1983 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1983 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 31 December 1982 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1983.

Names and titles of recipients are shown as they appeared in this honours list.

United Kingdom

Life peers

• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Neil Cameron, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.E., Principal of King's College, London.
• Sir Derek Ezra, M.B.E. Lately Chairman, National Coal Board.
• Sir Derek George Rayner, Joint Vice Chairman, Marks and Spencer plc. Adviser to the Prime Minister on efficiency in Government.
• The Right Honourable Gordon William Humphreys Richardson, M.B.E., T.D. Governor, Bank of England.

Privy Counsellors

• John Julian Ganzoni, Baron Belstead. Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Sir Ian Percival, Q.C., M.P., Solicitor General. Member of Parliament for Southport.
• The Honourable Nicholas Ridley, M.P. Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Member of Parliament for Cirencester and Tewkesbury.

Knights Bachelor

• Robert Atkinson, D.S.C., R.D., Chairman, British Shipbuilders.
• Brian Harry Bailey, O.B.E., Chairman, South West Regional Health Authority.
• The Honourable John Francis Harcourt Baring, C.V.O., Chairman, Baring Brothers & Company Limited.
• Christopher Charles Booth, Director, Medical Research Council, Clinical Research Centre,
• Douglas Denison Brown. For Political Service.
• Austin Wyeth Bunch, C.B.E., Chairman, The Electricity Council.
• Clifford Charles Butler, Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University of Technology. For services to Science Education.
• Wilfred Halliday Cockcroft. For services to Education.
• Terence Orby Conran, Chairman, Habitat/Mothercare PLC.
• James Carlisle Stormonth Darling, C.B.E., M.C., T.D., Director, The National Trust for Scotland.
• William Barr McKinnon Duncan, C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries PLC.
• Sidney Alfred William Eburne, M.C., Chairman and Senior Crown Agent.
• Leslie Fletcher, D.S.C. For Political and Public Service.
• Edward Lucas Gardner, Q.C., M.P. For Political and Public Service.
• John Anthony Grant, M.P. For Political and Public Service.
• John Peter Grenside, C.B.E., Senior Partner, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company.
• Harold George Hillier, C.B.E. For services to horticulture and for charitable services.
• Michael Murray Hordern, C.B.E., Actor.
• David William Stennis Stuart Lane, lately Chairman, Commission for Racial Equality.
• Kenneth Lewis, D.L., M.P. For Political and Public Service.
• Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Chairman and Managing Director, Macfarlane Group (Clansman) PLC, and for services to industry and the Arts.
• John David Nunes Nabarro, Chairman of the Joint Consultants' Committee. Lately Consultant Physician, Middlesex Hospital.
• Edward Walter Parkes, Chairman, University Grants Committee.
• David Towry Piper, C.B.E. For services to Art.
• John Michael Pritchard, C.B.E., Conductor.
• The Right Honourable Kenneth Robinson. For services to the Arts.
• Dudley Gordon Smith, M.P. For Political and Public Service.
• Theodore Morris Sugden, C.B.E., Master of Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. Physical Secretary, The Royal Society.
• John Meredith Temple, D.L. For Political and Public Service.
• Adam Thomson, C.B.E., Chairman and Chief Executive, Caledonian Aviation Group PLC.
• Frederick Donald Walters. For Political and Public Service.

State of Queensland

• Raymond Douglas Logan. For service to the cattle industry and the community.

State of Western Australia

• James Alexander McCusker. For service to building societies.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

• Admiral Sir Arthur Desmond Cassidi, K.C.B.
• General Sir Michael Gow, K.C.B., A.D.C., Gen., late Scots Guards, Colonel Commandant Intelligence Corps.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, K.C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Robert Temple Armstrong, K.C.B., C.V.O, Secretary of the Cabinet. Joint Head of the Home Civil Service.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice Admiral Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert, O.B.E.
• Vice Admiral James Edward Campbell Kennon, C.B.E.
• Lieutenant General Richard Maurice Hilton Vickers, M.V.O., O.B.E., late The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
• Acting Air Marshal Peter Robin Harding, C.B., Royal Air Force.
• John Lewis Jones, C.M.G., Attached Ministry of Defence.
• Michael James Kerry, C.B., H.M. Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor.
• Philip John Woodfield, C.B., C.B.E., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral David John Mackenzie.
• Major General John Frederick Mottram, M.V.O., O.B.E.
• Rear Admiral Derek O'Hara.
• Rear Admiral Trevor Owen Keith Spraggs.
• Major General Archibald Cull Birtwistle, C.B.E., late Royal Corps of Signals.
• The Venerable Archdeacon William Francis Johnston, Q.H.C., Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
• Major General Lennox Alexander Hawkins Napier, O.B.E., M.C., late The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot), Colonel Commandant Prince of Wales's Division.
• Major General George Brian Sinclair, C.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major General Henry Michael Tillotson, C.B.E., Colonel The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.
• Major General Anthony John Trythall, late Royal Army Educational Corps.
• Air Vice-Marshal David Frank Bates, Royal Air Force (Retired).
• Air Vice-Marshal Joseph Alfred Gilbert, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Gerald Skingsley, Royal Air Force.
• The Venerable Herbert James Stuart, Q.H.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Richard Henries Bird, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Science.
• John Niall Henderson Blelloch, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence.
• John Caines, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade.
• David Cunningham, Solicitor to the Secretary of State for Scotland.
• Ian Leonard Davies, Director, Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment, Ministry of Defence.
• Anthony Noble Frankland, C.B.E., D.F.C., lately Director, The Imperial War Museum.
• Charles Freedman, Under Secretary, Board of Customs and Excise.
• Peter Lewis Gregson, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
• John Ferguson Irvine, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland.
• Kenneth Linsdell, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment.
• Andrew Gordon Manzie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry.
• Peter Marchmont, Principal Assistant Solicitor, Department of Transport.
• James Nursaw, Legal Secretary, Law Officers' Department.
• Philip Redfern, Deputy Director, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
• Colonel Robert Charles Townsend Sivewright, M.C., D.L., Vice-Chairman, Council of Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations.
• Walter Gordon Mason Williams, Deputy Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Sir Edward Youde, K.C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• The Right Honourable Thomas Edward, Baron Bridges, C.M.G., Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Kenneth Cavendish Christofas, C.M.G., M.B.E., lately Director-General, Secretariat Council, European Community, Brussels.
• George William Harding, C.M.G., C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Brasilia.
• Peter Harold Reginald Marshall, C.M.G., United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations, Geneva.
• Robert Lucian Wade-Gery, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, New Delhi

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Roger John Carrick, M.V.O., lately Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Washington.
• William Atherton Dodd, Chief Education Adviser, Overseas Development Administration.
• Dr Ronald Ian Talbot Cromartie, Leader of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Committee on Disarmament, Geneva.
• Stanley Frederick St Clare Duncan, H.M. Ambassador, La Paz.
• Marrack Irvine Goulding, Counsellor, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York.
• Thomas Nivison Haining, lately H.M. Ambassador, Ulan Bator.
• Kenneth Peter Jeffs, Director General (Marketing), Ministry of Defence.
• David Neil Lane, British High Commissioner, Port of Spain.
• Christopher Duncan Lush, United Kingdom Permanent Representative-designate to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
• Colin Hugh Verel McColl, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• John Adam Robson, H.M. Ambassador, Bogota.
• John Anthony Sankey, British High Commissioner, Dar es Salaam.
• Alfred Murray Simons, Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Negotiations on the Mutual Reduction of Forces, Vienna.
• Charles William Wallace, C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Lima.

State of South Australia

• Reverend Ian Bowe Tanner. For service to the Church.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• The Right Honourable Sir Philip Brian Cecil Moore, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Colin Cole, C.V.O., T.D.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• The Right Honourable Virginia Fortune, Countess of Airlie.
• Michael Barclay Mavor.
• James Graham Urquhart.
• Fulke Thomas Tyndall Walwyn.
• Clive Anthony Whitmore.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

• David Robert Collinson.
• John Martin Gregory.
• Wing Commander Eric Thomson Inglis King, Royal Air Force.
• Mary, Mrs Carew Pole.
• Philip Henry Parkyns Shaw.
• Austin Denham Smith.
• Surgeon Commander David Leslie Swain, Royal Navy.
• James Douglas Thomas.
• Lieutenant Colonel Blair Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, Scots Guards.
• Miss Mavis Sylvia Eireen Belsey.
• Edward Archdale Candy.
• Richard James William Edwards.
• Miss Dorothea Mary Patricia Malley, M.B.E.
• Frederick Lionel Quinby.
• Warrant Officer Brian Keith Rawnsley, Royal Air Force.
• Edward Arthur Sibbick, B.E.M.
• Major Ernest Smith.
• Michael James Robert Stroud.
• Muriel, Mrs Wood.

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)

• Charles Alexander Candy, R.V.M.

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

• Miss Gladys Bell, R.V.M.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

• Montague Wallace Christopher.
• Chief Technician Roger John Church, Royal Air Force.
• John Collings.
• Edward George Fancourt.
• Police Constable Roger Stanton Grigson, Metropolitan Police.
• Police Constable Peter Richard Howard, Metropolitan Police.
• Edmund Ambrose Lucas.
• Chief Technician Martyn John Meredith, Royal Air Force.
• Marine Ronald George Steele, Royal Marines
• Maria June Tawse, Mrs Webster.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

• The Most Honourable Elizabeth Shirley Vaughan, Marchioness of Anglesey, C.B.E. For public service.
• Miss Olga Nikolaevna Uvarov, C.B.E. For services to veterinary medicine.

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

• David Arthur Roberts, C.M.G., C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Beirut.

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New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Russell Hilton Pettigrew. For services to the transport industry.
• The Honourable Graham Davies Speight – Judge of the High Court of New Zealand, 1966–82.
• James Douglas Stewart – Principal of Lincoln College, University College of Agriculture. For services to agriculture.

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Major General Robin Guy Williams MBE (V30425) – Chief of General Staff.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Kenneth Frederick Mehrtens – lately Chairman, New Zealand Dairy Board.
• [[Bert Walker (politician)|The Honourable Herbert John Walker JP]]. For public and community service.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• John Kennedy-Good QSO JP. For service to local government and the community.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Dr Edward George Bollard. For service to science.
• Mrs Vivienne Myra Boyd. For public services.
• William Munro Duncan – Secretary of Energy, Ministry of Energy.
• James Albert Nichols Halford MBE JP. For service to the community.
• Murray Fitzjohn Hunter. For service to sport and the community.
• The Most Reverend John Mackey – Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland. For service to education.
• Hoani Haereroa Parata DSO ED. For service to the community.
• The Very Reverend Michael Leeke Underhill – lately Dean of Christchurch.
• Robert Alan Vance. For service to cricket and the community.

Military Division

• Air Commodore Stuart McIntyre OBE DFC ADC (J73884) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Leonard Arthur Davis. For service to the community.
• David James Gray. For service to the community.
• Ashley David Joseph Heenan. For service to music.
• Charles Bruce Inwards. For service to the community.
• Geoffrey William Jackman JP. For service to sport, especially athletics.
• Mrs Gladys Mary Reid. For service to farming.
• John Bagrie Urwin Roy JP. For service to the community.
• Sydney Ernest Scales. For service as a cartoonist.
• Horace Raymond Skelton JP. For service to the fruit growing industry and the community.
• Tasman Alister Smith. For service to the community.
• Dudley Leonard Storey. For service to rowing.
• Mrs Valerie Bessie Tarrant. For service to the Women's Division of Federated Farmers.
• Melvin Charles Taylor – Lieutenant Colonel, Salvation Army. For service to the Salvation Army and the community.
• William Henry Walker. For service to the community.
• Herbert Williamson – Assistant Secretary (Local Government), Department of Internal Affairs.
• Dr Raymond Victor James Windsor. For humanitarian and medical services to the people of India.
• Ronald Leslie Winter JP. For service as a Justice of the Peace.
• Kenneth George Sykes – Deputy Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police.

Military Division

• Captain Niell McKay Walker (Y14627) – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Raymond John Andrews (A712609), Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
• Wing Commander Geoffrey Allen Parkinson (N327877) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Robert Albert Adams. For service to the community.
• Miss Barbara Baxter. For service to sport.
• Charles Henry Bird – Superintendent, Wanganui Prison.
• Peter James Blake. For service to ocean yacht racing.
• Miss Muriel Goodwin Brown. For service to surf life-saving.
• Mrs Wendy Lee Brown. For service to athletics.
• Dr William John Cowie Crisp. For service to the community.
• Clement Stanley Currie JP. For service to local government and the community.
• Miss Neroli Susan Fairhall. For services to archery and the disabled.
• Mrs Ivy Alma Foubister. For service to the Plunket Society and the community.
• Russell Douglas Fuller. For service to local government and the community.
• Miss Grace Ruth Gamble. For service to the community.
• Mrs Karen Ross Margret Glasgow. For service to the community.
• Thomas Leslie Harvey. For service to the community.
• Arthur John Francis Healy. For service to agriculture.
• Michael Garnstone Hitchings. For service to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the library profession.
• Sylvester Thomas Mahony. For service to the community.
• George Brington Malcolm – Inspecting Landscape Architect, Ministry of Works and Development, Christchurch 1975–82.
• Mrs Emarina Manuel. For service to the Māori people.
• Henry Gordon Markham. For service to the advertising industry and the community.
• Ray McCallum Salisbury – Assistant Director (Field Services), Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1972–81.
• William Joseph Short JP. For service to sport and the community.
• Frank Sumner – Executive Catering Manager (Bellamy's), Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand.
• Digby Fergusson Taylor. For services to ocean yacht racing.
• Frederick James Villis JP. For services to the community.

Military Division

• Warrant Officer Master at Arms Clive Edward Adams (R15747) – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Radio Supervisor Bevan Maurice Lawes (L16225) – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Seaman Horopapera Tamaku Whaanga BEM (D13527) – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class I John Joseph Cootes (V39556) – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Class I Stewart McKenzie Couchman (W39488) – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Major Robert Neil Upton (L30807) – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Squadron Leader John Kendrick Barry (C621324) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader John Worden (S82034) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Service Order

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Community Service (QSO)

• Vivian William Boyes.
• The Reverend Robert Frederick Clement.
• Ashton Graham Kelly JP.
• William Proctor.

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Public Services (QSO)

• Arnold Dean Baldwin.
• William John Prideaux Cook MBE – Assistant Secretary (International Finance Consultant), The Treasury.
• John William Gow JP.
• Harold Bernard Hewett – Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
• Thomas Martin Kimble.
• Charles Seymour Luney.
• Dr John Woodward Mandeno – Superintendent, Te Kuiti Hospital.
• Ronald Gordon Millard – Chairman, Rural Banking and Finance Corporation, 1974–82.
• Miss Helen May Ryburn.
• Thomas Nestor Watson JP.

Queen's Service Medal

Queen's Service Medal for Community Service (QSM)

• Miss Joan Helen Andrew.
• Mrs Merle Iola Apps.
• Miss Dorothy Carson.
• Mrs Abigail Grace Day.
• Mrs Diana Winifred Foley.
• Mrs Marjorie Axford Jonkers JP.
• Miss Joan Margaret Lees.
• Mrs Lucy Elizabeth Lindsay.
• Mrs Ina Beatrice London.
• Mrs Thelma Joyce Macdonald.
• Mrs Beatrice Aileen McIntyre.
• Frank MacKinnon.
• Mrs Beeban Annadale McKnight JP.
• Mrs Marjorie Beatrice Morgan.
• John Morris Everness Newman.
• Mrs Marcia Proctor.
• Miss (Niria) Yvonne Rust.
• Harold Stephen Sivyer.
• Sydney Harold William Torkington.
• Miss Kristin Zambucka.

Queen's Service Medal for Public Services (QSM)

• Thomas Redmond Bourke JP.
• Leicester William Charles Chatfield JP.
• The Reverend Father John Patrick Egden SM.
• Miss Lucy Tui Hampton Flower.
• George Groombridge.
• Mrs Dorothy Turner Horsfield – lately Sister-in-charge, Audiology Department, Wellington Hospital.
• Jeffrey MacGlashan Inglis.
• Mrs Grace Kerehi Maxwell.
• Mrs Evelyn Rose Moody.
• Mrs Joan Moore.
• Howard Gordon McGowan.
• James Ian Brown Neil JP.
• Mrs Catherine Shirley Ellen Paine.
• Mrs Roka Paora.
• Miss Ruby Ellen Pierson.
• Mrs Florence May Sandison.
• Donald William Noel Saunders.
• Laurence Ernest Smith JP.
• Ralph James Willocks.
• James Haldane Beaton – Detective Sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Leo Francis Daly – Senior Constable, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Richard John Gillespie – Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Cust Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Louis Harvey Jillings – lately District Commander and Chief Fire Officer, Hastings Fire Brigade.
• Trevor Garnett Thomson – District Commander and Chief Fire Officer, Papatoetoe Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Mervin James Topp – Chief Fire Officer, Picton Volunteer Fire Brigade.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

• Chief Petty Officer Master at Arms Thomas Stewart Tupe (W18328) – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Temporary Warrant Officer Class II Peter Gordon Barnes (R755404) – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Territorial Force).
• Temporary Sergeant Alan Kingi Fraser (Y773581) – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Sergeant Noel Ian Haworth (D214225) – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Norman John Napier (Q695488) – Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
• Sergeant Gary James Cullen (M82604) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• General Service Hand David Whinwray (W83188) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• John Munro – Inspector, New Zealand Police.

Royal Red Cross

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

• Major Noeline Jean Taylor QHNS (Y30750) – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader John Stephenson Bates (G82300) – Royal New Zealand. Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Master Engineer Peter Tennant Weeks (P80053) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Cook Islands

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Vaine Rere Tangata Poto MP. For public and community service in the Cook Islands.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• The Reverend Turakiare Teauariki. For service to the Cook Islands Christian Church.