB, KBE, DSO (611). Colonel, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, KCB, KBE, DFC, AFC. Civil Division Sir Frank Aubrey Newsam, KCB, KBE, CVO, MC, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Barnard, CB, CBE, DSO. Vice-Admiral Gerald Vaughan Gladstone, CB. General Sir Dudley Ward, KBE, CB, DSO (41238), late Infantry. Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Kemp Bourne, KBE, CB, CMG (23643). Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery. Lieutenant-General Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman, CB, CMG, DSO, OBE (27168), late Infantry. Air Vice-Marshal John Humphrey Edwardes-Jones, CB, CBE, DFC, AFC. Air Vice-Marshal Laurence Frank Sinclair, GC, CB, CBE, DSO.
Additional Knight Commander In recognition of distinguished services in the Operations in the Near East, October–December 1956. Vice-Admiral Leonard Francis Durnford-Slater, CB.
Civil Division Noel Kilpatrick Hutton, CB, First Parliamentary Counsel.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Keith McNeil Campbell-Walter. Rear-Admiral George Kempthorne Collett, DSC. Rear-Admiral Sir John Ralph Coote, Bt, CBE, DSC. Surgeon Rear-Admiral David Duncan, OBE, MD, ChB. Rear-Admiral Lawrence George Durlacher, OBE, DSC. Rear-Admiral Harry Philpot Koelle. Rear-Admiral John Bertram Newsom. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Arnold Ashworth Pomfret, OBE, MB, ChB. Rear-Admiral Sir St. John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, Bt, DSO, DSC. Rear-Admiral Wilfrid John Wentworth Woods, DSO.
Army Major-General Geoffrey Ernest Butler, CBE (47699), Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. Major-General Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill, CBE, MC (38512). Colonel, The Manchester Regiment. Major-General Rohan Delacombe, CBE, DSO (34748). Colonel, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Major-General Robert Withers Ewbank, CBE, DSO (38372), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General Richard James Moberly, OBE (34480), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major-General Philip Francis Palmer, OBE, QHS, MB (35621), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Charles Leslie Richardson, CBE, DSO (40407), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General John Michael Kane Spurling, CBE, DSO (31731), late Infantry. Major-General William Gurdon Stirling, CBE, DSO (36888), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Ronald Walton Urquhart, DSO (34932), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
Additional Companions In recognition of distinguished services in the Operations in the Near East, October–December 1956. Brigadier (Temporary Major-General) Geoffrey Lucas, CBE (32021), Staff, late Royal Armoured Corps. Brigadier (Temporary) Kenneth Thomas Darling, CBE, DSO (44052), Staff, late Infantry. Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Alexander Annan Adams, DFC. Air Vice-Marshal John Darcy Baker-Carr, CBE, AFC. Air Vice-Marshal Joseph Cox, OBE, DFC. Air Vice-Marshal Walter Philip George Pretty, CBE. Acting Air Vice-Marshal Herbert James Kirkpatrick, CBE, DFC. Air Commodore Alfred Thomas Monks. Air Commodore Ronald Charles Storrar, OBE. Group Captain Howard Wright Penney, CBE.
Additional Knight Commander In recognition of distinguished services in the Operations in the Near East, October–December 1956. Acting Air Marshal Denis Hensley Fulton Barnett, CB, CBE, DFC.
Additional Companion In recognition of distinguished services in the Operations in the Near East, October-December 1956 Acting Air Commodore Thomas Öther Prickett, DSO, DFC, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Anthony John Aglen, Deputy Secretary, Scottish Home Department. John Henry Benjamin Chapman, Principal Deputy Director of Naval Construction, Admiralty. Arnold William France, Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. Denis William Garstin Latimer Haviland, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Supply. David Willis Wilson Henderson, Director, Microbiological Research Establishment, Ministry of Supply. John Keith Horsefield, Director of Finance and Accounts, General Post Office. Reginald Howlett, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Education. Frank William Mottershead, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Francis Ralph Hay Murray, CMG, Officer Grade IV, Senior Branch, Foreign Service. Brigadier James Alexander Oliver, CBE, DSO, TD, ADC, DL, chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the Counties of Angus and the City of Dundee. Denis O'Neill, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation. Henry Thompson Smith, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry. Keith Lievesley Stock, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Power. Richard George Kitchener Way, CBE, Lately Deputy Under-Secretary of State, War Office (now Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence.) Anthony Edward Welch, CMG, Under-Secretary, Board of Trade.
Additional Companion Brigadier Ivan de la Bere, CVO, CBE, Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, and Deputy Secretary, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot, KCMG, KCVO, OBE, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief, Jamaica. Sir Donald Charles MacGillivray, KCMG, MBE, High Commissioner, Federation of Malaya. Sir James Wilson Robertson, GCVO, KCMG, KBE, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Federation of Nigeria.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) The Right Honourable Austin Richard William Low, CBE, DSO, TD, MP, Member of Parliament for Blackpool North since 1945. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1951–1954; Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1954–1957. For political and public services. Henry John Bevis Lintott, CMG, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Commonwealth Relations Office. Ian Morrison Ross Maclennan, CMG, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Ghana. John Gutch, CMG, OBE, High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.