The New Year Honours 1971 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 December 1970 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1971.United Kingdom list: Australia list: New Zealand list: Sierra Leone list: Barbados list: Mauritius list: Fiji list:

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours 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

Baron Life Peer Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, , Chief Scout of the Commonwealth. The Right Honourable Sir Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. Sir (William) Miles Webster Thomas, , President and lately Chairman, National Savings Committee.

Privy Counsellor The Honourable Sir Cyril Ambrose Walsh, , a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Knight Bachelor William Melville Arnott, , William Withering Professor of Medicine, University of Birmingham. Maurice Alfred Lister Banks. For services to Patent Law. David Haven Barran, Chairman, Shell Transport and Trading Co. Ltd. Raymond Percival Brookes, Chairman and Chief Executive, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd. For services to Export. Leslie Cannon, , General President, Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union. (Died 9 December 1970 after the Honour was approved.) Henry Frederick Ross Catherwood, Director-General, National Economic Development Office. Henry Chisholm, , Chairman, Corby Development Corporation. Alan Howard Cottrell, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government. Cyril Thomas Cripps, . For public and charitable services. Professor Frederick Sydney Dainton. For services to Science and Higher Education. George Edward Raven Deacon, , Director, National Institute of Oceanography. Gerald Alfred Glover. For political and public services. Francis Frederick Griffin, Alderman, Birmingham City Council. Adrian Lincoln Hallinan, . For local government and public services in Cardiff. John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, . For services to Fine Art. William Aylsham Bryan Hopkin, , Deputy Chief Economic Adviser, HM Treasury. Cyril Hugh Kleinwort, Chairman, Committee on Invisible Exports. Donald Ross Liddle, , Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow. Wylie McKissock, , Neurological Surgeon. Henry Stenhouse Mance, Chairman of Lloyd's. Frank Shaw Marshall, Alderman, Leeds City Council. Stirrat Andrew William Johnson-Marshall, , Senior Partner, Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall and Partners. Douglas Osmond, , Chief Constable, Hampshire Constabulary. Denys Lionel Page, Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge. The Right Honourable Robert Wilson Porter, , Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Northern Ireland, 1969–70. Humphrey Povah Treverbian Prideaux, , Chairman, Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. William Clark Ramsay, . For services to Rugby Football. Alexander Ross, lately Chairman, East European Trade Council. For services to Export. The Honourable Marcus Joseph Sieff, , Joint Managing Director, Marks & Spencer Ltd. For services to Export.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List William Gordon Bryce, , Chief Justice, Bahama Islands. The Honourable Mr. Justice William Algernon Holwell Duffus, President, Court of Appeal for East Africa. The Honourable Kenneth Fung Ping-fan, . For public and social services in Hong Kong. Rupert Godfrey John, Governor of Saint Vincent.

State of New South Wales The Honourable Asher Alexander Joel, . For services to the community. Matthew John O'Neill, . For services to commerce and charity. Raymond Edgar Purves, . For services to the community.

State of Victoria Charles Roger Darvall, , of Toorak. For public service. Professor Sydney Lance Townsend, , of Hawthorn East. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne.

State of Queensland The Honourable Harold Richter, of Brisbane. For outstanding public services.

State of Western Australia Norman Brearley, . For services to aviation. Reginald Fielding Rushton, of Perth. For outstanding service to the community.

State of Tasmania The Honourable Alfred John White, Agent-General for Tasmania in London.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division Admiral Sir Michael Patrick Pollock, . General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick, , (53670) late Royal Armoured Corps, Deputy Colonel The Blues and Royals. Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood, , Royal Air Force.

Civil Division Sir George Edward Godber, , Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security, Department of Education and Science, and Home Office.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Admiral Edward Beckwith Ashmore, . Vice-Admiral Andrew Mackenzie Lewis, . Lieutenant-General William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson, , (73056), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-General Richard Erskine Ward, , (73199), late Royal Armoured Corps, Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment. Air Marshal William Derek Hodgkinson, , Royal Air Force. Air Marshal Harold Brownlow Martin, , Royal Air Force.

Civil Division William Dennis Pile, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Science.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Rear Admiral Charles Courtney Anderson. Rear Admiral Derrick George Kent. Rear Admiral Nigel Hugh Malim, . Rear Admiral Douglas Granger Parker, .

Army Major-General Denis Arthur Beckett, , (113508), late Infantry. Major-General John Cain Cowley (141546), Royal Army Pay Corps. Brigadier Barbara Masson Gordon, , (206176), Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. Major-General Frank Douglas King, , (138204), late Infantry. Major-General David Lanyon Lloyd Owen, , (74596), late Infantry. Major-General Alexander Young (174093), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Neil Cameron, . Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Martin Maynard, . Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Howard Moulton, . Air Commodore Charles Duncan Alfred Browne, .

Civil Division Frederick John Atkinson, Chief Economic Adviser, Department of Trade and Industry. Clifford Henry Baylis, Controller, HM Stationery Office. Basil Edmund Bellamy, Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. Norman Coles, Deputy Chief Adviser (Research and Studies), Ministry of Defence. Peter Richmond Cox, Deputy Government Actuary. Herbert Clyde Fitzer, , Director of Engineering (Ships) and Head of the Royal Naval Engineering Service, Ministry of Defence. Leonard Ralph Fletcher, Secretary, University Grants Committee. Thomas Charles Green, Chief Charity Commissioner. Eric William Charles Lewis, Controller of Death Duties, Board of Inland Revenue. Jean Josephine Nunn, , lately Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. John Glendwr Owen, Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. Ronald Walter Radford, , Deputy Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise. Hume Boggis-Rolfe, , Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Deputy Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor. Peter Eustace Thornton, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office. Henry Gabriel Ware, Deputy Treasury Solicitor. Henry Yellowlees, , Deputy Chief Medical Officer, 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 Charles Hepburn Johnston, , British High Commissioner, Canberra.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Peter Telford Hayman, , British High Commissioner, Ottawa.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Arthur Hugh Bunting, Professor of Agricultural Botany, University of Reading. For services to developing countries. James Richard Cross, lately Senior British Trade Commissioner, Montreal. Stanley Mason Davies, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security. John Ivor McKinnon Rhodes, Minister, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations. Lilian Katherine Somerville, , Director, Fine Arts Department, British Council.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Gillian Gerda Brown, Counsellor and Head of Chancery, HM Embassy, Berne. John Christopher Wyndowe Bushell, Minister and Deputy Commandant, British Military Government, Berlin. Ronald Lawrie Huckstep, , Honorary Surgeon-in-Charge, Round Table Polio Clinic, Kampala. Kenneth James Knaggs, , formerly Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Zambia. Daphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park, HM Consul-General, Hanoi. James Grant Purves, HM Consul-General, Hamburg. Alastair Todd, Defence Secretary, Hong Kong. John Peter Tripp, HM Ambassador, Tripoli.

State of New South Wales Charles Aubrey Hardwick, . For service to the community.

State of Victoria Alan John Moir, of Toorak. For services to horse racing.

State of South Australia Colin Sandergrove Ballantyne, of Adelaide. For services to the theatre.

State of Western Australia Kenneth Joseph Townsing, , Under-Treasurer for Western Australia. For outstanding public service to the community and to education.

State of Tasmania Robert Charles Sharp, Director of Public Works, State of Tasmania.

Royal Victorian Order

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) Lady Margaret Katherine Hay, .

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) The Very Reverend Robert Wilmer Woods.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Lady Susan Katharine Hussey. Denis Haigh Marrian, . George Gaze Pace. Paul Edward Paget. John Pillar, .

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Fourth Class Major Ralph Sidney Bromhead. Douglas Walter Butt, . John Robert Hare. Lieutenant-Colonel John Frederick Dame Johnston, . Captain Norman Henry Morgan, . Surgeon Commander John Roger Lawrance-Owen, , Royal Navy. Squadron Leader Anthony William Picking, Royal Air Force. Squadron Leader Philip George Pinney, Royal Air Force. Wing Commander Michael John Rayson, Royal Air Force. Brian Barrington Dashwood Stopford. Jean Elizabeth Taylor, . Derek Roy Waters, . Robert William Way.

Fifth Class Clarice Winifred Austin. John David Gallagher. Edith Holmes. Harry Docknll Jones. Captain Lewis Thomas Lambert, Royal Marines. Squadron Leader James Marshall, Royal Air Force. Florence Wade.

Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver L0588525 Flight Sergeant Peter James Baughan, Royal Air Force. Yeoman Bed Goer John Baxter, Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Gladys Bell. Albert Victor Charlwood. P4185209 Corporal David Arthur Evans, Royal Air Force. Chief Petty Officer Roger George Eves, P/JX 660436. Lily Foster. Robert William Frier. Edward Victor Lovegrove. Robert Geddes MacDonald. Police Constable Ralph Alec Lewis Morten, Metropolitan Police. Robertina Nicol. Joseph Matthew Pearce. Chief Engineering Mechanic David John Rayworth, P/KX 859165. Joseph Smith. Gwendoline May Suckling. John Errick Taylor. Walter Vickers. Arthur Vincent. W4003276 Flight Sergeant Frank Stanhope Williams, , Royal Air Force.

Order of the British Empire Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Civil Division Sir Henry Alexander Benson, , Senior Partner, Cooper Brothers & Co., Chartered Accountants. For public services.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) Civil Division Adelaide Baillieu Doughty, . For political services in the South East. Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, , (Mrs. Agatha Christie), Author.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)