1963 Birthday Honours

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The Queen's Birthday Honours 1963 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. The appointments were made "on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday", and were published in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 May 1963.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.[2]

Recipients of honours are listed here as they were styled before their new honour.

United Kingdom

Baron

  • The Right Honourable Charles Hill, M.D., M.P., Member of Parliament for Luton since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, 1951–1955; Postmaster-General, 1955–1957; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1957–1961; Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, 1961–1962. For political and public services.
  • Brigadier Sir Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, C.B.E., T.D., J.P., D.L., Deputy Chairman of the Unionist Party in Scotland, 1960–1963. For political and public services in Scotland.

Privy Counsellor

  • Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Esq., M.P. Member of Parliament for Grantham since 1951. Assistant Government Whip, 1955–1957; Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and- Food, 1957–1960; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1960–1961; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 1961.
  • Sir John Gardiner Sumner Hobson, O.B.E., T.D., Q.C., M.P. Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington since 1957. Solicitor-General, 1962; Attorney-General since 1962.
  • The Right Honourable Oliver Brian Sanderson, Baron Poole, C.B.E., T.D. Member of Parliament for Oswestry, 1945–1950. Joint Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party Organisation, 1952–1955;• Chairman, 1955–1957; Deputy Chairman, 1957–1959; Joint Chairman since April 1963.

Baronet

  • Sir Eric Errington, M.P. Member of Parliament for Bootle, 1935–1945, and for Aldershot since 1954. For political and public services.
  • Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, Esq., O.B.E., M.P. Member of Parliament for Hendon North since 1950. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air 1957–1959; Parliamentary and Financial Secretary, Admiralty, 1959; Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1959–1963. For political and public services.

Knight Bachelor

  • Arthur Capel Herbert Bell, Esq., M.B., F.R.C.S., President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
  • Denis William Brogan, Esq., Professor of Political Science, University of Cambridge.
  • Alderman Kenneth Alfred Leader Brown, J.P. For political and public services in Bristol.
  • John Bruce, Esq., C.B.E., T.D., F.R.C.S., Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh.
  • Professor William Mansfield Cooper, Vice-Chancellor, University of Manchester.
  • Andrew James Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, Esq., Chairman, Employers' Side, National Joint Council for the Port Transport Industry. Chairman, National Association of Port Employers.
  • John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle, Esq., Alderman, Liverpool City Council.
  • John Nicholson Hogg, Esq., T.D., Chairman, Export Guarantees Advisory Council.
  • Ronald Holroyd, Esq., Deputy Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.
  • Colonel John Frederick Crompton-Inglefield, T.D., D.L. For political and public services in Derbyshire.
  • Richard Leofric Jackson, Esq., C.B.E., Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. President, International Criminal Police Organisation.
  • Professor Ewart Ray Herbert Jones, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford.
  • Norman Samuel Joseph, Esq., C.B.E., Director, Joseph Lyons and Company Ltd. Honorary Catering Adviser to the Home Office.
  • Geoffrey Kitchen, Esq., T.D., Chairman, Pearl Assurance Company Ltd.
  • Henry Brailsford Lawson, Esq., M.C., President of the Law Society.
  • Alan Lubbock, Esq., Chairman, Hampshire County Council.
  • Robert Edwin McAlpine, Esq., Director, Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons Ltd.
  • Captain John MacLeod, T.D., M.P., Member of Parliament for Ross and Cromarty since 1945. For political and public services.
  • Douglas Marshall, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Bodmin since 1945. For political and public services.
  • William John Herbert de Wette Mullens, Esq., D.S.O., T.D. Lately Senior Government Broker.
  • Kenneth Swift Peacock, Esq., Chairman and Managing Director, Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd.
  • Michael Edward Rowe, Esq., C.B.E., Q.C., Deputy Chairman, Local Government Commission for England.
  • Harold Samuel, Esq. For public and charitable services.
  • Alexander Samuels, Esq., C.B.E., Honorary Adviser to the Minister of Transport on London Traffic Management.
  • Norman Sanger Tucker, Esq., O.B.E., General Secretary, National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association.
  • Percy Frederick Ronald Venables, Esq., Principal, Birmingham College of Advanced Technology.
  • Alderman Martin Kelso Wallace, J.P., Lord Mayor of Belfast.
  • Norman Charles Wright, Esq., C.B. For past services as Chief Scientific Adviser (Food), Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  • Myles Dermot Norris Wyatt, Esq., C.B.E., Chairman and Managing Director, British United Airways Ltd.

State of Victoria

  • The Reverend Clarence Irving Benson, C.B.E., Superintendent of the Wesley Church Central Mission, Melbourne, State of Victoria.
  • Colin York Syme, Esq., President of the Walter and Eliza Institute of Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, State of Victoria.

State of Queensland

  • Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, Esq., Ch.M., F.R.C.P., of Brisbane, State of Queensland. For services in the field of Medicine.

State of South Australia

  • Ivan Bede Jose, Esq., M.C., M.B., F.R.C.S., a Consultant Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital, State of South Australia.
  • Ewen McIntyre Waterman, Esq., of Strathalbyn, State of South Australia. For services to the pastoral industry.

State of Western Australia

  • Joseph Francis Ledger, Esq. For services to industrial development in the State of Western Australia.

Commonwealth Relations

  • Hugh Mackay Tallack, Esq., President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India.

Overseas Territories

  • Joshua Abraham Hassan, Esq., C.B.E., M.V.O., Q.C., J.P. For public services in Gibraltar.
  • Francis Challenor Hutson, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in Barbados.
  • Peter Watkin Williams, Esq., Chief Justice of the High Commission Territories of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland.
  • Campbell Wylie, Esq., Q.C., E.D., Chief Justice of the Joint Court of Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei.

Order of the Bath

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

  • Admiral Sir John David Luce, K.C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E.
  • Sir Harold Simcox Kent, K.C.B., H.M. Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

  • Rear Admiral Frederick Dossor, C.B.E.
  • Rear Admiral Philip David Gick, O.B.E., D.S.C.
  • Rear Admiral Morice Gordon Greig, D.S.C.
  • Major General Robert Dyer Houghton, O.B.E., M.C.
  • Rear Admiral Horace Rochfort Law, O.B.E., D.S.C.
  • Rear Admiral Hugh Colenso Martell, C.B.E.
  • Rear Admiral Richard Arthur James Owen.
  • Rear Admiral Erroll Norman Sinclair, D.S.C.
  • Surgeon Rear Admiral (D) Philip Stanley Turner, Q.H.D.S., L.D.S.
  • Major-General Richard George Fellowes Frisby, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., late Infantry.
  • Major-General Courtnay Traice David Lindsay, late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
  • Major-General John Edward Longworth Morris, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
  • Major-General William Odling, O.B.E., M.C., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
  • Major-General David Peel Yates, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Infantry. Colonel, The South Wales Borderers.
  • Major-General Francis James Claude Piggott, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
  • Major- General Alwyne Michael Webster Whistler, C.B.E., late Royal Corps of Signals.
  • Major-General John Francis Worsley, O.B.E., M.C., late Infantry.
  • Air Vice-Marshal William Edward Coles, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Vice-Marshal Stewart William Blacker Menaul, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Vice-Marshal John Brown Wallace, O.B.E., Q.H.S., M.D., Ch.B., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore George Francis Wheaton Heycock, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore Ralph Coburn Jackson, M.R.C.S., F.R.C.P., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore James Maitland Nicholson Pike, D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore John Clifford Pope, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
  • Air Commodore Ian James Spencer, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

  • Douglas Albert Vivian Allen, Esq., Third Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
  • Edgar Warren Chivers, Esq., Director, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, War Office.
  • Major Erlam Stanley Dobb, Director, Agricultural Land Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  • Harry Hill Donnelly, Esq., Deputy Secretary, Scottish Education Department.
  • William Gordon Harris, Esq., Director-General of Works, Ministry of Public Building and Works.
  • David Charles Beresford Holden, Esq., E.R.D., Second Secretary, Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland.
  • Stanley Marks Krusin, Esq., Parliamentary Counsel.
  • David William Shuckburgh Lidderdale, Esq., Clerk Assistant, House of Commons.
  • Bertram Mitchell, Esq., Chief Inspector, Board of Customs and Excise.
  • Lewis Frederick Nicholson, Esq., Director-General of Scientific Research (Air), Ministry of Aviation.
  • Arthur William Peterson, Esq., M.V.O., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office.
  • Edward Alexander Keane Ridley, Esq., Principal Assistant Solicitor, Office of H.M. Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor.
  • Daniel Thomson, Esq., M.D., Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health.
  • Albert Edward Tollerfield, Esq., Assistant Comptroller, Patent Office, Board of Trade.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

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

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

  • Eric Coome Maynard Cullingford, Esq., Labour Attaché, British Embassy, Bonn.
  • James Littlewood, Esq., lately Chairman, Empire Cotton Growing Corporation.
  • John Barraclough Loynes, Esq., an Adviser, Bank of England.
  • Eric Lawrance Phillips, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade.
  • John Haddow Riddoch, Esq., Under Secretary, Ministry of Aviation.
  • Sydney Herbert Shaw, Esq., O.B.E., Geological Adviser, and Director of Overseas Geological Surveys.
  • William Allan McInnes Green, Esq., Town Clerk of the City of Perth, State of Western Australia.
  • John Charles Hooton, Esq., M.B.E., Legal Secretary, East African Common Services Organisation.
  • Norman Jameson, Esq., of Indooroopilly, State of Queensland. For services to industry.
  • Robin Leslie Darlow Jasper, Esq., Deputy British High Commissioner, Ibadan.
  • Frederick Austin Johnston, Esq., C.B.E., Chairman of the Finance Committee for the VIIth British Commonwealth Games, Perth, State of Western Australia.
  • William Gordon Mathieson, Esq., Under-Secretary and Comptroller of Accounts, Treasury, State of New South Wales.
  • Eric George Norris, Esq., Deputy British High Commissioner, Calcutta.
  • Aldhelm St John Sugg, Esq., Provincial Commissioner, Southern Province, Northern Rhodesia.
  • Kenneth Martin Cowley, Esq., O.B.E., Provincial Commissioner, South Province, Kenya.
  • John Cartwright Braddon Fisher, Esq., O.B.E., Administrative Officer, Class 1A, Sarawak.
  • Anthony Macgregor Grier, Esq., Under Secretary, North Borneo.
  • Harold Percival Hall, Esq., M.B.E., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office.
  • Henry Wylde Edwards Heath, Esq., Commissioner of Police, Hong Kong.
  • Geoffrey Charles Lawrence, Esq., O.B.E., Financial Secretary, Zanzibar.
  • Archibald Cameron Reid, Esq., Secretary for Fijian Affairs, Fiji.
  • Anthony Redfern Rushford, Esq., Assistant Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
  • Ivor Otterbein Smith, Esq., O.B.E., Chairman of the Public Service Commission and of the Police Service Commission, British Guiana.
  • John Lawrence Harvey Webster, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Kenya.
  • John Arnold Harrop Wolff, Esq., Provincial Commissioner, Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
  • Harold Arthur Neville Brown, Esq., C.V.O., lately Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Monrovia.
  • Derek Sherborne Lindsell Dodson, Esq., M.C., lately Her Majesty's Consul, Elisabethville.
  • Robert Heath Mason, Esq., O.B.E., Foreign Office.
  • Willie Morris, Esq., lately Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Amman.
  • Ivor Forsyth Porter, Esq., O.B.E., Permanent United Kingdom Representative to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
  • John Laurence Pumphrey, Esq., Counsellor, Office of the United Kingdom Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, Singapore.
  • Francis Brooks Richards, Esq., D.S.C. and Bar, Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Paris.
  • Oliver Charles Beauchamp St John, Esq., Foreign Office.
  • Harold Taplin Shergold, Esq., O.B.E., Foreign Office.
  • Arnold Robert Walmsley, Esq., M.B.E., lately Foreign Office.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

  • Vice-Admiral (Horace) Geoffrey Norman, C.B., C.B.E.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class
  • The Reverend Patrick Thomas Ashton.
  • David Vincent Griffiths Buchanan, Esq., M.V.O.
  • Stephen Langton Forwood, Esq.
  • Edmund Frank Grove, Esq., M.V.O.
  • Captain David Gordon Roome, Royal Navy.
  • The Reverend Edwin Ward.
Fifth Class
  • Arthur George Horsley, Esq.
  • Miss Muriel Legg.
  • Regimental Sergeant-Major John Clifford Lord, M.B.E., Grenadier Guards.
  • Donald Morrison, Esq.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

  • General Sir Harold English Pyman, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Colonel Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Tank Regiment Wing.

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

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

  • Major-General Hamish Manus Campbell, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Army Pay Corps.
  • Lieutenant-General Richard Walter Craddock, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
  • William Traven Aitken, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds since 1950. For political and public services.
  • Matthew Campbell, Esq., C.B., Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland.
  • Ronald Stanley Edwards, Esq., Chairman, The Electricity Council.
  • Albert Henry Mumford, Esq., O.B.E., Engineer-in-Chief, General Post Office.
  • George Edgar Vaughan, Esq., C.B.E., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Panama City.
  • Sir Percival Joseph Griffiths, C.I.E., President of the India, Pakistan and Burma Association. For services to the British communities in India and Pakistan.
  • Sir Henry (Harry) Rudolph Howard, Chairman of the Organising Council for the VIIth British Commonwealth Games, Perth, State of Western Australia.
  • Sir Ronald Ormiston Sinclair, President, East African Court of Appeal.
  • Brian Allan Marwick, Esq., C.M.G., C.B.E., Resident Commissioner, Swaziland.


New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

  • [[Gilbert Edward Archey|Gilbert Edward Archey CBE]] - director of the Auckland Institute and Museum.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division
  • John Andrew CBE - of Hyde, Central Otago. For public services.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division
  • Herbert Myer Caselberg - of Wellington. For services to land settlement and agriculture.
  • James Deans JP - of Canterbury. For services to local government, agriculture and forestry.
  • [[Alexander McGregor Grant|Alexander McGregor Grant MB FRACS]] - of Auckland. For services to medicine and racing.
  • [[Jack Newman (New Zealand cricketer)|Jack Newman JP]] - of Nelson. For services to tourism in New Zealand.
Military Division
  • Air Commodore William Hector Stratton DFC - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division
  • Leonard Frederick de Berry - of Christchurch. For services to music and education.
  • Alec Sugden Farrar. For services to the community, especially as president of the Christchurch Returned Services Association.
  • Harold Robert Holt - president of the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society.
  • Colin Robert Horsley - concert pianist. For services to music.
  • Leonard James Tobin Ireland JP - of Dunedin. For services to local body administration.
  • Hamana Mahuika - of Tikitiki, East Coast. For services to the Māori people.
  • Leyon Miall Moss - chairman of the New Plymouth High School Board.
  • Leslie Walter Stewart - formerly Rector of St Andrew's College, Christchurch.
  • John Tait - of Invercargill. For services to local government and the Returned Services Association.
  • Mrs Ellenor Catherine Watson - Dominion president of the Women's Division of the Federated Farmers.
Military Division
  • Surgeon Commander (D) Alexander Colin Horne BDS LDS - Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Wallace Bateman MM ED - 1st Divisional Signals Regiment (Territorial Force).
  • Group Captain Arthur Percy Gainsford DSO DFC AFC - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division
  • Mrs Prudens Lillian Burrowes Blunden - of Waikari. For social welfare services.
  • Edward James Bradshaw JP - a former mayor of Riccarton.
  • Mrs Nora Kathleen Braithwaite - of Hamilton. For services to the community.
  • Gordon Leonard Brown - of Auckland. For services with the St John Ambulance movement.
  • William Alexander Gault - of Opotiki. For services to local government.
  • Wilfred Douglas Gorman - of Wellington. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Amateur Radio Emergency Corps (Search and Rescue Organisation).
  • Miss Jessie Jackson - a librarian at Her Majesty's New Zealand Dockyard in Auckland.
  • Mrs Mavis Gwendolen Kealy - of Auckland. For services to local government and social welfare.
  • Alfred Sydney Kinsman - of Timaru. For services to local government.
  • Robert McCallum - Major, Salvation Army, Rotoroa Island, Auckland.
  • Archibald Aloysius McDonald - of Ashburton. For services to local government.
  • Mrs Mary Ellen Reid - of Greymouth. For social welfare services, especially in connection with women and children.
  • Wilfrid Aaron Rushton JP - Mayor of Morrinsville.
  • Miss Gladys Anne Sandford - matron of the Lower Hutt Maternity Annexe.
  • Willis Alan Scaife JP - of Wanaka. For services to farming.
  • Harold Reginald Street - of Taumarunui. For services to local government.
  • Herbert Lea Towers - of Auckland. For services to athletics, especially in connection with the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association.
  • Ronald Philip Wakelin ED JP - Mayor of Carterton.
  • Miss Gwendoline Edna Borrie Wilson - matron of Ashburn Hall, Dunedin.
Military Division
  • Lieutenant Commander (SP) (temporary) Peter Maxwell Sanders - Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
  • Major Frederick Arthur Gunn ED - The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
  • Warrant Officer Class II Ronald Ivan Keat - The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
  • Honorary Captain Frederick Barry Smyth ED - The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
  • Major Richard Stanley-Harris - The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
  • Squadron Officer Joyce Eileen Peat - Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Warrant Officer Herbert Edwards - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

  • Charles Edward Peek - superintendent, Child Welfare Division, Department of Education.
  • Charles William Oakey Turner - lately engineer-in-chief, Public Works Department.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

For gallantry, Civil Division
  • Raymond Piper - ambulance driver, Auckland. For courage at the time of a shooting tragedy in the Auckland District.
  • Joseph Walker - Constable, New Zealand Police, Auckland. For courage at the time of a shooting tragedy in the Auckland District.
Civil Division
  • Edward Fitzgerald Barry - Constable, New Zealand Police, Auckland.
Military Division
  • Shipwright Artificer 1st Class Oliver Maxwell Cox - Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Radio Electrical Artificer Cyril Neil Jeffries - Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Petty Officer Gordon Thomas Lawrence - Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Radio Electrician Kenneth Robinson - Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Staff-Sergeant Clifford Melrose Kennedy - The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
  • Staff-Sergeant Gavin Stanley Milne - Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
  • Warrant Officer Class II (temporary) John O'Brien - Royal New Zealand Signals (Regular Force).
  • Sergeant Geoffrey Millard Castle - Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Sergeant Edward Sims - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

  • Squadron Leader Donald Benjamin Pollard - Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Flight Lieutenant Arthur David Malcolm Winkelmann - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (QPM)

  • Charles Edward Tanner - Chief Inspector, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

  • Flight Lieutenant Frederick Barry Flavall - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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