The 1948 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 on 1 January 1948 for the British EmpireBritish Empire: and New ZealandNew Zealand: to celebrate the past year and mark the beginning of 1948.
This was the last honours list to include appointments to the The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire.
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
Viscount The Right Honourable John Scott, Baron Hyndley, , chairman, National Coal Board. Lately Controller-General, Ministry of Fuel and Power, and chairman, Finance Corporation for Industry Ltd.
Baron Sir Valentine George Crittall, . For political and public services. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir (William) Sholto Douglas, , Commander-in-Chief and Military Governor, Germany, 1946–1947. Sir Harold Vincent Mackintosh, , chairman, National Savings Committee. Colonel the Right Honourable Sir (David) John Colville, , Governor of Bombay, 1943–1947 (dated 14 August 1947).
Privy Counsellor George Buchanan, , Minister of Pensions. Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, 1945–1947. Member of Parliament for the Gorbals Division of Glasgow since 1922. David Kirkwood, , Member of Parliament for Dumbarton Burghs since 1922. For political and public services. The Honourable William John McKell, , Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Sir Malcolm Macnaghten, , lately Judge of the High Court of Justice. George Heaton Nicholls, High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in London, 1944–1947. The Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, , Chief Justice of New Zealand.
Knight Bachelor Richard Harold Armstrong, , Chairman of the Royal Liverpool United Hospital. Michael Elias Balcon, Director and Production Head of Ealing Studios Ltd. Frederic Charles Bartlett, , Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge. Leslie Cecil Blackmore Bowker, , City Remembrancer. Colonel Eric Gore Browne, , chairman, Southern Railway Company. George Chester, , General Secretary, National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives. Harold Claughton, , Principal of the University of London. John Douglas Cockcroft, , Director, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Ministry of Supply. Commander Geoffrey Edgar Duveen, , Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Retired), Chairman of the Royal Ear Hospital, London. His Honour Tom Eastham, , Senior Official Referee, Supreme Court of Judicature. Robert George Erskine, , deputy chairman, Navy Army and Air Force Institutes. Vincent Ziani de Ferranti, , chairman and managing director, Ferranti Ltd. Robert Macdonald Gould, , Chief Industrial Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and National Service. Philip Buhner Johnson, President, Engineering and Allied Employers' National Federation. Edward Redmayne Redmayne-Jones, lately Chairman of the National Federation of Corn Trade Associations. Ralph Wilfred Lacey, Cotton Controller, Board of Trade. John Loudon, Director of Bacon and Ham, Ministry of Food. James Gow Mann, , Director of the Wallace Collection. John Parkinson, , Physician to the Cardiac Department, London Hospital. George Lionel Pepler, . For services to town and country planning. Harry Platt, , Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester. Charles Garonne Renold, , chairman, British Institute of Management. Harry Ralph Ricardo, , chairman and Technical Director, Ricardo & Co. Ltd. William Dunkeld Robieson, , Editor of The Glasgow Herald. Herbert Septimus Scott, . For services to education in Africa. Richard Vynne Southwell, , Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London. Professor Frank Merry Stenton, , President of the Royal Historical Society. John Walker Stephenson, , General Secretary, Plumbers', Glaziers' and Domestic Engineers' Union. Philip Crawford Vickery, , Civil Assistant, War Office.
Dominions Francis Raymond Connelly, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria. The Honourable Frank Ernest Gibson, a Member of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia. For public and municipal services. The Honourable Charles John Lowe, Judge of the Supreme Court, and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, State of Victoria. Ernest Augustus Lee Steere, a pastoralist, State of Western Australia. For public services.
Burma Ronald Nesbitt-Hawes, , Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs, Burma. Charles Frederick Byrde Pearce, , Indian Civil Service, Auditor-General, Burma.
Colonies, Protectorates, Etc. Hussein Hassanal Abdool Cader, . For public services in the Malayan Union. Tsibu Darku IXth, , Omanhene of Asin Atandasu. For public services in the Gold Coast. William Ivor Jennings, , Vice-Chancellor, University of Ceylon. John Harry Barclay Nihill, , Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Kenya. Professor Luigi Preziosi, , President of the National Assembly, Malta.
India (dated 14 August 1947) Albert Roderick Chisholm, managing director, Imperial Bank of India. Charles Beaupre Bell Clee, , Indian Civil Service, Revenue Commissioner for Sind and Secretary to the Government of Sind in the Revenue Department. Colonel David Clyde, , Indian Medical Service, Surgeon-General with the Government of Bengal. Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch, Chairman of the Directors, Messrs. Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd., Calcutta, Bengal. Norman Frederick Frome, , Chief Engineer, Posts and Telegraphs. Harry Greenfield, , chairman, Central Board of Revenue. Lancelot Cecil Lepel Griffin, , Indian Political Service, Secretary to His Excellency the Crown Representative. Wilfred Vernon Grigson, , Indian Civil Service, Revenue Minister, Hyderabad State. Mr. Justice Arthur Comyn Happell, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St. George, Madras. Francis Herbert du Heaume, , Indian Police, Deputy Inspector of Police, Training and Technical, Punjab. Mr. Justice Lionel Clifford Horwill, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St. George, Madras. John Wardle Houlton, , Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar. Arthur Cecil Inskip, , General Manager, Messrs. Cooper Allen & Co., Cawnpore. William Norman Prentice Jenkin, , Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Punjab. Mr. Justice Ronald Francis Lodge, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal. Christopher Hughes Masterman, , Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Madras. Mr. Justice Herbert Ribton Meredith, Indian Civil Service Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna. Charles Watt Miles, , Senior Partner, Messrs. Shaw Wallace & Co., Calcutta. Samuel Harrison Yardley Oulsnam, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Health. Charles Ridley Pawsey, , Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills, Kohima, Assam. George Alfred Pearce, , Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces. Emil Athol Owen Perkin, , chairman, Joint Public Service Commission of Bihar, the Central Provinces and Berar, and Orissa. Major-General George de la Poer Beresford, , Controller of Salvage, General Headquarters, India. Geoffrey Charles Frescheville Ramsden, , Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner (officiating), Central Provinces and Berar. William Robert Tennant, , Indian Civil Service, Deputy Auditor-General of India. Joseph Herbert Thompson, , Indian Political Service, Resident on Special Duty in the Political Department Secretariat, India. Herbert John Todd, , Indian Political Service, lately Resident for the Eastern States. Hugh Weightman, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations. Bernard James Whitby, , Senior Partner, Messrs. A. F. Ferguson & Co., Chartered Accountants, Bombay.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir Edward Neville Syfret, . General Sir Montagu George North Stopford, , (4554), late Infantry.
Civil Division Sir Thomas James Barnes, , HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Lieutenant-General Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, , Royal Marines. Vice-Admiral Charles Saumarez Daniel, . Lieutenant-General Kenneth Noel Crawford, , (10226), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Oswald Brown, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Lieutenant-Colonel (Brevet Colonel) William Henry Wiggin, , chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, for the County of Worcestershire. Sir James Horace Barnes, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry. Sir (Thomas) Gilmour Jenkins, , Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Sir Thomas Herbert Sheepshanks, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Town and Country Planning.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Arthur Robin Moore Bridge, . Rear-Admiral Harold Hickling, . Major-General Hubert Thomas Newman, , Royal Marines. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Joseph Aloysius O'Flynn, . Rear-Admiral Robert Don Oliver, . Rear-Admiral The Honourable Guy Herbrand Edward Russell, . Rear-Admiral (E) Brian Leonard Geoffrey Sebastian. Rear-Admiral Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt.
Army Major-General (temporary) (now Colonel) Stanley Arnott, , (4215), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Rupert Tristram Oliver Cary, , (16265), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major-General (acting) Kenneth Chisholm Davidson, , (13184), late Infantry. Brigadier (temporary) Arthur Julian Hadfield Dove, , (14522), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General (temporary) Oliver Pearce Edgcumbe, , (12450), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major-General Edward Temple Leigh Gurdon, , (8822), late Infantry. Major-General Joseph Charles Haydon, , (13865), late Foot Guards. Brigadier (temporary) John Lingham, , (13513), late Infantry. Major-General Cyril Lloyd, , (44586), Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. Major-General (temporary) Geoffrey Woodroffe Palmer, , (11379), Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Major-General (temporary) Fendall William Harvey Pratt, , (8073), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General John Dee Shapland, , (11416), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General (temporary) William Donovan Stamer, , (4225), late Infantry. Major-General (temporary) Lechmere Cay Thomas, , (12601), late Infantry.
India (dated 14 August 1947) Colonel (Temporary Major-General) John Steventon Ballentine, , Indian Army, Royal Deccan Horse. Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Roderick Idrisyn Jones, , Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Walter David Alexander Lentaigne, , 4th Gurkha Rifles. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Osmond de Turville Lovett, , 2nd Gurkha Rifles. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Claude Ernest Pert, , Probyn's Horse, Indian Army. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Frank Hollamby Skinner, , The Kumaon Regiment, Indian Army. Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Hugh Huntingdon Stable, , Indian Army, late Cavalry. Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Edward William Drummond Vaughan, , Indian Army, late Cavalry.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Harold Thomas Lydford, . Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Arthur Henzell Pidcock, . Air Vice-Marshal William Edward Theak, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Cathcart Traill, . Air Commodore Philip Clermont Livingston, . Acting Air Commodore Cyril Douglas Adams, .
Civil Division