2011 Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours 2011 for the Commonwealth Realms were announced on 7 June 2011 in New Zealand and 11 June 2011 in United Kingdom to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2011.

United Kingdom

Privy Councillors

• Thomas Anthony Brake, MP, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington.
• The Hon. Nicholas Soames, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex.
• Desmond Angus Swayne, TD, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for New Forest West, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
• Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Louth and Horncastle, and Father of the House of Commons.

Companion of Honour (CH)

• The Rt Hon. The Lord Howard of Lympne, former Leader of the Conservative Party and Cabinet minister

Knights Bachelor

• Professor Roger Michael Boyle, CBE, National Clinical Director for Heart Disease and Stroke. For services to Medicine.
• Dr Henry Burns, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, Scottish Harry Burns Government.
• Henry Cecil, Trainer. For services to Horse Racing.
• Frank Chapman (businessman), Chief Executive, BG Group. For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.
• Professor Robert Geoffrey Edwards, CBE, Scientist, Reproductive Biology. For services to Human Reproductive Biology.
• Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson, CBE, For services to Entertainment and to Charity.
• Professor Peter John Gregson, President and Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Higher Education.
• Anthony Gerard Hawkhead, CBE Chief Executive, Groundwork. For services to Environmental Regeneration.
• David Hartmann Higgins Lately Chief Executive, Olympics Delivery Authority. For services to Regeneration.
• Councillor Edward Julian Lister Leader, Wandsworth Council. For services to Local Government.
• (Joseph) Alan Meale, MP. For public and political services.
• John Wilfred Peace Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank. For services to Business and to the Voluntary Sector.
• Dr Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham, Director, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council. For services to Science.
• Peter Austin Simpson, OBE, Executive Principal, Brooke Weston Partnership Northamptonshire. For services to Education.
• Professor Steven Murray Smith, Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter and President, Universities UK. For services to local and national Higher Education.
• Brian Souter, Chief Executive, Stagecoach Group plc. For services to Transport and to the Voluntary Sector.
• Graham Robert Watson, MEP. For public and political services.
• Professor Mark Edward Welland, Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence.
• Paul Michael Williams, OBE, OStJ, DL, Lately Director-General, Health and Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government and Chief Executive, NHS Wales.
• Christopher Anthony Woodhead, Chairman, Cognita Schools and Professor of Education, University of Buckingham. For services to Education.
• Professor Kent Linton Woods, Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. For services to Healthcare.

Order of the Bath

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

Sir Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, KCB, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service

Knight Commander (KCB)

• David Robert Bell, Permanent Under-Secretary, Department of Education
• Malcolm Roy Jack, Clerk of the House of Commons
• Michael Graham Pownall, Clerk of the Parliaments 2007-11

Companion (CB)

• David John Mark Green, QC
• Richard Nicholas Heaton
• Peter Houten
• Dr Hugh Fenton Rawlings
• Dr Gill Rider
• Dr Frances Carolyn Saunders

Royal Victorian Order

Lieutenant (LVO)

• Robin Jo Boles
• Jonathan Roger Jones
• Desmond Phillip Shawe-Taylor

Member (MVO)

• Walace Thomlinson
• Richard David Thompson

Order of the British Empire

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

• Professor Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England

Dame Commander (DBE)

• Helen Anne Alexander, CBE
• The Rt Hon. Elish Angiolini, QC
• Ruth Carnall, CBE
• Professor Rosemary Jean Cramp, CBE
• Dr Reena Keeble
• Professor Sally Macintyre, CBE
• Jennifer Susan Murray, OBE, Journalist and Entertainer, host of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour
• Janet Suzman

Commander (CBE)

• Edward Atkin
• Rosie Auld
• Gillian Ayres, OBE, for services to art.
• Alan James Baxter
• Kate Billingham
• Celia Birtwell, for services to the fashion industry.
• William James Brawn
• Dr John Robert Brown
• Professor John Brownlie
• Catherine Felicity Byrne
• Margaret Jennifer Murray Carpenter
• Christopher Richard Nigel Clark
• Alan Clarke
• Elizabeth Anne Cockram
• Mark Davies
• Professor William Davies
• Dr Justin Davis-Smith
• Dr Melyn Stuart Draper
• Jenny Edwards
• Professor Peter Elias
• Professor Peter Anthony Farndon
• Bryan Ferry, for services to music.
• Colin Firth, for services to drama.
• Professor Brian George Gazzard
• Dr Christopher Shaw Gibson-Smith
• Dr Paul Golby
• Stanley James Goudie
• Michael Grandage, for services to drama
• Joseph Greenwell
• Professor Gisli Hannes Gudjonsson, for services to clinical psychology
• Serena Mary Sara Hardy
• Terence Malcolm Hill
• Professor Christopher Cropper Hood
• Dr Michael Gilbert James William Howse, OBE
• Trevor William Huddlestone
• Mark Huffam
• Penny Hughes, for services to the media industry.
• Robert Humm
• David Isaac
• Charles William Jacob, MBE
• Peter John James
• Professor Wendy Rosalind James, FBA
• Dianne Michele Jeffrey, DL
• Professor Merfyn Jones, for services to higher education in Wales.
• Professor Paul William Jowitt
• Richard Charles Kemp
• Judith Anne Killick
• Justin Matthew King
• Frances Margaret Kirkham, for services to the legal profession and to the administration of justice.
• John Knight, JP
• Dr Judith Mary Knott
• Deborah Lavin
• Dr Gillian Catherine Leng
• Dr Julian Lob-Levyt
• David Lionel Mayhew
• John McDonough
• Kathryn McDowell, DL
• Anthony McGuirk, QFSM
• Isobel Mills
• Christopher Thomas Morahan, for services to drama.
• Alexander (Sandy) Robert Nairne, for services to the arts.
• Peter Neyround, QPM
• Professor Jan Pahl
• Christopher William Parfitt
• Mayur Parsuram Patel
• Jack Petchey, OBE, for charitable services.
• Maggie Louise Pigott
• Ian Michael Pryce
• James Hiljamar Rene Quinault
• Mary Quinn
• Dr Martin Peter Read
• Dr James Stark Rennie
• Richard Noel Roberts, OBE
• Barbara Rogers
• Peter Lloyd Rogers
• Joanna Lesley Simons
• Dr Judith Simpson
• Patricia Beatrice Sowter
• Mark Howard Stephens
• Andrew Charles Stott
• Professor Yasir Suleiman, for services to scholarship.
• Professor Elaine Thomas
• Professor Jennifer Anne Thomas
• Dr Simon John Thurley, for services to conservation.
• Antony Ronald Wadsworth
• Victor Noel Stanley Wakeling
• Philip Anthony Waller
• Edward Maurice Watkins
• David Way
• Gavin Whitefield
• Professor Geoffrey James Whitty
• Professor Brian Owen Williams
• Alan Thorpe Richard Wood
• William Thompson Wright, OBE

Officers (OBE) - partial list

• Paul Anderson, for services to Special Olympics Great Britain.
• Tim Brooke-Taylor, for services to light entertainment
• Bernard Cribbins, for services to drama
• Edmund de Waal, for services to art
• Andrew Flower, for services to sport
• Emma Freud, for charitable services through comic relief
• David Graeme Garden, for services to light entertainment
• Robert Brinley Joseph Harris, for services to music broadcasting
• Claire Martin, for services to music
• Marcelle Speller, for services to the voluntary sector
• Andrew John Strauss, MBE, for services to cricket
• Samantha Taylor-Wood, for services to the arts
• Gillian Wearing, for services to art
• Lee John Westwood, for services to golf
• Susan Mary Woodford Hollick, for services to the arts

Members (MBE) - partial list

• Kate Atkinson, for services to literature
• Jack Birkenshaw, for services to cricket
• Michaela Alica Breeze, for services to weightlifting
• Mark Cavendish, for services to British Cycling
• Charles Cecil, for services to the video game industry
• Alastair Nathan Cook, for services to cricket
• Pamela June Crook, for services to art
• Julia Catherine Donaldson, for services to literature
• Jessica Ennis, for services to athletics
• Non Evans, for services to sport
• Stuart Hedley, for services to Trade Unionism
• Frank Horwill, for voluntary service to sport
• Phillips Idowu, for services to athletics
• Dan Jarvis MP, for services to armed forces
• Edward Kessler, for services to inter-faith relations
• Brooke Kinsella, for services to the prevention of knife crime
• David Knight, for services to the Sport of Motorcycling
• Duke McKenzie, for services to boxing in the London Borough of Croydon
• Sarah Outen, for services to rowing, conservation and to charity.
• Kim Owen, Principal Construction Manager, Welsh Assembly Government.

New Zealand

For information about the various honours, see Queen's Service Order and New Zealand Order of Merit.

New Zealand Order of Merit

Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM)

Rosemary Anne Horton	QSO, QSM	of Auckland.	For services to philanthropy.
Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira	CNZM	of Hamilton.	For services to the Māori language.

Knight Companion (KNZM)

David John Graham	CBE, ED	of Auckland.	For services to education and sport.
Justice Robert Grant Hammond		of Wellington.	For services to the law.
Graeme Thomas Harrison		of Wellington.	For services to business.
Daniel Patrick Higgins	ONZM	of Palmerston North.	For services to philanthropy and the community.
James Hay Wallace	ONZM	of Auckland.	For services to the arts.

Companion (CNZM)

John Banks	QSO	of Auckland.	For services to local body affairs.
Howard George Broad		of Wellington.	For services as Commissioner of Police.
Herbert John Te Kauru Clarke		of Lower Hutt.	For services to Māori.
Matteo de Nora		of Monaco.	For services to yachting and medicine.
Christopher Keith Doig	OBE,	of Christchurch.	For services to the arts and sport.
Kenneth Mark Ford		of Auckland.	For services to local government.
Margaret Phyllis Elsie Horsburgh		of Auckland.	For services to health.
Roger Lawrence Kerr		of Wellington.	For services to business.
Boudewijn Huibrecht Klap	QSO	of Wellington.	For services to business and the community.
Derek Te Ariki Te Whetu Takatahi Morehu		of Rotorua.	For services to Māori.
Christopher Wilton Parkin		of Wellington.	For services to business and the arts.
Kerry Leigh Prendergast		of Wellington.	For services to local body affairs.
William Newton Sheat	OBE	of Lower Hutt.	For services to the arts.
Warren Perry Tate		of Kaikorai.	For services to science.
John Henry Whitehead		of Wellington.	For services as Secretary to the Treasury.

Officer (ONZM)

Ruth Ellina Aitken		of Paeroa.	For services to netball.
Martin Hugh Devlin		of Waikanae.	For services to education.
Catherine Moana Dewes		of Rotorua.	For services to Māori.
Robert Anthony Fisher		of Auckland.	For services to sport.
Stephen Paul Fleming		of Wellington.	For services to cricket.
Peter James Gow		of Auckland.	For services to health.
John Allan Clinton Hattie		of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.	For services to education.
John Stephen Hellstrom		of Picton.	For services to biosecurity.
Diedre Allison Irons	MBE	of Wellington.	For services to music
Judith Mary Kirk		of Taupō.	For services to the community.
Jack Neville Parle		of Hamilton.	For services to agricultural science.
Ronald James Paterson		of Auckland.	For services to health.
Nolan Tariho Rimitiriu Raihania		of Tokomaru Bay.	For services to Māori.
Roland Elliston Rowland		of Palmerston North.	For services to genetic research.
Swee Thong Tan		of Wellington.	For services to medicine.
John Frederick Turner	JP	of Lumsden.	For services to the meat industry.
Daniel Luca Vettori		of Auckland.	For services to cricket.
Rea Geoffrey Wikaira	JP	of Auckland.	For services to health administration.
Casey Williams		of Hamilton.	For services to netball.

Member (MNZM)

Therese Ann Angelo		of Christchurch.	For services to museums.
Ratapu Hori Te Awa		of Huntly.	For services to Māori.
Roka Hurihia Cameron		of Opotiki.	For services to Māori.
Sean Pero MacPherson Cameron		of Pacific Pines, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.	For services to basketball.
James Clovis Clad		of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.	For services to New Zealand --- United States of America relations.
Barry George Cleal	JP,	of Auckland.	For services to rowing.
William John Cyrus Dooley		of Oamaru.	For services to the restoration of historic buildings.
Robyn May Duncan		of Feilding.	For services to youth.
Paul Brian Ellis		of Auckland.	For services to the music industry.
Mark Christopher Farnsworth		of Mangawhai.	For services to the community.
Kenneth James Gilligan		of Napier.	For services to business.
Ngaire Anne Guy		of Tauranga.	For service to music.
Adam James Hall		of Dunedin.	For services to sport.
Jenny Gwynndd Harper		of Christchurch.	For services to the arts.
David Harold Ward Hartnell		of Auckland.	For services to entertainment.
Richard Bruce Hawke		of Christchurch.	For services to pipe bands.
John Langley Hawkesby		of Auckland.	For services to broadcasting and the community.
Rodger William Hilliker		of Temuka.	For services as a general practitioner.
Peter Malcolm Jackson		of Kaitaia.	For services to journalism.
Guy Elwyn Jansen		of Porirua.	For services to music.
Gregory Kenneth Jenks		of Tauranga.	For services to conservation.
Michael Johnson		of Auckland.	For services to paralympic sport.
Josephine Tui Faith Karanga		of Whakatane.	For services to Māori.
Jason Mark Kerrison		of Auckland.	For services to music.
Jennifer Cheryl King		of Wellington.	For services to the Asian community.
Sionepaea Kumitau		of Auckland.	For services to the Niuean community.
James Robert Law		of Featherston.	For services to the community.
Daphne Tania Luke		of Otaki.	For services to business and the community.
Alfred Lewis McIvor		of Christchurch.	For services to diabetes research.
Leonard James Murray		of Bronte, New South Wales, Australia.	For services to tourism.
Keith James Neylon		of Invercargill.	For services to agriculture.
Diana Elizabeth Parkes		of Lower Hutt.	For services to textile art.
Valentino Pereira		of Wellington.	For services to the Pacific community.
Kuini Moehau Reedy		of Gisborne.	For services to Māori.
Nonnita Margaret Rees		of Wellington.	For services to the arts.
John Cecil Roadley		of Blenheim.	For services to the dairy industry.
Marie Elizabeth Roche		of Upper Hutt.	For services to the community.
Ann Mary Ruth		of London, United Kingdom.	For services to drama.
Allan Arrol Scott		of Blenheim.	For services to viticulture.
Lois Ann Scott		of Dunedin.	For services to the community.
Kantha Madhavji Soni		of Auckland.	For services to medicine and the community.
Ivan Carl Sutherland		of Blenheim.	For services to rowing and viticulture.
Roger Neil Taylor		of Nelson.	For services to the arts.
Isabella Huihana Tedcastle		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Jonathan Robert White		of Whakatane.	For services to the arts and the community.
Jo-anne Edna Mary Wilkinson		of Leigh.	For services to youth.
Steven Wai Cheung Wong		of Auckland.	For services to the Chinese community.
Laurence Edward Zwimpfer		of Wellington.	For services to information technology.

Honorary Companion (CNZM)

Richard Lee Armitage

of Vienna, Virginia, United States of America.

For services to New Zealand --- United States of America relations.

Queen's Service Order (QSO)

Kelvin Raymond Berryman		of Plimmerton.	For services to science.
Paul Garth Livingstone		of Wellington.	For services to veterinary science.
Carol Anne Moffatt	MNZM	of Kaiapoi.	For services to education.
Paul von Dadelszen		of Havelock North.	For services to the Family Court.

Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

David Page Adamson		of Invercargill.	For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
John Antony		of Auckland.	For services to musical theatre.
Irene Rosslyn Barnes		of Manapouri.	For services to the community.
William David Bevan		of Porirua.	For services to the community.
Audrey Maud Bevege		of Te Kuiti.	For services to the community.
Kevin Joseph Brennan		of Auckland.	For services to the New Zealand Police.
George Brown		of Invercargill.	For services to the community.
Dorothy Ellen Burley		of Upper Hutt.	For services to the community.
Grace Byers		of Te Aroha.	For services to the community.
Amanda Catherine Calder		of Wellington.	For services to the community.
Douglas John Joseph Clemens		of Rotorua.	For services to the community.
Janet Elizabeth Colby		of Auckland.	For services to health.
Henry William Cranefield		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Glenis Margaret Crutchley		of Ranfurly.	For services to the community.
Yvonne June Dasler		of Blenheim.	For services to the community.
James Greer Dickson		of Christchurch.	For services to the New Zealand Customs Service.
Michael Terence Dwyer		of Wellington.	For services to Māori and the community.
Urikore Julie Anne Dwyer		of Wellington.	For services to Māori and the community.
Doreen Ngawai Erueti		of New Plymouth.	For services to Māori.
Gweneth Pauline Fairbrother		of Dannevirke.	For services to the community.
Peter Morton Franks		of Gisborne.	For services to the community.
Murray Stanley Gane		of Te Awamutu.	For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
Richard William Glover		of Gisborne.	For services to surf life saving and the community.
Barry John Haddock		of Auckland.	For services to education.
Stephen Hugh Staples Hamilton		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Ethne Elna Hanna		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Ross Leslie Hanna	JP	of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Vaiopuaa Faletoi Harris		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Milton Mansfield McElroy Hollard		of Wellington.	For services to the House of Representatives.
Raymond George Clarence Huxford		of Feilding.	For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
Henare Ngaera Keefe	JP	of Hastings.	For services to Māori and the community.
Emma Kesha		of Dunedin.	For services to the Pacific community.
Youn Soo Lee		of Christchurch.	For services to the Korean community.
Tom Kwok Hing Leong		of Auckland.	For services to the electrical industry.
Violet Naomi Lynch		of Gore.	For services to netball.
Barbara Dawn Mahutonga		of New Plymouth.	For services to early childhood education.
Anita Mansell		of Lower Hutt.	For services to the Filipino community.
Rupene Mare		of Kaitaia.	For services to Māori and the community.
Carol Eileen Marshall		of Turangi.	For services to early childhood education.
John Barry Massam		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Heneriata Maxwell		of Lower Hutt.	For services to Te Kōhanga Reo.
Laurence Augustine McEntee		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Roderick Tomas McKenzie		of Masterton.	For services to local body affairs and the community.
Timothy Michael Metcalfe		of Wanganui.	For services to the community.
Ian Alexander Munro	JP	of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Wiremu Te Pania Nathan		of Kaitaia.	For services to the community.
Grant William Maurice Nelson		of Christchurch.	For services to philanthropy.
Marilyn Ann Nelson		of Christchurch.	For services to philanthropy.
Peter Laurence Oldham		of Waimamaku.	For services to the community.
Susan Jane Page		of Napier.	For services to the community.
Brian Joseph Palmer		of Tauranga.	For services to search and rescue.
Margaret Ethel Rex-Benner	JP	of Tauranga.	For services to the community.
Jennifer Ann Roper		of Wairoa.	For services to the community
Harkrishen Singh	JP	of Hamilton.	For services to the Indian community.
Manjit Singh		of Auckland.	For services to the Indian community.
Richard George Spendelow		of Auckland.	For services to the New Zealand Police.
Mary Rose Sturgeon	JP	of Runanga.	For services to the community.
Parakash Chandar Sund		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Tahi Takao	JP	of Motueka.	For services to Māori.
Desmond Walter Templeton		of Riverton.	For services to flax milling heritage. (Deceased. Her Majesty's approval to this award was signified before the date of decease.)
Anita Po-Chu Thirtle	JP	of Wanganui.	For services to the Chinese community.
Henry George Raymond Tolley		of Masterton.	For services to the community.
Hana Espie Tukukino		of Benowa, Queensland, Australia.	For services to Māori.
Mr Watene Waara Tukukino		of Benowa, Queensland, Australia.	For services to Māori.
Frank Stewart Vosper		of Tauranga.	For services to the community.
Te Waikaretu Wickliffe		of Kawerau.	For services to Māori.
Eruera Wiki Wikiriwhi		of Tokoroa.	For services to Māori.
Pamela Ann Wilson	JP	of Mangakino.	For services to the community.
Wallace Andrew Wilson		of Christchurch.	For services to surf life saving and rugby league.
Mary Isabel Yearbury		of Auckland.	For services to the community.
Ivan John Young		of Napier.	For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
Margaret Carole Young	JP	of Opotiki.	For services to the community.

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD)

Lieutenant Colonel Christopher John Parsons (M56016)	MNZM, The New Zealand Special Air Service.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Ian Richard Ponse (G50997)	Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.
Acting Warrant Officer Darren Smith (T990259)	Royal New Zealand Air Force.