As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours, political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Year Honours and Birthday Honours.
Life Peerage Conservative Party The Rt Hon. Nicola Morgan, to be Baroness Morgan of Cotes, of Cotes in the County of Leicestershire. – 6 January 2020 The Rt Hon. Zac Goldsmith, to be Baron Goldsmith of Richmond Park, of Richmond Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames – 7 January 2020 Sir Gerry Grimstone, to be Baron Grimstone of Boscobel, of Belgravia in the City of Westminster – 8 April 2020 Stephen Greenhalgh, to be Baron Greenhalgh, of Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham – 16 April 2020 Lorraine Fullbrook, to be Baroness Fullbrook, of Dogmersfield in the County of Hampshire – 31 July Sir Edward Udny-Lister, to be Baron Udny-Lister, of Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth – 31 Julyof Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth Daniel Moylan, to be Baron Moylan, of Kensington in the Royal London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – 31 July Andrew Sharpe, , to be Baron Sharpe of Epsom, of Epsom in the County of Surrey – 31 July Michael Spencer, to be Baron Spencer of Alresford, of Alresford in the County of Hampshire – 31 July Veronica Wadley, , to be Baroness Fleet, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden – 31 July James Wharton, to be Baron Wharton of Yarm, of Yarm in the County of North Yorkshire – 31 July Dame Helena Morrissey, , to be Baroness Morrissey, of Chapel Green in the Royal County of Berkshire – 31 July Neil Mendoza, to be Baron Mendoza, of King’s Reach in the City of London – 31 July David Frost, , to be Baron Frost, of Allenton in the County of Derbyshire – 12 August 2020 Keith Stewart, , to be Baron Stewart of Dirleton, of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian – 6 November 2020 The Rt Hon. Richard Benyon, to be Baron Benyon, of Englefield in the Royal County of Berkshire – 22 December Peter Cruddas, to be Baron Cruddas, of Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney – 22 December Dame Jacqueline Foster, , to be Baroness Foster of Oxton, of Oxton in the County of Merseyside – 22 December Stephanie Fraser, to be Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie, of Craigmaddie in the County of Stirlingshire – 22 December Dean Godson, to be Baron Godson, of Thorney Island in the City of Westminster – 22 December Daniel Hannan, to be Baron Hannan of Kingsclere, of Kingsclere in the County of Hampshire – 22 December Syed Kamall, to be Baron Kamall, of Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield – 22 December David Wolfson, , to be Baron Wolfson of Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Gwent – 30 December 2020
Labour Sue Hayman, to be Baroness Hayman of Ullock, of Ullock in the County of Cumbria – 31 July Prem Sikka, to be Baron Sikka, of Kingswood in Basildon in the County of Essex – 31 July Anthony Woodley, to be Baron Woodley, of Wallasey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral – 31 July Cllr Judith Blake, , to be Baroness Blake of Leeds, of Gledhow in the City of Leeds – 31 July Jennifer Chapman, to be Baroness Chapman of Darlington, of Darlington in the County of Durham – 22 December Vernon Coaker, to be Baron Coaker, of Gedling in the County of Nottinghamshire – 22 December Wajid Khan, to be Baron Khan of Burnley, of Burnley in the County of Lancashire – 22 December Gillian Merron, to be Baroness Merron, of Lincoln in the County of Lincolnshire – 22 December
Non-Affiliated Claire Fox, to be Baroness Fox of Buckley, of Buckley in the County of Flintshire – 31 July Charles Moore, to be Baron Moore of Etchingham, of Etchingham in the County of East Sussex – 31 July
Crossbench The Rt Hon. Lord Reed, , to be Baron Reed of Allermuir, of Sundridge Park in the London Borough of Bromley. – 11 January 2020 Sir Ian Botham, , to be Baron Botham, of Ravensworth in the County of North Yorkshire – 31 July Dame Louise Casey, , to be Baroness Casey of Blackstock, of Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington – 31 July Evgeny Lebedev, to be Baron Lebedev, of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and of Siberia in the Russian Federation – 31 July Dame Minouche Shafik, , to be Baroness Shafik, of Camden in the London Borough of Camden and of Alexandria in the Arab Republic of Egypt – 31 July Sir Mark Sedwill, , to be Baron Sedwill, of Sherborne in the County of Dorset – 11 September 2020 The Rt Hon. Sir Terence Etherton, , to be Baron Etherton, of Marylebone in the City of Westminster – 23 December Sir Simon McDonald, , to be Baron McDonald of Salford, of Pendleton in the City of Salford – 22 December Sir Andrew Parker, , to be Baron Parker of Minsmere, of Minsmere in the County of Suffolk – 22 December The Rt Revd. and Rt Hon. Dr John Sentamu, to be Baron Sentamu, of Lindisfarne in the County of Northumberland and of Masooli in the Republic of Uganda – 22 December
Lord Lieutenant James Saunders Watson – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire – 7 January 2020 The Rt Hon. The Lady Colgrain – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Kent – 8 January 2020 Major-General The Hon. Seymour Hector Russell Hale Monro, – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Moray – 29 January 2020 Elizabeth Elaine Grieve – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Orkney – 29 January 2020 Roberta Louise Fleet – to be Lord-Lieutenant for West Glamorgan – 10 February 2020 Aileen Brewis – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown – 13 February 2020 Lt.-Colonel Richard Callander, – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Midlothian – 30 April 2020 Elizabeth Fothergill, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire – 14 May 2020 The Rt Hon. The Countess Howe – to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Buckinghamshire – 26 June 2020 Jane Margaret MacLeod – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute – 14 July 2020 Jill Williamina Young – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire – 12 August 2020 Alastair Macphie – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire – 1 October 2020
Privy Counsellor The Hon. Sir Stephen Phillips, – 12 February 2020 The Hon. Sir Richard Arnold, – 12 February 2020 The Hon. Sir Bernard McCloskey, – 12 February 2020 The Hon. Dame Ingrid Simler, – 12 February 2020 Prof. Andrew Burrows, – 12 February 2020 Suella Braverman, – 19 February 2020 George Eustice, – 19 February 2020 Amanda Milling, – 19 February 2020 Anne-Marie Trevelyan, – 19 February 2020 The Hon. Dame Sue Carr, – 23 June 2020 The Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell – 21 July 2020 The Hon. Lord Pentland, – 20 August 2020 The Hon. Lord Woolman, – 20 August 2020 The Hon. Dame Geraldine Andrews, – 11 November 2020 The Hon. Sir Clive Lewis, – 11 November 2020 The Hon. Sir Christopher Nugee, – 11 November 2020 The Hon. Sir Jeremy Stuart-Smith, – 11 November 2020 The Hon. Dame Elisabeth Laing, – 16 December 2020
Knight Bachelor
Captain Thomas Moore – For charitable services to the National Health Service. – 20 May 2020
Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Her Excellency Susan Dougan, – Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – 29 January 2020
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Michael Charles William Norreys Jephson, – upon relinquishment of his appointment as Secretary of the Master of the Household’s Department, Royal Household – 16 December 2020.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Shakerley – for her service to The Queen – 31 March 2020
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah – upon relinquishing his appointment as Equerry to The Queen – 27 November 2020
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Civil division Honorary Esa-Pekka Salonen – Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor for the Philharmonia Orchestra. For services to music and UK-Finland relations.
Military division Honorary Joseph Dunford – Retired General and Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Military. For services to the support of the UK military.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Civil division Honorary Shaun Timothy Kelly – Former Global Chief Operating Officer for KPMG International. For services to economic development in Northern Ireland. Pia Randbo Jepson Wilkes – Chief Executive, Vehicle Certification Agency. For services to motor transport.
Military division Air Commodore Justin Stuart Reuter, Royal Air Force – 27 March 2020 Colonel Marcus James Mudd – 27 November 2020
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Military division Commander William Robert Charles King, Royal Navy – 27 March 2020 Colonel Andrew Timothy David Jackson – 27 March 2020 Wing Commander Neil Campbell Sefton, Royal Air Force – 27 March 2020 Captain Robert George Anders, Royal Fleet Auxiliary – 27 March 2020 Commander Suzy Helen Conway, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020 Commander Richard Paul Hewitt, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020 Colonel John Leslie Baynham – 27 November 2020
Civil division Honorary Nadim Abboud – Honorary Legal Adviser to the British Embassy in Beirut. For services to British interests in Lebanon. Eduardo Eurnekian – President, Corporación América. For services to UK/Argentina relations. Florence Garabedian – Chair, Self-Directed Support Scotland and Chief Executive, Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living. For services to the independent living movement. Haruki Hayashi – Regional Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation, Europe and Africa and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation International (Europe) plc. For services to UK/Japan commercial and cultural relations Rowaida Abdulmajid Saeed Khulaidi – Country Director, British Council Yemen. For services to UK/Yemen cultural relations. John Curt Mingé – Former President, BP America. For services to British business in the US. Christos Psaltis – Senior Political Officer, British Embassy, Athens. For services to UK/Greece relations. Zaza Purtseladze – Director, British Council, South Caucasus. For services to UK/Georgia cultural relations. Renata Leal da Silva Ramalhosa – Department for International Trade Foreign Direct Investment Latin America and Deputy Consul General, Sao Paulo. For services to Her Majesty’s Government overseas. Gerald Arthur Rolph – Owner of Allerton Castle. For services to historic preservation and conservation. Peter Slosse – Director of Tourism, Ypres. For services to UK commemorations. André Franciszek Spitzman Jordan – World Fellow of and volunteer for the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation. For services to the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. Hazel Elizabeth Winning – Lead Allied Health Professions Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to health and social care.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Military division Acting Major (now Captain) Patrick Francis Bryan Keating, The Rifles – 27 March 2020 Lieutenant Commander Ben Russell Martin, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020 Major (now Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Philip O’Callaghan, Royal Marines – 27 November 2020 Lance Corporal Elham Sedeqi, The Parachute Regiment – 27 November 2020 Staff Sergeant Jason Peter Wilcox, Intelligence Corps – 27 November 2020
Civil division Honorary Daphine Aikens – Founder and Chief Executive, Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank. For services to the community in Hammersmith and Fulham. Lisa Sophie Bechner – Chairwoman of Kindertransport Organisation Germany. For services to UK-German relations and the British commemoration of the Kindertransport rescue effort prior to the Second World War.