2001 New Year Honours

Privy Counsellor

Tessa Ann Vosper, Baroness Blackstone, Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment.

Keith John Charles Bradley, M.P., Member of Parliament for Manchester, Withington. Treasurer of H.M. Household (Deputy Chief Whip).

Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford, M.P., Member of Parliament for Greenwich and Woolwich. Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Elizabeth Conway, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence.

Knight Bachelor

Nicolas Bevan, C.B., Speaker’s Secretary, House of Commons.

Professor Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz, Professor of Medicine, University of Wales. For services to Medical Research and Education.

Stanley William Clarke, C.B.E. For services to the community in Staffordshire.

Ronald Cohen, Chairman, Apax Partners and Co. For services to the Venture Capital Industry.

Thomas Daniel Courtenay, Actor. For services to Drama.

Edward Michael Crew, Q.P.M., Chief Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police.

Robert Paul Culpin, Managing Director, Budget and Public finances, H.M. Treasury.

Professor Christopher Thomas Evans, O.B.E. For services to the Bioscience Industry.

Andrew William Foster, Controller, Audit Commission. For services to Local Government and to the NHS.

Alasdair MacLeod Fraser, C.B., Q.C. For services to the Criminal Justice System.

Professor Christopher John Frayling, Rector and Vice Provost, Royal College of Art. For services to Art and Design Education.

David McMurtry, C.B.E., Chief Executive, Renishaw plc. For services to Design and Innovation.

Duncan Michael, Chairman of Trustees, Ove Arup Partnership. For services to Engineering and Construction.

Patrick Alfred Caldwell Moore, C.B.E. For services to the Popularisation of Science and to Broadcasting.

John Orr, O.B.E., Q.P.M., Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police.

Thomas John Parker, Group Chairman, Babcock International. For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries.

Charles Pollard, Q.P.M., Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police. For services to the Police.

Steven Geoffrey Redgrave, C.B.E. For services to Rowing.

Peter Levin Shaffer, C.B.E., Playwright. For services to Drama.

Professor Christopher Hubert Llewellyn Smith, F.R.S., Provost and President, University College London. For services to Particle Physics.

John Edward Sulston, F.R.S., lately Director, Sanger Centre. For services to Genome Research.

Professor Christopher John White, C.V.O. For services to Art History.

David Martin Brown. For services to British industry.

Dr Anthony John Francis O’Reilly. For long and distinguished service to Northern Ireland.

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

Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, K.C.B., D.F.C., A.F.C., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.

Sir Richard (Thomas James) Wilson, K.C.B., Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Lieutenant General Timothy John Granville-Chapman, C.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Air Marshal Malcolm David Pledger, O.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Roger Tustin Jackling, C.B., C.B.E., Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

Christopher William Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Rear Admiral John Chadwick.

Rear Admiral Brian Benjamin Perowne.

Major General Christopher George Callow, O.B.E., late Royal Army Medical Corps.

Major General Andrew Peter Ridgway, C.B.E., late Royal Tank Regiment.

Major General Timothy John Sulivan, C.B.E., late The Blues and Royals.

Air Vice-Marshal Steven Mark Nicholl, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Air Vice-Marshal David Miller Niven, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

Donald Brereton, Director, Department of Social Security.

Paul Britton, Deputy Head, Economic and Domestic Secretariat, Cabinet Office.

Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe, Director, Monetary Policy and International Finance Directorate, H.M. Treasury.

Philip John Davies, Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.

Richard Hillier, Director of Resources and Planning, Health and Safety Executive, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

William Alexander Jeffrey, Political Director, Northern Ireland Office.

John Michael Legge, C.M.G., Principal Establishment Officer, Ministry of Defence.

David Robert Ritchie, Regional Director, Government Office for the West Midlands.

Rosalind, Mrs Wright, Director, Serious Fraud Office.

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

Sir Peter John Goulden, K.C.M.G., Permanent Representative, UKDEL NATO, Brussels.

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

Dr Arthur Richard Jolly. For long and distinguished service to international development.

Derek John Plumbly, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Riyadh.

Nigel Elton Sheinwald, C.M.G., Permanent Representative, UKREP, Brussels.

The Right Reverend Simon Barrington-Ward, Prelate, Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

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

Andrew John Fraser, lately Chief Executive, Invest UK, Department of Trade and Industry.

John David Gould Isherwood. For services to OXFAM.

Peter Humphreys Kent. For services to Anglo-Taiwanese trade.

Patrick John Széll, Director and Head, International Environmental Law Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Miss Alyson Judith Kirtley Bailes, H.M. Ambassador, Helsinki.

Anthony Russell Brenton, Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Andrew Thomas Cahn, lately Chef de Cabinet, European Commission.

Professor Ivor Norman Richard Davies, For services to Central European history.

Miss Caroline Myfanwy Tonge Elmes, H.M. Ambassador, Luanda.

Professor Michael Leifer. For services to UK-South East Asian relations.

Helen Meixner (Mrs Jack Thornton), Regional Director Central Europe, British Council.

John McLeod Scarlett, O.B.E., Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth OYce.

Andrew William Graham Summers. For promotion of the excellence of UK design internationally.

Derek James Alexander Taylor. For services to UK-Mauritius trade.

Philip Lloyd Thomas, lately H.M. Consul-General, Dusseldorf.

Jeremy Walter Thorp, H.M. Ambassador, Bogota.

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Sir Brian Henry McGrath, K.C.V.O., lately Treasurer to The Duke of Edinburgh.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Vice Admiral Sir James Lamb Weatherall, K.B.E., Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Fiona Violet, Lady Aird, L.V.O., Lady in Waiting to The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Captain Robert Neil Blair, L.V.O., Royal Navy, Private Secretary to The Duke of York and Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy

John Francis Jarvis, C.B.E., lately Chairman of the Trading Board, The Prince’s Trust

Peter Hugh Trevor Mimpriss, Member of Council, The Prince’s Trust

The Lady Angela Mary Rose Oswald, L.V.O., Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Eric Percival Carr, lately Honorary Treasurer and Trustee of The Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Miss Sandra Iris Henney, lately Press Secretary to The Prince of Wales.

Miss Rachel Anne Wells, M.V.O., Assistant Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Michael William Bourke, Financial Controller, Property Services and Royal Travel, Royal Household.

Patrick Stanley Michael Coles, Administrator, Western Provident Association.

Sergeant Paul Leslie Crisp, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

Sergeant Derek Victor Cross, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

Allison Sharaon Patricia Derrett, Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives, Royal Household.

Michael David Fawcett, Personal Consultant to The Prince of Wales.

Norma, Mrs Gardiner, lately Assistant Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Peter John Godwin, Deputy Property Manager, Windsor Castle.

Inspector Charles James John Gouldsmith, lately Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

Roger Francis Tollemache Halliday, Land Steward, Western District, Duchy of Cornwall.

Elizabeth Jill, Mrs. Kelsey, Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives, Royal Household.

Graham John Laywood, lately Building Surveyor, Duchy of Cornwall.

The Honourable Mary Yull MacKie, lately Personal Assistant to the Commonwealth Secretary-General.

Sister Catherine Teresa O’Donnell, Nursing Sister, Buckingham Palace.

Alexandra Shân, Mrs Pettifer. For services to The Prince of Wales.

Maree Elizabeth, Mrs Smith, Private Secretary to the Governor General of Australia.

Miss Dorothy Kathleen Ann Woolridge, Personal Assistant to the Governor General of Australia.

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Christopher Frederick Biggs, R.V.M., Foreman

David Hugh Farrow, R.V.M., Tractor Driver, Sandringham Estate.

Anthony Vernon Parnell, R.V.M., Foreman, Sandringham House.

Ashley John Sadler, R.V.M., Motor Mechanic, Sandringham Estate.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Gerald Shaun Alexander, Assistant Storekeeper, Crown Estate, Windsor.

Michael Stanley Ashton, Craftsman Fitter, Crown Estate, Windsor.

Constable Harold William Chappell, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

John William Christian, Yeoman Bed Goer, The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Peter Donald, Works Department, Balmoral Estate.

Corporal of Horse Kenneth Reginald Freeman, The Queen’s Orderly.

Stephen Richard Frohawk, Tractor Driver, Sandringham Estate.

Constable Stanley Highmore, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

Ian Laurence King, lately Pipe Major to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Ian Cooper Masson, Forestry Department, Balmoral Estate.

Gerald Andrew Morriss, lately Show Ground Manager, Royal Windsor Horse Show.

Graham Paul Richards, Chef to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Ronald John Smith, Works Supervisor, Mechanical and Engineering, Property Services, Buckingham Palace.

Roger John Tyack, Divisional Sergeant Major, The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Dennis Thomas Williams, Messenger Sergeant Major, The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomenof the Guard.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Composer. For services to Music.

David Paul Scofield, C.B.E., Actor. For services to Drama.

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

Miss Jill Ellison, Nursing Director, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust. For services to Nursing.

Miss Jean Else, Headteacher, Whalley Range High School, Manchester. For services to Education.

Miss Sharon Hollows, Headteacher, Calverton Primary School, Newham, London. For services to Education.

Miss Thea King (Mrs Thurston-King), O.B.E., Clarinettist. For services to Music.

Ms Sally Ann Vickers Powell, Member and Deputy Executive Mayor, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. For services to London and to Local Government.

Mary, Mrs Richardson, lately Principal, Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College, Brent. For services to Education.

Miss Janet Olive Trotter, O.B.E., Director, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. For services to Higher Education.

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

Vice Admiral Fabian Michael Malbon.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Military division

Navy

Commodore Adrian James Johns, Royal Navy.

Surgeon Captain Michael Atholl Farquharson-Roberts, Royal Navy.

Commodore Malcolm Stephen Williams, Royal Navy.

Army

Colonel Michael John Dent, M.B.E. (503659), late Royal Corps of Signals.

Brigadier Christopher Michael Steirn (495237), late The Royal Logistic Corps.

Air Force

Air Commodore Ronald Cook, Royal Air Force.

Air Commodore Raymond James Horwood, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Group Captain John William White, Royal Air Force.

Civil division

Miss Jennifer Abramsky, Director, BBC Radio and Music. For services to News and Radio Broadcasting.

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland, Actor. For services to Drama.

Mahbubuddin Ahmad, Chair, Millat Asian Housing Association. For services to the community in South London.

George Haylock Almond, M.B.E., D.L., County Fire Officer and Chief Executive, Greater Manchester County Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service.

Richard John William Alston, Choreographer and Artistic Director, The Place and Richard Alston Dance Company. For services to Dance.

Colin Angus Barnes, Non-executive Director, British Airways. For services to Aviation.

John Beacham. For services to the Chemical Industry.

Godfrey Gilbert Bevan, Director, Energy Technologies, Department of Trade and Industry.

Professor Kenneth George Binmore, Director, ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution. For services to Social Science.

Robin Michael Black, Chemist, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence.

Julian Blogh, Chief Executive, Ultra Electronics. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries.

James Everett Brathwaite, Chairman, Business Link Sussex. For services to the Economy in Sussex.

John Stuart Bridgeman, T.D., D.L., lately Director General of Fair Trading. For services to Consumers.

Elizabeth Jane, Mrs. Brooks, lately Executive Director, Dyslexia Institute. For services to Education.

Alan Roy Brown, Director for Scotland, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment.

John Richard Browning, lately Managing Director, Bristol Water Holdings plc. For services to the Water Industry.

Ian James Graham-Bryce, lately Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and to Research.

Professor Grahame Bulfield, Director and Chief Executive, Roslin Institute (Edinburgh). For services to Animal Genetics.

Patrick Moubray Cadell, Keeper of the Records of Scotland, Scottish Executive.

Clive Thomas Cain, Quality Director, Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence.

Felicity, Mrs. Clarkson, lately Head, Young Offenders Group, Home Office.

Geoffrey Copeman, D.L., Vice Chairman, Eastern Counties Newspapers Group. For services to the Newspaper Industry.

Patricia Ann, Mrs. Cross, Headteacher, St John’s Church of England Primary School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. For services to Education.

Andrew Cubie. For services to Business and the community in Scotland.

Geoffrey Court Dart, Chief Executive. For services to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

John Richard Christopher Davies, Director of Social Services, Somerset County Council. For services to Social Services.

Professor Nicholas Edward Day, MRC Research Professor. For services to Statistics and Epidemiology underpinning Cancer Biology.

Edward Ralph Dexter. For services to Cricket.

Professor Patrick Joseph Dowling, Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive, University of Surrey. For services to Business/Academic Links.

Martin Dru Drury, For services to Conservation.

Ms Helen Edwards, Member, New Deal Task Force. For services to Unemployed People and Ex-Offenders.

Jonathan David Edwards, M.B.E. For services to Athletics.

Elwyn Owen Morris Eilledge, Chairman, Financial Reporting Advisory Board. For services to Financial Accounting.

Ursula Askham Fanthorpe, Poet. For services to Literature.

Ms Amanda Jane Finlay, Director, Public and Private Rights Directorate, Lord Chancellor's Department.

Professor Michael Richard Daniell Foot, T.D., Historian. For services to the Official History of the SOE.

Edward Patrick Gallagher, Chief Executive, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment.

Ian James Galloway, Chairman, Scotbeef Ltd. For services to the Beef Industry.

William Dennis Glass. For Public Service.

Alexander Muncie Gold, Director, Scottish Chambers of Commerce. For services to Industry and Business.

Ms Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Painter. For services to Art.

Professor Andrew Graves. For services to Competitiveness in Industry.

Professor David Lawrence Hamblen, Chairman, Greater Glasgow Health Board and Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Glasgow. For services to the NHS.

Rosemary Katherine, Mrs. Hamilton. For services to Higher Education.

Margaret, Mrs Harrison, O.B.E. For services to Home-Start and to Support for Families.

Professor John Lawrence Head, Member, Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee. For services to Nuclear Safety.

Jacqueline, Mrs. Henderson, Chief Executive, National Council, Training and Enterprise Council. For services to Education and Training.

Miss Bronwyn Hill, Divisional Manager, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Miss Judith Eileen Hill. For Public Service.

Ralph Noel Hodge, Chairman, Enron Europe Ltd. For services to the Power Generation and Gas Industries.

Michael Jolly, Chairman, Tussauds Group. For services to Tourism.

Robert Wynne Jones, Chair, East Midlands Regional Assembly. For services to Local Government in the East Midlands.

William Kenwright, Stage and Film Producer. For services to the Theatre and to Film.

Nicholas Roger Kenyon, Controller, BBC Proms, Live Events and TV Classical Music. For services to Music and Millennium Broadcasting.

Professor Rudolf Ewald Klein, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Bath. For services to Health Services Research.

Richard Kornicki, Head, Performance and Strategic Management Unit, Policing and Crime Reduction Group, Home Offce.

Professor Parveen June Kumar, Professor of Clinical Medical Education, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Barts and the London NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.

Professor Lance Edward Lanyon, Principal, Royal Veterinary College. For services to Veterinary Education and Science.

Richard Neville Lay, lately Chairman, DTZ. For services to the Property Profession.

Richard Charles Leese, Leader, Manchester City Council. For services to the community and to Local Government.

Thomas William Anthony Little, lately Chief Executive, [Veterinary Laboratories Agency]], Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Douglas Brian Liversidge, lately Project Director, Regional Innovation Strategy. For services to Industry.

Professor Ann Lomas Loades, Professor of Divinity, University of Durham. For services to Theology.

Geoffrey Loades, Chair, Norfolk and Waveney Training and Enterprise Council. For services to Training and Enterprise.

Thomas William Logan, Collector, H.M. Board of Customs and Excise.

Michael John Lowe, J.P., D.L., President, Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, Training and Enterprise. For services to Education, Training and Business Support.

Colin MacKay, lately President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. For services to Medicine.

John Makinson, Finance Director, Pearson Group. For services to Public Sector Productivity.

Professor David Melville, Chief Executive, Further Education Funding Council. For services to Education.

Adrian Montague, Deputy Chairman, Partnerships UK. For services to the Private Finance Initiative.

Richard Louis Ormond, lately Director, National Maritime Museum. For services to Museums.

Ms Anne Elizabeth Owers, Director, Justice. For services to Human Rights.

Susan Marie, Mrs. Page, Chief Executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

Graham Edward Parkinson. For services to the Stipendiary Bench and to the Administration of Justice.

Geraldine, Mrs. Peacock, Chair, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. For services to the Voluntary Sector.

Matthew Pinsent, M.B.E. For services to Rowing.

John Pope, Chief Executive, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care.

Professor Michael Alexander Pringle, Chairman of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners. For services to Medicine.

Barry Quirk, Chief Executive, London Borough of Lewisham. For services to Local Government.

Professor David William Rhind, Vice Chancellor, City University. For services to Geographical and Social Sciences.

Professor Michael Adrian Richards, National Cancer Director. For services to Cancer and Palliative Medicine.

Miss Joan Rodgers, Singer. For services to Opera.

David John Roe, lately Head, Financial Regulatory Reform Team, H.M.Treasury.

Hazel Joy, Mrs. Rollins, Nutrition Nurse Specialist, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Bedfordshire. For services to Nursing.

John Francis Rourke, Principal, St. Charles Catholic Sixth Form College, Kensington and Chelsea, London. For services to Education.

John Scampion, Social Fund Commissioner for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For services to the Independent Review Service.

Julian Robert Seymour. For public services.

Professor Wilson Sibbett, Professor of Physics and Director of Research, University of St Andrews. For services to Science.

Douglas Sinclair, Chief Executive, Fife Council. For services to Local Government.

Christopher Henry Sporborg. For charitable services.

Miss Jane Vivienne Stokes, Treasury Legal Adviser, Treasury Solicitor’s Department.

David Ivor Macpherson Sutherland, Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education.

Edward Nicholas Tate, lately Chief Executive, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. For services to Education and to Training.

Robert Sydney Tinston, Regional Director, NHS Executive, Department of Health.

Miss Bridget Ellen Towle, Chief Guide and UK and Commonwealth Chief Commissioner. For services to Guiding.

Patricia Ann Troop, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health.

Robin Anthony Vincent, Circuit Administrator, Court Service Agency, Lord Chancellor’s Department.

Robert Ward, Senior Civil Servant (Legal), Ministry of Defence.

Miss Fay Weldon, Author. For services to Literature.

Professor Geoffrey Whittington. For services to the Accounting Standards Board.

Michael James Wilford, Architect. For services to Architecture.

Miss Susan Margaret Wilson. For services to Economic Development in North East England.

Diplomatic and Overseas List

Michael Harrington Dale. For services to British commercial interests, North America.

Lyndon Rees Evans. For services to accelerator physics.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Gerald Michael Godfrey, lately Justice of Appeal, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region.

Eric Edward Hotung. For services to British charitable interests overseas.

John Alexander Kennedy. For services to UK-Latin American trade.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Henry Denis Litton, O.B.E., Q.C., lately Judge, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region.

Leopold Nathaniel Mills II. For public service, Bermuda.

Michael Shears. For services to international trade and trade development strategy.

Ljubo Franjo Sirc. For services to the promotion of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.