1973 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1973 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 on 1 January 1973 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1973.[1][2]

United Kingdom

Life Peer (Baron)

Privy Counsellor

  • Sir William Armstrong, G.C.B., M.V.O., Head of the Home Civil Service.
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Melford Stevenson (Sir Aubrey Melford Steed Stevenson), A Judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division).

Knight Bachelor

Australian States

State of New South Wales
  • Alastair Edward Stephen. For services to the community.
  • Paul Strasser. For services to the building industry and to charity.
State of Victoria
  • Ernest William Coates, C.M.G, Director of Finance and Head of the State Treasury.
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Douglas Macfarlan Little, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
State of Queensland
  • Albert Sakzewski, of Brisbane. For services to commerce, sport and charity.

Order of the Bath

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

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

  • Rear Admiral Geoffrey Penrose Dickinson Hall, D.S.C.
  • Surgeon Rear Admiral (D) John Hunter, O.B.E., Q.H.D.S.
  • Rear Admiral Martin Noel Lucey, D.S C.
  • Rear Admiral Geoffrey Charles Mitchell.
  • Major-General Sutton Martin O'Heguerty Abraham, M.C., late Royal Armoured Corps.
  • Major-General The Right Honourable Alan, Earl Cathcart, D.S.O, M.C., late Foot Guards.
  • Major-General Reginald John Gray, Q.H.S., M.B., B.S., M.F.C.M., M.B.I.M., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
  • Major-General Patrick John Howard Dobson, late Royal Armoured Corps, Colonel The Queen's Own Hussars.
  • Major-General Alec Ernest Walkling, O.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
  • Air Vice-Marshal Edward Dixon Crew, D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Vice-Marshal Edward Leslie Frith, Royal Air Force.
  • Air Vice-Marshal Frank Sydney Roland Johnson, O.B E., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore Clifford John Turner, M.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

  • Thomas Lorne Beagley, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment.
  • Antony James Gulliford Crocker, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.
  • Keith Alfred Thomas Davey, Solicitor and Legal Adviser, Department of the Environment.
  • Christopher Winthrop Fogarty, Deputy Secretary, H M.Treasury.
  • Cyril Percival Fogg, Deputy Controller of Electronics, Ministry of Defence.
  • Robert Haynes, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
  • John Gibson Hill, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland.
  • Arthur David Holland, T.D., Chief Highway Engineer, Department of the Environment.
  • Robert Farquharson Keith, O.B.E., Chief Registrar for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations.
  • Gregory Krikorian, Solicitor, Board of Customs and Excise.
  • John Gordon Liverman, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
  • Professor Basil John Mason, F.R S., Director-General, Meteorological Office.
  • Eric George Rufus Moses, Solicitor, Board of Inland Revenue.
  • Peter Sansome Preston, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
  • Walter Riddell Smith, Deputy Director General, Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

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

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

  • Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, C.B.E., Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum.
  • Wallace Fox, Director, Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Unit, Medical Research Council.
  • Guy Hunter. For services to developing countries.
  • Miss Elizabeth Monroe (Mrs Neame). For services to Middle East studies.
  • Douglas Ernest Warren, Director of Overseas Surveys, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Overseas Development Administration).
  • Christopher John Audland, Counsellor and Head of Chancery, H.M. Embassy, Bonn.
  • Norman Ernest Cox, lately Counsellor (Commercial), H.M. Embassy, Moscow.
  • Derek Malcolm Day, Counsellor, British High Commission, Nicosia.
  • Hugh Jarrett Herbert-Jones, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Paul Cecil Henry Holmer, H.M. Ambassador, Abidjan.
  • William Martin Hill, lately Special Consultant to the United Nations, New York.
  • Philip Robert Aked Mansfield, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Donald Frederick Murray, lately Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Tehran.
  • John Robert Williams, British High Commissioner, Suva.

Australian States

State of New South Wales
State of Victoria
  • John Henry Stockton Lindell, of Eaglemont. For services to medicine and hospital administration.
  • Warwick Geoffrey Smith, M.V.O., O.B.E., Personal Assistant to the Premier and Chief Protocol Officer.
State of Queensland
  • David Walter Longland, Chairman, Public Service Board.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

  • Kathryn Edith Helen, Mrs Dugdale.
  • Frederick Anthony Evans.
  • Charles Matthew Farrer.
  • Major Andrew William Haig, M.V.O., T.D.
  • Ronald John Hill, M.V.O., M.B.E.
  • Henry Peat, D.F.C.
  • James Starritt, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Hugo Douglas Teare.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

  • Richard Clarke Allan.
  • Commander Christopher John Tankerville Chamberlen, Royal Navy.
  • Hugh William Farmar.
  • Philip Argyll Horton.
  • Julian St John Loyd.
  • Squadron Leader Reginald Ernest Michie, M.B.E., Royal Air Force.
  • Squadron Leader Horace George Sealey, Royal Air Force.
  • Surgeon Commander Ronald Edward Snow, Royal Navy.
  • Miss Deborah Elizabeth King.
  • Shirley Jean, Mrs Linfoot.
  • Douglas Mackay.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

  • Miss Florence Lilian Bennett.
  • Miss Lyndon Louisa Ellen Bray.
  • Walter George Brayne.
  • John Brobbel, B.E.M.
  • Cecil William Castle.
  • Sergeant John George Collins, Royal Air Force.
  • William Alfred Dawe.
  • Joseph Groom.
  • Frederick Thomas Huish.
  • Samuel Leslie Kemble.
  • Chief Petty Officer Ellis Victor Norrell.
  • Sergeant Roger Frederick Pilon, Royal Air Force.
  • Harold Arthur Purvey.
  • Chief Medical Technician (Physiotherapy) (Nursing) Kenneth Ivor Rex Scutt.
  • Jaines William Smith.
  • Frank Spalton.
  • Frederick George Waite.
  • Chief Technician Reginald John Welch, Royal Air Force.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

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

State of Victoria

  • Edith Lilian, Lady Bolte, C.B.E., of Meredith. For outstanding public service to Victoria.

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

  • Vice Admiral Ian Stewart McIntosh, C.B., D.S.O., M.B.E., D.S.C.
  • Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Coburn Jackson, C.B., Q.H.P., Royal Air Force.
  • Sir Robert Alexander Maclean, lately Chairman, Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation. For services to Export.
  • The Very Reverend Alan Richardson, D.D, Dean of York. For services to York Minster.
  • The Honourable Woldrich Harrison Courtenay, O.B.E., Speaker of the House of Representatives, British Honduras.
  • Shapoor Ardeshirji Reporter, O.B E. For services to British interests in Iran.

State of New South Wales

State of Queensland

  • The Honourable Mr Justice Mostyn Hanger, Chief Justice of the State of Queensland.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

  • Captain Roger Roland Sutton Fisher, D.S.C., Royal Navy.
  • Captain Anthony John Monk, Royal Navy.
  • Commodore Derek William Napper, M.B.E.
  • Brigadier Francis Henderson Coutts. O.B.E. (193742), late Infantry, Colonel The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
  • Colonel Henry Salusbury Legh Dalzell-Payne, O.B E. (408326), late Royal Armoured Corps.
  • Brigadier Henri Aloise Decker (371469), Army Catering Corps. Now R.A.R.O.
  • Brigadier John David Carew Graham, O.B.E. (243024), late Infantry.
  • Colonel Frank Masters, T.D., A.D.C. (282859), late Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
  • Brigadier Oliver McCrea Roome (125179), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
  • Brigadier Philip Blencowe Tillard, O.B.E, A.D.C. (232564), late Royal Armoured Corps.
  • Brigadier Henry Stuart Ramsay Watson, (255211), late Royal Armoured Corps.
  • Air Commodore William Edward Colahan, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore John Gingell, M.B.E., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore Robert Harold George Weighill, D.F.C., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Acting Air Commodore John Francis Langer, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Group Captain Hubert Desmond Hall, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Group Captain Henry Alan Merriman, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Group Captain Sidney Colin Taylor, Royal Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

  • Commander Anthony St. Clair Armitage, Royal Navy.
  • Commander Richard Ker Slingsby Bethell, Royal Navy.
  • Commander Charles Leonard Johnstone-Burt, Royal Navy.
  • Commander Clifford Lawson Jordan, Royal Navy.
  • Commander John Morton Lee, Royal Navy.
  • Commander Basil James Parish, Royal Navy.
  • Commander Peter Llewellyn Pennington, Royal Navy.
  • Commander Peter Henry Robinson, M.V.O., Royal Navy.
  • Commander (MS) Douglas James Lionel Vaughan, Royal Navy.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Jason Bateman (424257), The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys).
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Derek Richardson Bradbeer, T.D. (417871), Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel (Staff Quartermaster) John Henry Ellicock (447466), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel James Ian Fraser-Orr (368242), The King's Regiment.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel David Glazebrook (430309), Royal Tank Regiment.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Harold John Goodson (414864), Corps of Royal Engineers.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel (Ordnance Executive Officer) Oliver Wilfred Jacques (422385), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel (Staff Quartermaster) James Joseph Kelly, M.B.E. (444300), Irish Guards.
  • Colonel (Acting) Maurice Vibart McArthur (164527), Army Cadet Force.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Leslie Newth, Corps of Royal Engineers.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Robert Nicholson, M.B.E. (314211), Intelligence Corps.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel (N.M.) Gordon William Norbury (356221), Royal Army Medical Corps. Now Retired.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel William John Pryn, M.B. (424601), Royal Army Medical Corps.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Charles James Rayment (425902), Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel The Viscount Slim (388021), The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's). Now R.A.R.O.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) George Albert Mons Soper, M B.E. (454745), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment).
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Michael Stewart, T.D. (410998), Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony William Stone, M B E. (311718), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Bradford Timmins, T.D. (438617), Corps of Royal Engineers, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve/
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Edward Waight (387654), The Light Infantry.
  • Wing Commander Vivian Bridges, D F C. (124625), Royal Air Force (for services with the Kenya Air Force.
  • Wing Commander Reginald Derek Brittain (4029568), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander George Raymond Candy (187225), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander Walter Edwards (139202), Royal Air Force (Retired).
  • Wing Commander Charles Richard Evans (168107), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander Robert Horsley Golightly, D.F.C., A.F.C. (60117), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander Gordon Harper (204501), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander William John Hurley (55452), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander John Alan Porter (609008), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander Henry Reed-Purvis (3130527), Royal Air Force Regiment.
  • Wing Commander Joseph Quinn (173861), Royal Air Force
  • Wing Commander Harry Taswell (186742), Royal Air Force.
  • Wing Commander Donald Wood, M.B.E. (182249), Royal Air Force.
  • Squadron Leader Gerald William Honey (587537), Royal Air Force.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

  • Sir Robert Mayer. For services to Music.
  • The Right Honourable Duncan Edwin Sandys, M.P. For political and public services.

New Zealand

References

  1. United Kingdom list: "No. 45860". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1972. pp. 1–30.
  2. New Zealand list: "No. 45861". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1972. pp. 33–36.
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