The 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 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. They were announced on 1 June 2022, in anticipation of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. They were the last honours granted by the Queen before her death on 8 September 2022.
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.
Order of the Companions of Honour Member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) Sir Quentin Blake, CBE. Illustrator and Writer. For services to Illustration. Sir Salman Rushdie. Author. For services to Literature. Dame Marina Warner, DBE. Professor of English and Creative Writing, Birkbeck College, University of London and Distinguished Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford. For services to the Humanities.
Knight Bachelor
Professor Michael James Paul Arthur. Lately Provost and President, University College London. For services to Higher Education. Nigel Patrick Gray Boardman. Lately Partner, Slaughter and May. For services to the Legal Profession. Professor Peter George Bruce, FRS FRSE. Wolfson Chair, Professor of Materials, University of Oxford. For services to Science and Innovation. Nicholas David Coleridge, CBE. Chairman, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to Museums, to Publishing and to the Creative Industries. Bradley Fried. Chair, Court of the Bank of England. For Public Service. Dr. Andrew Francis Goddard. President, Royal College of Physicians. For services to Health and Social Care. Julian Matthew Frederick Hartley. Chief Executive, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare. Stephen Andrew Gill Hough, CBE. Pianist. For services to Music. Isaac Julien, CBE. Artist and Film Maker. For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Art. Rohinton Minoo Kalifa, OBE. Chair, Network International. For services to Financial Services, to Technology and to Public Service. Iain Thomas Livingstone, QPM. Chief Constable, Police Service of Scotland. For services to Policing and the Public. Dr. James Smith Milne, CBE, DL. Chairman and managing director, Balmoral Group. For services to Business and to Charity. Martyn Ellis Oliver. Chief Executive Officer, Outwood Grange Academies Trust. For services to Education. Dr. Paul Lasseter Phillips, CBE. Principal and Chief Executive, Weston College, North Somerset. For services to Further Education. Professor Stephen Huw Powis. National Medical Director, NHS England and NHS Improvement. For services to the NHS, particularly during COVID-19. Ian Rankin, OBE, DL. Author. For services to Literature and to Charity. Professor Aziz Sheikh, OBE, FRSE. Chair, Primary Care Research and Development, University of Edinburgh. For services to COVID-19 Research and Policy. Pascal Claude Roland Soriot. Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca plc. For services to UK Life Sciences and the Response to COVID-19. The Right Honourable Stephen Creswell Timms, MP. Member of Parliament for East Ham. For Political and Public Service. James Nicol Walker, CBE. Joint Managing Director, Walkers Shortbread Limited. For services to the Food Industry. The Right Honourable Jeremy Paul Wright, QC, MP. Member of Parliament for Kenilworth and Southam. For Political and Public Service.
Overseas and International List Professor David William Cross MacMillan, FRS FRSE, Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University, USA. For services to Chemistry and Science.
Crown Dependencies Jersey Timothy John Le Cocq. For services to the Community as Bailiff of the Bailiwick of Jersey.
Order of the Bath
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB) Military Lieutenant General Ralph Wooddisse, CBE, MC Air Marshal Richard Knighton, CB
Civil Bernadette Mary Kelly, CB. Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport. For services to Government. Charles Fergusson Roxburgh. Second Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury. For services to Government.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Rear Admiral Simon Phillip Asquith, OBE Rear Admiral Iain Stuart Lower Major General Andrew Michael Roe Major General Alexander Taylor Air Vice-Marshal (The Venerable) John Raymond Ellis, QHC Air Vice-Marshal Lincoln Scott Taylor, OBE Air Vice-Marshal Garry Tunnicliffe, CVO
Civil Stephen Thomas Braviner Roman. Director General Legal, Government Legal Department. For services to the Law. Penelope Kamilla Ciniewicz. Director General, Customer Compliance, H. M. Revenue and Customs. For services to Public Administration. Stephen Brian Field. Director, Climate, Environment and Energy, H. M. Treasury. For services to Climate Finance. Edward Allen Humpherson. Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority. For Public Service. Clare Lombardelli. Chief Economic Adviser, H.M. Treasury. For Public Service. Tracy Meharg. Lately Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For Public Service. Jonathan Mills. Director General, Labour Market Policy and Implementation, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Labour Market Policy and Strategy.
Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Iain MacLeod, KCMG. Lately Legal Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to the International Rule of Law and to Legal Services across HM Government.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Dr. Robin Niblett, CMG. Director, Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs. For services to International Relations and to British Foreign Policy. The Honourable Anthony Smellie, QC. Chief Justice, the Cayman Islands. For services to Law and Justice in the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean. Professor David Warrell. Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford. For services to global Health Research and Clinical Practice.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Nicholas Bridge. Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to tackling global Climate Change. Velavan Gnanendran. Director, Climate, Energy and Environment, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to UK Climate, Development and Environmental policy. Adrian Jowett. Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Dr. Martin Longden, OBE. Lately Chargé d'Affaires ad Interim, UK Mission to Afghanistan, Doha. For services to British Foreign Policy. Nicholas O’Donohoe. Chief Executive, British International Investment. For services to global Impact Investment. Jonathan Powell. Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Paul Symington. Lately Chairman of Symington Family Estates and John E Fells & Sons. For services to UK/Portugal relations and Social and Environmental Sustainability in the Douro region of Portugal. Nigel Topping. UK High-Level Climate Action Champion for the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). For services to tackling global Climate Change and supporting the UK Presidency of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference. Archibald Young. Lead Negotiator for the UK Presidency of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), The Cabinet Office. For services to tackling global Climate Change and supporting the UK Presidency of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, DL. Earl Marshal.
Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO / DCVO) Susan Elizabeth Pyper. Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex. Clive Alderton, CVO. Principal Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Ashok Jivraj Rabheru, CVO, DL. Chair, Joint Funding Board, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Sir Lloyd Dorfman, CBE. Lately Chair, The Prince's Trust International. Diane Angela Duke, LVO, DL. Private Secretary and Comptroller to Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy. Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, DBE. Lately Chair, The Prince's Foundation. Guy Henderson. Chief Executive, Ascot Racecourse. Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Roy Holcroft, LVO, OBE. Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Elizabeth Harriet Bowes-Lyon, LVO. Lady-in-Waiting to The Princess Royal. Anne Caroline Maw. Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset. Helen Gwenllian Nellis. Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. John Frederick Rufus Warren. Bloodstock and Racing Advisor to The Queen.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Eric Kenneth James Crawford, MVO. Building Supervisor, Property Section, Royal Household. Colonel Duncan Andrew Dewar, OBE. Superintendent, Windsor Castle. Paul Colin Duffree. Director of Property, Royal Household. Keith Anthony Harrison. Finance Director, Royal Collection. Air Vice-Marshal David Anthony Hobart, CB. Lately Gentleman Usher to The Queen. Anthony Eugene George Hylton. Lately Chief of Staff and Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Canada. Captain Nigel Lamplough Williams, RN. Lately Secretary, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Paul William Duckett, RVM. Senior Estate Worker, Highgrove. Karen Janet Emmerson. Executive Assistant to the Private Secretary to The Earl and Countess of Wessex. Christopher Gay, RVM. Senior Palace Attendant, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Benjamin Charles Goss, OBE. For services to The Princess Royal. Edward Ernest Green, MBE. For services to Nature Conservation, Crown Estate, Windsor. Dr. Matthew Simon Evans Hardy. Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism, The Prince's Foundation for Building Community. Michael Graham Hunter. Lately Curator, Osborne House. Saranne Elizabeth Malone. Lately Operations Officer, Royal Travel. Peter McGowran. Chief Yeoman Warder, H.M. Tower of London. Jane McKeown. Head of Finance, Privy Purse & Treasurer's Office, Royal Household. Marc O’Shea. Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection. Tina Marie Pipet. Lately Personal Assistant/Engagements Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor, Guernsey. Michelle Marie Redpath, RVM. Telephone Operator Supervisor, Royal Household. Carys Angharad Rees, JP. Senior Research and Project Officer, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Anna Louise Reynolds. Deputy Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, Royal Collection. Lorraine Rogers. Lately Director, Royal and Diplomatic Affairs, Jaguar Land Rover. Carly Anne Rose. Finance Manager, Privy Purse & Treasurer's Office, Royal Household. Amy Victoria Stocker. Access and Inclusion Manager, Royal Collection. Henrietta Matilda Woodford. Personal Secretary to The Prince of Wales.
Honorary Jason Clancy. Senior Historic Interiors Conservator, Master of the Household's Department, Royal Household.
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Gold Alan Melton, RVM. Country Park Foreman, Sandringham Estate.
Silver – Bar John Paul Fallis, RVM. Warden, Crown Estate, Windsor. Bruce David Kearsey, RVM. Tractor Driver, Royal Farms, Windsor
Silver James Adam Banham. Carpenter and Joiner, Sandringham Estate. Marie Ann Barenskie. Warden, Buckingham Palace, Royal Collection. Jean Margaret Calder. Housekeeping Assistant, Birkhall. Kenneth Francis Comley. Fencer and Landscape Operative, Crown Estate, Windsor. Colin Bryson Coull. Divisional Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.