The Queen's Birthday Honours for 2021 are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The honours for New Zealand were announced on 7 June.
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.
Knight Bachelor
William Lester Adderley. Philanthropist. For services to Charity. Professor John Alexander David Aston. Harding Professor of Statistics, University of Cambridge, and lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office. For services to Statistics and Public Policymaking. Philip Augar. Lately Chair, Post-18 Education and Funding Review. For services to Higher and Further Education Policy. Michael David William Gooley, CBE. Founder, Trailfinders. For services to Business and Charity. Professor Andrew Hopper, CBE, FRS, FREng. Treasurer and Vice-President, the Royal Society. For services to Computer Technology. Professor Peter William Horby. Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Research. Antonio Mota De Sousa Horta-Osorio. Lately Chief Executive Officer, Lloyds Banking Group. For services to Financial Services and voluntary services to Mental Healthcare and to Culture. Dr. Michael Houghton. Director, Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute and Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Canada. For services to Medicine. Professor John Anderson Kay, CBE, FBA, FRSE. Economist. For services to Economics, Finance and Business. Professor Martin Jonathan Landray. Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology, Oxford University. For services to Public Health and Science. Anthony Joseph Lloyd (Tony Lloyd), MP. Member of Parliament for Rochdale. For public service. Roger Marsh, OBE, DL. Chair, NP11, Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership and The Piece Hall Trust. For services to Business, to the Economy, and the community in Northern England. Dr. Michael Oliver McBride. Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. For services to Public Health in Northern Ireland. Hamid Patel, CBE. Chief Executive Officer, Star Academies. For services to Education. Professor Andrew John Pollard. Professor, Paediatric Infection and Immunity, University of Oxford. For services to Public Health, particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Jonathan Pryce, CBE. Actor. For services to Drama and Charity. Michael James Ryan, CBE. Vice President and General Manager Belfast, Spirit AeroSystems. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland. Professor Keith Malcolm Willett, CBE. National Director for Emergency Planning and Incident Response, NHS England and NHS Improvement. For services to the NHS.
Order of the Bath
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB) Military Admiral Antony David Radakin, CB, ADC General Timothy Buchan Radford, CB, DSO, OBE
Civil Elizabeth Anne Finlay Gardiner CB – First Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. For services to Government and the Legislative Process Brenda Mary Sullivan (Brenda King) – Attorney General for Northern Ireland, lately First Legislative Counsel and Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to Constitutional Law Edward Christopher Ollard – Lately Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords. For services to Parliament
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Rear Admiral Andrew Paul Burns, OBE Rear Admiral Philip John Hally, MBE Lieutenant General Douglas McKenzie Chalmers, DSO, OBE Major General Neil David Sexton Air Vice-Marshal Simon David Ellard Air Vice-Marshal Warren Austin William James, CBE
Civil Carol Anne Bristow – Director, Individuals Policy Directorate, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to the UK Economy during Covid-19 Neil William Couling CBE – Director General, Change and Resilience Group and Senior Responsible Officer, Universal Credit, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Universal Credit Nicholas Karl Elliott MBE – Lately Director General, Vaccine Taskforce and lately Director General, Commercial, Defence Equipment and Support. For services to the Covid-19 Response Gareth Llywelyn Evans CBE – Deputy Director, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Legal Team, Government Legal Department. For services to the Law Wendy Anne Hardaker – Director, Commercial Law Group, Government Legal Department. For services to the Law Kate Margaret Josephs – Lately Director General, Cabinet Office. For public service Dr. David Bernard Kennedy CBE – Director General, Food, Farming and Animal and Plant Health, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For public service particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic Paul Michael Lincoln OBE – Director General, Border Force, Home Office. For services to Border Security Dr. Andrew Graham McCormick – Director General, International Relations, Northern Ireland Executive. For public service Kevin Charles Patrick McGinty CBE – Lately HM Chief Inspector of The Crown Prosecution Service. For public service Stephen Philip Oldfield – Director General, Chief Commercial Officer, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to EU Exit Preparedness and the Covid-19 Response Professor Guy Poppy – Lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Food Standards Agency and Professor of Ecology, University of Southampton. For services to Food Safety and Security Simon Allan Ridley – Director General, Cabinet Office. For public service Matthew John Taylor – Director General, Cabinet Office. For services to European Negotiations Helen Towers (Helen MacNamara) – Lately Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Office. For public service Lindsey Jennifer Whyte – Director, Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions. HM Treasury. For public service John Dominic Wilson – Director General Security Policy, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence Daniel Byron York-Smith – Director, Strategy, Planning and Budget. HM Treasury. For public service
Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) The Right Honourable The Lord McDonald of Salford, KCMG, KCVO – former Permanent under Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to British foreign policy.
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG/DCMG) Jeremy Ian Fleming, CB, Director Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). For services to National Security. Roderick William Liddell, lately Registrar at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. For services to the protection of Human Rights in Europe. Professor Myles Antony Wickstead, CBE, Chair, Joffe Charitable Trust. For services to International Development.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
George Alkiviades David, OBE, Chairman Emeritus, Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company and Chairman, Greek Committee, AG Leventis Foundation. For services to the knowledge and understanding in the UK of the Greek and Hellenic worlds. The Honourable Dr. Joseph Garcia, Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar. For services to Politics and Public Service in Gibraltar. Susannah Clare Goshko, former Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British foreign policy. Augustus James Ulysses Jaspert, lately Governor of the British Virgin Islands. For services to British foreign policy. Owen Jenkins, H.M. Ambassador Jakarta, Indonesia. For services to British foreign policy James Eugene McGoldrick, lately United Nations Assistant Secretary General, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Humanitarian Coordinator. For services to Humanitarian Relief overseas. Juliette Wilcox, Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British foreign policy. Alison Dilys Margaret Williams, Legal Counsellor, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British foreign policy. Graham Zebedee, Director Trade Policy Group, Department for International Trade. For services to International Trade and to Diplomacy.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) The Right Honourable The Lord Kirkham, CVO, lately Chairman of the Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Timothy Edwin Paul Stevenson, OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Thomas Woodcock, CVO, DL, Garter Principal King of Arms.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Andrew Jackson Coombe, Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire. His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey, AC, QC, Governor of Queensland, Australia. The Honourable Madeleine Mary Louloudis, LVO, Lady-in-Waiting to The Princess Royal. Sir Alan Parker, Chairman, The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences. Desmond Philip Shawe-Taylor, LVO, lately Chief Surveyor and Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, Royal Collection. Bridget Anne Wright, LVO, Bibliographer, Royal Library, Windsor Castle.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Rufus Benedict Godfrey Bird, lately Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art, Royal Collection. Siobhan Caroline Brooks, MVO, Executive Assistant to The Prince of Wales. Michael John Field, MVO, Head of Display and Framing of Paintings, Royal Collection. Sir Crispin Hamlyn Agnew of Lochnaw, Bt., QC, Rothesay Herald of Arms, Court of the Lord Lyon. Dr. Arthur Grant Macgregor. For services to the Royal Collection. Robert Owen Roberts, MVO, Lieutenancy Officer for Cheshire. The Reverend John Hartley Tattersall, Chair of Court, The Royal Foundation of St Katharine. Toby David Zeegen, MVO, Head of IT Operations, Royal Household.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Claire Linzee Midgley-Adam, Deputy Gardens Manager, London Palaces, Royal Household. Julie Rachel Crocker, Senior Archivist, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle. Roselyn Eilidh Hamilton, Acting Official Secretary to the Governor of Western Australia. Dr. Kate Heard, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, Royal Collection. Debra Ann Heaton, Secretary to the Derbyshire Lieutenancy. Joanne Mary Holmes, Deputy Clerk to the Kent Lieutenancy. Beth Emma Wilkinson Clackett Jones, Collections Information Manager, Royal Collection. Craig Ernest Kitchen, Official Secretary to the Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia. Pauline Theresa Macmillan, Personal Assistant to the Superintendent, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Emma Jane Probert, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection. Kevin James Scott, Private Secretary's Office, Royal Household.
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Silver – Bar Alister James Brown, RVM, lately Valley Gardens Team Superviser, Crown Estate, Windsor. Gordon Holliday Currie, RVM, lately Carpet Planner, Royal Household (To be dated 3 March 2021). Paul David Murray, RVM, Senior Storekeeper, Master of the Household's Department, Royal Household.
Silver Rosemary Elizabeth Croker, Warden, Palace of Holyroodhouse. John Rhys Davies, lately Messenger Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Lorraine Susan Davies, lately Housekeeping Assistant, Master of the Household's Department, Royal Household. Carla Fulford, Assistant Visitor Services Manager, Windsor Castle. Alan Martin Grant. For services to the Royal Household. Cynthia Brainu-Hackman, lately Housekeeping Assistant, Clarence House. Craig Harley, Fire Safety and Access Officer, Buckingham Palace. Darren Noel Hill, Buildings Team Manager, Crown Estate, Windsor. Nicola Ann Joynes. For services to The Earl and Countess of Wessex.