2006 Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours 2006 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 17 June 2006, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2006.Antigua & Barbuda list:

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged firstly by the country whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate.

United Kingdom

Knight Bachelor

* Michael John Aaronson, , lately Director-General, Save the Children. For services to Children.
* Professor Roy Malcolm Anderson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence.
* Jonathan Elliott Asbridge, President, Nursing and Midwifery Council. For services to the NHS and Nursing.
* Norman George Bettison, , Chief Executive, Centrex and lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to the Police.
* James Robert Crosby, Chief Executive, HBOS plc. For services to the Finance Industry.
* Donald Gordon Cruickshank. For public service.
* Professor Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, , Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford. For services to Archaeology.
* Professor Albert Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England. For services to Children and Young People.
* Philip Green, Retail Executive. For services to the Retail Industry.
* Mark Grundy, Headteacher, Shireland Language College, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands. For services to Education and to ICT.
* Dr. Richard Timothy Hunt, Principal Scientist, Cancer Research UK. For services to Science.
* Stelios Haji-Ioannou. For services to Entrepreneurship.
* Brian Gammell Ivory, , Chair, Board of Trustees, National Galleries of Scotland. For services to the Arts.
* Kenneth John Knight, , Commissioner, London Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.
* Councillor Richard Charles Leese, , leader, Manchester City Council. For services to Local Government.
* Robert John Margetts, , Chair, Natural Environment Research Council. For services to Science and to Business.
* David Michael Charles Michels, lately Chief Executive, Hilton Group plc. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
* David Gerald Richards, Chair, Football Association Premier League and Football Foundation. For services to Sport.
* Dr. Peter Jeffery Simpson, President, Royal College of Anaesthetists. For services to the NHS.
* John Michael Sunderland, Chair, Cadbury Schweppes and President, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business.
* Gilbert Stanley Thomas, . For services to Business and to Charity in Wales.
* Charles Cornelius Wheeler, . For services to Broadcasting and to Journalism.
* Professor Roger Williams, Chair, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. For services to Higher Education.

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
* The Honourable Mr. Justice Lisle Austin Ward, , lately Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bermuda.

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division
* Vice Admiral Timothy Pentreath McClement, .

;Civil Division
* John Elvidge, Permanent Secretary, Scottish Executive.
* David Rowlands, , Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport.
* Roger Blakemore Sands, Clerk of the House and Chief Executive, House of Commons.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division
* Rear Admiral Nicholas Henry Linton Harris, .
* Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Lawrence Jenkins, .
* Major General David Robert Bill (496284), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
* Major General David Malcolm Howell, , (500438), late Adjutant General's Corps (Army Legal Services Branch).
* Air Vice-Marshal Iain Walter McNicoll, , Royal Air Force.

;Civil Division
* Philip Richard Hernaman Allen, lately Director, Corporate Services, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
* John William Bacon, lately Group Director, Health and Social Care Delivery, Department of Health.
* Dr. Jonathan Richard Bell, lately Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency.
* Simon Brooks, director, Macroeconomics, HM Treasury.
* Michelle Mary Egan, Regional Offender Manager, National Offender Management Service.
* Thomas Baird Jeffery, Director-General, Children, Young People and Families, Department for Education and Skills.
* Greer Sandra Kerrigan, Legal Director, Law, Governance and Special Policy Group, Department for Work and Pensions.
* Joseph Montgomery, Director-General, Tackling Disadvantage Group, Department for Communities and Local Government.
* Nicola Susan Munro, Head, Development Department, Scottish Executive.
* Christopher Peter Jayantha Muttukumaru, The Legal Adviser and Legal Services Director, Department for Transport.
* Laurence Oates, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee, Department for Constitutional Affairs.
* David Alan Pritchard, lately Head, Economic Development and Transport Department, National Assembly for Wales.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
* Sir Michael Hastings Jay, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service.

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

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
* Richard Hugh Turton Gozney, , British High Commissioner, Abuja.
* Mark Justin Lyall Grant, , British High Commissioner, Islamabad.

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

* Gillian Mary Anne Lambert, Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels.
* Paul Vallely. For services to Journalism and to the Developing World.

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
* Timothy Earle Barrow, , Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Robert Scott Dewar, HM Ambassador, Addis Ababa.
* Hazel Mary, Lady Fox, . For services to international and comparative law.
* David George Hamilton Frost, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Ian Charles Stewart Johnson, lately Vice-President and Head of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network, World Bank.
* Julian Beresford King, Political and Security Council Representative, Office of the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
* Edward Anthony Oakden, director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Christopher Robert Geoffrey Pagett, , Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Paul Raymond Sizeland, director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Robin Anthony Vincent, , lately Registrar, Special Court for Sierra Leone.
* Ralph Zacklin, lately Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Secretariat.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Claude Dunbar Hankes-Drielsma, formerly Trustee and Adviser, St. George's House, Windsor Castle.
* Major Richard Yates Henderson, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran.
*Ronald Hobson. For services to charity.
* Robert Richard Taylor, , Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, formerly Serjeant Surgeon, Royal Household.

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

* Major Barnaby Cockcroft, Lieutenant, Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
* Anne Frost, Lady in Waiting to Princess Michael of Kent.
* Colonel Robert Shaun Longsdon, Lieutenant, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
* Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu. For services to the Royal Collection.
* Lieutenant Commander Christopher William Pittaway, , Royal Navy (Retd), Manager/Chief Pilot, The Queen's Helicopter Flight.
* Eric Stephen Sharp, formerly Operations Director, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
* Captain Colin Michael Cato Stewart, formerly Assistant of the Corporation of Trinity House.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

* Peter James George Archer, formerly Court Correspondent, Press Association.
* Tonino Bonici, , Palace Foreman, Buckingham Palace.
* Antigoni Christodoulou, Clerk Comptroller, The Duke and Duchess of Kent's Household.
* Paul Frank Cradock, Horological Conservator, Royal Collection.
* Philip Shaun Croasdale, , Standards and Training Manager, Master of the Household's Department.
* Chief Inspector Richard James Curtis, Norfolk Constabulary. For services to Royalty Protection.
* Mark Fromont, , Premier Chef, Royal Household.
* Lucinda Gooch, Retail and Publishing Co-ordinator, Royal Collection.
* Andrew Mark Holt, Building Surveyor, Sandringham Estate.
* Mary Angela Kelly, Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to The Queen.
* Vivienne Bowen Morgan, director, The Prince's Trust, Carmarthenshire.
* Wing Commander Richard Edward George Pattle, Royal Air Force, formerly Equerry to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
* Terence Alan Pendry, , Stud Groom and Manager, Royal Mews, Windsor Castle.
* Jane Pithers, formerly Personnel Manager, Crown Estate, Windsor.
* Inspector Carol Alexandra Quirk, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
* Lynette Joyce Randall, Head of Savill Gardens, Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park.
* Sergeant Dominic Charles Ryan, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
* Brian Alan Ernest Stanley, , Stud Groom, Royal Paddocks, Hampton Court.
* Susan Elaine Welch, Secretary, Lieutenancy Office, Derbyshire.
* Norma Mae Blossom Wynter, Personal Secretary to the Governor-General of Jamaica.

Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM)

;Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)
* Edward George Reginald Charlett, , Groom of the Vestry, Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace.
* Keith Howard Griffiths, , Courier, Royal Household.
* Anthony Albert Harrowsmith, , formerly Chief Woodman, Crewe Survey, Duchy of Lancaster.
* John Trodden Kerr, , Leading Palace Attendant, Windsor Castle.
* Roger Edward Standen, , Senior Housekeeping Assistant, Buckingham Palace.

;Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)
* Colin Richard Cartwright, formerly Lay Clerk, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
* Trevor John Craddock, Lay Clerk, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
* Stephen Cuthbert, Gamekeeper, Sandringham Estate.
* Karl Patrick Dennis, Forestry Worker, Sandringham Estate.
* Avril Janette Cranston Dent, Deputy Housekeeper, Palace of Holyroodhouse.
* Rachel Ann Jane Gordon, Assistant Housekeeper, Windsor Castle.
* William Allan Henderson, Page of the Backstairs, Master of the Household's Department.
* Robert Stephen Jones, Palace Attendant, Buckingham Palace.
* Thomas Robert Peggie, Senior Painter, Balmoral Estate.
* Stephen John Read, Horticulturalist/Steward, Thatched House Lodge.
* John Leonard Reed, Stud Hand, Royal Studs, Sandringham.
* Russell Peter Sturgess, Forestry Team Supervisor, Crown Estate, Windsor.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
* Professor Anthony James Pawson, . For services to genetic science and cancer research.

Order of the British Empire

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

;Civil Division
* Jane Susan Campbell, , lately Chair, Social Care Institute for Excellence. For services to Social Care and to Disabled People.
* Professor Hazel Gillian Genn, , Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University College, London. For services to Civil Justice.
* Professor Carole Jordan, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics (Theoretical Physics), University of Oxford. For services to Physics and Astronomy.
* Professor Janet Laughland Nelson, Professor of Medieval History, King's College, University of London. For services to History.
* Dr. Ruth Muldoon Silver, , Principal, Lewisham College, London. For services to Further Education.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
* Commodore Charles Percival Ross Montgomery.
* Commodore Richard Christopher Twitchen.

;;Army
* Brigadier Colin James Boag (516557), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
* Colonel James Euan Cameron (512583), late The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
* Brigadier Anthony John Faith, , (493707), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
* Brigadier Mark Nicholas Pountain (500845), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
* Brigadier Jonathan David Shaw (511719), late The Parachute Regiment.
* Colonel Miles William Ellis Wade, , (503541), late The King's Royal Hussars.

;;Royal Air Force
* Group Captain Robert Gordon Kemp, . (4232872N), Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
* Group Captain Paul Nolan Oborn (8027476P).
* Air Commodore Paul Royston Thomas, , (5202367P).

;Civil Division
* Francis George Boden Aldhouse, lately Deputy Information Commissioner. For services to Data Protection.
* Douglas Kinloch Bain, , lately Director of Services, Northern Ireland Prison Service.
* Katharine Mary Barker, Board Member, Housing Corporation. For services to Social Housing.
* Dr. Peter John Barrett, Chair, Independent Reconfiguration Panel. For services to the NHS.
* James Kevin Barron, Head, Independent Offices, Cabinet Office.
* Professor Jonathan Bate, Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick. For services to Higher Education.
* Susan Battle, , Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry. For services to Business in the West Midlands.
* Professor Jean Duthie Beggs, Royal Society Darwin Trust Research Professor and Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh. For services to Science.
* Dr. John William Belcher, Chief Executive, Anchor Trust. For services to Elderly People.
* Professor Margaret Carol Bell, Professor of Traffic and Environment Pollution, Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds. For services to Sustainable Transport.
* Anthony Richard Bennett, General-Secretary, British Overseas Non-Government Organisations for Development (BOND). For services to International Development.
* Dr. Seton John Bennett, Deputy Director, National Physical Laboratory. For services to International Metrology.
* Brenda Bigland, Headteacher, Lent Rise Combined School, Burnham, Buckinghamshire. For services to Education.
* David John Blackwood, Director, BP Exploration Operating Company. For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.
* Timothy John Bowdler, Chief Executive, Johnston Press plc. For services to the Newspaper Industry.
* Michael Brownlee, Deputy Head, Pricing and Supply, Medicines, Pharmacy and Industry Group, Department of Health.
* Professor Thomas Patrick Burns, Professor of Social Psychiatry, Oxford University Medical School and Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Mental Health.
* Joan Burstein, Co-Founder, Browns, Fashion Store. For services to the Fashion and Retail Industries.
* Darcey Andrea Bussell, , Company Principal, Royal Ballet. For services to Dance.
* Timothy John Byles, Chief Executive, Norfolk County Council. For services to Local Government.
* John Callcutt, Chief Executive, English Partnerships. For services to Social Housing and to Urban Regeneration.
* Gordon Arden Campbell, Chair, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. For services to Business and to Engineering.
* Dr. Simon Fraser Campbell, President, Royal Society of Chemistry. For services to Science.
* William James Capper, Chair and lately Managing Director, Capper & Co Ltd. For services to Business and to the community in Wales.
* Wilfred Cass, Co-Founder, Cass Sculpture Foundation. For services to Art.
* Sarah Regina Florence Clarke, Chief Highways Engineer, Highways Agency.
* Richard Edward Davidson Coldwell, Board Member, Higher Education Funding Council for England. For services to Higher Education.
* Jean Couper, lately Chairman, Scottish Legal Aid Board. For services to the administration of Justice.
* Dr. Claire Harvey Craig, lately Director, Foresight Programme, Office of Science and Technology.
* Lynn Davies, . For services to Sport, in particular Athletics.
* Gordon Charles Dickinson, lately Assistant Director, Serious Fraud Office and Solicitor to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
* Jeannie Drake, , lately Member, Pensions Commission. For services to the Pension Industry.
* Arthur Joseph Durrant, Director, Centralised Processing, HM Revenue and Customs.
* Christina Elizabeth Edwards, Account Director/Director of Nursing, Performance Support Team, County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS.
* William Derek Everard, Managing Director, F.T. Everard and Sons Ltd. For services to the Shipping Industry.
* Douglas Jardine Flint, Group Finance Director, HSBC Holdings plc. For services to the Finance Industry.
* David Garlick, , Director, Large Business Service, HM Revenue and Customs.
* Anne Margaret Glover, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Amadeus Capital Partners Limited. For services to Business.
* Michael John Greenwood, Regional Director, Local Government Practice, North West, Department for Communities and Local Government.
* Judith Elizabeth Hackitt, Director, Chemistry for Europe Implementation, European Chemical Industry Council. For services to Occupational Health and Safety.
* Helen Clare Hamilton, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital. For services to Healthcare.
* Anthony Hartney, Headteacher, Gladesmore Community School, Haringey, London. For services to Education.
* Professor Nicholas Hastie, Director, Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council. For services to Science.
* Andrew Christopher Hayman, , Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Crime, Metropolitan Police. For services to the Police.
* Sarah Elizabeth Hendry, Head, Global Atmosphere Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
* Professor James Wilson Ironside, Professor of Clinical Neuropathology, National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh. For services to Medicine.
* Professor George Livingston Irving, Chair, Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board. For services to the NHS and to the community in Ayrshire.
* Dr. Barrie Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Mines Rescue Service Ltd. For services to the Coal Industry.
* Karen Elisabeth Dind Jones, Chief Executive, Spirit Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
* Richard Kirk, Chief Executive, Peacock Group plc. For services to Business and to Charity in Wales.
* Andrew Gerard Kuyk, Head, Crops, Plants and Produce Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
* David William Kyle. For services to the Criminal Justice System.
* Jennifer Irene Leach, lately Chief Guide, Girlguiding UK. For services to Young People.
* Peter Lord, Co-Founder, Aardman Animation Ltd. For services to Animation and Film.
* Professor Sarah Jane Macintyre, , Director, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council; and Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow. For services to Social Science.
* Hilary Mary Mantel, Writer. For services to Literature.
* Peter Martin. For services to People who Misuse Substances.
* Richard Henry Maudslay, Deputy Chairman, Hardy & Greys Ltd. For services to Business in the North East.
* Amelia Freedman-Miller, , Founder and Artistic Director, Nash Ensemble. For services to Music.
* John Robert Milligan, Chair of Court, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and to Welfare to Work.
* George Mitchell, lately Chief Executive, Corporate Banking, HBOS plc and Governor, Bank of Scotland. For services to the Finance Industry.
* Dr. Lynne Patricia Morris, Principal, Joseph Chamberlain College, Birmingham. For services to Further Education.
* John Maughan Myers, lately Senior Operating Officer, The Pension Service.
* Eric Luciano Nicoli, Executive Chair, EMI Group plc. For services to the Music Industry.
* Douglas McCallum Paterson. Chief Executive, Aberdeen City Council. For services to Local Government.
* Professor Richard Henry Collins Penny. For services to Veterinary Education and Animal Welfare.
* His Honour Judge John Andrew Phillips. For services to the Criminal Justice System.
* Professor Cynthia Pine, Dean of Dental Studies, University of Liverpool. For services to Dentistry.
* Kevin Pogson, Regional Director for the South East, Her Majesty's Court Service.
* Elizabeth Railton, Honorary Secretary, Association of Directors of Social Services and Director of Children's Services, Essex County Council. For services to Local Government.
* Esther Louise Rantzen, , (Mrs. Wilcox), President, ChildLine; Trustee, NSPCC and President, Association of Young People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. For services to Children and Young People.
* Professor Francis Christopher Rowland Robinson, Professor of History of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of London. For services to Higher Education and to the History of Islam.
* Stephen John Sanderson, Headteacher, St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Primary School, Bootle, Sefton. For services to Education.
* Professor Simon Andrew Smail, Dean, School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, Cardiff University. For services to Medicine.
* John Edward Spanswick, Chairman, Bovis Lend Lease. For services to Health and Safety and to the Construction Industry.
* Christopher Alexander Spence, . For charitable services.
* David Sproxton, Co-Founder, Aardman Animation Ltd. For services to Animation and Film.
* Mollie Temple, lately Vice-Chancellor, University of Bolton. For services to Higher Education.
* Patricia Anne Thomas, lately Local Government Ombudsman. For services to Local Government.
* Margaret Edith Thorne, , Chair, Neath Port Talbot Council of Voluntary Service. For charitable services in Wales.
* William Brian Turtle, Director and Chief Executive, Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. For services to Further Education and to Lifelong Learning.
* Julia Unwin, , Deputy-Chair, Food Standards Agency. For services to Consumers.
* Sarah Veale, Head, Equality and Employment Rights, Trades Union Congress. For services to Diversity.
* Stephen Walker, Chief Executive, NHS Litigation Authority. For services to the NHS.
* Deborah Warner, Theatre and Opera Director. For services to Drama.
* Professor Cathy Warwick, Honorary Professor of Midwifery, King's College London School of Midwifery. For services to Healthcare.
* Barbara Wilding, , Chief Constable, South Wales Police. For services to the Police.
* Dr. Hamish Robert McHattie Wilson, lately Head, Primary Care Division, Scottish Executive.
* Janet Mary Wilson, Leader, Sheffield City Council. For services to Local Government.
* Lynda Wilson, Director, Barnardo's Northern Ireland. For services to Children and Families.
* Roger James Wilson, Head, Department for International Development, Malawi.
* Peter Lewis Wyman. For services to the Accountancy Profession.

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
* David Edmund Ian Pyott. For services to British business interests.
* Professor Jeffrey Samuel Robinson. For services to maternal and foetal health.
* John Edmund Elliot Whittaker. For charitable services in the UK and overseas.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
* Captain Nigel Maurice Christopher Chambers.
* Captain John Michael Knowles.
* Commander Michael Terence Martin.
* Captain Simon Charles Martin, .
* Lieutenant Colonel (now Acting Colonel) Joseph McCabe, Royal Marines.
* Major Stephen Potter, Royal Marines.
* Captain Paul Anthony Quinn.
* Commander Ian Charles Riches.

;;Army
* Colonel Paul Adrian Stewart Cartwright (517407), late The Royal Highland Fusiliers.
* Major David Andrew Cooper (510300), The Parachute Regiment.
* Lieutenant Colonel Alan Thomas Evans (495162), Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial Army.
* Lieutenant Colonel Antony Paul Ferris, , (544563), Royal Corps of Signals.
* Lieutenant Colonel Mark Redman Goldsack, , (524749), The Light Infantry.
* Lieutenant Colonel Christopher John Griggs (520655), The Royal Logistic Corps.
* Lieutenant Colonel Simon Lea Humphrey (522387), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
* Colonel Charles Peter Huntley Knaggs (513903), late Irish Guards.
* Lieutenant Colonel Peter James McGuigan (517027), The Royal Logistic Corps.
* Lieutenant Colonel Ian Alexander Rigden (514623), The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
* Lieutenant Colonel John Matthew Rochelle, . (499763), The Staffordshire Regiment.
* Lieutenant Colonel Andrew John Newman Simkins (495233), Army Air Corps.

;;Royal Air Force
* Group Captain Susan Elizabeth Bonell (0009249C).
* Wing Commander Mark Owen Brown (8029302T).
* Wing Commander John Keith Cocksey (5205093X).
* Wing Commander Robert John Cowell (8023879G).
* Wing Commander Angela Bridget Hawley (0009402S).
* Wing Commander Andrew Kay (8015068E).
* Wing Commander Robert Noel (8029053J).

;Civil Division
* Saghir Alam, Disability Rights Commissioner. For services to Disabled People.
* Leslie Alexander Aldridge, lately Leader, Flintshire County Council and leader, Welsh Local Government Association. For services to Local Government.
* Caroline Allen, Principal, Orchard Hill Specialist Further Education College, Sutton, Surrey. For services to Further Education.
* David Lowden Antrobus, Chair, British Business and General Aviation Association. For services to Aviation.
* Robert David Armstrong, lately Director, United Utilities Water plc. For services to the Water Industry.
* Barry Edward Arnold, managing director, Stagecoach London Bus Company and Chair, Confederation of Passenger Transport London Operators' Group. For services to the Bus Industry in London.
* The Reverend William John Arthur, Trans-European Director, Adventist Development and Relief Agency. For services to Overseas Aid.
* Shun Ying Au, Chair and Founder, Chinese Mental Health Association. For services to the Chinese Community.
* Dr. Alan Thomas Axford, Medical Director, Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.
* Keith Banbury, Chief Executive, British Parking Association. For services to the Parking Industry.
* James Christopher Barclay, lately non-executive director, United Kingdom Debt Management Office. For services to the Finance Industry.
* Dr. Alan Barr, co-Director, Scottish Community Development Centre and vice-chair, Community Development Alliance Scotland. For services to Social Justice in Scotland.
* Francine Bates, Chief Executive, Contact a Family. For services to Families with Disabled Children.
* Eric Belfield, lately Divisional Director, Programme Delivery, Highways Agency. (Deceased: to be dated 15 May 2005.)
* Lynne Berry, Chief Executive, General Social Care Council. For services to Social Care.
* Dr. Sabyasachi Bhaumik, Consultant Psychiatrist, Learning Disability Services, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.
* Richard George Black, Chief Executive, North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland.
* Catherine Blanshard, Chief of Libraries, Arts and Heritage, Leeds City Council. For services to Local Government.
* Annabelle Bond. For services to Mountaineering and to the Eve Appeal.
* Philip Bostock, Chief Executive, Exeter City Council. For services to Local Government in the South West.
* Professor Mary Bownes, Professor of Development Biology, University of Edinburgh. For services to Science.
* Douglas Turner Boyd, Chair, Macaulay Development Trust. For services to Publicly Funded Research.
* Nick Brayshaw, Chair, Confederation of British Industry Manufacturing Council. For services to Industry.
* Lieutenant Colonel Simon David Richard Wynn Brewis, . For services to the Army Benevolent Fund.
* Professor Charles George Duncan Brown. For services to Tropical Veterinary Medicine.
* Sandra May Brown, Founder, Moira Anderson Foundation. For services to Child Protection in Scotland.
* Julian Burrell, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance. For services to the Tourist Industry.
* John Burt, Principal and Chief Executive, Angus College. For services to Further Education in Scotland.
* Cliff Bush, Chair, North West Surrey Association of Disabled People. For services to the community in Surrey.
* Peter James Bushell, Chief Executive, Brixham Co-operative Society Limited. For services to Business and to Economic Regeneration in Torbay, Devon.
* Deborah Ann Cadman, Chief Executive, St Edmundsbury Borough Council. For services to Local Government in Suffolk.
* David Gordon Campbell. For services to Homeless People in London.
* Jean Blair Campbell, , Headteacher, Glendale Primary School, Glasgow. For services to Education.
* Wilma Tosh Campbell, board member, Highlands and Islands Enterprise. For services to Economic Development.
* David John Capel, Team Leader, EU Student Finance Team, Higher Education Directorate, Department for Education and Skills.
* Sarah Carr, Founder Member, National Day Nurseries Association. For services to Children and Families.
* Gurinder Chadha, director, Producer and Screenwriter. For services to the British Film Industry.
* Dr. Sheila Ajantha Cheeroth, General Medical Practitioner, Limehouse, London. For services to Refugee Doctors and to Healthcare.
* David Peter Chisnall, Deputy chairman, AsFare Group plc. For services to the Fire Industry.
* Dr. David Chiswell, Chair, Arrow Therapeutics Ltd. For services to the UK Bioscience Industry in the UK and Overseas.
* Beverley Clarke, lately Lead Health Visitor, Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association. For services to Black and Minority Ethnic Fostering.
* Bernadette Mildred Cleary, Founder, Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. For services to Children with Serious Health Problems.
* David James Clement, Honorary Treasurer, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.
* Gerald Francis Edward Cook, lately vice-chair, Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators, and Senior Policy Adviser, HM Revenue and Customs.
* Rosalyn Anne Cooper, Health Adviser, Uganda, Department for International Development.
* Joseph Cowan, Chair, Enterprise Ulster. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.
* Raymond Harold Cowlishaw, Chief Executive, Derby City Council. For services to Local Government.
* Hilary Margaret Craik, Headteacher, Stevenson Junior School, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire. For services to Education.
* Caroline, Countess Cranbrook. For services to the Red Meat Industry in the East of England.
* William John Crawford, Elections and Administration Officer, Sunderland City Council. For services to Local Government.
* Michael James Crawshaw, Headteacher, Debenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled High School, Debenham, Suffolk. For services to Education.
* Graham Creelman, managing director, Anglia Television. For services to Broadcasting.
* David McKillop Croft, Governor, HM Prison Edinburgh, HM Prison Service.
* Jeremy Ian Crook, director, Black Training and Enterprise Group. For services to Community Relations and to Diversity.
* Douglas Cross, director, Corporate Services, Tayside Police. For services to the Police.
* Sunny Joyce Crouch, managing director, World Trade Centre, London. For services to Business, Regeneration and Tourism in the UK.
* Edmund Russell Curran, lately Editor, ''Belfast Telegraph''. For services to Journalism.
* Diane Curry, Director of Operations, Partners of Prisoners and Director of Black Prisoners Support Project. For services to Black and Minority Ethnic Prisoners and their families.
* Dr. John Edward Curtis, Keeper, Department of Ancient Near East, British Museum. For services to Museums.
* Charles Dance, Actor and Director. For services to Drama.
* Dr. Naim Eliahou Dangoor. For services to the Jewish Community and to Education.
* Professor Christine Davies, Professor of Physics, University of Glasgow. For services to Science.
* Michael Davison. For services to Sick and Disabled People in Hexham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
* Robert Derricott, . For services to the Administration of Justice in Gwent.
* Adeline Gilmore Dinsmore, Principal, Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast. For services to Education.
* Barry John Dodd, Chair and Chief Executive, GSM Group and board member, Yorkshire Forward. For services to Business in the Humber Region and Yorkshire.
* Pauline Dodgson, lately Director, Gateshead Voluntary Organisations Council. For services to the Voluntary Sector.
* Kathy Doran, Chief Executive, Birkenhead and Wallasey Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS.
* Dr. Pamela Margaret Douglas. For services to Overseas Aid.
* The Reverend Aled Edwards. For charitable services in Wales.
* Brian David Edwards, Governor, HM Young Offenders' Institution and Remand Centre, Glen Parva, Leicester.
* Professor Andrew Christopher Fabian, Head, X-ray Astronomy Group, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. For services to Science.
* Lorraine Fannin, director, Scottish Publishers' Association. For services to Business.
* Richard Edward Fedorcio, director, Public Affairs, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.
* David Alexander Ferguson, Holyrood Project Adviser, Scottish Parliament.
* John Francis Fitzpatrick, director, Kent Law Clinic. For services to the Administration of Justice.
* Ian Flower, Divisional Director and Manager, Mott MacDonald Consulting Engineers. For services to Civil Engineering in Wales and to Overseas Development.
* John Francis. For services to the Royal Air Force Museum.
* Neil Franklin, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service.
* William Barrie Fraser. For services to the City of London Corporation and to Education.
* Anthony Peter Freud, lately General Director, Welsh National Opera. For services to Music.
* Alistair Byres Gammell, director, International Conservation, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. For services to Conservation.
* Patricia Gretton Gibson, Director of Investigation, Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman.
* Satnam Singh Gill, Principal, Working Men's College, London. For services to Further Education.
* Ishbel Gilroy, Headteacher, Central Primary School, Inverness. For services to the Gaelic Language and to Education.
* James Goodfellow, Patentor of the Personal Identification Number (PIN). For services to Banking.
* Richard Ernest Gooding, managing director, London City Airport. For services to Aviation.
* Francesca Marion Graham. For public service.
* William Graham, Principal Officer, Housing Division, Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland Executive.
* Meryl Gravell, , Presiding Officer, Welsh Local Government Association. For services to Local Government in Wales and to the community in Carmarthenshire.
* Gillian Patricia Green, Head, UK Grants, Comic Relief. For services to Victims of Domestic Violence.
* Lucinda Jane Guinness, Handbag Designer. For services to the Fashion Industry.
* Professor John Davis Hamilton, Past Academic-Director, Pre-Clinical Programme, University of Durham. For services to Medical Education.
* Anthony John Hammersley, , Area Director, Compliance, HM Revenue and Customs.
* Geoffrey Thomas Harding, lately Civil and Structural Engineer, Buildings Division Branch, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
* Christopher Andrew Harper, Court Manager, Southwark Crown Court, Her Majesty's Courts Service.
* Brian Harvey, lately Acting Chief Executive, Legal Services Commission. For services to the Administration of Justice.
* Reginald George Leslie Haydon, Chair, Tenant Farmers Association. For services to the Agricultural Industry.
* Barbara Hearn, Deputy Chief Executive and director, Policy and Research, National Children's Bureau. For services to Children, Young People and Families.
* James William Heselden, director, Hesco Bastion. For services to the Defence Industry and to Charity.
* Dr. Nigel Hewett, Chair, Leicester Rough Sleepers Multi-disciplinary Team. For services to Homeless People.
* Angela Hewitt, , Pianist. For services to Music.
* David Arthur Hillman, , Head, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Branch, General Register Office.
* Randolph Hodgson, Chair, Specialist Cheesemakers' Association. For services to the Dairy Industry.
* Ian Alisdair Lawrence Hogg. For services to Scottish Rugby Union.
* Dr. Richard Hogg, Head, Sierra Leone Office, Department for International Development.
* Philippa Holland, Director of Local Government Practice, Government Office for the West Midlands, Department for Communities and Local Government.
* Michael Stuart Hunter, Head, Shipping Safety Branch, Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
* Peter Basil Hunter. For services to Economic Regeneration in Northern Ireland.
* John Christopher Hutchings, lately Assistant Chief Inspector of Probation. For services to the National Probation Service.
* Lesley Irving, Head, Race, Religion and Refugee, Integration Team, Development Department, Scottish Executive.
* Dr. Jack Jackson, lately HM Assistant Chief Inspector of Education, Scottish Executive.
* Dr. Robert Graham Jezzard, Professional Adviser, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Department of Health.
* Idwal Alun John. For services to Music in Wales.
* Brian Kearsley, Deputy Director, North West Region, Jobcentre Plus.
* David Fraser Kelly, director, Community Health and Care Partnership, West Lothian Council. For services to Local Government.
* Mark Anthony Kelly, Private Secretary, Government and Opposition Whips Office.
* Professor Alexander George Kemp, Professor of Petroleum Economics, Aberdeen University. For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.
* Dr. Christine Harriott Kennedy. For services to Agriculture and to the Dairy Industry in Northern Ireland.
* Saleem Asghar Kidwai, Chief Executive, Ethnic Business Support Programme Ltd. For services to Diversity and to Business in Wales.
* David Charles Kilshaw, Chair, Scottish Food and Drink Industry Strategy Group. For services to Business.
* David John Kingsley. For charitable services.
* Jo-Anne Tracy Kirkham, Head, VAT Compliance Strategy Performance Management Team, HM Revenue and Customs.
* Alan Paul Knight, chief executive officer, International Animal Rescue. For services to Animal Welfare.
* The Very Reverend Dr. Alexander Francis Knight, lately Dean, Lincoln Cathedral. For services to the Church of England.
* Dr. Peter Raymond Spry Lavender, Director of Research, Development and Information, National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education. For services to Education.
* Geoffrey Leach, Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.
* Karen Leadbitter, Exploration Manager, Shell UK. For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.
* Peter Arthur Lee, lately Chief Executive, Football Foundation. For services to Sport.
* Professor Irene May Leigh, Professor of Cell and Molecular Medicine, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London. For services to Medicine.
* Professor Michael Anthony Lennon, Chair, British Fluoridation Society. For services to Dental Health.
* Barry Graham Little, Head, Information Management Applications Branch, Office for National Statistics.
* Agnes Philomena Lunny (Mrs. Roberts), Chief Executive, Positive Futures. For services to Disabled People in Northern Ireland.
* David Archer Lynam, Chief Research Scientist, Transport Research Laboratory. For services to Road Safety.
* Julien Macdonald, Designer. For services to the Fashion Industry.
* Dr. Stuart Wyllie MacDonald. For services to Architecture.
* John Angus Mackay, Chief Executive, Gaelic Media Service. For services to Broadcasting in Scotland.
* Nahid Majid, Associate Director, Turner & Townsend (Head of Regeneration PM Sector). For services to Diversity.
* Jonathan Margetts, Grade A, Northern Ireland Office.
* Ian Richard Martin, Grade 6, Asylum Casework Group, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office.
* Gareth Matthewson, Headteacher, Whitchurch High School, Cardiff. For services to Education in Wales.
* Helen May McClenaghan, Chief Executive, Southern Education and Library Board. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.
* Dr. Gordon McGlone, chief executive officer, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. For services to Conservation.
* Sally Mellors, lately Head of Widening Participation, Nottingham Trent University. For services to Higher Education.
* Martin Ambrose Peter Milling, lately Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Morriston Hospital, Swansea. For services to Medicine.
* Josette Bushell-Mingo, Artistic Director, Push. For services to the Arts.
* Jafar Mirza, Chair of Governors, Cambridge Regional College. For services to Further Education.
* Maureen Wallace Moore, Chief Executive, ASH Scotland. For services to Healthcare.
* Dr. Roger Moore, Chief Executive, NHS Appointments Commission, Department of Health.
* Thomas Moore, Headteacher, St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. For services to Education.
* Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, , Writer and co-Founder, Farms for City Children. For services to Literature.
* Professor Margaret Elizabeth Mullett, director, Institute of Byzantine Studies and Director of the Gender Initiative, Queen's University, Belfast. For services to Higher Education.
* Linda Nazarko, Consultant Nurse (Older People), Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust, and Visiting Nurse Lecturer, King's College, London. For services to Elderly People.
* Professor David Nethercot, Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. For services to Structural Engineering.
* Elizabeth Mary Nicholl, , director, UK Sport. For services to Sport.
* James Nicholson, Chair, Down Royal Corporation of Horsebreeders. For services to Horse Racing in Northern Ireland.
* Dr. Paul James Nicholson. For services to Occupational Medicine.
* Malcolm O'Connell, Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.
* Marnie O'Neill, Head, Corporate Relations, BT, Northern Ireland. For services to the Arts.
* Sandy Orr, Executive Chair, City Inn Hotels. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
* Ashley Page, Artistic Director, Scottish Ballet. For services to Dance.
* Dr. Malcolm Parry. Director, University of Surrey Research Park. For services to Business and Education.
* Robert Peel Pearce, HM Principal Inspector of Quarries, Health and Safety Executive.
* Professor Christopher John Peel, lately Technical Director, QinetiQ. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries.
* Linda Percival, Customer Service Director, Department of Health.
* Henry Magnus Peterson, lately Deputy Chief Executive, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and Adviser, London Government Association. For services to Local Government.
* Martin Alan Polden. For services to Environmental Law.
* Sylvia Delores Pomeroy, Chair, Tenants of West Norfolk. For services to the community in Norfolk.
* Alexander Leonard John Pratt, . For services to Business and to Education in the South East.
* Dr. Ann Prentice, director, Human Nutrition Research Unit, Medical Research Council. For services to Nutrition.
* Professor Jules Nicholas Pretty, Head, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. For services to Sustainable Agriculture in the UK and Overseas.
* Karen Price, Chief Executive, e-skills UK. For services to the IT Industry.
* Patricia Beryl Purton, director, Royal College of Midwives Scottish Board. For services to Healthcare.
* Frances Harriet Radcliffe, Head, Beef Exports and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Testing Unit, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
* Vivienne Ramsey, Head, Development and Building Control, London Borough of Newham. For services to Local Government.
* Vijith Randeniya, Deputy chief fire officer. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service in the West Midlands.
* Ian Michael Redmond, Chair, Ape Alliance and co-founder, Elefriends and the UK Rhino Group. For services to Conservation.
* John Hunter Gray Reid, Head, People Engagement, The Pension Service.
* John Reilly, Acting Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence.
* Gary Rhodes, Chef. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
* Sister Frances Dorothy Lyon Ritchie, , Founder and Trustee, Helen House Children's Hospice and Douglas House Respice for Young Adults. For services to Healthcare.
* Katherine Vivienne Rowe, Principal Manager, Hull Safeguarding Children Board. For services to the Administration of Justice.
* Alison Jane Christina Ruddock, Head of Early Years Service, Islington, London. For services to Education.
* Professor Michael Norton Schmidt, Professor of Poetry, University of Glasgow. For services to Higher Education and to Poetry.
* Leo Rennie Scoon, lawyer, Law and Special Policy Group, Department for Work and Pensions.
* Douglas Selkirk, Headteacher, Heath Park Business and Enterprise College, Wolverhampton. For services to Education.
* David Edwin Seviour, Chief Executive, Leicester Housing Association. For services to Social Housing.
* James Leslie Shaw, Team Leader, Regional Delivery Support Unit, Regions and Regeneration Division, Local Transformation Group, Department for Education and Skills.
* Brigid Mary Simmonds, Chief Executive, Business in Sport and Leisure. For services to Sport.
* Peter Simpson, Principal, Brooke Weston City Technology College, Corby, Northamptonshire. For services to Education.
* Professor Alison Mary Smith, lately Head, Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich. For services to Plant Biochemistry.
* Andrew John Smith, director, Property, Business and Regulatory Services, Hampshire County Council. For services to Local Government.
* Professor William Cairns Stewart Smith, Professor of Public Health, University of Aberdeen. For services to Healthcare.
* John Andrew Spence, , Deputy-Chair, Business in the Community. For services to Charity.
* Julie Spence, Chief Constable, Cambridgeshire Constabulary. For services to the Police.
* Dr. David Spiegelhalter, Research Statistician, Medical Research Council. For services to Medical Research.
* Alastair James Stewart. For services to Broadcasting and to Charity.
* Derek Chesney Stewart, Chair, Gedling Primary Care Trust, Nottingham. For services to Healthcare, particularly Cancer.
* Julie Ann Stokes, Chief Executive, Winston's Wish Charity. For services to Bereaved Children and their Families.
* Professor Colin James Suckling, Freeland Professor of Chemistry, University of Strathclyde. For services to Science and to Higher Education.
* Susan Jean Sutherland, lately Chief Executive, UK Transplant Strategic Health Authority. For services to Organ Transplantation.
* Christopher Swinson, Comptroller and Auditor-General, Jersey, and lately Chair, Treasury's Audit Committee. For services to the Accountancy Profession.
* Frances Sword, Head of Education, Fitzwilliam Museum. For services to Museums.
* Derek Nicholas Tarsh. For services to Relate charities, and to the community in Richmond, Surrey.
* Alexander Taylor, lately Chief Executive, County Durham and Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
* Robert William Taylor, director, Age Concern, Cymru. For services to Elderly People in Wales.
* Michael Thompson, Founder and managing director, Child Base Nurseries. For services to Children and Families.
* Jennifer Thurston, lately Deputy-general secretary, Prospect. For services to Trade Unions and to the Civil Service.
* John Colin Thwaite, non-executive director, OGCbuying.Solutions. For services to Corporate Governance.
* Professor Andrew Tomkins, director, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University of London. For services to Healthcare in Developing Countries.
* Dr. Michael Frank Treadaway, Director of Research, Fischer Family Trust. For services to Education.
* Susan Lois Underwood, lately Chief Executive, North East Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. For services to Heritage and Museums.
* Gordon John Vickers, Information Systems Development Centre Manager, HM Land Registry.
* Rudolph Walker, Actor. For services to Drama.
* Michael Jeremy Walsby, Chief Executive, APT Enterprise Development. For services to Enterprise Development Overseas.
* John Macgill Watson, Chief Executive, John Watson & Company Ltd. For services to the Printing Industry and to Charity in Scotland.
* Jeremy Waxman, Headteacher, Halifax High at Wellesley Park, Calderdale. For services to Education.
* Wilfred John Weeks, Chair of Trustees, Dulwich Picture Gallery. For services to Art in London.
* Professor Celia Kay Wells, professor, Law School, Cardiff University. For services to Legal Education.
* Peter William Alan West, , Secretary, University of Strathclyde. For services to Higher Education in Scotland and Malawi.
* Guy Roderick Westhead, Deputy Director Frontiers, HM Revenue and Customs.
* George Neville James Wheeler, Headteacher, Intake Primary School, Sheffield. For services to Education.
* Barbara White, Founder, When You Wish Upon A Star Charity. For services to Children and Families.
* Alan Wignall, Technical Director, Ultra Electronics Ltd, Sonar and Communication Systems. For services to the Defence Industry.
* Silvaine Margaret Wiles. For services to Black and Minority Ethnic Education.
* Mary Jean Williamson, Dean, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University. For services to Higher Education.
* Susan Willmington, Grade 6, Home Office.
* Andrew Alexander John Willox, Scottish Policy Convenor, Federation of Small Businesses. For services to Business.
* Alan Wilson, Chief Executive, Scottish Council for Development and Industry. For services to Business.
* Richard William Wilson, Chief Estates Surveyor and Project Manager, National Assembly for Wales.
* Nicolette Woodhead, Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.
* Simon Woodroffe, Founder, YO! Sushi/YO! Company. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
* Kenneth Woodward. For services to Health and Safety.
* Dianah Worman, Adviser, Diversity, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. For services to Diversity.
* Clive John Wright, Chair, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. For services to Business Ethics.
* Ian Robert Young, managing director, Archibald Young Ltd, Founders and Engineers. For services to Engineering in Scotland.

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
* Dr. Martin John Philip Barber, lately Director, United Nations Mine Action Service. For services to demining.
* Adrian Timothy Neil Chadwick, lately Director, British Council Iraq.
* Georgina Christine. For services to the education of disadvantaged children in Brazil.
* Bernard James Collier. For services to British business interests in South Africa.
* Bernard Cornwell. For services to literature and television production.
* Anne Marie Dewar. For services to the community, Montserrat.
* Alastair Keith Dutch, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Norma Edwards. For services to the community, Falkland Islands.
* Sheila Anne Etherington. For services to healthcare and development in Rwanda.
* Peter William Fell, Senior Education Specialist, British Council.
* Anthony Raymond Fitzjohn. For services to wildlife conservation in East Africa.
* Dr. Michael Francis Gray. For services to British business interests and to victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia.
* Jonathan Peter St. John Harding. For services to charitable causes in Japan and China and to the British community in Japan.
* Kenneth Vivian Hunt. For services to British business interests in India.
* Richard John Paul Hunt, First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Michael Hurley, lately First Secretary, British Trade Office, Al Khobar.
* John Nicholas Landers. For services to sustainable agriculture in Brazil.
* David Patrick Lelliott, lately First Secretary, British Embassy, Monrovia.
* Andrew John MacKay, director, British Council, USA.
* Dr. Charles Christopher Patrick McConnachie. For services to healthcare and development in South Africa.
* Jennifer McConnachie. For services to healthcare and development in South Africa.
* William Anthony Frederick Ridout, lately HM Consul, British Consulate-General, Hong Kong.
* Vanda Mary Scott. For services to international co-operation in suicide prevention.
* Captain Peter Desmond Bowen Short. For services to ex-service men and women in Barbados.
* Raymond Inwood Skilling. For services to UK-US relations and to British business interests.
* Ian Arthur Thomas. For services to British business interests in South-East Asia.
* Marcus Boyd Willett, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Graeme Michael Wise, Deputy Consul-General, British Embassy, Washington.
* Dr. Mark Lionel Wood, Consultant Ophthalmologist. For services to blind people in East Africa.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
* Chaplain Thomas Goodwin.
* Warrant Officer 1st Class (Weapon Engineering Mechanic) Mark William Hannibal, D197275A.
* Lieutenant Commander Tristan Timothy Alan Lovering.
* Captain Allan Justin MacKenzie, Canadian Forces (Navy).
* chief petty officer(Diver) John Anthony Meekin, D185562E.
* Warrant Officer 1st Class (Underwater Warfare) Mark Christopher Mortimer, D167872A.
* Warrant Officer 1st Class Royden Brian Scott, Royal Marines, P035572V.
* Warrant Officer 1st Class (Seaman) Stuart Garry Spence, D188579U.
* Warrant Officer 1st Class (Weapon Engineering Artificer) Gordon David Stephen, D140363D.
* Lieutenant (now Acting Lieutenant Commander) Richard James Stone.
* Lieutenant Commander Christopher James Tweed.
* Warrant Officer 1st Class (Marine Engineering Artificer) Paul Winton, D138958P.
* Lieutenant Commander (Sea Cadet Corps) William George Wylie, Royal Naval Reserve.

;;Army
* Major Martin John Annis (546302), Army Physical Training Corps.
* 24444288 Staff Sergeant Simon Peter Argent, The Royal Logistic Corps, Territorial Army.
* 24630319 Warrant Officer Class 2 Paul Anthony Bayliss, The Royal Logistic Corps.
* Major Barry William Bennett (538921), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
* 24634071 Warrant Officer Class 2 Mark Steven Bennett, Army Physical Training Corps.
* Captain Richard Booth (563314), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
* Major Sheila Margaret Anne Braine (533455), The Royal Logistic Corps.
* Major David Francis Burgess (534058), Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
* Major Hugo Ian Moberley Clark (532046), The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
* 23946575 Warrant Officer Class 1 Philip Coomer, The Royal Welsh, Territorial Army.
* 24428312 Staff Sergeant James Douglas Curran, The Royal Logistic Corps, Territorial Army.
* Major Crispin Michael David (543769), The Royal Logistic Corps.
* Q1015909 Warrant Officer Class 2 Elizabeth Anne Deuchars, Royal Army Dental Corps.
* Major Gordon Hutchinson Dick (532047), Army Air Corps.
* The Reverend David Andrew Eaton (543105), Chaplain to the Forces (3rd Class) Royal Army Chaplains' Department, Territorial Army.
* 24771631 Warrant Officer Class 2 Dean Joseph Goldsmith, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
* 24853461 Staff Sergeant Kevin Gordon Grove, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch).
* Acting Colonel Robert Ian Hordle (521479), Oxfordshire Army Cadet Force.
* Major Simon Tony Hutchings (535008), The Royal Logistic Corps.
* Major Nicholas Ilic, , (536494), The Light Infantry.
* 25024576 Staff Sergeant Scott Alexander James, Corps of Royal Engineers.
* 24511387 Warrant Officer Class 2 Carl David Jeffries, Army Air Corps.
* Lieutenant Colonel David Jenkins (528494), Adjutant General's Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch).
* 24635358 Warrant Officer Class 2 Geoffrey Simpson Johnson, Irish Guards.
* Major Murray Ian McLeod-Jones (526374), The Parachute Regiment.
* Acting Lieutenant Colonel Rowland Edward Jones (509031), St. John's School Combined Cadet Force.
* Captain Sean Charles Keilty (557401), Royal Corps of Signals.
* Major Katherine Elisabeth Knell (527308), Adjutant General's Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch).
* Acting Major Mark Knight (503013), Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Force.
* F0450274 Colour Sergeant Margaret Alice Lakeman, The Royal Irish Regiment.
* 24592761 Warrant Officer Class 1 David Ian Long, Corps of Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers.
* 24334699 Colour Sergeant Peter David Mawby, The Parachute Regiment.
* 24863681 Warrant Officer Class 2 Leonard John Maxwell, Royal Army Medical Corps.
* Major Robert Peter McDermott (535827), Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
* 23976794 Warrant Officer Class 2 Francis McDevitt, The Royal Logistic Corps, Territorial Army.
* 24627734 Sergeant Ian Alexander McNee, Corps of Royal Engineers.
* Major Adam David McRae (538392), The Royal Logistic Corps.
* 24581308 Warrant Officer Class 2 Sean Michael Meaker, Small Arms School Corps.
* Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gillespie Carew O'Dwyer (529728), Irish Guards.
* Major David Quinn, . (540304), Corps of Royal Engineers.
* 24369214 Staff Sergeant Stephen James Roberts, Royal Corps of Signals.
* Captain Peter Robinson (561702), The Yorkshire Regiment.
* 24756973 Warrant Officer Class 2 Steven Alan Robinson, Royal Corps of Signals.
* Major Peter Derek Samuel, . (502709), Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Army.
* Major James Alastair Scott (522432), The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
* 24731368 Warrant Officer Class 2 Steven Trevor Shepherd, Adjutant Generals' Corps (Royal Military Police).
* Major John Sean Sinclair (540212), General List, Territorial Army.
* 24279628 Warrant Officer Class 2 Henry Rankill Thomas, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch), Territorial Army.
* Major George Thomas Hamilton Tweedie (544534), The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
* Major Donald Sylvester Urquhart, . (524691), The Royal Logistic Corps, Territorial Army.
* Major Marion Mowbray Wilson (537091), Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, Territorial Army.
* Major Steven Peter Wood (545038), Army Air Corps.

;;Royal Air Force
* Sergeant Graeme Scott Anderson (L8199549).
* Warrant Officer Ian Michael Brown (T8019492).
* Squadron Leader Mark Cable (8210182D).
* Chief Technician Richard James Chaffey (Q8152678).
* Squadron Leader Andrew William Clucas (5207781G).
* Flight Sergeant Craig Allan Gall (H8252461).
* Squadron Leader Shaun Harris (8153892J).
* Chief Technician Jason David Hill (D8226849).
* Squadron Leader Peter Edwin Charles Johnson (5206216K).
* Squadron Leader Richard Morgan Jones (5208521K).
* Master Aircrew Gordon Thomson Mackenzie (A8011025).
* Sergeant Debra Ann Manning (D8232465).
* Squadron Leader Robert William Moorhouse (8300455K).
* Master Aircrew Timothy James Samwell (L0594634).
* Flight Sergeant John William Shean (G8205931).
* Warrant Officer David Smith (P8008022).
* Sergeant Joseph Cupples Stanfield (L8245628).

;Civil Division
* John Abram, . For services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in West Mercia.
* Gillian Bernadette Adams. For services to the Administration of Science.
* Bashir Ahmed, Senior Regeneration Manager, Walsall Housing Regeneration Agency. For services to the community in the West Midlands.
* Alan Andrew Aitken. For services to the Boys' Brigade in Inverclyde.
* Dr. Aruna Ajitsaria, Deputy Headteacher, Preston Park Primary School, Brent, London. For services to Education.
* Mohammad Ali, . For services to the community in Derby.
* Christine Winifred Allan, leader, Junior Section, 2nd Alton Company Boys' Brigade, Hampshire. For services to Young People.
* David Russel Allan, Captain, 2nd Alton Company, Boys' Brigade, Hampshire. For services to Young People.
* Evelyn Allen, lately Patient Advice and Liaison Services Manager, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.
* Pauline Melody Allen. For services to the community in Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
* Linda Allott, Medical Health Records Manager, Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
* Ernest Michael Amos, journalist, ''The Northern Echo''. For services to Journalism in the North East.
* Dr. Elizabeth Mary Nesbit Andrews, , lately Council Member, Countryside Council for Wales, Vice-President of RSPB, and President, Brecknock Wildlife Trust. For services to Nature Conservation.
* Jeanette Marion Appleton. For services to Blind and Partially Sighted People.
* Gwyn Arch. For services to Music in Berkshire.
* William George Armitage. For services to Business and to the community in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire.
* George Leslie Armstrong. For services to Agriculture and to the community in Cumbria.
* Margaret Armstrong. For services to the Arts in Northern Ireland.
* Alice Joyce Arthur, Retained Sub-Officer, Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the community in the Shetland Islands.
* John Graham Ashdown, lately Principal Youth Leader, Pensby Youth Club. For services to Young People in the Wirral.
* Philip William Marshall Atkinson, lately Chief Engineer, Maritime Branch, HM Revenue and Customs.
* Rashid Ahmed Awan, President, Pakistan Society of West Yorkshire. For services to Community Relations.
* John Bagley. For services to the community in Dover, Kent.
* Michael Charles Baird. For public service.
* Katrina Mary Baker. For voluntary services to the community in Waters Upton, Shropshire.
* Susan Kitty Baker, . For services to the community in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
* John Edward Bamford. For charitable services in Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent.
* Noel Banks. For services to the community in the Cotswolds and Wiltshire.
* John Henry Bannister. For services to Crofting Agriculture in The Highlands and Islands.
* Ruth Patricia Bannister, Specialist Health Visitor, Central Manchester, and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare.
* Glen Barham, Sergeant, Hampshire Constabulary. For services to the Police.
* Kusuma Barnett, Head, Volunteer Service, British Museum. For services to Museums.
* Michael Ian Max Barnett, Stage Designer and Engineer. For services to the Theatre.
* Arthur Thomas Barrett, Food Security and Livelihoods Adviser, Zimbabwe, Department for International Development.
* Dudley Eric Barrow, Group Contact, 16th Sevenoaks Scout Group, Kent. For services to Young People.
* Professor John Barstow, Professor of Piano, Royal College of Music. For services to Music Education.
* Moira Bartlett. For services to the community in Wincanton, Somerset.
* Fitzroy John Batchelor. For services to Black and Minority Ethnic People in the NHS.
* Alan Herbert Bates, . For services to the Warsaw 44 Club.
* William Jason Bates. For services to the Royal British Legion in Hampshire.
* Cheryl Bawden, Executive Officer, The Pension Service.
* Martin Eric Belfort Bax. For services to the Frome Festival and to the community in Frome, Somerset.
* Janet Beech, Youth Worker, Caxton Youth Organisation, Westminster, London. For services to Young Disabled People.
* Dr. Eileen Bentley, director, Oldham Music Service, and Music Adviser, Oldham Local Education Authority. For services to Education.
* Ian John Berry, , Councillor, City of Edinburgh Council. For services to Local Government.
* David Bettles, . For services to the Administration of Justice in Halton, Cheshire.
* Sudarshan Bhuhi. For services to the Asian community in East London.
* Margaret Elizabeth Bicker, Chair, Belfast Music Society. For services to Music in Northern Ireland.
* The Reverend Elizabeth Binns, Assistant Principal Librarian. For services to Local Government in Bury, Greater Manchester.
* Valerie Ann Bishop, Grade E2, Ministry of Defence.
* Adele Blakeborough, Chief Executive, Community Action Network. For services to Social Enterprise.
* Ninian Vernon Le Blanc, director, Diversity and Inclusion, Royal Mail. For charitable services.
* Philip Jackson Bland, Asset Strategy and Planning Director, United Utilities Water plc. For services to the Water Industry.
* Michael Langley Blomer, Chair, Herefordshire Housing. For services to the community in the South Midlands.
* Arthur Allen Bodgers, , Youth Leader, Manchester Youth Service. For services to Young People.
* Shirley Ann Bowater. For services to The James Cook University Hospital NHS Trust, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department and Holistic Cancer Care Project.
* Margaret Anne Bowdery, President and Footpaths Secretary, East Berkshire Branch, Ramblers' Association. For services to Walking.
* Catriona Paterson Boyce. For services to the community in Brighton, East Sussex.
* Martie Boyd, Executive Director, Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.
* Allan James Brady, Acting Deputy Governor, HM Prison and Young Offenders' Institution Holloway, HM Prison Service.
* Patricia Braman, Founder and Chair, Mulberry Heart Association. For services to Healthcare in East London.
* William James (Liam) Braniff. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.
* Alene Branton, Founder and former Director, National Neighbourhood Watch Association, Humberside Police. For services to the community in Humberside.
* Dr. Anne Dorothea Brian. For services to Conservation in Herefordshire.
* Thomas Wilfred Peter Bridges, , . For services to the community in Oxford.
* Graham Nigel Broom, director, IS/IT, Cambridgeshire Constabulary. For services to the Police.
* Constance Ann Brown, Fish and Chip Shop Proprietor. For services to Business and to the community in Pembrokeshire.
* Mervyn Sherwood Brown. For services to People with Heart Problems in Harrow and Brent, Greater London.
* William John Brown, Chair, Engineering Training Council. For services to the Engineering Industry in Northern Ireland.
* Joanna Bruce, leader, Teme Valley Youth Project, Herefordshire. For services to Young People.
* Dr. George Arthur Buckley, Member, Rushcliffe Borough Council

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