2013 Special Honours

The Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Order of St John.

† indicates an award given posthumously.

Conservative Party

 * Sir Anthony Bamford, to be Baron Bamford of Daylesford in the County of Gloucestershire and of Wootton in the County of Staffordshire – 7 October 2013
 * Annabel Goldie, to be Baroness Goldie of Bishopton in the County of Renfrewshire – 7 October 2013
 * Susan Frances Maria Williams, to be Baroness Williams of Trafford of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester – 25 September 2013

Labour Party

 * Sir Charles Lamb Allen,, to be Baron Allen of Kensington of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – 4 October 2013

Liberal Democrat Party

 * The Hon. James Palumbo, to be Baron Palumbo of Southwark of Southwark in the London Borough of Southwark – 4 October 2013
 * Mike Storey,, to be Baron Storey of Childwall in the City of Liverpool – 14 October 2013

Green Party of England and Wales

 * Jennifer Helen Jones, to be Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb of Moulsecoomb in the County of East Sussex – 25 September 2013

Crossbench

 * The Rt Hon. Sir Roger John Laugharne Thomas,, to be Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd of Cwmgiedd in the County of Powys – 7 October 2013

Victoria Cross

 * Lance Corporal James Ashworth † – 22 March 2013

Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)

 * Air Chief Marshal The Rt. Hon. The Lord Stirrup – 26 April 2013

Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

 * The Rt. Hon. The Lord Strathclyde – 1 March 2013

Knight Bachelor

 * The Hon. Mr Justice Thomas Mark Horner – 22 February 2013
 * The Hon. Mr Justice George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt – 22 February 2013
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Paul Richard Maguire – 22 February 2013
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Stephen Martin Males – 22 February 2013
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith – 22 February 2013
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Jeremy Russell Baker
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Colin Ian Birss
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Stephen William Scott Cobb
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Robert Maurice Jay
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Michael Joseph Keehan
 * The Hon. Mr Justice John Ailbe O'Hara
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Stephen Paul Stewart
 * The Hon. Mr Justice Mark George Turner
 * The Rt. Hon. Greg Knight -25 October 2013
 * The Rt. Hon. John Randall – 25 October 2013

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

 * Honorary
 * Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea

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

 * Cécile La Grenade, Governor-General of Grenada – 14 May 2013
 * Edmund Lawrence, Governor-General of Saint Christopher and Nevis – 7 June 2013

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

 * Honorary
 * Count Jacques Rogge, For services to the London 2012 Olympic Games and British and international sport
 * His Highness Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Yun Byung-se, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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

 * Honorary
 * Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Royal Victorian Chain

 * The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Rowan Williams, retired Archbishop of Canterbury – 15 January 2013

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

 * The Honourable Priscilla Jane Stephanie, Lady Roberts, on retirement as Librarian and Curator of the Print Room, Windsor Castle – 30 July 2013

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

 * Nigel McCulloch, on retirement as Lord High Almoner – 8 March 2013
 * Major General George Norton, on relinquishing the appointment of Major General Commanding the Household Division – 12 July 2013
 * John Cairns, on retirement as Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland – 12 July 2013
 * Paul Robert Virgo Clarke, on retirement as Clerk of the Council, Duchy of Lancaster – 30 July 2013
 * Honorary
 * His Excellency Lim Sung-nam, Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

 * Honorary
 * Abdul Rahman Ghanem Al Mutaiwee, UAE Ambassador to the United Kingdom
 * Chul-ki, Senior Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs and National Security
 * Cho Won-dong, Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs
 * Lee Jung-hyun, Senior Secretary to the President for Public Relations

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

 * Richard Frederick Griffin, For services to Royalty Protection – 5 April 2013
 * Robert Andrew Ball, on retirement as Senior Horological Conservator, Royal Household – 9 April 2013
 * Alan Peter Ryan, on retirement as Assistant Property Manager, Buckingham Palace – 30 July 2013
 * John Charles Rodger Gray, On the relinquishment of his appointment as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps – 17 December 2013


 * Honorary
 * Kim Hyoung-zhin, Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs (honorary)
 * Amb Choe Jong-hyun, Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs (Chief of Protocol) (honorary)
 * Ha Tae-Youk, Director-General for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (honorary)
 * Seokhee Kang, Counsellor, South Korean Embassy, London (honorary)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

 * Joseph Geoffrey Last, on retirement as Head Chauffeur, Royal Household – 22 February 2013
 * Captain Devendra Ale, The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment – on relinquishment of his appointment as Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officer – 26 July 2013
 * Captain Trilochan Hurung, The Royal Gurkha Rifles – on relinquishment of his appointment as Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officer – 26 July 2013
 * Daniel Martell, on retirement as Deputy Head Chauffeur, Royal Household – 30 July 2013
 * Squadron Leader Dale Alexander White, On relinquishment of his appointment as Equerry to The Duke of Edinburgh – 18 October 2013
 * Michael Robert Sykes, On retirement as Chief Carpet Planner, Royal Household – 15 November 2013


 * Honorary
 * Hyon Du Kim, First Secretary, South Korean Embassy, London

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) & Bar

 * Elizabeth Maud Wilkinson, on retirement as Groom, the Royal Studs, Hampton Court – 12 March 2013
 * Janet Margaret Doel, on retirement as The Queen's Housemaid, Windsor Castle – 12 March 2013
 * Keith Andrew Rembridge, On retirement as Telegraph Clerk, Court Post Office, Buckingham Palace – 30 July 2013

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)

 * Patrick Joseph Carroll, For services as a State Porter, Royal Household – 31 May 2013
 * John Trodden Kerr, On retirement as Leading Palace Attendant, Windsor Castle – 30 July 2013
 * Keith Howard GRIFFITHS, On retirement as Courier, Royal Household – 17 December 2013

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

 * Warrant Officer Class 1 Derek William James Potter, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, on relinquishment of his appointment as The Queen's Piper – 11 January 2013

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

 * The Hon. Mrs. Justice Sarah Jane Asplin – 5 March 2013
 * The Hon. Mrs. Justice Janice Mesadis Pereira, Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court – 7 May 2013
 * The Hon. Mrs. Justice Vivien Judith Rose – 22 October 2013


 * Honorary
 * Angela Ahrendts, For services to business
 * Melinda Gates, For services to philanthropy and international development

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

 * Honorary
 * Hisashi Hieda, For services to UK/Japan cultural and media relations
 * Richard Lugar, For services to UK-US defence relations and international security
 * Minoru Makihara, For services to UK/Japan business and trade relations
 * His Highness Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs
 * His Highness Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court
 * His Highness Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation
 * Her Excellency Lubna bint Khaled Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development
 * Choi Mun-kee, Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning
 * Yoon Sang-jick, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

 * Honorary
 * Camila Batmanghelidjh, For services to children and young people
 * His Grace The Duke of Rohan, For services to UK/French relations
 * Jacques Gounon, For services to UK transport
 * Duncan L. Niederauer, For services to the Northern Ireland economy
 * Jin Park, For services to strengthening UK/Republic of Korea bilateral relations
 * Adam Simon Posen, For services to the economy
 * Antoine Jan Macgiel Valk, For services to British public transport and strengthening the Anglo-Dutch Commercial relationship
 * Hans Wijers, For services to British industry
 * Ahmed Juma Al Zaabi, Deputy Minister of Presidential Affairs
 * Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority
 * Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Adviser, Ministry of Presidential Affairs
 * Dr Sultan Ahmed Sultan al Jaber, Minister of State and member of the Cabinet
 * Major General Essa Saif Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Deputy Chief of Staff, UAE Armed Forces

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

 * Military division
 * Commander Nicholas Geoffrey Dunn, RN – 8 January 2013


 * Honorary
 * General Luis Alejandre Sintes, For services to British/Spanish relations and cultural ties
 * Hoda Ibrahim Alkhamis-Kanoo, For services to arts and cultural exchange between the UK and UAE
 * Khalid Rashid Shaikh Abdulrahman Al Zayani, For services to UK business overseas and UK/Bahraini relations
 * Douglas Burns Arnot, For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
 * Michel Claude Joseph Dubarry, For services to the promotion of Rolls-Royce and wider UK interests in France
 * Professor David Frank Ford, For services to theological scholarship and inter-faith relations
 * Ehab Abdalla Attia Gaddis, For services to the British community and British Embassy in Egypt
 * Professor Eileen Harkin-Jones, For services to higher education in Northern Ireland
 * Doctor Eva Henriëtte Reina Renée Lloyd-Reichling, For services to education
 * Malachy Stephen McAleer, For services to education and young people in Northern Ireland
 * Professor Andrea Mary Nolan, For services to veterinary science and higher education
 * Judith L O’Rourke, For services to the communities of Syracuse and Lockerbie following the attack on Pan Am 103 in 1988
 * Shunichi Sugioka, For services to UK relations in the fields of commerce and cultural exchange
 * Mario Eduardo Testino, For services to photography and charity
 * Jean-Paul Pierre Villain, For services to British education and inward investment to the UK
 * Susan Janet Wade, For services to criminal justice reform and to the community in Winchester, Hampshire

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

 * Honorary
 * Walid Mohmed Al Fagih, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
 * Farouk Al Najah, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
 * Shaker Mohamed Ben Milad, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
 * Stéphane Bern, For services to UK/French cultural relations
 * Maria Magdalena Cremaschi, For services to the arts and UK/Spain cultural relations
 * Professor Keith Scott Delaplane, For services to beekeeping
 * Mary Teresa Doherty, For services to the Labour Party and to the community in Dulwich, London Borough of Southwark
 * Desiree Allison Downes, For services to legislative drafting in the Turks and Caicos Islands
 * Natalie du Toit, For services to Paralympic sport
 * Michel Euxibie, For services to UK/France relations and British veterans
 * Doctor Anna Gedeon, For services to the British Embassy in Hungary
 * Sandra Joan Hamilton, For services to cancer sufferers
 * Tuan Jainudeen Ishak Ismail, For services to protecting British interests in Sri Lanka
 * Gareth Paul Mc Callion, For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
 * Shari Lynn McGraw, For services to British interests in the USA
 * Antonio Millozzi, For services to charity
 * Clarence Hendry October, For services to the community of Tristan de Cunha
 * June Antoinette O’Sullivan, For services to young people in London
 * Bernadette Edel Porter. For services to nursing
 * Pedro Antonio Serra Bauza, For services to the local British resident community in Mallorca, Spain
 * Hassen Amer Shebani, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
 * Eileen Mary Strevens, For services to the rights of disabled children and children with special educational needs
 * Brian Neville Tarpey, For services to British war graves in Malta
 * Dijana Zrilic, For services to UK/Croatia defence relations
 * Jamal Ahmed Al Muhairi, Presidential Protocol

British Empire Medal

 * Honorary
 * Senor Jacques Jean Pierre Coudry, For services to the British interests in Brazil
 * Jawaahir Daahir, For services to the Somali community in Leicester
 * Titus Anno Sjoerd Vogt, For services to the community in Faringdon, Oxfordshire

Bailiff / Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St John

 * Professor Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith
 * Judith Ann Hoban
 * Stuart James Shilson

Knight / Dame of the Order of St John

 * Alderman Michael Roger Gifford
 * Lawson Rennie
 * Ian William John Wallace
 * Willem van der Westhuizen Louw
 * Tessa Elnora, Mrs van Antwerpen
 * Professor Beverley Joy Wilson
 * Elliott Belgrave, Governor-General of Barbados
 * Chen Sze Hua
 * Lim Chye Huat
 * Brigadier-General Epeli Nailatikau CF CSM MSD, President of Fiji
 * Royston Clive Rooke
 * Mark Sean Sisk
 * Patricia Staples Horne Dresser
 * Victoria Mary Sheffield
 * Richard Denis Blundell
 * Paul Ndiritu Ndungu
 * Ian John Rae
 * Andries William de Villiers
 * Rex Bertie Wheeler
 * Colonel Kevin Thomas Williams, SD SM
 * Peter Damian Wood
 * Shirley Marion Hennessy
 * Jillian, Mrs Mludek
 * Rear Admiral Frederick Brian Goodson
 * Peter John Field
 * William Arthur Spence
 * Susan Elizabeth Pyper
 * Alderman Mrs Fiona Catherine Woolfe