The New Year Honours 1993 were appointments by most 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, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 30 December 1992 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1993 in the United Kingdom,UK list: UK erratum: New Zealand,New Zealand list: the Bahamas,Bahamas list: Grenada,Grenada list: the Solomon Islands,Solomon Islands list: Tuvalu,Tuvalu list: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,St. Vincent & the Grenadines list: and Belize.Belize 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
Life Peer Baroness The Right Honourable Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Williams. Founder member and former President of the Social Democrat Party.
Privy Counsellor Baroness Emily May Blatch, , Minister of State, Department for Education. For political service. Sir Percy Cradock, , formerly Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister (1984-1992). Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery, , Member of Parliament for Honiton. For political service. Sir Peter Maudslay Hordern, , Member of Parliament for Horsham. For political service. Sir John Daniel Wheeler, , Member of Parliament for Westminster North. For political service.
Knight Bachelor Malcolm Henry Arnold, , Composer. Robert George Alexander Balchin, Chairman, Grant Maintained Schools' Foundation. Francis Christopher Buchan Bland, Chairman, Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals Special Health Authority. John Freeman Chatfield, , lately Chairman, Executive Council, Association of County Councils. Robert Cyril Clarke, Chairman, United Biscuits (Holdings) plc. For services to the Food Industry. Harry Ari Djanogly, . For charitable services. David Paradine Frost, , Broadcaster and Journalist. Professor Henry Harris. For contribution to medical research. Anthony Philip Hopkins, , Actor. Eric Waldo Benjamin Howells, . For political and public service. Professor David Hull, Professor of Child Health, University Hospital Nottingham. Geoffrey David Inkin, , Chairman, Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. Chairman, Land Authority for Wales. For public service in Wales. John Raymond Johnstone, , Chairman, Forestry Commission. For public service in Scotland. John Chippendale Lindley Keswick, Chairman, Hambros Bank Limited. For services to Banking. Michael Anthony Latham, formerly Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton. For political service. Christopher Lewinton, Chairman and Chief Executive, TI Group plc. For services to the Engineering Industry. Alistair John Mackechnie. For political service. Peter Mansfield, , Professor of Physics, Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham. Roger Denis Moate, , Member of Parliament for Faversham. For political service. Geoffrey John Mulcahy, Chairman and Chief Executive, Kingfisher plc. For services to the Retail Industry. Colonel Stuart Richard Newman, . For political service. Charles Wilfrid Newton, , Chairman of London Transport and of London Underground Limited. Duncan Kirkbride Nichol, , Chief Executive, National Health Service Management Executive. Paul Douglas Nicholson. For services to industry and to the public in North East England. Professor David Keith Peters, Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. Professor John Cyril Smith, . For services to Academic Law. John Alan Thomas, Head of the Defence Export Services Organisation, Ministry of Defence. His Honour Judge Lawrence John Verney, , The Recorder of London. William Whitfield, , Senior Partner, Whitfield & Partners. For services to Architecture. Alfred William (Jerry) Wiggin, , Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare. For political service.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List William Purves, . For public and commercial services in Hong Kong.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir David Ramsbotham, (427439), late The Royal Green Jackets, Honorary Colonel Cambridge University Officers Training Corps. Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, , Royal Air Force.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral Geoffrey William Roger Biggs. Vice Admiral Michael Henry Gordon Layard, . Air Marshal John Frederick Willis, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Thomas Stuart Legg, , Permanent Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Colin Herbert Dickinson Cooke-Priest. Surgeon Rear Admiral David Askey Lammiman, . Rear Admiral (John Geoffrey) Robin Musson.
Army Major General Richard Edward Barron (471196), late The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. Major General William Andrew Evans (461417), late 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. The Reverend James Harkness, , (468441), Royal Army Chaplains' Department. Major General James Frederick Junor Johnston, , (461457), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major General John Donald MacDonald, , (457210), late Royal Corps of Transport.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal David Rowthorne French, . Air Vice-Marshal Peter John Harding, . The Venerable (Air Vice-Marshal) Brian Humphrey Lucas, .
Civil Division Trevor Buckley, lately Grade 3, Ministry of Defence. Eric Caines, Grade 2, Department of Health. Stephen Rex Davie, Grade 3, Cabinet Office. Christopher David Daykin, Government Actuary. Ian Malcolm Dunbar, Grade 3, Home Office. Huw Prideaux Evans, Grade 2, HM Treasury. David Charles Thomas Eves, Grade 2, Health and Safety Executive, Department of Employment. John Hepworth Holroyd, First Civil Service Commissioner, Office of Public Service and Science. Donald William Limon, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons. Roger Davis Munrow, lately Chief Master, Chancery Division, Lord Chancellor's Department. John Laughlin Semple, Permanent Secretary, Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland Civil Service. Robin John Alfred Sharp, Grade 3, Department of the Environment. Jeremy Bernard Surr, lately Grade 3, Department of Employment. Euan Ross Sutherland, Parliamentary Counsel. Alan Ronald Titchener, Grade 3, Department of Trade and Industry. William Alastair Paterson Weatherston, Grade 3, Scottish Office. Irving Yass, Grade 3, Department of Transport.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir Ewen Alastair John Fergusson, , HM Ambassador, Paris.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) The Right Honourable Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow, , Member of Parliament for Woking. For political service. John Anthony Adye, Director, Government Communications Headquarters. Nigel Hugh Robert Allen Broomfield, , HM Ambassador-designate, Bonn. Michael John Newington, , lately HM Ambassador, Brasilia.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Roger Campbell Beetham, , HM Ambassador, Dakar. David Allan Burns, Head of the British Mission to Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Charles John Carey, lately a Member of the European Court of Auditors, Brussels. Ian Pender Chalmers, , Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Arthur Leycester Scott Coltman, HM Ambassador, Havana. Richard Nigel Dales, British High Commissioner, Harare. John Robert de Fonblanque, Counsellor, Office of the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Commission, Brussels. Martin Roger Eaton, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alan Everard Montgomery, HM Ambassador, Manila. Geoffrey David George Murrell, , Minister/Counsellor, HM Embassy, Moscow. The Honourable Michael Aidan Pakenham, HM Ambassador, Luxembourg. Michael John Priestley, lately Senior Adviser, United Nations Development Programme, New York. Adrian John Sindall, British High Commissioner, Brunei.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) (John) Robin Catford, . Dr. Anthony Michael Dawson. Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, . The Right Honourable George Kenneth Hotson, Baron Younger of Prestwick, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) 'Inoke Fotu Faletau. Kenneth Lionel Richardson, . Major Thomas Edward St. Aubyn. The Right Honourable John Julius, Viscount Norwich. Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens. Robin Denys Gill. Sir Antony Rupert Jay. Edward Ouri Mirzoeff.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Jennifer Adams. William Gavin Buchanan. Richard Saxon French, . Commander David Newing, Royal Navy (Retired). Geoffrey Nolan. The Lady Angela Mary Rose Oswald. Anthony Patrick Smyth. Jane Armyne Stevens. Philip Bonham-Carter, . Catrine Patricia Clay. Peter Leslie Edwards, . Neville Labovitch, . Sarah, The Honourable Lady Riddell.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Alan Beattie Armstrong. Chief Inspector John Derek Askew, Metropolitan Police. Eric James Baker. Inspector Roger Franklin Barrell, Metropolitan Police. Loris Amelia Callander, . Thomas Leonard Corby. Clare Goode. Diana Grahame. Pamela Anne Lewis. John Patrick Manley. Henrietta Francis Ryan. Jonathan Spencer. Alan James Lygo. Brian John Herring.
Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver Local Acting Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) David Bosomworth (D150924G), Royal Navy. Sergeant Garry Philip Robert Cole (G8127208), Eng. Tech. A.E., Royal Air Force. William Edward Marsden Cotton. Evelyn Mary Dagley. Police Constable Tony Basil George, Metropolitan Police. Terence Richard Hampstead. Terence John Alfred Hicks. Francis Kirkpatrick. Michael Robert Puzey. James Regan. William Johnston Robb. Sergeant David Leslie Spouge (K8089151), Eng. Tech. Av., Royal Air Force. Ronald George Welbelove, . Mervyn Seth Wycherley. Radio Supervisor William John Young (D132137X), Royal Navy.
Bar to the RVM in Silver Thomas Galbraith, .
Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett, , Writer.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Catherine Ann Cookson, , Novelist. For charitable services. The Honourable Mary Drummond Corsar, National Chairman, Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Mary Alison Glen-Haig, . For services to Sport. Anne Laura McLaren, Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge. For services to Science. Annette Penhaligon. For political and public service. Margaret Berenice Price, , Opera Singer.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Military Division Lieutenant General The Honourable Thomas Patrick John Boyd-Carpenter, , (452231), late Scots Guards.
Civil Division The Right Honourable Terence Langley Higgins, , Member of Parliament for Worthing. For political service.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Michael Ramsay Melhuish, , Head of European Commission Monitor Mission, Zagreb.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Surgeon Commodore John Michael Beeley, . Captain David Arthur Henry Kerr, . Commodore Douglas Raymond Snell Lewis. Captain Peter Arthur Voute.
Army Brigadier Anthony Barrie Atkinson (467523), Army Catering Corps. Brigadier Robert Michael Bullock (467494), late Royal Corps of Transport. Colonel David Stevenson Hall, , (458865), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Territorial Army. Colonel Oliver John Martin Lindsay (459289), late Grenadier Guards. Brigadier Peter Anthony Little (479028), late 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles. Colonel Andrew Jeffrey Pinion (454145), late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel David Cautley Nasmyth Shaw, , (482831), late The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Brigadier Charles Brockbank Telfer, , (484601), Royal Pioneer Corps.
Royal Air Force Group Captain Owen Gerald Bunn, . Air Commodore John Anthony Gerard May. Air Commodore Graham John David Maynard. Group Captain Richard Skene Peacock-Edwards, .