The 1949 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 December 1948 for the British Empire,British Empire: New Zealand,New Zealand: India,India: and CeylonCeylon: to celebrate the past year and mark the beginning of 1949.
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.
British Empire
Baron
John Jackson Adams, , Director and General Manager, The West Cumberland Industrial Development Company. For political and public services. Major-General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, , Governor of Victoria since 1939. Sir John Boyd Orr, , lately Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Privy Councillor
The Right Honourable William Malcolm, Baron Hailey, , Chairman, Colonial Research Committee. For services to the Colonial Empire. Hilary Adair Marquand, , Member of Parliament for East Cardiff since 1945. Secretary for Overseas Trade, 1945–1947. Paymaster General, 1947 to July 1948. Minister of Pensions, since July 1948. Dr. Edith Summerskill, , (Mrs. Samuel). Member of Parliament for West Fulham since 1938. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, since 1945.
Knight Bachelor
Ernest Charles Adams, , Comptroller-General, Export Credits Guarantee Department, Board of Trade. Bronson James Albery. For services to the Theatre. John Davidson Beazley, , Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford. Edward Clare Bligh, Chief Officer of the Welfare Department, London County Council. Professor Henry Cohen, , Professor of Medicine, University of Liverpool. Charles Sidney Foulsham, Chief Inspector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue. Archibald Joseph Gill, , Assistant Director-General (Engineering), General Post Office. William Alan Gillett, President of the Law Society. Edmund Henry Gilpin, Member, Export Guarantees Advisory Council, Board of Trade. Joseph Holland Goddard, President, Machine Tool Trades Association. Harcourt Gilbey Gold, . For services to rowing. Chairman of the Committee of the Henley Royal Regatta Stewards. Hugh Ernest Griffiths, . For services in the industrial rehabilitation of disabled persons. Henry Lewis Guy, , Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Research Organisation, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; Secretary, Institution of Mechanical Engineers. John Hacking, . For services to the electricity supply industry. John James William Handford, , lately Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office. Frank Neville Harby, , Secretary, Exchequer and Audit Department. William Lawther, , President, National Union of Mineworkers. Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray, , Lord Provost of Edinburgh. William Gammie Ogg, , Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station. Anthony Frederick Ingham Pickford, Town Clerk of the City of London. Raymond Edward Priestley, , Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham. Stanley Ford Rous, , Secretary of The Football Association. Alan Arthur Saunders, , lately Co-ordinator of Building Supplies, Ministry of Health. John Lionel Simonsen, , Director of Research, Colonial Products Research Council. Donald MacLean Skiffington, , Director, John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. Professor Sydney Alfred Smith, , Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Edinburgh. William Ling Taylor, , Commissioner, lately Director-General, Forestry Commission. James Turner, President, National Farmers' Union of England and Wales. John Hubert Worthington, , Architect. Eric Young, . For services to the coalmining industry.
Dominions John Clifford Valentine Behan, , formerly Warden of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, State of Victoria. Donald George Bradman, State of South Australia. In recognition of his services over many years as cricketer and captain of the Australian Test Team and for public services in several directions. Walter Dwyer, , formerly President of the State of Western Australia Arbitration Court. Professor Bernard Thomas Heinze, , Ormond Professor of Music, University of Melbourne, State of Victoria. Errol Galbraith Knox, , For public services, State of Victoria. The Honourable Norman Martin, Agent-General for the State of Victoria in London. Claude Plowman. For services to engineering and building, State of Tasmania. The Honourable Albert Joseph Walsh, , Vice-Chairman of the Commission of Government, Newfoundland.
Colonies, Protectorates, Etc. Cecil Furness-Smith, , Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago. Leslie Ernest Vivian M'Carthy, lately Puisne Judge in the Gold Coast. Sidney Bacon Palmer, . For public services in the Federation of Malaya. Sydney Phillipson, , Commissioner on special duty in Nigeria. Captain Frank O'Brien Wilson, , Chairman of the Board of Agriculture, Kenya.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough, , Royal Navy General Sir William Duthie Morgan, , (8038), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Civil Division Sir Henry Thomas Tizard, , Chairman, Defence Research Policy Committee, Ministry of Defence.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral George Elvey Creasy, . Vice-Admiral Reginald Henry Portal, . .
Army Lieutenant-General Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan, , (5880), late Infantry. General Sir James Stuart Steele, , (9429), late Infantry.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal John Wakeling Baker, . Acting Air Marshal Aubrey Beauclerk Ellwood, . Acting Air Marshal John Whitworth Jones, .
Civil Division Colonel Paul Gottlieb Julius Gueterbock, , Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the County of Gloucester. Sir Thomas Ingram Kynaston Lloyd, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Frederic William Metcalfe, , Clerk of the House of Commons. Sir Henry Wilson Smith, , Second Secretary, HM Treasury.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss, . Rear-Admiral Clifford Caslon, . Rear-Admiral Philip King Enright, . Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins, . Rear-Admiral Henry William Urquhart McCall, . Surgeon Rear-Admiral Lionel Frederick Strugnell, . Major-General Vivian Davenport Thomas, , Royal Marines. Rear-Admiral Douglas Young-Jamieson.
Army Major-General and Chief Paymaster Cecil Norbury Bednall, , (18038), Royal Army Pay Corps. Major-General Geoffrey Kemp Bourne, , (23643), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Alexander Douglas Campbell, , (5768), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General (local) Algernon Edward Cottam, , (1889), late Infantry. Major-General Ernest Edward Down, , (23809), late Infantry. Major-General (temporary) Frederick Harris, , (15707), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Gerard William Egerton Heath, , (10669), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Frank St David Benwell Lejeune, , (15215), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Francis Raymond Gage Matthews, , (24375), late Infantry. Major-General Euan Alfred Bews Miller, , (11736), late Infantry. Major-General Hetman Jack Parham, , (5899), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General (temporary) Alfred Eryk Robinson, , (9713), late Infantry.
Royal Air Force The Reverend John Arthur Jagoe, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Philip Herbert Mackworth, . Air Commodore Eric Delano Barnes, . Air Commodore Christopher Neil Hope Bilney, . Air Commodore Gilbert Edward Nicholetts, . Air Commodore Adam Henry Robson, . Air Commodore Harold Vivian Satterly, . Acting Air Commodore Arthur William Baynes McDonald, .
Civil Division Francis Sheed Anderson, , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Food. Gilbert Tomkins Anstey, Comptroller and Accountant-General, General Post Office. Eric Strickland Bertenshaw, , Commissioner and Secretary, Board of Customs and Excise. Walter Carter, , lately Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Transport. George Phillips Coldstream, Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Lord Chancellor's Department. Bernard Henry Coode, Principal Clerk, House of Commons. Cyril George Dennys, , Under-Secretary, Ministry of National Insurance. Brevet Colonel Ernest Edward Green, , Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the County of Glamorgan. Colonel North Victor Cecil Dalrymple-Hamilton, , Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the County of Ayr. Samuel Hoare, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Clifford George Jarrett, , Under-Secretary, Admiralty. William Frank Jenkins, , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Supply. David Lowe MacIntyre, , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Works. Wilfred John Neden, , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service. George North, , Registrar-General. Gerald Hume Saverie Pinsent, , Comptroller-General, National Debt Office. Edward Wilder Playfair, Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. John Cecil Glossop Pownall, Chief Charity Commissioner. Colonel Granville Brian Chetwynd-Stapylton, , lately Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the County of Surrey. Alfred Buyers Valentine, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Town and Country Planning.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) The Right Honourable Wyndham Raymond, Viscount Portal, . For services as President of the Olympic Games. Sir Ralph Clarmont Skrine Stevenson, , His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Nanking.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Maurice Joseph Dean, , lately Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office (German Section), now Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. The Honourable Sir John Patrick Dwyer, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the State of Western Australia. Cecil George Lewis Syers, , a Deputy Under Secretary of State in the Commonwealth Relations Office. Sir Gilbert McCall Rennie, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Northern Rhodesia. Kenneth Owen Roberts-Wray, , Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Edward Francis Twining, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief, North Borneo. Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, , United Kingdom Representative on the Brussels Treaty Permanent Commission and United Nations Adviser, Foreign Office. Frederick Robert Hoyer Millar, , Minister at His Majesty's Embassy in Washington. Alec Walter George Randall, , His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen. Geoffrey Harington Thompson, , His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Bangkok.
Honorary Knight Commander HH Sultan Yussuf Izzudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil, , Sultan of Perak, Federation of Malaya.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Vincent Boyle, , Superintending Inspector, Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. John Eaton Griffith, . For services to the Olympic Games Organisation. Guy Erskine Hughes, Chief, Food, Agriculture and Forestry (British) Bi-partite Control Office, Frankfurt, Control Commission for Germany (British Element). Brigadier Arthur Thomas Cornwall-Jones, , Senior Assistant Secretary (Military) to the Cabinet. Montagu Travers Morgan, , Medical Officer of Health, Port of London. Eric Roll, , Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. Arthur Frederick Rouse, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service. Anthony Edward Welch, Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. Arthur Barton Pilgrim Amies, , Professor of Dental Science, University of Melbourne, State of Victoria.