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2005 New Year Honours

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New Year Honours were granted in the United Kingdom and New Zealand at the start of 2005. Among these in the UK were knighthoods awarded to Mike Tomlinson, the educationalist; Derek Wanless, who led a review of the National Health Service; and Brian Harrison, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The former athlete Kelly Holmes was made a Dame. The television presenter Alan Whicker was awarded a CBE.

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Knights Bachelor

  • Clive John Bourne, J.P. For services to Charity and to Education.
  • Professor Robert Rees Davies, C.B.E., lately Chicele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford. For services to History.
  • Robert Gerard Finch, lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London.
  • Professor Andrew Paul Haines, Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For services to Medicine.
  • Professor Brian Howard Harrison, lately Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Alan Jeffrey Jones, Chair of Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. For services to the Automotive Industry.
  • Digby Marritt Jones, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business.
  • Roger Spencer Jones, O.B.E. For services to Business and Training in Wales.
  • Robert Walker Kerslake, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council. For services to Local Government.
  • Professor John Hartley Lawton, C.B.E., F.R.S., Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council. For services to Ecological Science.
  • Dr. Jonathan Michael, Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the National Health Service.
  • Dr. Peter James Ogden, Founder of the Ogden Trust. For services to Education.
  • Mervyn Kay Pedelty, lately Chief Executive of Co-operative Financial Services. For services to Business and to Charity.
  • Matthew Clive Pinsent, C.B.E., Rower. For services to Sport.
  • Professor Desmond Rea, O.B.E., Chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. For services to the Police.
  • Richard John Staite, O.B.E., Headteacher of Beeslack Community High School, Penicuik, Midlothian. For services to Education.
  • Michael John Tomlinson, C.B.E., Chair of the A-level Standards Inquiry, Working Group on 14–19 Reform and the Learning Trust for Hackney Schools. For services to Education.
  • Professor James Cressee Elphinstone Underwood, Professor of the Royal College of Pathologists and Professor of Pathology at the University of Sheffield. For services to Medicine.
  • David Veness, C.B.E., Q.P.M., Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. For services to the Police.
  • John Stuart Vickers, Chair and Chief Executive of the Office of Fair Trading. For public service.
  • Derek Wanless. For public service.
    • Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
  • Mark John Spurgeon Allen, C.M.G., Counsellor at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Professor Clive William John Granger. For services to Economics.
  • Professor Basil Spyridonos Markesinis, Q.C., F.B.A. For services to international legal relations.
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    • Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)

    Military Division
  • General Sir Michael David Jackson, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.D.C. Gen (475176), late The Parachute Regiment.

    • Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)

    Military Division
  • Lieutenant-General (Local General) Kevin O'Donaghue, C.B.E. (486538), late Corps of Royal Engineers.
  • Air Marshal Glenn Lester Torpy, C.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Air Force.
    • Civil Division
  • (Edward) John Watson Gieve, C.B., Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.
  • David John Normington, C.B., Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education and Skills.

    • Companions of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)

    Military Division
  • Rear-Admiral Peter Roland Davies, C.B.E.
  • Rear-Admiral Niall Stuart Roderick Kilgour.
  • Major-General Jonathan Bernard Appleton Bailey, M.B.E. (494267), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
  • Major-General Michael Huntley (494362), late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
  • Lieutenant-General Anthony Malcolm Douglas Palmer, C.B.E. (487557), late The Royal Green Jackets.
  • Air Vice-Marshal James Andrew Collier, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Vice-Marshal Peter Brett Walker, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
    • Civil Division
  • Mark Eric Addison, Director-General of Operations and Service Delivery at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
  • Colin McLauchlan Baxter, lately Head of the Police and Community Safety Group in the Justice Department of the Scottish Executive.
  • David Brummell, Legal Secretary to the Law Officers of the Office of the Attorney General.
  • John David Coles, Chief Executive of the Warship Support Agency.
  • Naomi Eisenstadt, Director of Sure Start, Department for Education and Skills.
  • Mark Gibson, Director-General of the Business Group, Department of Trade and Industry.
  • John Francis Gilhooly, Chief Executive of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
  • Brian Leslie Glicksman, Treasury Officer of Accounts at HM Treasury.
  • Robin Paul Halward, lately Deputy Director-General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office.
  • David Seymour, Legal Adviser to the Home Office and the Northern Ireland Office.
  • Douglas Armitage Smith, lately Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency.
  • George Macaulay Trevelyan, lately Director of the Delivery Strategy Team, Defra.
  • Marjorie Williams, Director of Local Services, Inland Revenue.

    • Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (K.C.M.G.)

    Diplomatic Division
  • Edward Clay, British High Commissioner, Nairobi.
  • Robert John Coleman, lately Director-General of Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission.
  • John Douglas Kelso Grant, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.

    • Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

    Civil Division
  • Elizabeth Kerr Burns, O.B.E., President of the International Association of Volunteer Effort. For services to Volunteering.
  • Stuart John Doughty, Chief Executive of Costain Group plc. For services to International Trade and Investment.
  • John Charles Odling-Smee, lately Director of the European II Department of the International Monetary Fund. For services to International Finance.
    • Diplomatic Division
  • Dr. Robin William Baker, Deputy Director-General of the British Council.
  • John Cummins, M.B.E., lately Counsellor and HM Consul-General in Moscow.
  • Paul Stephen Dimond, HM Ambassador to the Philippines.
  • Major-General Robert Duncan Seaton Gordon, C.B.E. (490208), late 17th/21st Lancers.
  • Allan Graham Gormly, C.B.E. For services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Board of Management.
  • David John Gowan, HM Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro.
  • Alison Mariot Leslie, HM Ambassador to Norway.
  • Philip Raymond Nelson, Counsellor at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • William Charters Patey, HM Ambassador to Sudan.
  • Angela Joy Williams, lately Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

    • Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)

  • Dr. Claude Blair, O.B.E. For services to the Royal Collection.
  • Edward Peter Demery, Clerk of the Royal Cellars.
  • Major-General Geoffrey William Field, C.B., O.B.E., Resident Governor and Keeper of the Jewel House in the Tower of London.
  • Vice-Admiral Michael Peter Gretton, C.B., Director of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (UK).
  • Brigadier Colin John McCrae Harrisson, O.B.E., formerly Chief Executive of King Edward VII's Hospital (Sister Agnes)
  • Major-General David Houston, C.B.E., formerly Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland.
  • Lieutenant-General Maurice Robert Johnston, K.C.B., O.B.E., formerly Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
  • Graeme Neil Munro, formerly Director and Chief Executive of Historic Scotland.
  • Surgeon Captain David Leslie Swain, L.V.O., R.N., Medical Officer to The Queen abroad.

    • Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (L.V.O.)

  • Philip Metcalf Bolam, Honorary Press Officer of Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth.
  • Elizabeth Faith Currer Buchanan, Deputy Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Guy Cartwright, Secretary of the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.
  • Nicholas John Lucas Chance, J.P., Private Secretary to Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
  • Nigel John Fordham, formerly Head of the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau.
  • The Reverend Charles Robertson, Minister of the Kirk of the Canongate.
  • Constance Margaret Tyler, formerly Assistant Fundraising Director of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (UK).
  • Dr. Peter Wheeler, Apothecary to The Prince of Wales.

    • References

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