The Queen's Birthday Honours 1959 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 announced on 13 June 1959 for the United Kingdom and CommonwealthUK list: Australia,Australia list: New Zealand,New Zealand list: Ghana,Ghana list: and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.Rhodesia & Nyasaland 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
Baron Major The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Lionel Dugdale, , , Member of Parliament for the Richmond Division of the North Riding of Yorkshire since 1929. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1937–1940 and 1941–1942; Deputy Chief Government Whip, 1941–1942. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1951–1954. Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Party Organisation, 1942–1944. For political and public services. Sir John Forster, , President of the Industrial Court since 1946. The Right Honourable Sir (William) Patrick Spens, , Member of Parliament for Ashford, 1933–1943; and for South Kensington since 1950. Chief Justice of India, 1943–1947. For political and public services.
Privy Counsellor The Honourable Sir (George) Malcolm Hilbery, Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division. The Right Honourable Michael John, Earl St. Aldwyn, , Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1954–1958. Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms and Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 1958. Sir Gordon Cosmo Touche, , Member of Parliament for Reigate, 1931–1950; and for Dorking since 1950. Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means since 1956.
Baronet Major Sir (Arthur) Harold Bibby, . For political services in Liverpool and Cheshire. Hendrie Dudley Oakshott, , Member of Parliament for Bebington since 1950. An Assistant Government Whip, 1951–1952; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1952–1955. Comptroller of HM Household, 1955–1957. Treasurer of HM Household, 1957–1959. Robert Platt, , President, Royal College of Physicians; Professor of Medicine, Manchester University.
Knight Bachelor Dugald Baird, , Regius Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen. William Smith Duthie, , Member of Parliament for Banffshire since 1945. For political and public services. Leslie Carr Gamage, , Chairman and Managing Director, General Electric Co. Ltd. Harold Riley Grime. For political and public services in Lancashire. William Vallance Douglas Hodge, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, University of Cambridge. Master of Pembroke College. David John James. For charitable services in Wales. Arthur Maynard Chesterfield Jenour, . For political and public services in Monmouthshire. Aubrey Julian Lewis, , Professor of Psychiatry, University of London. Major William Cecil McKee, , Lord Mayor of Belfast. John Cecil Masterman, , Provost, Worcester College, Oxford. Brigadier George David Keith Murray, , Chairman, Northern Agricultural Executive Committee, Scotland. Brigadier Otho Leslie Prior-Palmer, , Member of Parliament for Worthing since 1945. For political and public services. James Reginald Pearson, , Deputy Chairman, Vauxhall Motors Ltd. Captain Francis Richard Jonathan Peel, , Chief Constable, Essex County Constabulary. Leslie Ernest Peppiatt, . President of the Law Society. Captain Walter Michael Hungerford Pollen, . For political and public services in Gloucestershire. George Pollock, , Director, British Employers' Confederation. Kenneth Huson Preston, Chairman, Stone-Platt Industries Ltd. His Honour Judge John Alun Pugh, Judge of County Courts. Major Charles Evelyn Pym, . . For public services in Kent. Michael Scudamore Redgrave, , Actor. Robert Desmond Ropner, Chairman, General Council of British Shipping. Alderman Edward Percy Rugg. For political and public services. William Proctor Smith, . For political and public services in Cheshire. Stanley Spencer, , Painter. Ronald Syme, Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford. Captain Thomas Antonio Reginald Terrell. For political services. William Giles Newsom Walker, , Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Jute Industries Ltd. Mortimer Langton Warren, Secretary, Church Commissioners. William Wilkinson Wood. For political and public services in Sheffield.
State of Queensland Herbert Leon Trout, of Everton Park, State of Queensland. For public services.
State of South Australia Sidney Barton Pope, of the State of South Australia. For services to public and charitable organisations.
State of Victoria Edgar Barton Coles. For public and philanthropic services in the State of Victoria. Frederick William Thomas, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
Overseas Territories Vahe Robert Bairamian, Chief Justice, Sierra Leone. Arthur John Grattan-Bellew, , Chief Secretary, Tanganyika. Gaston Johnston, , President of the Bar Association of Trinidad and Tobago, and of the Federated Bar Associations of The West Indies. Colin Malcolm MacGregor, Chief Justice, Jamaica. John Andrew Mahoney, , Speaker of the Legislative Council, Gambia. George Mutlow Paterson, , Chief Justice, Northern Rhodesia. John Kingsmill Robert Thorp, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Seychelles.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis, . General Sir Hugh Charles Stockwell, , (23894), late Infantry. Colonel, The Royal Welch Fusiliers; Colonel Commandant, Army Air Corps; Colonel, The Royal Malay Regiment. Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly, , Royal Air Force.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Norman Eric Dalton, . Vice-Admiral Harry Philpot Koelle, .
Army Lieutenant-General Sir Roger Herbert Bower, , (24360), late Infantry. Lieutenant-General Joseph Howard Nigel Poett, , (38346), late Infantry. Colonel, The Durham Light Infantry.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Walter Graemes Cheshire, . Acting Air Marshal Kenneth Brian Boyd Cross, .
Civil Division Victor Martin Reeves Goodman, , Clerk of the Parliaments. William Strath, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Supply. Alfred John Digby Winnifrith, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Christopher Douglas Bonham-Carter. Rear-Admiral Noel Edward Harwood Clarke. Rear-Admiral Gilbert Carey De Jersey. Rear-Admiral Robert Alastair Ewing, . Rear-Admiral Walter Evershed, . Rear-Admiral Nigel Stuart Henderson, . Rear-Admiral Jack Kenneth Highton, . Rear-Admiral Henry Cuthbert Norris Rolfe. Rear-Admiral Alec Julian Tyndale-Biscoe, . Rear-Admiral John Harold Unwin, .
Army Major-General Kenneth Cecil Orville Bastyan, , (34563), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major-General Hugh Alastair Borradaile, , (35959), late Infantry. Major-General Philip John Lauriston Capon, , (39084), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Alexander Frederic Joseph Elmslie, , (31922), late Royal Army Service Corps. Major-General Richard Elton Goodwin, , (40616), late Infantry. Major-General Gerald Kellett, , (33351), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Richard Eyre Lloyd, , (37083), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General John Frederick Matheson Macdonald, , (38523), late Infantry. Major-General Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson, , (45438), late Infantry. Major-General Graham Peddie, , (34508), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Royal Air Force The Venerable Francis William Cocks, . Air Vice-Marshal George Augustus Walker, . Air Commodore Graham Clarke Bladon, , (Retired). Air Commodore Howard Ford, . Air Commodore Charles Edward Stuart Lockett, (Retired). Air Commodore Cyril John Salmon, . Air Commodore John Edward Rudkin Sowman, . Air Commodore Ronald Bain Thomson, . Acting Air Commodore Patrick Geraint Jameson, . Group Captain Andrew Henry Humphrey, .
Civil Division Dermot Charles Hyatt Abbot, Under-secretary, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. Eric Bedford, , Chief Architect, Ministry of Works. John Ernest Haldane Blackie, Chief Inspector, Ministry of Education. John Edward Hampson, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Jack Alexander Sutherland-Harris, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Ralph Henderson, , Director of Stores, Admiralty. Colonel Tom Fielden Hood, , Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, County of Gloucester. Gerald Ewart Johnstone, Principal Assistant Solicitor, Office of HM Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor. Thomas Doyle Kingdom, Under-Secretary, National Assistance Board. Colonel Charles Norman Littleboy, , Chairman of Yorkshire (North Riding) Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association. Alexander James Nicol Miller, Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue. John Bennet Lorimer Munro, , Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. Kenneth Alfred Lamport Parker, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Reginald Ratcliffe, , Deputy Controller of Royal Ordnance Factories, Ministry of Supply. Harold Ford Rossetti, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Arthur Edward Trevor Benson, , lately Governor, Northern Rhodesia.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Commander The Right Honourable Allan Herbert Percy Noble, , Royal Navy (Retired), , Member of Parliament for Chelsea since 1945. Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, 1951–1955. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1955–1956. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 1956–1959. The Most Reverend James Duhig, , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, State of Queensland. Alexander Francis Morley, , High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Ceylon. Vice-Admiral Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett, , Governor of Southern Rhodesia. The Honourable Albert Asher Wolff, Chief Justice of the State of Western Australia. Edwin Porter Arrowsmith, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Falkland Islands. Lieutenant-General Sir John Dane Woodall, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda. Douglas Laird Busk, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Helsinki. George Lisle Clutton, , lately Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Manila. John Walker, , Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Caracas.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Frank Edward Figgures, Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. Thomas Stephen Leach, , Chief Inspector of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. James Scrimgeour, , Senior Partner, J. & A. Scrimgeour. For services to the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations. William Henry Wheeler, lately Head of United Kingdom Ministry of Supply Staff, Melbourne, Australia. (Now Director of Explosives, Research Establishment, Ministry of Supply). Aubrey William Burleton Coady, Under-Secretary and Comptroller of Accounts, Treasury, State of New South Wales. David Wathen Stather Hunt, , an Assistant Secretary in the Commonwealth Relations Office. David John Muir, Agent-General in London for the State of Queensland. Alfred Moxon Simpson, a prominent member of the commercial community in the State of South Australia. Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sierra Leone.