The New Year Honours 1974 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 1974 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1974.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.
At this time honours for Australians were still being awarded in the UK honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states. The Australian honours system began with the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Victor Grayson Hardie Feather, C.B.E., lately General Secretary, Trades Union Congress.
Sir Denis Arthur Greenhill, G.C.M.G., O.B.E., lately Permanent Under- Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service.
The Right Honourable Sir Burke St John Trend, G.C.B., C.V.O., lately Secretary of the Cabinet.
James Anthony Stodart, M.P., Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
William Wilkinson Addison, D.L., Chairman of Council, The Magistrates' Association.
Alexander Sandor Alexander, Chairman, Imperial Foods Ltd. For services to the food industry.
Ralph Ellis Brook, C.M.G., O.B.E., President, Association of British Chambers of Commerce. For services to Export.
John Gilbert Newton Brown, C.B.E., Publisher, Oxford University Press.
Thomas Brown, Chairman, former Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority.
Daniel Norman Chester, C.B.E., Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford.
Charles John Curran, Director-General, British Broadcasting Corporation.
Alan Graham Dawtry, C.B.E., T.D., Town Clerk, City of Westminster.
Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, M.C., M P. For political and public services.
Herbert Raymond Gower, M.P. For political and public services.
William Woolf Harris, O.B.E. For political and public services in London.
Charles William Hayward, C.B.E. For charitable services, particularly in relation to the care of the elderly.
Arthur Ford Hetherington, D.S.C., Chairman, British Gas Corporation.
John Maxwell Hill, C.B.E., D.F.C., Q.P.M., H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
Stanley George Hooker, C.B.E., F.R.S., Group Technical Director, Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd.
Maurice George Kendall, F.B.A. For services to the theory of statistics.
John Cowdery Kendrew, C.B.E., F.R.S. For services to the Ministry of Defence.
Leslie Ernest Laycock, C.B.E., Chairman, Leeds Regional Hospital Board.
Jan Alfred Lewando, C.B.E., Chairman, Carrington Viyella Ltd. For services to Export.
Emile Littler. For services to the Theatre.
Thomas Lodge, Consultant Radiologist, United Sheffield Hospitals.
Herbert Reginald Mathys, T.D., lately Deputy Chairman, Courtaulds Ltd. For services to patent law.
Leonard Francis Neal, C.B.E, Chairman, Commission on Industrial Relations.
Charles William Oatley, O.B.E., F.R.S., Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Daniel Eric Arthur Pettit, Chairman, National Freight Corporation.
Professor Cyril Henry Philips, Vice-Chancellor, University of London. Director, School of Oriental and African Studies.
Charlie Dennis Pilcher, C.B.E, Chairman, Commission for the New Towns.
John Francis Prideaux, O.B.E., Chairman, Board of Governors, St Thomas' Hospital, London; Chairman, National Westminster Bank Ltd.
Professor Hugh Norwood Robson, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield.
Frederick Henry Stewart, F.R.S., Regius Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh.
Francis Taylor, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, The Taylor Woodrow Group.
James Henderson Waddell, C.B., Deputy Under-secretary of State, Home Office.
Joseph Meredith Whittaker, T.D., D.L., Chairman, Executive Council, County Councils Association of England and Wales.
John Leslie Williams, C.B.E., lately Secretary General, Civil Service National Whitley Council (Staff Side).
Harold Mario Mitchell Acton, C.B.E. For services to the British community in Florence and to Anglo-Italian relations.
Mr Justice Darnley Arthur Raymond Alexander, C.B.E., Chief Justice, South-Eastern State, Nigeria.
The Honourable Mr Justice Geoffrey Gould Briggs, Chief Justice, Hong Kong.
Lawrence Kadoorie, C.B.E. For services to the community in Hong Kong.
State of New South Wales
James Frederick John Auswild, C.B.E. For services to commerce and the community.
The Honourable John Bryan Munro Fuller, M.L.C., Minister for Decentralisation and Development.
Charles David Griffin, C.B.E. For services to the community.
Gregory Blaxland Kater. For services to commerce.
State of Victoria
Albert Edward Chadwick, C.M.G., M.S.M., of Toorak. For services to the community.
Alexander Reid Creswick, of Melbourne. For services to horse racing.
The Honourable Mr Justice Urban Gregory Gowans. For services to the law.
David Fletcher Jones, O.B.E., of Warrnambool. For services to the decentralisation of industry and to the community.
State of Queensland
Byrne Hart, C.B.E., M.C., of Brisbane. For services to business, the community and the sporting life of Queensland.
The Honourable John Alfred Row, of Ingham. For services to Queensland as a Minister of the Crown and Parliamentarian.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Admiral Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore, K.C.B., D.S.C.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Humphrey, K.C.B., O.B.E, D.F.C, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
Sir Charles Craik Cunningham, K.C.B., K.B.E, C.V.O. For public services.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Vice Admiral Michael Frampton Fell, C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C.*
Vice Admiral George Francis Allan Trewby.
Lieutenant-General Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, O.B.E., M.C., late Infantry, Colonel Commandant 3rd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets.
Major-General Jack Wentworth Harman, O.B.E., M.C., late Royal Armoured Corps.
Acting Air Marshal Ruthven Lowry Wade, C.B., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
Michael Bowen Hanley, Attached Ministry of Defence.
Nicholas Godfrey Morrison, C.B., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office.
Anthony Nathaniel Stainton, C.B., First Parliamentary Counsel.
Peter Eustace Thornton, C.B, Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
Military Division
Rear Admiral Sir Peter Anson, Bt.
Rear Admiral Thomas Rennison Cruddas.
Rear Admiral Edward William Ellis, C.B.E.
Surgeon Rear Admiral Cyril Lawson Tait McClintock, O.B.E., Q H.S.
Rear Admiral Ian George William Robertson, D.S.C.
Major-General William Bate, O.B.E., late Royal Corps of Transport, Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Transport, now R.A.R O.
Major-General Roger Sydenham Marshall, T.D., Army Legal Services Staff, now R.A.R.O.
Major-General Horace Rollo Squarey Pain, M.C., late Royaf Armoured Corps.
Major-General James Howden Robertson, F.D.S., Queen's Honorary Dental Surgeon, late Royal Army Dental Corps.
Major-General Ronald Macaulay Somerville, O.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Air Vice-Marshal Alan Cyril Davies, C.B E., Royal Air Force.
Air Vice-Marshal Eric Plumtree, O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
Air Vice-Marshal Rex David Roe, A.F.C, Royal Air Force.
Civil Division
Arthur John Boreham, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
Frederick Gordon Burrett, Deputy Secretary, Civil Service Department.
David Cardwell, Director, Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment, Ministry of Defence.
Edward Geoffrey Cass, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence.
Basil Brodribb Hall, M.C., T.D., Deputy Treasury Solicitor.
Douglas Arthur Lovelock, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
Hugh Avant Lowry, Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.
Thomas Hamilton Shearer, Deputy Chief Executive, Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment.
Henry Alexander Shewan, O.B.E., National Insurance Commissioner.
Arthur Roger Thatcher, Deputy Secretary, Department of Employment.
Ryland Lowell Degwel Thomas, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions.
Geoffrey Charles Wardale, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment.
Robert Windsor, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.
Philip John Woodfield, C.B.E, Deputy Secretary, Northern Ireland Office.
Robert Little Workman, Under Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
The Right Honourable George Rowland Stanley, Earl of Cromer, K.C.M.G., M.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Washington.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Claude James Hayes, C.M G, Chairman, Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.
Ernest John Ward Barnes, M.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, The Hague.
Denis Seward Laskey, C.M.G., C.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Vienna.
David Aubrey Scott, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Wellington.
Australian States
State of New South Wales
The Honourable John Robert Kerr, C.M.G., Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Ian Donald Cameron, O.B.E., Senior Technical Adviser, Ministry of Defence.
Robert Goldsmith, Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
Air Commodore Norman Walter Kearon, C.B.E, Chief Executive, British Aircraft Corporation, Saudi Arabia.
Walter Plowright, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
John Roland Malcolm Whitehorn, Deputy Director-General, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Export.
Derrick Charles Carden, H.M. Ambassador, Sana'a.
Leonard Clifford William Figg, H.M. Consul-General, Milan.
Ian Albert Clark Kinnear, Deputy Governor, Bermuda.
Ian Macdonald Lightbody, Secretary for Housing, Hong Kong.
Donald Hardman Macdonald, lately Manager, Banking Department, Bank for International Settlements, Basle.
Arthur Frederick Maddocks, British Deputy High Commissioner, Ottawa.
Peter Harold Reginald Marshall, Assistant Under-secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
John Ernest Powell-Jones, H.M. Ambassador, Phnom Penh.
Iain Johnstone Macbeth Sutherland, lately Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Alexander Neilson Strachan Walker, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Washington.
Australian States
State of Victoria
George Frederick William Brown, lately Chairman of Commissioners, Victorian Railways.
John Vincent Dillon, Under Secretary, Chief Secretary's Department.
David Milton Myers, Vice Chancellor, La Trobe University.
State of Queensland
Ivor Gray Morris, of Redbank. For services to industry and the community.
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett, K.C.V.O , C.M.G., O.B.E.
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Arthur George Linfield, C.V.O., C.B.E.
Sir Ivison Stevenson Macadam, C.V.O., C B E.
Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable Patrick Terence William Span, Baron Plunket, C.V.O.
William Thomas Charles Skyrme, C.B., C.B.E., T.D.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
William Harry Gabb, M.V.O.
Leslie William Green, M.B.E.
Major Arthur John Stewart Griffin, M.V.O.
Robert Lindsay, M.V.O., B.E.M.
Colonel Donald Curtis McKinnon.
George Albert Henry Pearce.
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominals MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.
Fourth Class
Bernard Christian Briant, M.B.E.
Kenneth Grant Chavasse.
Reginald Joffre Elliott, M.V.O.
Commander John Edwin Stroud Raymond, Royal Navy.
Michael David Tims, M.V.O.
Fifth Class
James Harper MacDonald.
Kenneth William Moss.
George Oakes.
Ronald William Palmer.
Miss Helen Dale Strange.
William Hamilton Summers.
Ernest Leslie Turnock, M.B.E.
Augustus Lawrence Gordon Belcher.
Chief Technician Martin Richard Cockett, Royal Air Force.
Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic Frank William Coupland.
Victor Fletcher.
Chief Petty Officer Steward Peter William Ford
Yeoman Bed Goer Alfred Stephen Groves, Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Lawrence Hardy.
Yeoman Bed Goer Richard Farquharson Hewlett, B.E.M., Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Acting Flight Sergeant Brian George Leach, Royal Air Force Regiment.
Alfred May.
Arthur Ernest Wakeling.
David William Wise.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
The Right Honourable Hartley William, Baron Shawcross, Q.C., Chairman, Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Miss Josephine Barnes (Miss Alice Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes), Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Charing Cross Hospital and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital.
Emma Frances Heather, Mrs Clode, C.B.E., Chairman, Women's Royal Voluntary Service.
Australian States
State of Victoria
Phyllis Irene, Mrs Frost, C.B E., J.P., of Croydon. For outstanding services to the community.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
The Right Honourable John Lawson Ormrod Andrews, D.L. For political and public services in Northern Ireland.
Professor Cyril Astley Clarke, C.B.E., F.R.S., President, Royal College of Physicians of London.
The Right Honourable Laurence Michael Harvey, Earl of Rosse, M.B.E. For services to the arts.
Acting Air Marshal Reginald Edward Wynyard Harland, C.B , Royal Air Force.
William Western Greaves, C.B.E. For services to the British community in Argentina.
Colonel Hugh Richard Deare Oldman, O.B.E., M.C., lately Defence Secretary, Sultanate of Oman.
The Right Honourable Henry, Baron Cohen of Birkenhead. For services to medicine.
The Right Honourable Angela Olivia, Countess of Limerick, G.B.E. For services to the International Red Cross.
The Right Honourable William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, M.C., D.L., M.P. For political and public services.
Military Division
Air Vice Marshal Douglas Fitzclarence St George CBE DFC AFC – Chief of Air Staff.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
The Honourable Robert Mafeking Macfarlane CMG. For long and valuable services in Parliament and to the City of Christchurch.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Osmond Hutchinson – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
Lewis Nathan Ross – of Auckland For services to commerce.
Kenneth Leslie Sandford – chairman of the Accident Compensation Commission.
Professor Emeritus Frederick Lloyd Whitfeld Wood. For services to scholarship and Victoria University, Wellington.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Civil Division
The Honourable Albert Royle Henry – Premier of the Cook Islands.
William Harold Angus Sharp QPM – Commissioner of Police, New Zealand Police.
Military Division
Lieutenant General Richard James Holden Webb CB CBE – Chief of Defence Staff, New Zealand Armed Forces.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Civil Division
The Reverend Canon Colin Douglas Charles Caswell OBE – of Auckland, lately director, Selwyn Foundation.
The Reverend Canon Charles Elliot Fox MBE – of Waipukurau. For humanitanan services, particularly in the Solomon Islands.
James Henderson Macky – lately Commissioner of Works.
Joseph de Valley McManemin JP – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community.
Douglas Augustine Patterson MBE – of Wellington. For services to aviation.
Antonio Valli Prendiville – of Dunedin. For services to mining.
Haratua Rogers – of Rotorua. For services to Māoritanga and the community.
The Reverend Father Francis Patrick Joseph Wall – of Taranaki. For services to the community.
Frederick Miles Warren – of Christchurch. For services to architecture.
Military Division
Major-General Robin Hugh Ferguson Holloway OBE – Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
Civil Division
Robert Leslie Archibald – of Wellington. For services to local government.
Professor Valentine Jackson Chapman – University of Auckland. For academic and public services.
Mervyn Miles Nelson Corner MC JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
Alfred Ginsberg – veterinary adviser, New Zealand High Commission in London.
Lionel Rexford Hetherington – of Waihi For services to medicine and the community.
John Patrick Kennedy – of Dunedin. For services to journalism.
James McDonald JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community
Thomas Bayne McDonald JP – of Hawke's Bay For services to winemaking.
Charles James Leonard Matheson – of Auckland For services to youth, particularly Boystown.
Edward James Briton Matthews JP – of Raumati South. For services to local government and organisations.
Robert Frederick Moody MBE – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
Eru Moka Pou – of Kaikohe. For services to the community, particularly to the Māori people.
Mrs Dorothy Edith Simons – of Auckland For services to youth and sport.
Mrs Amy Victoria Castle Slack – of Auckland. For services to the Parent Teacher movement.
Joseph Edward Story – of Taupo. For services to local government.
Robert Charles Stuart – of Wellington For services to agriculture and sport.
The Reverend Te Napi Tute Wehi Wehi Waaka – of Hawera For services to Māori welfare.
Military Division
Lieutenant Colonel John Airth Mace MBE – New Zealand Defence Liaison Staff, New Zealand High Commission, Canberra.
Wing Commander Colin Morris Hanson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Civil Division
Miss Kathleen Alison – bursar, Auckland University.
Ivan George Clement Anderson – Mayor of Cromwell.
Arthur William Boon – of Auckland, Lieutenant Colonel, Salvation Army.
Mrs Daphne Frances Byrne – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
Mark Vincent Comber – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
Charles Armistice Corlett – of Auckland. For services to the community.
Mrs Nina Kathrine Dallinger JP – of Cambridge. For services to the community.
Harry Delamere Barter Dansey – of Auckland. For services to journalism and the community.
Mrs Irene Lucy Firman JP – of Geraldine. For services to the community.
Hugh Donald Gillies – of Dunedin. For services to life saving.
William Richard Hawkey – of Christchurch. For services to music.
Raymond Joseph Wadman Jacobs – lately chief preparator, Canterbury Museum.
Mrs Rita Mary King – of Wellington. For services to women.
Eric James Kirk. For services to Wanganui Harbour Board.
Ronald James McLean JP – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
Mrs Betty Hamilton McPhail – of Wellington. For services in the field of social welfare.
Eruera Riini Manuera JP – of Whakatane. For services to the Māori people.
David Hamilton Mason – of Dunedin. For services to sport.
Mrs Kitty May Honour Mildenhall JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
Noel Selwyn Murray JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
Patrick Joseph O'Regan – of Inangahua Junction. For services to local government.
Miss Nellie Ina Plunkett (Sister Oliver) – of Christchurch. For services to psychiatric nursing.
Robert Gordon Robinson – of Christchurch. For services to the potato industry.
Henry Joseph Rudolph – of Wellington. For services to music and welfare.
Jon Charles Trimmer – of Wellington. For services to ballet.
John Cuthbert Wishart JP – of Kaiara, Chatham Islands. For public services.
Military Division
Warrant Marine Engineering Artificer Alexander John Kildare – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Lieutenant Leonard Anthony Mangos – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Major Alan Olaf Bloomfield ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
Warrant Officer First Class Matthew Harawira Edwards – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
Warrant Officer Second Class Ronald Clifford Spraggs – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
Major Melva Beatrice Walker – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force) (now retired).
Squadron Leader (now temporary Wing Commander) Peter Raymond Adamson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Temporary Flight Lieutenant Brian John Germain – Royal New Zealand Air Force
Ronald Johnson – Supervisor, Class III, New Zealand Post Office.
Civil Division
Alfred John Hesketh Allen JP – of Levin. For services to local government.
Daphne May Barkman – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
Cranleigh Harper Barton – of Christchurch. For his philanthropic services.
George Joseph Brady JP – of Christchurch. For services to the trade union movement.
Lawrence William Brennan JP – of Opunake. For services to the community.
Ludlow Ellison Brooker – of Wellington. For services to rowing.
Miss Beth Isabel Fryer – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
Daniel Gough – of Auckland. For services to the community.
Miss Emma Louise Hamel – of Kaiapoi. For services to the community.
Mrs Catherine May Jones – of Invercargill. For services to music.
Mrs Constance Lois Kerslake – of Wainuiomata. For services to the community.
Mrs Eileen Mary Kingston JP – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
Basil George Mellor – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
Mrs Rangimahora Reihana Mete – of Foxton. For services to Māori culture.
William John Overton – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
Miss Olive Margaret Rayner – of Nelson For services to the sick.
Mrs Blanche Rhodes – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
Adam Russell Ross – of Bluff. For services to medicine and the community.
Miss Ivy Mearle Shaw – of Hastings. For services to nursing and the community.
Leonard Archibald Stuart – of Christchurch, For services to rugby league football.
Percy Trebilcock – of Thames For services to the community.
Patrick Francis Ward – of Greytown. For services to the community.
Military Division
Temporary Warrant Officer Jennifer Clare O'Donnell – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
Staff Sergeant (now temporary Warrant Officer Second Class) Ernest Mathew Dix – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force).
Flight Sergeant Leslie Harrison – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Flight Sergeant Edward Ernest Morton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Flight Sergeant John Francis Walsh – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Matron Ata Tamaki – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
Flight Lieutenant Graham Robert Lloyd – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
George Mortimer MacGregor – Foreman, Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Eric Merriman Morris – Chief Fire Officer, Balclutha Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Lloyd Foster Wilson – Chief Fire Officer, Auckland Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
Allen David Knight – Constable, New Zealand Police.
James Wilfred McGuire – Chief Inspector, New Zealand Police.
