The 2025 New Year Honours are appointments by King Charles III among the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2025 were announced on 30 December 2024.
The recipients of honours are displayed as styled before appointment to the honour awarded upon the advice of the King's ministers and arranged by country, precedence and grade (i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander, etc.), and then by divisions (i.e. Civil, Diplomatic, and Military), as appropriate.
United Kingdom Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with honours within his own gift or upon the advice of his Government for other honours.
The Order of the Companions of Honour
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro – Author and Screenwriter. For services to Literature.
Knights Bachelor
Edward Charles Braham – Chair, M&G. For services to Corporate Law and to Business. Stuart Carlton – Corporate Director, Children’s Services, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to Children, Young People and Families. Andrew Cooke – HM Chief Inspector, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. For services to Policing and to Public Service. Professor Jack Martin Cuzick – Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, Queen Mary’s University of London. For services to Epidemiology. Thomas Gerald Reames Davies – lately President, Welsh Rugby Union. For services to Rugby Union, and to voluntary and charitable service in Wales. David Warren Arthur East – lately Chief Executive, Rolls Royce. For services to the Economy and to Net Zero. Dr Gabriele Maria Finaldi – Director, National Gallery. For services to Art and Culture. Stephen John Fry – President, Mind and Vice-President, Fauna & Flora International. For services to Mental Health Awareness, the Environment and to Charity. The Right Honourable Nicolas John Gibb. For services to Education. Dr Loyd Daniel Gilman Grossman – Chair, The Royal Parks. For services to Heritage. Andrew Haines – Chief Executive Officer, Network Rail. For services to the Transport Sector and to the Economy. Professor Bashir Mohammed Ali Al-Hashimi – Vice-President (Research and Innovation), King’s College London. For services to Engineering and Education. Alan James Hollinghurst, Author. For services to Literature. Jeremy Michael Isaacs – Honorary Life Chair, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. For services to Philanthropy and to Children’s Hospice Care. The Right Honourable Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena – lately Member of Parliament for North East Hampshire. For Political and Public Service. The Right Honourable Marcus Charles Jones – lately Member of Parliament for Nuneaton and Deputy Chief Whip. For Political and Public Service The Right Honourable Sadiq Khan – Mayor of London. For Political and Public Service. Dr John Wilfred Lazar – Co-Founder, Enza Capital. For services to Engineering and Technology. Noel Paul Quinn – Group Chief Executive, HSBC. For services to Financial Services and to Net Zero. Bryan Kaye Sanderson – lately Chair, Low Pay Commission. For services to the Labour Market. Gareth Southgate – lately Manager, England National Football Team. For services to Association Football. Dr Andrew John Street – lately Mayor, West Midlands. For Public Service
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB / DCB) Military
Vice Admiral Martin John Connell – Royal Navy, C034297Q. General Gwyn Jenkins – Royal Marines, N028429W. Lieutenant General Tom Richardson Copinger-Symes – 530862.
Civil
Tamara Margaret Finkelstein – Permanent Secretary, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For Public Service Ken McCallum – Director General, MI5. For Public Service.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military
Rear Admiral Thomas Edward Manson – Royal Navy, C032351C. Rear Admiral Judith Helen Terry – Royal Navy, V030693E. Major General Gerald Ewart-Brookes – 534978. Major General Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce of Crionaich – Army Reserve, 509493. Major General Marc Anthony John McHardy Overton – Army Reserve, 539254. Air Vice-Marshal Simon Scott Edwards – Royal Air Force, 8304305G. Air Marshal Paul Alexander Godfrey – Royal Air Force, 8304527R. Air Vice-Marshal Tamara Nancy Jennings – Royal Air Force, 306449K.
Civil
Sarah Winifred Albon – Chief Executive, Health and Safety Executive, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Public Administration. Michelle Sarah Dyson – Director General, Adult Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to Health and Social Care. Jessica Elizabeth Glover – Director General, HM Treasury. For Public Service. Amy-Claire Elisabeth Mason – Chief Executive Officer and Director General, HM Prison and Probation Service. For Public Service. Professor Paul Steven Monks – Director General, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. For services to Science in Government. Jaee Kamalnath Samant – Director General, Public Safety Group, Home Office. For Public Service. Catherine Elinor Vaughan – Director General, Department for Work and Pensions. For Public Service.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG / DCMG)
Eleanor Veronica Elizabeth Sharpston – Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellow: lately Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science; formerly Advocate General, European Court of Justice. For services to Justice and to the Education of Law in the UK and Europe. David Quarrey – UK Permanent Representative to NATO, UK Delegation to NATO, Brussels. For services to British Foreign Policy and International Security.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Diane Louise Corner – lately HM Consul-General, British Consulate-General Jerusalem. For services to British Foreign Policy. John Moelwyn Edwards – Director for Investment, Department for Business and Trade; formerly HM Trade Commissioner for China and Consul General to Shanghai. For services to International Trade and Investment. Dr Alan Frederick Graeme Groom – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, King’s College Hospital, London; Co-Chair and Volunteer surgeon, IDEALS Charity; Founder, Rebuild. For services to International Disaster and Emergency Aid. Michael James Harman – Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security. Dr Rachel Emma-Jane King – lately Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary and Director Private Office Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Dr Huw Llywelyn – Director, Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. For services to International Law. Stephen John Mannion – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Founder, Feet First. For services to Trauma Surgery within Conflict and Disaster Zones Worldwide. Professor Ashley Moffett – Professor of Reproductive Immunology, University of Cambridge. For services to Women’s Reproductive Health and, to Clinical Research and Practice in Africa. Richard James Squire – Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. Simon Christopher Walters – HM Ambassador, British Embassy Tel Aviv. For services to British Foreign Policy. Matthew Stephen Spence Wyatt – Director, Humanitarian, Migration, and Food Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to International Development and UK Humanitarian Operations overseas.
The Royal Victorian Order
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
The Honourable Dame Annabel Alice Hoyer Whitehead – Lady of the Royal Household.
Knight / Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO / DCVO)
Sarah Rose Troughton – Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Ian James Dudson – Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Nathan James Thompson – lately Clerk of the Council and Chief Executive, Duchy of Lancaster
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Hugh Jonathan Watson Bullock – lately Council Member, Duchy of Lancaster. Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke – lately Clarenceux King of Arms, College of Arms. Dr Douglas James Allan Glass – Apothecary to The King. John Clive Cecil May – lately Secretary-General, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. Sarah Squire – Deputy Director of HR, Royal Household. David Charles Wheeler – Senior Decorative Arts Conservator, Royal Collection, Royal Household.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Roderick Benson, Veterinary Surgeon. Sandra Bull – Assistant Correspondence Officer, Royal Household. Leslie Edwin Chappell – lately House Manager, Clarence House. Janet Mary Cole – lately Visitor Services Manager, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. Margaret Anne, Baroness Ford – Former Chair, Buckingham Palace Reservicing Programme Challenge Board. The Reverend Neil Norman Gardner, Domestic Chaplain to The King in Scotland and Parish Minister, Canongate Kirk. Professor Richard Mark Leach, Physician to The King. Garry Keith Marsden – Visitor Enterprise Manager, Sandringham Estate. The Reverend Canon Edmund John Newell, lately Chief Executive, Cumberland Lodge. Dr Kirstin Elizabeth Ostle, Apothecary to Queen Elizabeth II and to the Royal Household at Windsor Castle. Andrew Mark Phillips, Finance Director, Duchy of Cornwall. Marilyn Jean Porter – lately Lieutenancy Officer for Dorset. Ian Malcolm Reading, Member, Royal Household’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Dr Andrew Paul Forsythe Simpson, General Practitioner, for medical services.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Roy William Allen, Couturier and Proprietor, Mr. Roy Couture. Commander Robert James Dixon, RN, lately Equerry to The Prince and Princess of Wales. Sophie Catherine Dunbar, Employee Communications Manager, Royal Household. Christie Gilson, Management Accountant, Royal Household. Gary Lavern Gronnestad, Gilding Conservator, Royal Collection, Royal Household. Katherine Jane Hastings, lately Official Secretary to the Governor of Queensland. Sara Margaret Heaton – lately Course Administrator, Royal Collection Studies. Captain Stuart Alexander Fairlie Kaye, lately Equerry to The Princess Royal. Suzanne Lacy, Travel and Logistics Manager, Royal Household. Rebecca Louise Laurence, lately Head of Procurement, Royal Household. Professor Elizabeth Jane Lomas, Deputy Keeper, Duchy of Cornwall. Neil Duncan March, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection. Lucy Helen De Nardi, Executive Assistant to the Lord Steward, Royal Household. William George Oates, Page of the Chambers, Royal Household. Raginiben Patel, lately Operational Maintenance Co-ordinator, Royal Household. Jean-François Provençal – lately Chief of Staff and Private Secretary, Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Ian Gordon John Ratcliffe, Senior Project Manager, Royal Household. Georgina Katherine Riddle, lately Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Anna Maria Sagan, Executive Assistant to the Lord Steward, Royal Household. Ian Hadley Smith, Constable, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection. Stephen John Staines – Foreman, Highgrove Estate. Oliver George Cooper-Watts, Senior Project Manager, Reservicing of Buckingham Palace. Ronald George Whitfield, Royal Visits Co-ordinator, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Lieutenancies. Shona Kay Williams – Country Dresser to The Queen, and Assistant House Manager, Raymill. Irene Joy Wolstenholme, Coutts & Co. For services to the Royal Household.