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.[1][2]
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.
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.
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.
Terence Norman Beckett, managing director, Ford Motor Company Ltd., formerly a vice president, Ford of Europe. For services to Export.
George Harry Beeby, chairman, Inveresk Research International. For services to' Industry.
Charles John Michael Bennett, lately deputy chairman, Commonwealth Development Corpora- tion and lately Member, Economic Development Committee for Chemicals.
Stephen Frederic Bennett, lately chairman, British Timken.
George Cromarty Bloom, General Manager and Chief Executive, Press Association Ltd.
Frederick Ernest Bonner, Member, Central Elec- tricity Generating Board.
John McFarlane Boyd, Member, Executive Council, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.
Edmund Urquhart Broadbent, Director, John Laing and Son Ltd.
Stuart Burge, Director, Nottingham Playhouse.
Lionel John Burrows, lately Chief Inspector of Schools, Department of Education and Science.
Kenneth Hotham Cadbury, M.C., Senior Director, Planning and Purchasing, Telecommunications, Post Office.
Brian Apcar Carlisle, D.S.C., Regional Co-ordinator (Middle East), Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd.
Peter Hugh Girard Chamberlin, Partner, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, Architects.
Robert Charlton, O.B.E. For services to Association Football.
John Arthur Chatterton, Clerk to the Leicestershire County Council.
Christopher William Clayson, O.B.E., chairman, Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical Education.
Robert Cox, M.B.E., Consultant Surgeon to the Army.
Douglas Duncan Simpson Craib, Governor, North of Scotland College of Agriculture.
Arthur Cross, Vice-chairman, Redifon Ltd. For services to Export.
Norman Ewart Wiggins. Chairman, Kensington and Chelsea Rent Tribunal.
Michael George Wilde, Project Director (Concorde), Commercial Aircraft Division, British Aircraft Corporation Ltd.
John Wilkinson, Director, Westmorland Branch, British Red Cross Society.
Walter James Philipps Williams, chairman, Haverfordwest Supplementary Benefits Appeals Tribunal.
William David Wills. For services to disabled children.
Alan Wilson, Principal Professional and Technology Officer, Ministry of Defence.
William Frank Wood, Head of Research Reactors Division, Harwell, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Joseph Leslie Wright, M.B,E, Principal, Cabinet Office.
Howard John Yallop, lately Principal Scientific Officer, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Ministry of Defence.
John Alexander Young, Town Solicitor, Belfast City Council.
Andrew Zinovieff, chairman, Durham and District Disablement Advisory Committee.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
Arthur Andrews. For services to British commercial interests in Bahrain.
Miss Sally Aw Siah. For services to the community in Hong Kong.
Edward James Bailey. For services to British com- mercial interests and the British community in Ghana.
David Gourlay Barr, H.M. Consul-General, Honolulu.
Henry Thomson Beattie, M.B.E. For services to the British community in Assam, India.
Frederick Alexander Bell. For services to the British community in Peru.
John MacBain Chisholm Bisset. For services to the advancement of leprosy control in Thailand.
Edward Frank Brewer, M.B.E., Forestry Development Officer, Government of The Gambia.
Eric George Keith Challenger, M.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Office of External Affairs and Defence, Antigua.
Winifred Henrietta, Mrs. Coaker, M.B.E. For welfare services to children in Lesotho.
Arved Colvin-Smith, lately Lecturer in English at the University of Hamburg.
Hunter Ralston Crawford. For services to the rubber industry and the British community in Malaysia.
Eric Byran Cumine. For public services in Hong Kong.
James Innes Maclear Dempster. For services to civil engineering in Indonesia.
Professor Friderica Derra de Moroda. For services to Anglo-Austrian relations.
Joseph Francis Marie John Devaux. For services to the community and commerce in St. Lucia.
Miss Elizabeth Dobbie. For services to nursing in Iran.
Cyril Reginald James Donnithorne, lately Director of Building Development, Public Works Department, Hong Kong.
George Edward Doughty, lately Deputy Engineer in Chief, East African Posts and Telecommunications Service.
Thomas Edmund Dowd. For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Chile.
Major Thomas Frederick Ellis, MBE. For services to the British community in Uganda.
Patrick David Cameron Fleming. For services to the rice growing industry in Malawi.
Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate. For services to the community in Hong Kong.
Peter John George, lately First Secretary (Commercial), H.M. Embassy, Seoul.
The Reverend William Gardiner-Scott. For services to the Church and the British community in Jerusalem.
Charles Robert Giovetti. For services to British commercial interests in Angola.
Brian William Gordon, lately H.M. Consul-General, Bilbao.
Alexander Colquhoun Grant. For services to the British community in Lagos.
William Colin Gray. For services to British commercial interests in Nigeria.Sister Mary McCallum
Philip Norman Griffin, Government Anaesthetist, Dominica.
Cecil Harry Griggs. For services to the British community in Cyprus.
Walter Stopforth Grisdale. For services to education in Ethiopia.
Douglas Hogg. For services to the British com- munity in New Delhi.
Roger William Horrell, lately First Secretary, British High Commission, Kampala.
Alan Edgar Jones. For services to British commercial interests in Portugal.
Tecwyn Jones, lately Senior Principal Scientific Officer, East African Agricultural Forestry Research Organisation.
Joseph Michael Jordan. For services as Provident Fund Adviser in the West Indies Associated States.
Oliver John Keeble. For services to the British community in Uganda.
Karl Werner Kuhne, lately Director, International Red Locust Control Service in Zambia.
Thomas Herbert Land, lately First Secretary, H.M. Embassy, Moscow.
John Lawrence, lately British Council Representative, Zambia.
Alan Sutherland Leask, Agricultural and Forestry Officer, Department of Agriculture, St Helena.
John Terence Legg. Fore services to cocoa research and the British community in Ghana.
John Douglas Levaillant. For services to British commercial interests in Pakistan.
Daniel Lewis. For services to the British community in Argentina.
Professor Ursula Mary Lister. For services to medicine in Nigeria.
Frederick Llambias, M.B.E., Q.P.M., C.P.M., Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gibraltar Police Force.
Donald James Longman. For services to technical education in the West Indies.
Sister Mary McCallum. For services to education in Malta.
John Alastair Romer Macdonald. For services to the British community in Bangladesh.
Wallace John Mackenzie. For services to British commercial interests in Canada.
John Joseph Maguire. For services to British commercial interests in Canada.
Peter Frederick Heppell Mason. For services to banking in Oman.
Kenneth Ian Matheson. For services to the community in Nicaragua.
Raymond Clarence Peterson Moore, J.P. For public services in Grenada.
Arthur Alexander Norrie. For services to the British community in Sabah, Malaysia.
Ronald George Arthur Parvin, Auditor General, Government of Malawi.
Thomas William Pedder. For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Chile.
Ernest Woodward Price. For services in leprosy control in Ethiopia.Elihak
John Englan Quin. For services to British commercial interests and the British community in São Paulo.
Ronald Ernest Raby. Postmaster-General, Government of Malawi.
Thomas Hugh Cecil Raikes. For services to British commercial interests in Japan.
Edward William Rickett. For services to the British community in Malawi.
John Linton Rigg. For services to tourism in Grenada.
Kenneth Ellsworth Robinson, Chief Education Officer, Department of Education, Bermuda.
Gordon Arthur Roe. For services to commerce in Belize.
Charles Rule. For services to the British community in Liberia.
William John Rumble, First Secretary-in-Charge, British High Commission Office, Christchurch.
Harold Mair Sargisson. For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Madrid.
Edward Alexander Barton Scott. For services to the British community in Guatemala.
Ronald Frederick Sharp, lately First Secretary and Consul, H.M. Embassy, Tripoli.
Ivor Dennis Spicer, Director of Audit, Government of Swaziland.
Charles Kenyon Squires. For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Stockholm.
Frederick Herbert Stroud. For services to the British community in West Bengal, India.
Desmond Harper Taylor, M.B.E., Deputy Permanent Secretary, Government of Lesotho.
The Reverend Canon John Rowland Taylor. For services to the Church and community in Tanzania.
Geoffrey Marsh Tingle, lately assistant director, Medical and Health Department, Hong Kong.
Raymond Kenneth Tongue, British Council language specialist, Singapore.
Stanley Graham Trees, M.V.O., Financial Secretary, Turks and Caicos Island.
The Right Reverend Dudley Tuti, Bishop of the Central Solomons, Diocese of Melanesia.
Elijah Williamson, lately First Secretary, H.M. Embassy, Tokyo.
Harold William Wynn, lately Director of Posts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Military Division
Army
Major Geoffrey John Allen (376784), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Major Terence Brian Andrews (386199), 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's).
Major John Baskervyle-Clegg (466792),cGrenadier Guards.
22772198 Warrant Officer Class 2 Ernest Ronald Beard, Royal Army Pay Corps.
Captain (Quartermaster) James Bertrand (485874) 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
Major Arthur Alfred Bull (477183), Royal Army Pay Corps.
Major Ian Alexander Christie, M.C. (443414), The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) Charles Gordon Cornock (451215), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
23387555 Warrant Officer Class 2 Robert McCormack Cronie, Royal Army Pay Corps.
Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) Anthony Bernard Crowfoot (448944), The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.
Captain (Quartermaster) Walter Thomas Darrell (480001), Corps of Royal Engineers.
Major (Acting) George Durrand (404563), ArmyCadet Force.
Major Ronald Dean Fisher (412301), The Queen's Regiment.
23522535 Warrant Officer Class 2 James Raymond Galt, The Parachute Regiment, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
222775058 Warrant Officer Class 1 Joseph Henry Grandison, Corps of Military Police (now Discharged).
Major John Bernard Kelynge Greenway (448973), The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
22539994 Warrant Officer Class 2 William Lloyd Griffiths Corps of Royal Military Police.
Major (Acting) Roy Hammond (480449), Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Major (Quartermaster) Leonard Frank Horstead (473094), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Captain (Riding Master) Alec Jackson (481394), The Life Guards.
Major Kenneth Wright Jackson, T.D. (473784), Corps of Royal Engineers, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
Captain (Ordnance Executive Officer) William Joseph Leckie (478222), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Major Percy John Lee (469348), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Major Peter Michael McGuinness (427366), Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
The Reverend Cosmo Alexander Morwood Meldrum, T.D., Chaplain to the Forces, Third Class (402314), Royal Army Chaplains' Department,Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
Major Kenneth Ernest Muir (426958), Corps of Royal Engineers, now R.A.R.O.
3254538 Warrant Officer Class I (Local) James Murray, The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
2666439 Warrant Officer Class 1 Kenneth Alfred Mursell, Coldstream Guards.
Major (Staff Quartermaster) Frederick James Pavey (465895), Royal Corps of Signals.
22789135 Warrant Officer Class 1 Herbert Patrick Pennington, The Royal Regiment of Wales.
Major John Stanley Brian Pollard (418364), The Queen's Regiment.
Major Anthony Roy Rainbow (429357), The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's).
22803518 Warrant Officer Class 2 Harry William Shearing, The Queen's Regiment, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
22709278 Warrant Officer Class 1 George Smith, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Major (Quartermaster) Charles James Stenning (472690), Royal Regiment of Artillery, now R.A.R.O.
Major (Gurkha Commissioned Officer) Henry Daniel Subba (440337), 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles).
Major John Richard Turpin (243108), Royal Corps of Signals, now Retired.
21063115 Warrant Officer Class 1 (acting) George Edward Veitch, The Royal Anglian Regiment.
Major (Acting) Charles Gerard Courtenay Vyvyan (484776), The Royal Green Jackets
Major Horace Reginald Williams (346416), The Royal Regiment of Wales.