Here's the AP wire story:

BRITAIN TO KNIGHT SPIELBERG

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) . Steven Spielberg is to be knighted by Great Britain, an honor conferred on those who have made an important contribution to relations with the country.

``The award of an honorary knighthood recognizes Steven Spielberg's extraordinary contribution to the entertainment industry and the British film industry over the last 25 years,'' the British Embassy said Thursday.

The director will receive the honor from ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II at a Jan. 29 ceremony in Washington.

Spielberg's credits include ``Saving Private Ryan,'' ``Schindler's List,'' ``Jaws'' and ``E.T. The Extraterrestrial.''

Spielberg was on vacation Thursday and couldn't be reached, but his spokesman at DreamWorks SKG said he was honored.

``He was enormously pleased and really humbled by this. He has always had such wonderful feelings for the UK and the British film industry,'' Spielberg publicist Marvin Levy said.

Let the honors continue for these people who live luxuriously at the expense of a lot of others! Sheeesh!

I'm not saying he's a saint (or even necessarily deserving of knighthood, but realistically, who is?)

Spielberg's a star, more so than any other director is or ever has been, and all of them get pampered outrageously. You can only imagine the chaos surrounding the Madonna wedding in the UK, after all.

(hand on forehead icon)
Next thing you know, they'll be knighting a Scotsman who publicly disparages the British.

"Knighthood" is no more than money talking.

The late Richard Burton went to his grave, having been denied this honor that he so deeply desired. Peter O'Toole has also been denied...although there is still time, since he hasn't yet kicked the bucket.

I have named but two positively gargantuan talents who actually were BORN over there, and yet their own have recognized them not.

And now this Jewish film maker from California becomes a Knight.

GIVE ME A BREAK, PLEASE!

This isn't about Spielberg.

This is about MONEY TALKING!

If you cannot see that, I suggest you take off the blinders.

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Originally posted by Chris Kinsinger:
And now this Jewish film maker from California becomes a Knight.

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Now Chris, with all due respect, I can see what you are getting at, but what does all of this have to do with the fact that Spielberg is jewish. Don't you think your statement was a little....prejudice?

Scott

You say, “….all this English stuff….”

You persist in inventing imaginary boundaries between the British and American peoples that do not really exist. Today, more than ever, geography is a diminishing reason for Anglo-American isolation, what with the ease of travel and ever improving communications – and anyway, your closest neighbour, Canada, remains a part of the British Commonwealth.

Many of your very ‘American’ institutions are based on British originals. H Rocco recently mentioned your national games. American football and baseball are derived from English team games, basketball was invented by a Canadian, and ice hockey was invented by British soldiers based in Canada. Your ‘country’ music is based on English and Scottish folk music, Halloween (as we now know it) was developed by Irish settlers in America, Thanksgiving was invented by the English Pilgrim fathers….even your constitution is based on the philosophies of Englishmen, most notably John Locke, who was born in Somerset, England just ten miles from where I live.

The thing is PeterK, American culture is based on British culture. American culture is simply an offshoot of British culture, as are the cultures of Australia, New Zealand and so on. Yes, we’re all different in certain ways, but America and Britain share a million cultural similarities that we do not share with other European nations such as France and Spain. The great thing about British culture, like the English language, is its flexibility. Thus, British culture (and American culture) easily incorporates many of the best things from the world’s other cultures.

When people go to live in the USA, they become Americans first, but they also become Anglicised. An Englishman goes to live in America, and has to make only the smallest of adjustments to become an American, whilst a Frenchman or a Dutchman would have to make far greater changes to become an American.

You may well think of the British as being different, but that is mainly because we are often portrayed as plummy-voiced and rather genteel. Of course, some Britons are like that….usually the so-called and diminishing ‘upper classes’. But, 95% of the British people are down to earth and do not fit into this category of the uppercrust Englishman. Take a Cornishman, a Yorkshireman, a Scotsman, a Welshman, an Irishman, a Mancunian etc, etc, etc, and you have an amazing array of people, each with their own cultural attributes and yet bound by a common, underlying thread. Indeed, the various cultures within Britain itself are often as different from each other as from the American or Australian cultures…..which just goes to show how much we really have in common.

However, although Britain colonized the USA, the USA is now colonizing Great Britain through neo-colonialism, in other words, through America’s industries – Great Britain has been Americanized at an ever accelerating rate over the past one hundred years, but this is understandable, and welcome, because American culture was born out of English culture in the first place. It just so happens that the American wing of English culture has now proved to be the most successful, therefor it is only natural that as global communications improve, American culture becomes dominant.

Anyway Peter, here’s another way of looking at the close ties between America and Britain. Here’s a very simple analysis of the history of Britain in North America.

1607 through 1763

1) Great Britain colonizes New England and the east coast of North America.
2) During this period Dutch and Spanish colonies in North America were taken over by the British Army and American colonists.
3) However, French colonies in what was to become Canada thrived, and French incursions into New England led to the four French and Indian Wars in which the British Army and the British-American militia finally triumphed.
4) Though the 13 original colonies were all started by Britons, and by the early 1700s had become Crown Colonies within the British Empire, large numbers of other European peoples, such as Scandinavians and especially Germans, led to an increase in the non-British population, but even by 1775, over 75% of the population of America remained British by ancestry and inclination.

1763 through 1783

1) The fourth French and Indian war finally saw Great Britain triumph over the French and gain control over all North America. The Battle of Quebec in 1759 was the pivotal victory, in which General James Wolfe skilfully outwitted the French resistance.
2) Various factors, including the imposition of taxes to pay for the French and Indian Wars, and also the leniency shown by the British authorities to the French in Quebec, led to increasing resentment amongst the colonies. The autocracy and poor judgement of the British Crown at the time contributed strongly to antagonising the previously loyal colonies further.
3) Hostilities between the colonists and the British authorities erupted in 1775, and following the Declaration of Independence the revolution began.
4) The early stages of the American War of Independence (to all intents and purposes a civil war within the British Empire) saw the British authorities gain the upper hand. However, a series of stunning victories by the colonial army helped to persuade the French (of all people!) to join the war against the British – but remember, the French weren’t pro-American, but were anti-British.
5) Other European nations took the opportunity to take on the British Empire when it was down. Holland, Spain, Russia, and other nations either declared war on Britain or did everything they could to hinder the British cause.
6) Not only was Britain waging a war in America, but the French and Spanish also assailed the British in India, the Caribbean and in the Mediterranean.
7) Suddenly, the American War of Independence became a global war. Indeed, the global aspect of the war is actually more historically important than the conflict in North America. It is only because the USA has become the greatest nation on earth, that only the conflict within its boundaries is properly remembered today.
8) The French and Spanish fleets attacked the Royal Navy in European waters, thus preventing vital supplies from reaching the British Army in North America. Fierce naval battles took place in the English Channel, off the west coast of France and in the Mediterranean.
9) Perhaps the most important moment in the American War of Independence came in 1779, when the combined French and Spanish fleets set sail for England with a massive invasion force. Only inclement weather conditions prevented the French and Spanish invasion of England. If they had succeeded and overrun Britain, it is almost certain that they would not have allowed the USA to be formed. Indeed, the American Revolution could have destroyed Great Britain….and the world today would be a far less hospitable place.
10) The British surrender at Yorktown led to Britain’s official recognition of US independence in 1783.
11) Despite losing its New England and Mid-Atlantic colonies, Britain came out of the war very favourably. Canada was consolidated as a loyal member of the British Empire, and the subsequent defeat of the French and Spanish fleets by the Royal Navy saw British territorial gains in the West Indies, Central America and South America.

1783 through 1815

1) Bitterness and resentment were harboured by both the British and the fledgling United States of America and tensions mounted with frequent Canadian border skirmishes as the British and their Indian allies made various sorties into the USA from Canada. The Royal Navy’s restrictions on American trading during the Napoleonic Wars led to the Americans declaring war on Great Britain in 1812 (The War of 1812). Yet again, the Americans were joining the French (unofficially this time) against the British, but this time Britain was stronger, and although the American navy scored numerous successes over the Royal Navy, whilst a British invasion force burnt Washington DC and Detroit, following Wellington’s final victory over Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Britain and America finally declared peace.
2) During this period, the number of non-British immigrants into the USA increased, although large numbers of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish settlers made their way into both British Canada and the USA.
3) Following the War of 1812, Britain ceded its Oregon territories to the USA.

1815 through 2000

1) British immigration into the USA continued throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
2) Relations between the USA and ‘mother England’ have steadily improved during the same period, and as we enter the 21st century, the relationship between the United States of America and Great Britain is friendlier than at any time since 1776.
3) And with WWII, America saved Britain and the British Empire from being overrun by the Germans, Italians and Japanese.
4) And now, Britain itself is becoming culturally American. Britain has become America’s poodle.

And, what of the future?

Well, it’s going to be an American world….and that sounds good to me.

I cannot think of a more deserving recipient than Steven Spielberg….I hope Hans Zimmer is next in line, after all, he has spent a great deal of time in Great Britain, and Media Ventures was conceived whilst Zimmer was in England. And then there’s James Horner, especially since he has been cultivating a British accent for quite some time.

Peter, you say that Spielberg has been honoured from ‘afar’…..I hope my previous posting at this thread indicates just how close to England Americans are.

As far as Spielberg’s real estate ventures are concerned, well, he is not being knighted for those. He is a great moviemaker, and like most great men, he is also no saint.

Yes H Rocco, Madonna’s wedding generated a huge amount of excitement here in Britain. She is much loved by the British people (especially Guy Ritchie), and she is most welcome in our country, as are all Americans who choose to live, work or vacation here.

I believe Spielberg is as deserving of a knighthood as anyone else, British or otherwise, who has been so honoured during Britain’s long history.

And yes, money has a great deal to do with bestowing knighthoods, but then again money has a great deal to do with anything. I don’t see the fact that money may be involved is a disqualification.

Anyway, Spielberg has concretely contributed to British culture, industry and the Anglo-American relationship – and, he chose to do so.

As far as Peter O’Toole is concerned, I personally do not feel he has done enough to qualify for a knighthood….this is not to say that I would begrudge him being knighted, because people have been knighted for less. And as you say, as far as O’Toole is concerned, there’s still plenty of time, taking Michael Caine and Sean Connery for example. I agree, it is a shame that Richard Burton did not live long enough to be knighted. However, if he were still alive today, I am sure that he would have garnered a knighthood as Elizabeth Taylor has been similarly honoured only recently.

Finally Chris, religion or ethnicity have very little to do with eligibility for knighthood. Great Britain has become a world leader in multi-cultural and multi-racial harmonization, and with only a few unimportant exceptions, this is reflected throughout Britain’s institutions.

Connery is British.

The United Kingdom is not segregated into English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish camps. There are more Scotsmen living in England than there are in Scotland. I myself, am a mixture of all four of the home nations, being part Irish, Welsh, Scottish and English. Though I am primarily English (and proud of it), I call myself British.

Many have criticised Connery for pushing Scottish Nationalism and yet living in the Bahamas. What these people forget is that the Bahamas are part of the British Commonwealth, and once formed part of the British Empire.

Thus, Connery’s ‘Scottish nationalist’ credentials are in order….and, much as I may disagree with his desire for Scottish independence, a Scotland independent from the rest of Britain would still be our friend and ally, and the Scottish people would be just as eligible for knighthood as any Englishman or American.

I say "all this English stuff" because I do not have the time nor patience to write a thesis every time I sit down. Also, there's some humor in there as well, look for it!

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Originally posted by H Rocco:
I believe that was the joke, Marian ...

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(Understanding slowly dawning...) Oh!

Your comedic intentions are of little interest to me….although the humour of many of your postings, intentional or otherwise, is not lost on me…..

I suppose it was a bit too much to expect that you might actually read all of my above postings, for if you had you would have understood why I was putting Hans Zimmer’s name forward for knighthood.

And, I have already said exactly the same thing about Horner’s accent as you did. Allow me to quote what I have already posted above –

“I cannot think of a more deserving recipient than Steven Spielberg….I hope Hans Zimmer is next in line, after all, he has spent a great deal of time in Great Britain, and Media Ventures was conceived whilst Zimmer was in England. And then there’s James Horner, especially since he has been cultivating a British accent for quite some time.”

Scott, I am personally not an antisemite...far from it. However many high-placed Brits are notoriously prejudiced. That's the only reason I mentioned Spielberg's race.

"Finally Chris, religion or ethnicity have very little to do with eligibility for knighthood. Great Britain has become a world leader in multi-cultural and multi-racial harmonization, and with only a few unimportant exceptions, this is reflected throughout Britain’s institutions."

However, Daniel2 has corrected me.

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3) And with WWII, America saved Britain...

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As an American, I prefer to think of this as a joint effort, the USA and England teaming up to accomplish the near impossible (establishment of a Western front). One of both countries finest moments, the comradery between Churchill and FDR was paramount!

_Sc

PS: I have heard that our national anthem's melody is based on an old English pub song, then fit to Mr. Key's words. That's fine; I love to hear the anthem sung by people who have the range to vocally do it justice, which few can.

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Originally posted by Chris Kinsinger:
Scott, I am personally not an antisemite...far from it. However many high-placed Brits are notoriously prejudiced. That's the only reason I mentioned Spielberg's race.[Message edited by Chris Kinsinger on 12-29-2000]

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Cool. The statement just sounded so "unlike" yourself that I had to say something. As far as Daniel 2 correcting you...well, I wouldn't get on the pro-British, we are semi-gods, bandwagon just yet.

Why do people fall for it? I think knighthood appeals to so many actors and celebs because it's just a more pompous form of social applause. "You like me, you really really like me!"

FILM AT 11.

Paul Scofield has received one of the highest honours in this year’s honours list by being made a Companion of Honour for services to drama.

Yes, Paul Scofield was the first actor to refuse a knighthood. Indeed, he has been offered a knighthood on many occasions, but has always gracefully declined.

Four years ago he said: "If you want a title, what's wrong with Mr? If you have always been that, then why lose your title? I have a title, which is the same one that I have always had. But it's not political. I have a CBE, which I accepted very gratefully."

Yes, Scofield was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) way back in 1956.

Though I find Spielberg’s knighthood to be immensely exciting, the honour I am most excited about in this New Year’s honours list, being a refuse collector, has to be road sweeper Charles Alloway’s MBE (Member of the British Empire). Charles has been honoured for keeping the streets of Cardiff clean for 27 years….there’s hope for me yet!

And this is the nature of the New Year’s honours list. Most people, particularly those living outside of the British Isles only get to hear about the knighthoods for famous actors, politicians and leaders of industry. But there are many, many ‘ordinary’ people, just like you and me, who are honoured at this time of year for services to the community.

Not only that Chris, you will find that people from all social, ethnic and cultural groups are honoured – and this usually has nothing to do with money. To illustrate this, please find the full honours list for 2001 –

KNIGHTS BACHELOR

Nicolas Bevan, CB. Speaker's secretary, House of Commons. (London)

Professor Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz. Professor of Medicine, University of Wales. For services to Medical Research and Education. (Llandaff, Cardiff)

Stanley William Clarke, CBE. For services to the community in Staffordshire. (Burton on Trent, Staffordshire)

Ronald Cohen. Chairman, Apax Partners and Co. For services to the Venture Capital Industry. (London, W1B)

Thomas Daniel Courtenay. Actor. For services to Drama. (London)

Edward Michael Crew, QPM. Chief Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Robert Paul Culpin. Managing director, Budget and Public finances, HM Treasury. (London)

Professor Christopher Thomas Evans, OBE. For services to the Bioscience Industry. (London, W11)

Andrew William Foster. Controller, Audit Commission. For services to Local Government and to the NHS. (London, W9)

Alasdair MacLeod Fraser, CB, QC. For services to the Criminal Justice System. (Belfast)

Professor Christopher John Frayling. Rector and vice Provost, Royal College of Art. For services to Art and Design Education. (Bath, Somerset)

Barry Trevor Jackson. Surgeon and president, Royal College of Surgeons. For services to Training and Education in Surgery. (Surbiton, Surrey)

Richard Cornelius MacCormac, CBE. Architect. For services to Architecture.

Clive Haydon Martin, OBE, TD, DL. Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the Corporation of London. (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire)

David McMurtry, CBE. Chief executive, Renishaw plc. For services to Design and Innovation.
Duncan Michael. Chairman of Trustees, Ove Arup Partnership. For services to Engineering and Construction. (London, SW19)

Patrick Alfred Caldwell Moore, CBE. For services to the popularisation of science and to broadcasting. (Chichester Selsey, West Sussex)

John Orr, OBE, QPM. Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police. (Dumfries)
Thomas John Parker. Group chairman, Babcock International. For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries. (Plymouth, Devon)

Charles Pollard, QPM. Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police. For services to the Police. (Oxfordshire)

Steven Geoffrey Redgrave, CBE. For services to rowing. (Buckinghamshire)

Peter Levin Shaffer, CBE. Playwright. For services to Drama. (London, SW1P)

Professor Christopher Hubert Llewellyn Smith, FRS. Provost and president, University College London. For services to Particle Physics.

John Edward Sulston, FRS. Lately director, Sanger Centre. For services to Genome Research. (Stapleford, Cambridgeshire)

Professor Christopher John White, CVO. For services to Art History. (London, NW1)

ORDER OF THE BATH

GCB

Sir Richard Wilson, KCB. Secretary of the Cabinet and head of the Home Civil Service. (Buckinghamshire)

KCB

Roger Tustin Jackling, CB, CBE. Second permanent secretary, Ministry of Defence. (London)

Christopher William Kelly. Permanent secretary, Department of Health. (London)

CB

Donald Brereton. Director, Department of Social Security. (London)

Paul Britton. Deputy head, Economic and Domestic Secretariat, Cabinet Office. (Kent)

Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe. Director, Monetary Policy and International Finance Directorate, HM Treasury. (London)

Philip John Davies. Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. (Surrey)

Richard Hillier. Director of Resources and Planning, Health and Safety Executive, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (London)

William Alexander Jeffrey. Political director, Northern Ireland Office. (London)

John Michael Legge, CMG. Principal Establishment Officer, Ministry of Defence. (Surrey)

David Robert Ritchie. Regional director, Government Office for the West Midlands. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Mrs Rosalind Wright. Director, Serious Fraud Office. (London)

ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE

CMG

Andrew John Fraser. Lately chief executive, Invest UK, Department of Trade and Industry. (London)

John David Gould Isherwood. For services to OXFAM. (Nr Andover, Hampshire)

Peter Humphreys Kent. For services to Anglo-Taiwanese trade. (Holbrook, Suffolk)

Patrick John Szell. Director and head, International Environmental Law Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER

GCVO

Sir Brian Henry McGrath, KCVO. Lately Treasurer to The Duke of Edinburgh.

KCVO

Vice Admiral Sir James Lamb Weatherall, KBE. Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.

CVO

Fiona Violet, Lady Aird, LVO. Lady in Waiting to The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

Capt Robert Neil Blair, LVO. Royal Navy, private secretary to The Duke of York and Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy.

John Francis Jarvis, CBE. Lately chairman of the Trading Board, The Prince's Trust.

Peter Hugh Trevor Mimpriss. Member of Council, The Prince's Trust.

The Lady Angela Mary Rose Oswald, LVO. Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

LVO

Eric Percival Carr. Lately Honorary Treasurer and Trustee of The Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Miss Sandra Iris Henney. Lately Press secretary to The Prince of Wales.

Miss Rachel Anne Wells, MVO. Assistant secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.

MVO

Michael William Bourke. Financial Controller, Property Services and Royal Travel, Royal Household.

Patrick Stanley Michael Coles. Administrator, Western Provident Association.

Sgt Paul Leslie Crisp. Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

Sgt Derek Victor Cross. Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

Allison Sharaon Patricia Derrett. Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives, Royal Household.

Michael David Fawcett. Personal consultant to The Prince of Wales.

Mrs Norma Gardiner. Lately assistant secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Peter John Godwin. Deputy Property manager, Windsor Castle.

Inspector Charles James John Goldsmith. Lately Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.

Roger Francis Tollemache Halliday. Land Steward, Western District, Duchy of Cornwall.

Mrs Elizabeth Jill Kelsey. Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives, Royal Household.

Graham John Laywood. Lately Building Surveyor, Duchy of Cornwall.

The Hon Mary Yull MacKie. Lately Personal assistant to the Commonwealth secretary-General.

Sister Catherine Teresa O'Donnell. Nursing Sister, Buckingham Palace.

Mrs Alexandra Shan Pettifer. For services to The Prince of Wales.

Mrs Maree Elizabeth Smith. Private secretary to the Governor General of Australia.

Miss Dorothy Kathleen Ann Woolridge. Personal assistant to the Governor General of Australia.

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL

RVM

Christopher Frederick Biggs, RVM. Foreman Carpenter, Sandringham Estate.
David Hugh Farrow, RVM. Tractor Driver, Sandringham Estate.
Anthony Vernon Parnell, RVM. Foreman, Sandringham House.
Ashley John Sadler, RVM. Motor Mechanic, Sandringham Estate.

RVM

Gerald Shaun Alexander. Assistant Storekeeper, Crown Estate, Windsor.
Michael Stanley Ashton. Craftsman Fitter, Crown Estate, Windsor.
Constable Harold William Chappell. Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.
John William Christian. Yeoman Bed Goer, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Peter Donald. Works Department, Balmoral Estate.
Cpl of Horse Kenneth Reginald Freeman. The Queen's Orderly.
Stephen Richard Frohawk. Tractor Driver, Sandringham Estate.
Constable Stanley Highmore. Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.
Ian Laurence King. Lately Pipe Major to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Ian Cooper Masson. Forestry Department, Balmoral Estate.
Gerald Andrew Morriss. Lately Show Ground manager, Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Graham Paul Richards. Chef to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother..
Ronald John Smith. Works Supervisor, Mechanical and Engineering, Property Services, Buckingham Palace.
Roger John Tyack. Divisional Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Dennis Thomas Williams. Messenger Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

ORDER OF THE COMPANIONS OF HONOUR

CH

Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Composer. For services to Music. (London, SW7)

David Paul Scofield, CBE. Actor. For services to Drama. (West Sussex)

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

DBE (Dame Commander of the British Empire)

Miss Jill Ellison. Nursing director, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust. For services to Nursing. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)

Miss Jean Else. Headteacher, Whalley Range High School, Manchester. For services to Education. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)

Miss Sharon Hollows. Headteacher, Calverton Primary School, Newham, London. For services to Education. (Barking, Essex)

Miss Thea King, OBE. Clarinettist. For services to Music. (London, NW6)

Ms Sally Ann Vickers, Powell. Member and Deputy Executive Mayor, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. For services to London and to Local Government. (London)

Mrs Mary Richardson. Lately Principal, Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College, Brent. For services to Education. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Miss Janet Olive Trotter, OBE. Director, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. For services to Higher Education. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)

CBE (Commander of the British Empire)

Miss Jennifer Abramsky. Director, BBC Radio and Music. For services to News and Radio Broadcasting. (London, NW5)

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland. Actor. For services to Drama. (Clovelly, Devon)

Mahbubuddin Ahmad. Chair, Millat Asian Housing Association. For services to the community in South London. (Mitcham, Surrey)

George Haylock Almond, MBE, DL. County Fire Officer and chief executive, Greater Manchester County Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)

Richard John William Alston. Choreographer and Artistic director, The Place and Richard Alston Dance Company. For services to Dance. (London, WC1H)

Colin Angus Barnes. Non-executive director, British Airways. For services to Aviation. (Tilford, Surrey)

John Beacham. For services to the Chemical Industry. (Runcorn, Cheshire)

Godfrey Gilbert Bevan. Director, Energy Technologies, Department of Trade and Industry. (Cuffley, Hertfordshire)

Professor Kenneth George Binmore. Director, ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution. For services to Social Science. (Monmouth, Gwent)

Robin Michael Black. Chemist, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. (London)

Julian Blogh. Chief executive, Ultra Electronics. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries. (Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire)

James Everett Brathwaite. Chairman, Business Link Sussex. For services to the Economy in Sussex. (Rustington, West Sussex)

John Stuart Bridgeman, TD, DL. Lately director general of Fair Trading. For services to Consumers. (Banbury, Oxfordshire)

Mrs Elizabeth Jane Brooks. Lately Executive director, Dyslexia Institute. For services to Education. (Staines, Middlesex)

Alan Roy Brown. Director for Scotland, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (Edinburgh)

John Richard Browning. Lately managing director, Bristol Water Holdings plc. For services to the Water Industry. (East Harptree, Bristol)

Ian James Graham-Bryce. Lately Principal and vice Chancellor, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and to Research. (Rye, East Sussex)

Professor Grahame Bulfield. Director and chief executive, Roslin Institute. For services to Animal Genetics. (Tranent, East Lothian)

Patrick Moubray Cadell. Keeper of the Records of Scotland, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh)

Clive Thomas Cain. Quality director, Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence. (Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Mrs Felicity Clarkson. Lately head, Young Offenders Group, Home Office. (Hampton, Middlesex)

Geoffrey Copeman, DL. Vice chairman, Eastern Counties Newspapers Group. For services to the Newspaper Industry. (Weston Longville, Norfolk)

Mrs Patricia Ann Cross. Headteacher, St John's Church of England Primary School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. For services to Education. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)

Andrew Cubie. For services to Business and the community in Scotland. (Edinburgh)

Geoffrey Court Dart. Chief executive. For services to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. (Nr Marlow, Buckinghamshire)

John Richard Christopher Davies. Director of Social Services, Somerset County Council. For services to Social Services. (Taunton, Somerset)

Professor Nicholas Edward Day. MRC Research Professor. For services to Statistics and Epidemiology underpinning Cancer Biology. (Ely, Cambridgeshire)

Edward Ralph Dexter. For services to Cricket. (Ascot, Berkshire)

Professor Patrick Joseph Dowling. Vice Chancellor and chief executive, University of Surrey. For services to Business/Academic Links. (Guildford, Surrey)

Martin Dru Drury. For services to Conservation. (London, SW4)

Ms Helen Edwards. Member, New Deal Task Force. For services to Unemployed People and Ex-Offenders. (London, W13)

Jonathan David Edwards, MBE. For services to Athletics. (Newcastle, Tyne and Wear)

Elwyn Owen Morris Eilledge. Chairman, Financial Reporting Advisory Board. For services to Financial Accounting. (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)

Ursula Askham Fanthorpe. Poet. For services to Literature. (Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire)

Ms Amanda Jane Finlay. Director, Public and Private Rights Directorate, Lord Chancellor's Department. (London, SE10)

Professor Michael Richard Daniell Foot, TD. Historian. For services to the Official History of the SOE. (Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire)

Edward Patrick Gallagher. Chief executive, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment. (Cookham, Berkshire)

Ian James Galloway. Chairman, Scotbeef Ltd. For services to the Beef Industry. (Buchlyvie, Stirling and Falkirk)

William Dennis Glass. For Public Service. (Belfast)

Alexander Muncie Gold. Director, Scottish Chambers of Commerce. For services to Industry and Business. (Carluke, Lanarkshire)

Ms Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Painter. For services to Art. (St Ives, Cornwall)

Professor Andrew Graves. For services to Competitiveness in Industry. (Trowbridge, Wiltshire)

Professor David Lawrence Hamblen. Chairman, Greater Glasgow Health Board and Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Glasgow. For services to the NHS. (Bearsden, Glasgow)

Mrs Rosemary Katherine Hamilton. For services to Higher Education. (Belfast)

Mrs Margaret Harrison, OBE. For services to Home-Start and to Support for Families. (Leicester, Leicestershire)

Professor Pauline May Harrison. Research Professor of Biochemistry at Sheffied University. For services to higher education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Professor John Lawrence Head. Member, Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee. For services to Nuclear Safety. (Crowborough, East Sussex)

Mrs Jacqueline Henderson. Chief executive, National Council, Training and Enterprise Council. For services to Education and Training. (Ashington, Northumberland)

Miss Bronwyn Hill. Divisional manager, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (London, SE3)

Miss Judith Eileen Hill. For Public Service. (Holywood, Down)

Ralph Noel Hodge. Chairman, Enron Europe Ltd. For services to the Power Generation and Gas Industries. (Haywards Heath, West Sussex)

Michael Jolly. Chairman, Tussauds Group. For services to Tourism. (Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire)

Robert Wynne Jones. Chair, East Midlands Regional Assembly. For services to Local Government in the East Midlands. (Derby, Derbyshire)

William Kenwright. Stage and Film Producer. For services to the Theatre and to Film. (London, W2)

Nicholas Roger Kenyon. Controller, BBC Proms, Live Events and TV Classical Music. For services to Music and Millennium Broadcasting. (London, NW3)

Professor Rudolf Ewald Klein. Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Bath. For services to Health Services Research. (London, NW5)

Richard Kornicki. Head, Performance and Strategic Management Unit, Policing and Crime Reduction Group, Home Office. (London, W5)

Professor Parveen June Kumar. Professor of Clinical Medical Education, consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Barts and the London NHS Trust. For services to Medicine. (Epsom, Surrey)

Professor Lance Edward Lanyon. Principal, Royal Veterinary College. For services to Veterinary Education and Science. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Richard Neville Lay. Lately chairman, DTZ. For services to the Property Profession. (London, SW3)

Richard Charles Leese. Leader, Manchester City Council. For services to the community and to Local Government. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Thomas William Anthony Little. Lately chief executive, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. (Woking, Surrey)

Douglas Brian Liversidge. Lately Project director, Regional Innovation Strategy. For services to Industry. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Professor Ann Lomas Loades. Professor of Divinity, University of Durham. For services to Theology. (Durham City, Durham)

Geoffrey Loades. Chair, Norfolk and Waveney Training and Enterprise Council. For services to Training and Enterprise. (Norwich, Norfolk)

Thomas William Logan. Collector, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (London)

Michael John Lowe, JP, DL. President, Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, Training and Enterprise. For services to Education, Training and Business Support. (Telford, Shropshire)

Colin MacKay. Lately president, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. For services to Medicine.

John Makinson. Finance director, Pearson Group. For services to Public Sector Productivity. (London, W1X)

Professor David Melville. Chief executive, Further Education Funding Council. For services to Education. (Warwick, Warwickshire)

Adrian Montague. Deputy chairman, Partnerships UK. For services to the Private Finance Initiative. (Nr Hitchin, Hertfordshire)

Richard Louis Ormond. Lately director, National Maritime Museum. For services to Museums. (London, N6)

Ms Anne Elizabeth Owers. Director, Justice. For services to Human Rights. (London, E3)
Mrs Susan Marie Page. Chief Executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Darlington, Durham)

Graham Edward Parkinson. For services to the Stipendiary Bench and to the Administration of Justice. (Melchbourne, Bedfordshire)

Mrs Geraldine Peacock. Chair, Association of chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (London, SW2)

Matthew Pinsent, MBE. For services to Rowing. (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)

John Pope. Chief executive, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (London, W5)

Professor Michael Alexander Pringle. Chairman of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners. For services to Medicine. (Newark, Nottinghamshire)

Barry Quirk. Chief executive, London Borough of Lewisham. For services to Local Government. (London, SE3)

Professor David William Rhind. Vice Chancellor, City University. For services to Geographical and Social Sciences. (Wickham, Hampshire)

Professor Michael Adrian Richards. National Cancer director. For services to Cancer and Palliative Medicine. (London, N5)

Miss Joan Rodgers. Singer. For services to Opera. (London, N1)

David John Roe. Lately head, Financial Regulatory Reform Team, HMTreasury. (London, W13)

Mrs Hazel Joy Rollins. Nutrition Nurse Specialist, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Bedfordshire. For services to Nursing. (Luton, Bedfordshire)

John Francis Rourke. Principal, St. Charles Catholic Sixth Form College, Kensington and Chelsea, London. For services to Education. (Addlestone, Surrey)

John Scampion. Social Fund commissioner for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For services to the Independent Review Service. (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)

Julian Robert Seymour. For public services.

Professor Wilson Sibbett. Professor of Physics and director of Research, University of St Andrews. For services to Science. (St Andrews, Fife)

Douglas Sinclair. Chief executive, Fife Council. For services to Local Government. (Stirling and Falkirk)

Christopher Henry Sporborg. For charitable services. (Ware, Hertfordshire)

Miss Jane Vivienne Stokes. Treasury Legal Adviser, Treasury Solicitor's Department. (London, SE22)
David Ivor Macpherson Sutherland. Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education. (Peebles, Tweeddale)

Edward Nicholas Tate. Lately chief executive, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. For services to Education and to Training. (East Molesey, Surrey)

Robert Sydney Tinston. Regional director, NHS Executive, Department of Health. (Tarporley, Cheshire)

Miss Bridget Ellen Towle. Chief Guide and UK and Commonwealth chief commissioner. For services to Guiding. (Loughborough, Leicestershire)

Patricia Ann Troop. Deputy chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. (Ely, Cambridgeshire)
Robin Anthony Vincent. Circuit Administrator, Court Service Agency, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Stockport, Cheshire)

Robert Ward. Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. (London)

Miss Fay Weldon. Author. For services to Literature. (London, NW3)

Professor Geoffrey Whittington. For services to the Accounting Standards Board. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Michael James Wilford. Architect. For services to Architecture. (Hartfield, East Sussex)

Miss Susan Margaret Wilson. For services to Economic Development in North East England. (Morpeth, Northumberland)

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

OBE (Officer of the British Empire)

Mrs Hazel Abbott. Former Headteacher, St Cuthbert with St Matthias Church of England Primary School, Kensington and Chelsea, London. For services to Education. (London, SW20) Richard John Adams. For services to the Promotion of Ethical Trading. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
David Adlington. Pay Band F, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Amesbury, Wiltshire)
Professor Peter John Aggett. For services to the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes. (Preston, Lancashire)
Mrs Morag Alexander. Director, Equal Opportunities Commission, Scotland. For services to Equal Opportunities. (Glasgow)
Capt Colin George Allen. For services to the National Historic Ships Committee. (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
Mrs Eileen Anderson. Headteacher, Carreghofa Primary School, Powys. For services to Education. (Llanymynach, Powys)
Miss Rowena Arshad. Director, Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland. For services to Race Equality. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Alison Austin. Head, Environmental and Technical Communications, J Sainsbury plc. For services to the Environment and to Sustainable Development. (Leatherhead, Surrey)
David Brian Baker. Archaeologist. For services to the conservation of the Historic Environment. (Bletsoe, Bedfordshire)
John Joseph Ballance. Project manager, Wellcome Wing. For services to the Science Museum. (Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Maureen Bampton. Headteacher, Erddig Nursery School, North Wales. For services to Education. (Marford, Wrexham)
Ms Caroline Mary Barker. For services to Videcom and to Small and Medium Businesses in China. (Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire)
Murray Barnes, TD. For Public Service. (Helen's Bay, Down)
William Jeffery Bartlett. Lately director-General, Paper Federation of Great Britain. For services to the Paper Industry. (Chippenham, Wiltshire)
John Michael Beaumont. Seigneur. For services to the community on Sark. (Sark, Channel Islands)
Mrs Elaine Bedford. Lately Operations director, English Tourist Board. For services to Tourism. (Pickering, North Yorkshire)
Andrew Collings Beer. Principal Establishment and Finance Officer, Government Actuary's Department. (Byfleet, Surrey)
Sewsunker Awath-Behari, JP. For services to the community in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. (Bridgnorth, Shropshire)
Miss Floella Benjamin. Chairman, BAFTA. For services to Broadcasting. (London, SW2)
Donald John Bennet. Former chairman, Scottish Rights of Way Society. For services to Countryside and Mountain Access. (Bearsden, Dunbartonshire)
David Hywel Bennett. Former Principal, Sackville Community College, East Grinstead, West Sussex. For services to Education. (Bolney, West Sussex)
Stephen Hamilton Best. For services to Industry, Enterprise, Education and Training in Gwent. (Lisvane, Cardiff)
Professor Helen Bevan. Redesign director, National Patients' Access Team. For services to the NHS. (Queniborough, Leicestershire)
Bimal Kanti Bhowmick. Consultant Physician. For services to Geriatric Medicine in Wales. (St Asaph, Denbighshire)
Peter Giles Biddle. Principal, P. G. Biddle Arboricultural Consultants. For services to Arboriculture and to the Environment. (Wantage, Oxfordshire)
Miss Dorothy Birchall. For services to the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Matthew Christopher Bourne. Choreographer and Artistic director, Adventures in Motion Pictures. For services to Dance. (London, N1)
Professor Brian Arthur Bridges. For services to the Cellular Effects of Radiation. (Ringmer, East Sussex)
Geoffrey Brindle. Lately Grade 7, Home Office. (Cheam, Surrey)
Capt James Armour Brown. R.D. For services to the Order of St John in Scotland. (Bothwell, Glasgow)
John Logan Ian Brown. Officer in Charge, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Belfast)
Pearl Holmes Brown. Chief executive, Riverside Community Health Care Trust. For services to Health Care in London. (London, N1)
Michael John Bunce. Lately Executive director, Royal Television Society. For services to Broadcasting. (Hampton Hill, Middlesex)
Michael Howard Butler. For services to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme. (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire)
Ian Charles Canadine. For services to the Institute of Logistics and Transport. (Lyddington, Rutland)
Mrs Jacqueline Cannon. Director of Research, Construction Forecasting and Research Ltd. For services to the Construction Industry and to the Housing Sector. (Chelsworth, Suffolk)
Professor Barry Carpenter. Principal/chief executive, Sunfield Independent Special School. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs. (Nr Stourbridge, Worcestershire)
Mrs Helen Carroll. Special Needs Midwife, South Manchester NHS Trust. For services to Homeless Women. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Miss Sally Cartwright. Publishing director, HELLO!. For services to the Periodical Publishers' Association. (Broad Hinton, Wiltshire)
Andrew John Cash. Chief executive, Northern General Hospital NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
Mrs Sylvia Christine Cave. National vice-president, Girls' Brigade in England and Wales. For services to Young People. (Romsey, Hampshire)
William Henry Rymer Cayton. Chief executive, Alzheimer's Society. For services to People with Dementia. (London, W10)
Frederick Chambers, JP. For services to the Royal Naval Association. (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear)
Reginald Chapman. Principal, Blackpool and the Fylde College, Lancashire. For services to Further Education. (Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire)
Rakesh Chopra. General Medical Practitioner, Northumberland. For services to Health Care. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Victor George Spencer, Viscount Churchill. For services to the Church of England's Central Board of Finance. (London, W1H)
Andrew George Clark. Nuclear Safety and Quality director, Devonport Management Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Nr Plymouth, Devon)
Professor Leslie Arthur Clark. Professor of Structural Engineering, University of Birmingham. For services to Structural Engineering Research. (Solihull, West Midlands)
John Jeremy Cockburn. Operations director, Canada, BAe Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Cockburns Path, Berwickshire)
Mrs Margaret MacFarlane Collinson, JP. For services to Agriculture and to the community. (Belfast)
Calum Munro Colvin. Artist/Photographer. For services to the Visual Arts. (Portobello, Edinburgh)
Frederick Comber. Consultant, RSPCA. For services to Animal Welfare. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Timothy John Connolly. Chairman, Connolly Leather Ltd. For services to the Leather Tanning Industry. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
Mrs Marilyn Ann Cooke. HM Inspector of Schools, Office for Standards in Education. For services to Education, particularly the improvement of Schools. (Bury, Lancashire)
John Cullen. For services to Dentistry. (London)
Alan Cunningham. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (Bath, Somerset)
Professor Charles David Curtis. Chairman, Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee. For services to Environmental Protection. (Hope, Derbyshire)
Professor Stanley Dagg. For services to Waste Management. (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire)
Mrs Margaret Frances Dalton. Farmer. For services to Agriculture and to the community in Ceredigion. (Ceredigion, Dyfed)
Aman Dalvi. Chief executive, Ujima Housing Association. For services to Housing. (Wembley, Middlesex)
Jim Davidson. Entertainer. For charitable services. (Nr Dorking, Surrey)
Professor Bleddyn Pryce Davies. Lately director, Personal Social Services Research Unit. For services to Social Science and Policy. (Canterbury, Kent)
Richard Gordon Derwent. Grade 1B, Meteorological Office, Ministry of Defence. (Newbury, Berkshire)
Mrs Margaret Watt Dick. For services to the Institute of Chartered Foresters. (Edinburgh)
Thomas Andrew Divers. Chief executive, Lanarkshire Health Board. For services to the NHS in Scotland. (Lenzie, Dunbartonshire)
Geoffrey Arnold Dobson. For services to the Association of chief Officers of Probation. (London, N10)
Thomas Bernard Docherty. General Medical Practitioner, County Durham. For services to Health Care. (Durham City, Durham)
Robert Dover. Grade 6, Department of Social Security. (Shipley, West Yorkshire)
John Alan Drew. Branch Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service. (Bristol)
Angus Dunphy. Headteacher, Fitzalan High School, Cardiff. For services to Education. (Dinas Powys, The Vale of Glamorgan)
John Charles Neville Dyckhoff. Director of Catering, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police and the Hospitality Industry. (Edgware, Middlesex)
Geoffrey Morton Edmondson. For services to Schools' Sport. (Exmouth, Devon)
Mrs Ann Elliott. Headteacher, Horton Grange County First School, Blyth, Northumberland. For services to Education. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Mrs Anita Georgina English. Director, Thames Valley Enterprise Board. For services to Training for Disadvantaged People. (Chesham, Buckinghamshire)
David Meirion Evans. Lately General secretary, Prison Officers' Association. For services to Employment Relations. (Ammanford, Dyfed)
Dennis Henry Evans. Grade 7, Home Office. (Windsor, Berkshire)
Mrs Gillian Farnsworth. District manager, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)
Robert Thomas Ferris. For services to the Fishing Industry. (Islandmagee, Antrim)
Robert William Foot. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (Wisbech, Cambridgeshire)
Mrs Clara Freeman. Chairman, Opportunity Now. For services to Women in the Workforce. (London, W2)
Mary Ellen Eugenie, Lady Fretwell. Chairman, Passports for Pets. For services to Pet Owners and to Animal Welfare. (London, SW18)
Professor Erwin Gabathuler, FRS. For services to Physics. (Lymm, Cheshire)
Denis Patterson Galway. For services to the Harbour Industry. (Larne, Antrim)
Ian Malcolm Gardiner. Deputy director general, National Farmers' Union. For services to Agriculture. (Harrow, Middlesex)
Alan Garner. Author. For services to Children's Literature. (Cheshire)
Stephen Cokayne Gibbs. Member, Deer Commission for Scotland. For services to Deer Management. (Isle of Arran, Ayrshire and Arran)
John Martin Gill. Chief Scientist, RNIB. For services to Information Technology for Partially Sighted People. (Iver, Buckinghamshire)
Professor Lynn Faith Gladden. For services to Chemistry. (Landbeach, Cambridgeshire)
Donald Grant, QFSM. Commandant, Scottish Fire Service Training School. (Lentran, Inverness)
Roger Greenaway. Composer. For services to Popular Music. (London, W1X)
Miss Patricia Mary Greenhalgh. For services to Evidence Based Medical Care. (London, N3)
Miss Miriam Greenwood, DL. Director and chief Operating Officer, British Linen Advisers. For services to Corporate Finance. (London, EC1Y)
Peter Leslie Griffin. For services to School Governors in Cardiff. (Barry, South Glamorgan)
Laurence David Gruer. Member, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, and Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse. For services to Public Health Medicine. (Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire)
Peter Gurney. Officer in Charge, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Windsor, Berkshire)
Miss Elizabeth Ann Gyngell. Head of Division, Health Directorate, Health and Safety Executive, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (Richmond, Surrey)
David John Haines. Managing director, Warwickshire Careers Service. For services to Young People and to Employers. (Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire)
Miss Barbara Ann Hakin. Chief executive, Bradford South and West Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS. (Keighley, West Yorkshire)
Ian Hamer, JP. Chair, Air Transport Users' Council. For services to Air Travellers. (Barry, The Vale of Glamorgan)
David John Harper, MVO. Chief Fire Officer, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Reading, Berkshire)
Keith William Harwood. Grade 7, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex)
Mrs Reatha Rachel Hassan. For services to the community. (Markethill, Armagh)
Ian Hay. Chief executive, Scottish Association of Master Bakers. For services to Vocational Education and Training. (Edinburgh)
Maurice Eugene Healy. Chairman, Insurance Ombudsman Bureau Council. For services to Consumers. (London, N10)
Miss Katherine Anne Henderson. Principal Auditor, National Audit Office. (Slovenia)
Harold Derek Hepworth, JP. For services to the Administration of Justice in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Derek John Higgins. For services to the community, especially Young People in Essex. (Romford, Essex)
David Hirst. Engineering director, Wardle Storeys. For services to the Defence Industry. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
Miss Claire Alison Holder. Chief executive, Notting Hill Carnival Trust. For services to the Arts. (London, W10)
Ms Diana Holland. National Organiser for Women, Race and Equalities, TGWU. For services to Equal Opportunities in Employment. (London, N7)
Martin Hopkins. For services to Sports Broadcasting. (Ickenham, Middlesex)
Graham Wallis John Hoskin. Investigation Officer, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Solihull, West Midlands)
Miss Ruth Mary Hussey. Director of Public Health, Liverpool Health Authority. For services to Health Care. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Jocelyn Elizabeth Anne Imrie. For services to the NHS in Scotland, especially Cervical Screening. (Lenzie, Dunbartonshire)
Professor Eric William Ives. For services to History and to the University of Birmingham. (Warwick, Warwickshire)
Thomas Owen Leslie Jenkins. Secretary, European Union and International Relations, Trades Union Congress. For services to Employment Relations in the European Union. (London, N21)
Peter Simon Jenkinson. Director, Walsall Museums and The New Art Gallery. For services to Museums and to Art. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
David Rowland John. For services to Education. (St Brides Major, Vale of Glamorgan)
Mrs Gail Beverley Johnson. Family Centre Co-ordinator, Widden Primary School, Gloucester. For services to Education. (Quedgeley, Gloucestershire)
Alun Denry Wynn Jones. Chief executive, Institute of Physics. For services to the Defence Industry. (Woking, Surrey)
Mrs Christine Jane Jones. For services to the Oil and Gas Industry. (Haltwhistle, Northumberland)
Timothy John Cooper-Jones. Project director, Unilever. For services to the Food Industry. (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey)
Trevor Chave Jones. Lately Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. (Telford, Shropshire)
Peter John Jordan. Chairman, Pilgrim NHS Trust. For services to the community in Boston, Lincolnshire. (Boston, Lincolnshire)
Michael John David Keatinge. Head, Architecture Branch, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. (London, SE22)
Mrs Lynda Keith. Head of Private Office, NHS Executive, Department of Health. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
James Keith Killby. For services to Anglo-Italian Relations through the Monte San Martino Trust. (London, NW3)
Joan Elizabeth Laing. For services to the British Red Cross Society in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. (Leominster, Herefordshire)
Brian Lamb. For services to Disabled People. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
Charles Peter Lamb. Lately Grade 7, Department for Education and Employment. (Sutton, Surrey)
Gerald Lanchin. For services to Consumers. (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire)
Jonathan William Miles Lane. For services to Water Aid. (Teddington, Middlesex)
John Jeffrey Lavin. Deputy director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. For services to Conservation through the Millennium Seed Bank Project. (Whitton, Middlesex)
Miss Susan Lawley. For services to Television and Radio Broadcasting. (London, SW3)
Shek-Yung Lee. For services to the Chinese Community. (Belfast)
Miss Denise Lewis, MBE. For services to Athletics. (London, NW6)
Angus Roderick MacKay. Unit manager, Orchard Lodge, London. For services to young offenders. (London, SE20)
Donald Mackenzie MacKay. Member, Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar. For services to Local Government and to the community in the Western Isles. (Isle of Lewis, Western Isles)
Ms Susan MacQueen. For services to Infection Control Nursing at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London and Overseas. (London, N19)
Robert James Magee. For services to the Food and Drink Industry. (Bangor, Down)
Ms Stella Manzie. Chief executive, West Berkshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Douglas Brown McArthur. For services to the Radio Advertising Bureau. (London, EC2Y)
Andrew McCully. Divisional manager, Department for Education and Employment. (London, N16)
William Duncan McInnes. For services to youth basketball. (Edinburgh)
Ian McKinlay. Consultant Paediatric Neurologist. For services to Disabled People. (Salford, Lancs)
Mrs Veronica Beverley McLaughlin. Headteacher, Leith Walk Primary School, Edinburgh. For services to Primary Education. (Edinburgh)
Alan McQuillan. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
Adrian Metcalfe. For Services to Sport. (London, W12)
Greville John Mitchell. For charitable services on Guernsey and overseas. (Guernsey, Channel Islands)
Alan Francis Morgan. For services to the Welsh Development Agency. (Barry, The Vale of Glamorgan)
Raymond James Mullan. For services to Education. (Warrenpoint, Down)
Mrs Petronella Joy Mwasandube. Deputy director of Nursing, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals, Berkshire. For services to Ethnic Minority Patients and Staff. (Fleet, Hampshire)
Raymond Nash. District manager, Thameside, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (Crowborough, East Sussex)
Mrs Elizabeth Dunbar-Nasmith. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airman's Families Association in Moray and Banffshire. (Grampian, Moray)
Richard John Nelmes. Professor, University of Edinburgh and Senior Visiting Fellow at CLRC. For services to Science. (Faringdon, Oxfordshire)
Michael Noble. For services to Research into Poverty and Deprivation. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Bernard Victor Norgan. For charitable services. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Sister Helen O'Dwyer. For services to Education. (Belfast)
Patrick Lauri Oakey. For services to legislation. (Newtonabbey, Antrim)
John Oldham. GP, Glossop. For services to patient services. (Glossop, Derbyshire)
Mrs Winifred Kit Oliver, DL. Member, Mole Valley District Council. For services to Business and to the Environment in Surrey. (Fetcham, Surrey)
Mrs Marion Pagani. For services to the Children's Hearing System in Glasgow. (Glasgow)
Mrs Sara Lamb Parkin. Director, Forum for the Future. For services to Education and to Sustainable Development. (London, N1)
Joseph Philip Parkinson, JP. For services to the administration of Justice and Blind People in Leicestershire. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
Mrs Jacky Peacock. For services to the Brent Private Tenants' Rights Group, London. (London, NW6)
Ms Patricia Pearce. Lately director, Careers Service, University of Westminster. For services to Careers Education. (Cheam, Surrey)
Robert Pendlebury. Chairman, Northumbria Tourist Board. For services to Tourism. (Crook, Durham)
Miss Jean Frances Perkins. For services to Netball. (Fleckney, Leicestershire)
Michael Charles Petch. Chairman, Advisory Panel on Cardiac Conditions and Driving. For services to Road Safety. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
Christopher Frank Rendall Potter. Headteacher, Old Swinford Hospital School, Stourbridge, West Midlands. For services to Education. (Stourbridge, West Midlands)
Miss Anne Margaret Powell. For services to Conservation and to Freshwater Fisheries. (Grange over Sands, Cumbria)
David Elwyn Powell. Lately Grade 7, National Assembly for Wales. (Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan)
John Henry Rolland Ramsay. For services to Macmillan Cancer Relief and to the Hospice Movement in North East England. (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
Ms Jane Margaret Rapley. Dean, Fashion and Textiles, Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London Institute. For services to Higher Education. (London, SE14)
Michael David Maxwell Rea. For services to Education. (Bangor, Down)
Miss Dale Reid. For services to Women's Golf. (Ladybank, Fife)
Professor John Low Reid. For services to Biomedical Science. (Glasgow)
Kenneth Ernest Reid. For services to sport. (Belfast)
William Martin Ritchie. For services to Computer Technology and Business in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Miss Erica Roberts. Director, Millennium Awards. For services to the Millennium Commission. (London, SE21)
Anthony Charles Robinson. Chief executive, Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative. For services to Training and to Small Firms. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
Noel Rogers. National chairman of Fundraising. For services to the Royal British Legion. (Wrexham, Clwyd)
Hilary Rolls. Lately B2, Ministry of Defence. (London)
Miss Patricia Maria Rozario. Singer. For services to Opera. (London, NW2)
Rex Rozario. Founder, Graphic plc. For services to the Electronics Industry. (Crediton, Devon)
Anil Kumar Ruia. Director, Wrengate Ltd. For services to Business in Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Donald Rutherford. For services to Rugby Union Football. (Nr Penzance, Cornwall)
David Joseph Seligman. For services to the community in Cardiff. (Cardiff)
Mrs Margaret Olivia Semple. For services to Learning Experience and Arts Education. (London, N4)
James Reid Sewell. City Archivist, Corporation of London. For services to the City of London and to Municipal Archives. (Croydon, Surrey)
Kenneth Everatt Shackleton. For services to the New Deal in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)
John David Roger Shore. Deputy Treasury Accountant, HM Treasury. (Epsom, Surrey)
The Very Rev John Arthur Simpson. Lately Dean of Canterbury. For services to the Church of England. (Folkestone, Kent)
Mrs Muriel Singleton. For services to Pharmacy Education and Training. (Belfast)
James Skinner. Chairman, Glasgow Community College Group. For services to Further Education and to the community. (Alloway, Ayrshire and Arran)
Professor Francis Jack Smith. For services to Computer Science. (Belfast)
Mrs Gladys Isabella Smyth, TD. For public service. (Ballymena, Antrim)
Ian Thomas Snodgrass. For services to Town and Country Planning in Renfrewshire. (Troon, Ayrshire and Arran)
Professor Roy Archibald Joseph Spence, JP. For services to the Police. (Hillsborough, Belfast)
Miss Eileen Ann Patricia Stewart. Principal Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Mrs Hazel Stuteley. Health Visitor, Falmouth, Cornwall. For services to the community. (Helston, Cornwall)
Rabbi Nachman Sudak. Principal, Lubavitch Youth Organisation. For services to Young People. (London, N16)
Brian Ronald Thomas. Senior Group Leader, AWE Aldermaston. For services to the Defence Industry. (London)
John Hylton Thomas. Headteacher, Wootton Bassett County Secondary School, Wiltshire. For services to Education. (Swindon, Wiltshire)
Miss Beverley Thompson. Director of Race and Criminal Justice, NACRO. For services to Race Equality. (London, N11)
David James Thompson. For services to Education. (Bangor, Down)
Mrs Sheila Thorpe. Head of Centre, Hillfields Early Excellence Centre, Coventry, West Midlands. For services to Education. (Fillongley, Warwickshire)
Miss Mary Geraldine Tigchelaar. For services to Education. (Lisburn, Antrim)
Mrs Christine Elizabeth Tulloch. Assistant director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Preston, Lancashire)
Ms Julia Unwin. For services to the Housing Corporation. (London, SE15)
Professor Michael Barham Usher. Chief Scientist, Scottish Natural Heritage. For services to Conservation Science. (Dunblane, Perth and Kinross)
Ramesh Kanji Vala. For services to the Asha Foundation. (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Jane Mylander Wainwright. Director of Information Systems, House of Commons. (London, WC1X)
Hugh Richard Walduck, JP, DL. For services to the community in London and Hertfordshire. (Hatfield, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Mary Marjorie Walker. Member, London Borough of Croydon. For services to the community. (Croydon, Surrey)
Miss Anne Frances Wallis. Assistant director, Rough Sleepers' Unit, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (London, N4)
Geoffrey Martin Wanstall. Grade B2, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. (London)
Colin Warden. Chief executive, Castle McLellan Foods Ltd. For services to the Scottish Food Industry. (Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire)
Ms Jenifer Warren. For services to the Encouragement of Breast Feeding. (Hamilton, Lanarkshire)
Gerald Arthur Henry Wells. Lately Grade 6, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. (Bramley, Surrey)
Peter Welsh. Director, UKAEA, Dounreay. For services to the Nuclear Industry. (By Thurso, Caithness)
Professor David Rex Westbury. Vice Principal, University of Birmingham. For services to Higher Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Mrs Audrey Westhead. Headteacher, Chesnut Lodge Special School, Widnes, Cheshire. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs. (St Helens, Merseyside)
Alan David Wilson. Senior manager, Anti Smuggling, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Rayleigh, Essex)
Frederick Thomas Wilson, QPM. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association in North East England. (Bishop Auckland, Durham)
Ms Judy Wilson. For services to health care. (London, W11)
Michael John Wilson. Grade 6, Department for International Development. (Epsom, Surrey)
Jeffrey Moss Woolf. Managing director, MicroMap Ltd. For services to Innovation and Business. (London, NW4)
Andrew Paul Kilding Wright. For services to Architecture and the Built Heritage in Scotland. (Forres, Moray)
Kenneth Yard. Lately head, Technology Sectors Unit, Department of Trade and Industry. (Woking, Surrey)
Professor Lola Young. Professor, Middlesex University. For services to British Black History. (London, N22)
Mrs Maire Young. For services to Young People. (Holywood, Down)

MBE (Member of the British Empire)

Ronald Norman Ablett. For services to Disabled People in Hove, East Sussex. (Hove, East Sussex)
John Ackroyd. For services to the community, especially Young People, in West Yorkshire. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
Ms Jo Adams. Manager, Sheffield Centre for HIV and Sexual Health. For services to Sexual Health. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
William Arthur James Adams. For services to the Stable Lads' Association and to the Racing Industry. (Swadlincote, Derbyshire)
Peter Raymond Adcock. Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. (London)
Kasali Adeniyi Aderogba. For services to Community Relations in Greenwich, London. (London, SE18)
Shamsuddin Ahmed. For services to the Bangladeshi community in North West England. (Chester, Cheshire)
Charles Benedict Ainslie. For services to Yachting. (Lymington, Hampshire)
Mohammad Akhter. For services to the Ethnic Communities in Strathclyde. (East Kilbride, Lanarkshire)
John Currie Allen. Team Leader, Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team. For services to Mountain Rescue. (Kingussie, Inverness)
Charles William Alloway. Street Cleaner. For services to the community in Llandaff, Cardiff. (Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan)
William Thomas Almond. For services to the National Association of Boys' Clubs/Clubs for Young People. (Bexleyheath, Kent)
Zekia Alsanjak. For services to the Turkish Cypriot community in London. (London, E18)
Capt Andrew David Alsop. For services to Polar Aviation and to the British Antarctic Survey. (St Ola, Orkney)
Mrs Elizabeth Anne Amos. Policy Adviser, Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership. For services to Industry. (Ewell, Surrey)
Mrs Janet Millward Anderson. Principal, Link into Learning, Cornwall. For services to Adult Education. (Fowey, Cornwall)
Mrs Annie Nancy Ansaldo. For services to the community in West Cardiff. (Pontcanna, Cardiff)
Ian James Ansell. Senior Systems Engineer, BAe Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire)
Paul Anthony. For services to the Administration of Justice and to Local Government in Norfolk. (Norwich, Norfolk)
Arthur Lancelot Appleby. For services to the cheese industry in Shropshire. (Nr Whitchurch, Shropshire)
Mrs Florence Lucy Appleby. For services to the cheese industry in Shropshire. (Nr Whitchurch, Shropshire)
Mrs Jane Grace Arden. Governor, Burlington Danes Church of England School, Hammersmith and Fulham, London. For services to School Governance. (Pinner, Middlesex)
Mrs Iris Arlington. For services to the British Red Cross Society in Ceredigion. (Aberaeron, Ceredigion)
Louis Mark Attrill. For services to Rowing. (London, SW15)
Mrs Patricia Queenie Ayres. For services to the community in Kemble, Gloucestershire. (Kemble, Gloucestershire)
Richard Paul Ayres. Head Gardener, National Trust. For services to Horticulture at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire. (Lode, Cambridgeshire)
Gerald Bailey. Lately Senior Executive Officer, House of Lords. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
Alexander Alan Bain. For services to the James Hopkins Trust for Disabled Children in Gloucestershire. (Gloucester, Gloucestershire)
Mrs Joan Baird. For public services. (Banbridge, Down)
Mrs Jennie Bajic. For services to Disabled People in South Wales. (Cwmbran, Torfaen)
Mrs Kathleen Mary Baker. For services to RELATE in Greater Manchester. (Altrincham, Cheshire)
John Markham Baldock. For services to the Hollycombe Working Steam Collection, Hampshire. (Liphook, Hampshire)
Frederick John Kirby Barber. For services to the community, especially the Royal British Legion, in Crawley, West Sussex. (Crawley, West Sussex)
David Edward Barker. Director, Disability North. For services to the Employment of Disabled People. (Newton Hall, Durham)
Mrs Winifred Barker. For services to the Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Pensioners' Action Committee. (Chesterfield, Derbyshire)
Ronald William Barnes. Lately Technical director, Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Wincanton, Somerset)
Mrs Kathleen Barrett. For services to the Sudbury Neighbourhood Centre, Middlesex. (Sudbury, Middlesex)
The Hon Fiona Mary Angela, Lady Barttelot. For services to St John Ambulance and to the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex. (Pulborough, West Sussex)
Edric Thornton Bates. For services to Southampton Football Club. (Eastleigh, Hampshire)
John Bates. Caretaker, High Beeches School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire. For services to Education. (Harpenden, Hertfordshire)
Brendon Batson. Deputy chief executive, Professional Footballers' Association. For services to Association Football. (Walsall, West Midlands)
John William Bayley. Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. (London)
George James Beacom. For services to the community. (Irvinestown, Fermanagh)
Jeremy James Anthony Gibson Beadle. For charitable services, especially to the Foundation for Children with Leukaemia. (Barnet, Hertfordshire)
The Rev Canon Owen John Beament. For services to the community in Deptford and New Cross, London. (London, SE14)
Miss Sheila Margaret Begbie. For services to Women's Association Football. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Norma Bennie. Vice chairman, Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. For services to Sufferers of Mental Illness. (Glasgow)
James Bentley. For services to Road Safety. (Belfast)
Miss Grietje Van Den Berg. For services to the community in London. (London, W2)
The Rev Alan Oliver Berry. For services to the Bethany Christian Trust and to Homeless People in Edinburgh. (Broxburn, West Lothian)
John Edward Bethell. Chairman, Erin Arts Centre. For services to Music on the Isle of Man. (Port Erin, Isle of Man)
David Charles Biles. For services to the community, especially Agriculture, on the Isle of Wight. (Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Acker Bernard Stanley Bilk. Jazz clarinettist. For services to Music. (London, SW11)
Kenneth Binney. Shop Floor Operative, Remploy Ltd, Sheffield. For services to the Employment of Disabled People. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Roland Biosah. Higher Executive Officer, Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security. (London, SE19)
Clive Francis William Birch. For services to the Buckingham Heritage Trust. (Finmere, Oxfordshire)
Kenneth Errol Bird. For services to the Fire Service. (Lisburn, Antrim)
Mrs Elizabeth Toye Black. For services to Vocational Education and to the community. (Portstewart, Londonderry)
John Stanley Blanchard. For services to the Parish Council and to the community in Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire. (Shaftesbury, Dorset)
Miss Elsie Mary Bliss. Chairman, Diocesan Advisory Committee. For services to Church Heritage in Gloucestershire. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)
Mrs Vera Bolter, JP. For services to the community, especially Health Education, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Miss Gladys Elizabeth Bond. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
Mrs Joan Irene Bond. Registry Administrator, University of Wolverhampton. For services to Higher Education. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
Ronald Boobier. For services to the community in Tiverton, Devon. (Tiverton, Devon)
Miss Mary Lilian Bovey. For services to the community in Edinburgh. (Edinburgh)
Colin Bowd. For services to Young People. (Downpatrick, Down)
Col Roger George Bowden, TD. For services to the community, especially the New Green Community Centre, in Thurston, Suffolk. (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
Mrs Carole Bowles. For services to Animal Welfare in Plymouth, Devon. (Plymouth, Devon)
Mrs Julie Bowman. For services to Patients of the Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust, Cumbria. (Carlisle, Cumbria)
Mrs Nellie Elizabeth Emily Bowser. For services to the community, especially the Tindale Crescent Hospital, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. (West Auckland, Durham)
Mrs Beryl Georgina Boyd. For services to the community in Wokingham, Berkshire. (Wokingham, Berkshire)
Miss Elizabeth Macpherson Boyd. For services to the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund. (Giffnock, Glasgow)
Anthony Bernard Braddock. Higher Executive Officer, Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security. (Chorley, Lancashire)
Miss Avtar Brah. Reader in Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London. For services to Race, Gender and Ethnic Identity Issues. (London, NW6)
Phelim Edward Breen. For services to Juvenile Justice. (Newtownards, Down)
Miss Susan Jessie Breslin. Head of Midwifery, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shropshire. For services to Nursing and to Midwifery. (Market Drayton, Shropshire)
Mrs Judith Anne Brinkley. Lately Personal assistant to the chief executive, London Transport. For services to Public Transport. (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)
George William Britten. For charitable services to the community in Hilton, Cambridgeshire. (Huntington, Cambridgeshire)
Miss Vicky Broadribb. For services to Disabled Sports. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Mrs Betty Brown. For services to the community and Guiding in the Parish of West Grinstead, West Sussex. (Partridge Green, West Sussex)
Donald Graham Brown. Lay Member, HM Inspectorate of Schools. For services to Education in the North of Scotland. (Cults, Aberdeen)
Hamish Macmillan Brown. For services to Encouraging an Appreciation of the Outdoors by Young People. (Burntisland, Fife)
Hugh Oakes Brown. Project manager, Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust. For services to the NHS and to the community. (Carnoustie, Angus)
Ms Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. For services to Journalism. (London, W5)
Mrs Laraine Bruce. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Wales. (Denbigh, Denbighshire)
John Michael Bullock. Administrative Officer, School Development Team, Cheshire Local Education Authority. For services to School Buildings Development. (Chester, Cheshire)
Graham Bunn. Manager. For services to the Environment and to Farming in Norfolk. (Norwich, Norfolk)
Patrick Joseph Burke. Field Support manager, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (St Helens, Merseyside)
Paul Burns. Lately Organisation Development manager, BT. For services to Community/Business Links. (Wembley Park, Middlesex)
Paul Burrows. For services to Education. (Craigavon, Armagh)
John Butler. Tower Captain, St Andrew's Parish Church. For services to Bellringing in Bradfield, Berkshire. (Newton Abbot, Devon)
Peter James Butt. Lately Registration Officer, Office for National Statistics. (Southampton, Hampshire)
Joseph Byrne. Car Park Attendant, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (Ferryhill, Durham)
Kenneth Cairns. For services to Disabled Sports. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
William Alexander Sinclair Caldow. For services to Disabled Ex-Service Personnel. (Perth and Kinross)
Miss Edna Patricia Caldwell. For public service. (Belfast)
Mrs Moira Callow. For services to Fostering on the Isle of Man. (Ramsey, Isle of Man)
Miss Morva Elizabeth Calvert. For services to Education. (Portadown, Armagh)
Mrs Norma Mary Campbell. For services to the community on Orkney. (Tankerness, Orkney)
Mrs Susan Cantillon. Senior Executive Officer, Highways Agency, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (Warlingham, Surrey)
Mrs Marjorie Grace Carey. For services to the WRVS and to the community in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. (Tunbridge Wells, Kent)
Mrs Glenys Carter. Director, National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries. For services to Early Years Education. (Barnet, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Madeleine Carter. Childminder, Haringey, London. For services to Early Years Education. (London, N10)
Mrs Marie Louise Carter. For services to the Harold Wood League of Friends, Hornchurch, Essex. (Hornchurch, Essex)
Mrs Caroline Mary Caunter. For services to Age Concern in Salisbury, Wiltshire. (Nr Salisbury, Wiltshire)
Mrs Sarah Anne Cavender. For charitable services to the Leukaemia Research Fund and to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. (Stockport, Cheshire)
Peter George Chamberlain. Lately Governor, Goldington Green Lower School, Bedfordshire. For services to Education. (Bedford, Bedfordshire)
Mrs Jean Marguerite Chance. For services to the community, especially the Crowthorne Old Age to Teens Society, in Berkshire. (Crowthorne, Berkshire)
Colin Chandler. General manager, Ship Safe Training Group Ltd. For services to Training in the Shipping Industry. (London, N12)
Abu Taher Mohammed Mohiuddin Chowdhury, JP. Executive Officer, Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Peter Chee Keung Chui. For services to the Chinese community in Manchester. (Sale, Cheshire)
Anthony John Clark. Member, Kirkbymoorside Town Council, York. For services to the community. (York, North Yorkshire)
Harry Clark. Chairman, Seaham Environmental Association. For services to the community in County Durham. (Seaham, Durham)
Mrs Mary Gwendolen Clark. For services to the Crewkerne Museum and Heritage Centre, Somerset. (Crewkerne, Somerset)
Miss Olive Lucy Clark. For services to War Pensioners in Reading, Berkshire. (Reading, Berkshire)
Ms Elspeth Vaughan Clarke. Personal assistant to the chief executive, Channel 5. For services to Broadcasting. (Morden, Surrey)
Mrs June Clarke, JP. Recovery manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
Peter Alan Clarke. Sub Officer, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Stafford, Staffordshire)
Miss Dorothy Mary Clevitt. For services to the community in Littlehampton, West Sussex. (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
Bernard John Cobley. For services to the community in St Paul's Cray and Orpington, Kent. (Orpington, Kent)
Professor Jennifer Susan Colbourne. Public Health Research manager, Thames Water. For services to the Water Industry and to Public Health. (Guildford, Surrey)
Mrs Stella Mabel Ross-Collins. For charitable services to the NSPCC in Hertfordshire. (Much Hadham, Hertfordshire)
John Irvine Monteit Conely. Head, District Medical Equipment Engineering Department, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Ducklington, Oxfordshire)
Miss Stephanie Cook. For services to Modern Pentathlon. (Bath, Somerset)
Mrs Betty Hayden Cooper. For services to the Friends of Guy's Flower Shop and to the St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London. (London, N6)
Kenneth George Cooper, TD. For services to the Sussex Association of Boys' Clubs. (Hove, East Sussex)
Maj Gordon James Corbett, JP. For services to the Army Cadet Force on Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Keith Frederick Corbett. For services to the Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles. (Bournemouth, Dorset)
Peter Donald Cowmeadow. Principal Fire Control Officer, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Fire Safety. (Chandler's Ford, Hampshire)
James Cracknell. For services to Rowing. (Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire)
Robin Leslie Cree. For public services. (Bangor, Down)
Michael Thomas Creek. For services to the community in Ilfracombe, Devon. (Ilfracombe, Devon)
Mrs Ruth Crossman. For services to the War Widows' Association. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)
Mrs Dora Ryan Crudge. For services to Bowls for Visually Impaired People in Stirlingshire. (Grangemouth, Stirling and Falkirk)
Mrs Helen Culling. Diary secretary to the chief executive, Teacher Training Agency, Department for Education and Employment. (London, SE9)
Miss Anne Marie Cunningham. For services to the Fishing Industry. (Newry, Down)
Mrs Sheila Priscilla Isabel Churchill Curran. For services to Epilepsy Sufferers and Carers. (Cardiff)
Daniel Daley. For services to the Monserratian community. (Greenford, Middlesex)
Miss Eleanor Dalgetty. Business Support manager, Scottish Executive. (Loanhead, Midlothian)
Glyn Dalton. For services to the Accident and Emergency Department of King's College Hospital and to the community in London. (London, SE21)
Martin Henry Damerell. Lately, First Line manager, Devonport Management Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Plymouth, Devon)
Andrew William Davidson. Lecturer, Barony College, Dumfries. For services to Further Education. (Lockerbie, Dumfries)
David Mansel Kaye Davies. Owner, Mansel Davies and Son. For services to Business and to the community in West Wales. (Crymych, Pembrokeshire)
Peter John Davies. For services to the Honorary Police on Jersey. (Jersey, Channel Islands)
Robert Llewellyn Davies. Head of Health, Safety and Environment, University of Wales College of Medicine. For services to Health and Safety. (Llanishen, Cardiff)
Ronald Davies. For charitable services, through Jailbreak, in Herefordshire. (Hereford, Herefordshire)
Miss Doreen Davis. For services to the Ethnic Communities in London. (London, W11)
Francis Benedict Hunt-Davis. For services to Rowing. (London, W8)
Peter Stephen Davis. Research Nurse, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. For services to Orthopaedic Nursing. (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
Derek Bainforde Dawson. For services to the British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association. (Eastleigh, Hampshire)
Mrs Olwyn Dawson. For services to the community, especially the Citizens Advice Bureau and Cruse Bereavement Care, in Surrey. (Farnham, Surrey)
Colin Dean. For services to Road Safety. (Dorchester, Dorset)
Gilroy Delves. Chairman, Harry Tuffin Supermarkets Ltd. For services to the community in Church Stoke, Powys. (Montgomeryshire, Powys)
Colin Dempster. For services to Young People. (Ballywalter, Down)
Simon Dennis. For services to Rowing. (London, SW6)
Maj John Harold Desmond. Army Careers Officer, Ministry of Defence. (London, SW12)
Alan Garden Diack. For services to the Restoration of the Organ, Glasgow Cathedral. (Glasgow)
Mrs Henrietta Margaret Diack. For services to the Restoration of the Organ, Glasgow Cathedral. (Glasgow)
Malcolm McDonald Diamond. Managing director, Trifast. For services to Entrepreneurship. (Uckfield, East Sussex)
Mrs Phyllis Dryhurst-Dodd. For services to the community in Denbighshire. (Denbigh, Denbighshire)
Richard John Dommett. Waterways manager, South Wales and Somerset Canals, British Waterways. For services to Inland Waterways. (Abergavenny, Gwent)
David Thomas Joseph Doughan. For services to Women's Studies. (London, SW19)
Rowley Douglas. For services to Rowing. (Bath, Somerset)
Geoffrey Lionel Dove. For services to Small Businesses in Croydon, Surrey. (Limpsfield Chart, Surrey)
Mrs Mary Dove. For services to the Railway Industry at Marlow Station, Buckinghamshire. (Marlow, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Elizabeth Johnston Drabble. For services to Crime Prevention in North Yorkshire. (Stokesley, North Yorkshire)
David Driver. For services to Material Science, Engineering and Technology Transfer. (Loughborough, Leicestershire)
Mrs Joan Mary Isobel Drummond. For services to Local Government. (Larne, Antrim)
Mrs Julia Duffield. Farmer. For services to Agriculture in Norfolk. (Norwich, Norfolk)
Stanley George Durn. Lately Sub Officer, Gloucestershire. For services to the Fire Service. (Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire)
Hans Eric Eilenberg. For services to the Ex-Service community. (East Twickenham, Middlesex)
Frederick William Elder. Lately Security manager, 10 Downing Street. (Bexleyheath, Kent)
Dafydd Ellis. Senior Probation Officer, North Wales Probation Service. For services to the community in Gwynedd. (Caernarfon, Gwynedd)
Mrs Jane Ellis. Senior Communications manager, Department of Health. (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey)
Aubrey Roland Elphick. For services to the community in Herstmonceaux, East Sussex. (Herstmonceaux, East Sussex)
Mrs Ann Espin. For services to Fostering in Lincolnshire. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
James Ashworth Owen Evans. For services to the community in Guilsfield, Powys. (Welshpool, Powys)
Martin John Crossley Evans, JP. Warden, Manor Hall, University of Bristol. For services to Higher Education. (Bristol)
Michael Frank Evans. Station Officer, Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Rosina Lavaine Evans. For services to the community in Lampeter, West Wales. (Lampeter, Ceredigion)
Mrs Sheila Lily Evans. Nurse. For services to Renal Patient Care at Leicester General Hospital. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
Vivian Dexter Evans. For services to the community in Swansea, South Wales. (Swansea)
Mrs Jacqueline Lesley Everson. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Bristol)
Mrs Jean Ann Fane. Lately Senior Personal secretary to the chief Economic Adviser, HM Treasury. (London, SW1V)
Leonard Edward Faram. Director, Transport on Water. For services to the River Thames. (Rainham, Essex)
Mrs Eileen Florence Farrar. Manager, Threshers Day Nursery, St Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent. For services to Education. (Orpington, Kent)
Richard Faulds. For services to Competitive Shooting. (Andover, Hampshire)
Mrs Pamela Frances Feast. County Award Officer, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Oxfordshire. For services to Young People. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Mrs Pamela Mary Ferguson. For charitable services to the community in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. (Bishop Auckland, Durham)
Mrs Joy Chana Fifer. Chairperson, Moseley Bog Management Committee. For services to Wildlife Conservation in Birmingham. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Peter Finlay. Sub-Postmaster, Menston, Yorkshire. For services to the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters and to the community. (Ilkley, West Yorkshire)
Graham Fisher. For services to the Lapal Canal Trust in the West Midlands. (Kingswinford, West Midlands)
James McIntosh Fisher. For services to the Conservation of Scotland's Wildlife. (Montrose, Angus)
Mrs Gillian Fitzhugh. For services to the community, especially Young People, in North Kensington, London. (London, W2)
Malcolm Flavell. Divisional Officer, Metropolitan Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (London, E7)
Miss Donna Lilian Florey. Local Officer 2, Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security. (Banbury, Oxfordshire)
Mrs Martha Flower. For services to the Peggy Dodd Centre in Bath. (Bath, Somerset)
Mrs Margaret Christine Flynn. Lately Business manager, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Great Wakering, Essex)
Andrew Frank James Fogden. Section Officer, Gloucestershire Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire)
David Foster. Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. (London)
Miss Margaret Gwendoline Eunice Foster. For services to Midwifery. (Lisburn, Antrim)
Terence Michael Foster. Associate Regional secretary, UNISON. For services to the Trade Union Movement. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
Timothy Foster. For services to Rowing. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Trevor John French Foster. For services to the community in Bradford, West Yorkshire. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
Mrs Molly Eileen Fowler. For services to the community, especially Scouting in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Jeanette Franklin. For services to the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Appeal. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Reginald Charles French. Chair, Herefordshire Group Training Association. For services to Training. (Leominster, Herefordshire)
Ronald William Froud. Manager, Parks and Gardens Department, Corporation of London. For services to the City of London and to Horticulture. (London, E15)
Walter Gerald Fryer. For services to the Derbyshire Carers' Association. (Ripley, Derbyshire)
Mrs Marjorie Gallimore. Member, Liverpool Housing Action Trust. For services to the community. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Peter Alan Gammon. For services to the Police Superintendents' Association. (Herne Bay, Kent)
Mrs Wendy Gane. For services to the British Diabetic Association in South Wales. (Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan)
Michael David Gardiner. For services to the Professional Engineering Institutions in North East England. (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
John Gardner. Senior Project Design Engineer, AWE Aldermaston. For services to the Defence Industry. (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Mrs Margaret Mary Gardner. Administrative assistant, University of Lancaster. For services to Higher Education. (Lancaster, Lancashire)
Mrs Patricia Garner. For services to Elderly People in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. (Burnham, Buckinghamshire)
Michael Garrett. Director of Innovation, BOC Gases. For services to Innovation. (Woking, Surrey)
Derek Garrity. For services to the Aylesham and District Community Workshop in Kent. (Canterbury, Kent)
Derek Gaskell. For services to the Brain and Spinal Injury Charity. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)
Andrew William Gazard. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Oldbury-on-Severn, Bristol. (Oldbury-on-Severn, Bristol)
Frederick Gilbert. General Service Team Leader, London School of Economics. For services to Higher Education. (London, N1)
Richard Gill, TD, JP, DL. For services to the Victim Support Scheme in Northamptonshire. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
Hayden Ginns. Roject Development manager, Portsmouth Local Education Authority. For services to Disaffected Young People. (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
Mrs Jean Mary Glynn. For services to the Parish Council and to the community in East Grinstead, West Sussex. (East Grinstead, West Sussex)
Miss Bernadette Ann Goff. Secretary, Remploy Ltd. For services to the Employment of Disabled People. (Oxhey, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Mary Goronwy. For services to the community in Bristol. (Bristol)
Alan Joseph Graham. Consultant Marine Surveyor. For services to Ship Safety. (Farnham, Surrey)
Mrs Margaret Rachel Graham. For charitable services. (Magherafelt, Londonderry)
Mrs Jean Agnes Graves. For services to Ballroom and Latin American Dancing. (Glossop, Derbyshire)
Donald Green. For services to Hand Cutting Slates. (Thurso, Caithness)
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Green. For services to the Adelphi Ragged School and Lads' Club, Salford, Manchester. (Prestwich, Greater Manchester)
George Henry Green. For services to the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. (Pershore, Worcestershire)
Mrs Josephine Greenaway. Organist. For services to St Breward Parish Church, Bodmin, Cornwall. (Bodmin, Cornwall)
Mrs Hannah Philomena Greene. Chauffeur to the Lord Mayor of Westminster. For services to Local Government. (London, SW14)
Miss Penny Greenland. Founder director, Jabadoa Centre for Movement Studies. For services to Dance. (Brantham, Suffolk)
Russell John William Greenstock. For services to Disabled People, especially through the Jubilee Sailing Trust, on Alderney. (Alderney, Channel Islands)
Brian Griffiths. Prison Officer, HM Prison Swansea. (Ammanford, Carmarthenshire)
Mrs Diana Brenton Griffiths. For services to the WRVS in Charlbury, Oxfordshire. (Charlbury, Oxfordshire)
Trevor Arthur Grosvenor. For services to the community in Stourbridge, West Midlands. (Stourbridge, West Midlands)
Luka Grubor. For services to Rowing. (London, SW6)
The Rev Kenneth Willoughby Habershon. For services to the Limpsfield Trust for Young People, in West Sussex. (Handcross, West Sussex)
Mrs Margaret Ann Haldane. Personal Executive secretary, Department of Social Security. (Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear)
Douglas Kingsford-Hale. Chairman, Cornwall Aircraft Ltd. For services to Tourism. (Helston, Cornwall)
Mrs Molly Evelyn Hall. For services to the Uxbridge Victim Support Scheme. (Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire)
Norman Charles Hamblyn. General Medical Practitioner, Bromley, Kent. For services to Health Care. (Dartford, Kent)
Denis James Hamer. For services to the community in Halliwell, Lancashire. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)
John Harris Hammond. Founder, Border Fine Arts. For services to Business and to the community in Dumfries and Galloway. (Canonbie, Dumfries)
Robert John Hampson. Pay Span 6, Court Service Agency, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Stockport, Greater Manchester)
Raymond John Hancock. For services to the community, especially Kilve Court Residential and Outdoor Education Centre, in Somerset. (Bridgwater, Somerset)
Kenneth Cecil Handley. Vice-Chair, Bishop Auckland College Corporation, County Durham. For services to Further Education. (Bishop Auckland, Durham)
William Percival James Hardiman. For services to Sports Ground Management in Wales. (Victoria Park, Cardiff)
Mrs Tessa Hardy. For services to Riding for the Disabled in Lowestoft, Suffolk. (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
Jeffrey Richard Harmer, JP. Lately Senior Executive Officer, Home Office. (Sanderstead, Surrey)
Audley Harrison. For services to Boxing. (London, NW9)
Trevor Harrison (Wooldridge). Actor. For services to Radio Drama, particularly The Archers. (nr Severn Stoke, Worcestershire)
John Milne Harrop. For services to the RNLI in Ruthin, Denbighshire. (Ruthin, Denbighshire)
Michael Harvey. Letter Carver. For services to Art. (Bridport, Dorset)
William Harvey. For services to the Holy Trinity Church in Edingale, Staffordshire. (Tamworth, Staffordshire)
Raymond Frederick Hatchard. Chief Building Surveyor, Corporation of London. For services to Local Government. (Billericay, Essex)
Mrs Audrey Alison Hawkins. Principal, Alison School of Dance. For services to the community in Solihull, West Midlands. (Solihull, West Midlands)
Mrs Hazel Hawkridge. For services to the community, especially the Coverdale Housing Trust and the Citizens Advice Bureau, in Torbay, Devon. (Brixham, Devon)
Kenneth Thomas Hay, JP. For services to the community in Upminster, Essex. (Upminster, Essex)
Victor Alexander Haydon. For services to the Association of Professional Toastmasters. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
Mrs Joyce Hayward. For services to the community on the Prenton Dell Estate, Birkenhead, Merseyside. (Wirral, Merseyside)
Mrs Sandra Helliwell. For services to the WRVS and to the community in Otley, West Yorkshire. (Otley, West Yorkshire)
Edward Walter Henbery. For services to the Ilfield Watermill in Crawley, West Sussex. (Crawley, West Sussex)
David Arfon Henderson. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Rhondda, South Wales. (Penygraig, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
Mrs Margaret Herd. Administrative assistant, Department of Social Security. (Kelvindale, Glasgow)
William Bryan Hewertson. For services to the community in Kendal, Cumbria. (Kendal, Cumbria)
Miss Margaret Carruthers Hewitt. For services to the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education. (Bakewell, Derbyshire)
Mrs Rowena Morley Hibbin. For services to the community in Denbighshire. (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
Michael Hill. Lately Retained Sub Officer, Warwickshire Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service. (Southam, Warwickshire)
Brian Hillier. Lately manager, Assessment Network. For services to Investors in People. (Carlton, Bedfordshire)
Mrs Linda Louise Hingley. Trawler Owner. For services to Marine Conservation. (Newton Abbot, Devon)
Mrs Caroline Ann Hippisley. For services to Save the Children in Scotland. (Friockheim, Angus)
Mrs Marina Hobson, JP. For services to the community, especially the John Grooms Association for Disabled People, in London. (London, NW7)
Mrs Ethel Hodson. For services to the WRVS in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)
Mrs Sheila Hoile. Development director, Training Organisation for Professionals in Construction. For services to Training in the Construction Industry. (Hatfield, Hertfordshire)
Robert Wynnfield Hooke. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
Mrs Kathleen Hornett. Field Office Administrator, Ordnance Survey, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Mrs Eleri Hourahane. Headteacher, Ysgol Sant Curig. For services to Welsh Medium Education. (Barry, The Vale of Glamorgan)
Arthur Howarth. For services to the community in Withington, Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Ms Hilary Jane Howatt. Member, National Transport orum for Scotland. For services to Accessible Transport. (Glasgow)
Miss Mary Swan Howie. Farmer. For services to Agriculture and to Agricultural Research. (Peniciuk, Midlothian)
Kenneth Frederick Howse. For services to the British Theatre for the Disabled. (Kendal, Cumbria)
Evan Millward Hughes. Chair of Governors, Brynhafren County Primary School. For services to Education. (Nr Welshpool, Powys)
Alwyn Humphreys. Musical director, Morriston Orpheus Choir. For services to Music in Wales. (Cardiff)
Mrs Olive Hunt. For charitable services to the community in Goole, East Yorkshire. (Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire)
Geoffrey Hunter. Postman. For services to the Post Office and to charity in Stockport, Lancashire. (Stockport, Greater Manchester)
William McNeil Hunter. Lately Grade A3, Scottish Executive. (Dalkeith, Midlothian)
Mrs Anne Hutchinson, JP. For services to the community, especially Disabled People, in Tyne and Wear. (Cramlington, Northumberland)
Basil Hutton. For services to Education. (Stranmillis, Belfast)
Peter Ridley Hutton. Divisional Officer, Lancashire Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Fleetwood, Lancashire)
Chelvadurai Pulenthira Ilamurugan. Large Trader Assurance Officer, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (New Malden, Surrey)
Miss Caroline Innes. For services to Disabled Sports. (Broughty Ferry, Angus)
John Anthony Ireland. Foundation Governor, St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School and All Saints Catholic High School, Knowsley, Merseyside. For services to Education. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Paul Edward Jagger. For services to the Trade Union Movement in Yorkshire and Humberside. (Sheffield, West Yorkshire)
Mrs Isabella Jarvie. For services to Strathcarron Hospice, Denny, Stirlingshire. (Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire)
Mrs Ann Ellis Jee. For services to Squash. (Peckleton, Leicestershire)
William Harris Jenkins. For services to the Chartered Surveyors Benevolent Fund. (Belfast, Antrim)
Allan Jepson. For charitible services to the Leukaemia Research Fund in Cheshire. (Nantwich, Cheshire)
Mrs Ann Shirley Jones. For services to the Royal Hospital Chelsea. (London, SW3)
Mrs Nina Jones. For services to the community in Bridgend, South Wales. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
Ronald Jones. For services to Sport. (Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan)
William Thomas Jones. Roads Foreman, Forestry Commission. (Ffestiniog, Gwynedd)
Mrs Jamie Lee-Judson. For services to the Labrador Rescue Society. (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
Andrew John Kavanagh. Lately Senior Officer, HM Prison The Mount. (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire)
Ernest Kay. For services to the Development of Offa's Dyke and to the community in Powys. (Malvern, Worcestershire)
Charles John Keeble. For services to the Pest Control Industry. (Tadworth, Surrey)
Mrs Anne Kenrick. For services to Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Trust, West Midlands. (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
Miss Judith Anne Caroline Kent. Teacher, Abbey Junior School, Darlington, County Durham. For services to Education. (Darlington, Durham)
Eston Andrew Kilgour. District Registrar, Kirkcaldy, Fife. For services to the Registration Service. (Kirkcaldy, Fife)
Mrs Teresa Mary Killeen. Higher Executive Officer, Department of Social Security. (York, North Yorkshire)
Harry King. General manager, Communications Systems, Transport for London. For services to Public Transport. (Nr Baldock, Hertfordshire)
Maj Reginald Stanley King. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Lincolnshire. (Spalding, Lincolnshire)
Mrs Helen Paton Smith Kininmonth. Placement Officer, University of Paisley. For services to Higher Education. (Bishopton, Renfrewshire)
Melvyn William Kinsey. Leading Firefighter, West Midlands Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service and to the community. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
Edward Alfred Kirtland. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Tower Hamlets, London. (Loughton, Essex)
Alan Knight. For services to Association Football. (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
Mrs Veronica Laird. Director, St Helen's Chamber of Commerce Training and Enterprise. For services to Education, Training and Business Development. (Northwich, Cheshire)
Mrs Dolatkhanu Lakhani. Administrative Officer, Department for Education and Employment. (London, SW16)
Mrs Margaret Christine Laviers. For services to the Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust and to the community in Northumberland. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Mrs Sybil Law. For services to the Plain English Campaign. (Larkhall, Lanarkshire)
Mrs Margaret Ann Lawrence. Pay Span 2, Court Service Agency, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Southampton, Hampshire)
Mrs Kathleen Monica Lawson. For services to the Parish Council and to the community in East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire. (Didcot, Oxfordshire)
Richard Christopher Fraser Leach. For services to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy in Westminster, London. (South Harting, West Sussex)
Walter John Leach. For services to the British Leprosy Association. (Somerton, Somerset)
Mrs Patricia Leiper. School Administrator, St. Modan's High School, Alva. For services to Education. (Alva, Clackmannan)
Miss Sylvia Lillian Lemon. Personal secretary, Health and Safety Executive, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (London, N1)
Mrs Jean Lenoir. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Association in Wolverhampton. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
Mrs Pauline Leppingwell. Site Services Administrator, Bradford Royal Infirmary. For services to the NHS. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
David John Lester. For services to the St. Peter's Church Boys' Club, Norton, North Yorkshire. (Malton, North Yorkshire)
Mrs Dianne Lewis. Nurse, Huddersfield. For services to Nursing. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)
Thomas Samuel Lewis. For services to the Ty Bryngwyn Hospice, Llanelli, South Wales. (Burry Port, Dyfed)
David Lightfoot. Factory manager, Remploy Library Services, Halifax. For services to the Employment of Disabled People. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
Andrew Lindsay. For services to Rowing. (By Crieff, Perth and Kinross)
Dayantha Porambe Liyanage. Lately Member, Medway Unitary Authority. For services to the community in Kent. (Gillingham, Kent)
Stephen James Lloyd. For services to the British Red Cross Society. (Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire)
Capt Kenneth Lockwood, TD. For services to the Colditz Association. (Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire)
Nicholas John Long. For services to the community and to the Police in Lambeth, London. (London, SW4)
Miss Janet Patricia Lord. For services to EMI. (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)
John Loudoun. For services to the community in Evesham, Worcestershire. (Evesham, Worcestershire)
William Allen Loughlin. For services to the community. (Londonderry)
Mrs Manikam Susheela Lourie. For services to Race Equality in North Wales. (Denbigh, Denbighshire)
Mrs Judith Lund. For services to Rural Issues in County Durham. (Lanchester, Durham)
Edmund Grant Luscombe. Chief executive, Landlife. For services to the National Wildflower Centre, Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Daniel Lyons. For services to the Vidra Orphanage in Romania and Crisis at Christmas in London. (Redhill, Surrey)
Michael Macgregor. For services to Wildlife Education and Photography. (Ardnamurchan, Argyll and Bute)
Mrs Joan Lillian Machin. Health Visitor, Scarborough, Yorkshire. For services to Women and Young People.
Donald Michael MacLean. For services to Inter Faith Relations. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Miss Iseabail MacLeod. For services to the Scottish National Dictionary. (Edinburgh)
Ms Angela Lynne Main. For services to the community in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. (Wester Hailes, Edinburgh)
Gerrard Martin Mallon. Chief Nurse, Bradford Community Health NHS Trust. For services to Nursing. (Knaresborough, North Yorkshire)
Mrs Eileen Winifred Ruth Mander. Head of Physical Education, Sidmouth Community College, Devon. For services to Physical Education. (Wilmington, Devon)
Joe Mann. For services to the National League of the Blind and Disabled. (Cheshunt, Hertfordshire)
Capt Cameron John March. Retired Officer 2, Ministry of Defence. (Fareham, Hampshire)
Mrs Christabel Marchant, JP. Lately Deputy head, Freight Grants Unit, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (Rainham, Kent)
Mrs Constance Winifred Goodridge-Mark, BEM. For services to the community in London. (London, SW6)
Mrs Linda Martin. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Gosport, Hampshire)
Mrs Dorothy Ormerod Maskell. Team manager, CareerLink, Lancashire. For services to the Careers Service. (Clitheroe, Lancashire)

Anthony Graham Mason. Consultant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (Chichester, West Sussex)
Mrs Shirley Ann Mason. For services to Disability Action in Sutton, Surrey. (Sutton, Surrey)
Earl James Matthew. For services to the Boys' Brigade in Angus. (Arbroath, Angus)
The Reverend Rodney Stuart Matthews. For services to Ecumenism and to Pilgrims Crossing Scotland 2000. (Comrie, Perth and Kinross)
Keith Maybury. Chair, Ashby Woulds Forum, Leicestershire. For services to Regeneration. (Nr Swadlincote, Leicestershire)
Ian McAllister. For services to the community in Dumfries and Galloway. (Holywood, Dumfries)
Mrs Nancy Ann McBride. For services to Student Health Care. (Ballynahinch, Down)
Miss Mary Elizabeth McClymont. Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire. For services to Care for Older People. (Stevenage, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Elizabeth Pamela McComiskey. School Crossing Patrol Officer, Romiley Primary School. For services to the community in Stockport, Greater Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Howard John McConnell. For services to the Ambulance Service. (Newry, Down)
Samuel McCrea. For services to Small Business. (Jordanstown, Antrim)
Mrs Grace Frances McCullough. For public service. (Craigavon, Armagh)
Alex McGowan. Health and Safety manager, Kvaerner Oil and Gas Ltd. For services to Health and Safety. (Wishaw, Lanarkshire)
James McIver. Chaplain, Scottish Prison Service. For services to Prisoners' Welfare. (Currie, Midlothian)
Miss Joanne McKenna. For services to Victim Support in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)
Mrs Patricia Meldrum. Customer manager. For services to the Gas Industry. (Caldercruix, Lanarkshire)
Mrs Christine Meleady. For services to the Sheffield Children's Centre, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Brian Mellor. Crime and Fire Prevention Co-ordinator, Kirklees Metropolitan Council. For services to Fire Safety. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)
David Baxter Mercer. Chief Operations Officer, ScaPA Technologies Ltd. For services to Computer Software Technology. (Edinburgh)
Peter Midgley. Area manager, Environment Agency. For services to Environmental Protection. (Rustington, West Sussex)
Mrs Isobel Mary Gertrude Millar. For public service. (Tyrone)
Colin William Mills. Level 7, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defence. (London)
Mrs Joanna Margaret Milne. For services to St Margaret's Chapel Guild, Edinburgh Castle. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Indiraben Mistry. Personal secretary, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Preston, Lancashire)
John William Mitchell. Sound Mixer and Recordist. For services to the Film Industry. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)
Terence Reginald Mitchell. Submarine Project manager, Devonport Management Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Plymouth, Devon)
Professor Tariq Modood. For services to Social Science and Ethnic Relations. (Bristol)
Peter Leigh Moffat. Lately General Medical Practitioner and Prison Medical Officer, Wigtownshire. For services to Health Care. (Newtown Stewart, Wigtown)
Miss Janet Deborah Mooney. Departmental Disaster Recovery manager, Department of Trade and Industry. (Twickenham, Middlesex)
Anthony Francis Moore. Lately Deputy head, Bryncelynnog, Beddau. For services to Education and to Music in Wales. (Caerphilly)
Mrs Jean Shirley Moore. For services to the NSPCC and to the community in Hawarden, North Wales. (Hawarden, Flintshire)
Mrs Catherine Lorna Moran. Chief executive, Northern Recruitment Group. For services to Employment Creation. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Francis Joseph Moran. Manager, Central London Street Outreach Team, Bondway Housing Association. For services to Homeless People. (Chafford Hundred, Essex)
Paul Faulconer Morgan. For services to the community in Macclesfield, Cheshire. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)
Philip John Morley. Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Miss Agnes Morrison. Forester, Glendye Estate, Kincardineshire. For services to Forestry and to the community. (Banchory, Kincardineshire)
Frank Arnold Moyes. Trident Navigation Team Leader, BAe Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Dunfermline, Fife)
Mrs Ann Mulvey. For services to the RAF Association in Lancashire. (Blackpool, Lancashire)
Brig Michael Noel Nagle. For services to Sports Aid. (London, SW7)
Mrs Mary Eveline Naylor. For services to the Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
Mrs Isabel Conway Newstead. For services to Disabled Sports. (Harlow, Essex)
Mrs Susan Diana Newton. For services to the National Association of Adult Placement Services. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Thomas Newton. For services to the community in Greater Manchester. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)
Mrs Mary Nicholl. For services to the community. (Banbridge, Down)
Henry Nicol. Store assistant 1, Ministry of Defence. (Alexandria, Strathclyde)
Ms Anne Nightingale. For services to Radio Broadcasting. (London, W1N)
Mrs Janet Nisbet. Church Officer, Stair Parish Church. For services to the community. (Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran)
Mrs Pauline Noble. Youth Club Leader, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. For services to Young People. (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Jane Elizabeth Nolan. For services to the Shark Group Ltd and to Export. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Jon Thomas Norman. Postman. For services to the Post Office and to the Romanian Aid Foundation. (Horley, Surrey)
David Linklater Norquay. Retained Station Officer. For services to the Highlands and Islands Fire Brigade. (Kirkwall, Orkney)
Stephen John Norrish. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. (Central Milton Keynes, Bucks)
Michael Ernest Gazeley Northen. President, Association of Lighting Designers. For services to the Theatre. (Broadway, Worcestershire)
Mrs Cecilia Nutting. For charitable services to Macmillan Cancer Relief in London. (Cranleigh, Surrey)
George Maxwell O'Brien. For services to Trade Unionism. (Lisburn, Antrim)
William Edward O'Flaherty. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
John Denis O'Hagan. For services to Drug and Alcohol Misusers. (Newcastle, Down)
Charles Paul O'Kane. For services to the Fire Service and to the community. (Londonderry)
Frances O'Kane. For services to the community. (Culmore Point, Londonderry)
Mrs Barbara Elizabeth O'Rourke. Headteacher, Monnow Infants School, Newport, Monmouthshire. For services to Education. (Chepstow, Monmouthshire)
Mrs Elizabeth Oliver. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Warminster, Wiltshire)
Colin Osborne, JP. For services to the community in Sandy, Bedfordshire. (Sandy, Bedfordshire)
Mrs Patricia Pagan. Nurse, York District Hospital. For services to Nursing. (York, North Yorkshire)
James Cornish Page. For services to the Local and National Voluntary Arts Organisations. (Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
Mrs Jeanette Margaret Page. Typist, Employment Tribunals Service, Department of Trade and Industry. (Bromley, Kent)
Mrs Angela Jayne Parry. Executive Officer, National Assembly for Wales. (Roath, Cardiff)
Ivor Malcolm Parry. Tower Captain, St. Mary's Church. For services to Bellringing in Rye, East Sussex. (Rye, East Sussex)
Rajesh Patel. For services to the Black Training Enterprise Group. (London, N12)
Mrs Prem Lata Pathak. General Medical Practitioner, Cheshire. For services to Health Care. (Sale, Cheshire)
Max Whitfield Payne. For services to Fundraising for Local Charities. (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
Kenneth Peach. For services to Disabled People in Cheshire. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)
Mrs Anne Millar Pearson. Headteacher, Park Primary School, Alloa. For services to Education in Clackmannanshire. (Alloa, Clackmannan)
David Lee Pearson. For services to Disabled Sports. (Leek, Staffordshire)
Anthony Lawrence Geoffrey Peel. For charitable services to the community in North Teesside. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)
Miss Josephine Mary Anne Peel. For services to the 52nd Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment, Old Comrades Association. (Carlisle, Cumbria)
James Henry Pennington. For services to the community in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)
Mrs Elizabeth MacKenzie Fane Pentland. For services to the World Wide Fund for Nature in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Iain Percy. For services to Yachting. (London, SW13)
Mrs Mary Kathleen Perkins. For services to the Natural Environment Research Council. (Wimborne, Dorset)
Mrs Joyce Mary Perry. For services to the community, especially the Petersfield Voluntary Centre, in Hampshire. (Petersfield, Hampshire)
Mrs Edith Ann Peters. For services to the community in Tyne and Wear. (North Shields, Tyne and Wear)
Mrs Joan Thyrza Gwenllian Peters. For services to the community in Swansea, South Wales. (Mumbles, Swansea)
Miss Eleanor Ann Phillips. Lately Senior Law Clerk, Serious Fraud Office. (London, SW19)
Frederick Lawrence Samuel Phillips. For services to the community in Kedington, Suffolk. (Haverhill, Suffolk)
Alan Charles John Pigott. For services to the community in Bakewell, Derbyshire. (Bakewell, Derbyshire)
Peter Pillay. Deputy chief executive and chief Nurse, Brent. For services to Mental Health Nursing. (Hatfield, Hertfordshire)
The Rev Canon Leonard Arthur Piper. For services to the community in the Darlington area, County Durham. (Darlington, Durham)
Mrs Christine Edith Pleace. For services to Bryn Celyn Primary School, Cardiff. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
Miss Anne Pollington. Deputy Headteacher, Paddock Wood Primary School, Kent. For services to Education. (Tunbridge Wells, Kent)
Russell Emanuel Poluck. Chairman, London Taxi Driver of the Year Charity Fund. For services to the Taxi Trade. (Edgware, Middlesex)
Miss Debra Leonie Poulier. Higher Executive Officer, Home Office. (London, SW1A)
Miss Valerie Mary Powell. For services to Medical Emergency Relief International. (Mousehole, Cornwall)
Michael Sinclair Prescod. Member, Wellingborough Borough Council, Northamptonshire. For services to Local Government and to the community. (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire)
Roger Edward Dudley Price. Senior Executive Officer, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (Defford, Worcestershire)
Ms Maddy Prior. For services to Folk Music. (Carlisle, Cumbria)
Mrs Bonnie Purchon. President, Scarborough Hotels Association. For services to the Hospitality Industry in Yorkshire. (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
Robert Wilfrid Purdy. Teacher of Art, Design, Graphics and Photography, Regent College, Leicester. For services to Further Education. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
Jason Paul Queally. For services to Cycling. (Chorley, Lancashire)
Frank Race. For services to the community in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire)
Arthur Henry Douglas Radcliffe. For services to the Bomber Command Association. (London, NW6)
Nicholas Robert Scott-Ram. Consultant. For services to Biotechnology. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Miss Louise Ramsay. For services to the British Olympic Association. (London, SW18)
William Henry Rawson. For services to the Parish Council and to the community in Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
Mrs Maria Grazyna Read. GP, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. For services to Health Care. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Mrs Yvonne Margaret Mary Eliza Reaney. Music Teacher, Lydgate Infant School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. For services to Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Mrs Beryl Reason. For services to the community in Harrow, London. (Harrow, Middlesex)
Michael Reed. Business manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Mrs Constance Evelyn Rees. For services to the community, especially the Stevenage and District Mutiple Sclerosis Society, in Hertfordshire. (Stevenage, Hertfordshire)
Mrs Linda Reeve. Guest House manager. For services to Rolls Royce plc. (Ilkeston, Derbyshire)
Michael William Richards. For services to the Salvation Army Band in Gillingham, Kent. (Gillingham, Kent)
Mrs Thelma Cassandra Richards. For services to the community, especially the Red Cross, in Reading, Berkshire. (Reading, Berkshire)
Neil Mayoh Richardson. For services to OFWAT's Central Customer Service Committee. (Pershore, Worcestershire)
Jack Rivitt. For services to the community in Sparkhill, Birmingham. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
William Patrick Roache. Actor. For services to Television Drama, particularly Coronation Street. (Wilmslow, Cheshire)
Brian Roberts. Founder, Rainbow Prints Ltd. For services to Industry and to the community in Merthyr, South Wales. (Penpedairheol, Caerphilly)
Ian Forbes Robertson. Prison Officer, HM Prison Wandsworth. (London, SW18)
Miss Shirley Ann Robertson. For services to Yachting. (Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Stanley Robins. Milkman. For services to the community in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. (Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire)
Ronald Robinson. Lately Member, Coastguard Auxiliary Service. For services to Coastal Safety in Northumberland. (Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland)
Mrs Teresa Lesley Robinson. VAT and Excise Intelligence Support Officer, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Sidcup, Kent)
William Joseph Robinson. For services to Community Relations. (Glengormley, Antrim)
Mrs Stella Teresa Roissetter. Personal secretary, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Plymouth, Devon)
Denis Rooney. Coast and Countryside manager, National Trust. For services to Conservation of the Durham Coastline. (Seaham, Durham)
Alasdair Eoghann Adrian Rose. Programme manager for Mathematics, ESPRC. For services to Scientific Administration. (Swindon, Wiltshire)
Mrs Joan Mary Roseveare. For services to the Parish Council and to the community in Coningsby, Lincolnshire. (Coningsby, Lincolnshire)
Ms Pauline Ross. For services to the Arts and to the community. (Waterside, Londonderry)
Mrs Eileen Ruglys. For services to the Oakley Day Centre and to Cranbourne School, Basingstoke, Hampshire. (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Mrs Jocelyn Delia Harvie Russell. For services to the community, especially the Stourpaine Playing Fields Association, in Dorset. (Blandford, Dorset)
Mrs Sandra Anne Russell. For services to the Building Society Movement. (Carlton, Bedfordshire)
Mrs Sandra Rutter. Cook/Catering Supervisor, Brierton Comprehensive School, Hartlepool, Cleveland. For services to the School Meals Service. (Cleveland)
Robert Michael John Sadler. Lately Driver, HMS Dryad, Ministry of Defence. (Havant, Hampshire)
Mohammad Sharif Salim, JP. Chairman, Bury Racial Equality Council. For services to the community in Lancashire and Greater Manchester. (Bury, Greater Manchester)
Richard Geoffrey Salisbury. For services to the European Dairy Farming Event. (Taunton, Somerset)
Mrs Jean Sandilands. For services to Pupil Welfare at Saltoun Primary School, East Lothian. (Pencaitland, East Lothian)
Mrs Alice Ena Savage. For services to the North Hartlepool Partnership. (Hartlepool, Cleveland)
Paul Joseph Savage. Farmer. For services to Agriculture. (Castlewellan, Down)
Fred Scarlett. For services to Rowing. (London, SW8)
Mrs Zena Marjorie Scoley, DL. For services to the Parish Council and to the community in Martin Moor, Lincolnshire. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
John Robert Edwin Scott. For services to the RNLI. (Portrush, Antrim)
Miss Margaret Ann Scott. For services to Horticulture. (New Milton, Hampshire)
Mrs Susan June Scott. For services to Nursing and to the Royal College of Nursing. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Mrs Elsie May Scullion. For services to the community in Horsham, West Sussex. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Richard Geoffrey Searle. Managing director, Searles of Hunstanton. For services to the Holiday Parks Industry. (Hunstanton, Norfolk)
David Service. For public service. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)
John Sevenoaks. Livestock Dealer. For services to the Farming community in South West England. (Longtown, Herefordshire)
Barry Michael Shaw. For services to Architecture. (London, SE13)
Christopher John Shaw. For services to Business and to the community in Dalkeith. (Edinburgh)
Miss Doreen Shaw. Diocesan secretary, Girls' Friendly Society, Liverpool. For services to Young People. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Miss Gloria Sheaves. For services to Ballroom Dancing. (Bishopston, Bristol)
Barrie Sheedy. Bus Driver, First Mainline. For charitable services in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Robert Horne Shepherd. For services to Scottish Dance Music and to Scottish Culture. (Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire)
Thomas Murray Shields. For services to Housing. (Parkhall, Antrim)
Alastair Douglas Short. General Medical Practitioner, Glasgow. For services to Health Care. (Glasgow)
Mrs Josephine Anne Sibley. Lately Support Service manager, Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water plc. For services to the Water Industry and to the community. (Broadstone, Dorset)
Bernard Grant Sims. Dental Practitioner, London. For services to Forensic Odontology. (London, E6)
Douglas Sinden. For services to Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire. (Wigton, Cumbria)
James Shand Sivewright, JP. Director, Capability Scotland. For services to Housing for Disabled People. (Edinburgh)
Anthony Guy Smart. For services to the community in Lacey Green and Loosley Row, Buckinghamshire. (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire)
Hamilton Smillie. Business and Community Relations director, Scottish Power. For services to the Electricity Industry. (Hamilton, Lanarkshire)
Mrs Barbara Ann Smith. For services to Deaf People in Staffordshire. (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire)
Brian Lennox-Smith. For services to Community Health Councils in Wales. (Llandrindod Wells, Powys)
Mrs Carole Smith. For services to Save the Children. (Taunton, Somerset)
Douglas Smith. For services to Deaf People in Staffordshire. (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire)
Grenville Smith. For charitable services, through Jailbreak, in Herefordshire. (Hereford, Herefordshire)
James Ralston Smith. Coach Driver, Inverness Traction. For services to Tourism and to the community in Inverness-shire. (Inverness)
Mrs Margery Smith. For services to the Sea Cadet Corps in Merseyside. (Wirral, Merseyside)
Mrs Marjorie Elizabeth Smith. For services to the community, especially the WRVS, in Derby. (Derby, Derbyshire)
Mrs Shirley Elisabeth Smith. Mess Hand, RAF Cottesmore, Ministry of Defence. (Oakham, Rutland)
Thomas Smith. For services to the Ambulance Service and to Oncology Patients in Glasgow. (Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire)
Thomas Graham Smith. For services to the Parish Council and to the community in Whatcote, Warwickshire. (Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire)
Vincent Wilfred Smith. Lately assistant Divisional manager, Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service. For services to the Ambulance Service. (Nr Kidderminster, Worcestershire)
Miss Annetta Smyth. For services to the community, especially the Church Girls' Brigade. (Carrickfergus, Antrim)
Kenneth John Snell. Dock Master, Fleet Support Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Southsea, Hampshire)
John Anthony Snowdon. For services to Amateur Swimming in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Balwant Kaur Soor. Chairperson, Bebe Nanaki Charitable Trust. For international charitable services. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Ian Caie Spence. For services to the Duke of Edinburgh's award in Grampian. (Banchory, Kincardineshire)
Mrs Nancy Elaine Spencer. For services to Climate Change Science. (Heswall, Merseyside)
Christopher Sperring. For services to Conservation and to the Millennium Awards for Conservation. (Portishead, Bristol)
Miss Diana Sperry. Information and Communications Technology Co-ordinator, Moat Farm Junior School, Oldbury, West Midlands. For services to Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Nand Krishna Srivastava. For services to Palliative Care in Sandwell, West Midlands. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Mrs Heather Elizabeth Stevenson. For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. (Portadown, Armagh)
Alan Stewart. Force Wildlife Liaison Officer. For services to Tayside Police and the Prevention and Detection of Crimes against Wildlife. (Methven, Perth and Kinross)
Miss Marion Mitchell Stewart. Archivist, Dumfries and Galloway Council. For services to Burgh Archives. (Glencaple, Dumfries)
Thomas A. Strain. For services to the YMCA. (Omagh, Tyrone)
Mrs Rosemary Alice Sturges. Chairman, Northam Youth Group. For services to the community in Northam, Devon. (Bideford, Devon)
Tom Sumner. For services to the community in Burley-in-Wharfdale, West Yorkshire. (Ilkley, West Yorkshire)
Alexander Walter Sutherland. Horticultural manager, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (Hurley, Berkshire)
Leslie Edwin Sutton. Chief inspector, RSPCA. For services to Animal Welfare in Cornwall. (Truro, Cornwall)
Alexander John Taylor. Lately Senior Agricultural Adviser. For services to the Scottish Agricultural College. (Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross)
Mrs Anthea Rosemary Taylor, JP. For services to the Board of Visitors at HM Young Offenders' Institution, Brinsford. (Brewood, Staffordshire)
Mrs Eleanor Taylor. Lately head, Scientific Liaison. For services to the Hannah Research Institute. (Troon, Ayrshire and Arran)
Mrs Josephine Elizabeth Taylor. Team manager, Surrey Schools' Athletics and Swimming Teams. For services to Sport in Surrey Schools. (Dorking, Surrey)
Philip Douglas Taylor. For services to Darts. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire)
Mrs Stella Alexandra Thomas. For services to the Parliamentary Press Gallery, House of Commons. (Limpsfield, Surrey)
John William Stewart Thompson, BEM. For services to the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust. (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
Mrs Patricia Mary Thomson. For public service. (Newtownards, Down)
Mrs Maureen Thorpe. For services to the community in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. (Pontefract, West Yorkshire)
William Edward Tidy. Cartoonist. For services to Journalism. (Boylestone, Derbyshire)
Mrs Diana Paula Toeman. For services to the Citizens Advice Bureau in Pimlico, London. (London, N6)
Mrs Barbara Lesley Tonge. For medical and charitable services to the community in Chester and overseas. (Chester, Cheshire)
Roy Toogood. Operations Policy manager, NICO International Services, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (North Shields, Tyne and Wear)
Mrs Marcelle Tooley. For services to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, East Sussex. (Brighton, East Sussex)
David William Topham. Senior Administrative Officer, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Alfreton, Derbyshire)
Stephen Patrick Trapmore. For services to Rowing. (Teddington, Middlesex)
Miss Christine Mary Traxson. For services to the Compact Club 2000 for Young Disadvantaged People. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Mrs Audrey Trewick. Lately Banqueting Supervisor, Gosforth Park Hotel, Northumbria. For services to the Hospitality Industry. (Wallsend, Tyne and Wear)
Mrs Gena Turgel. For services to the Holocaust Foundation. (Stanmore, Middlesex)
Mrs Barbara Turner. Director, Apollo Theatre, Isle of Wight. For services to the Theatre. (Ryde, Isle of Wight)
Denis Neville Turner. For services to the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund. (Tonbridge, Kent)
Mrs Joyce Vale. For services to the community in Georgeham and Barnstaple, Devon. (Nr Barnstaple, Devon)
Alan Henry Vincent. Head of Engineering, GKN Westland Helicopters Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Yeovil, Somerset)
Fred Walkington. Lately Coxswain, Bridlington Lifeboat, RNLI. For services to Maritime Safety. (Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire)
Benjamin Wallsworth, MM. Member, Salford City Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Planning and Transportation. (Salford, Greater Manchester)
Leslie Graeme Ward. For services to the Animal Procedures Committee. (Carnwath, Lanarkshire)
Lt Col Roy Kenneth Ward. Director-General, Institute of the Motor Industry. For services to Motoring and to Road Safety. (Petersfield, Hampshire)
Mrs Maureen Joan Warden. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence Mail Services. (Edgware, Middlesex)
Gordon James Ware. Budget Liaison Officer, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Cullompton, Devon)
Kenneth Murray Watson. Farmer, Orkney. For services to the Hill Farming Advisory Committee. (Firth, Orkney)
Mrs Moira Hepburn Watson. For services to the WRVS at Glenochil Detention Centre, Clackmannanshire. (Tillicoultry, Clackmannan)
Elleston Goodridge Wedderburn. Lately Governor, College of North East London. For services to Education. (London, N22)
James Wellman. For services to Theatrebarn in Worcestershire. (Bretforton, Worcestershire)
Kieran Martin West. For services to Rowing. (Woodham, Surrey)
Ian George White. Lately Regional Waste manager, Environment Agency. For services to Waste Regulation. (Teignmouth, Devon)
Ronald Whitehead, TD. For services to the Cairn Housing Association and to the Elderly People in Glasgow. (Glasgow)
Miss Eileen Margaret Wilby. For services to the community in Great and Little Ouseburn, North Yorkshire. (Nr York, North Yorkshire)
Graham Arthur Wilford. Lately managing director, York Waterworks plc. For services to the Water Industry. (York, North Yorkshire)
Colin Wilson. Stationery/Stores Administrative assistant, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Leek, Staffordshire)
Graeme Joss Wilson. For services to the Scout Association in Scotland. (Banchory, Kincardineshire)
Miss Mary Wines. For charitable services, especially to Christian Aid, in Cardiff. (Llandaff, Cardiff)
John Alan Winlow. Lately director of Continuous Improvement, Marshalls plc. For services to the Environment. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
Mrs Jane Elizabeth Winter. For services to the community in Buntingford, Hertfordshire. (Buntingford, Hertfordshire)
Anthony Peter Howard Wood. Director, John Watson and Carter Ltd. For services to the Surveying Profession and to the Construction Industry. (Maidenhead, Berkshire)
Mrs Nancy Sybil Dagmar Woodman. For services to the community in Liss, Hampshire. (Liss, Hampshire)
Robert Geoffrey Worrall. For services to Journalism in Devon. (Nr Exeter, Devon)
Alexander Wright. For services to the community in Greater Easterhouse, Glasgow. (Craigend, Glasgow)
William Wyllie, JP. D.L, Governor. For services to Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. (Aberdeen)
Mrs Leila Wynbourne. For services to the British Women's International Zionist Organisation. (London, N2)
Miss Merline Wynter. For services to Health Care for members of Ethnic Minorities in London. (London, SE19)
Mrs Barbara Yorke, JP. For services to the community in Sefton and Formby, Merseyside. (Formby, Merseyside)
Colin Seymour Young. For services to Southborough Cricket Club, Kent. (Southborough, Kent)
Raimondo Zavaglia, Constable, South Wales Police. For services to the Police and to the community in Cardiff.

Diplomatic Service and overseas

New Year Honours to members of the British diplomatic service and British citizens working in an oversea capacity.

KNIGHTS BACHELOR
David Martin Brown. For services to British industry.
Dr Anthony John Francis O'Reilly. For long and distinguished service to Northern Ireland.

ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE

GCMG
Sir Peter John Goulden, KCMG. Permanent Representative, UKDEL NATO, Brussels.

KCMG
Dr Arthur Richard Jolly. For long and distinguished service to international development.
Derek John Plumbly, CMG. HM Ambassador, Riyadh.
Nigel Elton Sheinwald, CMG. Permanent Representative, UKREP, Brussels.
Rt Rev Simon Barrington-Ward, CMG. Prelate, Order of St Michael and St George.

CMG
Miss Alyson Judith Kirtley Bailes. HM Ambassador, Helsinki.
Anthony Russell Brenton. Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Andrew Thomas Cahn. Lately Chef de Cabinet, European Commission.
Professor Ivor Norman Richard Davies. For services to Central European history.
Miss Caroline Myfanwy Tonge Elmes. HM Ambassador, Luanda.
Professor Michael Leifer. For services to UK-South East Asian relations.
Helen Meixner. Regional director Central Europe, British Council.
John McLeod Scarlett, OBE. Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Andrew William Graham Summers. For promotion of the excellence of UK design internationally.
Derek James Alexander Taylor. For services to UK-Mauritius trade.
Philip Lloyd Thomas. Lately HM Consul-General, Dusseldorf.
Jeremy Walter Thorp. HM Ambassador, Bogota.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE
Michael Harrington Dale. For services to British commercial interests, North America.
Lyndon Rees Evans. For services to accelerator physics.
The Hon Mr Justice Gerald Michael Godfrey. Lately Justice of Appeal, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region.
Eric Edward Hotung. For services to British charitable interests overseas.
John Alexander Kennedy. For services to UK-Latin American trade.
The Hon Mr Justice Henry Denis Litton, OBE, QC. Lately Judge, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region.
Leopold Nathaniel Mills II. For public service, Bermuda.
Michael Shears. For services to international trade and trade development strategy.
Ljubo Franjo Sirc. For services to the promotion of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.

OBE
Mrs Georgina Teresa Ashworth. For services to international human rights.
Geoffrey Frederick Bacon. For services to UK-Canadian relations.
The Rt Rev Kenneth Lawrence Barham. For services to the communities of Central Africa.
Mrs Sonia Wild Bicanic. For services to UK-Croatian cultural relations.
Allen Christopher Brookes. First secretary, British High Commission, Canberra.
Nicholas John Burraston. For services to UK commercial interests in Hungary.
Dr Fiona Jean Ward Burslem. For services to health care in Pakistan.
Christopher Cviic. For services to the promotion of democracy in Central Europe.
Alan Richard Kirk Dickson. For service to the British community in Argentina.
Dr Michael David Downham, MBE. For services to the community, Sierra Leone.
Michael Reginald Frost. Lately First secretary, Lagos.
Professor Joseph Roger Carby-Hall. For services to UK-Polish relations and international law.
Professor Anthony David Harries. For services to the study of tuberculosis in Africa.
Graham Peter Harris, MBE. Security Officer, British High Commission, Pretoria.
Dr John Hawkins. Acting head of Finance, British Council Headquarters.
Dr Lynne Myfanwy Jones. For services to child psychology and mental health in war-affected areas of Central Europe.
Mrs Ethel De Keyser. For services to human rights.
Capt Mabry Salisbury Kirkconnell, MBE, JP. For public service, Cayman Islands.
Irving Yee Yin Koo. For services to British commercial interests, Hong Kong.
Andrzej Filip Krassowski. Lately assistant director Development, UN Secretariat.
Mrs Leah Sarah Levin. For services to international human rights.
George Colin Magnus. For services to Chevening Scholarships in Hong Kong.
Thomas Gregory Burns Maranon. For services to UK-Spanish cultural relations.
James Rae McCulloch. HM Ambassador, Reykjavik.
Michael McDowell. Senior director, Overseas Development Council.
Kenneth John Millband. For services to the local community in Nepal.
Mrs Valerie Joy Mitchell. For services to The English Speaking Union.
Dr Alastair Neil Robertson Niven. Director Literature, British Council Headquarters.
Miss Charlotte Tessa Rampling. For services to acting and UK-French cultural relations.
Professor Vera Helen Rees. For services to health care in South Africa.
Dr Paul David Sayer. For services to veterinary medicine in Kenya.
Sister Maria Lia Schwarzmuller. For services to leprosy relief in Tanzania.
Dominic Kingsley Eason Scott. Lately First secretary, British High Commission, New Delhi.
Michael Roger Pearson Smith. For services to British commercial interests in Argentina.
Paul Stanislas. For services to British commercial interests in the United States of America.
Patrick Stewart. For services to acting and the cinema.
Mrs Maureen Patricia Stratford. For services to the mentally handicapped in Guangzhou, China.Dr Reginald Brian Stratford. For services to the mentally handicapped in Guangzhou, China.
David Martin Tait. For services to the Promotion of British aviation interests in the United States of America.
Dr Robin Erskine Tattersall. For public service, British Virgin Islands.
Michael Denis Alistair Terry. For services to human rights.
Richard Paul Raynier Thompson. First secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Anthony Trew. For services to British commercial interests and the community, Abu Dhabi.
John Watson. For services to British commercial interests in the United States of America.
Alan James White. British Consul, Gothenburg.

MBE
Miss Katherine Joan Allen. For services to education in Tanzania.
Mrs Dora Daisy Anderson. For services to the handicapped, Brasilia.
Mrs Cheryl Eileen Anthony. For services to the community, Ascension Island.
David Raib Arch. For public service, Cayman Islands.
Mrs Susan Scott Arnold. First secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Gordon Leslie Bailey. For service to the British community, Bahrain.
Mrs Patricia Anne Bebbington. Senior Programme Officer for international development, Eastern Africa.
Mesod Benady. For services to local history, Gibraltar.
Albert David Bertram. For services to Cockermouth/Marvejois town twinning.
Miss Jane Ernestine Best. For services to British cultural interests in Japan.
Mrs Jean Florence Bradshaw. Chairman, Electoral Reform International Services.
Sean Gilbert Peter Burns. Lately British vice-Consul, Dakar.
David John Butler. For services to the British community, Madrid.
Mrs Sonia Stewart Carr. For services to the British community, Oman.
John Asprey Chiles. For services to British ex-servicemen, Pakistan.
Alexander Cowie Cumming. Lately British Honorary Consular Officer, Praslin.
Jacques Conrad Davis. For services to the British community, Algeria.
Alberto Santolaya Diaz. British vice-Consul, Alicante.
Miss Rosalind Wendy Doak. Commercial assistant, Dublin.
Richard Hugh Doggett. For services to British ex-servicemen, France.
Stephen Jordan Donnelly. British vice-Consul, Paris.
Derek James Doyle. Commercial Officer, Bilbao.
John Edward Dunford. For services to the local community, Thailand.
Eric Ellis. British Pro-Consul, Bordeaux.
Jean-Pierre Anthony Gross. Lately Deputy head Interpretation Service, NATO.
Stephen Thomas Harrison. Lately British Consul-General, Ekaterinburg.
Dr Elizabeth Annie Hills. For services to health care in Tanzania.
Mrs Megan Macdonald Hunt. Vice-Consul, Brisbane.
Sister Catherine Judith Mary Jackson. For services to the blind, Harare.
Lt Col Neville Jackson, TD. For services to the Pegasus Memorial Project, France.
Rodney Norman Meredew Johnson. For services to the British community in New York.
Mrs Genevieve Jones. For services to UK-Norwegian relations.
Miss Elizabeth Margaret Kennard. For services to child care, Sri Lanka.
Paul Stephen Kennedy. Commercial director, Commonwealth Institute.
Robert Liddle Kilgour. For services to British cultural interests, Denmark.
Mrs Jacqueline Elizabeth Lightbourne. Chief Nursing Officer, Bermuda.
Martin Paul Smith Lomas. Emergencies Adviser, OXFAM.
Mrs Jan Yvonne Long. UK Regional Network manager, British Council Headquarters.
Mrs Patricia Charters McBride. For services to the British community, Northern France.
Miss Emma Caroline Mills. Management Officer, British Office, Pristina.
Mrs Elizabeth Marie Mroz. For public service, Bermuda.
Mrs Barbara Louise Neasham. For services to the British community, Lisbon.
Nigel William Pattinson. Second secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Peter Stephen Hoskin Pollitt. For services to British Naval Personnel, United Arab Emirates.
John William Redfern. For services to English Language teaching, Brasilia.
David Remfry. For services to British art in the United States of America.
Anthony John Richards. For services to education, Malaysia.
James Alfred Shallcross. For services to English Language teaching, Madrid.
Mrs Clementine Jane Singh. PA to Commercial Counsellor, British High Commission New Delhi.
Mrs Angela Theresa Sweeney. British vice-Consul, HM Embassy Rome.
Miss Stephanie Lavinia Sweet. British Consul, Tangier.
Mrs Clarice Vera Swinden. For services to the British community, Alicante.
Miss Sarah Ann Uppard. For services to Save the Children in Rwanda.
Mrs Eileen Rose Young. For services to health care in Zambia.

Commonwealth honours

BARBADOS

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE
Michael Robert Clarke. For service to the field of medicine.
Alan David Grant Hutchinson. For service to manufacturing.

OBE
Mrs Phyllis Austin Doreen Alleyne. For service to education.
Harold Lloyd Vincent Griffith. For public service.

MBE
Colin Ollievierre Leroy Deane. For service in the field of cricket.
The Rev Laurence George Small. For service to religion and the public.

BELIZE

CBE
John Lewis Charles Crump. For services to the community.

OBE
Brig Gen Robert Sydney Garcia. For service to Belize.
Francis Usher. For service to Belize.

MBE
Benjamin Nicholas. For services to the Arts.
Francis Reneau. For service in the field of music.
Mrs Joan Louise Ellenstein Samuels. For services to education and the community.
Gilvano Reynaldo Swasey. For services to the Arts.

COOK ISLANDS

KBE
Dr Pupuke Robati, OBE. For public and community service.

MBE
Archer Vivian Hosking. For services to telecommunications and the community.

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL

BEM
William Kati Heather. For services to sports and the community.
Moeara Moeara. For services to education and the community.

GRENADA

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

OBE
Father Claudius Mark Haynes. For service to religion.
Raymond Anthony Smith. For public service.

MBE
Mrs Sheila Coomansingh. For service to teaching.
Lawrence Lambert. For public service.

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL

BEM
Stressman McDonald Thomas. For services to the fishing industry.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Peter Leslie Charles Barter, OBE. For public service.
Robert John Sinclair. For service to business, community and the country.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

KBE
Soekandar Tjandra, MBE. For services to politics and the community.

CBE
Napolean Boiyou Liosi. For services to the community.

OBE
David Anggo. For foreign service and services to industry and trade.
Kosta George Constantinou. For services to the community.
Toby Setareki Davis. For services to education.
The Hon Philemon Teiel Embel. For services to politics and the community.
Les Gavara Nanu. For service to the private sector.
Hosea Tubarat. For service to the community and sports.

MBE
Joseph Martin Chow Sun Yau. For service to business and the community.
Mrs Anna Bungtabu Diuvia. For services to the community and women's affairs.
Superintendent Charley Farari. For service to the Papua New Guinea Correctional Service.
Jamie Maxtone Graham. For public service.
Pastor Yauri Hibo. For services to religion.
Simon Kenehe. For service to Papua New Guinea Red Cross.
Ms. Margaret Samei. For services to health and the public.
Dr Mark Solon. For service to education.
Willie Taugau. For public service.
George Manua Telek. For service to the development of local music.
Mrs Eleana Tjandraneagera. For services to business and the community.
Aimungyu Umauma. For service to education.

IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER

ISO
Sokalamus Louis. For public service.
Ano Pala. For public service.

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL

BEM
Aniani Bau. For services to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary.
Kuman Dai. For services to politics.
Mrs Emily David. For foreign service.
Petrus Fongai. For public service.
Samuel Francis. For service to the community.
Kaigro Gene. For services to the community.
Albert Sari Ivaraoa. For services to the community.
Bulon Katam. For services to the community.
Anthony Kevin. For public service.
Sgt Maj Henry Tominge Levi. For services to the Papua New Guinea Correctional Service.
Mea Mavara. For services to the community and religion.
Tarato Nama. For services to the community.
Mathias Naur. For services to religion.
Thomas Ninji. For services to the community.
Karara Ove. For services to the Health Department.
Sgt Reginald Panua. For services to the Police.
Wigal Par. For services to the community.
The Rev Riley Haiwatha Sampson. For services to the community and religion.
Herman Adan Sinyoi. For services to education.
Luk Tindom. For services to the government.
George Pukalur Wauleau. For public service.
John Olinakuan Yapli. For services to the government.
Payake Yayuti. For service to the Eastern Highlands.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

OBE
Col Paul Dala. For service to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.

MBE
Chief WO Paul Mate. For services to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.

SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS

MBE
Dr Stanley Mirk Dennis. For service to the field of education.
Samuel James Nathaniel. For public service.

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE

CMG
Richard Walter Joachim, OBE. For public service.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

OBE
Martin James Edward Barnard. For service to the private sector.
Kerwyn Leslie Morris. For service to the fishing industry.

MBE
Maj St. Claire Augustus Leacock, JP. For public service.
Mrs Irma Agatha Norris. For services to teaching and the community.
Alderic Wendell Wright, JP. For services to policing.

Police and Fire

QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL

QPM

ENGLAND AND WALES
Keith Leonard Akerman. Detective chief Superintendent, Hampshire Constabulary.
David James Betts. Detective Sergeant, Cheshire Police.
Charles Edward Clark. Deputy chief Constable, Essex Police.
Leo Patrick Daniels. Detective Constable, Metropolitan Police Service.
Peter Michael David Ditchett. Chief Superintendent, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Cambridge.
Ian Robert Horne. Constable, Wiltshire Constabulary.
Philip Gerard Jones. Detective Superintendent, Merseyside Police.
John Stephen Kissane. Chief inspector, Hertfordshire Constabulary.
Ian David McDonald. Acting director, National Police Training.
Roger Miles. Lately Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service.
Brian Reginald Pallant. Lately Constable, Essex Police.
Peter Robbins. Chief Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service.
Peter Shepherd. Sergeant, Bedfordshire Police.
Mrs Frances Emily Smith. Constable, West Yorkshire Police.
David Westwood. Chief Constable, Humberside Police.
Ian Westwood. Lately Constable and vice-chairman, Police Federation of England and Wales.
Thomas Manclark Williamson. Deputy chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Police.
Kenneth Harry Woodward. Detective Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service.

SCOTLAND
Keith Robert Cullen. Assistant chief Constable, Northern Constabulary.
Frederick Newton. Assistant chief Constable, National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing.
Martin Elliot Papworth. Assistant chief Constable, Strathclyde Police.

NORTHERN IRELAND
David Henry Cully. Superintendent, Royal Ulster Constabulary.
George Martin Dyer. Superintendent, Royal Ulster Constabulary.
John Herbert Middlemiss. Detective Superintendent, Royal Ulster Constabulary.
John Samuel McCarroll. Chief inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary.

OVERSEAS
Jean-Jacques Lemay. Commissioner of Police, Bermuda.

QUEEN'S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL

QFSM

ENGLAND AND WALES
Malcolm Hewitt Alcock. Chief Fire Officer, Suffolk Fire Service.
Harold Edwin James Bradley. Station Officer, Cleveland Fire Brigade.
Thomas Patrick Butler. Deputy assistant chief Fire Officer, London Fire Brigade.
Allan Stuart Marshall. Assistant chief Fire Officer, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Malcolm John Saunders. Chief Fire Officer, Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

SCOTLAND
Robert Walker Docherty. Assistant Firemaster, Strathclyde Fire Brigade.
Angus MacDonald. Retained Firefighter, Central Scotland Fire Brigade.

COLONIAL POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE MEDAL

CPM
Kenrick Hall. Superintendent, Royal Cayman Islands Police Force.
John Ochello. Deputy chief Fire Officer, Gibraltar Fire Service.

Honorary appointments

The Queen has approved the following honorary appointments on the advice of the Foreign Secretary:

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

DBE/KBE
Professor Anna Elbina Davies, Italian citizen, for services to philology.
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan, Irish citizen, for services to entertainment.

CBE
Dhruva Mistry, Indian citizen, for services to sculpture and the arts.
Miss Fiona Mary Shaw, Irish citizen, for services to drama.
Ms Mitsuko Uchida, citizen of Japan, for services to music.
Miss Zoe Wannamaker, US citizen, for services to drama.

MBE
Lanfranco Dettori, Italian citizen, for services to horseracing.
Peter Schmeichel, Danish citizen, for services to football.

Military honours: Royal Navy

ORDER OF THE BATH

CB
Rear Admiral John Chadwick. Rear Admiral Brian Benjamin Perowne.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

KBE
Vice Admiral Fabian Michael Malbon. CBE
Commodore Adrian James Johns. Royal Navy.
Surgeon Capt Michael Atholl Farquharson-Roberts. Royal Navy.
Commodore Malcolm Stephen Williams. Royal Navy.

OBE
Cdr Christopher Alcock. Royal Navy.
Capt Leslie Michael Coupland. Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Capt John Kenneth Covell. Royal Navy.
Cdr Peter Norman Payne-Hanlon. Royal Navy.
Cdr Michael Dennis-Jones. Royal Navy.
Cdr Robert Nairn. Royal Navy.

MBE
Lt Ian Keith Bellingham. Royal Navy.
Sgt Michael John Betteridge. Royal Marines.
CPO Marine Engineer Mechanic Steven John Broughton. PO Jacqueline Cartner. Cpl Alan Wilkinson Chambers. Royal Marines.
Sgt Adrian Cole. Royal Marines.
Maj Benedict Rodney Curry. Royal Marines.
Lt Cdr Richard Martin Henry Dane. Royal Navy.
WO Marine Engineering Artificer Peter Clive Doggett. Sgt Clive Robert Early. Royal Marines.
Lt Cdr Carol Fletcher. Royal Naval Reserve.
WO Michael Charles Marsh. Lt Cdr Timothy Edward Moss. Royal Navy.
Acting CPO Louise Jane Oram. Lt Cdr Christopher John Painter. Royal Navy.
Lt Cdr Frederick William Robertson. Royal Navy.
WO Marine Engineer Artificer Ian Smith. Lt Cdr Richard Anthony Aubrey Thomas. Royal Navy.
Charge Chief Weapon Engineering Artificer David Joseph Thompson.

ROYAL RED CROSS

ARRC
CPO Kevin John Agnew.

QUEEN'S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL

QVRM
Lt Cdr Howard Brandon Victor Reynoldson. Royal Naval Reserve.

Military honours: Army

ORDER OF THE BATH

KCB
Lt Gen Timothy John Granville-Chapman, CBE. Late Royal Regiment of Artillery.

CB
Maj Gen Christopher George Callow, OBE. Late Royal Army Medical Corps.
Maj Gen Andrew Peter Ridgway, CBE. Late Royal Tank Regiment.
Maj Gen Timothy John Sulivan, CBE. Late The Blues and Royals.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE
Col Michael John Dent, MBE. Late Royal Corps of Signals.
Brig Christopher Michael Steirn. Late The Royal Logistic Corps.

OBE
Lt Col Jonathan Harold Clough. The Royal Logistic Corps.
Lt Col Christopher Eldred Comport, TD. Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial Army.
Lt Col Douglas Eric Cook. The Royal Logistic Corps.
Lt Col Martin Charles Frostick. Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Lt Col Richard Lewis Hall, MBE. The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
Col John Richard Hennessy. Late Corps of Royal Engineers, Territorial Army.
Col Catherine Jane Kitchener. Late Adjutant General's Corps.
Lt Col Andrew Dutton Mason. The Parachute Regiment.
Col Philip Dermot McEvoy. Late Adjutant General's Corps.
Lt Col John Adrian Ris. Corps of Royal Engineers.
Lt Col David Ian Aubrey Spackman. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Lt Col Robert William Hamilton Sutcliffe. The Royal Yeomanry, Territorial Army.

OVERSEAS AWARD

OBE
Lt Col Patrick MacIntyre Outerbridge. E.D., The Bermuda Regiment.

MBE
WO Class 1 Ernest Joseph Adams. The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
Maj Richard Anthony Fairfax Baker. Royal Army Medical Corps.
Maj Peter Raymond Barron. Royal Corps of Signals.
WO Class 1 Ivon Thomas Bell. Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
Acting Maj Brian Blackley. Queen's Own Highlanders Battalion Army Cadet Force.
Maj David John Hugh Boxhall. Royal Corps of Signals.
Lt Col Michael Patrick Alistair Bullen. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
Maj Derek Joseph Chapman. The Royal Logistic Corps.
Maj Colin Glyn Chick. Army Air Corps.
Maj Gerald Clark, BEM. The Parachute Regiment.
Lt Col Julian Philip Clover. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Maj Peter Mark Copeland. Scots Guards.
Cpl Ewell Anderson Crooks. The Royal Irish Rangers, Territorial Army.
Staff Sgt Edward Peter Devine. Adjutant General's Corps.
Capt Robert Malcolm Dobson. Adjutant General's Corps, Territorial Army.
WO Class 1 Dale Edward Dowdall. The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
Sgt John Doyle. The Parachute Regiment.
WO Class 2 Joseph Goodman Farrell. Scots Guards.
Maj Martin Andrew Fenn. Corps of Royal Engineers.
WO Class 2 Malcolm Fish. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
Maj Nicholas Owen Fitzgerald. Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Maj John Anthony Bernard Floyd. Royal Corps of Signals.
WO Class 2 Graham French. Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Capt Hitman Gurung. The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
WO Class 2 Phillip Alan Hayes. The Tyne Tees Regiment, Territorial Army.
WO Class 1 John Hilton. The Royal Logistic Corps.
Staff Sgt Robert Desmond Inglesant, BEM. Royal Corps of Signals.
WO Class 2 Mahindra Jethwa. Adjutant General's Corps, Territorial Army.
WO Class 2 Capt Mark Eric Whitwell Kingston. The Life Guards.
WO Class 1 James Ryan Knight. Royal Corps of Signals.
WO Class 2 Stephen Anthony Lavis. Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Maj John Craig Lawrence. The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
WO Class 2 Jeremy William Legge. The Light Infantry.
WO Class 1 Nicholas John Lemon. Intelligence Corps.
Acting Maj Ella Pauline Lewis. Adjutant General's Corps.
Maj Peter William Merriman. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
WO Class 1 Glyn James Morgan. Adjutant General's Corps.
Acting Lt Col Nigel John Mussett. Giggleswick School Combined Cadet Force.
Maj David Michael Nield. The Royal Welch Fusiliers.
WO Class 2 Lee Patrick Panter. The Royal Logistic Corps.
Maj Jonathan Paul Bowman Perks. The Green Howards.
Lance Cpl Colin Rees. Royal Corps of Signals.
Lt Col Peter Stuart Robertshaw. Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Sgt Leslie James Robinson. Royal Corps of Signals.
Maj Clive Anthony Robson. Royal Regiment of Artillery.
WO Class 2 Paul Edward Scott. Royal Army Medical Corps.
Maj Harry Edward Shields. The Light Infantry.
WO Class 2 Alan John Stevens. Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Maj Jack Stuart Strachan, TD. The Royal Logistic Corps, Territorial Army.
Sgt Richard Charles Stuart. Corps of Royal Engineers.
Staff Sgt Mark Wayne Taylor. Corps of Royal Engineers.
Staff Sgt Michael James Thomas. Corps of Royal Engineers.
Maj Christopher Linley Tickell. Corps of Royal Engineers.
WO Class 2 Neil Anthony Villiers. Corps of Royal Engineers.
WO Class 1 Graham Kenneth Waller. Adjutant General's Corps.
Maj Nicholas Welch. The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
Maj John Franklin Wiggell. The Royal Logistic Corps.
Capt Douglas Allan Wright. Royal Corps of Signals.

QUEEN'S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL

QVRM
WO Class 2 Ian Barry Caris. Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Territorial Army.
Lt Col Jane Elizabeth Davis, TD. Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, Territorial Army.
Sgt John Michael Dennehy. Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial Army.
Col Nigel Peter Easton. Late The London Regiment, Territorial Army.
Col John Peter Wright, TD. Late The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Territorial Army.

Military honours: Royal Air Force

ORDER OF THE BATH

GCB
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, KCB, DFC, AFC, ADC. Royal Air Force.

KCB
Air Marshal Malcolm David Pledger, OBE, AFC. Royal Air Force.

CB
Air Vice-Marshal Steven Mark Nicholl, CBE, AFC. Royal Air Force.
Air Vice-Marshal David Miller Niven, CBE. Royal Air Force.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE
Air Commodore Ronald Cook.
Air Commodore Raymond James Horwood, OBE.
Group Capt John William White.

OBE
Wing Cdr David Clive Coombes.
Wing Cdr Barbara Cooper.
Wing Cdr Martin James Engwell.
Wing Cdr Mark Adrian Jeffery.
Wing Cdr Stephen Long.
Wing Cdr Christopher Andrew Murray.
Wing Cdr Paul Nash.
Wing Cdr Jonathan Colton Rigby.

MBE
WO Ian Derrick Adams.
Flt Lt Anthony John Astbury.
Flt Sgt David John Oliver Bassett.
Sqn Ldr Peter Kenneth Batson.
Flt Sgt John Christopher Billings.
Sqn Ldr Michael Geoffrey Chambers.
Sqn Ldr Nicholas Clarke.
Sqn Ldr Brian Francis Cole.
Sqn Ldr James Alexander Crowe.
WO Thomas Brian Davies.
Sqn Ldr John Farron. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sqn Ldr Jonathan Richard Herod.
WO Michael David Jennings.
Sgt Stephen George Jones.
Flt Sgt Wayne Leighton.
WO Ronald Neil Mitchell. Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
Sqn Ldr Ivor John Morris.
Sqn Ldr Richard Mark Nuttall.
Flt Sgt Andrew Henry Masters Quinn.
Senior AC Richard Ian Rawnsley.
Sgt Brian Murray Smith.
Sqn Ldr Roger Klinton Stokes.
WO John Maurice Walker.
Sgt Andrew James Waters.
Flt Sgt David Arthur Wilcox.
WO Norman Michael Wood.

QUEEN'S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL

QVRM
Sqn Ldr Frederick Anthony Freeman, AE. Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

Honours for Scotland

KNIGHTS BACHELOR
John Orr, OBE, QPM. Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police. (Dumfries)

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE
Alan Roy Brown. Director for Scotland, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (Edinburgh)
Professor Grahame Bulfield. Director and chief executive, Roslin Institute. For services to Animal Genetics. (Tranent, East Lothian)
Patrick Moubray Cadell. Keeper of the Records of Scotland, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh)
Andrew Cubie. For services to Business and the community in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Ian James Galloway. Chairman, Scotbeef Ltd. For services to the Beef Industry. (Buchlyvie, Stirling and Falkirk)
Alexander Muncie Gold. Director, Scottish Chambers of Commerce. For services to Industry and Business. (Carluke, Lanarkshire)
Professor David Lawrence Hamblen. Chairman, Greater Glasgow Health Board and Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Glasgow. For services to the NHS. (Bearsden, Glasgow)
Professor Wilson Sibbett. Professor of Physics and director of Research, University of St Andrews. For services to Science. (St Andrews, Fife)
Douglas Sinclair. Chief executive, Fife Council. For services to Local Government. (Stirling and Falkirk)
David Ivor Macpherson Sutherland. Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education. (Peebles, Tweeddale)

OBE
Mrs Morag Alexander. Director, Equal Opportunities Commission, Scotland. For services to Equal Opportunities. (Glasgow)
Miss Rowena Arshad. Director, Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland. For services to Race Equality. (Edinburgh)
Donald John Bennet. Former chairman, Scottish Rights of Way Society. For services to Countryside and Mountain Access. (Bearsden, Dunbartonshire)
Capt James Armour Brown. R.D. For services to the Order of St John in Scotland. (Bothwell, Glasgow)
John Jeremy Cockburn. Operations director, Canada, BAe Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Cockburns Path, Berwickshire)
Calum Munro Colvin. Artist/Photographer. For services to the Visual Arts. (Portobello, Edinburgh)
Professor Stanley Dagg. For services to Waste Management. (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire)
Mrs Margaret Watt Dick. For services to the Institute of Chartered Foresters. (Edinburgh)
Thomas Andrew Divers. Chief executive, Lanarkshire Health Board. For services to the NHS in Scotland. (Lenzie, Dunbartonshire)
Mrs Elizabeth Dunbar-Nasmith. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airman's Families Association in Moray and Banffshire. (Grampian, Moray)
Stephen Cokayne Gibbs. Member, Deer Commission for Scotland. For services to Deer Management. (Isle of Arran, Ayrshire and Arran)
Donald Grant, QFSM. Commandant, Scottish Fire Service Training School. (Lentran, Inverness)
Laurence David Gruer. Member, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, and Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse. For services to Public Health Medicine. (Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire)
Ian Hay. Chief executive, Scottish Association of Master Bakers. For services to Vocational Education and Training. (Edinburgh)
Jocelyn Elizabeth Anne Imrie. For services to the NHS in Scotland, especially Cervical Screening. (Lenzie, Dunbartonshire)
Donald Mackenzie MacKay. Member, Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar. For services to Local Government and to the community in the Western Isles. (Isle of Lewis, Western Isles)
William Duncan McInnes. For services to youth basketball. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Veronica Beverley McLaughlin. Headteacher, Leith Walk Primary School, Edinburgh. For services to Primary Education. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Marion Pagani. For services to the Children's Hearing System in Glasgow. (Glasgow)
Miss Dale Reid. For services to Women's Golf. (Ladybank, Fife)
Professor John Low Reid. For services to Biomedical Science. (Glasgow)
William Martin Ritchie. For services to Computer Technology and Business in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Donald Rutherford. For services to Rugby Union Football. (Nr Penzance, Cornwall)
James Skinner. Chairman, Glasgow Community College Group. For services to Further Education and to the community. (Alloway, Ayrshire and Arran)
Ian Thomas Snodgrass. For services to Town and Country Planning in Renfrewshire. (Troon, Ayrshire and Arran)
Professor Michael Barham Usher. Chief Scientist, Scottish Natural Heritage. For services to Conservation Science. (Dunblane, Perth and Kinross)
Colin Warden. Chief executive, Castle McLellan Foods Ltd. For services to the Scottish Food Industry. (Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire)
Ms Jenifer Warren. For services to the Encouragement of Breast Feeding. (Hamilton, Lanarkshire)
Peter Welsh. Director, UKAEA, Dounreay. For services to the Nuclear Industry. (By Thurso, Caithness)
Andrew Paul Kilding Wright. For services to Architecture and the Built Heritage in Scotland. (Forres, Moray)

MBE
Mohammad Akhter. For services to the Ethnic Communities in Strathclyde. (East Kilbride, Lanarkshire)
John Currie Allen. Team Leader, Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team. For services to Mountain Rescue. (Kingussie, Inverness)
Capt Andrew David Alsop. For services to Polar Aviation and to the British Antarctic Survey. (St Ola, Orkney)
Miss Sheila Margaret Begbie. For services to Women's Association Football. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Norma Bennie. Vice chairman, Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. For services to Sufferers of Mental Illness. (Glasgow)
The Rev Alan Oliver Berry. For services to the Bethany Christian Trust and to Homeless People in Edinburgh. (Broxburn, West Lothian)
Miss Mary Lilian Bovey. For services to the community in Edinburgh. (Edinburgh)
Miss Elizabeth Macpherson Boyd. For services to the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund. (Giffnock, Glasgow)
Donald Graham Brown. Lay Member, HM Inspectorate of Schools. For services to Education in the North of Scotland. (Cults, Aberdeen)
Hamish Macmillan Brown. For services to Encouraging an Appreciation of the Outdoors by Young People. (Burntisland, Fife)
Hugh Oakes Brown. Project manager, Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust. For services to the NHS and to the community. (Carnoustie, Angus)
Kenneth Cairns. For services to Disabled Sports. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
William Alexander Sinclair Caldow. For services to Disabled Ex-Service Personnel. (Perth and Kinross)
Mrs Norma Mary Campbell. For services to the community on Orkney. (Tankerness, Orkney)
Mrs Dora Ryan Crudge. For services to Bowls for Visually Impaired People in Stirlingshire. (Grangemouth, Stirling and Falkirk)
Miss Eleanor Dalgetty. Business Support manager, Scottish Executive. (Loanhead, Midlothian)
Andrew William Davidson. Lecturer, Barony College, Dumfries. For services to Further Education. (Lockerbie, Dumfries)
Alan Garden Diack. For services to the Restoration of the Organ, Glasgow Cathedral. (Glasgow)
Mrs Henrietta Margaret Diack. For services to the Restoration of the Organ, Glasgow Cathedral. (Glasgow)
Alex McGowan. Health and Safety manager, Kvaerner Oil and Gas Ltd. For services to Health and Safety. (Wishaw, Lancashire)
James McIntosh Fisher. For services to the Conservation of Scotland's Wildlife. (Montrose, Angus)
Donald Green. For services to Hand Cutting Slates. (Thurso, Caithness)
John Harris Hammond. Founder, Border Fine Arts. For services to Business and to the community in Dumfries and Galloway. (Canonbie, Dumfries)
Mrs Margaret Herd. Administrative assistant, Department of Social Security. (Kelvindale, Glasgow)
Mrs Caroline Ann Hippisley. For services to Save the Children in Scotland. (Friockheim, Angus)
Ms Hilary Jane Howatt. Member, National Transport orum for Scotland. For services to Accessible Transport. (Glasgow)
Miss Mary Swan Howie. Farmer. For services to Agriculture and to Agricultural Research. (Peniciuk, Midlothian)
William McNeil Hunter. Lately Grade A3, Scottish Executive. (Dalkeith, Midlothian)
Miss Caroline Innes. For services to Disabled Sports. (Broughty Ferry, Angus)
Mrs Isabella Jarvie. For services to Strathcarron Hospice, Denny, Stirlingshire. (Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire)
Eston Andrew Kilgour. District Registrar, Kirkcaldy, Fife. For services to the Registration Service. (Kirkcaldy, Fife)
Mrs Helen Paton Smith Kininmonth. Placement Officer, University of Paisley. For services to Higher Education. (Bishopton, Renfrewshire)
Mrs Sybil Law. For services to the Plain English Campaign. (Larkhall, Lanarkshire)
Mrs Patricia Leiper. School Administrator, St. Modan's High School, Alva. For services to Education. (Alva, Clackmannan)
Andrew Lindsay. For services to Rowing. (By Crieff, Perth and Kinross)
Miss Iseabail MacLeod. For services to the Scottish National Dictionary. (Edinburgh)
Michael Macgregor. For services to Wildlife Education and Photography. (Ardnamurchan, Argyll and Bute)
Ms Angela Lynne Main. For services to the community in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. (Wester Hailes, Edinburgh)
Earl James Matthew. For services to the Boys' Brigade in Angus. (Arbroath, Angus)
The Reverend Rodney Stuart Matthews. For services to Ecumenism and to Pilgrims Crossing Scotland 2000. (Comrie, Perth and Kinross)
Ian McAllister. For services to the community in Dumfries and Galloway. (Holywood, Dumfries)
James McIver. Chaplain, Scottish Prison Service. For services to Prisoners' Welfare. (Currie, Midlothian)
Mrs Patricia Meldrum. Customer manager. For services to the Gas Industry. (Caldercruix, Lanarkshire)
David Baxter Mercer. Chief Operations Officer, ScaPA Technologies Ltd. For services to Computer Software Technology. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Joanna Margaret Milne. For services to St Margaret's Chapel Guild, Edinburgh Castle. (Edinburgh)
Peter Leigh Moffat. Lately General Medical Practitioner and Prison Medical Officer, Wigtownshire. For services to Health Care. (Newtown Stewart, Wigtown)
Miss Agnes Morrison. Forester, Glendye Estate, Kincardineshire. For services to Forestry and to the community. (Banchory, Kincardineshire)
Frank Arnold Moyes. Trident Navigation Team Leader, BAe Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Dunfermline, Fife)
Henry Nicol. Store assistant 1, Ministry of Defence. (Alexandria, Strathclyde)
Mrs Janet Nisbet. Church Officer, Stair Parish Church. For services to the community. (Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran)
David Linklater Norquay. Retained Station Officer. For services to the Highlands and Islands Fire Brigade. (Kirkwall, Orkney)
Mrs Anne Millar Pearson. Headteacher, Park Primary School, Alloa. For services to Education in Clackmannanshire. (Alloa, Clackmannan)
Mrs Elizabeth MacKenzie Fane Pentland. For services to the World Wide Fund for Nature in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Jean Sandilands. For services to Pupil Welfare at Saltoun Primary School, East Lothian. (Pencaitland, East Lothian)
Christopher John Shaw. For services to Business and to the community in Dalkeith. (Edinburgh)
Robert Horne Shepherd. For services to Scottish Dance Music and to Scottish Culture. (Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire)
Alastair Douglas Short. General Medical Practitioner, Glasgow. For services to Health Care. (Glasgow)
James Shand Sivewright, JP. Director, Capability Scotland. For services to Housing for Disabled People. (Edinburgh)
Hamilton Smillie. Business and Community Relations director, Scottish Power. For services to the Electricity Industry. (Hamilton, Lanarkshire)
James Ralston Smith. Coach Driver, Inverness Traction. For services to Tourism and to the community in Inverness-shire. (Inverness)
Thomas Smith. For services to the Ambulance Service and to Oncology Patients in Glasgow. (Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire)
John Anthony Snowdon. For services to Amateur Swimming in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Ian Caie Spence. For services to the Duke of Edinburgh's award in Grampian. (Banchory, Kincardineshire)
Alan Stewart. Force Wildlife Liaison Officer. For services to Tayside Police and the Prevention and Detection of Crimes against Wildlife. (Methven, Perth and Kinross)
Miss Marion Mitchell Stewart. Archivist, Dumfries and Galloway Council. For services to Burgh Archives. (Glencaple, Dumfries)
Alexander John Taylor. Lately Senior Agricultural Adviser. For services to the Scottish Agricultural College. (Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross)
Mrs Eleanor Taylor. Lately head, Scientific Liaison. For services to the Hannah Research Institute. (Troon, Ayrshire and Arran)
Leslie Graeme Ward. For services to the Animal Procedures Committee. (Carnwath, Lanarkshire)
Kenneth Murray Watson. Farmer, Orkney. For services to the Hill Farming Advisory Committee. (Firth, Orkney)
Mrs Moira Hepburn Watson. For services to the WRVS at Glenochil Detention Centre, Clackmannanshire. (Tillicoultry, Clackmannan)
Ronald Whitehead, TD. For services to the Cairn Housing Association and to the Elderly People in Glasgow. (Glasgow)
Graeme Joss Wilson. For services to the Scout Association in Scotland. (Banchory, Kincardineshire)
Alexander Wright. For services to the community in Greater Easterhouse, Glasgow. (Craigend, Glasgow)
William Wyllie, JP. D.L, Governor. For services to Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. (Aberdeen)

Honours for Wales

KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Professor Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz. Professor of Medicine, University of Wales. For services to Medical Research and Education. (Llandaff, Cardiff)

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE
Professor Kenneth George Binmore. Director, ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution. For services to Social Science. (Monmouth, Gwent)

OBE
Mrs Eileen Anderson. Headteacher, Carreghofa Primary School, Powys. For services to Education. (Llanymynach, Powys)
Mrs Maureen Bampton. Headteacher, Erddig Nursery School, North Wales. For services to Education. (Marford, Wrexham)
Stephen Hamilton Best. For services to Industry, Enterprise, Education and Training in Gwent. (Lisvane, Cardiff)
Bimal Kanti Bhowmick. Consultant Physician. For services to Geriatric Medicine in Wales. (St Asaph, Denbighshire)
Mrs Margaret Frances Dalton. Farmer. For services to Agriculture and to the community in Ceredigion. (Ceredigion, Dyfed)
Angus Dunphy. Headteacher, Fitzalan High School, Cardiff. For services to Education. (Dinas Powys, The Vale of Glamorgan)
David Meirion Evans. Lately General secretary, Prison Officers' Association. For services to Employment Relations. (Ammanford, Dyfed)
Peter Leslie Griffin. For services to School Governors in Cardiff. (Barry, South Glamorgan)
Ian Hamer, JP. Chair, Air Transport Users' Council. For services to Air Travellers. (Barry, The Vale of Glamorgan)
David Hirst. Engineering director, Wardle Storeys. For services to the Defence Industry. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
David Rowland John. For services to Education. (St Brides Major, Vale of Glamorgan)
Alan Francis Morgan. For services to the Welsh Development Agency. (Barry, The Vale of Glamorgan)
David Elwyn Powell. Lately Grade 7, National Assembly for Wales. (Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan)
Noel Rogers. National chairman of Fundraising. For services to the Royal British Legion. (Wrexham, Clwyd)
David Joseph Seligman. For services to the community in Cardiff. (Cardiff)

MBE
Charles William Alloway. Street Cleaner. For services to the community in Llandaff, Cardiff. (Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan)
Mrs Annie Nancy Ansaldo. For services to the community in West Cardiff. (Pontcanna, Cardiff)
Mrs Iris Arlington. For services to the British Red Cross Society in Ceredigion. (Aberaeron, Ceredigion)
Mrs Jennie Bajic. For services to Disabled People in South Wales. (Cwmbran, Torfaen)
Mrs Laraine Bruce. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Wales. (Denbigh, Denbighshire)
Mrs Sheila Priscilla Isabel Churchill Curran. For services to Epilepsy Sufferers and Carers. (Cardiff)
David Mansel Kaye Davies. Owner, Mansel Davies and Son. For services to Business and to the community in West Wales. (Crymych, Pembrokeshire)
Robert Llewellyn Davies. Head of Health, Safety and Environment, University of Wales College of Medicine. For services to Health and Safety. (Llanishen, Cardiff)
Gilroy Delves. Chairman, Harry Tuffin Supermarkets Ltd. For services to the community in Church Stoke, Powys. (Montgomeryshire, Powys)
Richard John Dommett. Waterways manager, South Wales and Somerset Canals, British Waterways. For services to Inland Waterways. (Abergavenny, Gwent)
Mrs Phyllis Dryhurst-Dodd. For services to the community in Denbighshire. (Denbigh, Denbighshire)
Dafydd Ellis. Senior Probation Officer, North Wales Probation Service. For services to the community in Gwynedd. (Caernarfon, Gwynedd)
James Ashworth Owen Evans. For services to the community in Guilsfield, Powys. (Welshpool, Powys)
Mrs Rosina Lavaine Evans. For services to the community in Lampeter, West Wales. (Lampeter, Ceredigion)
Vivian Dexter Evans. For services to the community in Swansea, South Wales. (Swansea)
Mrs Wendy Gane. For services to the British Diabetic Association in South Wales. (Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan)
Brian Griffiths. Prison Officer, HM Prison Swansea. (Ammanford, Carmarthenshire)
William Percival James Hardiman. For services to Sports Ground Management in Wales. (Victoria Park, Cardiff)
John Milne Harrop. For services to the RNLI in Ruthin, Denbighshire. (Ruthin, Denbighshire)
David Arfon Henderson. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Rhondda, South Wales. (Penygraig, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
Mrs Rowena Morley Hibbin. For services to the community in Denbighshire. (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
Mrs Eleri Hourahane. Headteacher, Ysgol Sant Curig. For services to Welsh Medium Education. (Barry, The Vale of Glamorgan)
Evan Millward Hughes. Chair of Governors, Brynhafren County Primary School. For services to Education. (Nr Welshpool, Powys)
Alwyn Humphreys. Musical director, Morriston Orpheus Choir. For services to Music in Wales. (Cardiff)
Mrs Nina Jones. For services to the community in Bridgend, South Wales. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
Ronald Jones. For services to Sport. (Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan)
William Thomas Jones. Roads Foreman, Forestry Commission. (Ffestiniog, Gwynedd)
Brian Lennox-Smith. For services to Community Health Councils in Wales. (Llandrindod Wells, Powys)
Thomas Samuel Lewis. For services to the Ty Bryngwyn Hospice, Llanelli, South Wales. (Burry Port, Dyfed)
Mrs Manikam Susheela Lourie. For services to Race Equality in North Wales. (Denbigh, Denbighshire)
Anthony Francis Moore. Lately Deputy head, Bryncelynnog, Beddau. For services to Education and to Music in Wales. (Caerphilly)
Mrs Jean Shirley Moore. For services to the NSPCC and to the community in Hawarden, North Wales. (Hawarden, Flintshire)
Mrs Barbara Elizabeth O'Rourke. Headteacher, Monnow Infants School, Newport, Monmouthshire. For services to Education. (Chepstow, Monmouthshire)
Mrs Angela Jayne Parry. Executive Officer, National Assembly for Wales. (Roath, Cardiff)
Mrs Joan Thyrza Gwenllian Peters. For services to the community in Swansea, South Wales. (Mumbles, Swansea)
Mrs Christine Edith Pleace. For services to Bryn Celyn Primary School, Cardiff. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
Brian Roberts. Founder, Rainbow Prints Ltd. For services to Industry and to the community in Merthyr, South Wales. (Penpedairheol, Caerphilly)
Miss Mary Wines. For charitable services, especially to Christian Aid, in Cardiff. (Llandaff, Cardiff)
Raimondo Zavaglia. Constable, South Wales Police. For services to the Police and to the community in Cardiff. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Honours for Northern Ireland

KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Alasdair MacLeod Fraser, CB, QC. For services to the Criminal Justice System. (Belfast)

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE
William Dennis Glass. For Public Service. (Belfast)
Mrs Rosemary Katherine Hamilton. For services to Higher Education. (Belfast)
Miss Judith Eileen Hill. For Public Service. (Holywood, Down)

OBE
Murray Barnes, TD. For Public Service. (Helen's Bay, Down)
John Logan Ian Brown. Officer in Charge, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Belfast)
Mrs Margaret MacFarlane Collinson, JP. For services to Agriculture and to the community. (Belfast)
Robert Thomas Ferris. For services to the Fishing Industry. (Islandmagee, Antrim)
Denis Patterson Galway. For services to the Harbour Industry. (Larne, Antrim)
Mrs Reatha Rachel Hassan. For services to the community. (Markethill, Armagh)
Shek-Yung Lee. For services to the Chinese Community. (Belfast)
Robert James Magee. For services to the Food and Drink Industry. (Bangor, Down)
Alan McQuillan. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
Raymond James Mullan. For services to Education. (Warrenpoint, Down)
Sister Helen O'Dwyer. For services to Education. (Belfast)
Patrick Lauri Oakey. For services to legislation. (Newtonabbey, Antrim)
Michael David Maxwell Rea. For services to Education. (Bangor, Down)
Kenneth Ernest Reid. For services to sport. (Belfast)
Mrs Muriel Singleton. For services to Pharmacy Education and Training. (Belfast)
Professor Francis Jack Smith. For services to Computer Science. (Belfast)
Mrs Gladys Isabella Smyth, TD. For public service. (Ballymena, Antrim)
Professor Roy Archibald Joseph Spence, JP. For services to the Police. (Hillsborough, Belfast)
David James Thompson. For services to Education. (Bangor, Down)
Miss Mary Geraldine Tigchelaar. For services to Education. (Lisburn, Antrim)
Mrs Maire Young. For services to Young People. (Holywood, Down)

MBE
Mrs Joan Baird. For public services. (Banbridge, Down)
George James Beacom. For services to the community. (Irvinestown, Fermanagh)
James Bentley. For services to Road Safety. (Belfast)
Kenneth Errol Bird. For services to the Fire Service. (Lisburn, Antrim)
Mrs Elizabeth Toye Black. For services to Vocational Education and to the community. (Portstewart, Londonderry)
Miss Gladys Elizabeth Bond. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
Colin Bowd. For services to Young People. (Downpatrick, Down)
Phelim Edward Breen. For services to Juvenile Justice. (Newtownards, Down)
Paul Burrows. For services to Education. (Craigavon, Armagh)
Miss Edna Patricia Caldwell. For public service. (Belfast)
Miss Morva Elizabeth Calvert. For services to Education. (Portadown, Armagh)
Robin Leslie Cree. For public services. (Bangor, Down)
Miss Anne Marie Cunningham. For services to the Fishing Industry. (Newry, Down)
Colin Dempster. For services to Young People. (Ballywalter, Down)
Mrs Joan Mary Isobel Drummond. For services to Local Government. (Larne, Antrim)
Miss Margaret Gwendoline Eunice Foster. For services to Midwifery. (Lisburn, Antrim)
Mrs Margaret Rachel Graham. For charitable services. (Magherafelt, Londonderry)
Robert Wynnfield Hooke. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
Basil Hutton. For services to Education. (Stranmillis, Belfast)
William Harris Jenkins. For services to the Chartered Surveyors Benevolent Fund. (Belfast, Antrim)
William Allen Loughlin. For services to the community. (Londonderry)
Mrs Nancy Ann McBride. For services to Student Health Care. (Ballynahinch, Down)
Howard John McConnell. For services to the Ambulance Service. (Newry, Down)
Samuel McCrea. For services to Small Business. (Jordanstown, Antrim)
Mrs Grace Frances McCullough. For public service. (Craigavon, Armagh)
Miss Joanne McKenna. For services to Victim Support in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)
Mrs Isobel Mary Gertrude Millar. For public service. (Tyrone)
Mrs Mary Nicholl. For services to the community. (Banbridge, Down)
George Maxwell O'Brien. For services to Trade Unionism. (Lisburn, Antrim)
William Edward O'Flaherty. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
John Denis O'Hagan. For services to Drug and Alcohol Misusers. (Newcastle, Down)
Charles Paul O'Kane. For services to the Fire Service and to the community. (Londonderry)
Frances O'Kane. For services to the community. (Culmore Point, Londonderry)
William Joseph Robinson. For services to Community Relations. (Glengormley, Antrim)
Ms Pauline Ross. For services to the Arts and to the community. (Waterside, Londonderry)
Paul Joseph Savage. Farmer. For services to Agriculture. (Castlewellan, Down)
John Robert Edwin Scott. For services to the RNLI. (Portrush, Antrim)
David Service. For public service. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)
Thomas Murray Shields. For services to Housing. (Parkhall, Antrim)
Miss Annetta Smyth. For services to the community, especially the Church Girls' Brigade. (Carrickfergus, Antrim)
Mrs Heather Elizabeth Stevenson. For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. (Portadown, Armagh)
Thomas A. Strain. For services to the YMCA. (Omagh, Tyrone)
Mrs Patricia Mary Thomson. For public service. (Newtownards, Down)

Chris, I hope that gives some indication of the scope of these honours. Please pay special attention to the awards for services to the ethnic communities, and to those people who continue to distinguish themselves throughout the nations that once comprised the British Empire, such as Belize and Papua New Guinea.

By the way, Spielberg’s honorary knighthood is in addition to the above New Year’s honours. I would like to quote in full what Martin Levy said – “He has great affection and respect for the British film industry and the British people. He has always enjoyed every moment he’s spent in the U.K. — or anywhere where the British flag flies.”

Thanks for your remarks about the joint British and American effort during WWII.

Of course, we mustn’t forget that all of the nations that formed the British Empire at the time gave their all to defending Great Britain and Europe from nazi invasion – as well as fending off the Japanese in the Pacific arena. Throughout the British Empire, such member nations as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Nepal, India, Belize, British Guyana and many other African, Asian and American nations that formed part of the British Empire devoted huge numbers of troops to the war in Europe and in the Pacific.

This is to say nothing of the courageous resistance movements of the various nazi-occupied European nations, and also Russia’s amazing defence of its borders.

But, the fact remains, we couldn’t have done it without America.

Yes, you’re right about the American national anthem being derived from an English drinking-song. Not only that, Key’s words were inspired by the sight of the British Navy’s rocket attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812 – by the red rockets’ glare, and all that. Indeed, Britain pioneered the use of the military rocket during the Napoleonic Wars, and also used rockets to burn Washington DC to the ground during the War of 1812. By the way, the music to ‘Yankee Doodle’ was written by an English surgeon during the French and Indian Wars and Australia’s “Waltzing Matilda” is based on an English folk-song.

Anyway, I go into more detail about the Englishman Sir William Congreve’s rockets and the origins of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ during my recent review of a movie –

Quote from the following discussion – “ It really is quite amusing to hear many Americans describe such ‘American’ anthems as ‘Yankee Doodle’ and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as having those special American qualities of independence, confidence and rebelliousness, when both melodies were written by Englishmen, but then again, the American Constitution itself was based on the philosophies of Englishmen and written by American colonists of British extraction….”.

Movie viewed - September 16 2000

MAGNIFICENT DOLL (US 1946) movie ***1/2 score ***

The movie begins with the British invasion force under Sir George Cockburn closing in on Washington DC during the War of 1812 (1812 – 1815) – we see President James Madison and wife Dolly fleeing the burning Capital of the United States.

The rest of the movie is a flashback that traces the life of Dolly Madison and her involvement with the notorious Aaron Burr before falling for the future President of the United States of America. The interaction between Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison is quite extensively described – but is distorted and oversimplified so as to clearly contrast the treasonous Burr and the goody-two-shoes Jefferson.

MAGNIFICENT DOLL was almost universally despised by critics and public alike, and the first fifth of the movie is not at all promising. However, as the movie progresses there is much to be enjoyed in this heavily fictionalized version of actual events. The movie spans the period just after the American Revolution (1775-1783) through to the British invasion during the War of 1812, and the period feel is well captured. The three main characters are badly cast, but Ginger Rogers (Dolly), David Niven (Burr) and Burgess Meredith (Madison) give it their best shot – and Niven is actually quite good for a change – perhaps he should have played more villains. Hans Salter is another composer that I am not particularly impressed with – he’s 67th on my list of favourite film composers - but here he is allowed to produce a large-scale romantic score (Steiner-esque, but nowhere near the Master’s standard).

Of course, MAGNIFICENT DOLL is heavily sympathetic towards the ‘American way’, and the movie tends to whitewash the troubled course of American development following the Revolution – although the subject of slavery is touched upon, MAGNIFICENT DOLL tends to avoid most of the troubles, squabbles and inequities that continued to effect American progression. Because of this, the British Press poured scorn on the movie when it was released in the United Kingdom – the Daily Mail said, “No duller case has ever been made out for liberty”, and The Times said “Some day the moviemakers will discover that they can make history wonderfully believable and exciting by sticking roughly to the facts” – unfortunately things haven’t changed in the intervening 50 years – THE PATRIOT, BRAVEHEART and LAST OF THE MOHICANS have taken the art of twisting history to fit contemporary society’s comfortable, soft, diluted and politically-correct sensibilities to new heights.

The War of 1812 was a conflict arising chiefly out of American grievances over oppressive British maritime practices during the Napoleonic Wars. The long struggle between Great Britain and France, fought intermittently between 1793 and 1815, compelled the British to prevent ‘neutrals’ from trading with France. Napoleon averted hostilities by agreeing not to interfere with US trade to Britain. Britain, on the other hand, confident in its naval supremacy, insisted that all neutral vessels first call at British ports and pay duties. In addition, American sensibilities were offended by the British practice of stopping American ships on the high seas and enlisting American seamen into the Royal Navy. A declaration of war was signed by President Madison on June 18 1812.

Though Britain was heavily preoccupied fighting Napoleon, the British Authorities in Canada quickly seized the opportunity to make frequent sorties into the Northern USA along with their numerous Indian allies. The British authorities trained and supplied the Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, in an effort to check the advance of American settlers into mid-Western Indian country. After the British and Shawnee attack led to the pitched Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, Westerners raised the cry that the British must be expelled from Canada to allow US westward expansion. This theme was espoused vigorously by a group of expansionist congressmen called War Hawks, who also included Florida in their territorial ambitions. Anyhow, under British control, Tecumseh brought together by far the most formidable force ever assembled by a North American Indian, an accomplishment that was a decisive factor in the capture of Detroit and of 2,500 U.S. soldiers by the British and Tecumseh in 1812.

Because of growing British military strength in Canada and the strengthening alliances between the native Indian and their British rulers, the Americans’ ambitious plans to invade Canada were never realized. However, American warships won three notable victories in duels with British frigates in 1812 (briefly interrupting Britain’s 100 year naval supremacy), including that of the USS Constitution against the HMS Guerrière, though the three later frigate duels of the war were won decisively by the British. Numerous naval skirmishes were fought for control of Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain. Despite limited American success, including the recapture of Detroit, by the summer of 1814 the British still controlled access to Lake Michigan and occupied the northern Mississippi River.

Then, an amphibious British force ravaged the shores of Chesapeake Bay and, after winning the Battle of Bladensburg, burned Washington DC in retaliation for similar American acts in Toronto (then York). The Americans had pillaged and occupied Toronto for 11 days before it was retaken by the British Army. Interestingly, the Speaker's Mace was carried off but was returned in 1934, but the Royal Standard is still in the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

US morale was lifted somewhat when American ships hindered British commerce, but this action failed to disturb Britain's control of the sea and its blockade of the American coast. However, weary of futile warfare, Britain and America signed The Treaty of Ghent in Belgium on Dec 24, 1814, restoring exact pre-war conditions. This settlement came just in time to prevent a New England separatist movement in response to the extremely unpopular war with Britain.

Though the United States gained nothing from the War of 1812 with Britain, popular legend soon converted defeat into the illusion of victory, partially because the War of 1812 did actually subdue Indian resistance with the death of Tecumseh in battle and the crushing of the Creek/British confederacy in the South by General Jackson in 1814. And of course, the British and their European allies finally defeated Napoleon once and for all at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

So, the War of 1812 played an important part in the ongoing development of the United States – though American plans to invade British Canada never took off, the British made numerous invasions into the United States, none of which had any permanent effect on the outcome of the war. Apart from the British invasions from Canada and the burning of Washington DC, perhaps the largest British invasion force was to be found at the Battle of New Orleans right at the end of the war (in fact, such were the poor communications, this battle took place after peace between Britain and America had been agreed). A British fleet of more than 50 ships commanded by General Edward Pakenham sailed into the Gulf of Mexico and prepared to attack New Orleans. An invasion of force of 7,500 British regulars was repulsed by General Andrew Jackson’s force of 7,000 American militiamen – a victory that greatly enhanced Jackson’s reputation – the British suffered nearly three hundred dead, with the Americans losing only fifty men.

A naval battle on Sep 11, 1814 in Cumberland Bay, near Plattsburgh, resulted in a victory for the American fleet under Commodore Thomas Macdonough, causing the British to abandon the invasion of New York, and Norfolk, Virginia was twice saved from British invasion when a local militia beat off a land attack on Portsmouth and when General Robert B Taylor's defence of Craney Island prevented a barge invasion. And, it must be said, following Britain’s burning of Washington DC, public indignation over the destruction of the seat of government ended all significant movements to relocate the federal city, and Washington became the national capital in fact as well as in name.

Another interesting aspect to the War of 1812 was the pioneering use of rockets by the British. During the 1790s, Britain was conquering the Indian sub-continent in Asia, and one of the British Empire’s biggest obstacles was overcoming the rocket attacks by many of the Indian Kingdoms. Though rudimentary, these rocket attacks against the British were pretty effective, and back home in England the artillery officer and inventor Sir William Congreve sought to capitalize on this new technology by creating the first military rocket. Congreve based his rockets specifically on those used by the Indian prince Hyder Ali against the British in 1792 and 1799 at Seringapatam. In 1805 he built a rocket 40 inches long, with a stabilizing stick 16 feet long and a range of 2 kilometres. Congreve's rockets were first used to bombard Boulogne, Copenhagen, and Danzig in the Napoleonic Wars. His designs made it possible to choose either an explosive (ball charge) or incendiary warhead. The explosive warhead was separately ignited and could be timed by trimming the fuse length before launching. Thus, air bursts of the warheads were feasible at different ranges. In addition to aerial bombardment, Congreve's rockets were often fired horizontally along the ground.

These side-stick-mounted rockets were employed in a successful naval bombardment of the French coastal city of Boulogne in 1806. The next year a massed attack, using hundreds of rockets, burned most of Copenhagen to the ground. And then, during the War of 1812 between the United States and the British, rockets were employed on numerous occasions. The two best-known engagements occurred in 1814. At the Battle of Bladensburg (August 24) the use of rockets assisted British forces to turn the flank of the American troops defending Washington DC. As a result, the British were able to capture and burn the city. In September, the British forces attempted to capture Baltimore harbour - rockets were fired from a specially designed ship, the Erebus, and from small boats.

This time however, the British were unsuccessful in their bombardment, but it was here that Francis Scott Key, inspired by the sight of the Sir William Congreve’s rockets, wrote the lyrics to ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ that was later adopted as the United States national anthem.

It really is quite amusing to hear many Americans describe such ‘American’ anthems as ‘Yankee Doodle’ and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as having those special American qualities of independence, confidence and rebelliousness, when both melodies were written by Englishmen, but then again, the American Constitution itself was based on the philosophies of Englishmen and written by American colonists of British extraction – Yankee Doodle was written by a British Army surgeon during the fourth French and Indian War, and the Star-Spangled Banner’s melody was taken from "To Anacreon in Heaven," a drinking song of the Anacreontic Society (of London, England) that was written by the British composer John Stafford Smith. Key's words were first published in a broadside in 1814 under the title "Defence of Fort McHenry”. The song's title was changed when it appeared in sheet-music form later the same year. After a century of general use, the four-stanza song was officially adopted as the national anthem by act of Congress in 1931 – the final two stanzas are usually dropped out of respect for the British.

Here is part of the opening stanza to ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ –

“Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last
gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through
the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly
streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting
in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was
still there…..”

‘The rockets' red glare’ has continued to memorialize the English inventor Sir William Congreve's rockets ever since.

Of course, the War of 1812 was to a large degree caused by the British-American rivalry in the fur trade. The British colonists and army supported Indian tribes in their contest with the advancing US frontier to the south of the Canadian border. In the end, though the war was a stalemate, it did, however, push back the Indian frontier, increase the breach between the United States and the British North American colonies, and confirm the US-British Canadian boundary. That boundary had been fixed in 1783, though the Oregon Territory was jointly occupied by the British and Americans before the territory was shared between Britain and America in 1846.

The War of 1812 provided Madison with a major headache. Both Britain and France attacked American shipping, but Britain was more resented by America, because with the greatest navy it was more effective and also because Americans were extremely sensitive to British insults to national honour. Certain expansionist elements looking to both Florida and Canada began to press for war and took advantage of the issue of naval protection. Madison's own aim was simply to preserve the principle of freedom of the seas and to assert the ability of the United States to protect its own interests and its citizens. However, when war was declared, there was almost no support from the New England states. The Americans were poorly placed for war from every point of view. Ideological objections to armies and navies were responsible for hindering America’s acts of aggression. Ideological objections to banks had been responsible, in 1812, for the Senate's refusal to renew the charter of the Bank of the United States. Traders’ sentiment was also hostile to the Government.

Under the circumstances, it was remarkable that the United States succeeded in staggering through two years of war. In historical retrospect, the most important aspect of the peace settlement was the advent of an era of mutual trust between America and Britain that has remained to this day. The conclusion of the War of 1812, which has sometimes been called the Second War of American Independence resulted in a pacification of the old feelings of pain and resentment against Mother England and her people - still for most Americans a kind of paternal relationship. And, by freeing them of anxieties on this front, it also freed Americans to look to the west.

Anyway, entertaining though MAGNIFICENT DOLL is as a fictionalized and biased American version of the facts, it is not the sort of movie that admits to such things as the fact that the melody of America’s national anthem was written by an Englishman, and that Key was partly inspired to write the lyrics by the sight of the British rockets bombarding Baltimore.

Though the fact that America managed to wage a war for two and half years (the War of 1812) against the might of the British Empire was no mean feat, it was even more remarkable to think that Britain was able during the same period to strengthen its grip on Canada and its Central American and Caribbean possessions, to pursue (and finally defeat) Napoleon throughout Europe, to improve its position in South America and Africa, to substantially extend its Empire in Asia (most notably the Indian sub-continent) and to begin its colonization of Australia and New Zealand.

As portrayed in MAGNIFICENT DOLL, the early part of Dolly’s adult life is spent in an arranged marriage with the Quaker John Todd (well played by Stephen McNally). The simple family life in Philadelphia was far removed from Dolly’s life of luxury in Virginia.

Of course, the Quaker, byname of the Society of Friends, was founded in England. George Fox, founder of the society, recorded that in 1650 "Justice Bennet of Derby first called us Quakers because we bid them tremble at the word of God”. It is likely that the name, originally derisive, was also used because many early Friends, like other religious enthusiasts, themselves trembled in their religious meetings and showed other physical manifestations of religious emotion. Despite early derisive use, Friends used the term of themselves in such phrases as "the people of God in scorn called Quakers." No embarrassment is caused by using the term to or of Friends today.

Quakerism represents the left wing of the 17th century English Puritan movement. The three chief emphases of its founder, George Fox, were the immediacy of Christ's teaching and guidance, the consequent irrelevance of special buildings or ordained ministers, and the application of Christ's teaching to the whole of life. The early Quakers gathered for worship without liturgy or prearrangement of any kind, or any appointed preacher, believing that out of an energetic and expectant silence God might use any one of the worshipers as a minister.

The rapid spread of Quakerism in the West and North of England was followed by a vigorous expansive movement to London and the rest of England, to Scotland and Ireland, to the continent of Europe, and especially to North America. The main centres of Quaker missionary activity in the New World were New England, New York and Long Island, Maryland, Virginia, and the West Indies. Almost everywhere they went, the Quakers met with persecution for what were considered unconventional Christian practices. Although the Toleration Act (1689) brought an end to the worst violence of persecution in Great Britain, the Quaker found life in North America to be far less ‘taxing’.

The Quaker system of church government has remained substantially unaltered since the time of the Englishman George Fox. The principal unit is the monthly meeting, a body usually meeting once a month and responsible for all matters of membership, for finance and property, and for deliberation on concerns raised by individual members or referred to it by superior meetings. The extreme austerity characteristic of early Quaker worship services has been modified in many areas with the adoption of hymn singing, set prayers, and prepared sermons. Almost alone among Christian bodies, Friends have no form of outward observance of the sacraments. They believe in a spiritual baptism and a spiritual communion.

Of course, in North America, the Englishman William Penn is one of the most celebrated of Quaker colonists, having founded Pennsylvania he went on to create Philadelphia, the ‘city of brotherly love’.

William was the son of the British Admiral Sir William Penn. He acquired the foundations of a classical education at the Chigwell grammar school in the Essex countryside, where he came under Puritan influences. After Admiral Penn's naval victory in the West Indies in 1655, the family moved back to London and then to Ireland. In Ireland William heard Thomas Loe, a Quaker itinerant, preach to his family at the admiral's invitation, an experience that apparently intensified his religious feelings. In 1660 William entered the University of Oxford, where he rejected Anglicanism and was expelled in 1662 for his religious Nonconformity. Determined to thwart his son's religiosity, Admiral Penn sent his son on a grand tour of the European continent and to the Protestant college at Saumur, in France, to complete his studies. Summoned back to England after two years, William entered Lincoln's Inn and spent a year reading law.

William Penn was granted the province of Pennsylvania in 1681 from his close friend King Charles II of England as a place where his fellow Quakers could enjoy freedom of worship and a chance to govern themselves and develop their own way of life. The English King made the grant, signed on March 4, 1681, to complete the settlement of the Middle Atlantic region with Englishmen. Penn sent his cousin William Markham to take charge of affairs of government and also to lay out the city Penn named Philadelphia, city of "brotherly love," the name symbolizing his idealistic concepts. From England, Penn wrote in 1681 asking that "the Rivers and Creeks be sounded on my side of the Delaware River . . . in order to settle a great Towne, and be sure to make your choice where it is most navigable, high, dry, and healthy." He wanted every house to be placed in the middle of its own plot to provide ground about it "that it may be a greene Country Towne, which will never be burnt, and always be wholesome."

Penn arrived in 1682 but had little chance to enjoy his city. He was forced to travel to England in 1684 and was unable to return until 1699. By then, Philadelphia was a flourishing town with many shops and trading houses, as well as several hundred dwellings and about 10,000 people clustered close to the riverfront. Penn's governor declared the city already was the equal of New York "in trade and riches." Penn's policies throughout the colony of religious toleration and the right of the people to take part in the government, in addition to growing prosperity, soon began to attract thousands of English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish settlers and most came by way of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia by the 1770s had grown to at least 30,000 persons in the central city, and it was the third most important business centre in the British Empire, overshadowed only by Liverpool and London.

It is after the early death of John Todd that the widow Todd becomes entangled with both Aaron Burr and James Madison.

If ever you do get the opportunity to watch MAGNIFICENT DOLL, give it a chance, and don’t take it too seriously – it’s pure American wish-fulfilment.

You said - ”I suspect I'm not the only Brit who finds all this knighthood stuff to be basically a load of old bollocks.”

A tediously conventional statement….but you are entitled to your own opinion, no matter how naive it may be.

You’ve got it all wrong Stephen. People do not award themselves British honours, such as a knighthood. The whole point of these honours is to recognize the outstanding achievements and services rendered by the individuals concerned. The main point is, the recipients do not apply for the honours, but are awarded them by the rest of society.

Apart from the historical importance of these honours throughout the British Empire, British honours are awarded on merit, for exceptional achievement or service. Anybody can recommend another for an honour, which consist of life peerages, knighthoods, appointments to the Order of the British Empire and gallantry awards to servicemen and women and civilians.

The Queen chooses the recipients on the advice of the Prime Minister, to whom recommendations are sent either by government ministers or by members of the public.

Private nominations, made by individuals or by representatives of organisations to the Prime Ministers' Office, make up around a quarter of all recommendations.

Honorary awards for foreign nationals are recommended by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. A number of these orders for chivalry are made after a personal decision made by the Queen.

Life Peers

Life peerages are the only form of peerages regularly created by the Sovereign. A life peer becomes a baron and sits in the House of Lords on conferment of peerage. These are titles which they hold only during their lifetime and are not passed to their heirs.

Knights Bachelor

The honour of knighthood comes from the days of medieval chivalry, as does the method used to confer the knighthood: the accolade, or the touch of a sword by the Sovereign.

Although Knights Bachelor do not comprise an order of chivalry, knighthood is a dignity which has its origins in Britain in Saxon times (the first millennia). They are styled "Sir" (except for clergymen who do not receive the accolade) and their wives "Lady".

Women receiving the honour are styled "Dame" but do not received the accolade.

The Order of the Bath

The Order of the Bath is an order of chivalry and was founded in 1725 for service of the highest calibre. The order has a civil and military division and is awarded in the following ranks: Knight Grand Cross (GCB), Knight Commander (KCB) and Companion (CB).

The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing which in former times was often part of the preparation of a candidate for knighthood.

Order of St Michael and St George

This Order was founded by King George III in 1818 and is awarded to British subjects who have rendered extraordinary and important services abroad or in the Commonwealth. Ranks in the Order are Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GCMG), Knight or Dame Commander (KCMG or DCMG) and Companion (CMG).

Order of the Companions Honour

This is awarded for service of conspicuous national importance and is limited to 65 people. Recipients wear the initials CH after their name.

Orders of the British Empire

King George V in 1917 created these honours during World War I to reward services to the war effort by civilians at home and servicemen in support positions.

The orders are now awarded mainly to civilians and service personnel for public service or other distinctions and has a military and a civil division. Ranks in the Order are Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GBE), Knight or Dame Commander (KBE or DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE) and Member (MBE).

Royal Victorian Order

By 1896, prime ministers and governments had increased their influence over the distribution of awards and had gained almost total control of the system. Therefore, Queen Victoria instituted The Royal Victorian Order as a personal award for services performed on her behalf.

Today this honour is still awarded in recognition of services to the royal family. The ranks are Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GCVO), Knight or Dame Commander (KCVO or DCVO), Commander (CVO), Lieutenant (LVO) and Member (MVO).

Royal Victorian Medal

Associated with the Royal Victorian Order is the Royal Victorian Medal which has three grades: gold, silver and bronze. The circular medal is attached to the ribbon of the Order.

More than one grade may be held by the same person and the medal may be worn along with the insignia of the Order itself.

Royal Red Cross

Founded in 1883 by Queen Victoria, The award is confined to the Nursing Services. Those awarded the First Class are designated "Members" (RRC): those awarded the Second Class are designated "Associates" (ARRC).

It is said that the suggestion for the founding of this decoration was made to Queen Victoria by Miss Florence Nightingale.

Queen's Police Medal

This is awarded for distinguished service to the police force.

Queen's Fire Service Medal

This honour is given to firemen who have displayed conspicuous devotion to duty.

Stephen, even though you may still regard such honours as a ‘load of old bollocks’, at least now you might know what you are talking about. And remember, many of these awards go to people who have saved the lives of others, or have enriched the lives of us all. Please refer to my above posting to Chris Kinsinger for full details of this year’s recipients.

"Self worth is a more lasting and meaningful quality than the fleeting admiration of others" ... this is possibly the most sensibly worded line in my post, and I adhere to it, at least in principle. Desiring the approval of others is a peculiar thing - and yet even I suffer from this: I don't write screenplays, then nod in satisfaction and lock them away in a drawer - I want them to be seen, experienced, enjoyed. Approval of my work is approval of me.

If I was awarded a knighthood (an even more remote possibility than an Oscar) I would be uncomfortable. Sir Stephen? I would never happily use that title. Put letters after my name? I couldn't do it. Why? It just seems to smack of self-importance. But then, perhaps, my refusal of the title would be just another form of self-importance - a badge of modesty.

Daniel, the slap on the wrist was not actually needed - but I fully understand your reasons for applying it. Those 5 am rantings should probably be postponed - until ALL my brain cells are fully functioning.

Stephen - your response is greatly appreciated, and I fully respect your reasoned statement of your opinions.

On other matters, I would like to point out that Spielberg’s forthcoming knighthood is due partly to his overall filmmaking achievements, but mainly to the fact he has frequently used British technical expertise within his movies, thus providing the British film industry with a vital life-line. Add to this Spielberg’s anglophilia and you have a most deserving recipient of an honorary knighthood.

For some reason the fact that Spielberg is Jewish is seen by some to make his forthcoming knighthood even more unlikely than the fact he is not British. The idea that only Briton’s of the Protestant persuasion are honoured by the Crown and society is simply incorrect….though considering many Americans’ apparent belief that Great Britain is stuck in some kind of WASP-ish and bigoted time-warp, such a fallacy is understandable.

A glance at the New Year’s honours list I have posted above should dispel any notions that Great Britain is an imperialist, snobbish, prejudiced, iniquitous and socially antiquated relic of a bygone age.

Today, Great Britain is a world leader in multi-racial and multi-cultural integration…it has to be. Within ten years, our great cities of Birmingham and Leicester will have non-white majority populations. By the same token, Britain’s overseas interests will continue to expand and sophisticate along with America’s.

Not only has Great Britain become home to millions of people from every nation and culture of the world, thousands upon thousands of British people are working in not just the 50 or 60 nations of the British Commonwealth, but also elsewhere throughout Africa, Asia and South America.

Great Britain is home to tens of thousands of Jewish people, and despite the sometimes tragic events surrounding the British Empire’s withdrawal from Palestine (Israel) in 1948, Britain is seen by many Jews living around the world as their home.

Please allow me to describe a documentary about the British withdrawal from Palestine that I viewed recently –

December 21 2000

EXODUS: THE DESPERATE VOYAGE History Channel documentary *** music ***

Great Britain started the modern world.

It all began in England…..its democratic and legal institutions, its language, the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire influenced virtually the entire globe from the 17th century through to the mid 20th century like no other nation or peoples.

With the decline of the Spanish, French, Dutch and Portuguese empires during the 17th and 18th century, the British Empire went from strength to strength, with only the loss of the British American colonies during the American War of Independence (1775-1783) interrupting the British Empire’s global expansion. Indeed, Great Britain’s recognition of United States’ independence in 1783 served to consolidate Canada’s position as a loyal member of the British Empire.

At its height, the British Empire covered one-third of the globe, though its influence extended well beyond its official boundaries. As far as empires go, the British Empire was remarkable for its positive and constructive achievements. Rather than dominating its territories through oppression and persecution, the British mainly relied on diplomacy and presence, after all, the empire was primarily an enormous and complex trading system and a means by which the British people could colonize distant lands. A measure of the British Empire’s relatively benign attitude, is the way in which during the 20th century virtually all of its member nations gained independence with little or no argument from England; indeed, it was often the case that Britain encouraged independence. The continued existence of the British Commonwealth is proof of the good relations that still exist now that the empire has been dismantled. The most famous exception to this was of course the United States of America – the revolution brought about more by the autocracy and naiveté of the British authorities than anything else. A bitter and hard fought struggle for independence from England by the British-American colonists saw the British Empire suffer its greatest and most humiliating setback. It is ironic that Great Britain and the United States are now as closely linked as any other two nations – but this is understandable considering the shared history, heritage, culture, language and ancestry of Britain and America.

Despite the many positive achievements, inevitably the history of the British Empire is also littered with horrifying and vile crimes against humanity. The violation and decimation of many of the world’s cultures and peoples, most notably the North American Indian, the Australian Aborigine, the New Zealand Maori and many of the tribal nations of Asia and Africa. The destruction of China’s infrastructure and civilization through the massive importation of opium during the early 19th century, the building, training and equipping of the Japanese navy during the early 20th century and the invention of the concentration camp during the Boer War. However, one of the most unsavoury moments in Britain’s imperial history has to be the treatment of the Jewish refugees seeking to enter British Palestine aboard the Exodus in 1947/8. The Middle East had long been an important region of the British Empire – it was the British who first discovered and exploited oil in Iran and Iraq – and following WWII it faced mounting pressure from Jewish activists and the USA to allow the conversion of Palestine into the Jewish state of Israel. Though Britain allowed a controlled immigration of 1500 Jewish refugees a month into Palestine, it was more concerned with protecting Arab interests in the region – not least because of oil and the protection of its trade routes from North Africa to the Far East. Interestingly, the English were the first to practice anti-Semitism way back in the 13th Century when Edward I ordered the expulsion of the Jewish community from London. The ships carrying the exiled Jews made their way up the Thames, and having reached some sandbanks out to sea, the ships’ crews deposited all of the Jewish passengers at low tide. The ships then returned to London, and all of the Jews drowned in the rising tides.

This fascinating and moving documentary told the story of the heroic journey of 4,500 Jewish refugees from America to Palestine in 1947. Conditions were difficult enough onboard – the ship was designed to carry only three hundred people – and things only became worse when the ship entered the Mediterranean and attempted to break the British Naval blockade. British agents in America had already alerted London to the fact that an attempt was being made to deposit thousands of illegal immigrants on the shores of Palestine, and the Royal Navy had followed the ship’s progress across the Atlantic.

Thirty miles off of the coast of Palestine the British Navy surrounded the ship carrying the refugees and boarded the vessel with the maximum of force. Several of the refugees were killed and many were injured by British commandos who finally succeeded in gain control of the ship. The Exodus was then escorted to Palestine, and the refugees were unceremoniously deloused and the British insensitively segregated and numbered the Jewish people – to many this was a terrible reminder of the treatment they suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany. But, worse was to follow. The refugees were forced back on board the Exodus, but rather than being taken to nearby British Cyprus (a holding area for Jewish refugees at the time), the ship was escorted back to British occupied West Germany. There, the refugees refused to disembark, and endured terrible treatment from the British who supplied them with only two meals a day that consisted of maggot infested potato soup. Finally, the refugees gave in, and were escorted to and then detained within the very same concentration camps in which they were tortured, brutalized and murdered only a few years before. By this time the world’s press had taken up the story, and the plight of the refugees was viewed with sympathy by every nation, and public opinion, even in at home, mounted against the British. Of course, the refugees were finally allowed into Palestine, and the British withdrawal soon followed and the state of Israel was formed.

As the story was recounted, some of the Jewish contributors to the documentary became visibly distressed as they spat hatred towards the British – and nobody could blame them for that. However, the program makers failed to explain adequately the British position, and painted a very dark picture of Nye Bevan, the British minister who tried to prevent the Exodus from reaching Palestine. Bevan was a fine man, and amongst many fine achievements he created the National Health Service – he certainly didn’t deserve to be vilified as he was in this documentary.

Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews increased Jewish migration to British-ruled Palestine during the 1930s and early '40s, and relations between Jews and the Arabs there deteriorated. Partition into Jewish and Arab sectors was proposed but rejected. After World War II, Great Britain voluntarily relinquished its mandate over Palestine, and the United Nations voted in 1947 to partition the region into separate Jewish and Arab states.

What this documentary crucially overlooks is the fact that it was Great Britain who initiated the idea of Palestine becoming a home to the Jewish people once more way back in 1917. Lord Balfour, then British foreign secretary, wrote Lord Rothschild on Nov 2, declaring that "His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."

The British government, which had made secret and conflicting arrangements with France and Russia for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of spheres of influence over former Ottoman lands, and with Arab leaders for post-WWI influence, hoped that a declaration in favour of Zionism would help to rally Jewish opinion, especially in the United States, to the side of the Allies and that the settlement in Palestine of a Jewish population attached to Britain by ties of sentiment and interest might help to protect the approaches to the Suez Canal and the road to India.

The declaration aroused enthusiastic hopes among Zionists and seemed the fulfillment of Herzl's hopes and it was endorsed by the principal Allied powers. The council of the League of Nations approved on July 24, 1922, British control over Palestine that included the Balfour Declaration in the preamble and various provisions dealing with facilitating Jewish immigration. Article 25 of the mandate gave Britain power to postpone or withhold the provisions of the mandate with regard to the area east of the Jordan River, and on Sept. 22, 1922, the British officially announced that the Balfour Declaration would not apply to that area (amounting to about three-fourths of the whole) and that the area would be closed to Jewish immigration. The mandate had been officially interpreted in a statement of June 3, 1922, in which Winston Churchill, the British colonial secretary, announced that the declaration meant not the "imposition of a Jewish nationality upon the inhabitants of Palestine as a whole, but the further development of the existing Jewish community, with the assistance of Jews of other parts of the world, in order that it may become a centre in which the Jewish people as a whole may take, on grounds of religion and race, an interest and a pride." His Majesty's government, he announced, had not contemplated at any time, as appeared to be feared by the Arabs, "the disappearance or the subordination of the Arabic population, language, or culture in Palestine."

Arab nationalists everywhere, fearing that the Zionists meant to make Palestine a Jewish state, declared their unconditional opposition to the Jewish ambitions there. The question was more immediately the concern of the Palestinian Arabs, who saw their political interests as directly endangered by Zionist aims. Assured of general Arab support and somewhat misled by the pro-Arab sympathies of British mandatory officials, the Palestine Arabs saw no need to make concessions to Zionism beyond accepting the Jews already established in Palestine as a minority with guaranteed rights.
In September 1922 the British promulgated a constitution that provided for the establishment of a legislative council and the creation of a Palestinian state in which Arabs and Jews would cooperate. The constitution, however, made concessions to Zionism that the Arabs were unwilling to accept, and it was not applied.

Since no constitutional Palestinian state could be established, the British continued direct rule. They also continued, however, to seek ways to create auxiliaries or partners in government, and in 1923 they offered each of the two major communities an "agency." The Jewish community accepted and formed the Jewish Agency in 1929, but the Arabs refused. As so often in the following years, the Arabs' political action amounted to abstention, while the Jewish community created a shadow government that enabled them to concentrate their efforts on achievement of their major objectives.

In August 1929 a dispute over the Jewish use of the Western Wall--the only remnant of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem, forming the outer wall of the Muslim Haram area--was followed by the first large-scale attacks upon Jews by Arabs. Riots spread to other cities, leading to the deaths of 133 Jews and (mainly at the hands of the British military) 116 Arabs. In the course of the troubles, the mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husayni, emerged as the leader of Arab nationalism in Palestine.

The 1929 troubles led the British to establish a special commission under Sir Walter Shaw, which blamed al-Husayni and other Arab leaders for the conflict while noting the disappointment of Palestinian Arab hopes for independence and the fact that Jewish expansion was creating a "landless and discontented" Arab class in the country. The Shaw Commission urged that restrictions be imposed on the management of the Jewish national home. A subsidiary commission under Lord Passfield was next sent to make concrete proposals, on the basis of which the Passfield White Paper, published in October 1930, recommended that Jews be forbidden to acquire more land while the Arabs were landless and that Jewish immigration be stopped as long as Arabs were unemployed. It renewed the offer of a legislative council that would serve as the basis of constitutional government, a proposal now favoured by the Arab leaders but not by the Zionists. However, when the Arab leaders refused an invitation to discuss the constitutional issue with the Jewish leaders at a roundtable conference, the offer was allowed to lapse.

Zionist pressure and British ambivalence worked against the strict application of the Passfield recommendations on Jewish immigration and purchase of land. When the mandatory government refused to take effective measures to forbid the sale of land to Jews and to stop the illegal Jewish immigration that increased with the persecution of the Jews in Germany after 1933, the Arab leaders announced a policy of noncooperation with the British and a boycott of British goods; at the same time, the existing restrictions on immigration, which were only partly effective, led to Jewish protests and riots.

In April 1936 an Arab High Committee was formed to unite the Palestinian Arabs in opposition to the Jews; its formation was followed by a renewal of Arab attacks on the Jews, soon developing into open war. The revolt of the Arabs continued during the next three years. In November 1936 a new commission, under Lord Peel, arrived to study the situation. The Arab leaders boycotted the commission until just before its departure. The commission's report of July 1937 emphasized that cooperation between Arabs and Jews in a Palestinian state was impossible; to the dismay of the Arabs, it recommended the partition of Palestine. The report made it clear that the establishment of a Jewish state would involve radical movements of population to secure the necessary Jewish majority, even in the parts of Palestine where the Jewish population was largest.

In September 1937 nonofficial representatives from the various Arab countries met at Bludan in Syria and announced the complete rejection of the Peel proposals. In Palestine the publication of the Peel report was followed by renewed Arab terrorism and violence. The British thereupon disbanded the Arab High Committee and deported its leading members. The mufti and a few others escaped arrest and fled to Lebanon, which became the headquarters of a continuing Palestinian Arab insurrection. Before long, however, the insurrection lost its singleness of purpose and degenerated into an Arab civil war as the leaders of the revolt turned their energies against their political rivals.

The British government appointed a new commission under Sir John Woodhead to reconsider the partition plan suggested by the Peel Commission. The Woodhead report, published in November 1938, proposed a reduction of the Jewish share of Palestinian territory to about 400 square miles around Tel Aviv--the only area where the Jews constituted a majority. The Woodhead scheme was rejected by the Zionists as being completely inadequate; it also was rejected by the Arabs, who on principle opposed granting sovereignty to Jews over any part of Palestine. A conference of Jews and Arabs was next convoked, including Arab representatives from various countries. The conference met in London between February and March 1939, the British conferring with the Arab and Jewish delegations separately.

When no settlement between the two sides could be reached, the British government decided to impose its own terms, which were spelled out in a White Paper published in May 1939. International events were by then moving toward a second world war. This made British appeasement of the Arabs imperative, as German propaganda was gaining wide support in Arab nationalist circles; the Jews, persecuted in Germany, had no choice as to which side to support in the coming war. The White Paper of 1939 was a renewed concession to the Arab position. It stated that there would be no partition and that it was not British policy that the country should become either a Jewish state or an Arab state. It envisaged the establishment within 10 years of an independent "Palestine State." In the intervening period, Jews and Arabs would be invited to take an increasing share in the administration; and Jewish immigration into Palestine would be limited to a total of 75,000 during the next five years, after which no further immigration would be allowed without Arab consent. Land purchases by Jews from Arabs would be prohibited in some areas and restricted in others, in accordance with regulations to be published by the high commissioner.

As a proposal for the final settlement of the Palestine question, the White Paper was opposed by both the Zionists and the Arabs. As a means for freezing the situation for the duration of the war, however, it succeeded. Between 1939 and 1945 Palestine was relatively quiet; only as World War II neared its end did the Arab-Jewish conflict resume.

Between 1922 and 1939 the Jewish population in Palestine had risen from 83,790 to 445,457 (30 percent of the total inhabitants). Tel Aviv had become a Jewish city of 150,000.
The limits on immigration set in the 1939 White Paper were soon rendered moot. As eastern Europe fell under German domination, and especially when the systematic slaughter of the Jews of Europe began in 1942, many more Jews sought refuge in Palestine by illegal immigration. Despite British efforts to reimpose controls on immigration after World War II, the number of refugees continued to increase.

As the Jewish population grew with this increase in refugees, the nature of Zionist activity in the country began to change, tending more toward violence. A secret Jewish army called Haganah ("Defence") was formed in 1920. Until 1936 Haganah restricted itself to purely defensive action, but during the years of the Arab revolt it became more aggressive; it also received some legal recognition when the British administration formed a Jewish Settlement Police drawn exclusively from Haganah and placed nominally under British command. In 1931 a more clandestine Jewish militia representing the extreme revisionist party within the World Zionist Organization had been formed -- the Irgun Zvai Leumi ("National Military Organization"). During the early years of the war, Irgun followed the lead of the Jewish Agency and cooperated with Haganah; it soon resumed its extremist course, however, as Jewish refugees freshly arrived from Poland joined its ranks and took over its control. The Irgun leaders were convinced that Britain had betrayed the Zionist cause--an opinion that was shared by another extremist organization, the Stern Group, or Gang, whose leader, Abraham Stern, was killed in a British police raid in 1942. In the last years of the war, the Irgun and the Stern Group intensified its terror against the British.

Meanwhile, the Jewish Agency, under its veteran leader Chaim Weizmann and younger leaders such as David Ben-Gurion, tried to maintain British goodwill by offering help to the British war effort. They proposed formation of a Jewish Legion that would undertake the defence of Palestine. Though reluctant to sponsor a Zionist force, the British army eventually formed a brigade of Jewish volunteers that was active late in the war in Africa and Europe.

A new Palestine policy was decided upon at a Zionist conference held in May 1942 at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City; it called for unrestricted Jewish immigration into Palestine and for the ultimate establishment of the area as a Jewish commonwealth. By the end of the war, Zionist political activity in the United States had succeeded in winning the U.S. government's support for Zionism, and Britain, unable to resolve the predicament on its own, had to admit American involvement.
At the end of the war in Europe, the Jewish Agency addressed a memorandum to Britain demanding the full and immediate implementation of the Biltmore Resolution. Another memorandum followed in June 1945 demanding that immigration visas be issued for 100,000 European Jewish refugees awaiting admission into Palestine. By the time Japan surrendered in September, Haganah had gone into alliance with the Irgun and the Stern Group to present a united front in Palestine, though the alliance dissolved in 1946 when the Irgun and the Stern Group ignored the Jewish Agency's call for an end to attacks on British targets. The Jewish Agency stood ready to assume the provisional government of the Jewish state. In the absence of a unified Arab leadership in Palestine, Arab leaders from the neighbouring countries of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, which in March 1945 had formed the League of Arab States, proclaimed their intent to further the Arab cause in Palestine.

In the United States, President Harry S. Truman took up the Zionist cause and urged that the European Jewish refugees be immediately admitted into Palestine. Beset by U.S. pressure, fighting a costly and unpopular war against Zionist guerrillas in Palestine, and seeing no practical solution, Britain participated in yet another commission, the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, which published its conclusions in April 1946. In essence, it recommended the immediate admission to Palestine of 100,000 Jewish refugees from Europe, the withdrawal of all restrictions on Jewish purchase of land, and the eventual incorporation of both communities in a binational state under United Nations trusteeship. The British government refused the central and immediate demand, admission of 100,000 refugees, and suddenly found itself in a state of war with Jewish military organizations in Palestine. Forced to maintain a large and costly military establishment when its electorate demanded demobilization and easement of the tax burden, with no end of the bloodshed in sight and with all its practical political and diplomatic ploys used and options closed, the British referred the question to the United Nations.

The General Assembly voted on May 15, 1947, to create a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) to submit "such proposals as it may consider appropriate for the solution of the problem of Palestine." When it arrived in Jerusalem, UNSCOP was boycotted by the Arabs but actively aided by the Zionists. Few issues had been more studied than Palestine, and UNSCOP found nothing new but urgency. The only solution, it suggested, was partition, but it urged that the consequences of partition be mitigated by the maintenance of economic union. On November 29 the UN General Assembly approved, with slight frontier modifications, the UNSCOP recommendations.

The UN decision was a major Zionist victory. Not only did it affirm the Zionist right--the fundamental point at issue and bitterly opposed by the Arabs--to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, but it also gave the state a territory that, although smaller than that proposed by the Jewish Agency, was far out of proportion to the relative numbers of Jews to Arabs in Palestine. It comprised more than half the territory of Palestine, including the greater part of the valuable coastal area, leaving the narrow coastal strip of Gaza, half of Galilee, the Judaean and Samarian uplands, and a bit of the Negev to the Arab state. Shocked and angry, the Arab leaders refused to recognize the validity of the UN decision and declared their determination to oppose it by force.

By January 1948 volunteers were arriving from the Arab countries to help the Palestinian Arabs, but they were soon overwhelmed by the Zionist forces. By May 13 the Zionist forces had secured full control of the Jewish share of Palestine and captured important positions in the areas allotted to the Arabs.

On May 14 the State of Israel was proclaimed and was immediately recognized by the Soviet Union and the United States. On the following day, as the British announced the end of their rule in Palestine, troops of the Transjordanian army, the Arab Legion, and their counterparts from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq entered the country. The Arab forces, which at this point were vastly better equipped than the Israeli forces, occupied the areas in the south and east, which were not yet controlled by the Jews, and unsuccessfully laid siege to Jewish Jerusalem.

The United Nations on May 20 appointed Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg as mediator to bring about a settlement between Israel and the Arab states. He obtained a brief cease-fire in June and a second one in July. On September 17, however, Bernadotte was assassinated by Jewish terrorists; he was succeeded by his deputy, Ralph J. Bunche of the UN Secretariat. Despite the orders of the United Nations, the truce was not observed faithfully by either side.

Between February and July 1949 the mediator secured separate armistice agreements between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria. These agreements left Israel in possession of all the areas it had won by conquest: the whole of Galilee, the whole of the Palestinian coast minus a reduced Gaza Strip (occupied by Egypt), all of the Negev, and a strip of territory connecting the coastal region to the western section of Jerusalem. The remaining parts of Jerusalem (including the Old City), along with what remained of the Arab share of Palestine, were taken over by Transjordan, which then became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. No entity remained that was officially called Palestine. The departure of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs had meanwhile left Israel with a substantial Jewish majority.

I hope that helps to explain more fully the British position in Palestine at the time. And, to anyone, Jewish or otherwise, who may watch this documentary, please don’t think of the British too harshly. Yes, the British authorities handled the Exodus situation badly and with gross insensitivity. When you see images of the Union Jack with a swastika emblazoned on it, remember that Great Britain did more than any other nation to aid Jewish refugees from Europe during WWII. A new book by Deborah Oppenheimer entitled “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport” has just been published here in England that provides evidence of Britain’s true concern for the plight of the Jews.

During WWII thousands upon thousands of Jewish child refugees were accepted into Britain, as their parents in Europe were herded into gas chambers. Indeed, Great Britain to this day has magnificent humanitarian record when it comes to the aid and incorporation of refugees from all over the world – most notably the East African Asians during the 1970s. Sir Richard Attenborough provides the Preface to this book, and his family was one of many that took in Jewish refugees during WWII. Many of these refugees have gone on to enrich and further sophisticate British society.

Some of the refugees later went on to America, and the views of one are shared by the many – “But England is in me. England is my second mother; always I regard it as such.”

A shame that documentaries such as EXODUS: THE DESPARATE JOURNEY fail to take in the broader picture…..nevertheless, a fascinating and moving tale in which the British did often behave atrociously.

Considering the British people’s massively important historic and ongoing endeavours overseas, it is with great sadness that we in Britain have learned today of the execution of a British VSO worker in Burundi.

A British voluntary worker was among 20 people killed by rebel gunmen in central Africa. Charlotte Wilson, 27, was "executed" on Thursday when the bus she was travelling on was ambushed near Kilima, 18 miles north west of the Burundian capital Bujumbura.

She had been working with the British Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) as a science teacher at a secondary school in neighbouring Rwanda since September 1999.

The Burundian Government blamed Hutu rebels for the killings, which mostly involved victims from Rwanda and Burundi. A UK Foreign Office spokesman said: "We condemn this rebel attack on innocent volunteers." It has also reiterated its advice that British nationals should not travel to Burundi.

Ms Wilson was one of 56 British VSO volunteers working in Rwanda and was due to finish in June 2001. Britain’s VSO director of overseas operations, Penny Lawrence, said Ms Wilson's colleagues and friends were devastated by the news. "VSO is in touch with Charlotte's family and our thoughts are with them at this time," she said. "Charlotte was an exceptional volunteer - very bright, caring and committed to rebuilding Rwanda's education system. Her students responded to her infectious enthusiasm for her subject, but her talent was also recognised at the highest level."

Ms Lawrence said the VSO's travel guidelines were the same as those issued by the Home Office and she did not know why Ms Wilson had been travelling on the road near Kilima. "It is a renowned road for being dangerous and unsafe, our travel advice is not to use it."

Ms Wilson is the latest in a line of Britons to lose their life because of conflict between Hutus and Tutsis in east Africa. Four Britons were among eight tourists who were murdered with machetes and hammers, shot and raped by Rwandan Hutu rebels in Uganda's Impenetrable Forest in March 1999.

As far as Hong Kong is concerned, well, yes, it ceased to be part of the British Empire in 1997…..but the ties between Hong Kong and the rest of the British Commonwealth are as strong as ever. Sir Run Run Shaw is another deserving past recipient of a knighthood. Sir Run Run Shaw, CBE, is Chairman of Shaw Brothers Ltd., Hong Kong, the largest movie studio in Southeast Asia. He is also Chairman of Television Broadcast Ltd., Hong Kong. A well known philanthropist, Sir Run Run Shaw has a long and brilliant record of social service prompted by his desire to enrich the cultural life of the community, to help the sick and disabled and to provide better education for the young. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong Red Cross, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of several educational institutions. He donated money to establish the Shaw College in the Chinese University of Hong Kong and has built libraries and other academic buildings in over 30 universities in China. To date his donations to educational institutions in all parts of the world have exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars. I think that record speaks for itself.

Getting back to British honours, such as knighthoods, I think it is important to remember that the entertainment industry receives an appropriately tiny proportion of these awards…..but, such recipients as actors and directors naturally receive the greater press coverage, often giving the impression that most of the honours go to film stars and stage actors.

Lew Grade was knighted in 1969 (after which he was often credited Sir Lew Grade), but was made a life peer in 1976 (after which he was often credited as Lord Grade).

A life peer becomes a baron and sits in the House of Lords on conferment of peerage. These are titles which they hold only during their lifetime and are not passed to their heirs.

Titles of nobility, or peerages, are granted by the king or queen of Great Britain upon the recommendation of the prime minister. In most hereditary peerages, the title passes on to a peer's oldest son, or to his closest male heir if the peer has no son (the other children are considered commoners). The title becomes extinct if there is no male heir. There are some ancient peerages that allow the title to be passed to a daughter if the holder leaves no male descendant. The last hereditary peerage was granted in 1964.

Life peerages are created each year by the British monarch for several distinguished persons. Life peers hold the rank for their own lives only; the titles do not pass on to their children. Both men and women may be granted life peerages, and the titles given to them are baron and baroness.

Below are the five grades of peers ranked from the highest to the lowest and the dates they were created (Duke is the highest hereditary rank below that of prince.)

Duke or duchess (1337)

Marquess, marquis or marchioness (1385)

Earl or countess (c. 800-1000)

Viscount or viscountess (1440)

Baron or baroness (c. 1066)

Don't want to stir a huge pot of stew up, but I think most historians would agree that without American aid, Britain would have been hard pressed to withstand Germany.

The US had been engaged in a undeclared shooting war in the North Atlantic since 39, where they used to meet to transfer materials that Britain had no way of paying for. Eventually, they escorted the ships all the way to England, thus freeing up the royal navy for more pressing business.

The entire Lease-Lend program, where the US basically re-equiped the British army after they were forced to abandoned much artillery and tanks at Dunkirk and helped keep Britain in the war.

In fact, Roosevelt, did everything he could to bend the neutrality act so that he could keep Britain in the fight. Of course, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor let him take off the gloves and actively support Britain especially once Hitler foolishly declared war on the US after our declaration of War with Japan.

I do not see this as a smear on the British fighting man or British Fighting spirit, as it is clear that all the materials in the world couldn't have gotten a more heroic lot up into the air for the Battle of Britain, but without US aid which included planes, destroyers, cruisers, and merchantmen Britain would probably not have made it until 1942.

Moving on to other matters....

Having discussed Britain’s historical impact on North America above, please allow me to switch attention to another great nation that the British pioneered – Australia.

On 1 January 2001, Australia will celebrate 100 years of nationhood.

The journey from British colony to one of the world's most distinctive countries now seems to be an inevitable progression - but that was far from the case at the time. A century ago, the vast continent consisted of six British colonies, all competing for labour and revenue. The federation movement had failed to attract any significant support for almost 50 years. Border tariffs operated between each state. The governments even failed to agree on a common railway gauge, with passengers having to change trains at the state border. And as historian Roslyn Russell of Australian Heritage Projects explains, there were a number of complicated issues to deal with - not least the tariff question.

"The financial considerations had an enormous effect on the negotiations for federation. And also the whole factor of population - who would dominate? There were some states like Victoria and New South Wales that were the most populous. And of course the simple question of colonial identity: Do we want to come part of everybody else or do we stick with our local loyalty?"

One other important factor in forcing the British colonies together was defence. Throughout the 19th century there were scares about invasion, whether by the French in Polynesia or later the Germans in New Guinea. Although it seems unlikely now, that fear was enough to get people thinking.

It still took years of negotiation and one failed referendum. But eventually the people of Australia were finally persuaded to accept a new constitution. What followed was a remarkably swift transition to the modern Australian nation.

Fifty years ago almost all Australians thought of themselves as British. Now they are Aussies, through and through, and although the British monarch is still head of state, many believe it is only a matter of time before Australia becomes a republic.

The last 100 years have seen great changes - Australia is now very much a country of Asia rather than a British outpost. The "White Australia" policy went in the 1970s, replaced by a multiculturalism that has seen millions of migrants from South East Asia bring new talents to the country.

Australia still faces immense challenges, not least its continuing quest for some sort of reconciliation with its indigenous people, who continued to suffer in the new Australian nation as they had under British rule.

But in this year of the Sydney Olympics and Paralympics, Australia took pride of place on the world stage.

The saddest fact is that Speilberg always tried to make an Oscar picture, why should he care about awards? It doesn't make you better than anyone else and shouldn't stand as your greatest accomplishment. The greatest accomplishment for him is that he made some terrific films, you don't need an award from a bunch of snobbery fools.

If anyone is the snob, it is you.

Why should only ‘ordinary’ people garner such honours? And anyway, what is an ordinary person?

How do you define an ‘ordinary’ person? When does someone stop being ordinary, and become extraordinary?

The fact is Darth Fart, in today’s democratic western world, we are all ‘ordinary’ people. It is only the ill-informed perception of some individuals like yourself, that perpetuate the notion that today’s society isn’t based on the liberal philosophies of equal opportunities – though there is still much, much work to be done.

Thus, we all have the potential to be extraordinary, and to some extent, each individual is extraordinary. These British honours are awarded to people who have made outstanding contributions to society – it’s as simple as that.

So, who are these people who aren’t ‘ordinary’ in your eyes? Who are these people who should not be honoured?

Surely you don't mean Shamsuddin Ahmed, honoured with an MBE for services to the Bangladeshi community in Cheshire?

….or…..

Road sweeper Charles Alloway, honoured with an MBE for services to the community in Cardiff?

…..or…..

The son of an electrical engineer from Cincinnati who through hard work and endeavour became the world’s most successful filmmaker….knighted for services to cinema and the British film industry.

Steven Spielberg earned his knighthood, just as my fellow community servant Charles Alloway earned his MBE. As it happens, neither of these men was born into exceptional privilege, and neither would consider themselves ‘better’ than the next man simply because their contributions to the world around us have been recognized by the rest of society.

When you, Darth Fart, have made an outstanding contribution to the community, or saved someone’s life, or defended the British Commonwealth in far off lands, or have made outstanding contributions to cinema, then your ill-informed opinion that it’s ‘all bollocks’ may carry some weight.