The 2023 King's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of King Charles III 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 King's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. They were announced on 17 June 2023.
The King appoints members to the orders upon the advice of his ministers. However, the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, the Order of Merit and the Royal Victorian Order are bestowed solely by the Sovereign.
United Kingdom Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of the United Kingdom with honours within his 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) Professor Sir John Irving Bell . Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford. For services to Medicine, Medical Research, the Life Science Industry and to Public Health. Ian Russell McEwan . Novelist and Screenwriter. For services to Literature. Dame Anna Wintour . Editor in Chief, Vogue, Global Editorial Director, Vogue and Global Content Officer, Condé Nast. For services to Fashion.
Knight Bachelor
Martin Louis Amis . Author. For services to Literature. (Officially he was awarded 18 May 2023, just one day before his death.) Professor Peter John Barnes . Professor of Thoracic Medicine, Imperial College London. For services to Respiratory Science. The Right Honourable Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw . Member of Parliament for Exeter. For Political and Public Service. Robin Francis Budenberg . Chair, The Crown Estate. For services to the Economy. David Jeremy Darroch. Lately Executive Chair, Sky. For services to Business, to Charity and to Sustainability. Stephen Arthur Frears. Director and Producer. For services to Film and Television. Rupert Alexander Gavin. For services to Drama, the Arts, to Heritage and to the Economy. Professor Iain Gilmour Gray . Director of Aerospace, Cranfield University. For services to the Aerospace Industry. Professor Ian Andrew Greer . Vice-chancellor, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Education and to the Economy. Professor Stephen Philip Jackson . University of Cambridge Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology and Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. For services to Innovation and Research. Dr. Richard John Mantle . General Director, Opera North. For services to Opera. Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri . Poet and Novelist. For services to Literature. The Honourable William Hartley Hume Shawcross . For Public Service. Mark Thompson. Media Executive. For services to Media. Nicholas John Varney. Chief Executive, Merlin Entertainments. For services to the Visitor Economy. Professor Steven George West . President, Universities UK and Vice-chancellor, University of the West of England. For services to Health and to Education. Professor Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson . Honorary Founding President, College of General Dentistry. For services to dentistry.
Overseas and International Professor Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart. Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University, United States of America. For services to Economic Theory.
Guernsey Richard James McMahon. For services to the Crown and to the community in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith, KCB, CBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Vice Admiral Richard Charles Thompson, CBE Lieutenant General Nicholas Robert Macrae Borton, DSO, MBE
Civil Alex Chisholm. Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office and Chief Operating Officer, Civil Service. For Public Service.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Rear Admiral James Godfrey Higham, OBE Major General Paul Raymond Griffiths Major General Timothy John Hodgetts, CBE, KHS Major General Colin Richard James Weir, DSO, MBE Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, CBE, TD, VR, DL
Civil Adrian Duncan Baguley. Deputy Chief Executive and Director General Strategic Enablers, Defence Equipment and Support. For services to Defence. Martin Gerald Clarke. Government Actuary. For Public Service. Philip Duffy, CBE. Director General, Growth and Productivity, HM Treasury. For Public Service. Shona Hunter Dunn. Second Permanent Secretary, Department for Health and Social Care. For Public Service. Clive Andrew Maxwell, CBE. Lately Director General, High Speed Rail Group, Department for Transport. For services to Rail Transport. Emran Mian, OBE. Director General, Regeneration, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For services to Regeneration. Shona Elizabeth Riach. UK Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund. For Public Service.
Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Simon Gass KCMG, CVO, Chair, Joint Intelligence Committee, Cabinet Office. For services to National Security and British Foreign Policy.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Dr John Chipman CMG, Director-General and Chief Executive, The International Institute for Strategic Studies. For services to International Peace and Security. Peter Lewis CB, lately Registrar, International Criminal Court, The Hague, the Netherlands. For services to the International Criminal Court and to International Criminal Justice. Richard Moore CMG, Chief, Secret Intelligence Service. For services to National Security and British Foreign Policy. Terry Waite CBE, Co-Founder and President, Hostage International. For services to Charity and to Humanitarian Work.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Marcus Bleasdale, Photojournalist and Human Rights Activist. For services to International Photojournalism and to Human Rights. Vicky Bowman, Director, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. For services to Responsible Business and to Human Rights in Myanmar. Mark Cutts, lately United Nations Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis. For services to Humanitarian Assistance. Rob Harrison OBE, lately Director General, Russia/Ukraine and Director General, Analysis, COVID-19 Taskforce, Cabinet Office. For services to National Security and British Foreign Policy. Dr Michelle Haslem, Director General, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Kumar Iyer, Director General, Economics, Science and Technology, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Geoffrey Charles Knupfer, MBE. Lately Lead Forensic Scientist and Head of Investigation Team, Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains. For Public Service. Ian Levy OBE, Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Jane Marriott OBE, lately High Commissioner, British High Commission Nairobi, Kenya. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Nicholas Vincent John Barrett, lately Surgeon-Dentist to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Paul Christian Bell, lately Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. Satyajit Bhattacharya, L.V.O., lately Serjeant-Surgeon to the Royal Household. The Right Honourable Paul Yaw, Baron Boateng, D.L. P.C., lately Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. Alan John Farthing, lately Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Royal Household. Dr. Angela Josepha Garvey, lately Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry. Sarah Elizabeth Healey, C.B., lately Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, for services to the Royal Household. Robert Walter Hunter, Lord-Lieutenant of the Shetland Islands. John Guy Elmhirst Monson, Financial Advisor to the Household of The Prince and Princess of Wales, and former Trustee, The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales. Sir John Wilfred Peace, Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Andrew Jonathan Smith, lately Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. Tracy Annette Watkins, L.V.O., Personal Assistant to the Lord Chamberlain, Royal Household. Garth John Weston, lately Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Joanne Burcher, M.V.O., Visitor Services Manager, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Caroline Louise Creer, M.V.O., Secretariat Director, Private Secretary’s Office, Royal Household. Colonel Peter Robert Cowley Flach, M.B.E., lately Lieutenant, The King’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. Gemma Catherine Teresa Kaza, M.V.O., lately Head of Collections and Inventory, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Belinda Margaret Georgiana Kim, Deputy Private Secretary to Her Majesty The Queen. Matthew Magee, Deputy Private Secretary to His Majesty The King. Timothy Peter Maynard, Head of Property Projects, Royal Household. Linda Susan Savides, M.V.O., lately Senior HR Manager, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Claudia Catherine Spens, M.V.O., lately Project Co-ordinator, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Commander Anne Gillian Sullivan, M.V.O., R.N., Deputy Private Secretary to The Princess Royal. Mark Ian Tentori, Member, Duchy of Lancaster Finance Committee. Susan Elizabeth Theobald, M.V.O., lately Personal Assistant to the Principal Private Secretary to The former Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Timothy John Connery, Operations Engineer, Property Section, Windsor Castle. Sharon Jennifer Ann Gislingham. For services to the Royal Household. William John Graham, Learning Manager, Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace. Anna Margaret Greenleaf (Anna Henderson) lately HR Manager, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Ruth Hatley, lately Receptionist, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Darren Terence Haynes, Accountant, Sandringham Estate. Natalie Elise Hegarty, lately Assistant Communications Secretary, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Timothy Charles Hewitt, Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty Protection. Janice Annette Hook, lately Head of General Correspondence, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Laura Louise King, Assistant Communications Secretary, Royal Household. Simon King, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty Protection. Elaine Olive MacLean, Administrative Assistant, Superintendent’s Office, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Emily Charlotte Louise Martin, Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Jo-Anne Louise Mead, lately Events Co-ordinator and Administrator, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Sally Ann O’Neill, lately Deputy Treasurer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Shila Patel, Payroll Officer, Privy Purse and Treasurer’s Office, Royal Household. Iain Petrie, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty Protection. Julian Charles Phillips. For services to the Royal Household. Joanne Sarah Purcell, lately General Correspondence Secretary, former Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Anna Maria Rischitelli, Functions Co-ordinator, Government House, Victoria, Australia. Jennifer Helen Wideson, Operations Manager, Superintendent’s Office, Windsor Castle. Sophia Katharine Wills, Senior Metalwork Conservator, Royal Collection, Royal Household.