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 and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
Life Peer
Baronesses Jean Denton, CBE, Deputy Chairman, Black Country Development Corporation. Vice President of the National Organisation for Women's Management Education.London Gazette, 29 April 1991 Sally Rachel Hanwee, Councillor, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. Chair, London Planning Advisory Committee. Partner, Clintons, Solicitors. Jennifer Hilton, QPM, Former Commander Metropolitan Police. Ann Mallalieu, QC, A Recorder. Detta O'Cathain, OBE, managing director, Barbican Centre. Former managing director, Milk Marketing, Milk Marketing Board. Non executive Director of Tesco plc, Midland Bank plc and Sears plc.
Barons Sir Nicolas Henry Christopher Browne-Wilkinson.London Gazette, 4 October 1991 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir David Craig, GCB, OBE, lately Chief of the Defence Staff. Professor Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics. Clive Richard Hollick, Managing Director, MAI plc. Trustee Institute for Public Policy Research. Frank Ashcroft Judd, Member of the Executive Committee of International Council of Voluntary Agencies. Director of Oxfam. Sir Norman Somerville MacFarlane.London Gazette, 15 October 1991 John Jackson Mackay, Chairman, Sea Fish Industry Authority. Former Chief Executive, Scottish Conservative Central Office. Former Member of Parliament for Argyll 1979-83 and for Argylle and Bute 1983–87. Professor Andrew Colin Renfrew, Disney Professor of Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. Mark Shuldham Schreiber. Farmer and former Member of the Conservative Research Department and Special Adviser to the Government. Editorial Consultant to the Economist. Member of the Countryside Commission and the Rural Development Commission.
Order of Merit (OM) Dame Joan Sutherland, AC, DBE Professor Francis Harry Compton Crick, FRS
Knight Bachelor
The Right Hon. (Mr Justice) Sir Gordon (Ellis) Bisson. The Honourable Mr Justice (John Christopher Calthorpe) Blofeld. The Honourable Mr Justice (John Murray) Chadwick, ED The Honourable Mr Justice (Peter John) Cresswell. The Honourable Mr Justice (Michael Bryan) Connell. The Hon. Sir Roger (Owen) Douglas. Sir David (Russell) Hay, CBE The Honourable Mr Justice (Anthony Kenneth Tristram) May. The Honourable Mr Justice (Jonathan Frederic) Parker.
Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Commodore Christopher John Sinclair Craig, DSC, Royal Navy. Rear Admiral Roy Thomas Newman, Royal Navy. Major General John Oswald Claud Alexander, OBE (445775), late Royal Corps of Signals. Major General John Paul Foley, OBE, MC (460829), late The Royal Green Jackets. Brigadier Christopher John Anthony Hammerbeck, (478067), late Royal Tank Regiment. Major General Alexander George Hamilton Harley, OBE (471272), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Air Vice-Marshal John Hulme Harris, CBE, Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Richard Edward Johns, CBE, LVO, Royal Air Force. Air Commodore (Acting Air Vice-Marshal) Ian David Macfadyen, OBE, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Nicolas Bevan, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence. David Rowlands, Grade 3, Department of Transport. Julian Guy Hudsmith Walker, Grade 3, Ministry of Defence.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG) The Most Honourable Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke, ON, CDLondon Gazette, 18 October 1991 Wiwa Korowi, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.
Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG) Harold Berners Walker, CMG, lately HM Ambassador, Baghdad. Michael Charles Swift Weston, CVO, HM Ambassador, Kuwait.
Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) John Albert Noel Brehony, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Christopher James Alured Denne, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Derek John Plumbly, Deputy Head of Mission, HM Embassy, Riyadh. John Robertson Young, lately Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Royal Victorian Chain The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Robert Alexander Kennedy, Baron Runcie, MC, lately Archbishop of Canterbury.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Sir Antony (Arthur) Acland, GCMG, KCVO The Right Honourable David Anthony Thomas, Earl of Westmorland, KCVO
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) The Very Reverend Professor Robert Alexander Stewart Barbour MC Major General Simon Christie Cooper. Roger Blaise Ramsay Hervey, CMG The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Graham Douglas Leonard. Walter Kieran Prendergast, CMG John Edward Powis Titman, CVO
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) John Donald Garner, CMG, LVO Michael Edward Head. Mrs Anne Mary Neal, LVO Richard Peter Ralph. Francis Neville Richards. Brigadier Clive Robertson. Carlton Scott. Nigel James Thorpe.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Rupert Grenside Bowen. Roger Stephen Graver Clarke. Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles. Philip William Grice. David Arthur Cyril Hallett, MBE Frederick Pett. Michael Anthony Price. Colonel David Christopher Lester Rowe, OBE
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Stephen John Collier, RVM Miss Anne Elizabeth Conroy. Mrs Albertha Estick. Michael Holmes. Philip Treleven. Miss Christine Anne Wilson.
Royal Victorian Medal
Silver Warrant Officer Harry Noel Bevan, MBE, Royal Air Force. Terence Moran. John Shand.
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, GCB, Royal Air Force. Alderman Brian Garton Jenkins, Lord Mayor Elect of London.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Rear Admiral David Allen, CBE General Sir Peter De La Billiere, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC (424859), late The Light Infantry. Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Hayr, KCB, CBE, AFC*, Royal Air Force. Air Vice Marshal William John Wratten, CB, CBE, AFC, Royal Air Force.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Captain Jonathon Alexander Burch, Royal Navy. Captain Paul Charles Beeching Canter, Royal Navy. Captain John Barrie Dickinson, OBE, Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Captain Iain Robert Henderson, Royal Navy. Commodore Malcolm Graham Rutherford, Royal Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Vernon Erskine Crum, (489519) The Parachute Regiment. Colonel Martyn Frederick Ian Cubitt, MBE (475129), late Royal Corps of Transport. Colonel Arthur George Herbert Curtis (459238), late The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Colonel William George Dickson. OBE (489435). late The Ulster Defence Regiment. Brigadier Ian Geoffrey Campbell Durie, OBE (476500), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Graham Anderson Ewer, MBE (479220), late Royal Corps of Transport. Brigadier Simon David Anson Firth, OBE (461422), late The Gloucestershire Regiment. Brigadier (Acting Major General) Michael Stuart Heath (469016), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Brigadier Richard Harrison Taylor Kirby (480120), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Colonel Robert Norwood Lennox, OBE (475679), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Colonel Ian Scott Mercer (477800), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier James William Parker, OBE (481838) Late The Light Infantry. Colonel John George Reith, OBE (488478), late The Parachute Regiment. Brigadier Charles David Maciver Ritchie, OBE (470138) Late The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Colonel William Edward Shackell (471348), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Colonel Martin Stratton, OBE (471360) Late The Parachute Regiment. Colonel David Strudley, OBE (485840), late 9th/l2th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's). Brigadier Timothy John Sulivan (481881), late The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). Colonel Peter Julian Wagstaffe, OBE (479376), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Brigadier Michael John Dawson Walker, OBE (481887), late The Royal Anglian Regiment. Colonel (Acting Brigadier) Martin Spencer White (476668), late Royal Corps of Transport. Group Captain Peter Henry Boatwright, Royal Air Force. Group Captain Alan George Bridges, MBE, Royal Air Force. Group Captain Ronald David Elder, Royal Air Force. Group Captain John Vernon Harding, Royal Air Force. Air Commodore John Geoffrey Hargreaves, Royal Air Force. Group Captain Reginald William Henry Hedges, Royal Air Force. Group Captain (Acting Air Commodore) David Frank Andrew Henderson, OBE, Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Norman John Grosvenor Hodnett, MBE, Royal Air Force. Group Captain Simon Woodland Hunt, Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Trevor Nattrass, AFC*, Royal Air Force. Group Captain David Miller Niven, OBE, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Miss Patricia Margaret Aldred, Grade 5, Ministry of Defence. Gerald Boxall, chairman and Chief Executive, Vickers Defence Systems. Hugh Bernard Colver, Grade 4, Ministry of Defence. Stephen Edwin Gibbs, Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence. Richard Paul Hatfield, Grade 5, Ministry of Defence. Alan Christopher Hugh Mace, Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence. Reginald John Powell, Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence. John (Cody Fidler) Simpson, Foreign Affairs Editor, British Broadcasting Corporation. Simon Webb, Grade 5, Ministry of Defence.
Diplomatic and Overseas List Donald McClen, AFC, Chief Executive, British Aerospace, Saudi Arabia.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commander Roger Thomas Crouch, Royal Navy. Surgeon Commander Elliott Paxton Dewar, Royal Navy. Commander Timothy John Eltringham, Royal Navy. Commander Stephen William Graham, Royal Navy. Commander Jeremy Peter Spencer Green, Royal Navy. Commander Alistair Neil Law, Royal Navy.London Gazette, 4 November 1991 Captain David Edward William Lench, Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Commander Trevor Walter Ling, MBE, Royal Navy. Commander Christopher Gerald Massie-Taylor, Royal Navy. Commander Christopher Sylvester McHugh, Royal Navy. Surgeon Commander (D) Geoffrey William Myers, Royal Navy. Commander Adrian Ralph Nance, Royal Navy. Captain Stuart Gordon Pearce, Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Commander Jonathan Charles Scoles, Royal Navy. Captain Brian Paul Tarr, Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Commander David Raymond Teer, Royal Navy.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Meryon Grenville le Gifford Bridges (480253), Corps of Royal Engineers. Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Simon Burr (490915), Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Steen Karl Eric Clarke (492692), Corps of Royal Engineers. Lieutenant Colonel Rory Rodney Hugh Clayton, MBE (491423), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Lieutenant Colonel Walker Patrick Conn, (471230) The Parachute Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Alexander Corbet Burcher (489511), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Gerard Cowley (473561), Army Catering Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Paul Anthony Davis (488416). The Royal Hampshire Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur George Denaro (485713), The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. Lieutenant Colonel Hamish Murray Fletcher, (490207) The Parachute Regiment. Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) John Charles Webb Gillman (486650), 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stewart Grant, MBE (485732), Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons). Lieutenant Colonel Gavin John Haig (488273), Royal Corps of Transport. Lieutenant Colonel Ritson Indolph Harrison (487273), Royal Corps of Transport. Lieutenant Colonel Clinton Francis Hicks, (491471) The Parachute Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel David Malcolm Howell, MBE (500438), Army Legal Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Glyn Jones (482323), Royal Army Educational Corps.