The 2017 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours were awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were announced on 30 December 2016.
The honours list reflected the United Kingdom's success at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with sports stars dominating the list.
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades (i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander, etc.), and then by divisions (i.e. Civil, Diplomatic, and Military, as appropriate).
United Kingdom Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Kingdom with honours within her own gift and with the advice of the Government for other honours.
1,197 people received honours, with 603 female 74% of the recipients are people honoured for services within their communities The oldest recipient was Janet Gillespie, 94, who received a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her charitable service. The youngest is Jeremiah Emmanuel, who received a BEM for founding a social justice charity. 9.3% of the recipients were people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background. 8.5% of the recipients consider themselves to have a disability.
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, . For services to Sport. Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre, . For services to Drama. Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, . For services to Music. Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys, Emeritus Professor, University of Leicester. For services to Medical Research and Society. Helen Mary, The Right Honourable Baroness Warnock, . For services to Charity and to children with Special Educational Needs. Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain, The Right Honourable Baroness Williams of Crosby. For services to political and public life.
Knight Bachelor Professor Shankar Balasubramanian, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cambridge. For services to science and medicine. Antony James Beevor, military historian and author. For services in support of armed forces professional development. David Behan Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission. For services to health and care. Professor Nicholas Andrew Black, Professor of Health Services Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For services to healthcare research. Julian William Hendy Brazier Member of Parliament for Canterbury and Whitstable. For political and public service. John Park Campbell Chairman, Glenrath Farms Ltd. For services to farming and charitable service to entrepreneurship. David Anthony Crausby Member of Parliament for Bolton North East. For parliamentary and political services. Raymond Douglas Davies Musician. For services to the arts. Kenneth Arthur Dodd For services to entertainment and charity. Mohammed Muktar Jama Farah For services to athletics. Professor Barry William Ife Principal, Guildhall School of Music and Drama. For services to performing arts education. Bryn Terfel Jones Opera singer. For services to music. Professor John Vincent McCanny For services to higher education and economic development. Donald McCullin Photojournalist. For services to photography. Andrew Barron Murray For services to tennis and charity. David Charles Ord. For political service and service to the community in the South West. David Lee Pearson For services to equestrianism. Ian Clifford Powell, lately chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Member, Professional and Business Services Council. For services to professional services and voluntary service. David Morgan Sloman, Chief Executive, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS. Professor James Cuthbert Smith Senior Group Leader, of Francis Crick Institute and lately Deputy chief executive officer, Medical Research Council. For services to medical research and science education. David Mark Rylance Waters, actor. For services to theatre. The Right Honourable Steven John Webb. For political and public service.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List David Frank Adjaye Architect. For services to architecture. Dr Jeffrey Philip Tate Chief Conductor, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. For services to British music overseas.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB / DCB) Civil Division David Richard Beamish, Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords. For parliamentary service. Mark Andrew Lowcock Permanent Secretary, Department for International Development. For public service particularly to international development.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Major General Martin Linn Smith Chaplain of the Fleet Ian James Wheatley
Army Major General Richard John Cripwell Lieutenant General Alexander James Sanson Storrie
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Susan Catherine Gray Air Vice-Marshal Richard John Knighton
Civil Division Michael Paul Bradley, Director General Resources, Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence. For services to defence. Sarah Church, director, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For services to British food and farming. Matthew Cyrus Coats, chief operating officer, Ministry of Justice. For public service. Peter James Reginald Fish, Director General, Government Legal Department, Legal Adviser, Home Office. For legal services to government. Jeremy Fleming, Senior Management, Ministry of Defence. For services to defence. Professor Vernon Charles Gibson, lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence. For services to defence. Joy Hutcheon, Director General, Country Programmes, Department for International Development. For services to international development. Sue McAllister, lately Director General, Northern Ireland Prison Service. For services to the Northern Ireland prison service. Leo Columba Martin O'Reilly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to government in Northern Ireland. Annabel Clare Pillman Director, Culture and Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. For public and voluntary services. Jonathan Michael Russell, HR Director, HR Services, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the public sector and the community in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. Dr Elizabeth Mary Hallam-Smith, lately Director of Information Services and librarian, House of Lords. For services to parliament and national heritage. Michael Stevens, lately Head, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government. For services to research and healthcare and to the community in Edinburgh. Michael Roger Williams, director, H.M. Treasury. For services to global tax policy and taxpayers.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG / DCMG) Iain Macleod, Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to diplomacy and overseas policy. Professor Nicholas John White, , Chairman, Wellcome Trust, South East Asia Research Units; Professor of Tropical Medicine, Oxford, UK/Mahidol University, Thailand. For services to tropical medicine and global health.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Professor Jane Elizabeth Francis, director, British Antarctic Survey. For services to UK polar science and diplomacy.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Professor William Phillip Aspinall, Cabot Professor in Natural Hazards and Risk Science, University of Bristol. For services to the government and community in Montserrat. Professor Kevin Brian Bales, director, Founder and Trustee, Free the Slaves, Antislavery International, Freedom Fund, Walk Free and International Cocoa Initiative. For services to the global antislavery movement. Nigel Philip Casey Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 10 Downing Street. For services to British foreign policy. Ian Cameron Cliff lately H.M. Ambassador, Pristina, Kosovo. For services to diplomacy, international peace and security. Andrew John Hulke (Hamish) Cowell, H.M. Ambassador, Tunis. For services to UK/Tunisia relations. Nicholas Langman, director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to British foreign policy. Robert Christopher Lynes, Country Director, British Council India. For services to strengthening cultural and educational relations between the UK and India. Harriet Lucy Mathews H.M. Ambassador Mogadishu, Somalia. For services to diplomacy, international peace and security and the UK response to the Ebola crisis. Richard Peter Moore, H.M. Ambassador, Ankara, Turkey. For services to UK/Turkey relations. Steven Walter Townley, lately UK Director, United Nations Board of Auditors, New York. For services to the United Nations.
The Royal Victorian Order
Knight / Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO / DCVO) Dr David Kim Hempleman-Adams For services to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme. Martina Jane Milburn chief executive officer, The Prince's Trust Group. Dame Lorna Elizabeth Fox Muirhead Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside. Michael John Stevens Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse and Deputy Treasurer to The Queen.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Isobel Gunning Brydie Lord-Lieutenant of West Lothian. John Lawrence Duncan Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran. Professor George Hamilton, formerly Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household. Marjory Jane McLachlan, Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk. Wing Commander Edna Felicity Partridge Deputy Lieutenant and Clerk of Greater London. Alice Mary Prior Lord-Lieutenant of the County and City of Bristol.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Raven St. John Breakwell formerly Gentleman Usher to The Queen. Pamela MacDonald Payroll Manager, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Nigel Robert McEvoy Assistant to the Master of the Household, Operations, Royal Household. Paul Alexander Miller IT Projects and Business Process Manager, Royal Household. Melissa Sarah Morris Secretary, Lord Chamberlain's Office. Professor John Webster, formerly physician to The Queen in Scotland.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) David James Benefer, , Plant shop manager/flower arranger, Sandringham Estate. Nicholas Webster Booth, formerly chief executive officer, The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. James Nicholas Geoffrey Bowden, , Deputy Private Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to The Prince of Wales. Marianne Gaynor Brown, Principal Officer to the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. John McKay Carmichael, Hairdresser to The Queen. Kathryn Cuthbertson, Pastry Chef, Royal Household. Ian Donald Dietrich Eaves. For services to the Royal Collection. Jane Lesley Hayman, Cashier, Royal Collection Trust. Alan John Kingshott, Chief Yeoman Warder, H.M. Tower of London. Duncan Macdonald Lewis, formerly volunteer, The Prince's Trust. Nicholas Andrew Loughran, formerly Deputy Communications Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales. Lynette Dorothy Mace, Manager of Household Operations, Government House, Canberra, Australia. Jacqueline Elaine Mans, Pensions and Benefits Officer, Royal Household. Jean Marjorie Potter, Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Wiltshire. Gordon James Nixon Ritchie, Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Kincardineshire. Frances Roche, Master Saddler, Royal Mews. James Paul Roscoe, formerly Communications Secretary to The Queen. David James Rough, , Deputy Palace Foreman, Buckingham Palace. Penelope Russell, Learning Manager, Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle.