The 1969 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 6 June 1969.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Sierra Leone list: Trinidad and Tobago list: Gambia list: Guyana list: Mauritius list:
At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australian honours 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 Life Peer Sidney Lewis Bernstein, Chairman, Granada Group Ltd. Sir Paul Henry Gore-Booth, , lately Head of HM Diplomatic Service. Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, . For services to the Arts. Sir Robert Lowe Hall, , formerly Principal, Hertford College, University of Oxford. Economic Adviser to HM Government, November 1953–May 1961. Advisory Director to Unilever and Adviser to Tube Investments.
Privy Counsellor James Hutchison Hoy, . Member of Parliament for Leith 1945–1950 and for the Leith Division of Edinburgh since 1950. Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food since October 1964. Sydney Irving, . Member of Parliament for the Dartford Division of Kent since 1955. Treasurer of HM Household, October 1964–March 1966. Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, April 1966–October 1968. Chairman of Ways and Means since October 1968. Harold Lever, . Member of Parliament for the Exchange Division of Manchester 1945–1950, and for the Cheetham Division of Manchester since 1950. Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Economic Affairs, January 1967–August 1967. Financial Secretary, HM Treasury since August 1967.
Knight Bachelor John Betjeman, , Poet and Author. Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton, . Member of the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen. For services to Parliament. Raymond Frederick Brown, . For services to the Ministry of Defence and to Export. Arthur Desmond Bonham-Carter, . For services to the National Health Service. Ernst Boris Chain, Professor of Biochemistry, University of London. Oliver Sidney Chesterton, . Lately President, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Leonard Crossland. Chairman, Ford Motor Company Ltd. For services to Export. Roger Salis Falk, . For services to industrial management. Wing Commander Robert Grant Grant-Ferris, . Member of the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen. For services to Parliament. Professor Brian Hilton Flowers, Chairman, Science Research Council. Professor Robert Grieve. Chairman, Highlands and Islands Development Board. Richard Arthur Hayward, . Chairman, Supplementary Benefits Commission. John MacGregor Hill, Chairman, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Maurice Andrew Holmes, Chairman, London Transport Board. Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis, , Technical Director, British Leyland Motor Corporation Limited. Charles Robert Keene, , Alderman, Leicester County Borough. Kenneth Alexander Keith. For services to economic and regional affairs. Robert Frith Lusty, Managing Director, Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd. Robin McAlpine, . For services to Civil Engineering. Hector McNeil, , Chairman, Export Council for Europe. For services to Export. Bernard Miles, , Founder and Artistic Director, Mermaid Theatre. John Francis Compton Miller, , Senior Registrar, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division. Peter Mursell, . For services to Local Government. Frederick Johnson Pedler, Chairman, Council for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries. Professor Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, . For services to the history of Art. Alan James Richmond, Principal, Lanchester College of Technology, Coventry. Gerard Ryder, , Solicitor, Board of Trade. Julian Salmon, . For services to the catering industry. Henry Edmund Sargant, President, The Law Society. David Waldron Smithers, , Professor of Radiotherapy, University of London. James Sharp Tait, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, The City University. Arthur George Weidenfeld, Chairman, Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. Robert Francis Martin Wilkinson, Chairman, The Stock Exchange. John Spencer Wills. For services to Industry and the Arts.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Bruce Greatbatch, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Seychelles. Clifford James Hammett, Chief Justice, Fiji. Philip Ernest Housden Pike, , lately Chief Justice, Borneo, Malaysia.
State of New South Wales Brian Hurtle Crowley, . For services to sport. Harold Grant Ferrier, . For services to industry. Harold Stanley Wyndham, . For services to education.
State of Victoria Albert Victor Jennings, of Mount Eliza. For services to the community.
State of Queensland Clarence Askew Byrne, , of Caloundra. For services to the development of natural resources, particularly to mining.
State of South Australia Louis King, , lately Under Secretary, Secretary to Minister of Health, and Clerk of the Executive Council.
State of Western Australia Henry Frank Cooke. For services to the pastoral industry and to the community.
State of Tasmania The Honourable Malcolm Peter Crisp, Senior Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of Tasmania.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir Charles Harington, , (44880), late Infantry, Colonel Commandant The Prince of Wales's Division, Colonel Commandant Small Arms School Corps.
Civil Division Sir Ludovic James Dunnett, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Ian Lachlan Mackay McGeoch, . Vice-Admiral William Donough O'Brien, . Vice-Admiral Michael Patrick Pollock, .
Army Lieutenant-General Cecil Hugh Blacker, , (67083), late Royal Armoured Corps. Lieutenant-General John Noel Thomas, , (65504), late Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Engineers, Colonel Commandant Royal Pioneer Corps, Honorary Colonel Liverpool University O.T.C.
Royal Air Force Air Marshal Denis Graham Smallwood, .
Civil Division Cyril Maxwell Palmer Brown, , Second Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade. Samuel Goldman, , Second Secretary, HM Treasury.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith, . Rear-Admiral Frank Douglas Holford, . Rear-Admiral Philip Holden Crothers Illingworth. Rear-Admiral Michael Donald Kyrle-Pope, . Rear-Admiral William Bryan Scott Milln. Rear-Admiral Gambier John Byng Noel. Rear-Admiral John Charles Young Roxburgh, .
Army Major-General Edwin Frederick Foxton, , (72136), late Royal Army Educational Corps. Major-General Allan McGill, , (384878), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major-General Robert Bernard Penfold, , (375887), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Charles Herbert Stainforth, , (378004), late Royal Army Service Corps. Major-General Gerald Abson Whiteley, , (145325), Army Legal Services. Major-General Reginald Henry Whitworth, , (124539), late Foot Guards.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Thomas James Hanlon, . Air Vice-Marshal Michael Henry Le Bas, . Air Vice-Marshal John Hunter Hunter-Tod, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Haslam Bonser, . Air Commodore Alastair Dyson Panton, .
Civil Division John Meriton Benn, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland. John Francis Claxton, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions. David Dickson, HM Senior Chief Inspector of Schools, Scottish Education Department. William Rowcliffe Elliott, Senior Chief Inspector, Department of Education and Science. Basil Gray, , Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. Philip Arthur Hufton, Deputy Director (Aircraft), Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Ministry of Technology. Richard Brian Meredith King, , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development. Professor James Henry Herbert Merriman, , Senior Director of Development, General Post Office. Norman Charles Price, Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue. Italo de Lisle Radice, Comptroller General, National Debt Office. Jack Leslie Rampton, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Power. Charles Edgar Sherwin, lately Director of Warship Design, Ministry of Defence. Reginald Stanley Swift, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. Henry Moir Wilson, , Chief Scientist (Army), Ministry of Defence.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) The Right Honourable Samuel, Viscount Hood, , lately Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List John Greville Stanley Beith, , Her Majesty's Ambassador, Brussels. John Richard Cotton, , lately Her Majesty's Ambassador, Kinshasa. Patrick Francis Hancock, , lately Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Edward Emile Tomkins, , Her Majesty's Minister, Washington.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Professor Charles Henry Dobinson. For services to education overseas. Arthur Stanley George Hoar, lately Managing Director, Commonwealth Development Finance Company Ltd. Arthur Patrick Hockaday, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence. Philip Bicknell Ray, Attached Ministry of Defence.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Thomas William Aston, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Henry Arthur Hugh Cortazzi, Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Tokyo. John Burke da Silva, Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington. Edward Bruce Dawson-Moray, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Robert James Dewar, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources, Malawi. Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. David Ronald Holmes, , Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hong Kong. Oliver Kemp, , lately Her Majesty's Ambassador, Ulan Bator. Edgar Ord Laird, , lately Deputy High Commissioner, Kaduna, Nigeria. Daniel Donal John McCarthy, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Brian Birley Roberts, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Armstrong Robinson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. William Hart Sweeting, , Chief Secretary, Bahama Islands.
State of New South Wales Emeritus Professor Bruce Toomba Mayes, . For services to medicine.
State of Victoria Councillor Reginald Thomas Anthony Talbot, Lord Mayor of Melbourne. For services to the community.
State of Queensland Claude Bowhay. For services government and to sheep farming.
Royal Victorian Order
Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Lady Jean Margaret Florence Rankin, .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Major Alastair Campbell Blair, . Rear-Admiral The Right Honourable David Charles, Earl Cairns, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) George Brewster, . Frederick Peter Collison Garland, . William Heseltine . Doreen Archer Houblon, . John Ritchie Inch, . Jean Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott. Muriel Elsie Irene Waterman, . Lieutenant-Commander Ernest Richard Wheeler, , Royal Navy (Retd.). Hugh Walter Kingwell Wontner, .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Fourth Class Captain Alastair Sturgis Aird. Commander Peter Italo Frank Beeson, Royal Navy. Richard Philip Cave. Alfred Richard Deats. Charles Annand Fraser. Harry Anderson Clifford Gill. James Hamilton. Gwendolen Maud Kirby. Noel Melville Richards, . Leslie George Vaughan, . George Henry Wagstaff. Wing Commander Jack Leslie Wallace, , Royal Air Force (Retd.). Edith Wheeler.
Fifth Class Anne Ainscough. Louis Peter Avery. Cecil Edward David Clinton. Stanley Horace Pearson.