The New Year Honours 1986 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 30 December 1985 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1986 in the United Kingdom,UK list: New Zealand,New Zealand list: Mauritius,Mauritius list: Fiji,Fiji list: the Bahamas,Bahamas list: Grenada,Grenada list: Papua New Guinea,Papua New Guinea list: the Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Saint Lucia,St. Lucia list: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,St. Vincent and Grenadines list: Belize,Belize list: Antigua and Barbuda,Antigua & Barbuda list: and Saint Christopher and Nevis.St. Kitts & Nevis list:

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Life Peer Baron Sir Frederick Dainton, Chancellor, Sheffield University.

Privy Counsellor Richard Napier Luce, . For political service. John Edward Michael Moore, . For political service.

Knight Bachelor Joseph Brian Barnard. For political service. Walter Fred Bodmer, Director of Research, Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body, . For political service. The Right Honourable Adam Courtauld Butler, . For political service. Professor Frederick William Crawford, Vice-Chancellor, University of Aston. John Dent, , Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority. Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge. Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest, Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh. Ian James Fraser, , Lately Chairman, Lazard Brothers & Co. Ltd. Jack Arnold Hayward, , For charitable services. The Right Honourable Bryant Godman Irvine. For political service. Professor Robert Kilpatrick, , Chairman, Advisory Committee on Pesticides. Colonel Herbert Gerard Thomas McClellan, , For political and public service. Roney Godfrey Collumbell Messervy, Chairman and Chief Executive, Lucas Industries plc. John Drummond Milne, Chairman and Group Managing Director, Blue Circle Industries plc. Stanley John Odell. For political and public service. Derek James Palmar, Chairman, Bass plc. David Arnold Stuart Plastow, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Vickers plc. James Gordon Reece. For political service. Brian Piers Shaw, Chairman and Chief Executive, Furness Withy & Co. Ltd. Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet, . For political service. David Cecil Smith, Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy, University of Oxford, and Biological Secretary, Royal Society. Francis Graham-Smith, Professor of Radio Astronomy and Director, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, University of Manchester. Bryan Thwaites. For services to the National Health Service and to education. Geoffrey James Warnock, Principal, Hertford College, and former Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford. His Honour Judge David Sturrock West-Russell, President of the Industrial Tribunals for England and Wales.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List John Simon Rawson Golding, . For services to medicine in Jamaica.

Australian States State of Queensland Terence Murray Lewis, , Commissioner, Queensland Police Force.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Civil Division Sir Kenneth Ronald Stowe, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Robert William Frank Gerken, . Vice Admiral Geoffrey Thomas James Oliver Dalton.

Army Lieutenant General Derek Boorman, , (411897), Colonel The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), Colonel 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles. Lieutenant General Michael Stuart Gray, , (424340), late The Parachute Regiment, Honorary Colonel 10th (Volunteer) Battalion The Parachute Regiment.

Royal Air Force Air Marshal John Matthias Dobson Sutton, .

Civil Division Robert John Andrew, , Permanent Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office. Kenneth Anthony Bradshaw, , Clerk of the House of Commons. David Howard Perry, Chief of Defence Equipment Collaboration, Ministry of Defence.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Michael Anthony Vallis. Rear Admiral Linley Eric Middleton, . Rear Admiral Euan Maclean.

Army Major General Robert Benbow (430224), Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals. Major General Derek Henry Braggins (409408), late Royal Corps of Transport. Major General Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox, , (426886), late Grenadier Guards. Major General Brendan Peter McGuinness (412325), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major General Laurence Anthony Wallis New, , (424419), late Royal Tank Regiment (now RARO). Major General Guy Hansard Watkins, , (430472), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Michael Keith Adams, . Air Vice-Marshal John Maurice Jones, . Air Vice-Marshal Keith Fred Sanderson.

Civil Division John Bryant Bourn, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Hugh Francis Ellis-Rees, Regional Director, West Midlands Regional Office, Department of the Environment. Thomas Ralph Erskine, First Legislative Draftsman, Northern Ireland. Derek James Jeremy Gerhard, Deputy Master and Comptroller, Royal Mint. Peter Dalton Hall, Grade 3, Board of Inland Revenue. Philip Hugh Halsey, , Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Science. Andrew Harley, lately HM Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries, Department of Employment. Bryce Harry Knox, Deputy Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise. Charles Mackay, Chief Agricultural Officer, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. John Palmer, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transport. Eric John Pryer, Chief Land Registrar. Christopher William Roberts, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. John Roberts, Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Adrian Murdoch Semmence, Medical Adviser to the Civil Service, Cabinet Office. Christopher John Train, Deputy Secretary, Home Office. John Stuart Scott Whyte, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir John Graham, , United Kingdom Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council, Brussels.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) David Hugh Alexander Hannay, , United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Communities, Brussels. Sir Joshua Hassan, , Chief Minister, Gibraltar. Francis Kennedy, , HM Consul-General and Director-General of Trade Development, New York. Patrick Hamilton Moberly, , H.M. Ambassador, Pretoria.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Leonard Vincent Appleyard, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Franklin Delow Berman, lately Counsellor (Legal Adviser), United Kingdom Mission to the UN, New York. Nigel Hugh Robert Broomfield, Minister, British High Commission, New Delhi. Anthony Charles Mayle De Vere, Counsellor, HM Embassy, Washington. Patrick Stanislaus Fairweather, HM Ambassador, Luanda. John Walton David Gray, HM Ambassador, Beirut. Christopher William Long, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. John Esmond Campbell Macrae, HM Ambassador, Dakar. John Thorold Masefield, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Tessa Audrey Hilda Solesby, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peter John Streams, lately HM Consul-General, Karachi.

Australian States State of Queensland The Honourable Claude Alfred Wharton, . For public service.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) The Most Noble Miles Francis Stapleton, Duke of Norfolk, .

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) Colonel Piers Bengough, . The Honourable Eustace Hubert Beilby Gibbs, . Peter Tremayne Miles.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Frederick Edward Robin Butler. John Pilkington Clayton, . Geoffrey Ivor de Deney. Clifford Isaac Morgan, . Air Commodore Denis Fenn Rixson, , Royal Air Force. Nicholas Antony Sturridge. Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, .

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Lieutenant Colonel Frank Maurice Beale. Olive Gwendoline Beechey. Victoria Lindsay Legge-Bourke. David John Claxton, . Margaret McKay MacDonald, . Kenneth William Parsons. Eric Smith, . Adrian Geoffrey Leslie Turner. The Honourable Emily Mary Jane Walsh.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Flight Lieutenant Antony Robin Bennett, Royal Air Force. Lieutenant Commander Leonard James Robert Carter, Royal Navy. Jennifer Mary Damrel. Alan Geoffrey Hancock. Julia Cecily Harland. Glenys Olwen May Phillips. Sarah Ewart Todd.

Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Gold Cyril Sidney Dickman, .

In Silver Frank Cutts. Police Sergeant Kenneth Cecil Dumain, Metropolitan Police. W4260644 Flight Sergeant John Grant, Royal Air Force. Q0687464 Flight Sergeant Terence William Harper Royal Air Force. James Dennis Juffs. Police Constable Edward Derek Lane, Metropolitan Police. William George Meldrum. David Andrew Senior. Police Constable Derek Keith Shelley, Metropolitan Police. Local Acting Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic (Electrical) Stephen Herbert Smith, (D097361P). Stephen John West.

Bar to the RVM in Silver Herbert Edward Long, .

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Rosemary Christian Howard. For services to the Church of England and the British Council of Churches. Gwyneth Jones, , (Mrs. Haberfeld-Jones), Singer. Barbara Estelle Shenfield, Chairman, Women's Royal Voluntary Service.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore Terence David Arthur Thompson, . Commodore John Watt Wightman, , Royal Naval Reserve. Commandant Daphne Patricia Swallow, , Women's Royal Naval Service. Captain Cyril Gordon Butterworth, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service.

Army Colonel David Francis Edmund Botting (451167), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Colonel George Michael Fleetwood (424316), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Brigadier Bernard Victor Hilary Fullerton (397890), late Royal Army Pay Corps. Brigadier Clinton Lionel Guy Grant Henshaw (448979), late The Royal Green Jackets. Brigadier Peter Ian Boldero Stevenson (440170), late The Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Brigadier Brian Thomas, , (413892), Corps of Royal Military Police. Brigadier John Barford Wilks, , (420959), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Brigadier Thomas Gwyn Williams, , (424512), late 14th/20th King's Hussars.

Royal Air Force Air Commodore Desmond Marcel Richard. Group Captain John Shakespeare Allison, . Group Captain Timothy Charles Elworthy. Group Captain John Stephen Fosh. Group Captain Michael John Milligan.

Civil Division Donald Angel, Chairman, Birds Eye Walls Ltd. John Campbell, Viscount of Arbuthnott, . For services to the environment, particularly in Scotland. John Anthony Ball. For political and public service. Ronald Alistair Bennett, , Chairman, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Christine Betty Bicknell. For services to the National Health Service in Central London. Margaret Joyce Billings. For political service. Geoffrey Michael Lindesay Blackburne-Kane, lately Senior Technical Adviser, Ministry of Defence. John Bower, Director of Education, Humberside. John Lewis Bowron, Secretary-General, Law Society. Christopher Dermont Boylan, Director "B", Department of the Environment. John Howard Hullah Bradbury, lately President, Cake and Biscuit Alliance; Buying Director, United Biscuits (UK) plc.