1948 New Year Honours
The 1948 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1948 for the British Empire[1] and New Zealand[2] to celebrate the past year and mark the beginning of 1948.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
British Empire
Viscount
- The Right Honourable John Scott, Baron Hyndley, GBE – Chairman, National Coal Board. Lately Controller-General, Ministry of Fuel and Power, and Chairman, Finance Corporation for Industry, Ltd.
Baron
- Sir Valentine George Crittall, JP – For political and public services.
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir (William) Sholto Douglas, GCB MC DFC – Commander-in-chief and Military Governor, Germany, 1946–1947.
- Sir Harold Vincent Mackintosh, Bt JP DL – Chairman, National Savings Committee.
- Colonel the Right Hon. Sir (David) John Colville, GCIE TD – Governor of Bombay, 1943-1947.
Privy Councillor
- George Buchanan, MP – Minister of Pensions. Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, 1945–1947. Member of Parliament for the Gorbals Division of Glasgow since 1922.
- David Kirkwood, JP MP – Member of Parliament for Dumbarton Burghs since 1922. For political and public services.
- The Honourable William John McKell, KC – Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- The Honourable Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten, KBE – lately Judge of the High Court of Justice.
- George Heaton Nicholls – High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in London, 1944–1947.
- The Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, KCMG – Chief Justice of New Zealand.
Knight Bachelor
- Richard Harold Armstrong, Esq., LL.D., Chairman of the Royal Liverpool United Hospital.
- Michael Elias Balcon, Esq., Director and Production Head of Ealing Studios Ltd.
- Frederic Charles Bartlett, Esq., C.B.E., F.R.S., Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge.
- Leslie Cecil Blackmore Bowker, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., City Remembrancer.
- Colonel Eric Gore Browne, D.S.O., O.B.E., T.D., A.D.C., Chairman, Southern Railway Company.
- George Chester, Esq., C.B.E., General Secretary, National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives.
- Harold Claughton, Esq., C.B.E., M.A., Principal of the University of London.
- John Douglas Cockcroft, Esq., C.B.E., Ph.D., LL.D., M.Sc., M.I.E.E., F.R.S., Director, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Ministry of Supply.
- Commander Geoffrey Edgar Duveen, V.R.D., R.N.V.R. (Retired), Chairman of the Royal Ear Hospital, London.
- His Honour Tom Eastham, K.C., Senior Official Referee, Supreme Court of Judicature.
- Robert George Erskine, Esq., C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Navy Army and Air Force Institutes.
- Vincent Ziani de Ferranti, Esq., M.C., Chairman and Managing Director, Ferranti Ltd.
- Robert Macdonald Gould, Esq., C.B., Chief Industrial Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and National Service.
- Philip Buhner Johnson, Esq., President, Engineering and Allied Employers' National Federation.
- Edward Redmayne Redmayne-Jones, Esq., lately Chairman of the National Federation of Corn Trade Associations.
- Ralph Wilfred Lacey, Esq., Cotton Controller, Board of Trade.
- John Loudon, Esq., Director of Bacon and Ham, Ministry of Food.
- James Gow Mann, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Wallace Collection.
- John Parkinson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., Physician to the Cardiac Department, London Hospital.
- George Lionel Pepler, Esq., C.B. For services to town and country planning.
- Harry Platt, Esq., M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester.
- Charles Garonne Renold, Esq., J.P., Chairman British Institute of Management.
- Harry Ralph Ricardo, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Chairman and Technical Director, Ricardo and Company Ltd.
- William Dunkeld Robieson, Esq., LL.D., J.P.,Editor of The Glasgow Herald.
- Herbert Septimus Scott, Esq., C.M.G. For services to education in Africa.
- Richard Vynne Southwell, Esq., F.R.S., Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.
- Professor Frank Merry Stenton, D.Litt., Litt.D., F.B.A., President of the Royal Historical Society.
- John Walker Stephenson, Esq., C.B.E., J.P., General Secretary, Plumbers', Glaziers' and Domestic Engineers' Union.
- Philip Crawford Vickery, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Civil Assistant, War Office.
- Dominions
- Francis Raymond Connelly, Esq., Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
- The Honourable Frank Ernest Gibson, a Member of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia. For public and municipal services.
- The Honourable Charles John Lowe, Judge of the Supreme Court, and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
- Ernest Augustus Lee Steere, Esq., a pastoralist. State of Western Australia. For public services.
- Burma.
- Ronald Nesbitt-Hawes, Esq., C.B.E., Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs, Burma.
- Charles Frederick Byrde Pearce, Esq., C.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Auditor-General, Burma.
- Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
- Hussein Hassanal Abdool Cader, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in the Malayan Union.
- Tsibu Darku IXth, O.B.E., Omanhene of Asin Atandasu. For public services in the Gold Coast.
- William Ivor Jennings, Esq., Litt.D., LL.D., Vice-Chancellor, University of Ceylon.
- John Harry Barclay Nihill, Esq., M.C., Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Kenya.
- Professor Luigi Preziosi, M.D., President of the National Assembly, Malta.
- India.
- Albert Roderick Chisholm, Esq., Managing Director, Imperial Bank of India.
- Charles Beaupre Bell Clee, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Revenue Commissioner for Sind and Secretary to the Government of Sind in the Revenue Department.
- Colonel David Clyde, C.I.E., M.D., V.H.S., Indian Medical Service, Surgeon-General with the Government of Bengal.
- Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, (Messrs. Andrew Yule and Company, Limited, Calcutta, Bengal.
- Norman Frederick Frome, Esq., C.I.E., D.F.C., M.I.E.E., Chief Engineer, Posts and Telegraphs.
- Harry Greenfield, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Chairman, Central Board of Revenue.
- Lancelot Cecil Lepel Griffin, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Secretary to His Excellency the Crown Representative.
- Wilfred Vernon Grigson, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Revenue Minister, Hyderabad State.
- Mr. Justice Arthur Comyn Happell, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St. George, Madras.
- Francis Herbert du Heaume, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector of Police, Training and Technical, Punjab.
- Mr. Justice Lionel Clifford Horwill, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St. George, Madras.
- John Wardle Houlton, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar.
- Arthur Cecil Inskip, Esq., C.B.E., General Manager, Messrs. Cooper Allen and Company, Cawnpore.
- William Norman Prentice Jenkin, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Punjab.
- Mr. Justice Ronald Francis Lodge, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal.
- Christopher Hughes Masterman, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Madras.
- Mr. Justice Herbert Ribton Meredith, Indian Civil Service Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna.
- Charles Watt Miles, Esq., O.B.E., Senior Partner, Messrs. Shaw Wallace and Company, Calcutta.
- Samuel Harrison Yardley Oulsnam, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Health.
- Charles Ridley Pawsey, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C., Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills, Kohima, Assam.
- George Alfred Pearce, Esq., O.B..E., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces.
- Emil Athol Owen Perkin, Esq., C.I.E., Chairman, Joint Public Service Commission of Bihar, the Central Provinces and Berar, and Orissa.
- Major-General George de la Poer Beresford, C.B., M.C., Controller of Salvage, General Headquarters, India.
- Geoffrey Charles Frescheville Ramsden, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner (officiating), Central Provinces and Berar.
- William Robert Tennant, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Auditor-General of India.
- Joseph Herbert Thompson, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Resident on Special Duty in the Political Department Secretariat, India.
- Herbert John Todd, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, lately Resident for the Eastern States.
- Hugh Weightman, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations.
- Bernard James Whitby, Esq., J.P., A.C.A., R.A., Senior Partner, Messrs. A. F. Ferguson & Company, Chartered Accountants, Bombay.
New Zealand
Knight Bachelor
- The Honourable David Stanley Smith – judge of the Supreme Court, and chancellor of the New Zealand University.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- Rt Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett – Bishop of Aotearoa, Kohupatiki. For services to the Māori people.
- Guy Hardy Scholefield OBE DSc – parliamentary librarian and Dominion archivist.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
- Civil Division
- Joseph Bernard Dawson MD FRCS – professor of midwifery and gynaecology, Otago University.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Civil Division
- Robert Caughley – formerly general manager of the Alliance Assurance Company in New Zealand. For public services.
- Walter Allison Gilmour MD – pathologist, Auckland Public Hospital.
- John Henderson – formerly director, New Zealand Geological Survey.
- Military Division
- Group Captain Cyril Eyton Kay OBE DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Civil Division
- John Barr – chief librarian and director, public library, art gallery and old colonists' museum, Auckland.
- John Alexander Crawford. For services to the New Zealand Forces in Egypt, 1939–45.
- Kanapu Haerehuka – of Wanganui. For social welfare services.
- Miss Aileen Annie Joyce – matron, St Helen's Hospital, Auckland.
- Thomas Rowley Lees – a member of the National Rehabilitation Council and chairman of the Palmerston North Rehabilitation Committee.
- Miss Mary Letitia Lindsay – matron, public hospital, Timaru.
- James Murphy – Dominion vice-president of the Disabled Servicemen's League and president of its Canterbury branch.
- Henry Valder – of Hamilton. For services in promoting industrial relations.
- Wilfred Stanley Wallis MB ChB – of Rotorua. For services to returned ex-servicemen.
- John Wilson – a member of the Dunedin City Council for many years.
- Military Division
- Colonel (temporary) Charles Ritchie Burns – 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
- Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) John Patrick Joyce DCM – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
- Squadron Leader Noel Alfred Vear – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Civil Division
- Mrs Ada Emily Beer – of Gisborne. For patriotic services.
- John Bryce Berry. For social welfare services in Northland.
- Miss Pansy Helen Auld Chapman – charge nurse, Auckland Plunket Rooms.
- William Alfred Henry Corfield – constructive manager, HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.
- Mrs Dorothy Louisa Derig – of Auckland. For patriotic and social welfare services.
- John William Fenton – formerly mayor of Kaitangata.
- Miss Elsie Louisa Muriel Julius – sister in charge, maternity annex, Greymouth.
- Kenneth McKenzie – formerly chairman, Geraldine County Council.
- Rev. Leslie Bourneman Neale – formerly president of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, superintendent of the Dunedin Central Mission.
- James Baxter O'Neill – secretary, New Zealand Swimming Association.
- Miss Mirika Wehipeihana – district health nurse, Opunake.
- William Trickey Woods – of Christchurch. For services to ex-servicemen.
- Military Division
- Acting Telegraphist Lieutenant William Lewis Brewer DSM – Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) John William Barry – New Zealand Regiment.
- Major and Quartermaster Thomas Joseph Cronin – New Zealand Regular Force.
- Major Adam James Moore – New Zealand Regiment.
- Captain John Henry Leedham Trenwith – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
- Flying Officer Richard Langsford Brewer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Warrant Officer Albert Ernest Chapman – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
- Military Division
- Electrical Artificer Fourth Class Alfred Ernest Crooks – Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Ernest Robert Jackson – canteen tenant, Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Private (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) Donald Hughes Cross – New Zealand Regiment.
- Private (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) David Charles McGill – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
- Private (temporary Staff-Sergeant) Victor James Keane – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
- Flight Sergeant James Robert John Begg – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Flight Sergeant Tom Lewis Dimmock – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Flight Sergeant William Henry James – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Flight Sergeant Basil Frederick White – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
- Squadron Leader Cyril Henry Baigent DSO DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Windsor Wrennall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Warrant Officer Douglas Owen Holloway – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
References
- ↑ British Empire: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38161. pp. 1–42. 30 December 1947. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ New Zealand: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38162. pp. 43–47. 30 December 1947. Retrieved 7 March 2015.