Birthday Honours 2006

The Birthday Honours 2006 for the Commonwealth Realms were announced on 17 June, 2006, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2006.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged firstly by the country whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, "etc.") and then divisions (Military, Civil, "etc.") as appropriate.

United Kingdom

Knights Bachelor

* Michael John Michael Aaronson, C.B.E., lately Director-General of Save the Children. For services to Children.
* Professor Royal Malcolm Anderson, Chief Scientific to the Ministry of Defence.
* Jonathan Elliott Asbridge, President of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. For services to the NHS and Nursing.
* Norman George Bettison, Q.P.M., Chief Executive of Centrex and lately Chief Constable of Merseyside Police. For services to the Police.
* James Robert Crosby, Chief Executive of HBOS plc. For services to the Finance Industry.
* Donald Gordan Cruickshank. For public service.
* Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, C.B.E., Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. For services to Archaeology.
* Professor Albert Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England. For services to Children and Young People.
* Philip Green, Retail Executive. For services to the Retail Industry.
* Mark Grundy, Headteacher of Shireland Language College, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands. For services to Education and to ICT.
* Dr. Richard Timothy Hunt, Principal Scientist of Cancer Research UK. For services to Science.
* Stelios Haji-Ioannou. For services to Entrepreneurship.
* Brian Gammell Ivory, C.B.E., Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland. For services to the Arts.
* Kenneth John Knight, C.B.E., Q.F.S.M., Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.
* Councillor Richard Charles Leese, C.B.E., Leader of Manchester City Council. For services to Local Government.
* Robert John Margetts, C.B.E., Chair of the Natural Environment Research Council. For services to Science and to Business.
* David Michael Charles Michels, lately Chief Executive of Hilton Group plc. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
* David Gerald Richards, Chair of the FA Premier League and Football Foundation. For services to Sport.
* Dr. Peter Jeffery Simpson, President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. For services to the NHS.
* John Michael Sunderland, Chair of Cadbury Schweppes and President of the Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business.
* Gilbert Stanley Thomas, O.B.E.. For services to Business and to Charity in Wales.
* Charles Cornelius Wheeler, C.M.G.. For services to Broadcasting and to Journalism.
* Professor Roger Williams, Chair of the High Education Funding Council for Wales. For services to Higher Education.

; Diplomatic and Overseas List

*The Honourable Mr. Justice Lisle Austin Ward, Q.C., lately Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.

Order of the Bath

Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)

; Military Division

:; Royal Navy

* Vice Admiral Timothy Pentreath McClement, O.B.E.

; Civil Division

* John Elvidge, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Executive.
* David Rowlands, C.B., Permanent Secretary to the Department for Transport.
* Roger Blackmore Sands, Clerk of the House and Chief Executive of the House of Commons.

Companions of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)

; Military Division

:; Royal Navy

* Rear Admiral Nicholas Henry Linton Harris, M.B.E.
* Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Lawrence Jenkins, C.V.O

:; Army

* Major General David Robert Bill (496284), late Corps of Royal Engineers
* Major General David Malcolm Howell, O.B.E. (500438), late Adjutant General Corps (Army Legal Services Branch).

:; Royal Air Force

* Air Vice-Marshal Iain Walter McNicoll, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.

; Civil Division

* Philip Richard Hernaman Allen, lately Director of Corporate Services at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
* John William Bacon, lately Group Director of Health and Social Care Delivery at the Department of Health.
* Jonathan Richard Bell, lately Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency.
* Simon Brooks, Director of Macroeconomics, HM Treasury.
* Michelle Mary Eagan, Regional Offender Manager, National Offender Management Service.
* Thomas Baird Jeffery, Director-General of Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Education and Skills.
* Greer Sandra Kerrigan, Legal Director of Law, Governance and the Special Policy Group at the Department for Work and Pensions.
* Joseph Montgomery, Director-General of the Tackling Disadvantage Group at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
* Nicola Susan Munro, Head of the Development Department of the Scottish Executive.
* Christopher Peter Jayantha Muttukmara, Legal Adviser and Legal Services Director at the Department for Transport.
* Laurence Oates, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee at the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
* David Alan Pritchard, lately Head of the Economic Development and Transport Department of the National Assembly for Wales.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (G.C.M.G.)

; Diplomatic Division

* Sir Michael Hastings Jay, K.C.M.G., Permament Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service.

Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (K.C.M.G.)

; Diplomatic Division

* Richard Hugh Turton Gozney, C.M.G., British High Commissioner to Nigeria.
* Mark Justin Lyall Grant, C.M.G., British High Commissioner to Pakistan.

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

; Civil Division

* Gilliam Mary Anne Lambert, Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels.
* Paul Vallely. For services to Journalism and to the Developing World.

; Diplomatic Division

* Timothy Earle Barrow, L.V.O., M.B.E., Counsellor of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Robert Scott Dewar, HM Ambassador to Ethiopia.
* Hazel Mary Fox, Lady Fox, Q.C. (Hon.). For services to international and comparative law.
* David George Hamilton Frost, Counsellor of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Ian Charles Stewart Johnson, lately Vice-President and Head of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank.
* Julian Beresford King, Political and Security Council Representative at the Office of the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
* Edward Anthony Oakden, Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Christopher Robert Geoffrey Pagett, O.B.E., Counsellor of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Paul Raymond Sizeland, Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* Robin Anthony Vincent, C.B.E., lately Registrar at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
* Ralph Zacklin, lately Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Secretariat.

Royal Victorian Order

Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.)

* Claude Dunbar Hankes-Drielsma, formerly Trustee of St. George's House, Windsor Castle.
* Major Richard Yates Henderson, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran.
* Ronald Hobson. For services to charity.
* Robert Richard Taylor, O.B.E., Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands.

Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)

* Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, formerly Serjeant Surgeon in the Royal Household.

Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (L.V.O.)

* Major Barnaby Cockcroft, Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
* Anne Frost, Lady in Waiting to Princess Michael of Kent.
* Colonel Robert Shaun Longsdon, Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
* Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu. For services to the Royal Collection.
* Christopher William Pittaway, M.V.O., RN (Retd.), Manager/Chief Pilot of The Queen's Helicopter Flight.
* Eric Stephen Sharp, formerly Operations Director of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
* Captain Colin Michael Cato Stewart, formerly Assistant of the Corporation of Trinity House.

Members of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)

* Peter James George Archer, formerly Court Correspondent of the Press Association.
* Tonino Bonici, R.V.M., Palace Foreman at Buckingham Palace.
* Antigoni Christodoulou, Clerk Comptroller of the Duke and Duchess of Kent's Household.
* Paul Frank Cradock, Horological Conservator of the Royal Collection.
* Philip Shaun Croasdale, R.V.M., Standards and Training Manager in the Master of the Household's Department.
* Chief Inspector Richard James Curtis, Norfolk Constabulary. For services to Royalty Protection.
* Mark Fromont, R.V.M., Premier Chef of the Royal Household.
* Lucinda Gooch, Retail and Publishing Co-ordinator of the Royal Collection.
* Andrew Mark Holt, Building Surveyor on the Sandringham Estate.
* Mary Angela Kelly, Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to The Queen.
* Vivienne Bowen Morgan, Director of The Prince's Trust in Carmarthenshire.
* Wing Commander Richard Edward George Pattle, Royal Air Force, formerly Equerry to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
* Terence Alan Pendry, B.E.M., Stud Groom and Manager of the Royal Mews, Windsor Castle.
* Jane Pithers, formerly Personnel Manager of the Crown Estate, Windsor.
* Inspector Carol Alexandra Quirk, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
* Lynette Joyce Randall, Head of Savill Gardens, Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park.
* Sergeant Dominic Charles Ryan, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
* Brian Alan Ernest Stanley, R.V.M., Stud Groom of the Royal Paddocks, Hampton Court.
* Susan Elaine Welch, Secretary in the Lieutenancy Office, Derbyshire.
* Norma Mae Blossom Wynter, Personal Secretary to the Governor-General of Jamaica.

Royal Victorian Medal

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

* Edward George Reginald Charlett, R.V.M., Groom of the Vestry of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace.
* Keith Howard Griffiths, R.V.M., Courier of the Royal Household.
* Anthony Albert Harrowsmith, R.V.M., formerly Chief Woodman of the Crewe Survey of the Duchy of Lancaster.
* John Trodden Kerr, R.V.M., Leading Palace Attendant at Windsor Castle.
* Roger Edward Standen, R.V.M., Senior Housekeeping Assistant at Buckingham Palace.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

* Colin Richard Cartwright, formerly Lay Clerk of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
* Trevor John Craddock, Lay Clerk of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
* Stephen Cuthbert, Gamekeeper on the Sandringham Estate.
* Karl Patrick Dennis, Forestry Worker on the Sandringham Estate.
* Avrille Janette Cranston Dent, Deputy Housekeeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
* Rachel Ann Jane Gordon, Assistant Housekeeper of Windsor Castle.
* William Allan Henderson, Page of the Backstairs, Master of the Household's Department.
* Robert Stephen Jones, Palace Attendant at Buckingham Palace
* Thomas Robert Peggie, Senior Painter on the Balmoral Estate.
* Stephen John Read, Horticulturist/Steward of Thatched House Lodge.
* John Leonard Reed, Stud Hand of the Royal Studs at Sandringham.
* Russell Peter Sturgess, Forestry Team Supervisor on the Crown Estate, Windsor.

Order of the Companions of Honour

; Diplomatic and Overseas List

* Professor Anthony James Pawson, O.C. For services to genetic science and cancer research.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Jane Susan Campbell, M.B.E., lately Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence. For services to Social Care and to Disabled People.
* Professor Hazel Gillian Genn, C.B.E., Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London. For services to Civil Justice.
* Professor Carole Jordan, Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics (Theoretical Physics), University of Oxford. For services to Physics and Astronomy.
* Professor Janet Laughland Nelson, Professor of Medieval History, King's College London. For services to History.
* Dr. Ruth Muldoon Silver, C.B.E., Principal of Lewisham College. For services to Further Education.

Cook Islands

Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Apolo Dean. For services to the Church and public service.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Tupa Urirau Tupa. For services to health and the community.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

; Civil Division

* June Margaret Baudinet. For services to sports, business and the community.
* Vereara Maeva-Taripo. For services to women, the Cook Islands Association for Non-Government Organisation and public service.

Grenada

Order of the British Empire

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Bishop Emeritus Sydney Charles. For community service.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Irwin Ollivierre. For services to education.
* Helena Ross. For services to education.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Sekhar Tam Tam. For services to health and public service. [http://www.geocities.com/kirantamtam/Dr_Sekhar_Tam_Tam_MBE.html] [http://www.honours.gov.uk/lists/2006birthday.aspx] [http://www.honours.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.honours.gov.uk/grenada.pdf]

British Empire Medal

; Civil Division

* Otterson Frederick. For services to fishing.
* Rose Hall. For community service.
* Leo St. John. For services to fishing.

Solomon Islands

Order of St Michael and St George

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

; Civil Division

* Francis Billy Hilly. For services to community development.

Order of British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E)

; Civil Division

* The Reverend Aaron Bea. For services to church and community development.

Officers of the Order British Empire (O.B.E)

; Civil Division

* David Leslie Hayward. For services to commerce and sports development.
* John Smith Pitabelama. For services to sport, police and public service.
* Dr. Cecil Wilson Waketaku. For services to medical and health services.

Members of the Order British Empire (M.B.E)

; Civil Division

* Father Benedict Gairmane. For services to church and community development.
* Stephen Tonafalea. For services to politics, church and community development.
* Dudley Wate. For services to agriculture and community development..
* The Reverend George Agava Zama. For services to education and church and community development.

St Lucia

Order of St Michael and St George

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

; Civil Division

* Suzie Agnes-Ida D'Auvergne. For services to the judiciary.

Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Emma Hippolyte. For services to the government and public service.
* Velon Leo John. For services to the public and the community.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

; Civil Division

* Victor Aloysius Alexander Eudoxie. For services to banking.
* Wilbert King. For public service.
* Dr. Charles Keith Scotland. For services to the field of veterinary surgery.
* Winston Andrew Taylor. For public service.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

; Civil Division

* Victor Archie Edward. For services to agriculture.
* Philson Leonard Joseph. For services to agriculture.