Knights Bachelor

Knighthoods

Clive John BOURNE, JP For services to Charity and to Education.

(, NW3)

Professor Robert Rees DAVIES, CBE Lately Chichele Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford. For services to History.

(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Robert Gerard FINCH Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London.

(London, SW19)

Professor Andrew Paul HAINES Dean, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For services to Medicine.

(London, NW3)

Professor Brian Howard HARRISON Lately Editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. For services to Scholarship.

(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Alan Jeffrey JONES Chair, Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. For services to the Automotive Industry.

(Etwall, Derbyshire)

Digby Marritt JONES Director General, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business.

(London, NW1)

Roger Spencer JONES, OBE For services to Business and Training in Wales.

(Brecon, Powys)

Robert Walker KERSLAKE Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council. For services to Local Government.

(Sheffield, )

Professor John Hartley LAWTON, CBE FRS Chief Executive, Natural Environmental Research Council. For services to Ecological Science.

(Swindon, Wiltshire)

1 Dr Jonathan MICHAEL Chief Executive, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.

(London, SE1)

Dr Peter James OGDEN Founder of the Ogden Trust. For services to Education.

(London, W8)

Mervyn Kay PEDELTY Lately Chief Executive, Co-operative Financial Services. For services to Business and to Charity.

(London, W8)

Matthew Clive PINSENT, CBE Rower. For services to Sport.

(Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)

Professor Desmond REA, OBE Chair, Northern Ireland Policing Board. For services to the Police.

(Belfast)

Richard John STAITE, OBE Headteacher, Beeslack Community High School, Penicuik, Midlothian. For services to Education.

(Ratho Station, Edinburgh)

Michael John TOMLINSON, CBE Chair, A Level Standards Inquiry, Working Group on 14-19 Reform and the Learning Trust for Hackney Schools. For services to Education.

(Amersham, Buckinghamshire)

Professor James Cressee Elphinstone UNDERWOOD President, Royal College of Pathologists and Professor of Pathology, University of Sheffield. For services to Medicine.

(Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

David VENESS, CBE QPM Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (Surrey)

John Stuart VICKERS Chair and Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading. For public service.

(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Derek WANLESS For public service.

(Camberley, Surrey)

2 Order of the Bath

Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath

Edward John Watson GIEVE, CB Permanent Secretary, .

(London)

David John NORMINGTON, CB Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills.

(London)

3 Order of the Bath

Companions of the Order of the Bath

Mark Eric ADDISON Director General, Operations and Service Delivery, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

(London)

Colin McLauchlan BAXTER Lately Head, Police and Community Safety Group, Justice Department, Scottish Executive.

(Haddington, East Lothian)

David BRUMMELL Lately Legal Secretary to the Law Officers, The Office of the Attorney General.

(Surrey)

John David COLES Chief Executive, Warship Support Agency.

(Bath, Somerset)

Ms Naomi EISENSTADT Director, Sure Start Unit, Department for Education and Skills.

(Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)

Mark GIBSON Director General, Business Group, Department of Trade and Industry.

(Orpington, Kent)

John Francis GILHOOLY Chief Executive, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.

(Thornton Heath, Surrey)

Brian Leslie GLICKSMAN Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury.

(Sutton, Surrey)

Robin Paul HALWARD Lately Deputy Director General, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office.

(, )

David SEYMOUR Legal Adviser, Home Office and Northern Ireland Office.

(Reigate, Surrey)

4 Douglas Armitage SMITH Chief Executive, Child Support Agency.

(Hertfordshire)

George Macaulay TREVELYAN Lately Director, Delivery Strategy Team, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

(Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire)

Marjorie, Mrs WILLIAMS Director, Local Services, Inland Revenue.

(Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)

5 Order of St Michael and St George

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George

Elizabeth Kerr, Mrs BURNS, OBE President, International Association of Volunteer Effort. For services to Volunteering.

(Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire)

Stuart John DOUGHTY Chief Executive, Costain Group plc. For services to International Trade and Investment.

(Nr Bewdley, Worcestershire)

John Charles ODLING-SMEE Lately Director, European II Department, International Monetary Fund. For services to International Finance.

(Washington DC 20007, USA)

6 Order of the British Empire

Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

The Right Honourable Dame (Ann) Elizabeth (Oldfield) BUTLER-SLOSS, DBE President of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice.

(London)

7 Order of the British Empire

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

Sir Bryan Hubert NICHOLSON Chair, Financial Reporting Council. For public service.

(Kingswood, Surrey)

8 Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Miss Kelly HOLMES, MBE For services to Athletics.

(Tonbridge, Kent)

Mary Beaton, Mrs MACDONALD Headteacher, Riverside Primary School, North Shields, North Tyneside. For services to Education.

(Cramlington, Northumberland)

The Reverend Sarah Elisabeth MULLALLY Lately Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health.

(London, SW11)

Dr Gillian Mary PUGH, OBE Chief Executive, Coram Family. For services to Children and their Families.

(Chorleywood, Hertfordshire)

Professor Jean Olwen THOMAS, CBE FRS Professor of Macromolecular Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. For services to Biochemistry.

(Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Tanni Carys Davina, Mrs GREY-THOMPSON, OBE For services to Disabled Sport.

(Redcar, )

Dr Fanny WATERMAN, CBE Chair and Artistic Director, International Pianoforte Competition. For services to Music.

(Leeds, )

9 Order of the British Empire

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Roy Kenneth ALDER Director, Executive Support, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

(Woking, Surrey)

John Murray ALLAN Chief Executive, Exel and President, Freight Transport Association. For services to Freight Transport.

(Virginia Water, Surrey)

Colin Herbert BAKER General Secretary, National Federation of Subpostmasters. For services to Post Offices.

(Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex)

Mair, Mrs BARNES For services to the Retail Sector and to Business.

(Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire)

Ms Carol Vanessa BERNARD Chief Officer, Northamptonshire Probation Area. For services to the National Probation Service.

(Northampton, Northamptonshire)

Richard David (Sandy) BLAIR Lately Director, Welsh Local Government Association. For services to Local Government.

(Newport, Gwent)

Professor Quentin Saxby BLAKE, OBE Illustrator. For services to Children's Literature.

(London, SW5)

Professor Senga BOND Professor of Nursing Research and Head, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For services to

(Hexham, Northumberland)

Steven Richard BOWKER Lately Chairman and Chief Executive, Strategic Rail Authority. For services to the Rail Industry.

(London, SW13)

10 Stewart Craufurd BOYD, QC Deputy Chair, Financial Services Authority. For services to the Finance Sector.

(London, NW3)

Peter Richard BRADLEY Chief Executive, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

(London, N5)

Dr Robert Keith BRAMLEY Lately Chief Scientist, Forensic Science Service, Home Office.

(Solihull, West Midlands)

Gerard Anthony BROWN Solicitor Advocate. For services to the Justice System in Scotland.

(Glasgow)

Professor John Boscawen BURLAND, FRS Emeritus Professor of Soil Mechanics, Imperial College, London. For services to Geotechnical Engineering.

(St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Maxwell Marshall CALLER Chief Executive, London Borough of Hackney. For services to Local Government.

(Edgware, Middlesex)

John Charles CLARE Chief Executive, Dixons. For services to the National Employment Panel and to Business.

(Maidenhead, Berkshire)

Mary, Mrs CLARKE Director of Nursing, City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust. For services to Nursing.

(London, E7)

Professor Roger Howard CLARKE Chairman, International Commission on Radiological Protection.

(Newbury, Berkshire)

Graham Nigel COLE Director, Government Affairs, GKN plc. For services to the Aerospace Industry.

(North Cadbury, Somerset)

Richard Charles COOKE Regional Director, Northern England, Inland Revenue.

(Darlington, Durham)

11 Dr John Philip CORNISH Lately Head, Building Control Division, Development Department, Scottish Executive.

(Busby, Glasgow)

Jill Vivienne Kelsall, Mrs COUGHLAN Headteacher, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, Islington, London. For services to Education.

(London, N10)

Andrew COZENS Lately President, Association of Directors of Social Services. For services to Social Work.

(Leicester, Leicestershire)

Roger CREEDON Chief Executive, Electorial Commission. For services to Elections.

(Orpington, Kent)

Stephen Colin CUTHBERT Chief Executive, Port of London Authority and Chair, UK Major Ports Group. For services to the Ports Industry.

(Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)

Roger Harry DALTREY For services to Music, the Entertainment Industry and to Charity.

(Burwash, East Sussex)

Antonio DENUNZIO President and Chief Executive Officer, ASDA. For services to the Retail Industry.

(Tadcaster, North Yorkshire)

Professor Dian DONNAI Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Manchester and Clinical Director, North West Genetics Service. For services to Medicine.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Ms Helen DUDLEY Director, Human Resources, Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(Guildford, Surrey)

Professor William DUNLOP Lately President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to Medicine.

(Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

12 Robin Arthur Philip DUVAL Lately Director, British Board of Film Classification. For services to the Film Industry.

(London, W5)

Paul Fletcher EVERALL Head, Building Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

(Bracknell, Berkshire)

David James FILLINGHAM Lately Director, NHS Modernisation Agency. For services to the NHS.

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Professor John GARSIDE Lately Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. For services to Higher Education.

(Penrith, Cumbria)

Simon James Holliday GRAY Writer. For services to Drama and Literature.

(London, W11)

Patrick John Spear GRIGGS Lately President, Comite Maritime International. For services to the Maritime Industry.

(Nr Ongar, Essex)

Peter Michael Roland HANDCOCK Chief Executive, Tribunals Service, Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(Faversham, Kent)

Dr Anthony George HARRIS, OBE Chair, West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum. For services to Agriculture and to the Environment.

(Stafford, Staffordshire)

John Eric HARRIS, MBE Chair, Alba plc. For services to Business and to Charity.

(London, NW8)

Dr Frederic Roger HEATHCOTE Chief Executive, Employment Tribunals Service.

(Surbiton, Surrey)

Michael Irving Ian HEDGES, QPM Lately Chief Constable, South Yorkshire Police. For services to the Police.

(Bristol)

13 Philip David HEDLEY Lately Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London. For services to Drama.

(London, WC1E)

Professor Anthony John Grenville HEY Professor of Computation, University of Southampton and Director, UK e-Science Programme. For services to Science.

(Southampton, Hampshire)

Patrick HOLDEN Director, Soil Association. For services to Organic Farming.

(Totterdown, Bristol)

Peter HOLLAND, DL Vice-Chair, Association of Police Authorities. For services to the Police.

(Hertfordshire)

Jonathan Wilson HOYLE Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence.

(Cambridgeshire)

Christopher John HUGHES Lately Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Development Agency. For services to Education and Training.

(London, SW1V)

Professor Susan Diana IVERSEN Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education and to Science.

(Little Milton, Oxfordshire)

Professor Lisa JARDINE Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. For services to Education.

(London, WC1B)

Sylvia, Lady JAY Director General, Food and Drink Federation. For services to the Food and Drink Industries.

(London, SW3)

Lawrence Edward JOHNSON Lately Managing Director, General Dynamics UK Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Nr Caerleon, Monmouthshire)

14 Dr Richard PARRY-JONES Group Vice-President, Global Product Development and Chief Technical Officer, Ford Motor Company. For services to the Automobile Industry.

(Lighthorne, Warwickshire)

Richard Edward KELLAWAY Director General, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

(Sanderstead, Surrey)

Alison Lindsay, Mrs KING Leader, Norfolk County Council. For services to Local Government.

(Norwich, Norfolk)

Dr Pauleen Alice LANE For services to Local Government.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Anne Shirley Lucas, Mrs LAPPING Television Producer. For services to Broadcasting.

(London, NW3)

Brian Michael LAPPING Television Producer. For services to Broadcasting.

(London, NW3)

Peter LEDERER, OBE Chair, Visitscotland. For services to Tourism.

(Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross)

Christopher John LENDRUM Lately Vice Chair, Barclays Bank plc. For services to Banking.

(London, EC3P)

John Richard LILL, OBE Pianist. For services to Music.

(London, WC2A)

Alan LOVELL Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

Ms Anna Raymond MASSEY Actress. For services to Drama.

(London)

15 Cresson Vivian MCIVER Assistant Chief Inspector, Education and Training Inspectorate, Department of Education, Northern Ireland.

(Holywood, Down)

Keith Manson MILLER Chief Executive, The Miller Group. For services to the Construction Industry in Scotland and to Charity.

(Edinburgh)

Ms Gloria Helenly MILLS, MBE Director of Equal Opportunities, Unison. For services to Equal Opportunities.

(London, SE6)

Denis MULKERRIN Headteacher, Gordon's School, Woking, Surrey. For services to Education.

(Woking, Surrey)

Professor Christopher Paul MULLARD Member, Campaign against Racial Discrimination. For services to Race Relations.

(Trowbridge, Wiltshire)

Thomas Michael NAPIER For services to the Law and to Pro Bono Legal Work.

(Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Maurice Raymond NEWEY Lately Chief Executive, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency.

(Woking, Surrey)

Walter Anthony PAYNE Chief Executive, Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association. For services to the Licensing Trade.

(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Frank PIGNATELLI Chief Executive, Scottish University for Industry. For services to Education and Lifelong Learning.

(Glasgow)

Professor Robert Arthur PINKER Privacy Commissioner, Press Complaints Commission. For public service.

(London, SE3)

Alan Frederick PLATER Writer and Playwright. For services to Drama.

(London, N19)

16 Sister Bernadette Mary PORTER Lately Rector and Chief Executive, Roehampton University of Surrey. For services to Higher Education.

(London, SW15)

Geoffrey Colin POWELL, OBE For services to Financial Regulation and to the community in Jersey.

(Jersey, Channel Islands)

Professor Judith Anne REES Deputy Director and Professor of Environmental and Resources Management, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to Social Science.

(London, WC2A)

Susan Ilene, Mrs RICE Chief Executive, Lloyds TSB Scotland. For services to Banking.

(Aberdeen)

David RICHARDS Director, Prodrive. For services to Motor Sport.

(Brackley, Northamptonshire)

Professor Donald Andrew RITCHIE, DL Emeritus Professor of Genetics, University of Liverpool and Deputy Chairman, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment and to Science.

(Wirral, Merseyside)

Terence James ROSE Director Wales and South West, Health and Safety Executive.

(Newport, Gwent)

Timothy David MELVILLE-ROSS Chair, Investors in People UK. For services to Workplace Learning and Development.

(Bures, Suffolk)

Graeme David ROWE Head, International Shipping Policy Division, Department for Transport.

(London, SE26)

Michael James RYAN Vice-President and General Manager, Short Bros plc. For services to Business in Northern Ireland.

(Belfast)

17 Dr Michael SHOOTER Consultant Child Psychiatrist. For services to the NHS in Wales.

(Nr Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)

Neville SHULMAN, OBE Charity Fundraising Explorer and Mountaineer and Chairman of the George Thomas Educational Trust. For charitable services.

(London, NW3)

Thomas Frederick STAINER Chief Agricultural Economist, Director of Policy and Economics Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Executive.

(Whitehead, Antrim)

Eric SYKES, OBE Actor. For services to Drama.

(London)

Dr Wendy THOMSON Head, Office of Public Service Reform, Cabinet Office.

(London, N5)

Professor Cheryll Anne TICKLE, FRSE Foulerton Royal Society Professor, University of Dundee and Member, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. For services to Biology.

(Dundee)

Douglas TWEDDLE Director, Regional Business Services, HM Customs and Excise.

(London)

Anu Kiran VEDI Group Chief Executive, Genesis Housing Group. For services to Housing.

(Isleworth, Middlesex)

Ms Pamela Janice WARHURST Deputy-Chair, Countryside Agency. For services to the Environment.

(Todmorden, Lancashire)

John Merlin WATERSON Lately Historic Properties Director, National Trust. For services to Heritage.

(Saxthorpe, Norfolk)

18 Barry Nicholas Aubrey WEATHERILL Chair, Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. For services to Blind People. (South Ascot, Berkshire)

Alan Donald WHICKER Author and Broadcaster. For services to Broadcasting.

(Jersey, Channel Islands)

Peter WHITTAKER Lately Headteacher, Hall Green School, Birmingham. For services to Education.

(Solihull, Warwickshire)

Professor Patricia Mang Ming WOO Professor of Paediatric Rheumatology, University College, London. For services to Medicine.

(London, SW13)

Donald WOOD Chief Executive, London and Quadrant Housing Trust. For services to Social Housing.

(Richmond, Surrey)

19 Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Anne Lesley ABBOTT Professor of Early Childhood Education, Manchester Metropolitan University. For services to Education.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Nazir AFZAL Sector Director, Crown Prosecution Service.

(Northolt, Middlesex)

Dr Kishori Gopal AGRAWAL, JP General Medical Practitioner, Sandwell, West Midlands. For services to Healthcare.

(Walsall, West Midlands)

Charles Benedict AINSLIE, MBE Yachtsman. For services to Sailing.

(Lymington, Hampshire)

Peter Maclaren AITKEN Senior Business Manager, HM Customs and Excise.

(Brancepeth, Durham)

George Henry ALCOCK Honorary Consul (Northern England) for the Philippines. For services to the community in the North West.

(Wirral, Merseyside)

Maggi, Mrs ALLAN Executive Director, Education Resources, South Lanarkshire Council. For services to Education.

(By Balfron, Glasgow)

Guy REID-BAILEY Chair, United Housing Association. For services to Social Housing in the South West.

(Warmley, Bristol)

Professor John Keith BANYARD Director, Asset Management, Severn Trent Water Ltd. For services to the Water Industry and to Engineering.

(Claverdon, Warwickshire)

20 Eric Malcolm BARNES Non-Executive Chairman, Experian and Chairman, Nottingham Forest plc. For services to the community in the East Midlands.

(Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire)

Dr Hugh Wilson Taylor BARRON Lecturer, Department of Engineering, University of Aberdeen. For services to Road Accident Investigation.

(Aberdeen)

John Adrian SHEPHERD-BARRON Inventor of the Automatic Cash Dispenser. For services to Banking.

(Fearn, Ross and Cromarty)

Professor Simon BAUMBERG For services to Science.

(West Yorkshire)

Archibald Howard BEATTIE Investment Manager, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Executive.

(Comber, Down)

Miss Leanne BENJAMIN Principal, Royal Ball et Company. For Mrs Round services to Dance.

(London, W9)

Celia Jane Isherwood BENNETT Lately Director, British Meat Processors' Association. For services to the Meat and Livestock Industries.

(Leighton Bromswold, Cambridgeshire)

Trevor Paul BENSON Managing Director. Precision Air Systems, Ultra Electronics. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Evesham, Worcestershire)

Professor David BERRIDGE Professor of Child and Family Welfare, University of Luton. For services to Children.

(Bedford, Bedfordshire)

Dr Kristine BEURET Director, Social Research Associates. For services to Disabled People.

(Leicester, Leicestershire)

21 The Reverend Prebendary Richard Thomas BEWES Rector, All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. For services to the Church of England.

(London, W5)

Reverend Dr Inderjit BHOGAL Methodist Minister. For services to Inter-faith Relations.

(Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Malcolm Hugh BIRD Director, Quality and Sustainable Development, GKN Driveline. For services to the Automotive Industry.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Dr Christopher BOARD Lately Chair, UK Committee for Cartography, British Cartographic Society. For services to Cartography.

(London, SE19)

Professor Mark HAWORTH-BOOTH Lately Senior Curator of Photographs, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to Museums.

(London, SW18)

Michael BRACE Chair, British Paralympic Association. For services to Disabled Sport.

(Hornchurch, Essex)

Dr Mervyn Edward BRAMLEY Lately Flood Defence Development Manager, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment.

(Clifton, Bristol)

Christopher Roger Ettrick BROOKE For services to Medical Research and to the community in Hampshire.

(Nr Alresford, Hampshire)

David BROWN Chief Executive, North Cornwall District Council. For services to Local Government.

(Bodmin, Cornwall)

Professor Stephen Frederick BROWN Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham. For services to Road Engineering.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

22 Richard Henry BURBIDGE Chair and Managing Director, Richard Burbidge Ltd. For services to Business and to the community in Oswestry, Shropshire.

(Shrewsbury, Shropshire)

Professor Peter Sherwood BURGE Professor of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Birmingham. For services to Medicine.

(Solihull, West Midlands)

Ms Frances BURNS Head, Development and Publication Unit, Department for International Development.

(Glasgow)

Professor Sally BYNG Chief Executive, Connect - The Communication Disability Network. For services to Speech and Language Therapy.

(London, SW2)

Neil CARR Executive Director of Nursing, South Staffordshire Health Care NHS Trust. For services to Nursing.

(Gnosall, Staffordshire)

David Edward John CARSON Head of Tourism Branch, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Executive.

(Bangor, Down)

David Alexander CARTER Grade 7, Health and Safety Executive.

(Chorley, Lancashire)

Raymond Bobby CARTER Lately Chairman, English Schools Football Association and Chair, Games and Sports Division, Central Council for Physical Recreation. For services to Sport.

(Eye, Suffolk)

Pamela Margaret, Mrs CASTLE Chair, Thames Environment Protection Advisory Committee and Chair, Business and Community Safety Forum. For services to the Environment.

(London, NW3)

Michael Walter CHARLESTON Honorary Secretary, South West Rivers Association. For services to Salmon and Wildlife Conservation.

(Yelverton, Devon)

23 Francis Anthony CHARNOCK Lately Headteacher, Holy Cross Roman Catholic High School, Chorley, Lancashire. For services to Education.

(Wigan, Lancashire)

Brian Edwin CHESWORTH, JP For services to Business and to the community in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

(Macclesfield, Cheshire)

Michael CLARK Managing Director, International Fish Canners (Scotland). For services to the Food Industry.

(Ellon, Aberdeenshire)

James Dudley Henderson CLARKE, BEM Chair, London Marathon. For services to Sport.

(Frinton-on-Sea, Essex)

John Edward CLARKE For services to the community in Coventry.

(Coventry, West Midlands)

Robert John CLIFFORD Grade 7, Coroners Unit, Home Office.

(East Grinstaed, West Sussex)

Anthony CLIMPSON Tourism and Publicity Officer, New Forest District Council and Immediate Past President, Tourism Management Institute. For services to Local Government.

(Lyndhurst, Hampshire)

Nigel Richard John COLEMAN Lately Group Valuation Officer, North London Valuation Office Agency, Inland Revenue.

(Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire)

Margaret Elizabeth, Mrs COOKE Assistant Director of Finance, Patent Office.

(Newport, Gwent)

Raymond George Alfred COONEY Actor, Writer, Director and Producer. For services to Drama.

(Epping, Essex)

24 Lesley Jane, Mrs CORBETT Headteacher, Carden Primary School, Brighton, East Sussex. For services to Education.

(Wivelsfield Green, West Sussex)

Martin COUCHMAN Deputy Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association. For services to Hospitality.

(Sevenoaks, Kent)

James Edward CRACKNELL, MBE Rower. For services to Sport.

(London, W4)

James Douglas CRAIG Managing Director, Craig Group Ltd. For services to Business and to the community in North East Scotland.

(Bieldside, Aberdeen)

Stephen CRANSTON Chief Executive, The Arts Factory, Ferndale, Rhonnda. For services to Lifelong Learning.

(Pontypridd, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)

Professor Dorothy Hanson CRAWFORD Robert Irvine Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education and Science.

(Edinburgh)

Keith CROCKFORD Waterfront Engineering Executive, Fleet Support Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Southampton, Hampshire)

Geoffrey Alexander DANIELS Director, National Learning and Skills Council. For services to Further Education.

(Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)

Professor Richard Adrian DAUGHERTY Lately Professor, Education Department, University of Wales Aberystwyth. For services to Education.

(Mumbles, Swansea)

John Hamilton DAVIES Chair, Civil Service Appeal Board. For public service.

(Bardfield Saling, Essex)

25 Priscilla Elizabeth, Mrs DAVIES, JP Regional Development Manager INCLUDE. For services to Young People and to the community in Wales.

(Nr Pontypool, Monmouthshire)

Shirley Ann, Mrs DAVIES Deputy Director of Service, Inland Revenue.

(Southport, Merseyside)

Ivan DAVIS For political and public service.

(Lisburn, Antrim)

John DENNIS Joint Managing Director, John Dennis Coachbuilders. For services to the Firefighting Industry.

(Guildford, Surrey)

John Joseph DEVINE Lately Journalist, Irish Independent. For services to Journalism.

(Bangor, Down)

Professor Thomas Martin DEVINE Glucksman Research Professor and Director, AHRB Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen. For services to Scottish History.

(Hamilton, Lanarkshire)

Dr Stuart DOBSON Ecotoxicologist and Physiologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Huntingdon. For services to Ecotoxicology.

(Whittlesey, Peterborough,

Professor Anna Felicja DOMINICZAK Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow. For services to Medicine.

(Bearsden, Glasgow)

Professor Christopher Stephen DOWNES Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Ulster. For services to Biomedical Research.

(Coleraine, Londonderry)

Dr John Richard DUDENEY Deputy Director, British Antarctic Survey. For services to Science.

(Wilburton, Cambridgeshire)

26 David Stanley EDWARDS Lately Chief Executive, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

(Nr Cowbridge, The Vale of

Douglas ELLIS For services to Football and to the community in the West Midlands.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Francis Edwin ELLISON, BEM For services to the British Korean Veterans' Association.

(Hyde, Cheshire)

Terence John Martin ELPHICK Lately Project Manager, Skanska. For services to the Ministry of Defence.

(Enfield, Middlesex)

John Nicholas McAlpine ENTWISTLE, DL For services the community in the North West.

(Nr Kendal, Cumbria)

Robert Harald FABER Lately Project Director, Oxford University Press for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. For services to Scholarship.

(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Leslie Stephen FAIRWEATHER For services to Architecture, HM Prison Service and to the community in West Sussex.

(Balcombe, West Sussex)

Robert Andrew FARMER Lately Chief Executive, Forest Enterprise Wales.

(Aberaeron, Ceredigion)

Andrew FARRELL Wigan and Great Britain Rugby Captain. For services to Rugby League.

(Wigan, Lancashire)

David FINDLAY Managing Director, Automotive Technik Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Camberley, Surrey)

Nigel KENNEDY-FINLAYSON Lately Head, Business and Information Systems Division, National Assembly for Wales.

(Bognor Regis, West Sussex)

27 Captain Alexander Barry FISHER Captain, British Airways. For services to Civil Aviation.

(London, NW2)

Sally Margaret Doris, Mrs FLOYER Managing Director, Frederick Warne and Co. For services to Publishing and to Tourism in the Lake District.

(London, W4)

Peter Karl James FRANZEN Editor, Eastern Daily Press. For services to Journalism.

(Norwich, Norfolk)

Edward FRIEL Chief Executive, Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Tourist Board. For services to Tourism in Scotland.

(Croftamie, Stirling and Falkirk)

Anne, Mrs GALBRAITH For services to the community in the North East.

(Hexham, Northumberland)

Archibald Duncan GALLOWAY For services to the Corporation and City of London.

(London, SW15)

Hugh GARDNER Director of Social Services and Housing, City and County of Swansea. For services to Social Care.

(Sketty, Swansea)

Miss Sharon GIRLING Detective Constable, National Crime Squad. For services to the Police.

(Surrey)

Duncan Bruce GODEFROY, JP For services to the community in Plymouth.

(Plymouth, Devon)

Dr Alison Jane Patricia GOLIGHER Vice President of Production, Schlumberger. For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.

(Aberdeen)

Ian GORDON, QPM Deputy Chief Constable, Tayside Police. For services to the Police in Scotland.

(Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross)

28 Martin Edwin GORHAM Chief Executive, National Blood Authority. For services to the NHS.

(Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire)

Anthony Ernest GRANT Vice-Chair, Leeds and Holbeck Building Society. For public services in West Yorkshire.

(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Ms Katherine Anne GREEN Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group and Member, National Employment Panel. For services to Welfare Work.

(London, EC2Y)

Catherine, Mrs GRIFFITHS Head, Radiation Protection & QA Services, Directorate of Medical Imaging and Medical Physics, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.

(Newark, Nottinghamshire)

Professor Ralph Alan GRIFFITHS Chair, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. For services to Heritage.

(Bishopston, Swansea)

Trevor Thomas GRIFFITHS Chair, Law and Constitution Committee, General Dental Council. For services to Dentistry.

(Aberteifi, Ceredigion)

Philip Howard GRONOW Deputy Director, Corporate Support Group, Receivables Management Service, Inland Revenue.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Graham Richard HADFIELD Chief Executive, Civil Service Insurance Society. For public service.

(Addington, Kent)

Robert James HANCOCK Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union. For services to the Trade Union Movement in Wales.

(Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)

Ann Christine, Mrs HARRIS Headteacher, Oaktree Nursery and Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire. For services to Education.

(Wokingham, Berkshire)

29 Sue, Mrs HARRISON Assistant Director, European Markets, Department of Trade and Industry.

(Betsham, Kent)

Professor George HAZEL Lately President, Institution of Highways and Transportation. For services to Transport.

(Edinburgh)

David HEATHER Lately Deputy Chief Executive, Agricultural Industries Confederation. For services to the Fertiliser Industry.

(Nr Stamford, Lincolnshire)

James HEHIR Chief Executive, Ipswich Borough Council. For services to Local Government.

(Ipswich, Suffolk)

Miss Susan Jane HEMMING Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service.

(Brentwood, Essex)

Annabel, Mrs HEMSTEDT Lately Executive Director, Basic Skills Agency. For services to Basic Skills Education.

(Brighton, East Sussex)

Wilfred Neale HENDERSON Technical Operations Manager, National Audit Office.

(Accra, Ghana)

George Charles HEPBURN Chief Executive, Community Foundation serving Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. For services to the community in the North East.

(Stocksfield, Northumberland)

Robert Graham HUBBARD Principal and Chief Executive, Prior's Court School, Thatcham, Berkshire. For services to Special Needs Education.

(Thatcham, Berkshire)

Dr John David Wynne HUDSON Lately Headteacher, Holloway School, Islington, London. For services to Education.

(London, NW2)

30 William Joseph HUTCHESON Headteacher, Elm Court School, Lambeth, London. For services to Special Needs Education.

(Thornton Heath, Surrey)

Robert Neil HUTLEY Justices' Chief Executive for Devon and Cornwall. For services to the Administration of Justice.

(East Looe, Cornwall)

David Keith Marlais JAMES Lately Chair, Eversheds LLP. For services to Business and to the community in Wales.

(Peterston-Super-Ely, The Vale of

Karl William Pamp JENKINS Composer. For services to Music.

(Llanrhidian, Swansea)

Joyce Sara Ramsay, Mrs JOHNSTON Principal, Fife College of Further and Higher Education. For services to Further Education in Scotland.

(Edinburgh)

Carol, Mrs JONES Headteacher, St Barnabas Church of England Primary School, Bristol. For services to Education.

(Montpelier, Bristol)

Dr William Johnstone JORDAN Vice-President, RSPCA. For services to Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare.

(Nr Horsham, West Sussex)

Desmond Hugh KELLY Assistant Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet. For services to Dance.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Claude Alaric Anthony KILMISTER For services to Health and to the Prayer Book Society.

(Northwood, Middlesex)

Samuel KINKAID For public service.

(Belfast)

John Andrew KISSOCK Joint Managing Director, James Jones and Sons. For services to Forestry.

(Dunblane, Perth and Kinross)

31 The Viscountess Sheelin Virginia KNOLLYS, DL For services to the community in Norfolk.

(Norwich, Norfolk)

Paul Crosby LAMPLUGH For services to The Suzy Lamplugh Trust.

(London, SW14)

Advocate John Emile LANGLOIS Lately Peoples Deputy to the States of Guernsey. For services to the community in Guernsey.

(Guernsey, Channel Islands)

Dr Colin Reginald LATTIMORE, JP For services to English Decorative and Applied Fine Arts and to the community in Cambridge.

(Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Lilian, Mrs LAWSON Director, Scottish Council on Deafness. For services to Deaf People.

(Bearsden, Dunbartonshire)

Dr Philip Andrew LEECH Principal Medical Officer for Primary Care, Department of Health.

(Woodbridge, Suffolk)

David Graham LENDON Chair, Lincolnshire Business Education Trust. For services to Education.

(Collingham, Nottinghamshire)

David Ross LESLIE Service Development Manager, City of Edinburgh Council. For services to Local Government.

(Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk)

Dorothy Eva, Mrs LEVY Lately Educational Consultant, Attention Deficit Disorders Information Services. For services to Special Needs

(London, N3)

Dennis LICENCE Managing Director, First Trust Bank. For services to Banking and to the community in Northern Ireland.

(Dunadry, Antrim)

Miss Ceinwen Susan Jane LLOYD Branch Manager (Births and Deaths). General Register Office, Southport, Office for National Statistics.

(Southport, Merseyside)

32 Thomas Paul LLOYD Grade 7, Disability and Carers Service, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Preston, Lancashire)

Ralph David LUCK Director, English Partnerships. For services to Urban Regeneration.

(London, SE1)

Jacqueline Elizabeth, Mrs LYTHELL Alderman, Brighton and Hove City Council. For services to the community in Brighton and Hove.

(Brighton, East Sussex)

Gavin Anderson MACKAY, MBE Grade 7, Prime Minister's Office.

(Haywards Heath, West Sussex)

Andrew MAKEPEACE Project Sponsor, Parliamentary Estates Directorate, House of Commons.

(Windsor, Berkshire)

Dr Michael MALONEY Freelance Photographer. For services to Photojournalism.

(St Albans, Hertfordshire)

John MALYNN Team Leader, School Inspection and OFSTED Corporate Relations Unit, Local Authority Performance Division, Department for Education and Skills.

(Enfield, Middlesex)

Professor Gerald MANNERS Chair, Association of Charitable Foundations. For charitable services.

(London, N7)

Wendy Rita, Mrs MARRABLE Lately Special Investigation Section Team Leader, Inland Revenue.

(Loxwood, West Sussex)

Brian Peter MARSH For services to Business and to the Marsh Christian Trust in London.

(London, SW7)

33 John MARSHALL Consultant, Marshall Construction. For services to the Construction Industry and to the community in Clackmmanshire.

(Alva, Clackmannanshire)

Simon MCBURNEY Actor and Artistic Director, Theatre de Complicite. For services to Drama.

(London, NW5)

Dr Norman Keith Ian MCIVER For services to Diving Safety.

(Fakenham, Norfolk)

Sheila Mary, Mrs MCKINLEY Head, Producer Responsibility Unit, Waste Management Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

(London, NW6)

James Malcolm MCMANNERS Headteacher, Cassop Primary School, Durham. For services to Education.

(Trimdon, Durham)

Roger James MERCER Lately Secretary, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. For services to Archaeology.

(Edinburgh)

Professor Victor Thomas Charles MIDDLETON For services to Tourism.

(Nr Ulverston, Cumbria)

William Ian MITCHELL For services to Housing in Scotland.

(Edinburgh)

Dr Peter Douglas MOLYNEUX Chief Executive Officer, Lionhead Studios. For services to the Computer Video Games Industry.

(Guildford, Surrey)

Colin Stuart MONTGOMERIE, MBE For services to Golf.

(London, W4)

34 The Right Reverend Alan Wyndham MORGAN For services to the community in Nottinghamshire.

(Alcester, Warwickshire)

Philip Jonathan Clifford MOULD Honorary Arts Adviser to the Houses of Parliament.

(London, W8)

Professor Charles William MUNN Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland. For services to Banking.

(Dalgety Bay, Fife)

Wadi Yusuf NASSAR For services to Community Relations in Manchester.

(Cheshire)

Peter Andrew NICHOLSON Head, Newham Youth Offending Services. For services to Youth and Community Justice, London.

(Belvedere, Kent)

Derek NORCROSS, DL For services to the community in East Sussex.

(Hastings, East Sussex)

Michael Anthony O'CONNOR Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.

(Chepstow, Gwent)

Yvonne Margaret, Mrs OSMAN Member, Scottish Legal Aid Board. For services to the Administration of Justice.

(Newark, Nottinghamshire)

Geoffrey PALMER Actor. For services to Drama.

(London, SW1Y)

Dr Syed Abdul-Aziz PASHA Founder, Union of Muslim Organisations. For services to Race Relations.

(London, W8)

Dr John Gordon PATERSON Deputy Chair, UK Screening Committee. For services to Cancer Screening.

(Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire)

35 Frederick Charles Anthony PAYNE Lately General Manager, Ordnance Survey, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

(Malvern, Worcestershire)

David Lee PEARSON, MBE For services to Equestrianism and to Disabled Sport.

(Leek, Staffordshire)

Anthony William Dunn PEXTON Chair, Sustainable LINK Programme Management Committee and Assured Combinable Crops. For services to Arable Agriculture.

(Nr Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Janet Dorothy, Mrs PICKLES Cardiff Women's Safety Unit. For services to Community Safety in South Wales.

(Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Mary Laird, Mrs PITCAITHLY Chief Executive, Falkirk Council. For services to Local Government.

(Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk)

Adrian Mark POLLITT Director, Office of the Strategic Health Authorities. For services to the NHS.

(Rye, East Sussex)

Samuel David POLLOCK For public service.

(Antrim)

Colin Dunlop PORT Deputy Chief Constable, Norfolk Constabulary. For services to the Police.

(North Lopham, Norfolk)

Miss April Ann PUMFLEET Principal Inspector (Development), Havering Local Education Authority. For services to Education.

(Rayleigh, Essex)

John James QUIGLEY Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.

(London, N20)

Stephen Bradley QUINN Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.

(Bradford upon Avon, Wiltshire)

36 Roger George RADFORD For services to the Church of England.

(Elstree, Hertfordshire)

Donald RAISTRICK Head, Knowledge and Information Resources Branch, Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(Purley, Surrey)

David Michael Ronald READING Founder, Anaphylaxis Campaign. For services to People with Allergies.

(Ash, Surrey)

Shelia, Mrs REITER Chair, WaterVoice Wessex. For services to the Water Industry.

(Bath, Somerset)

Sheelagh Elizabeth, Mrs RICHARDS Secretary and Chief Executive, British Association of Occupational Therapists and College of Occupational Therapists. For services to Healthcare.

(Biggleswade, Bedfordshire)

Margaret Ann, Mrs RICHARDSON Curator, Sir John Soane's Museum, London. For services to Museums.

(London, NW1)

Nigel ROBBINS Principal, Cirencester College, Gloucestershire. For services to Further Education and to Training.

(Cirencester, Gloucestershire)

Miss Shirley Ann ROBERTSON, MBE For services to Sailing.

(Cowes, Isle of Wight)

Kevin Peter James ROGERS Director, HM Prison Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. For services to the Contracted-Out Prison Service.

(Doncaster, South Yorkshire)

Sarindar Singh SAHOTA Chair, SRB 6 North West Corridors of Regeneration. For services to the community in Handsworth, Birmingham.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Anthony Paul SANGWINE Specialist Adviser, Horticulture and Nature Conservation, Highways Agency.

(Stonehouse, Gloucestershire)

37 Christopher Andrew SAUNDERS For services to Save the Children UK.

(Lewes, East Sussex)

Neil SCALES Chief Executive and Director General, Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority and Executive. For services to Public Transport.

(Sale, Cheshire)

Robert Leslie SCOTT Lately Acting Director, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. For services to Museums.

(Bolton, Greater Manchester)

Robert William Lowry SCOTT, DL Lately Chair, Forestry and Timber Association. For services to Forestry.

(Newtownstewart, Tyrone)

Stephen Francis SEABER Chief Fire Officer, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Rescue Service.

(Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire)

Rodney Horrocks SELLERS For services to Business in the North West.

(Bolton, Greater Manchester)

Miss Alexandra SHULMAN Editor, British Vogue. For services to the Magazine Industry.

(London, W1S)

Pamela Minnerva Odette, Mrs SINGH Lately Headteacher, Pope John Roman Catholic Primary School, Shepherds Bush, London. For services to Education.

(Harrow, Middlesex)

Guy SIZELAND Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

David Ronald SMITH Regional Home Office Director, Government Office for the North West.

(Preston, Lancashire)

38 Philip John SNELL Grade 7, Special Educational Needs Policy Framework and Transition Team, Department for Education and Skills.

(Mitcham, Surrey)

Ms Mary Arlene Anne SPIERS Chief Executive, Ulster Cancer Foundation. For services to Healthcare.

(Purdysburn, Belfast)

Bernard Geoffrey SPITTLE For services to Sports Administration.

(Solihull, West Midlands)

Christopher Austin STENDALL Grade 7, Regeneration Sponsorship Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

(Cheam, Surrey)

David William Edmund STERRY Chief Executive, May Gurney Integrated Services plc. For services to Civil Engineering.

(Gainsborough, Lincolnshire)

Angela Patricia, Mrs STONES Headteacher, McMillan Nursery School, Kingston-upon-Hull. For services to Early Years Education.

(Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of

Peter STOPPARD For services to the community in the South West.

(Long Ashton, Bristol)

Kenneth Graham STOTT For services to the Willow Industry in the South West.

(Wrington, Somerset)

John Richard Thomas SULLIVAN Writer. For services to Drama.

(Kingswood, Surrey)

Stacey, Mrs TASKER Lately Governor, HM Prison Leeds.

(York, North Yorkshire)

Anthony Bichard TAYLOR Chair, Borders NHS Board. For services to the NHS and to Business in Scotland.

(Melrose, Roxburgh, Ettrick and

39 Peter TEBBIT National Pallative Care Development Adviser, National Council for Palliative Care. For services to Healthcare.

(Alfrick, Worcestershire)

Leslie THOMAS Writer. For services to Literature.

(Lymington, Hampshire)

Councillor William Humphrey THOMAS Lately Chair, Sandwell Mental Health NHS and Social Care Trust. For services to the NHS in the West Midlands.

(Sandwell, West Midlands)

Ling, Mrs THOMPSON Head of International Affairs, Royal Society. For services to Science.

(London, SW19)

Alan Sidney TOBIAS Chair, Essex Probation Board. For services to the National Probation Service and to Community Relations.

(Buckhurst Hill, Essex)

Roger TOWNSEND Deputy Field Director, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

John Colin TURNER Chair, Advisory Committee on Packaging. For services to Waste Management.

(Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire)

Mark VAUGHAN Founder and Co-Director, Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education. For services to Inclusion in Education.

(Redland, Bristol)

Professor Susan Mary VINNICOMBE Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Diversity Management, Cranfield School of Management. For services to Diversity.

(London, N6)

Sadru VISRAM Chair, ASRA Greater London Housing Association. For services to Social Housing.

(Ilford, Essex)

40 George VONGAS Grade B2, Defence Science Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defence.

(Emsworth, Hampshire)

Ms Marjorie Henderson WALKER Joint Managing Director, Walkers Shortbread Ltd. For services to Business and Exports.

(Aberlour, Banffshire)

Michael WALKER Lately Vice-Chair, NHS Lothian and Consul for Finland. For services to the NHS and to the community in Edinburgh.

(Edinburgh)

Graham WARD Chair, National Farmers' Union Horticulture Board. For services to Horticulture.

(York, North Yorkshire)

Ms Caroline Anne WARNE, JP Chair, International Standards Mrs Thomas Organisation's Committee on Consumer Policy. For services to Consumers.

(London, W5)

Dr Peter Alan WATERMAN Producer and Composer. For services to Music.

(Warrington, Cheshire)

Dr Michael Reginald WHITE Emeritus Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster. For services to Labour Market Policy.

(London, N3)

Professor David Keith WHITTAKER Professor of Forensic Dentistry, University of Wales College of Medicine. For services to Forensic Dentistry.

(Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Dr Stephen Thomas WHITTLE For services to Gender Issues.

(Stockport, Cheshire)

Bradley Marc WIGGINS Cyclist. For services to Sport.

(Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire)

Tom WILKINSON Actor. For services to Drama.

(London, W1F)

41 John WILLIAMS, QFSM Firemaster, Grampian Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service.

(Westhill, Aberdeen)

John Goodall WILSON Lately Headteacher, College House Junior School. For services to Education and to the community in Nottingham.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Dr Winston Reginald WITHEY Technical Director, Centre for Human Sciences, QinetiQ. For services to the Armed Forces.

(Gosport, Hampshire)

Mark WORTHINGTON Private Secretary to Lady Thatcher.

(London, SW2)

42 Order of the British Empire

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Michael George ABRAMSON Head, Combined Honours Unit, University of Central Lancashire. For services to Higher Education.

(Lancaster, Lancashire)

Stanley Malcolm ACKROYD Community Centre Manager, Idle Ward, Bradford Metropolitan District Council. For services to Disabled People.

(Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Fred ADAMS Hospital Porter, Scarborough Hospital. For services to the NHS in North East Yorkshire.

(Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

Dr Hari Pada ADHIKARY For services to the Bengali community in the United Kingdom.

(Preston, Lancashire)

Jean Elizabeth, Mrs AGNEW For services to the community in St Georges, Weston-Super-Mare.

(Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset)

Zakia Masud, Mrs AHMED Black and Minority Ethnic Development Worker, Special Needs Advisory Project. For services to the community in Wales.

(Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Mohammad AKRAM Senior Policy Adviser, Finance, Department of Trade and Industry.

(London, SW2)

Jack ALEXANDER For services to Entertainment in Scotland.

(Preswick, Ayrshire and Arran)

Thomas ALEXANDER For services to Entertainment in Scotland.

(Bearsden, Dunbartonshire)

John ALVIS Managing Director, Alvis Bros Ltd. For services to Agriculture in the South West.

(Winford, Bristol)

43 George ANDERSON Lately Head of School of Horticulture, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. For services to Horticultural Education.

(Joppa, Edinburgh)

James Allan ANDERSON For services to Disabled Sport.

(Broxburn, West Lothian)

Ms Janet ANDERSON For services to the community in Greater Easterhouse, Glasgow.

(Glasgow)

Margaret, Mrs ANDERTON Member, Council for Award in Children's Care and Education. For services to Childcare.

(Newark, Nottinghamshire)

Peter John ANTONELLI Music Development Officer, Preston Lodge High School, East Lothian. For services to Music Education.

(Gullane, East Lothian)

Ms Anjum ANWAR For services to the community in Lancashire.

(Accrington, Lancashire)

Judith, Mrs ARCHER Head of Student Support, Hampshire County Council. For services to Higher Education.

(Southampton, Hampshire)

Miss Elizabeth Joan ARENDT For charitable services.

(St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Peter ARNOLD For services to Alderney's Heritage.

(Alderney, Channel Islands)

Patricia Ann, Mrs ASHDOWN Personal Assistant, Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS.

(Maidstone, Kent)

David Richard Guy ASTBURY Producer and Presenter, British Forces Broadcasting Service. For services to Broadcasting.

(London, W5)

44 Rosemary Avis, Mrs AUGAR Field Officer, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. For services to Young People in Malling, Kent.

(Aylesford, Kent)

Ms Sarah AYTON For services to Sailing.

(Weymouth, Dorset)

Paul Ralph Roy BACKHOUSE Systems Manager, Lancashire Magistrates' Courts. For services to the Administration of Justice.

(Burnley, Lancashire)

Balbir, Mrs BAHRHA Grade C2, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

Bruce Trevor BAILEY Lately Area Operations Manager, Southern England, Inland Revenue.

(Torquay, Devon)

Douglas BAILEY Driver and Trade Union Representative, Stagecoach. For services to Passenger Transport in Lancashire.

(Chorley, Lancashire)

Miss Rosemary Janet BAILEY Disability Adviser, Hertfordshire Guiding. For services to Young People.

(Watford, Hertfordshire)

Rachel Frances, Mrs BAKER Foster Carer. For services to Children in York.

(York, North Yorkshire)

Valerie, Mrs BALDRY Social Survey Field Interviewer, Office of National Statistics.

(Croydon, Surrey)

Alison Jane, Mrs BALSAMINI Teaching Assistant, Settle Middle School, North Yorkshire. For services to Education.

(Settle, North Yorkshire)

Deborah Joan, Mrs BARBER Director, South of England Agricultural Society. For services to Agriculture.

(Nr Lewes, East Sussex)

45 Allan Cameron BARCLAY For services to the community in Golspie, Sutherland.

(Golspie, Sutherland)

Brian BARNES Artist. For services to the community in Battersea, London.

(London, SW8)

Ann Elizabeth, Mrs BARR Bursar, The Mosslands School, Wallasey, Wirral. For services to Education.

(Wirral, Merseyside)

Marion, Mrs BARRETT For services to the community in Lancashire.

(Barnoldswick, Lancashire)

Barbara Anne, Mrs BARTLETT Personal Secretary, HM Prison Service Headquarters.

(London, SE10)

Michael BARTLETT For services to the community in Norfolk.

(Old Buckenham, Norfolk)

Richard Anthony BARTLETT Administrative Officer, Independent Education and Boarding Team, School Transport, Safety & Independent Education Division, Department for Education and Skills.

(Stockton on Tees, Durham)

Elizabeth Mary, Mrs BARTON Foster Carer. For services to Children and Families in Portsmouth.

(Portsmouth, Hampshire)

Kathleen Muriel, Mrs BASS Lately Academic Counsellor, The Hewett School, Norwich. For services to Education.

(Norwich, Norfolk)

Peter John BATH For services to Business and to Charity in Bournemouth, Dorset.

(Christchurch, Dorset)

46 Miss Wendy BAUM Teacher, Eleanor Palmer Primary School, Camden, London. For services to Education.

(London, NW3)

Miss Virginia Anne BEAL Grade E1, Ministry of Defence.

(Worcester Park, Surrey)

Peter Leslie BEALES President, Royal National Rose Society. For services to Horticulture.

(Attleborough, Norfolk)

Robert Mervyn BEALES Lately Higher Executive Officer and Chair, Trade Union Side, Rural Payments Agency.

(Exeter, Devon)

Gerald BEE Principal Officer, HM Prison Full Sutton, North Yorkshire.

(York, North Yorkshire)

Malcolm BELCHAMBER For services to the community in Littlehampton, West Sussex.

(Littlehampton, West Sussex)

Colin BELL For services to the community in Manchester.

(Altrincham, Cheshire)

Trevor Lionel BENNETT For charitable services in Leicester.

(Newton Linford, Leicestershire)

William BERRY For services to Judo.

(Kincorth, Aberdeen)

Ian Hartley BERWICK General Secretary, UK Vineyard Association. For services to the Wine Industry.

(Saxmundham, Suffolk)

Councillor Colin Willoughby BESWICK For services to the community in Durham.

(Meadowfield, Durham)

47 Antony Lawrence BLACKLER For services to Conservation in Cornwall.

(Launceston, Cornwall)

Miss Patricia BLAIZE Administrative Officer, Health and Safety Executive.

(Basingstoke, Hampshire)

Glynis Geraldine, Mrs BLISS For services to Victim Support Service.

(Earls Barton, Northamptonshire)

Miss Andrea Lorraine BLOWER Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.

(Bromley, Kent)

Estelle Mary, Mrs BLYTH For services to the community in Sheringham, Norfolk.

(Sheringham, Norfolk)

Alan BOOTH Scarborough Town Crier and Co-owner, Ryedale Hotel. For services to Tourism and to the community in Scarborough, Yorkshire.

(Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

Vivien Eleanor, Mrs PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE President, Anglia Region of Girlguiding. For services to Young People.

(Banbury, Oxfordshire)

Ms Margaret Mary BOWDEN Higher Executive Officer, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office.

(London, SE25)

Miss Kathleen BOWERBANK For charitable services in Suffolk and Norfolk.

(Bungay, Suffolk)

Jennifer, Mrs BOWERS Executive Officer, Pension Service, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Stalybridge, Cheshire)

Alice Patricia, Mrs BRADLEY Co-ordinator and Founder, Fellowship House Children's Centre, Newham, London. For services to Children.

(Braintree, Essex)

48 Donald Charles BRAND Consultant to the Social Care Institute for Excellence. For services to Social Care.

(Maidstone, Kent)

Robin BREAM Senior Executive Officer, Post 16 Equal Opportunities Policy Team, Learning and Skills Partnerships Unit, Department for Education and Skills.

(Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Colin BRIERLEY For services to the community in Gorton, Manchester.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Elsie Marina, Mrs BRIGHT Captain, 1st Spalding Company, The Girls' Brigade, Lincolnshire. For services to Young People.

(Spalding, Lincolnshire)

John BRIMBLE For services to the Heritage of the Black Country, West Midlands.

(Tipton, West Midlands)

Linda Christine, Mrs BROOK Schools Finance Support Officer, City of York Council. For services to Education.

(Selby, North Yorkshire)

Martin Slater BROOKES, DL JP For services to the community in Telford, Shropshire.

(Telford, Shropshire)

Dr Ronald Burgess BROUGHTON For services to Freshwater Fisheries in the North West.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

David BROWN, JP For services to the community in Northumberland.

(Morpeth, Northumberland)

Lorna, Mrs HAMILTON-BROWN For services to the community in Leicestershire.

(Leicester, Leicestershire)

The Reverend Louise Margaret BROWN For services to the community in Dedworth, Windsor, Berkshire.

(Windsor, Berkshire)

49 Raymond Arthur BROWN For services to the Environment Agency.

(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Miss Yvonne Patricia BROWN Senior Personal Secretary, Community Cohesion Unit, Communities Group, Home Office.

(London, E11)

Jill, Mrs BROWNSWORD Administrative Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Derby, Derbyshire)

Dr Michael John BRUTON Chairman, The Disabled Ramblers. For services to Disabled People.

(Maidenhead, Berkshire)

Neil BUCHAN Board Member, Institution of Civil Engineers Municipal Group. For services to Municipal Engineering and to the Transport Industry in Scotland.

(Langbank, Renfrewshire)

Andrew Richard BUNTING District Scout Leader, Hatfield Forest, Essex. For services to Young People.

(Saffron Walden, Essex)

Alan BURNS Member, Aberdeenshire Children's Panel. For services to Children in Scotland.

(Macduff, Banffshire)

Ms Christine BURNS Lately Vice-President of Press for Change. For services to Gender Issues.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Hugh Clark BURNS For services to Children with Special Needs in Gibshill, Greenock, Renfrewshire.

(Greenock, Renfrewshire)

Professor Roger BURRIDGE For services to the Health and Safety Executive.

(Coventry, West Midlands)

Anne Patricia, Mrs BURROWES For services to the community in Dorrington, Lincoln.

(Lincoln, Lincolnshire)

50 David Arthur BYATT For services to the community in Moray.

(Elgin, Moray)

Robert CALLAHAN For services to Gymnastics.

(Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk)

Margaret, Mrs CAMERON Farmer. For services to Agriculture in Scotland.

(Leven, Fife)

Darren Andrew CAMPBELL Sprinter. For services to Athletics.

(Newport, Gwent)

Margretta Maud, Mrs CAMPBELL School Crossing Warden, South Eastern Education and Library Board. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.

(Dromore, Down)

Sheila Elizabeth Jill, Mrs CAMPBELL Member, Castle Morpeth Borough Council. For services to the community in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

(Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

Jerome Weir CANT Lately Finance and Administration Manager, HM Prison Glenochil.

(Tullibody, Clackmannanshire)

Dr David James CARMICHAEL Managing Director, Battle and Pears Ltd. For services to Agricultural Research.

(Lincoln, Lincolnshire)

Sarah Margaret, Mrs CARTWRIGHT, JP DL Lately Chair, Ross and Cromarty Enterprise. For services to Business.

(Alness, Ross and Cromarty)

Bill CASSIE Head, Consumer Protection and Support Services, Aberdeenshire Council. For services to Consumers in Scotland.

(Aberdeen)

51 Dr Alexander John McMurrough CAVENAGH For services to the community in Brecon, Powys.

(Brecon, Powys)

Janet, Mrs CHAPLIN Assistant Chief Probation Officer. For services to the National Probation Service in South Wales.

(Sketty, Swansea)

Miss Sandra Denise CHAPMAN For services to the RSPCA in Humberside and Lincolnshire.

(Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire)

George Robert CHATEL For services to Charities and to the community in the Isle of Man.

(Douglas, Isle of Man)

Alice Sui Ting, Mrs CHEUNG Restaurateur and Entrepreneur. For services to the Culinary Industry and to the community in Cardiff.

(Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Ms Janet CHIERCHIA For services to Young People with Special Needs and to the community in Hampshire.

(Southampton, Hampshire)

Stanley Howard CHILCOTT For services to the community in Silverton, Devon.

(Exeter, Devon)

Patricia, Mrs ZADORA-CHRZASTOWSKA Management Consultant, Thomas-Zadora Associates. For services to Business in the East Midlands.

(Ticknall, Derbyshire)

Michael Peter CLAPHAM Group Leader, Reading Buses. For services to Passenger Transport and to the community in Berkshire.

(Reading, Berkshire)

Professor Brian Drummond CLARK Board Member, Scottish Environment Protection Agency. For services to the Environment.

(Cults, Aberdeen)

Geoffrey Harold CLARK Assistant Director, Deloitte and Touche. For services to the Ministry of Defence.

(Maidenhead, Berkshire)

52 Lionel James CLARK For services to the Automobile Association.

(Basingstoke, Hampshire)

Morina, Mrs CLARKE Regional Services Manager, Epilepsy Action. For services to People with Epilepsy in Northern Ireland.

(Belfast)

Margaret Joyce, Mrs COBERN School Crossing Warden, Breamore Primary School, Fordingbridge, Hampshire. For services to Education.

(Fordingbridge, Hampshire)

Gerald COLE For services to Heritage and to the community in Kendal, Cumbria.

(Kendal, Cumbria)

Celia Jane, Mrs COLLETT For services to the community in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire.

(Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire)

Major Henry Brett COLLIER Area President, Ramblers' Association, Lincolnshire. For services to Recreational Walkers.

(Lincoln, Lincolnshire)

Terence COLLINS For services to the Physically Handicapped and Able-bodied Association in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.

(Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil)

Brian CONNELLY For services to the community in Auchenback, East Renfrewshire.

(Barrhead, Glasgow)

Anthony George CONSTABLE For services to the Civil Service Sports Council.

(Taunton, Somerset)

Edward Robert COODE Rower. For services to Sport.

(Bodmin, Cornwall)

Gordon John COOK Station Officer. For services to the Fire Service in Wick, Caithness.

(Wick, Caithness)

53 Raymond COOPER Lately Site Manager, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School, Harrow, London. For services to Education.

(London, HA3)

David Nevil CORDON Founder, Woolpit Arts Festival. For services to the community in Woolpit, Suffolk.

(Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)

The Reverend Canon Warrington Graham CORNECK For services to the community in Deptford, London.

(London, SE8)

Tina Patricia, Mrs CORNISH Youth Club Leader, Loders Youth Club. For services to Young People in Bridport, Dorset.

(Bridport, Dorset)

Major George Francis CORREA For services to the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund.

(Nr Salisbury, Wiltshire)

William COUPAR Director, Involvement and Participation Association. For services to Business.

(Brighton, East Sussex)

Keith Richard COWAN For services to Diversity in Scotland.

(Edinburgh)

Mary, Mrs COWIE Catering Manager, Seaton Infants School, Workington, Cumbria. For services to Education.

(Maryport, Cumbria)

Miss Barbara Amelia Stewart CRAIG For services to the National Trust in the West Midlands.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Leonard CRAIG Group Manager, Valuation Office Agency, Manchester.

(Glossop, Derbyshire)

Miss Paula CRAIG Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.

(Oxhey, Hertfordshire)

54 Penelope Ann, Mrs CREIGHTON For services to the community on the Isle of Man.

(Ballaugh, Isle of Man)

Robert Marks CRESWELL Corporate Affairs Manager, Coolkeeragh Power Limited. For services to the Energy Industry.

(Kilfennan, Londonderry)

Rose, Mrs CROMB For services to the Northern Ireland Hospice.

(Belfast)

Dr John Hedley CULE For services to Mental Health Care in West Wales.

(Llandysul, Ceredigion)

Margaret Elizabeth Mary, Mrs CUMMINGS Assistant Divisional Librarian for Tyrone and Fermanagh. For services to Libraries in Northern Ireland.

(Omagh, Tyrone)

David CUNNINGHAM Senior Executive Officer, Child Support Agency.

(Wishaw, Lanarkshire)

Douglas CURRIE Councillor, Argyll and Bute Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in Strachur and District.

(Strachur, Argyll and Bute)

Roger William DANGERFIELD For services to Health and Saftey in the Offshore Industry.

(North Shields, Tyne and Wear)

Dr Clifford Thomas DANN For charitable services.

(Uckfield, East Sussex)

John Macdougall DANNING Director of Flight Operations, FR Aviation. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Ringwood, Hampshire)

Barry George DAVIES BBC Sports Commentator. For services to Sports Broadcasting.

(Datchet, Berkshire)

55 Eileen Adelaide, Mrs DAVIES For services to the community in Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire.

(Nr Alford, Aberdeenshire)

Lesley Charles DAVIES Senior Warden, Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Service. For services to the Environment.

(Street, Somerset)

Keith Daniel DAY Lately Administrative Director, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge. For services to the NHS.

(Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Royston Cecil DENNING Lately Director of Finance and Facilities, Wiltshire Constabulary. For services to the Police.

(Swindon, Wiltshire)

Jennifer Mary, Mrs DEREHAM, DL For services to Health and Housing in Herefordshire.

(Woolhope, Herefordshire)

Marlon Ronald DEVONISH Sprinter. For services to Athletics.

(Slough, Berkshire)

Marjorie Evelyn, Mrs DIX For servies to the Myasthenia Gravis Association.

(Barnstaple, Devon)

Paul DODD Deputy Headteacher, Gilmour Junior School, Liverpool. For services to Education and to the community in Liverpool.

(Liverpool, Merseyside)

Miss Clementina Bowie DODDS For services to the British Red Cross Society in Fife.

(By Dunfermline, Fife)

David Malcolm DOIG For services to the Victim Support Service in Somerset.

(Taunton, Somerset)

Gloria Jean Regina, Mrs DONALDSON For services to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.

(Rustington, West Sussex)

56 Marilyn, Mrs DOVEY Secretary and Youth Leader, TGI Friary Youth Club. For services to Young People in Salisbury.

(Salisbury, Wiltshire)

Samuel DOW Training Officer, Apex Scotland. For services to the community in Lanarkshire.

(Leadhills, Lanarkshire)

Mary, Mrs DOWDING Founder and Trustee, Midstream Charity. For services to Disabled People in Lancashire.

(Skelmersdale, Lancashire)

Robert DRAPER For services to the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.

(Bath, Somerset)

Violet, Mrs DRUMMOND For services to the community in , Greater Manchester.

(Oldham, Greater Manchester)

Charles Vincent Anstey DUGGLEBY Broadcaster and Journalist. For services to Financial Services.

(Torquay, Devon)

Miss Anita Jo DUNN For services to Conservation in Oxfordshire.

(Charlbury, Oxfordshire)

Robert DUNNE Secretary of the Social Society, Arriva North West & Wales. For services to Passenger Transport.

(Liverpool, Merseyside)

Frederick John DYER For services to the community in Threemilestone, Cornwall.

(Truro, Cornwall)

Timothy John EASLEA For public service.

(Belfast)

Miss Bridget ECCLES Clerk, Churchstow Parish Council. For services to the community in Kingsbridge, Devon.

(Kingsbridge, Devon)

57 Christopher EDGE Supported Housing Manager, Oaklee Housing Association Limited. For services to Social Housing in Northern Ireland.

(Antrim)

Margaret Ethel, Mrs EDGINGTON County Properties Manager for Guiding in Berkshire. For services to Young People.

(Binfield, Berkshire)

Miss Brenda EDWARDS For services to Dance.

(London, SW4)

Major David James EMERY Community Chaplain, HM Prison Swansea. For services to HM Prison Service and to the community in Swansea.

(Plantlsau, Swansea)

Rosemary Ann, Mrs ENGLISH, JP For services to the community in Norwich.

(Norwich, Norfolk)

Eileen, Mrs ESKENZI For services to the community in Totteridge, London.

(London, N20)

Joyce Winifred, Mrs Councillor, Stafford Borough Council and Stone Town Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in Staffordshire.

(Stone, Staffordshire)

Ruth Muriel, Mrs FAWCETT Chair, Wokingham Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership, Berkshire. For services to Education.

(Bracknell, Berkshire)

Frances, Mrs FINLAYSON For services to Nursing in Lanarkshire.

(Stonehouse, Lanarkshire)

Richard Edward FINLINSON Chair, Amphion Consortium. For services to Social Housing in London and the South East.

(Ashford, Kent)

58 Miriam Thelma, Mrs FISH For services to the community in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

(Wolverhampton, West Midlands)

Craig William FISKEN Senior Assurance Officer, HM Customs and Excise.

(Westhill, Aberdeenshire)

Ann, Mrs FLANAGAN For services to the community in Vauxhall, Liverpool.

(Liverpool, Merseyside)

Edna Gladys, Mrs FLETCHER For services to Table Tennis.

(Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)

Graham Malcolm FLEW Grade E1, Ministry of Defence.

(Swindon, Wiltshire)

Peter Kenrick FLORENCE Co-founder and Director, The Guardian Hay Festival. For services to Literature.

(London, N16)

Miss Frances Anderson FLOYD For services to the community in Manchester.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Michael FOSTER Education Manager, Community Services to Youth Justice Agency. For services to the community in Bangor, County Down.

(Bangor, Down)

Ann, Mrs FOWLER Foster Carer, Nottinghamshire. For services to Children and Families.

(Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire)

Timothy John FOXLEY Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.

(Kent)

Miss Helen FRANCE Artist. For services to Art and to the community in Leeds.

(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

59 Mark Anthony LEWIS-FRANCIS Sprinter. For services to Athletics.

(Teddington, Middlesex)

Edith, Mrs FRANKLIN For services to the community in Jersey.

(Jersey, Channel Islands)

James Ivor FRAPWELL For services to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars G Squadron Old Comrades' Association.

(Chippenham, Wiltshire)

Bridget Philomena, Mrs FRASER For services to Older People in West Dunbartonshire.

(By Alexandria, Dunbartonshire)

Camilla Cormack (Sheila), Mrs FRASER Higher Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Wick, Caithness)

Miss Jill FRASER Artistic Director, Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Berkshire. For services to Drama.

(Near Newbury, Berkshire)

Sheila Kathleen, Mrs GALLAGHER School Crossing Warden. For services to Education in London.

(London, E2)

Peter Edward GALLANT For services to the community in Leeds.

(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Christopher GALVIN Committee Secretary, UNISON. For services to the Environment Agency.

(Beckenham, Kent)

Brij Lata, Mrs GANDHI For services to Community Relations and to Charity in Scotland.

(Kelvindale, Glasgow)

Jason Carl GARDENER Sprinter. For services to Athletics.

(Bath, Somerset)

60 Mary, Mrs GARRETT Grade C1, Prime Minister's Office.

(London, E2)

David GELLY Musician, Writer and Broadcaster. For services to Jazz Music.

(London, SE24)

Edwin John GILLANDERS For services to Agriculture and to Agricultural Journalism.

(Banchory, Kincardineshire)

Anthony Stephen GILLON Administrative Officer, Oldham County Court, The Court Service, Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire)

Miss Margaret Ena GLASGOW Tutor, Distance Learning Courses for Teachers of the Deaf, Birmingham, Hertfordshire and Oxford Brookes Universities. For services to Special Needs Education.

(Epsom, Surrey)

Edna, Mrs GLENTON Teaching Assistant, Kingston Park Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For services to Education.

(Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

Ms Patricia Irene GOODWIN For services to the community in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)

Miss Dorothy GORMAN For services to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service and to the community in Stranraer.

(Stranraer, Dumfries)

Patricia Ann, Mrs GOUCHER For services to the Eastern Area Sea Cadet Corps.

(Gainsborough, Lincolnshire)

Lillias Blair, Mrs GOULD For services to the Ayrshire Council on Alcohol.

(Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran)

61 Lawrence James GOVEAS Member, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to the community in Tyne and Wear.

(North Shields, Tyne and Wear)

The Reverend John Galbraith GRAHAM Crossword Compiler. For services to the Newspaper Industry.

(Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire)

Sister Eileen Mary GRANT For services to the British Army.

(Farnborough, Hampshire)

Dr Robert Morrison GRANT Chair, Primary Care Group, SCAN (SE Scotland Cancer Network). For services to Healthcare in Fife.

(Glenrothes, Fife)

Bruce Sidney GRANTHAM Site Supervisor, Barry Primary School, Northampton. For services to Education.

(Northampton, Northamptonshire)

Malcolm Colborne GRAY Lately Coxswain, St David's Lifeboat, Pembrokeshire. For services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute.

(St David's, Pembrokeshire)

Morag Graham, Mrs GRAY Lately Chief Executive, Hamilton Park Race Course. For services to Horse Racing.

(Edinburgh)

Alexander Nowell GRAYSON For services to the community in Woking, Surrey.

(Woking, Surrey)

Joyce, Mrs GREEN Lately Detective Inspector, Lancashire Constabulary. For services to the Police.

(Burnley, Lancashire)

Miss Sadie GREER For services to the St John Ambulance Brigade.

(Antrim)

Miss Carol GREGG Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

62 Joseph Walter GRIFFITHS Councillor, Powys County Council. For services to the community in Powys.

(Newtown, Powys)

Robert James David GULLIFORD Councillor, Blaenavon Community Council. For services to the Royal British Legion and to the community in Blaenavon, Torfaen.

(Blaenavon, Torfaen)

David MacGillvray GUNN For services to the Glencoe Mountain Rescue, Argyll.

(Glencoe, Argyll and Bute)

Glenis, Mrs GUY Chair, Edward Guy Foundation. For services to the community in the North East.

(Middlesborough, North Yorkshire)

Derek HALL Works, Quality and Environmental Manager, Bovince Ltd. For services to the Environment.

(Stevenage, Hertfordshire)

Nishat, Mrs HAMID For services to Healthcare in Bristol.

(Montpelier, Bristol)

Colin Michael HAMMOND Founder Member and Chief Executive, National Organisation for Phobias, Anxiety Neuroses, Information and Care. For services to Healthcare.

(Telford, Shropshire)

Derek Francis HAMMOND Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police and to the community in Surrey.

(Sutton, Surrey)

Merwyn Chambers HANNA Chair, Kilkeel Fundraising Branch and President, Kilkeel Lifeboat Station. For services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Northern Ireland.

(Kilkeel, Down)

Celia Louise, Mrs HARDING Founder, Jack and Jill Pre-School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. For services to Early Years Education.

(Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)

63 Thomas Owens HARRIGAN Race Relations Officer, Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police.

(Airdrie, Lanarkshire)

Dr Pamela Fay HARRISON Founder, Jeffery Harrison Memorial Trust. For services to Conservation in Kent.

(Sevenoaks, Kent)

Miss Muriel Margaret HART Piano Accompanist, Brighton Orpheus Choir. For services to Music and to the community in Brighton and Hove.

(Hove, East Sussex)

Richard Humphrey HARVEY Director, Manor Farm Feeds Ltd and Chair, Rural Energy Trust. For services to Agriculture in the East Midlands.

(Oakham, Rutland)

Christine, Mrs HAWKINS For services to the study of Obesity.

(Woodford Green, Essex)

Councillor Mrs Dorothy Andrea Susan HAYES For services to the community in Bracknell Forest, Berkshire.

(Windsor, Berkshire)

Marie Merlyn, Mrs HAYES For services to the RSPCA in Norfolk.

(King's Lynn, Norfolk)

Lionel HEHIR Executive Director, Groundwork Trust, South Tyneside. For services to the Environment.

(Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

Patricia, Mrs HELSBY Senior Operations Manager, HM Customs and Excise.

(Liverpool, Merseyside)

Robert Charles HEPWORTH Director, Urban Regeneration and Housing, St Helens Council. For services to Local Government.

(Ormskirk, Lancashire)

Clive HERSHMAN Chair, SHARE Community. For services to Disabled People.

(Dorking, Surrey)

64 Norman Peter HICKMAN Head, Peter Hickman Hairdressing School and Salons and Founder, Pied Piper Trust. For services to Business and to Young People in

(Stroud, Gloucestershire)

Miss Barbara Jean HILL For services to the National Trust in the West Midlands.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Mary, Mrs HILLIS Cleaner, Maybin Support Services. For services to the community in Belfast.

(Belfast)

Sheila Mary, Mrs HILLS Personal Secretary, HM Customs and Excise.

(Stanford-le-Hope, Essex)

Loraine Pauline, Mrs HISTED Senior Security Officer, Department for International Development.

(London, SW11)

Beatrice Gertrude, Mrs HOBSON District Manager, Citizens' Advice Bureau, Horsham. For services to the community in West Sussex.

(Pulborough, West Sussex)

John William HOCKLEY Secretary, National Association of Retired Firefighters. For services to the Fire Service.

(Clacton-on-Sea, Essex)

Gillean Stewart, Mrs HOEHNKE Staff Development Manager, Edinburgh's Telford College. For services to Further Education in Scotland.

(Edinburgh)

Kathleen, Mrs HOLLEY Departmental Security Officer, Food Standards Agency. For services to HASSRA.

(London, SE13)

Miss Margaret Augustine HOLLEY Head, Brig-y-Don Childrens Home. For services to Disadvantaged Children in Jersey.

(Jersey, Channel Islands)

65 John William HOPE Chair, Almeley Parish Council and Member, Herefordshire Council. For services to Local Government.

(Almeley, Herefordshire)

Mary Elizabeth, Mrs HOPKINS Founder and Trustee, Harlington Hospice, Middlesex. For services to the community in Middlesex.

(Harlington, Middlesex)

Councillor Mrs Gwen HORRIGAN For services to the community in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

(Leigh-on-Sea, Essex)

Mildred, Mrs HOWELL Lately Maths Teacher, Hurworth School, Darlington. For services to Education.

(Sedgefield, Durham)

Judith, Mrs HOWES Teaching Assistant, Hardwick Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees. For services to Education

(Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)

William HOWIE Director, Voluntary Service Aberdeen. For services to the community in Aberdeen.

(Aberdeen)

Christopher HOY For services to Cycling.

(Edinburgh)

Robert Myles HUCK Head of Year, Whitehaven School, Cumbria. For services to Education.

(Whitehaven, Cumbria)

John Anthony HUGHES Caretaker and Teaching Assistant, Wrockwardine Wood Junior School, Shropshire. For services to Education.

(Telford, Shropshire)

Kathleen Joan, Mrs HUGHES For services to Health and to the community in South Warwickshire.

(Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire)

Philip William HUGHES Director and Trustee, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. For services to Health and Safety.

(Rugby, Warwickshire)

66 Ms Joy Stell HUMBER For services to Elderly People and to the community in Childswickham, Worcestershire.

(Childswickham, Worcestershire)

Peter Ronald HUXTABLE Coxswain, Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat. For services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute.

(Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex)

Clare Ann, Mrs HYDE Director, Calderdale Women's Centre. For services to Healthcare for Women in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.

(Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Thomas ISBISTER Crofter. For services to the community in Shetland.

(Tingwall, Shetland)

Syed Azizul ISLAM For services to Community Relations in South London.

(London, SW2)

Ian JACKSON Lay Member, HM Inspectorate of Education. For services to Education in Scotland.

(Perth and Kinross)

Betty Eva, Mrs JAMES Foster Carer. For services to Children in Carmarthenshire.

(Meidrim, Carmarthenshire)

Ian Kennedy JAMES Principal Director, Tamworth and Lichfield College, Staffordshire. For services to Further Education.

(Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Peter Ronald JAMES For services to the Catering Industry and to the community in Powys, Wales.

(Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys)

Phyllis, Mrs JAMES For services to the community in Montpelier, Bristol.

(Montpelier, Bristol)

Ms Julia Carrina JARRETT Hostel Manager, St Mungo's Association. For services to Homeless People in London.

(London, N8)

67 John William JEFFREY For services to the community in Surrey.

(Godalming, Surrey)

Irene, Mrs JENKINS Site Agent, Pulloxhill Lower School, Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire. For services to Education.

(Luton, Bedfordshire)

Patricia Mary Stevenson, Mrs JENKINS Head of Widening Participation, University of Liverpool. For services to Higher Education.

(Liverpool, Merseyside)

Ann, Mrs JOHNSON Volunteer, Chanctonbury Community Playscheme, West Sussex. For services to Special Needs Children.

(Worthing, West Sussex)

Gilbert JOHNSON Chair, Skerries Salmon. For services to Salmon Farming in Shetland.

(Vidlin, Shetland)

Andrew Ivan Egerton JOHNSTON For public service.

(Belfast)

Emily Margaret, Mrs JOHNSTON Cleaner. For services to the Department of Education in Northern Ireland.

(Bangor, Down)

James Summers Hamilton JOHNSTON Principal of Technology, Springburn Academy, Glasgow. For services to Education.

(Scotstoun, Glasgow)

Christine Joan, Mrs JONES Lately Clinical Nurse Manager, Emergency Unit, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

(Caerphilly, Gwent)

Doreen, Mrs GARLAND-JONES Vice-Chair, Tidy Cheltenham Group. For services to the community in Cheltenham.

(Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)

68 Janet Elisabeth, Mrs JONES, JP Administrative Officer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick. For services to Higher Education and to the community in Coventry.

(Coventry, West Midlands)

Ms Judith Patricia JONES Judges' Clerk, The Court Service.

(Colchester, Essex)

Michael Denison JONES For services to Nature Conservation in the Home Counties.

(Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)

Olabisi, Mrs AKIWUMI-JONES For services to Young People in London.

(London, N10)

Peter Thomas JONES Senior Executive Officer, Independent Police Complaints Commission

(Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire)

Celia Elizabeth, Mrs JORDAN For services to the community in Warrington, Cheshire.

(Warrington, Cheshire)

William John JORDAN Chair, W Jordan (Cereals) Ltd. For services to the Food and Drink Industries.

(Renhold, Bedfordshire)

Parmod KAD For services to Community Relations in Southall, London.

(Hounslow, Middlesex)

David KAMSLER For services to The Link and to the community in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

(Basingstoke, Hampshire)

Derek James KANE Training Programmes Manager, Scottish Enterprise, Dunbartonshire. For services to Business in

(East Kilbride, Lanarkshire)

69 Douglas James KEIL, QPM General Secretary, Scottish Police Federation. For services to the Police.

(Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire)

Ian KENDALL Principal Countryside and Forestry Officer, Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government in West Yorkshire.

(Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Margaret Angela Barrie, Mrs KENT For services to the community in Cornwall.

(Padstow, Cornwall)

Margaret Elizabeth, Mrs KERR Teaching Assistant, St Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School, Enfield, London. For services to Education.

(London, E14)

Ian KERSHAW Higher Executive Officer, Health and Safety Executive.

(Stockport, Cheshire)

June Margaret, Mrs KEYTE Founder and Director Children's Voices of Enfield. For services to Music and to the community in London.

(London, N14)

Nazim KHAN For services to the community in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

(Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

David Frederick KING For services to the St John Ambulance and to Scouting in Romford, Essex.

(Romford, Essex)

John Alan KING Deputy Headteacher, Greswold Primary School, Solihull. For services to Education.

(Solihull, West Midlands)

John KIRTLEY Principal Doorkeeper, House of Lords.

(Dover, Kent)

Dr Alan Coates KLOTTRUP For services to the community in Durham.

(Quebec, Durham)

70 Brenda, Mrs LALONDE For services to WaterVoice Wessex Committee. For services to the Water Industry.

(Bristol)

Thomas John Kinloch LAMBIE Administrative Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Shrewsbury, Shropshire)

Myra Ferguson, Mrs LAMONT Associate Director of Nursing, Sandyford Initiative, Greater Glasgow NHS Trust. For services to Nursing.

(Giffnock, Glasgow)

Brian John LANCASHIRE Patient Safety Manager, National Patient Safety Agency. For services to the NHS.

(Oldham, Greater Manchester)

Eric LANCASHIRE For services to the community in Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire.

(Ilkeston, Derbyshire)

Lorraine, Mrs LAUDER For services to Elderly People in Southwark, London.

(London, SE17)

Dr Heather LAURIE Manager of Survey Activities, UK Longitudinal Studies Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex. For services to Social Science.

(Colchester, Essex)

Leslie Francis Lawson LAW For services to Equestrian Sport.

(Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire)

Peter LAWLER Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

Barbara Noelle, Mrs LEIGH For services to Nature Conservation in Middlesex.

(East Molesey, Surrey)

71 David Stanley LEWIS For charitable services in South Wales.

(Monmouthshire)

Norman Richard LEWIS For services to Nature Conservation in Nottinghamshire.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Peter LIDDLE County Archaeologist, Leicestershire County Council. For services to Community Archaeology.

(Leicester, Leicestershire)

Ruth, Mrs LINGARD Founder and Director, Fledglings, Cambridgeshire. For services to Disabled Young People.

(Ickleton, Cambridgeshire)

Hugh Lewis LLOYD Actor. For services to Drama and to Charity.

(Worthing, West Sussex)

Richard John LLOYD Lately Head, Land Management and Countryside Capital, Countryside Agency. For services to the Environment.

(Tockington, Bristol)

Kenneth George LOMAS For services to the Leukaemia Research Fund.

(Aldershot, Hampshire)

Alfred LOW Lately Building Inspector. For services to the Scottish Crop Research Institute and to the community in Invergowrie.

(Invergowrie, Dundee)

Joseph Edward LOWTHIAN For services to the community in Penrith, Cumbria.

(Penrith, Cumbria)

Suzanne, Mrs LUCAS Lately President, Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. For services to the Arts.

(Mere, Wiltshire)

Fraser MACKENZIE Volunteer Leader, Strathclyde Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service. (Lochgoilhead, Argyll and Bute)

72 Ian MACLEAN Chair, Statistics Users' Council.

(Esher, Surrey)

Mary Bridgetta, Mrs MAGENNIS Catering Manager, Northern Ireland Office.

(Carryduff, Belfast)

Miss Margaret Jessie Campbell MAIN Research Technician, Department of Child Health, University of Aberdeen. For services to Higher Education and to Employee Relations.

(Danestone, Aberdeen)

Jean Emily, Mrs MAKIN For services to HM Prison Stafford.

(Stafford, Staffordshire)

George Edward MANGAR For services to the Independent Monitoring Board, HM Prison Brixton, London.

(New Malden, Surrey)

Anne Lesley, Mrs MANSELL Teaching Assistant, Seymour Road Primary School, Clayton, Manchester. For services to Education.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Ronnie MARLOR Chair of Governors, Cliffe Hill Community Primary School, Calderdale, West Yorkshire. For services to Education.

(Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Carole Joan, Mrs MARR Principal Teacher of Outdoor Education, St Columba's School, Kilmacolm. For services to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in Renfrewshire.

(Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire)

Richard John MASON Head of Building Projects Group, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils. For services to Science.

(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)

Dr Thomas Robert MASON Director, Armagh Planetarium. For services to Astronomy Education.

(Richill, Armagh)

73 Brian Frederick MATHEW For services to Horticulture and to Botanical Science.

(Claygate, Surrey)

James MCCARTE Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.

(Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire)

Susan Carol, Mrs MCCARTNEY Personal Assistant to the Director, Rothamsted Research. For services to Agricultural Research.

(Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire)

Desmond MCCAUGHAN Chair, Fundraising for Police Charities (Northern Ireland). For services to charity.

(Portstewart, Londonderry)

Miss Rosemary MCCLOSKEY For services to people with Learning Disabilities.

(Donegal, Ireland)

Janet, Mrs MCCORMACK Nursery Nurse, Millbank Primary School, Westminster, London. For services to Education.

(London, SW1V)

Christopher Robin MCCORMICK Divisional Manager, South East First Bus Group and UK Manager for Lifelong Learning. For services to Public Transport and to Basic Skills Education.

(Benfleet, Essex)

John Kenneth MCCULLAGH For public service.

(Belfast)

George Ferguson MCDONIC Chair, Campaign to Protect Rural England (Wiltshire). For services to Conservation.

(Trowbridge, Wiltshire)

George MCGARVEY Senior Executive Officer, Health and Safety Executive.

(Liverpool, Merseyside)

Robert MCKENNA For services to Entertainment and to Charity.

(Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)

74 Margaret Elizabeth, Mrs MCKILLOP Senior Nurse Manager, Rehabiliation Directorate, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. For services to Nursing.

(Greenock, Renfrewshire)

Ernest Templeton MCMILLEN Vice-President, Pony Club. For services to Horse Riding.

(Newtownards, Down)

Dr Iain MCNICOL General Medical Practitioner, Appin, Argyll. For services to Healthcare.

(Port Appin, Argyll and Bute)

Michael Stuart MCNIDDER Head of Developmental Services, City of Worcester. For services to Local Government.

(Worcester, Worcestershire)

Gerard MCQUILLAN Capital Taxes Manager and Secretary of the Acceptance in Lieu Panel at the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. For services to Heritage.

(London, SW1)

Reg MEAD President, Bucks Schools Athletics Association. For services to Athletics.

(Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)

Maria Philomena, Mrs MENDONCA Teacher, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School, Peterborough. For services to Education.

(Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

Mary, Mrs MIDDLETON For services to the Royal British Legion in Derby.

(Derby, Derbyshire)

John Clive MILBURNE Wildlife Inspector, Environment and Heritage Service, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland Executive.

(Ardglass, Down)

Margaret Wilson, Mrs MILLIGAN For services to the Citizens' Advice Bureau, Coatbridge.

(Coatbridge, Lanarkshire)

75 Thakorbhai MISTRY For services to the community in Alconbury, Cambridgeshire.

(Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire)

Miss Sheila Lilian MITCHELL President, European Catering Association (Great Britain). For services to the Hospitality Industry.

(Surbiton, Surrey)

Herbert Inglis MOLE Chair, Horncliffe Parish Council. For services to Local Government in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

(Berwick-upon-Tweed,

Clive Anthony MORRIS Deputy-Chair, National Black Police Association and Caretaker, Nottingham Police. For services to the Police and to the community in Nottingham.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Evan John MORRIS Public Relations Officer, Cheshire Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service.

(Chester, Cheshire)

Miss Frances Margaret MORRIS For services to the community in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.

(Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire)

Harold Sydney MORRIS For services to Community Relations in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

(Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire)

Donald Roddy MORRISON Janitor, Lionel School, Isle of Lewis. For services to Education in Scotland.

(Isle of Lewis, Western Isles)

Miss Alison MORTIMER Administrative Officer, Child Support Agency.

(Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire)

Brian Anthony MORTON Conservation Engineer. For services to Heritage.

(Walberswick, Suffolk)

Adrian MOSS Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

76 Albert David MOSS Honorary Secretary, Alzheimer's Society, Swansea and Lliw Valley Branch. For services to People with Alzheimer's Disease.

(Sketty, Swansea)

Councillor Mrs Mary MOSS For services to the community in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

(Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire)

Richard Harry MOSS For services to Young People in North London.

(London, N9)

Dr Shyamal Kumar MUKHERJEE Board Member, Birkenhead and Wallasey Primary Care Trust. For services to Healthcare.

(Wirral, Merseyside)

Edith Agnes, Mrs MURPHY For services to the community in Leicestershire.

(Leicester, Leicestershire)

Christopher NEEDS Radio Presenter. For charitable services in Wales.

(Cwmafan, Neath Port Talbot)

Elizabeth, Mrs NELIS Foster Carer. For services to Children in Belfast.

(Dundonald, Belfast)

Sydney NICHOLSON Founder, Heart Call, South Tyneside. For services to People with Heart Disease in South Tyneside.

(South Shields, Tyne and Wear)

Mehri, Mrs NIKNAM For services to Jewish-Muslim Inter-faith Relations.

(London, NW11)

David Alasdair NIX For services to the Donor Family Network and to the Siloan Christian Ministries.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

William Cecil NOBLE For political and public service and for services to Education.

(Fivemiletown, Fermanagh)

77 Seva LEVENSTEIN-NOVGORODSEV Presenter, BBC Russian Service. For services to Broadcasting.

(London, SE18)

Roy Herbert NOWELL Bandmaster, 13th Coventry Scout Band. For services to Young People.

(Coventry, West Midlands)

Gillian Patricia, Mrs NUSSEY For services to the Victim Support Service in Warwickshire.

(Alcester, Warwickshire)

Brigid Christina, Mrs O'CONNOR Senior Nurse, Royal Gwent Hospital. For services to Urology.

(Newport, Gwent)

Sean Michael Barry O'MEARA Chair, Finance and Management Committee, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. For services to Accident Prevention.

(Eastleigh, Hampshire)

John Francis O'NEILL Executive Officer, Pensions Service, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Bishopston, Bristol)

Wilfred Alec OSBORN Chair of Govenors, Deacon's School, Peterborough. For services to Education. (Bourne, Lincolnshire)

Andrew Joseph O'SULLIVAN, BEM For charitable services in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

(Rochdale, Greater Manchester)

Elaine, Mrs PARKER For services to the community in Foleshill, Coventry.

(Coventry, West Midlands)

Stuart PARKER For services to the community in Foleshill, Coventry.

(Coventry, West Midlands)

Ms Angela PARKS Operational Manager, Coventry Youth Offending Service. For services to Youth Justice.

(Coventry, West Midlands)

78 Roger William Kew PARLBY Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director, Newark Advertiser. For services to the Newspaper Industry and to the community in Nottinghamshire.

(Newark, Nottinghamshire)

John Lewis PARTRIDGE For services to the Royal British Legion in Kent.

(Maidstone, Kent)

David PASCOE For services to the community in Redruth, Cornwall.

(Redruth, Cornwall)

Alice, Mrs PASHLEY For services to the community in Belton, Lincolnshire.

(Doncaster, Lincolnshire)

Dr Raina PATEL For services to Healthcare in Stockport, Cheshire.

(Hyde, Cheshire)

Gillian, Mrs PEARCE Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Grimsby, Lincolnshire)

Kenneth Gerald PEARCE For services to the community in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

(High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)

Pamela, Mrs PEARCE Higher Executive Officer, Child Support Agency.

(Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Christine, Mrs PERCIVAL Director, University of Strathclyde Summer Academy. For services to Higher Education.

(Glasgow)

Arthur Robert PETERS For services to the community in Ringmer, East Sussex.

(Ringmer, East Sussex)

Keith Gordon PHIPPS Geography Teacher, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham. For services to Education.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

79 Kenneth Andrew PINK Senior Coxswain, Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Services. For services to the community in Hampshire.

(Fareham, Hampshire)

Edward Frederick Robert PLUCK Honorary Secretary, Wanstead Cricket Club. For services to Cricket in Essex.

(London, E11)

Dr Mark Christopher Milsom PORTER Broadcaster and General Medical Practitioner, Stroud, Gloucestershire. For services to Healthcare.

(Stroud, Gloucestershire)

Nellie Elizabeth, Mrs PORTER For services to the community in Box, Wiltshire.

(Corsham, Wiltshire)

Philip Sparkman POWELL For services to the Royal British Legion in Herefordshire.

(Ashperton, Herefordshire)

The Reverend Jemima PRASADAM For services to Inter-faith Relations.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Sharon Joy, Mrs PRICE For services to Swimming in Torfaen, South Wales.

(Cwmbran, Torfaen)

Roger PRIEST For services to the community in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

(Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)

Richard PRISS Project Engineer, BAE Systems. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria)

Robert PRYDE For services to the Scottish Ambulance Service, Kinross, Perthshire.

(Kinross, Perth and Kinross)

Charles PUDE For services to the community in Porton, Wiltshire.

(Porton, Wiltshire)

80 Ms Dahlia Eunelvia HENDRICKSON-QUAILEY Constable, Bedfordshire Police. For services to the Police.

(Bedford, Bedfordshire)

Michael William QUIGLEY For services to the Bassetlaw Hospice of the Good Shepherd and to the community in Retford, Nottinghamshire.

(Retford, Nottinghamshire)

The Reverend George Bruce QUINN For services to the Isle of Man.

(Douglas, Isle of Man)

Gwendoline Yvonne, Mrs RAGGETT For services to the community in Bournemouth.

(Bournemouth, Dorset)

Rahmat Ali RAJA For services to the community in Pendle, Lancashire.

(Nelson, Lancashire)

Miss Aileen Margaret RAMSAY Personal Assistant, Edinburgh College of Art. For services to Education.

(Edinburgh)

John Leslie RAWE For services to the community in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.

(Bishop Auckland, Durham)

Mansel John RAYMOND Farmer. For services to Agriculture in Wales.

(Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire)

Meurig David RAYMOND Farmer. For services to Agriculture in Wales.

(Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire)

Dr Joseph REA Teacher, Aquinas Grammar School, Belfast. For services to Education.

(Belfast)

Elsa Jacqueline, Mrs REDPATH Senior Secretary, Virgin Trains. For services to the Rail Industry.

(Andover, Hampshire)

81 Paul Beresford REDRUP, TD Regional Officer, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, East Region. For services to Young People in East Anglia.

(Rayleigh, Essex)

Miss Marian Edna REED Chair, St Mary's Hospice, Birmingham. For services to the community in the West Midlands.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Roger Frederick REEVES Deputy County Commissioner for Scouting, Wiltshire. For services to Young People.

(Swindon, Wiltshire)

Thomas RENWICK Farmer. For services to the community in Cardrona, Peebleshire.

(Cardrona, Peeblesshire)

Ms Elen RHYS For services to Lifelong Learning in Wales.

(Penarth, The Vale of Glamorgan)

Margaret Alice, Mrs RIDDELL For services to the community in Kelso.

(Kelso, Roxburgh, Ettrick and

Keith John RIDYARD Senior Co-ordinator, Family Friends' in Windsor and Maidenhead. For services to Families.

(Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire)

James Charles RILEY For services to Community Relations in East London.

(London, E15)

Maroof, Mrs RISHI Foster Carer. For services to Children in Birmingham.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

David Evan ROBERTS For services to Disabled Sport.

(Pontypridd, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)

Ms Rosemary Anne ROBERTS Lately Chief Copy-Editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. For services to Scholarship.

(Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire)

82 Stephen Brian Mansel ROBERTS For services to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and to the community in the Wirral, Merseyside.

(Wirral, Merseyside)

Dr Frederick David ROBINSON Lately Teacher and Key Stage 3 Manager, Queensbury School, Bradford. For services to Education.

(Shipley, West Yorkshire)

David Alexander RODGER Lately Director, Hebridean Island Cruises. For services to Shipping.

(Killearn, Glasgow)

Christine, Mrs RODSTROM Senior Officer, HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution, Bulwood Hall, Essex.

(Basildon, Essex)

Genek Crammond ROMANOWSKI Local Office Manager, Inland Revenue.

(Broughty Ferry, Dundee)

Francis ROTHWELL, JP For services to the community in Leigh, Lancashire.

(Leigh, Lancashire)

Elizabeth Ann, Mrs ROWLAND For services to Disabled People through the Willow Trust in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

(Cirencester, Gloucestershire)

Iorwerth ROWLANDS For services to the community in Beaumaris, Anglesey.

(Anglesey, Gwynedd)

Derek ROY Chargehand, Grounds Maintenance, Harrow Council. For services to the commmunity in Harrow, Middlesex.

(South Harrow, Middlesex)

Tom ROYLE Trade Union Representative, MBDA UK. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Sandy, Bedfordshire)

Elaine Anne, Mrs RUSE Propriety Adviser, Revenue Finance, Inland Revenue.

(London, NW1)

83 Ann Bruce, Mrs RUSHFORTH Chief Executive, Scotnursing Ltd. For services to Business in Dunbartonshire.

(Bearsden, Dunbartonshire)

Malik Mohammed SALIM For services to Inter-faith Relations and to the community in Leicester.

(Leicester, Leicestershire)

Miss Judith SANDLAND Teacher, Leighswood Primary School, Walsall, West Midlands. For services to Education.

(Walsall, West Midlands)

Graham Russell SANDY For services to Young People through the Frenford Clubs and the Hainault and Clayhall Cricket Club in Essex.

(Woodford Green, Essex)

Reginald John SAVILLE For services to Museums and to the community in Langton Matravers, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.

(Swanage, Dorset)

Miss Norma Elizabeth SCOTT Grade E1, Ministry of Defence.

(St George, Bristol)

John Sydney SEDGWICK, JP For services to the community in Liverpool.

(Huyton, Merseyside)

Gurdial Singh SEEHRA For services to Young People in Woolwich, London.

(London, SE2)

Frederick Barry Hilton SERGEANT For services to the Law Courts in Jersey.

(Jersey, Channel Islands)

Stewart SHARP Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Carole Ann, Mrs SHAVES For services to the Victim Support Service in East Sussex.

(St Leonard-on-Sea, East Sussex)

84 Phillip James SHEPHERD Forest Craftsman, Rhondda. For services to Forestry and to Archaeology in Wales.

(Treorchy, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)

Anthony SHEPPARD Head of Physical Education Training, HM Prison Service College, Lilleshall, Shropshire.

(Stafford, Staffordshire)

Yinka SHONIBARE For services to Art.

(London, W1S)

Stephen Anthony SILK Metal Detail and Process Manager, Marshall Aerospace. For services to the Aerospace Industry.

(Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

John Martin SIMMS For services to Linen Hall Library and to the community in Northern Ireland.

(Holywood, Down)

Melody Jane, Mrs SIMONS For services to the community in Enfield, London.

(Enfield, Middlesex)

Joseph Gilbert SIMPSON For services to the Fishing Industry in Scotland.

(Whalsay, Shetland)

Eric Thurston SLAPE Canoeing and Sailing Instructor and Member, Hertfordshire Scouts and Guides Canoeing Committee. For services to Young People.

(Nr Royston, Hertfordshire)

Sheila Mary, Mrs SLAPE Guider-in-Charge, Bentley Heath Campsite and Holiday Home, Hertfordshire. For services to Young People.

(Nr Royston, Hertfordshire)

Christina, Mrs SMITH For charitable services in Preston, Lancashire.

(Preston, Lancashire)

85 Eleanor, Mrs SMITH, JP For services to the community in Gateshead.

(Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

Jean Mary, Mrs SMITH For charitable services in Essex.

(St Osyth, Essex)

Marina Helen, Mrs SMITH Education Director, Beth Shalom Holocaust Educational Centre. For services to Community Relations.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Nigel SMITH Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Barry Keith SMITHERMAN For services to Animal Welfare.

(Enfield, Middlesex)

June, Mrs SMITHERMAN For services to Animal Welfare.

(Enfield, Middlesex)

Margaret Taylor, Mrs SNEDDON For services to the Girls' Brigade, Wishaw and Shotts, Lanarkshire.

(Wishaw, Lanarkshire)

Elsie Mary, Mrs SOLLIS For services to the community in Kingham, Oxfordshire.

(Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire)

John Edward SPEED Lately Leading Ranger, Ludlow, Forestry Commission.

(Ludlow, Shropshire)

Gareth Arthur STACEY, JP For services to Young People and to the community in Hove, East Sussex.

(Hove, East Sussex)

Nicholas STANBURY Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

86 Gail Simpson, Mrs STANLEY, JP DL For services to the community in Ormskirk, Lancashire.

(Ormskirk, Lancashire)

Gary STANNETT Youth Worker. For services to Young People in Southwark, London.

(London, SE25)

Kenneth STEPHENS For services to the Royal Air Forces Association in Gwynedd.

(Tywyn, Gwynedd)

Hugh STERRETT Senior Attendant, Knockbreda Cemetery, Castlereagh Borough Council. For services to Local Government.

(Belfast)

John Bernard STIFF Dog Handler, HM Prison Full Sutton, North Yorkshire.

(York, North Yorkshire)

David Vincent STIPETIC Clock Custodian and Consultant, Kingston-upon-Hull City Council. For services to Local Government.

(Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of

Wendy Joyce, Mrs STIRLING Grade A3, Education Department, Scottish Executive.

(Edinburgh)

George Robson STOBBS, QPM For services to the Scout Association in Dumfries and Galloway.

(Lochmaben, Dumfries)

Frances, Mrs STONE Teaching Assistant, Hambleton Church of England Primary School, Hambleton, Selby, North Yorkshire. For services to Education.

(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

The Reverend George Malcolm STONESTREET For services to the community in Cumbria.

(Keswick, Cumbria)

87 Miss Susan STRICKLAND For services to Homeless People in Bristol.

(Fishponds, Bristol)

Graeme Alexander STUART Policy Adviser, Education Department, Scottish Executive.

(Edinburgh)

Alexander SWAILES For services to the community in Northumberland.

(Longframlington, Northumberland)

Lorraine, Mrs SWEENEY Grade E1, Ministry of Defence.

(Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire)

Mary Elizabeth Joan, Mrs TAGGART Social Security Officer, Operations Division, Social Security Agency, Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland Executive.

(Newtownards, Down)

Christine Shinn, Mrs TAYLOR Lately Adviser to the Department for Education and Skills. For services to Early Years Education.

(Durham)

Gillian, Mrs TEE Voluntary Teaching Assistant, Old Stratford Community Primary School, Milton Keynes. For services to Education.

(Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)

Gillian Rosamund, Mrs TEMPLE For services to Education and to the community in East Sussex.

(Nr Heathfield, East Sussex)

Miss Patricia TENNANT Employee Assistance Officer, HM Customs and Excise.

(Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)

Jean, Mrs THOMPSON Principal Trainer, Lay Led Self Management Programmes. For services to Healthcare.

(Beckenham, Kent)

88 Sarah Sylvia, Mrs THOMPSON For services to the community in Bristol.

(Co Mayo, Eire)

John Victor THORP Civic Architect, Leeds City Council. For services to Architecture.

(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Dr Morag Kennedy THOW Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Glasgow Caledonian University. For services to Healthcare.

(Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire)

Gwilym Thomas TIBBOTT Councillor, Powys County Council. For services to the community in Powys.

(Nr Oswestry, Powys)

Ms Ruth Mary TILL Director, Rubicon Dance. For services to Community Dance.

(Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Robert Philip TILT, JP For services to the Administration of Justice.

(Ludlow, Shropshire)

Brian John TOMLINSON Managing Director, Springpart Manufacturing Limited. For services to International Trade.

(Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire)

Major David Redvers Walter TOVELL For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Dorset.

(Weymouth, Dorset)

Margaret Anne, Mrs TRANMER Foster Carer and Carers' Representative. For services to Children and to Families in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

(Rotherham, South Yorkshire)

John TRAVIS For services to the community in Lancashire.

(Clitheroe, Lancashire)

Ms June TRIMBLE Vice-Chair, Youth Net. For services to Young People in Northern Ireland.

(Donaghadee, Down)

89 Leslie William Charles TRUMAN For services to Homeless People through The Passage in Victoria, London and to the community in Bexley, Kent.

(Bexley, Kent)

Christine Anne, Mrs TURNER Member, Tendring District Council. For services to the community in Walton-on-Naze, Essex.

(Walton-on-Naze, Essex)

David Michael TURNER District Officer, South Yorkshire Constabulary. For services to the Police.

(Rotherham, South Yorkshire)

Michael Colin TURVEY For services to Music and to the community in Pinner, Middlesex.

(Pinner, Middlesex)

Andrew Harwood VERNON For services to Disabled People.

(Witney, Oxfordshire)

Donald Arthur VICKERS Recreation and Business Development Team Leader, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment and to UK Athletics.

(Reading, Berkshire)

Gerard VIGNOLA Lately Tenant Adviser, Hammersmith and Fulham Federation of Tenants' and Residents' Associations. For services to Social Housing in London.

(Australia)

Hedley William Pierre VINALL For services to the Burma Star Assocation.

(Shanklin, Isle of Wight)

Stephen WADE Director, Learning Disability Services, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

(Pontypridd, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)

Cherry Annabella, Mrs WAITE For services to the Duchy Opera Trust and to the community in Cornwall.

(Truro, Cornwall)

90 Peter Andrew DURHAM-WAITE For services to the community in Jersey.

(Jersey, Channel Islands)

Archibald WALKER Vice President Operations, KBR Government Operations. For services to the Defence Industry.

(Alton, Hampshire)

George Eric WALKER Lately Director, Corporate Services, West Dunbartonshire Council. For services to Local Government.

(Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire)

George Wilfrid WALKER For services to the community in Lund, East Yorkshire.

(Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Dr John Edward Stuart WALKER Founder Hornsea Museum. For services to the community and to Museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

(Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Miss Judith Anne WALKER Adminstrative Officer (Dentistry), Education Directorate, Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry. For services to Higher Education.

(London, SE3)

Andrew William WALL For services to the Bangladeshi community in Birmingham.

(Birmingham, West Midlands)

Harry Graham WALLACE For services to the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.

(Liverpool, Merseyside)

Edward WALLEDGE Shares Valuation Examiner, Inland Revenue.

(Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire)

Rosemary Teresa, Mrs WALLEY For services to the community in Thorncombe, Dorset.

(Chard, Somerset)

91 Angeline Mary Anne, Mrs WALTERS Community Contact Officer, Cambridgeshire Constabulary. For services to the Police.

(Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire)

Sidney Myer WANDER For services to the community in Manchester.

(Manchester, Greater Manchester)

Brian Clifford WARREN For services to Agriculture in Devon.

(Crediton, Devon)

Stanley Wilson WATERFALL For services to the community in Leigh, Dorset.

(Sherborne, Dorset)

Harold Godfrey WATSON For services to the community in County Durham.

(South Hetton, Durham)

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew James John WATT For services to the Gurkha Regiment.

(Westbury, Wiltshire)

Graham Norman WEBB For services to Business and to Charity in Kent.

(Sevenoaks, Kent)

Ms Sarah Kate WEBB For services to Sailing.

(Weybridge, Surrey)

Victoria, Mrs WEEKES Chair, Port Talbot League of Friends. For services to Healthcare in Neath Port Talbot.

(Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot)

David WELCH Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(London, SE15)

Jane Elizabeth, Mrs WEST Registrar and Training Officer, Lincolnshire Registration Service. For services to the Civil Registration Service.

(Boston, Lincolnshire)

92 William Andrew WHANNELL Station Manager, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency.

(Herne Bay, Kent)

Alanda Joy, Mrs WHITEHEAD For services to the community in Leicestershire.

(Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire)

Sian, Mrs WHITELEY Teacher and Leader of Adult Basic Skills, North Warwickshire and Hinckley College. For services to Adult Basic Skills.

(Hinckley, Leicestershire)

Nora, Mrs WHITHAM Nurse Educationalist, West Yorkshire NHS Workforce Development Confederation. For services to Nursing and to the community in Bradford.

(Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Bryan WHITTAKER For services to Health and Safety in the Engineering Industry.

(Colchester, Essex)

Dr Margaret WHORISKEY Lately Commissioner, Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. For services to Mental Health and to Disabled People.

(Edinburgh)

Margaret, Mrs WILKIN District Officer, Special Constabulary. For services to the Police.

(Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Miss Susan WILKINSON Administrative Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.

(Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire)

Jacqueline Maeve, Mrs WILLEMS Technical Support Officer, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment.

(Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Bleddyn Llewellyn WILLIAMS For services to Sport in Wales.

(Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

93 Robert Stanley WILLIAMS Probation Officer. For services to the National Probation Service in Devon and Cornwall.

(Yelverton, Devon)

Stephen David WILLIAMS Rower. For services to Sport.

(Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)

Barbara, Mrs WILSON Chair, Friends of Coalshaw Green Park. For services to the community in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

(Oldham, Greater Manchester)

Miss Jean WILSON Head of Science, Blackpool and The Fylde College. For services to Biology.

(Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire)

Miss Lesley Ann WILSON Social Work Practice Team Manager. For services to Social Care in Edinburgh. (Edinburgh)

Ms Lorraine WILSON Executive Officer, National Assembly for Wales.

(Tonyrefail, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)

Miss Marion WILSON Typist, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

(Alnwick, Northumberland)

Major Richard George WILSON For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Norfolk.

(Attleborough, Norfolk)

Ronald Angus WILSON Managing Director, Wilson's Country Ltd, Armagh. For services to the Food Processing Industry and to Charity.

(Richhill, Armagh)

Nobby WOODCOCK For services to Football in Bettws, Newport, Gwent.

(Newport, Gwent)

Dr George Ralston WYLLIE Sculptor. For services to Art.

(Gourock, Renfrewshire)

94 Patricia, Mrs WYNDHAM Founder, 999 Clubs Trust. For services to the community in South East London.

(London, W6)

Dr Lesley YELLOWLEES Reader in Chemistry, University of Edinburgh. For services to Science.

(Edinburgh)

Keith YORKE Grade C2, Ministry of Defence.

(London)

95