The 2024 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.
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) The Rt Hon Dr Gordon Brown – For Public and Charitable Services in the UK and Abroad.
Knight Bachelor
Alan Bates – Founder, Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance. For services to Justice. Robert Frederick Behrens, – Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman UK. For Public Service. Wayne David – lately Member of Parliament for Caerphilly and Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa. For Parliamentary and Political Service. Richard Douglas, – chair, NHS South East London Integrated Care Board. For services to the NHS. Niall Ferguson – Historian and Author. For services to Literature. Richard Cecil Greenhalgh – chair, United Learning Multi-Academy Trust. For services to Education. Professor Tony Kouzarides, – Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Cambridge. For services to Healthcare Innovation and Delivery. Nicholas Lyons, – lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the Financial Sector, to the Growth Economy and to Financial Literacy. Andy Marsh, – Chief Executive, College of Policing. For services to Policing. Professor Wayne McGregor, – Choreographer. For services to Dance. John Rutter, – Composer. For services to Music. Professor James Skea, – Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London and International Institute for Environment and Development. For services to Climate Science. Mark Tucker – chair, HSBC. For services to the Economy. Roger Wright, – Chief Executive, Britten Pears Arts. For services to Music.
OVERSEAS AND INTERNATIONAL LIST Emeritus Professor Roderick Beaton – Writer and Historian. For services to History and to UK/Greece relations. M. Stanley Whittingham – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Binghamton, New York, United States of America. For services to Chemistry.
Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB / DCB) Military Lieutenant General Charles Richard Strickland, – Chief of Joint Operations since 2021 Lieutenant General Ian John Cave, – UK Military Representative to NATO
Civil Antonia Romeo – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice. For Public Service Jim Harra, – Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary, HM Revenue and Customs. For Public Service Peter Schofield, – Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions. For Public Service
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Rear Admiral Rex John Cox Major General John Richard Collyer Major General Anna-Lee Reilly Lieutenant General Richard Wardlaw, Air Marshal Martin Elliott Sampson,
Civil David Alan Evans – Director General and General Counsel, Legal Group, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to the Government Legal Profession, to Tax and to Diversity Elizabeth Hambley – Lately Director General Legal, Government Legal Department. For services to the Law Elizabeth Claire Honer – Lately Chief Executive, Government Internal Audit Agency. For Public Service Simon McKinnon, – Lately Director General, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Digital Technology Chloe Squires – Director General, Homeland Security Group, Home Office. For Public Service Jennifer Grace Stevens – Director, Intervention Delivery, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For Public Service
Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG / DCMG) William Felix Browder – chief executive officer, Hermitage Capital Management, and Head, Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. For services to Human Rights, Anti-Corruption, and International Affairs. Alex Ellis, – Lately British High Commissioner to India. For services to British Foreign Policy. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon – The Prime Minister's Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy, Humanitarian Affairs and the Commonwealth, Faith and Integration, Community and Families in the UK. Keith Palmer, – chair, Trustees of Enterprise for Development and former chair, AgDevCo, InfraCo Africa and InfraCo Asia. For services to International Development. Dr Andrew Steer – President and chief executive officer, Bezos Earth Fund. For services to Global Sustainable Development and Climate Change.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Paul Chichester, – National Cyber Security Centre, Director Operations. For services to Cyber Security. Professor Melita Gordon – Professor of Global Health, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi; and University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. For services to Global Health. Fiona Mcilwham – Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 10 Downing Street. For services to British Foreign Policy. Blaise Metreweli – Director General, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Antony Phillipson – British High Commissioner to South Africa. For services to British Foreign Policy and International Trade and Investment.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO / DCVO) Isobel Jane, Duchess of Northumberland, lately Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland. Rupert Charles, Baron de Mauley, TD, Master of the Horse. Captain Ian McNaught, CVO, lately Deputy Master, the Corporation of Trinity House.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) John David Sebastian Booth, chair, The Prince's Trust. Sir John Rawcliffe Airey Crabtree, OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands. Michael David Dixon, LVO, OBE, Head of the Royal Medical Household. His Excellency General the Honourable David John Hurley, AC, DSC, lately Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Alan Gordon Simpson, OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk. Julian Arthur Vaughan Smith, Private Solicitor to His Majesty The King, Farrer & Co. Professor Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan, Lord-Lieutenant of Tweeddale.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Julian Graham Birt, – Senior Landing Site Officer, The King's Helicopter Flight. Dr Fiona Ogilvie Butler, – Apothecary to His Majesty The King. Emily Anne Cherrington – Deputy Chief Executive, The King's Foundation. Michael Matthew Patrick Dooley – Physician to Her Majesty The Queen. Jean-Christophe Nicholas Gray, – lately Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales. Richard Andrew Fitzalan Howard – Senior Advisor, Stonehage Fleming Investment Management. For personal services to Queen Elizabeth II. Catherine Beris James – Advisor, Privy Purse and Treasurer's Office, Royal Household. Sarah Elizabeth Lord, – Head of Events, Royal Household. The Reverend Kenneth Ian MacKenzie – Domestic Chaplain to The King and Minister of the Parish of Braemar and Crathie. Alison Flora MacMillan, – Assistant Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. Nicholas Charles Osler – Partner, Smith & Williamson. For personal services to Queen Elizabeth II. Commodore Christopher Laurence Palmer, – lately Gentleman Usher to His Majesty The King. Jill Revans, – Deputy Comptroller, Household of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Major Henry Geoffrey Robertson – lately Lieutenant, The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Rosanna Young de Sancha, – Senior Paintings Conservator, Royal Collection. Shaun Dominic Turner, – Senior Furniture Conservator, Royal Collection.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Elizabeth Frances Clark Ashby – Curator of Books and Manuscripts, Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Guy Paul Blanch – Senior Honours and Investitures Clerk, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Nicholas Peter Day – Head of Engagement and Events, Crown Estate, Windsor. David Thomas Evans, – Carriage Restorer/Cleaner, Royal Household. Hannah Rebecca Goodall – lately House Manager, Household of The Prince and Princess of Wales. Elizabeth Georgina Harford – Assistant to the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. William Henry Hodges – Event Security Manager, Royal Household. Eric James Lofty – Senior Health and Safety Advisor, Royal Household. Rosemary Mason – lately Nosegay Maker, Royal Maundy Services. Keith Robert Murphy – Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection. Sheila Mary O'Connor, – Head of VIP Visits, Protocol Directorate, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Stewart Orr, – Security Team Leader, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Kajal Patel – lately Management Accountant, Royal Household. Susan Wilding – Lieutenancy Officer, Lancashire.
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Gold Alan William Goodship, MVO, RVM. Lately Kennel Man, Sandringham Estate.
Silver (Bar) Veronica Victoria Cain, RVM. Dresser to The Princess Royal. Kenneth Richard Pritchard Jones, RVM. Head Groundsman, Crown Estate, Windsor.
Silver Robin John Brooker-Gillespie. Yeoman, The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Jennifer Crossley. Retail and Admissions Assistant, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Nicholas James King. Palace Attendant, Royal Household. Kevin John Liddle. lately Office Assistant, Royal Household. Leslie Arthur Nash. lately Plumber, Sandringham Estate. William David Norton. Yeoman, The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Marion O'Brien. Housekeeper, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Canada. Peter George Oliver. Yeoman, The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Michelle Robinson. Constable, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection. Maureen Willis. lately Daily Cleaner, Windsor Castle. Peter David Wilson. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection.
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Civil Dame Jenny Abramsky, – Media Producer and Philanthropist. For services to Arts, to Media and to Culture The Rt Hon Terence Etherton, Baron Etherton, – chair, LGBT Veterans Independent Review. For services to LGBT Veterans
Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE / DBE) Civil Karen Buck – Lately Member of Parliament for Westminster North. For Parliamentary and Political Service Tracey Emin, – Artist. For services to Art Ffion Hague, Lady Hague of Richmond – For Public Service and services to Business Rebecca Harris – Lately Comptroller and Member of Parliament for Castle Point. For Political and Public Service Anya Hindmarch, – Designer. For services to Fashion and to Business Julia Anne Hoggett – chief executive officer, London Stock Exchange. For services to Business and to Finance Professor Karen Holford, – Chief Executive and Vice Chancellor, Cranfield University. For services to Engineering Clare Kelly Marchant – Lately Chief Executive, Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. For services to Higher Education Dervilla Mitchell, – Lately Deputy Chair, Arup Group. For services to Engineering Professor Judith Petts, – Vice-Chancellor, University of Plymouth. For services to Higher Education and to Sustainability Hannah Rothschild, – For services to Philanthropy in the Arts, Culture and Charity Sectors