The Birthday Honours 2007 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 17 June 2007, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2007.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged first by the country whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
John William Baker, CBE, Chair, Senior Salaries Review Body and Public Services Renumeration Committee. For public service.
Professor Christopher Alan Bayly, Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge. For services to History.
Ian Terence Botham, OBE For services to Charity and to Cricket.
Rodney Brooke, CBE DL, Chair, General Social Care Council. For public service.
Stephen Michael Bullock Mayor, London Borough of Lewisham. For services to Local Government.
William Henry Callaghan, JP, Chair, Health and Safety Commission. For services to Health and Safety.
Peter Derek Carr, CBE DL, Chair, North East Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS.
Professor George Castledine, Professor of Nursing, University of Central England and Consultant of Nursing, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare.
Professor Peter Frederic Chester Cook, Architect and Teacher. For services to Architecture.
Charles Ireland Gray, CBE JP, lately Convenor of Education, North Lanarkshire Council. For services to Education.
John Kevin Hegarty, Creative Director and Chair, Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd. For services to the Advertising Industry.
Professor Brian John Hoskins, CBE, Professor of Meteorology, University of Reading. For services to Environmental Science.
Paul Joseph Scott-Lee, QPM DL Chief Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police.
Professor David Melville, CBE, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent. For services to Higher and Further Education.
Torquil Patrick Alexander Norman, CBE, Founder, Roundhouse Trust. For services to the Arts and to Disadvantaged Young People.
Professor David John Read, Vice-President and Biological Secretary, Royal Society. For services to Biological Sciences.
Norman Leon Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts. For services to Art.
Ahmed Salman Rushdie, Author. For services to Literature.
George Malcolm Williamson, Chair, CDC Group plc. For services to the Financial Services Industry.
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)
Sir Robin (Berry) Janvrin, KCB KCVO Private Secretary to The Queen and Keeper of The Queen's Archives.
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)
Paul David Grenville Hayter, LVO Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords.
Leigh Warren Lewis, CB Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions.
Stephen Aldridge. Director, Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office.
Helen Janet, Lady Caldwell. Parliamentary Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel Office.
Thomas Anthony Cameron, lately Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service.
Miss Susan Margaret Haird. Deputy Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment, Department of Trade and Industry.
Martin Lloyd Howard. Director-General, Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence.
Stephen William Jones, lately Acting Chief Finance Officer, HM Revenue and Customs.
Stephen James Leach. Grade 3, Northern Ireland Office.
Douglas George Millar. Clerk Assistant, House of Commons.
Terence Anthony Moran. Chief Executive, Disability and Carers Service, Department for Work and
Pensions.
Mark Edward Ormerod. Director, Civil, Family and Customer Services, Her Majesty's Courts Service,
Ministry of Justice.
Adam Sharples. Director-General, Work, Welfare and Equality Group, Department for Work
and Pensions.
Nikita, Mrs Tompkinson. Director, Transport Security, Department for Transport.
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (G.C.M.G.)
Diplomatic Division
Sir Emyr Jones Parry, K.C.M.G., UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York.
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (K.C.M.G.)
Diplomatic Division
Anthony Russell Brenton, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Moscow.
Julian Gordon Priestley, lately Secretary-General, European Parliament.
Robert John Sawers, C.M.G., lately Director-General, Political, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)
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Philip Robert Barton, O.B.E., Deputy Governor, Gibraltar.
James Richard Cadwallader, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Professor Elisabeth Croll. For services to Higher Education, especially in promoting understanding of China's social development.
David William Fall, H.M. Ambassador, Bangkok.
Peter Olaf Gooderham, Director, Middle East and North Africa Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky. For services to the security of the United Kingdom.
The Right Reverend George Clive Handford, lately Bishop in Cyprus and The Gulf, Presiding Bishop of the Province of Jerusalem. For services to promoting inter-faith dialogue in the Arab world.
Nicholas Peter Kay, Senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office Representative, South Afghanistan.
David Geoffrey Lang, C.B.E., Q.C., lately Attorney-General, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Ms Siobhan Peters, lately Leader of the Stern Review Team on the Economics of Climate Change, H.M. Treasury.
Andrew James Sparkes, H.M. Ambassador, Kinshasa.
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.)
The Most Honourable David George Philip, The Marquess of Cholmondeley, Lord Great Chamberlain.
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)
Dr. June Paterson-Brown, C.B.E., J.P., formerly Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
Christopher Edward Wollaston MacKenzie Geidt, O.B.E., Deputy Private Secretary to The Queen.
Michael Charles William Norreys Jephson, L.V.O., Chief Clerk, Master of the Household’s Department, Royal Household.
George Robert Marwick, J.P., formerly Lord Lieutenant of Orkney.
Cameron Holdsworth Parker, O.B.E., formerly Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire.
David Logan Stewart, W.S., formerly Solicitor to The Queen in Scotland.
Andrew Bruce Crichton, M.V.O., formerly Operations Co-ordinator, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
Miss Annabel Frances Dunkels, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Royal Collection Enterprises.
The Reverend Canon Michael John Derek Irving, formerly Trustee, Outward Bound Trust.
Simon Nicholas Henry Hayward Knapp, Veterinary Surgeon, Royal Mews.
Air Vice-Marshal David Richard Hawkins-Leth, C.B., M.B.E., formerly Gentleman Usher to The Queen.
The Reverend Canon John Anthony Ovenden, Chaplain, The Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park.
Stephen James Patterson, M.V.O., Computer Systems Manager, Royal Collection.
Lieutenant Colonel Conway John Edward Seymour. For services to The Duke of Edinburgh.
David Malcolm Thomas, C.B.E., Chairman, In Kind Direct.
Christopher Tummon, Private Secretary and ADC to the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.
Tipo Vuatha, M.B.E., formerly Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.
Miriam Ray, Mrs. Watts, Head of Personnel and Administration, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
The Reverend Paul Robert Carrington Abram, Chaplain, H.M. Tower of London.
Miss Elizabeth Ash, Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain.
Inspector Christopher John Collins, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
Megan, Mrs. Gent, R.V.M., Paper Conservator, Royal Archives.
Nigel George Goldsmith, R.V.M., Deputy Assistant, C Branch, Master of the Household’s Department.
Roger Edward Harman, formerly Headmaster, Flitcham School, Norfolk.
Miss Valerie Hill, Assistant to the Clerk of the Lieutenancy of Suffolk.
Mark David Howard, Deputy Information Systems Manager, Royal Household.
Martin Elliott Keene, Picture Editor, Press Association.
Joseph Norman Maggs, Senior Travel Assistant, Royal Travel Office, Royal Household.
Miss Carol Janet de Rhé-Philipe, Senior Assistant, Wiltshire County Council.
Alastair Stanley Douglas Service, C.B.E., formerly Chairman, Craft Scholars’ Programme, The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment.
William John Sim, R.V.M., Farm Grieve, Balmoral Estate.
David Vyvyan Thomas, Crown Jeweller.
David Frank Westwood, R.V.M., Exhibitions and Maintenance Conservator, Royal Collection.
Robert Rowlands, R.V.M., Stud Groom, Sandringham.
Marianne Ann, Mrs. Back, Senior Sales Assistant, Sandringham Estate Gift Shop.
Michael Stirling Bostock, B.E.M., Yeoman Sergeant, The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Kenneth George Comley, Team Leader, Property Maintenance, Crown Estate, Windsor.
Philip Michael Hollister, Park Warden, Crown Estate, Windsor.
Gilbert Charles Godwin Keeys, B.E.M., Yeoman Bed Goer, The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Constable William Paul Morris, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
Michael McNaul Muir, Ponyman, Balmoral Estate.
Rosemary Heather, Mrs. Osgood, Engine Court Bookshop Manageress, Royal Collection Enterprises, Windsor Castle.
James Daniel Pyne, Senior Warden, Jewel House, H.M. Tower of London.
Anthony KevinRabey, Butler to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
Constable David Martin Smith, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
Alun Bryan Spencer, Assistant to the Superintendent of the State Apartments, St. James’s Palace.
Karen Jane, Mrs. Woodhouse, Accounts Clerk/FarmsSecretary, Sandringham Estate.
Diplomatic and Overseas List
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.)
Sir David (James Scott) Cooksey. Lately Chair, Advent Venture Partners. For public service.
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.)
Professor Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, CBE. Visiting Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford. For services to Science.
Professor Marcela Contreras, Director of Diagnostics, Research and Development, National Blood Service. For services to Healthcare.
Professor Janet Elizabeth Siarey Husband OBE Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and President, Royal College of Radiologists. For services to Medicine.
Miss Elizabeth Mary Keegan, lately Managing Director, Government Financial Management, HM Treasury.
Barbara Mary, Mrs Kelly, CBE DL For public service in Scotland.
Ms Carolyn Emma Kirkby, OBE Classical Concert Singer. For services to Music.
Mary Lesley, Mrs Perkins, Director, Specsavers Optical Group Ltd. For services to Business and to the community in Guernsey.
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)
Shami Chakrabarti. Director of Liberty. For services to Human Rights.
John Barry Humphries. Actor and writer. For services to Entertainment.
Horace Ové. Director, producer, writer and photographer. For services to the Film Industry.
Stephen Poliakoff. Writer and director. For services to Drama.
David Starkey. Historian and broadcaster. For services to History
Rose Tremain. Author. For services to Literature
David Adjaye. For services to Architecture.
Barbara Taylor Bradford, Author. For services to Literature.
Stuart Burrows, Opera Singer. For services to Music.
Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford, Designer. For services to the Fashion Industry.
Richard Clement, Film and Television Writer. For services to Drama.
John Robert Cocker, Singer. For services to Music.
Ian La Frenais, Film and Television Writer. For services to Drama.
William Mott, British Army NCO. For military service.
Professor Diane Waller, Professor of Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths College, and Life President, British Association of Art Therapists. For services to Healthcare.
David A. Bailey, Curator and founder, Autograph-Association of Black Photographers. For services to the Visual Arts.
Sonia Boyce, Artist. For services to Art.
Denise Caffari, Yachtswoman. For services to Sailing.
Jane Couch, Boxer. For services to Sport.
Paul Gladstone Reid, Director, Rising Tide Trust. For services to Music.
Norma Winstone, Jazz musician and singer. For services to Music.
Lynda Campbell; for services to children
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Zee Edgell. For services to literature and to the community.
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