User:Robin S. Taylor/2024 Special Honours

As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours, political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours. 2024 featured several publications of small, off-cycle honours lists, some of which were given non-traditional names.

31 January
Appointments were made to the Order of St John.

Knight of Justice

 * Michael David Cook – 31 January 2024
 * Alderman Professor Michael Raymond Mainelli – 31 January 2024
 * The Most Reverend Sir David John Moxon, – 31 January 2024
 * James George Naphambo – 31 January 2024
 * Dr Norman Jan Piet Walker, – 31 January 2024

Dame of Justice

 * Margaret Ann Houston – 31 January 2024
 * Sonya Louise Marshall – 31 January 2024

Commander

 * Alexander Lindsay Fraser Bowman, – 31 January 2024
 * The Honourable Adam Robert Bruce – 31 January 2024
 * Ian Crowe, – 31 January 2024
 * Dr Richard Andrew Davies – 31 January 2024
 * Mark Donald Dennis – 31 January 2024
 * Jess Lawson Love Duncan – 31 January 2024
 * Barbara Anne Everiss – 31 January 2024
 * Arvind Michael Kapur, – 31 January 2024
 * Susan Jane Lousada – 31 January 2024
 * Ewan Alexander Macdonald – 31 January 2024
 * David Macleod Murdoch – 31 January 2024
 * Ratu Vereniki Gordon Vula Raiwalui – 31 January 2024
 * Elizabeth Ann Roads, – 31 January 2024
 * Johanna Louise Ropner – 31 January 2024
 * Alison Ann Shepherd – 31 January 2024
 * Kelvan Francis Smith – 31 January 2024
 * Karen Susan Sunckell – 31 January 2024
 * Derek John Watson – 31 January 2024
 * Janice Helen Webster – 31 January 2024
 * Michael George Arthur Will, – 31 January 2024

Officer

 * – appointments 31 January 2024

Member

 * – appointments 31 January 2024

4-14 March
Fourteen new life peers were appointed.

Conservative

 * Charles Banner,, to be Baron Banner, of Barnt Green in the County of Worcestershire – 6 March 2024
 * Peter Booth, to be Baron Booth, of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland  – 7 March 2024
 * Donald Cameron of Lochiel, to be Baron Cameron of Lochiel, of Achnacarry in the County of Inverness – 4 March 2024
 * Cllr John Fuller,, to be Baron Fuller, of Gorleston-on-Sea in the County of Norfolk  – 7 March 2024
 * Paul Goodman, to be Baron Goodman of Wycombe, of High Wycombe in the County of Buckinghamshire  – 11 March 2024
 * Cllr James Jamieson,, to be Baron Jamieson, of Maulden in the County of Bedfordshire  – 11 March 2024
 * Stuart Marks,, to be Baron Marks of Hale, of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester  – 7 March 2024
 * The Honourable Rosa Monckton,, to be Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest, of Earlsdown in the County of East Sussex.  – 12 March 2024
 * Franck Petitgas, to be Baron Petitgas, of Bosham in the County of West Sussex  – 7 March 2024

Labour

 * John Hannett,, to be Baron Hannett of Everton, of Bramley-Moore Dock in the City of Liverpool  – 12 March 2024
 * Ayesha Hazarika,, to be Baroness Hazarika, of Coatbridge in the County of Lanarkshire  – 14 March 2024
 * Jane Ramsey, to be Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath, of Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark  – 13 March 2024
 * Gerald Shamash, to be Baron Shamash, West Didsbury in the City of Manchester – 6 March 2024

Plaid Cymru

 * Carmen Smith, to be Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, of Llanfaes in the County of Ynys Môn  – 13 March 2024

9 March (Prince Edward's 60th birthday)
Four new appointments were made to the Order of the Thistle.
 * His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh,
 * The Right Honourable The Baroness Black of Strome,
 * The Right Honourable The Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws,
 * Sir Geoff Palmer,

Honorary Knight/Dame Commander (Civil)

 * Vladimir Jurowski – Former Principal Conductor and Conductor Emeritus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Former Music Director, Glyndebourne Opera Festival and Principal Artist, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. For services to Music and The Arts
 * Wei Shen Lim – Chair, COVID-19 Immunisation, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. For services to the COVID-19 Vaccination programme
 * Sunil Bharti Mittal – Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises. For services to UK and India Business relations
 * Stephen A. Schwarzman – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder, Blackstone Inc.. For services to Philanthropy

Honorary Knight Commander (Military)

 * General Mark Milley – Former Chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. For services to UK/US Defence Relations

Honorary Commander

 * Lora E Fleming – Chair of Oceans, Epidemiology and Human Health, University of Exeter. For services to the Environment and Human Health
 * Professor Edna Longley – Poetry critic. For services to Academia and the Arts
 * Professor Andrea Nolan, – Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Edinburgh Napier University. For services to Higher Education
 * Shonda Rhimes – Screenwriter, Producer and Author. For services to UK/US relations
 * Ted Sarandos – Co-Chief Executive Officer of Netflix. For services to Creative Industries
 * Björn Savén – Chairman and Investor. For services to Philanthropy
 * Makoto Uchida – President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor Corporation. For services to UK/Japan business relations

Honorary Officer (Civil)

 * Robert Chartener – Chairman and Investor. For services to Philanthropy
 * Francesco Giovannini – Co-founder, Green Arrow Capital. For services to Climate Change
 * Yoshitaka Hori – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, HoriPro. For services to UK Culture and Performing Arts in Japan
 * Martina Hunt – Formerly Director, Commercial Models Team, Cabinet Office. For Public Service
 * Kirill Karabits – Chief Conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. For services to Music and promotion of symphonic works from Ukraine and Eastern Europe in the UK
 * Jun Sawada – Chairman and Member of the Board, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. For services to UK/Japan trade and investment and to UK/Japan relations

Honorary Member (Civil)

 * Frans Ammerlaan – WWII military commemoration volunteer. For services to Commemorations and British World War II Veterans
 * Brigadier Rustom Darrah – Chairman, Commonwealth Ex-Services Trust. For services to Commonwealth Veterans living in Pakistan who served in the British Armed Forces
 * Katsusada Hirose – Governor of Oita Prefecture. For services to UK-Japan Relations
 * Gaurav Kapoor – Head of Investment Capital Team, British High Commission, New Delhi. For services to International Development in India
 * Lynn Loacker – Founder and Managing Director, Project W. For services to Diversity in Business in the United States and the UK
 * Linda Frances Robertson – Head of Digital Customer Experience, Virgin Money. For services to Ukrainian refugees
 * Dr Maria João Rodrigues De Araujo – President, Portugal-UK 650. For services to UK/Portugal relations
 * Barry Sweetbaum – Founder and Managing Director, SweetTree Home Care Services and SweetTree Farming For All	For services to Vulnerable People
 * Shakeel Ur-Rehman – Senior Security Manager, British High Commission Islamabad. For services to UK-Pakistan relations
 * Arjan Veurink – Assistant Coach, England Women’s National Football Team. For services to Association football

Honorary Medal

 * Junaid Ali – Philanthropist and Community Champion. For services to the community in East London during COVID-19
 * Debbie Bulau – State-recognised Educator and Remembrance Project Leader. For services to the remembrance of British soldiers during World War II
 * Bogumil Cwiklak – Area Operations Manager and High Dependency Support Unit Lead, The Orders of St John Care Trust. For services to social care during Covid-19
 * Joseph Healy – Station Manager, Govia Thameslink Railway. For services to the Railway Industry
 * Maria Petraitis-Williams – Enforcement Case Officer, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Vulnerable Children and Young Adults
 * Petr Vojtisek – Volunteer, CATCH (Community Action to Create Hope). For services to Young People in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Dame Commander

 * Harriett Baldwin – Member of Parliament (MP) for West Worcestershire. Formerly Minister of State for Africa and International Development. Currently Chair of the Treasury Select Committee. For Public and Parliamentary Service
 * Tracey Crouch – Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford. Formerly Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness. For Public and Parliamentary Service
 * Emma Thomas – Film producer. For Services to Film

Commander

 * Matthew Clifford, – Co-Founder of Entrepreneur First, Adviser to His Majesty’s Government on Artificial Intelligence and Chair of Advanced Research and Invention Agency. For Services to Artificial Intelligence
 * Ian Hogarth – Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute. For Services to Artificial Intelligence
 * Gregory Campbell – Member of Parliament (MP) for  East Londonderry, and the Democratic Unionist Party Spokesperson for International Development. For Public and Parliamentary Service

Knight Bachelor

 * Philip Davies – Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley. For Public and Parliamentary Service
 * Dr Demis Hassabis – CEO and Co-Founder of DeepMind. For Services to Artificial Intelligence
 * Mohamed Mansour – Businessman, Philanthropist and Senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party. For Business, Charity and Political Service
 * Christopher Nolan – Filmmaker. For Services to Film
 * Mark Spencer – Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sherwood. For Public and Parliamentary Service

10 April
Six new appointments were made to the Privy Council.
 * The Honourable Lord Armstrong
 * The Honourable Lord Beckett
 * Stephen Flynn
 * Vaughan Gething
 * Gavin Robinson
 * Owen Thompson

23rd April (St George's Day)
St George's Day is the traditional day for new appointments to the Order of the Garter. The King also filled vacant offices in three other orders.

Royal Lady

 * Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester,

Knight Companion

 * Air Chief Marshal the Right Honourable The Lord Peach, – Knight Companion
 * The Right Honourable The Lord Kakkar, – Knight Companion
 * The Right Honourable The Lord Lloyd-Webber – Knight Companion

Other orders

 * Her Majesty The Queen, – Grand Master and Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
 * His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, – Great Master and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
 * Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales, – Royal Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour

King's Gallantry Medal

 * PC Steven Denniss, Lincolnshire Police – For apprehending a double murder suspect while off-duty in Louth, Lincolnshire, on 1 June 2021
 * Lawrie Elsdon-Dew – For protecting others during a nine day siege during fierce fighting outside the Sudan Embassy, in April 2023
 * Stacey Farrington – For their actions stopping a speeding car from travelling the wrong way on a motorway, on 8 November 2021
 * Georgia Laurie – For saving her sister from a crocodile attack while on an excursion in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, on 6 June 2021
 * PC Rowland Printer – For confronting an armed assailant during a shooting in Plymouth, on 12 August 2021
 * Jake Walker – For their actions stopping a speeding car from travelling the wrong way on a motorway, on 8 November 2021

King's Commendation for Bravery

 * Stephen Ellison – For rescuing a stranger from a river in Chongqing, China in November 2020
 * Chhaganlal Jagatia – For helping to rescue a number of people from a burning hotel in Mati, Greece, in July 2018
 * Paul Martin – For intervening in a knife attack on 14 April 2021

Imperial Service Order

 * Gery Mayzone Pratt, Skill Zone 2, Ministry of Defence

5-10 June
Two crossbench life peers were appointed.
 * Dr Alexandra Freeman, to be Baroness Freeman of Steventon, of Abingdon in the County of Oxfordshire – 5 June 2024
 * Professor Lionel Tarassenko,, to be Baron Tarassenko, of Headington in the City of Oxford – 10 June 2024

Officer (Military)

 * Commander George Houston Storton
 * Lieutenant Colonel Haydn James Gaukroger, The Parachute Regiment

Member (Military)

 * Lieutenant Commander David Wayne Donbavand
 * Warrant Officer Class 2 Osamah Omar Al-Khaldi, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Major Yugal Angbo, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Lance Corporal Charlotte Sophie Parry, Intelligence Corps
 * Squadron Leader Graham James Orme

King's Commendation for Bravery

 * Trooper Lorcan Ignatius Valentine Noel Graydon, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
 * Acting Corporal Richard David Hayes, The Parachute Regiment
 * Major Harry Alexander Robarts Wallace, Royal Regiment of Artillery

King's Commendation for Valuable Service

 * Acting Brigadier Matthew Richard Baker,
 * Lieutenant Colonel Shane Stephen Burton, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
 * Major David Alexander Edmondson, Army Air Corps
 * Captain Barry Kieron Green, Royal Regiment of Artillery
 * Major Ashley Michael Neve, The Parachute Regiment
 * Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Anderson Forrest, The Royal Irish Regiment
 * Squadron Leader Daniel Blenkinsop
 * Sergeant James Casey

Lord Lieutenant

 * Lindsay William Tulloch, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Shetland – 5 February 2024
 * Dr Caroline Pryer – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland – 9 April 2024
 * Dr Derrick Anderson, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands – 1 May 2024

Privy Council

 * Michael Tomlinson – 21 February 2024
 * The Honourable Sir Peter Fraser – 22 May 2024

Stranger Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)

 * His Majesty The Emperor of Japan – 25 June 2024

Commander

 * Dr Timothy Hugh David Evans, – lately Apothecary to Queen Elizabeth II, and Apothecary to the Royal Household – 20 March 2024
 * John Lynes, – lately Private Secretary’s Office, Royal Household – 26 March 2024

Member

 * Jeffrey Wadley – lately Property Supervisor at Llwynywermod House – 11 March 2024
 * Josephine Wadley – lately Housekeeper at Llwynywermod House – 11 March 2024

Knight Commander (Civil)

 * Professor Philip Chase Bobbitt – 11 June 2024 – Honorary appointed in 2021 to be made Substantive

Member (Civil)

 * Martine Clark – 11 June 2024 – Honorary appointed in 2021 to be made Substantive
 * Dr Muhammad Shafie Bin Kamaruddin – 11 June 2024 – Honorary appointed in 2022 to be made Substantive

Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ)

 * Peter Richard Bradley, – 7 February 2023