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Life Peerage


Conservative Party

* Richard Harrington, to be ''Baron Harrington of Watford'', ''of Watford in the County of Hertfordshire'' – 15 March 2022 * Sir Christopher Bellamy, , to be ''Baron Bellamy'', ''of Waddesdon in the County of Buckinghamshire'' – 14 June 2022 * Nick Markham, , to be ''Baron Markham'', ''of East Horsley in the County of Surrey'' – 7 October 2022 * Dominic Johnson, , to be ''Baron Johnson of Lainston'', ''of Lainston in the County of Hampshire'' – 19 October 2022 * Simon Murray, ''Baron Murray of Blidworth'', ''of Blidworth in the County of Nottinghamshire'' – 21 October 2022 * The Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Soames, to be ''Baron Soames of Fletching'', ''of Fletching in the County of East Sussex'' – 28 October 2022 * Dr.
Ruth Lea Ruth Jane Lea, Baroness Lea of Lymm, (born 22 September 1947) is a British parliamentarian and political economist. Lady Lea entered HM Civil Service, before being recruited by the Institute of Directors, a private-sector employer lobbyist, ...
, , to be ''Baroness Lea of Lymm'', ''of Lymm in the Borough of Warrington in the County of Cheshire'' – 31 October 2022 * Professor Andrew Roberts, to be ''Baron Roberts of Belgravia'', ''of Belgravia in the City of Westminster'' – 1 November 2022 * The Right Honourable Sir Hugo Swire, , to be ''Baron Swire'', ''of Down St Mary in the County of Devon'' – 1 November 2022 * Sir Michael Hintze, to be ''Baron Hintze'', ''of Dunster in the County of Somerset'' – 3 November 2022 * Dr. Sheila Lawlor, to be ''Baroness Lawlor'', ''of Midsummer Common in the City of Cambridge'' – 3 November 2022 * Teresa O'Neill, , to be ''Baroness O'Neill of Bexley'', ''of Crook Log in the London Borough of Bexley'' – 7 November 2022 * Angie Bray, to be ''Baroness Bray of Coln'', ''of Coln St. Aldwyns in the County of Gloucestershire'' – 8 November 2022 * Dr.
Dambisa Moyo Dambisa Felicia Moyo, Baroness Moyo (born 2 February 1969)Moyo showed a copy of an official document with her date and place of birth as part of a lecture she gave at TEDGlobal 2013, Edinburgh, Scotland. is a Zambian-born economist and author ...
, to be ''Baroness Moyo'', ''of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster'' – 8 November 2022 * Graham Evans, to be ''Baron Evans of Rainow'', ''of Macclesfield in the County of Cheshire'' – 9 November 2022 * Stewart Jackson, to be ''Baron Jackson of Peterborough'', ''of Peterborough in the County of Cambridgeshire'' – 16 November 2022 * Kate Lampard, , to be ''Baroness Lampard'', ''of Frinsted in the County of Kent'' – 17 November 2022 * Dr. Cleveland Anthony Sewell, , to be ''Baron Sewell of Sanderstead'', ''of Sanderstead in the County of Surrey'' – 16 December 2022


Labour Party

* Sharon Taylor, , to be ''Baroness Taylor of Stevenage'', ''of Stevenage in the County of Hertfordshire'' – 28 October 2022 * Sonny Leong, , to be ''Baron Leong'', ''of Chilton in the County of Oxfordshire and of Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden'' – 31 October 2022 * Kuldip Singh Sahota, to be ''Baron Sahota'', ''of Telford in the County of Shropshire'' – 2 November 2022 * Dr. Fiona Twycross, to be ''Baroness Twycross'', ''of Headington in the City of Oxford'' – 7 November 2022 * Ruth Smeeth, to be ''Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent'', ''of Stoke-on-Trent in the County of Staffordshire'' – 18 November 2022 * David Prentis, to be ''Baron Prentis of Leeds'', ''of Harehills in the City of Leeds'' – 18 November 2022 * Thomas Watson, to be ''Baron Watson of Wyre Forest'', ''of Kidderminster in the County of Worcestershire'' – 21 November 2022 *
Frances O'Grady Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (born 9 November 1959), is a British former trade unionist leader, who served as the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2013 to 2022, being the fir ...
, to be ''Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway'', ''of Wood Farm in the City of Oxford'' – 9 December 2022


Democratic Unionist Party

*
Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born 21 August 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He is known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), '' Gallipoli'' (1981), '' The Y ...
, to be ''Baron Weir of Ballyholme'', ''of Ballyholme in the County of Down'' – 16 November 2022


Crossbench

* Shaista Gohir, , to be ''Baroness Gohir'', ''of Hall Green in the City of Birmingham'' – 28 June 2022 * Professor Katherine Willis, , to be ''Baroness Willis of Summertown'', ''of Summertown in the City of Oxford'' – 8 July 2022 * Sir Peter Hendy, , to be ''Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill'', ''of Imber in the County of Wiltshire'' – 17 November 2022 * Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, , to be ''Baron Peach'', ''of Grantham in the County of Lincolnshire'' – 21 November 2022


Non-affiliated

* Professor
Guglielmo Verdirame Guglielmo Verdirame, Baron Verdirame, (born 25 August 1971) is a legal scholar, barrister and a member of the House of Lords. He was previously a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford, a university lecturer in law at the Universit ...
, , to be ''Baron Verdirame'', ''of Belsize Park in the London Borough of Camden'' – 2 November 2022 * The Right Honourable Dame Arlene Foster, , to be ''Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee'', ''of Aghadrumsee in the County of Fermanagh'' – 9 November 2022


Lord Lieutenant

* Lucy Winskell, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear – 21 February 2022 * Iain Macaulay – to be Lord-Lieutenant for the Western Isles – 8 March 2022 * Lady Emma Barnard – to be Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex – 23 May 2022 * Susan Lousada – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire – 23 May 2022 * Mohammed Saddiq – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset – 1 August 2022 * Beatrice Grant – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire – 15 December 2022


Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle


Lady of the Order of the Thistle (LT)

* The Right Honourable Dame Elish Angiolini, – 10 June 2022


Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT)

* The Right Honourable Sir George Reid, – 10 June 2022


Privy Counsellor

*
Chris Heaton-Harris Christopher Heaton-Harris (born 28 November 1967) is a British former politician who served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from September 2022 to July 2024, and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliament ...
– 16 February 2022 * The Right Honourable The Baroness Williams of Trafford – 3 March 2022 *
Elin Jones Elin Jones (born 1 September 1966), is a Welsh politician who has served as the Llywydd of the Senedd since 2016. A member of Plaid Cymru, Jones has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ceredigion since 1999. Background Jones atten ...
– 16 March 2022 * Alison Johnstone – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Lord Doherty – 13 April 2022 * The Honourable Lady Wise – 13 April 2022 * The Honourable Lord Tyre – 13 April 2022 *
Shailesh Vara Shailesh Lakhman Vara (, born 4 September 1960) is a Ugandan-British Conservative former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire from 2005 until 2024. He also served as Secretary of State for Northern Ir ...
– 8 July 2022. * Andrew Stephenson – 8 July 2022. * The Honourable Lord Matthews – 19 July 2022. *
Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music Cit ...
– 19 July 2022. * Sir Clive Alderton – 13 September 2022. *
Kemi Badenoch Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch (' Adegoke; born 2 January 1980) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservati ...
– 13 September 2022. * Ranil Jayawardena – 13 September 2022. *
Wendy Morton Wendy Morton (born 9 November 1967) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills since 2015 and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs since November 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she pr ...
– 13 September 2022. * The Right Honourable The Lord True – 13 September 2022. *
Chloe Smith Chloe Rebecca Smith (born 17 May 1982) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North from 2009 to 2024. She previously se ...
– 13 September 2022. *
Edward Argar Edward John Comport Argar (born 9 December 1977) is a British politician who was Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor from July to November 2024. He most recently served as Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Pr ...
– 13 September 2022. *
Simon Case Simon Case (born 27 December 1978) is a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service from September 2020 to December 2024. Case was Downing Street Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnso ...
– 13 September 2022. *
Vicky Ford Victoria Grace Ford ( Pollock, 21 September 1967) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she briefly served as Minister of State for Development from ...
– 13 September 2022. *
James Heappey Major (United Kingdom), Major James Stephen Heappey (born 30 January 1981) is a British politician and former soldier who served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative ...
– 13 September 2022. * Stephen McPartland – 13 September 2022. *
Chris Philp Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp (born 6 July 1976) is a British politician who has served as Shadow Home Secretary since November 2024. He held the post of Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire from October 2022 to July 2024. He w ...
– 13 September 2022. * Graham Stuart – 13 September 2022. *
Tom Tugendhat Thomas Georg John Tugendhat (born 27 June 1973) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency), Tonbridge, previously Tonbridge and Malling (UK Parliamen ...
– 13 September 2022. * The Honourable Sir Thomas Mark Horner – 19 October 2022. * David TC Davies – 27 October 2022. *
Gillian Keegan Gillian Keegan (née Gibson; born 13 March 1968) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2022 to 2024. She previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills from 2020 to ...
– 27 October 2022. * John Glen – 27 October 2022. * The Honourable Victoria Prentis – 27 October 2022. *
Jeremy Quin Sir Jeremy Mark Quin (born 24 September 1968) is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 2015–2024. He served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement from February 2020 to September ...
– 27 October 2022. *
Rachel Reeves Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West and Pudsey, formerly Leed ...
– 1 November 2022. * The Right Honourable The Lord Kennedy of Southwark – 1 November 2022. * The Honourable Dame Sarah Falk – 14 December 2022.


Knight Bachelor

* The Right Honourable
Gavin Williamson Sir Gavin Alexander Williamson (born 25 June 1976) is a British politician who served in various Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2016 and 2022, lastly as Minister of State without ...
, – 3 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Charles Gregory Bourne, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Neil Richard Calver, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Barry Paul Cotter, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Stephen John Arthur Eyre, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael John Fordham, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice David Andrew Foxton, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Anthony Green, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Andrew Raywod Henshaw, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Nicholas Richard Maybury Hilliard, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Robert Humphreys, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Adam Martin Johnson, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Edwin Geoffrey Johnson, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas Alexander Crispin Leech, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas Dominic Linden, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice David Kennedy McFarland, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Edward James Mellor, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Robert John Miles, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Robert Roger Peel, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Nigel David Poole, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Andrew George Ritchie, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Kevin James Rooney, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice David Alister Scoffield, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mr. Justice Mark Arthur Wall, – 16 March 2022 * The Right Honourable
Jake Berry Sir James Jacob Gilchrist Berry (born 29 December 1978) is a British Conservative Party former politician and former solicitor who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale and Darwen in Lancashire first elected at the 2010 gen ...
, – 15 October 2022 – Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen, Minister without Portfolio and
Chairman of the Conservative Party The chairman of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom is responsible for party administration and overseeing the Conservative Campaign Headquarters, formerly Conservative Central Office. When the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives are ...
, former Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth. For political and public service to the North of England. * The Right Honourable
John Whittingdale Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale (born 16 October 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon (and its predecessors) since 1992 and Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care sin ...
, – 15 October 2022 – Member of Parliament for
Maldon Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea Salt which is prod ...
, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. For political and public service.


Most Honourable Order of the Bath


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

;Honorary * His Excellency
Cyril Ramaphosa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current President of South Africa since 2018. A former Anti-Apartheid Movement, anti-apartheid activist and trade union leade ...
– President of the Republic of South Africa – 22 November 2022


Order of Merit

Six new members of the order were chosen by Elizabeth II shortly before her death. The appointments were formally made by Charles III two months later. * Sir David Adjaye, – 11 November 2022 * Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, – 11 November 2022 * The Right Honourable The Baroness Benjamin, – 11 November 2022 * Professor
Margaret MacMillan Margaret Olwen MacMillan (born 23 December 1943) is a Canadian historian and professor at the University of Oxford. She is former provost of Trinity College, Toronto, and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously at Ryers ...
, (Canadian) – 11 November 2022 * Sir Paul Nurse, – 11 November 2022 *
Venki Ramakrishnan Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (born 1952) is a British-American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath for research on the structure and function of ribosomes. Since 1999, he has wo ...
– 11 November 2022


Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George


Knight / Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

* Her Excellency
Froyla Tzalam Dame Froyla Tzalam is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader, who has served as the third governor-general of Belize since 27 May 2021. She is the first indigenous person of Maya descent to serve as governor-general of an ...
– On her appointment as
Governor-General of Belize The governor-general of Belize is the representative of the Belizean monarch, currently King Charles III, in Belize. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister of Belize. The functions of the go ...
– 18 March 2022 * His Excellency The Reverend Tofiga Vaevalu Falani, ,
Governor-General of Tuvalu The governor-general of Tuvalu is the representative of the Tuvaluan monarch, currently King Charles III, in the country of Tuvalu. The governor-general performs the monarch's duties in Tuvalu. The constitutional convention is that the govern ...
– 18 September 2022


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

*
James Duddridge Sir James Philip Duddridge, (born 26 August 1971) is a British politician and former banker. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Roch ...
, – 15 October 2022 – Member of Parliament Rochford and Southend East, Minister of State for International Trade; former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa, for DEXEU, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, and
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister The parliamentary private secretary to the prime minister is a parliamentary private secretary serving the prime minister of the United Kingdom. The holder of the office is widely viewed as the prime minister's "eyes and ears" on the backbench ...
. For political and public service. ;Honorary * His Excellency Khaled Al-Duwaisan, – 19 July 2022 – upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the
State of Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...
to the
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and upon retiring as
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

*
Theodor Meron Theodor Meron, (born 28 April 1930) is an American lawyer and judge. He served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Residual ...
, – 8 March 2022 – ''Honorary appointment in 2019 to be made Substantive'' ;Honorary * Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir – High-Level Champion for the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties. For services to tackling climate change and supporting the UK Presidency of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference.


Royal Victorian Order


Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Admiral Sir James Francis Perowne, – on relinquishment of the appointment of Constable and Governor, Windsor Castle – 19 July 2022


Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Rear Admiral James Macleod, – upon relinquishing his appointment as Defence Services Secretary – 16 February 2022 * Melissa Sarah Morris, – on relinquishment of the appointment of Secretary,
Lord Chamberlain's Office The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household. It is concerned with matters such as protocol, state visits, investitures, garden parties, royal weddings and funerals. For example, in April 2005 it organised t ...
– 22 June 2022 * The Reverend Canon Jonathan Byam Valentine Riviere, – on relinquishment of the appointment of
Domestic Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligen ...
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Sandringham Sandringham can refer to: Places Australia * Sandringham, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Sandringham, Queensland, a rural locality * Sandringham, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne **Sandringham railway line **Sandringham railway station * ...
– 5 July 2022


Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

* Rachel Ann Jane Gordon, – on relinquishment of the appointment of Housekeeper,
Windsor Castle Windsor Castle is a List of British royal residences, royal residence at Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about west of central London. It is strongly associated with the Kingdom of England, English and succee ...
– 31 March 2022 * Thomas Robert Laing-Baker – on relinquishment of the appointment of Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen – 27 April 2022 * Donal Valentine McCabe – on relinquishment of the appointment of Communications Secretary to the Queen – 6 September 2022


Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

* Captain Sure Limbu, Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support – 14 July 2022 * Captain Krishnapresad Loksam,
The Royal Gurkha Rifles The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British Army, RGR soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is neither a dependent territory of the Unit ...
– 14 July 2022 * Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Garry White – on relinquishment of the appointment as Equerry to Her Late Majesty The Queen – 19 October 2022 ;Honorary * Robert Large, – lately Yeoman of the Royal Cellars – 17 July 2022


Most Excellent Order of the British Empire


Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE / DBE)

;Civil division *
Caroline Dinenage Caroline Julia Dinenage, Baroness Lancaster of Kimbolton, (born 28 October 1971), also styled as Dame Caroline Dinenage, is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gosport since 2010. Dinenage ...
, – 31 December 2021 – Member of Parliament for
Gosport Gosport ( ) is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hampshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 70,131 and the district had a pop ...
, formerly Minister of State for Digital and Culture. For public and political service. * The Right Honourable
Robert Buckland Sir Robert James Buckland (born 22 September 1968) is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021, and as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conse ...
, – 31 December 2021 – Member of Parliament for South Swindon, formerly
Lord Chancellor The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom. The lord chancellor is the minister of justice for England and Wales and the highest-ra ...
and
Secretary of State for Justice The secretary of state for justice is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Justice. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Since the office's inception ...
. For public and political service. * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Emma Louise Arbuthnot, The Lady Arbuthnot of Edrom, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Kelyn Meher Bacon, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Rowena Collins Rice, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Naomi Lisa Ellenbogen, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Joanna Angela Smith, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Mary Elizabeth Stacey, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Amanda Jane Tipples, – 16 March 2022 * The Honourable Mrs. Justice Heather Jean Williams, – 16 March 2022 * Deborah James – 12 May 2022 ;Honorary *
Christiana Figueres Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen (born 7 August 1956) is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNF ...
– International Climate Leader. For services to International Leadership on Global Climate Change. *
John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (November 15, 2022)Classic Connection review, ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...
– Composer and Conductor. For Services to Film Music. *
Bob Iger Robert Alan Iger (; born February 10, 1951) is an American media executive who is chief executive officer (CEO) of the Walt Disney Company. He previously was the president of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) between 1994 and 1995 and p ...
– Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Disney Company. For Services to the UK/US Relations.


Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Civil division ;Honorary * Ben Barkow – Former Chief Executive, Wiener Holocaust Library. For Services to Holocaust Education and Remembrance. * Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo – Chairman, Ferrovial. For services to the UK transport and infrastructure sectors. * Ken Hom, – Chef and Author. For services to charity, culinary arts and education. * Dr. Susan Hopkins – Healthcare Epidemiologist Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at Public Health England. For services to Public Health. * Ali Koç – Vice-Chair of Board, Koç Holdings. For services to Trade and Investment between Britain and Turkey. *
Ajay Piramal Ajay Gopikisan Piramal (born 3 August 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass packaging. ...
– India Co-Chair UK-India CEO Forum. For services to the UK-India trade relationship. * Professor Cheng-Hock Toh – Lately President, British Society for Haematology and Academic Vice-President, Royal College of Physicians. For services to haematology and medicine. * Sarina Wiegman – England Women’s National Football Coach. For services to Association football. ;Military division * Brigadier Daniel Blanchford, , Royal Marines * Air Commodore Simon Robert Strasdin, , Royal Air Force * Commodore (now Rear Admiral) Stephen Mark Richard Moorhouse, OBE, Royal Navy


Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Civil division * Ronan Lyons, – 5 January 2022 – ''Honorary appointed in 2021 to be made Substantive'' ;Honorary * Frans Caljé – Chief Executive Officer,
PD Ports PD Ports is a Middlesbrough, England headquartered port, shipping and logistics company; owner of Teesport, and ports at Hartlepool, Howden and Keadby; with additional operations at the Port of Felixstowe, Felixstowe, Port of Immingham, Immingha ...
. For services to International Trade. * Phaedon Christopoulos – Managing Director of CPPC Logistics, Sovereign Base Area Cyprus. For services to British Forces Cyprus and the Sovereign Base Area Administration. * Professor Keith Humphreys – Esther Ting Memorial Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences,
Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
. For services to UK-US Relations. *
George Holding George Edward Bell Holding (born April 17, 1968) is an American politician, lawyer, and former federal prosecutor who is a former United States Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2021. He previously repr ...
– Congressman,
US House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...
. For services to Science and Policy on Addiction. * Kishore Jayaraman – President Rolls-Royce India and South Asia. For services to International Trade and Investment. * Dr. Vinod Joshi – Retired dentist and founder of the Mouth Cancer Foundation in the UK. Retired dentist and founder of the Mouth Cancer Foundation in the UK. * Bear Montique – Interim Chief Executive Officer, Standing Together Against Domestic Violence and Founder, Advance Advocacy Service. For services to the prevention of violence against women and girls. * Neil Peck – Former Attorney and Honorary Consul. For services to UK-Colorado relations. * Patricia Mawuli Porter – Co-founder and Pilot, Aviation and Technology Academy Ghana. For services to Aviation. * Roisin Quinn – Senior Manager, National Grid. For services to the Electricity System, Energy Security and Decarbonisation. * Professor Paula Reimer – Director, CHRONO Centre for Climate, Environment and Chronology, Queen’s University Belfast. For Services to Radiocarbon Dating, Calibration and Chronology. * Dorothea Ruland – Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service. For services to the British/German relationship. * Darren Walker – President
Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a $25,000 (about $550,000 in 2023) gift from Edsel Ford. ...
. For Services to UK/US Relations. * Susan Whelan – Chief Executive, Leicester City Football Club. For services to Football, the economy in the East Midlands and the wider community in Leicester. ;Military division * Lieutenant Colonel David Christopher Middleton, The Parachute Regiment * Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Rupert Mark Robinson, The Light Dragoons * Wing Commander Thomas Leslie Stevenson, , Royal Air Force * Commander Claire Fiona Thompson, Royal Navy * Lieutenant Colonel William James Meddings, The Royal Anglian Regiment


Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

;Civil division * Brigitte Zelie Squire-Dehouch, – 5 January 2022 – ''Honorary appointed in 2010 to be made Substantive'' * Ann Hutchinson Guest, – 8 March 2022 – ''Honorary appointed in 2021 to be made Substantive'' * Diala Khlat, – 5 January 2022 – ''Honorary appointed in 2021 to be made Substantive'' ;Honorary * Dr. Shehlina Ahmed – Health Adviser. For services to health in Bangladesh. * Marwan Al-Jarah – Counter-Terrorism Programme Support Officer. For services to National Security and human rights. * Jan Bartu – Performance Director, Modern Pentathlon. For services to Modern Pentathlon. * Manog Bissoondutt – Humane Society Manager, British Virgin Islands. For services to animal welfare within the British Virgin Islands. * Cindi Black – Owner and Director, Great Western pre-school, Aberdeenshire. For services to Pre-School Education in Aberdeen. * Roberto Castiglioni – Disability Rights campaigner. For services to Aviation Accessibility. * Marcela Černochová – Managing Director, British Chamber of Commerce. For services to British business in the Czech Republic. * Barbara Chantrill – Founder, Leicestershire Education Business Company. For services to Education. * Professor Daniel Charny – Designer. For services to Design and Creativity. * Dr. Margaret Coffey – Clinical Service Lead (ENT/Head & Neck), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Speech and Language Therapy. * Philippe Corréa – Director of Industrial Relations at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Com-mission. For services to UK and France Nuclear co-operation. * Professor Daniela De Angelis – Professor of Statistical Science for Health, University of Cambridge. Science for Health, University of Cambridge For services to Medical Research and Public Health. * Dónal Doherty – Conductor Codetta Choir. For services to Music in Northern Ireland. * Major (Rtd) Brian Duffy – Chairman, Royal British Legion, Republic of Ireland Branch. Chairman, Royal British Legion, Republic of Ireland Branch. * Pierre Gomez – Data Supervisor Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia. For services to Medical Research in The Gambia. * Akira Haseyama – Former President of Keio University. For services to the British Olympic and Paralympic Teams. * Fumiko Hayashi – Former Mayor of Yokohama. For services to the British Olympic and Paralympic Teams. * Verena Katharina Hefti – Founder, Leaders Plus. For services to Equality. * Roberto Herrera Pablo – Country Manager and Board Member of InterEnergy Group. For services to Sustainable and Clean Energy. * Dr. Shafie Kamaruddin – Deputy Medical Director, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS. * Alena Krajtlova – Training Wing Assistant. For services to UK International Defence engagement Programmes. * Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy – Chief Executive Officer, Penlon. For services to the Ventilator Challenge. * Dr. Mikael Mikaelsson – Science and Innovation Officer, British Embassy Stockholm. For services to International collaboration on Climate Change. * Sinéad Murphy – Founder and CCO Shnuggle. For services to Trade and the Economy in Northern Ireland. * Daisy Narayanan – Lately Director of Urbanism, Sustrans. For services to Inclusive Urban Planning. * Miriam Purves – Nurse, Western Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Nursing during COVID-19. * Arevik Saribekyan – Country Director, British Council in Armenia. For services to UK/Armenia Cultural Relations. * Elizabeth Schlachter – Former Executive Director Family Planning 2020. Former Executive Director Family Planning 2020. * Yasuhisa Shiozaki – Former Co-Chair of UK-Japan 21st Century Group. For services to UK/Japan relations. * Yau Kong Tham – Military historian, Malaysian conservationist and tour guide in Sabah, Malaysia. For services to Environmental, Historical and Cultural Conservation. * Takashi Tsukamoto – Chair, The Japan-British Society. For services to UK/Japan relations. * Muhidin Tutic – Protocol and Visits Officer, EU Force HQ, Sarajevo. For services to UK operations and observed acts of remembrance in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * Mary Vine-Morris – Area Director, Association of Colleges, London. For services to Further Education. * Ronald Claus Julian Weber – Victims Commissioner of the State of Berlin. For services to UK/German relations. ;Military division * Major Stephen Geoffrey White, The Parachute Regiment * Warrant Officer Class 2 Daniel James Bryceland, Corps of Royal Engineers * Warrant Officer Class 2 Thomas Anthony Whitehead, Intelligence Corps * Chief Petty Officer Logistician (Supply Chain) Laura Perry, Royal Navy * Warrant Officer Class 1 Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) Clint Wheeler, Royal Navy * Major Benjamin Sean Costello Attrell, Corps of Royal Engineers * Major Steven John Howard, Army Air Corps * Squadron Leader Jonathan Jack Eddison, Royal Air Force * Flight Lieutenant Victoria Grace Kellagher, Royal Air Force


British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Honorary * Joan Bruton – Retired Founder of Light House Trust Summer School. For services to the Disabled Community in Ireland. * Bruna Cerqueira – Senior Climate Adviser, British Embassy Brasilia. For services to UK interests in Brazil. * Brian Coleman – Founder, Two Touch project. For services to Exercise and Well-being for Cardiac patients. * Astrid Gillespie – Leader and Volunteer, Friends of All Saints Church Volunteer Group, East Horndon. For services to Community Heritage. * Isabelle Gouget – Occupational therapist, Oxford NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Occupational Therapy during Covid-19. * Daniela Anna Jenkins – Executive Director, Charlbury Community Centre. For services to the community in Charlbury, Oxfordshire. * Paresh Jethwa – Co-Founder Community Response Kitchen. FFor services to the community in the London Borough of Hendon during COVID-19. * Reshmi Kalam – Community and NHS volunteer. For services to community in Maidstone, Kent during COVID-19. * Sotiris Katsimpas – IT Manager, The Edinburgh Remakery. For services to Third Sector Charity during COVID-19. * Tarsem Kaur – Community volunteer. For services to the Community in Handsworth, Birmingham particularly during COVID-19. * Ronald Loof – President, Risquons Tous World War 2 Memorial Association. For services to the remembrance of British Soldiers who died in Mouscron in 1940. * Alan Mulligan – District Treasurer for the Royal British Legion, Republic of Ireland. For services to the Royal British Legion. * Thi Bich Ngan Nguyen – Corporate Services Manager, British Embassy Vietnam. For services to UK/Vietnam relations. * Abraham Heinrich Wermuth – Volunteer. For services to Holocaust education and awareness. * Kabura Zakama – North-East Regional Coordinator, British High Commission Abuja. For services to the UK in Nigeria.


Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Wing Commander Kevin Harry Thomas Latchman, Royal Air Force * Flight Lieutenant Edward Bindloss Gibb, Royal Air Force


Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

;Silver * Clive Dalton Jones –
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Mentioned in Despatches

* Private Ahmad Fahim, The Parachute Regiment * Corporal Daniel Matthew Hoyland, The Parachute Regiment * Sergeant Adam James Humphreys, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards


Queen's Commendation for Bravery

* Private Lewis Bradley O’Connor, The Parachute Regiment * Chief Petty Officer Jamie Andrew Ward, Royal Navy * Captain Lucy Elizabeth Russell, The Royal Logistic Corps * Lance Corporal (now Retired) Fraser Alan Duncan Gee, Royal Tank Regiment


Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

* Lieutenant Commander Andrew Dennis, Royal Navy * Lieutenant Commander William John Durbin, Royal Navy * Corporal Jamie Lee Found, The Parachute Regiment * Lieutenant Colonel William Thomas Hindle Hunt, The Parachute Regiment * Lieutenant Colonel Chloe O’Brien, The Royal Logistic Corps * Staff Sergeant Andrea Pearson, The Royal Logistic Corps * Captain James Nicholas Robson, The Parachute Regiment * Captain Helene Lucie Gleizes, Intelligence Corps * Major Hugo Peter Henderson, Royal Army Medical Corps * Petty Officer Warfare Specialist (Electronic Warfare) Timothy Stephen Dodge, Royal Navy * Lieutenant Commander Alexandra Katherine Harris, Royal Navy * Leading Warfare Specialist (Underwater Warfare) Jake Ryan Hobday, Royal Navy * Warrant Officer Class 1 Engineering Technician (Communications and Information Systems) Christopher Robbins, Royal Navy * Staff Sergeant (now Warrant Officer Class 2) Meghann Kylie Bradbury, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps * Captain Andrew Robert MacBeth, Royal Tank Regiment * Corporal (now Acting Sergeant) Toyah Louise Palmer, Intelligence Corps * Captain Helena Katheryn Richardson, Royal Regiment of Artillery * Acting Warrant Officer Kevin Edward Jones, Royal Air Force * Flight Lieutenant Graeme John Ritchie, Royal Air Force * Acting Corporal Stefan Cole, Royal Army Medical Corps


Order of St John


Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St John (GCStJ)

* Her Royal Highness
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Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ)

* Thomas Budd * Findlay MacRae * Lieutenant Colonel David Twigg, MBE


Dame of the Order of St John (DStJ)

* Margaret Suckling * Jane Swainson


Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ)

* Professor Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard * Deborah Lewis * James Saunders Watson * Lynn Cleal * Florence Dewar * William Hackett * Vivienne Robertson * The Right Reverend Gregory Cameron * Simon Cole * Dr. Bryan Craig Ellis * Colonel (Ret’d) Stephen Franklin * Raymond Grant Hirst * Richard Hitchcock


Officer of the Order of St John (OStJ)

* Brigadier Stephen Archer, ARRC, QHN * Carol Calvert * Surgeon Captain Rikus Coetzee, RN * Jason Peter Eldridge * Keith Horsman * Pamela King * David Lewis, MBE, JP * Wendy-Lee McCormick * Christopher Phillips * Jean Slater, BEM * Ian Wand * Jonathan Whitker, JP * Jess Duncan * David Gibb * Graham Smith * Kenneth Webster * Richard Baxter * Judith Goldsmith * Andrew King * Stephen More * Tracy Sankey-Jones * Helen Smith * Claire Stone * Ada Rheeder * Yusuf Steytler


References

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