1964 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1964 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 1964 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1964.

United Kingdom

Viscount

• The Right Honourable David McAdam, Baron Eccles, K.C.V.O. For public services.

Baron

• Roy Herbert Thomson, Esq., Chairman, The Thomson Organisation, Ltd. For public services.

Privy Counsellor

• Sir William Alexander Bustamante, Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, Jamaica, since August, 1962.
• George John Charles, Marquess of Lansdowne, D.L., Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations and for the Colonies, Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1958-1962.
• The Right Honourable William Brereton Couchman, Baron Merthyr, T.D., Lord Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, since 19S7.
• Sir Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson, Q.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Epsom since 1955. Solicitor-General since July, 1962.
• Dr. Eric Williams, Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago, since August, 1962.

Baronet

• John Sinclair-Wemyss Arbuthnot, Esq., M.B.E., T.D., M.P., Member of Parliament for Dover since 1950; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions, 1952, and Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-1955; and to the Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health, 1956-1957; Second Parliamentary Church Estates Commissioner. For political and public services.
• Sir (Edward) Charles Dodds, M.V.O., M.D., P.R.C.P., President, Royal College of Physicians. Courtauld Professor of Biochemistry, University of London.
• Sir Clarence Johnston Graham. For political services in Northern Ireland.
• Humphrey Charles Baskerville Mynors, Esq., Deputy Governor, Bank of England, since March, 1954.
• William McEwan Younger, Esq., D.S.O., D.L. For political and public services.

Knight Bachelor

• Robert Ian Bellinger, Esq., The Aldermanic Sheriff, City of London.
• Henry Alexander Benson, Esq., C.B.E., Partner, Cooper Brothers and Company.
• Alderman Lionel William Biggs, J.P. For political and public services in Manchester and Macclesfield.
• Frank Patrick Bishop, Esq., M.B.E., M.P. Member of Parliament for Harrow Central since 1950. For political and public services.
• Edward Rowan Boland, Esq., C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. Dean of the Medical School, Guy's Hospital. Honorary Consultant to the Army.
• Major Esme Tatton Cecil Brinton. For political and public services in Worcestershire.
• Norman Richard Rowley Brooke, Esq., C.B.E., J.P. For political and public services in Cardiff.
• Edward Humphrey Browne, Esq., C.B.E. Deputy Chairman, National Coal Board.
• Eric Maurice Clayson, Esq., Chairman and Joint Managing Director, The Birmingham Post and Mail, Ltd.
• Theodore Constantine, Esq., C.B.E., T.D. For political services in Harrow.
• Brigadier Douglas Inglis Crawford, C.B., D.S.O., T.D., D.L. For public services in Lancashire.
• Robert Vere Darwin, Esq., C.B.E., Principal, Royal College of Art.
• Philip Burrington Dingle, Esq., C.B.E., Town Clerk, Manchester.
• Edward James Dodd, Esq., C.B.E., H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary. Lately Chief Constable of Birmingham.
• Harry Douglass, Esq., General Secretary, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.
• John Henry Gaddum, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Director, Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge, Agricultural Research Council.
• John Richard Hicks, Esq., Drummond Professor of Political Economy, University of Oxford.
• Ernest John Hunter, Esq., C.B.E., J.P., President, British Employers' Confederation.
• Cecil George Mant, Esq., C.B.E., Controller General, Ministry of Public Building and Works.
• Alexander Robert Mathewson, Esq., C.B.E. For political services in Edinburgh.
• Robert Gore Micklethwait, Esq., Q.C., National Insurance Commissioner and Industrial Injuries Commissioner.
• John Hubert Newsom, Esq., C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Central Advisory Council for Education (England).
• Evan Angustus Norton, Esq., C.B.E., lately Chairman, United Birmingham Hospitals.
• Ronald Stanley Russell, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Wembley South since 1950. Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Supply, 1951-1954 and to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, 1954-1955. For political and public services.
• John Arthur Guillum Scott, Esq., T.D., Secretary, The Church Assembly.
• Herbert John Seddon, Esq., C.M.G., D.M., F.R.C.S., Director of Studies, Institute of Orthopaedics, University of London.
• Barnett Stross, Esq., M.B., Ch.B., M.P., Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent since 1950. Member of Parliament for Hanley, 1945-1950. For political and public services.
• Charles Sykes, Esq., C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Thomas Firth and John Brown Ltd. For services to metallurgical research.
• Jules Thorn, Esq., Chairman and Managing Director, Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.
• John Norman Toothill, Esq., C.B.E. For services to Scottish industry.

STATE OF VICTORIA

• The Honourable Percy Thomas Byrnes, a Member of the Legislative Council for the North-Western Province, State of Victoria.
• Michael Chamberlin, Esq., O.B.E., of Kew, State of Victoria. For services to the community.

STATE OF QUEENSLAND

• Douglas Stuart Forbes, Esq., of Brisbane, State of Queensland. For public services.

STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• John Burton Cleland, Esq., C.B.E., M.D., Ch.M., Emeritus Professor of Pathology, University of Adelaide, State of South Australia.

STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• The Honourable Lawrence Walter Jackson, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Western Australia.

COMMONWEALTH RELATIONS

• Edward Daniel Weston Crawshaw, Esq., Q.C., Justice of Appeal of the Court of Eastern Africa.

OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

• Nicholas Patrick France Bonnetard, Esq., Chief Justice, Seychelles.
• Richard Charles Catling, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Inspector General of Police, Kenya.
• Stafford Lofthouse Sands, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in the Bahamas.
• Tang Shiu-Kin, Esq., C.B.E., J.P. For public services in Hong Kong.
• Frank Worrell, Esq. For services to cricket.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross (GCB)

Military Division

• Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin, K.C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C.

Civil Division

• Sir William Stuart Murrie, K.B.E., C.B., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office.

Knight Commander (KCB)

Military Division

• Vice-Admiral Richard Michael Smeeton, C.B., M.B.E.
• Vice-Admiral John Byng Frewen, C.B.
• Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Harding Baker, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C. (50806), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Lieutenant-General Charles Henry Pepys Harington, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. (44880), late Infantry. Colonel, The Cheshire Regiment.
• Acting Air Marshal John Gilbert Davis, C.B., O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Richard William Barnes Clarke, Esq., C.B., O.B.E., Second Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• Arthur Charles Walter Drew, Esq., C.B., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, War Office.
• Sir Solly Zuckerman, C.B., M.D., Chief Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence.

Companion (CB)

Military Division

• Rear-Admiral Robert Love Alexander, D.S.O., D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Peter Noel Buckley, D.S.O.
• Rear-Admiral John Michael Dudgeon Gray, O.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral Peter John Hill-Norton.
• Rear-Admiral Morrice Alexander McMullen, O.B.E.
• Major-General Robert Anthony Pigot, O.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral John Earl Scotland, D.S.C.
• Major-General Norman Hastings Tailyour, D.S.O,
• Rear-Admiral Charles Peter Graham Walker, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral James Humphrey Walwyn, O.B.E.
• Major-General Mervyn Andrew Haldane Butler, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. (58152), late Infantry.
• Major-General George Francis de Gex, O.B.E. (50471), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General Ralph Henry Farrant (41112), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General Ian Henry Freeland, D.S.O. (53691), late Infantry.
• Major-General John Dutton Frost, D.S.O., M.C. (53721), late Infantry.
• Major-General Arthur Roderic Fyler, O.B.E. (52508), late Infantry.
• Major-General Thomas Cecil Hook Pearson, C.B.E., D.S.O. (63639), late Infantry.
• Major-General Walter Colyear Walker, C.B.E., D.S.O. (380258), late Gurkha Rifles.
• Air Vice-Marshal Robert Norman Bateson, D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Sidney Weetman Rochford Hughes, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Thomas William Piper, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Roy Scoggins, C.B.E., Q.H.D.S., L.D.S.R.C.S., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Frederic Osborne Storey Dobell, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Aeneas Ranald Donald Macdonnell, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore David Malcolm Strong, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Commodore John Charles Macdonald, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• John Gladding Major Allcock, Esq., H.M. Chief Inspector of Schools, Ministry of Education.
• Denis Charles Barnes, Esq., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour.
• Henry Montagu Burrows, Esq., C.B.E., Clerk Assistant, Offices of the House of Lords.
• Arthur Lucius Michael Gary, Esq., Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet.
• Brian Humphreys-Davies, Esq., Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Supply), Air Ministry.
• Charles Dunbar, Esq., Director, Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, War Office.
• Samuel Goldman, Esq., Third Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• George Imms, Esq., Commissioner, Board of Customs and Excise.
• John Morgan Jones, Esq., C.B.E., Welsh Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• John Mordaunt Newton, Esq., Director of Personnel, General Post Office.
• Colonel Thomas Murray Niven, T.D., D.L., formerly Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of the City of Glasgow.
• Gerard Ryder, Esq., Solicitor to the Board of Trade.
• William Hirst Senior, Esq., Under-Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland.
• Edward Alan Shillito, Esq., Under-Secretary, Admiralty.
• William Ferguson Stout, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)

• Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., O.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, British Guiana.
• Sir Roger Bentham Stevens, K.C.M.G., lately Foreign Office.

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• Hugh Carleton Greene, Esq., O.B.E., Director-General, British Broadcasting Corporation.
• Major-General Sir Rohan Delacombe, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., Governor of the State of Victoria.
• Mark Dalcour Tennant, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., Secretary, Central African Office.
• Andrew Graham Gilchrist, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Djakarta.
• Anthony Edward Lambert, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Helsinski.
• Cecil Cuthbert Parrott, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Prague.

Companion (CMG)

• Brigadier Athol Earle McDonald Brown, O.B.E., Secretary-General, Anzac Agency and Regional Director for the Pacific Region, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
• John Frederick Foster, Esq., Secretary, Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth.
• Arnold Heckle, Esq., Principal British Trade Commissioner for the Province of Quebec, Board of Trade.
• Henry Powell Groom-Johnson, Esq., C.B.E., T.D., British Council Representative in India.
• Norman Leach, Esq., Under-Secretary, Department of Technical Co-operation.
• Gordon Charles Henry Slater, Esq., C.B.E., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labour.
• Amishadai Larson Adu, Esq., O.B.E., Secretary-General, East African Common Services Organisation.
• The Honourable John Sydney James Clancy, Senior Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of the State of New South Wales.
• Desmond John Chetwode Crawley, Esq., C.V.O., British High Commissioner in Sierra Leone.
• Alan Francis Rathbone Griffin, Esq., Administrative Officer, State of Sarawak. For public services.
• Frank George Eyre Ievers, Esq., Postmaster-General, East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration.
• Frank Downer Jackman, Esq., Commissioner of Highways and Director of Local Government, State of South Australia.
• The Honourable Kenneth James Morris, formerly Deputy Premier and Minister for Labour and Industry, State of Queensland.
• Cyril Stanley Pickard, Esq., an Assistant Under-secretary of State in the Commonwealth Relations Office.
• Ifan Charles Harold Freeman, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Nyasaland.
• John James Cowperthwaite, Esq., O.B.E., Financial Secretary, Hong Kong.
• Arthur Douglas Bruce Hamilton, Esq., Chairman, Public Service Commission, Barbados.
• Arthur Francis Watts, Esq., O.B.E., Resident Adviser and British Agent, Eastern Aden Protectorate.
• Michael Nordon Evans, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Housing, Kenya.
• Peter Made Gordon, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Kenya.
• Mervyn Colet Manby, Esq., Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kenya.
• Archibald Ralph Melville, Esq., Director of Agriculture, Kenya.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (local Colonel) William Hugh Adamson Becke, D.S.O., Military Attache, Her Majesty's Embassy, Djakarta.
• Thomas Frank Brenchley, Esq., Foreign Office.
• William Patrick Cranston, Esq., lately Counsellor (Economic), Her Majesty's Embassy, Kuwait.
• Colin Grendon Harris, Esq., Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Tokyo.
• Sidney Horace Hebblethwaite, Esq., Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Rangoon.
• Arthur Roy Handasyde Kellas, Esq., lately Foreign Office Representative, Imperial Defence College.
• William Bernard John Ledwidge, Esq., Foreign Office.
• Crawford Murray Maclehose, Esq., M.B.E., Foreign Office.
• Maurice Oldfield, Esq., C.B.E., Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington.
• Andrew Alexander Steel Stark, Esq., Foreign Office.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

• The Right Honourable Walter Turner, Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., M.C., Q.C.

Knight Commander (KCVO)

• Henry George Rushbury, Esq., C.V.O., C.B.E.

Commander (CVO)

• Henriette Alice, Mrs. Abel Smith.
• Walter Edward Avenon Bull, Esq.
• Colonel The Right Honourable John Aymer, Earl of Stair, M.B.E.
• Gordon William Stewart, Esq.

Member 4th Class

• Wing Commander Donald Laurence Attlee, Royal Air Force.
• Herrick Bunney, Esq., B.Mus., F.R.C.O.
• Major Peter Cecil Clarke.
• Frederick Charles Gillman, Esq., O.B.E.
• Albert Charles Edward Musk, Esq.
• Superintendent Frederick Salter, M.V.O., Berkshire Constabulary.

Member 5th Class

• Horace William Jackson, Esq.
• Jules Henry Joerin, Esq.
• Squadron Leader John Edwards M'Kenzie-Hall, Royal Air Force.
• Lieutenant-Commander Peter John Doidge Northey, Royal Navy.
• Lieutenant-Commander William Ernest Pearce, Royal Navy.
• Eric John Frederick Robinson, Esq.
• Alexander McKiddie Sievwright, Esq.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Woolf Fisher – of Auckland. For public services, particularly in connection with the development of industry.
• The Honourable Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy – a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• Frederick Raymond Macken – Commissioner of Inland Revenue.
• [[Neill Aylmer Rattray|Major Neill Aylmer Rattray MBE JP]] – of South Canterbury. For public services, particularly as president of the New Zealand Counties Association.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• [[Andrew Linton|Andrew Linton CBE]] – chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Production and Marketing Board.
• [[Alfred North (New Zealand jurist)|The Honourable Sir Alfred Kingsley North QC]] – president of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• The Reverend George Irvine Laurenson – general superintendent of Home and Māori Missions in the Methodist Church.
• Herbert Leslie Longbottom – Dunedin. For services to industry and education.
• William Henry Nankervis JP – of Wellington. For services to local government.
• Ivor Prichard – chief judge of the Māori Land Court

Military Division

• Brigadier Allan Huia Andrews OBE – Adjutant-General, New Zealand Army.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Harry Heaton Barker – Mayor of Gisborne.
• Arthur Walter Christmas – of Auckland. For services in the administration of company law.
• Frederick William Coombs -president of the Palmerston North Returned Services Association.
• Allan Thomson Aorangi Fisher. For services to the community and education, particularly as Chairman of the Southland Education Board.
• Charles Alexander Fleming – of Wellington. senior principal scientific officer, Geological Survey, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
• Rupert Selwyn Australia Graham MB FRCSEd – of Hamilton. For services to medicine.
• Gilbert Alexander Lawrence JP – of Wellington. For services to science.
• [[Te Rangiataahua Kiniwe Royal|Te Rangiataahua Kiniwe Royal MC]] – of Rotorua. For services to the Māori people.
• Mrs Edith Lamb Wilson JP – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Ivon Vernon Wilson. For services to the community, particularly as president of the Southland Progress League.

Military Division

• Commander Cecil Francis Cutts – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Arthur Pearce MBE – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Wing Commander John Percival Conyers-Brown – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Norman Leon Bensemann JP – of Takaka. For services to local government.
• Miss Mavis Elizabeth Byres – of Marton. For services to nursing.
• Mrs Kathleen Emily Duxfield – of Horotiu. For services to the community, especially in connection with the New Zealand Red Cross Society.
• Miss Alice Annie Greenslade – of Dunedin. For philanthropic services.
• Mrs Maata Te Hui Huinga Hirini – of Hastings. For services to the community, particularly as Dominion president of the Māori Women's Welfare League.
• William Robert Hopcroft JP – of Palmerston North. For services to local government.
• Arthur James Hartley Kirkham JP – of Gisborne. For services to local government.
• Leonard Francis Walter Lovell JP – of New Plymouth. For services to the community and local government.
• Mrs Joan Stewart MacCormick. For services to the community, particularly as President of the Auckland Red Cross Society.
• Maurice Henry McGlashen – of Nelson. For services to the community and local government
• Miss Mona Christina McIntyre – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Isaac Grundy Mack – Mayor of Papakura.
• Roy Gordon Murdoch JP. For services to local government, especially as chairman of the North Auckland Electric Power Board.
• Ernest Ormrod – of Wellington. For services in the field of music, especially as president of the New Zealand Brass Bands Association.
• Miss Christobel Elizabeth Robinson – of Christchurch. For services to the community, especially as secretary of the Canterbury Sheltered Workshop Association.
• Miss Violet Augusta Roche – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially in connection with Dr Barnado's Homes.
• Mrs Nellie Winifred Bernice Schroder – of Marlborough. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Women's Division of Federated Farmers.

Military Division

• Lieutenant Harry Lewis Douglas Anthony Gee – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class I John William Benge – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Regular Force).
• Major Jack Harvey – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force).
• Major (temporary) Edward Gale Latter – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major Erl Travice Pleasants ED – New Zealand Territorial Force (Retired List).
• Flight Lieutenant Rodney Greville Williams DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer James Arthur Moulynox – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Raymond Vernon Petrowski – Constable, New Zealand Police Force.
• George Henry Tancock – Supervising Electrical Technician, HMNZ Dockyard, Auckland.

Military Division

• Chief Engine Room Artificer Peter John Hyde – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Frank Herbert Jefferies – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Chief Petty Officer Bernard Thomas Price – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Radio Supervisor Victor John Stuart-St Clair – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class II (temporary) Mabin Keith Brown – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Staff-Sergeant Ronald Charles Lee – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
• Sergeant Lindsay John Richardson – New Zealand Army Education Corps (Regular Force).
• Sergeant Lawrence Melville Taylor – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Regular Force).
• Flight Sergeant John De Voil – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant William Francis Nelson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Bruce Allan Wood – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Master Signaller Harold John Grainger – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service (QFSM)

• Charles Cuthbert Knight – Chief Fire Officer, Geraldine Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• John Philp – Chief Fire Officer, Invercargill Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (QPM)

• Hans Otto Lauritz Hansen – Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.
• Gordon Allen Howes – Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant John Douglas Lack – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Henry John Coventry – Royal New Zealand Air Force.