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.New Zealand list:

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, The Aldermanic Sheriff, City of London.
*Henry Alexander Benson, 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, M.B.E., M.P. Member of Parliament for Harrow Central since 1950. For political and public services.
* Edward Rowan Boland, 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, C.B.E., J.P. For political and public services in Cardiff.
* Edward Humphrey Browne, C.B.E. Deputy Chairman, National Coal Board.
* Eric Maurice Clayson, Chairman and Joint Managing Director, The Birmingham Post and Mail, Ltd.
* Theodore Constantine, 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, C.B.E., Principal, Royal College of Art.
* Philip Burrington Dingle, C.B.E., Town Clerk, Manchester.
* Edward James Dodd, C.B.E., H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary. Lately Chief Constable of Birmingham.
*Harry Douglass, General Secretary, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.
*John Henry Gaddum, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Director, Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge, Agricultural Research Council.
*John Richard Hicks, Drummond Professor of Political Economy, University of Oxford.
* Ernest John Hunter, C.B.E., J.P., President, British Employers' Confederation.
* Cecil George Mant, C.B.E., Controller General, Ministry of Public Building and Works.
* Alexander Robert Mathewson, C.B.E. For political services in Edinburgh.
* Robert Gore Micklethwait, Q.C., National Insurance Commissioner and Industrial Injuries Commissioner.
* John Hubert Newsom, C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Central Advisory Council for Education (England).
* Evan Angustus Norton, C.B.E., lately Chairman, United Birmingham Hospitals.
* Ronald Stanley Russell, 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, T.D., Secretary, The Church Assembly.
* Herbert John Seddon, C.M.G., D.M., F.R.C.S., Director of Studies, Institute of Orthopaedics, University of London.
*Barnett Stross, 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, C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Thomas Firth and John Brown Ltd. For services to metallurgical research.
* Jules Thorn, Chairman and Managing Director, Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.
* John Norman Toothill, 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, O.B.E., of Kew, State of Victoria. For services to the community.

;STATE OF QUEENSLAND
* Douglas Stuart Forbes, of Brisbane, State of Queensland. For public services.

;STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
*John Burton Cleland, 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, Q.C., Justice of Appeal of the Court of Eastern Africa.

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