The 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 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. The Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 6 June 2016 in New Zealand and 10 June in the United Kingdom.
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades, 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 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. David Cameron of the Conservative Party was the Prime Minister of the day and Jeremy Corbyn was the Leader of the Labour Party, the Official Opposition at the time.
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) Dame Vera Margaret Lynn, . For services to Entertainment and Charity. Robert Haldane, The Lord Smith of Kelvin. . For public service particularly in Scotland. Diplomatic Service and Overseas List. Valerie Ann, Baroness Amos. Former United Nations Under Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator. For services to the United Nations and emergency relief.
Knight Bachelor Damon Marcus Buffini, lately Head, Permira. For voluntary and charitable services. Michael Craig-Martin . Artist. For services to Art. The Right Honourable Jeffrey Mark Donaldson , Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley. For political service. The Right Honourable Alexander Charles Onslow Fergusson. For services to Politics, the Scottish Parliamentary Process and Public Life in Scotland. Dr David Grant, . For services to Engineering, Technology and Skills in the UK. David Hamilton. For political and parliamentary service. Philip William Hulme, Co-Founder, Hadley Trust, Computacenter and Dealogic. For services to Technology and to Philanthropy. Paul Marshall, Chairman, ARK Schools and Lead Non-Executive board member, Department for Education. For services to Education and Philanthropy. Terence Keith Morgan , Non-Executive chairman, Crossrail Ltd. For services to UK Infrastructure, Skills and Employment. Simon Christopher Townsend Robey, Chair, Royal Opera House and Aldeburgh Music. For services to Music. Professor Roger Vernon Scruton. For services to Philosophy, Teaching and Public Education. Dr Larry Alan Siedentop, , Emeritus Fellow, Keble College, University of Oxford. For services to Political Science. Roderick David Stewart, , Singer/Songwriter. For services to Music and charity. Professor John Stanley Strang, Professor in the Psychiatry of the Addictions and director, National Addiction Centre, King's College London. For services to Medicine, Addictions and Public Health. The Right Honourable Desmond Swayne, , Member of Parliament for New Forest West. For political and parliamentary service. Richard Henry Treisman, , Research Director, Francis Crick Institute. For services to Biomedical Science and to Cancer Research. Professor Douglass Matthew Turnbull, Professor of Neurology, Newcastle University. For services to Health Care Research and Treatment particularly Mitochondrial Disease. Professor Stanley William Wells, , Shakespeare Scholar and Honorary President, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. For services to Scholarship. Peter John Wood, . For services to UK Industry and Philanthropy. Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Professor David Charles Clary, President, Magdalen College, Oxford. For services to international science Professor Anthony Douglas Cragg, , Sculptor. For services to Visual Arts and UK-German relations Professor Angus Stewart Deaton, Professor, Princeton University. For services to research in economics and international affairs Lucian Charles Grainge, , Chairman and Chief Executive of Universal Music Group. For services to British business and inward investment
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Royal Navy General Gordon Kenneth Messenger, , N027960S British Army Lieutenant General John Gordon Lorimer, , late The Parachute Regiment, 515336
Civil Martin Eugene Donnelly – Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. For public service particularly to Business. John Oliver Frank Kingman – Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury. For public service particularly to the Economy. Dr Malcolm McKibbin – Permanent Secretary and Head, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For public service.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Royal Navy Rear Admiral Paul Martin Bennett , C032572Q Rear Admiral Henry Hardyman Parker, C030830E Rear Admiral Robert Kenneth Tarrant, C027595B British Army Major General Nicholas David Ashmore , late Royal Regiment of Artillery, 518604 The Reverend Dr David George Coulter , late Royal Army Chaplain's Department, 509226 Lieutenant General Timothy Buchan Radford , late The Light Infantry, 520053 Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal David John Stubbs , (8027773S) Civil Professor Yvonne Doyle – Director for London, Public Health England. For services to Public Health. Jeremy Moore – Director-General, Strategy, Policy and Analysis Group, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Welfare Reform. Katrina Jane Williams – Director-General, International, Science and Resilience, Department of Energy and Climate Change. For services to Public Administration.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of The Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir Peter Westmacott – Lately HM Ambassador, Washington, United States of America. For services to British diplomacy
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG / DCMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Nicholas Peter Kay – Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Somalia. For services to diplomacy, international peace and security Barbara Woodward – HM Ambassador, Beijing, China. For services to UK/China relations
Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Paul Thomas Arkwright – Former Director, Multilateral Policy Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to UK foreign policy Keith Andrew Beaven – Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to British foreign policy Paul Brummell – HM Ambassador, Bucharest, Romania. For services to British foreign policy Jennifer Kathryn Morrish – Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to national security Major (Retired) Timothy Nigel Peake – Astronaut, United Kingdom Space Agency. For services to space research and scientific education Joanna Louise Roper – Director, Consular Services, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to British foreign policy and the protection of British nationals overseas Ajay Sharma – Former Head of Iran Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to British foreign policy Professor Peter Timothy Holt Unwin – Lately Secretary General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation and former Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. For services to the Commonwealth Professor Colin John Warbrick – Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Birmingham. For services to international law
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander (KCVO) John Patrick Lionel, The Lord Petre, Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
Commanders (CVO) Dr Peter Beck, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan. Colonel George Robin Straton Broke , formerly Lieutenant, the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Michael John Clement Burgess , formerly Coroner of the Queen's Household. Captain the Honourable Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale. Miss Pamela Margaret Clark , formerly Senior Archivist, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle. Miss Samantha Helen Cohen , Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen. Sir Stuart Hampson, Chairman, The Crown Estate. Alan David Jones, , formerly Trustee, Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. Peter John Venison, formerly chairman, International Golf for Youth Charity. Robert Bruce Wood, Solicitor to The Queen in Scotland.
Lieutenants (LVO) Philip Shaun Croasdale , Welfare and Housing Manager, Royal Household. Graham Kenneth Ellis, Royal Liaison Officer, BBC. Miguel Nunes Head, Private Secretary to The Duke of Cambridge. Mark David Howard , Head of Information Technology Service Delivery, Royal Household. Miss Mavis Gillian Shepheard , formerly Lieutenancy Officer, Oxfordshire. Miss Rosemarie Lynn Tart , Assistant Housekeeper, Buckingham Palace.
Members (MVO) Linda, Mrs. Elder-Atterton, Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Tyne and Wear. Muriel Veronica Anne, Mrs. Button, Private Secretary to the Governor of Western Australia. Inspector Colin William Childs, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Michael John Fitzpatrick, Carpenter, Royal Household. Colin Ivor Garrard, Assistant Accountant, Sandringham Estate. Brian John Hammond, formerly Trustee, The Princess Anne Charities Trust. William Brooks Jarvis, Deputy Lieutenant and Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Clackmannanshire. Patricia, Mrs. Lewington, Secretary, Royal Yacht Squadron. Susanna Jane, Mrs. Mann, Head of Marketing, Royal Collection Trust. John Morris Newman, Volunteer, The Prince's Trust. Joshua Puls, Executive Director, Cabinet Office, Victoria, Australia. Miss Jill Revans, Deputy Comptroller, Household of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Sergeant Gavin Nicholas Salisbury, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Peter Slattery, Commander, New South Wales Police. Miss Roisin Nora Tierney, Nursing Sister, St. James's Palace. Linda Avril, Mrs. Walker. For services to The Crown in Guernsey.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Sir Ian Clark Wood, , Leader, UKCS Maximising Recovery Review. For services to the Oil and Gas Industry.
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE / DBE) Military Royal Navy Vice Admiral Ian Fergus Corder, , C026103T British Army Lieutenant General Andrew Richard Gregory, , late Royal Regiment of Artillery, 514007 Civil Professor Susan Margaret Black – Director, The Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee. For services to Forensic Anthropology. Louise Casey CB – Director General, Department for Communities and Local Government. For services to Families and Vulnerable People. Dr Denise Assunta Coia – Consultant Psychiatrist. For services to Mental Health and the NHS. Veronica Anne (Polly) Courtice – Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. For services to Sustainability Leadership. Professor Caroline Dean – Project Leader, Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre. For services to Plant Science Research and Women in Science. Professor Anna Felicja Dominiczak – Vice-Principal and Head of College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. For services to Cardiovascular and Medical Science. Alice Hudson – Executive Headteacher, Twyford Church of England Academies Trust. For services to Education. Rotha Geraldine Diane Johnston – For services to the Northern Ireland Economy and public service. Dr Frances Lannon – Lately Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education. Christine Lenehan – Director, Council for Disabled Children. For services to Children and Young People.