The 1970 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 5 June 1970.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Sierra Leone 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 Australia 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 Peers Cyril Hamnett. For services to the Co-operative Movement. Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier. For services to the Theatre. Sir Max Leonard Rosenheim, , President, Royal College of Physicians. The Right Honourable Lord Wheatley. For public services in Scotland.
Privy Counsellor The Right Honourable William, Baron Hughes, , Minister of State, Scottish Office. John Morris, Minister of Defence for Equipment.
Knight Bachelor Charles Frederic James Barker, . For services to the food industry and to Export. Leonard Frederick Behrens, . For public services. Professor George Edward Gordon Catlin. For services to Anglo-American relations. William Alexander Roy Collins, , chairman and managing director, William Collins, Sons and Company Ltd. For services to Export. Samuel Crowe Curran, . For services to Technology and Education. Frank Fraser Darling, vice-president, Conservation Foundation. Arthur Eric Courtney Drake, , chairman, British Petroleum Company Ltd. St John de Holt Elstub, , managing director, Imperial Metal Industries Ltd. For public services and services to Export. Charles Forte, chairman, Forte Holdings Ltd. Ralph Freeman, , Senior Partner, Freeman Fox & Partners, Consulting Engineers. William George Gillies, . For services to Art. Professor Harry Godwin. For services to Ecology and Botany. Maurice Frederick Hackett, , chairman, South East Region Economic Planning Council and chairman, North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. Charles Edgar Mathewes Hardie, , chairman, British Overseas Airways Corporation. Julian Stephen Alfred Hodge, chairman, Hodge Group Ltd. Thomas Norman Arthur Jeffcoate, , Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Liverpool. Ronald Ernest Charles Johnson, , Secretary, Scottish Home and Health Department. Francis Avery Jones, , Physician, Department of Gastro-Enterology, Central Middlesex Hospital. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gordon Larking, . For services to the British Legion. Ronald George Leach, , Senior Partner, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company. John Laurence Longland. For public services. John McWilliam. For services to local government in Fife. David Christie Martin, , Executive Secretary, The Royal Society. Robert Frederick Payne, President, The Law Society. Norman Robert Reid, Director, Tate Gallery. Norman Andrew Forster Rowntree, Director, Water Resources Board. Edward Walters Senior, , chairman, Ransome, Hoffman, Pollard Ltd. For services to Export. Arnold Weinstock, managing director, General Electric and English Electric Companies Ltd. For services to Export. Charles Henry Trelease Williams, , chairman, Iron and Steel Industry Training Board. John Alexander Willison, , Chief Constable, West Mercia Constabulary. Kenneth Millns Wood, chairman, Concrete Ltd. For services to Export.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Isadore Victor Elyan, lately Chief Justice, Swaziland. John Michael Parsons. For services to British Commercial interests in India. The Honourable Edward Trenton Richards, . For public services in Bermuda. Dermot Joseph Sheridan, , Chief Justice, Uganda. Major William Thomson, . For public services in Gibraltar.
State of New South Wales The Honourable Mr. Justice Bernard Sugerman, , President of the Court of Appeal. Elton Reginald Griffin, . For services to industry and commerce. Robert Wentworth Norman. For services to banking and the community.
State of Victoria The Honourable Murray Victor Porter, Agent-General for Victoria in London. Major-General Robert Joseph Henry Risson, . For distinguished services to the community.
State of South Australia The Honourable Mr. Justice Reginald Roderic St Clair Chamberlain, , Senior Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of South Australia.
State of Western Australia Thomas Edward Jewell Wardle, Lord Mayor of the City of Perth, for services to commerce and the community.
State of Tasmania Allan Walton Knight, , Chief Commissioner, Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir Peter John Hill-Norton, . General Sir Richard Michael Power Carver, , late Royal Armoured Corps, Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment, Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Kenyon Burnett, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir Philip Allen, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral Peter Maxwell Compston, , Royal Navy. Lieutenant General Peter William Cradock Hellings, , Royal Marines. Lieutenant-General Sir Basil Oscar Paul Eugster, , (65413), late Foot Guards, Colonel Irish Guards. Lieutenant-General John Aubrey Taylor Sharp, , (76719), late Royal Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery. Air Marshal John Barraclough, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir William Richard Joseph Cook, , Chief Adviser (Projects and Research), Ministry of Defence. Philip Rogers, , Second Permanent Secretary, Civil Service Department.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Surgeon Rear Admiral (D) William Ivon Norman Forrest, . Major General Ian Stewart Harrison. Rear Admiral Ian Wyndham Jamieson, . Rear Admiral Ian Stewart McIntosh, . The Venerable Archdeacon Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes, . Major General Anthony Patrick Willasey-Wilsey, .
Army Major-General Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, , (74591), late Foot Guards. Major-General Edward Michael Hall, , (66041), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General Roy Stuart Marshall, , (224271), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Maurice David Price, , (64554), late Royal Corps of Signals, Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals. Major-General Charles William Woods, , (71873), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Cecil Howard Beamish, . Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Percy Sansom Thomas, . Air Vice-Marshal Ruthven Lowry Wade, . Air Commodore John Lawrence Wemyss Ellacombe, .
Civil Division Arthur Hugh Chaplin, Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum. Thomas Alfred Graham Charlton, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence. Edward Victor Denis Glazier, Director, Royal Radar Establishment, Ministry of Technology. Charles Addison Somerville Snowden Gordon, Principal Clerk, Table Office, House of Commons. Bernard Gottlieb, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Douglas Owen Henley, Third Secretary, HM Treasury. John Arthur Hudson, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Science. Fred Matthias Kearns, , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. William Allan Cunningham Mathieson, , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development. George Irvine Mitchell, Legal Secretary, Lord Advocate's Department. John Lawrence Paisley, , Chief Highway Engineer, Ministry of Transport. Theodore Burton Fox Ruoff, , Chief Land Registrar. James John Sutherland Shaw, Deputy Secretary, Civil Service Department. Charles Edward Gordon Smith, , Director, Microbiological Research Establishment, Ministry of Defence. James Alexander Young, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows, , Permanent United Kingdom Representative on the North Atlantic Council, Brussels.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Sir Kenneth George Grubb, , for services to the Church of England.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Peter Allix Wilkinson, , HM Ambassador-designate, Vienna.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) William Lewis Bell, , Head of the British Development Division in the Caribbean, Ministry of Overseas Development. Professor Cecil Terence Ingold. For services to Higher Education Overseas. George Russell Lee, Acting Assistant Director, Ministry of Defence.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List William Stovold Carter, , lately Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Donald McDonald Gordon, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Donald Frederick Hawley, , Counsellor (Commercial), HM Embassy, Baghdad. John McKenzie, , Deputy British High Commissioner, Calcutta. Kenneth Edward Mackenzie, lately Counsellor (Commercial), HM Embassy, Stockholm. Kenneth Charles Parsons, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Honourable Richard John McMoran Wilson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
State of New South Wales Albert Oliver, Under-Secretary and Comptroller of Accounts, New South Wales Treasury.
State of Victoria Robert John Southey, President of the Liberal Party of Victoria.
State of Queensland Laurence John Hartley Teakle. For distinguished services to university education and administration.
State of South Australia Ernest Melville Schroder. For distinguished service to industry and the State.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Air Vice-Marshal Alan Hunter Cachemaille Boxer, . Allen John Bridson Goldsmith, . Lord Adam Granville Gordon, . Sir David Lumsden Webster, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) The Most Honourable Patricia, Marchioness of Abergavenny. Mark Baring. Colonel Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, . Colonel Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, . Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford. Roy Frederick Lloyd, . The Honourable Mary Anne Morrison. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ferguson George Donaldson Smith, , Metropolitan Police. Walter John George Verco, .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Members of the Fourth Class Commander Brian Colin Gallagher, Royal Navy. Captain Richard Leoline Jenkins, Queen's Dragoon Guards. Stanley William Lionel Rivers Lucking, . Laurence Ernest Nicholson. John O'Connor. Commander Peter Maxwell Stanford, Royal Navy. Chief Superintendent Herbert John Snowley, Thames Valley Constabulary. Thomas Hunter Thomson.
Members of the Fifth Class Francis William Collins. Reginald Charles Fisher. Sydney James Mooney.
Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver Thomas Aspden. John Birchenough. Leonard Walter Cuff. Chief Writer Richard Saxon French, P/MX 771296. Frank Gannon. George Grant. Susan Jones. Reginald Anthony McSweeney. S4180389 Sergeant Terence Oakden, Royal Air Force. Emily Edith Oliver. Yeoman Bedgoer Joseph Patterson, Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Police Constable Duncan McCarter Scott, Metropolitan Police. George Thomas Frederick Smith. Robert Henry White.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Civil Division Sir Ian Frank Bowater, , Lord Mayor of London.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Dorothy Elizabeth Ackroyd, Director, Consumer Council. Margaret Isabel Cole, . For services to Local Government and Education.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Civil Division