2016 Special Honours


As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Order of St John. Life peerages are at times also awarded as special honours.

[Lord Lieutenant]

  • Brigadier Robert Aitken, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent. – 21 January 2016
  • Morfudd Ann Meredith – to be Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan. – 14 June 2016
  • His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale. – 30 November 2016

[Life Peer]

Conservative Party

  • Mark Ian Price, to be Baron Price, of Sturminster Newton in the County of Dorset – 4 March 2016

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Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)

[Knight Bachelor]

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

;Honorary

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

;Honorary
  • Baron Peter Piot – for services to the global response to AIDS and the Ebola epidemic

[Royal Victorian Order]

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

;Honorary

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

  • Graham Paul Sharpe, – on relinquishment of the appointment of Director of Property Projects, Royal Household. – 19 July 2016
  • Lieutenant General Richard Nugee, – on the relinquishment of his appointment as Defence Services Secretary. – 25 October 2016
  • Nicholas Altham Kidd, – on retirement as Training Captain/Aircraft Captain, The Queen’s Helicopter Flight. – 11 November 2016

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

  • David George Clark, – on retirement as Locksmith/Fitter, Royal Household. – 4 March 2016
  • Chief Inspector Timothy Andrew Marriott Nash, – Metropolitan Police – For services to Royalty Protection. – 19 August 2016
  • Peter Charles Taylor, – on the relinquishment of his appointment as Fire Safety Manager, Windsor Castle. – 14 October 2016
  • Alan Richard Donnithorne, – on retirement as Head of Paper Conservation, Royal Collection Trust. – 28 October 2016

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

  • Terence Joseph Lynch – on retirement as Operations Surveyor, London Palaces, Royal Household – 23 February 2016
  • Captain Buddhibahadur Bhandari, Queen's Gurkha Engineers – on relinquishment of his appointment as Queen’s Gurkha Orderly Officer – 15 July 2016
  • Captain Muktiprasad Gurung, Queen's Gurkha Engineers – on relinquishment of his appointment as Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officer – 15 July 2016
  • Henry John Goulding – in recognition of his work for the Sandringham Estate and the Duchy of Lancaster. – 19 July 2016.
  • Meryl Georgina Walter; formerly Assistant Communications Secretary, Royal Household. – 18 October 2016

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

;Honorary
  • Prof. Martin Hairer FRS – for services to Mathematical Sciences
;Military division
;Honorary

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

  • The Hon. Mrs Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb – 16 December 2016
  • The Hon. Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan – 16 December 2016
  • The Hon. Mrs Justice Nerys Angharad Jefford – 16 December 2016
  • The Hon. Mrs Justice Juliet Mary May – 16 December 2016
  • The Hon. Justice Denise McBride – 16 December 2016
  • The Hon. Mrs Justice Finola Mary Lucy O’Farrell – 16 December 2016

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Military division
  • Major General Robert Bernard Bruce, – 18 March 2016
  • Brigadier James Richard Hugh Stopford – 18 March 2016

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Honorary
;Military division

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

;Honorary
  • Sophie Katsarava – in recognition of her outstanding contribution to strengthening relations between Georgia and the United Kingdom in the education sector.
;Military division
  • Lieutenant Commander Andrew Scott Brown, Royal Navy – 18 March 2016
  • Major Andrew Richard Nicklin, Royal Corps of Signals – 18 March 2016
  • Major Richard Darren Walker, The Royal Dragoon Guards – 18 March 2016
  • Flight Lieutenant Rebecca Jane Hutchings, Royal Air Force – 18 March 2016
  • Lieutenant Colonel Gary O’Neil, Canadian Army – 23 September 2016

[Distinguished Service Order]

Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

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  • Sergeant Robert Baden John Colley, Royal Marines – 18 March 2016

[Military Cross] (MC)

[Royal Victorian Medal] (RVM)

;Silver
  • Georgina Mary Jean Tindal – on retirement as Resident Warden, Pensioner Accommodation at Windsor. – 6 December 2016

[Mentioned in Despatches]

[Queen's Commendation for Bravery]

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[Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service]

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Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John

Knight of the Order of St John

  • John Walker Bain,
  • Geoffrey Thomas Ridley
  • Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis,
  • Richard Ward Clark
  • His Excellency Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis,
  • Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin Dutton,
  • Dr Kenneth Forde
  • Dennis Clair Hensley
  • The Very Reverend Ernest Hunt III
  • The Reverend Preston Telford Kelsey II
  • The Reverend Dr Joseph Walter Lund
  • General Sir John Chalmers McColl,
  • Mark Charles Pigott
  • The Reverend Carl Dietrich Reimers
  • John Winthorp
  • The Reverend Deacon Robert John Amadeus Zito

Dame of the Order of St John

Commander of the Order of St John

  • Alan Clifford Cook
  • Sir David Gascoigne,
  • Lieutenant Colonel John Arthur Pinel
  • Brigadier Robert Aitken,
  • The Most Reverend Paul Kwong
  • Captain Roderick Peter Abell Sale
  • Lee Warwick Short
  • Kenneth Ivan Williamson,
  • Souella Maria Cumming
  • Susan Paiahua Dunn
  • Miss Sara Elinor Edwards
  • Roslyn Ellen Smith

Officer of the Order of St John

  • Ang Lye Hong,
  • Michael Keith Bancroft,
  • Bryan Leslie Dittmer
  • Colonel Stephen John Franklin
  • Roy Edwin Horwell
  • The Reverend Peter Douglas Koon
  • Rodney James Love
  • Dr Michael Eric Nelson
  • Trevor John Pelly
  • Julian Mallory Price
  • Philip David Rankin
  • Manin Singh,
  • Annette Elaine Binnie
  • Miriama Evans
  • Ms Barbara Ann Lock
  • Ms Sheryl-Lee Elizabeth Morrby
  • Eileen Nancy New