2024 Special Honours

As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours, political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.

Life Peerage

Conservative Party

• Charles Banner, KC, to be Baron Banner, of Barnt Green in the County of Worcestershire – 6 March 2024^[1]
• Peter Booth, to be Baron Booth, of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland – 7 March 2024^[2]
• Donald Cameron of Lochiel, to be Baron Cameron of Lochiel, of Achnacarry in the County of Inverness – 4 March 2024^[3]
• Cllr John Fuller, OBE, to be Baron Fuller, of Gorleston-on-Sea in the County of Norfolk – 7 March 2024^[4]
• Paul Goodman, to be Baron Goodman of Wycombe, of High Wycombe in the County of Buckinghamshire – 11 March 2024^[5]
• Cllr James Jamieson, OBE, to be Baron Jamieson, of Maulden in the County of Bedfordshire – 11 March 2024^[6]
• Stuart Marks, CBE, to be Baron Marks of Hale, of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester – 7 March 2024^[7]
• The Honourable Rosa Monckton, MBE, to be Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest, of Earlsdown in the County of East Sussex. – 12 March 2024^[8]
• Franck Petitgas, to be Baron Petitgas, of Bosham in the County of West Sussex – 7 March 2024^[9]

Labour Party

• John Hannett, OBE, to be Baron Hannett of Everton, of Bramley-Moore Dock in the City of Liverpool – 12 March 2024^[10]
• Ayesha Hazarika, MBE, to be Baroness Hazarika, of Coatbridge in the County of Lanarkshire – 14 March 2024^[11]
• Jane Ramsey, to be Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath, of Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark – 13 March 2024^[12]
• Gerald Shamash, to be Baron Shamash, West Didsbury in the City of Manchester – 6 March 2024^[13]

Plaid Cymru

• Carmen Smith, to be Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, of Llanfaes in the County of Ynys Môn – 13 March 2024^[14]

Lord Lieutenant

• Lindsay William Tulloch, QPM – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Shetland – 5 February 2024^[15]
• Dr Caroline Pryer – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland – 9 April 2024^[16]

Privy Counsellor

• Michael Tomlinson KC, MP – 21 February 2024^[17]
• The Honourable Lord Armstrong – 10 April 2024^[18]
• The Honourable Lord Beckett – 10 April 2024^[18]
• Stephen Flynn MP – 10 April 2024^[18]
• Vaughan Gething MS – 10 April 2024^[18]
• Gavin Robinson MP – 10 April 2024^[18]
• Owen Thompson MP – 10 April 2024^[18]

Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle

Extra Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT)

• His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, GCVO, CD, ADC – 9 March 2024^[19]

Knight/Lady of the Order of the Thistle (KT/LT)

• The Right Honourable The Baroness Black of Strome, DBE, FRS, FRSE, FRAI, FRSB – 9 March 2024^[19]
• The Right Honourable The Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, KC, FRSA, FRSE – 9 March 2024^[19]
• Sir Geoff Palmer, OBE – 9 March 2024^[19]

Royal Victorian Order

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Dr Timothy Hugh David Evans, LVO - lately Apothecary to Queen Elizabeth II, and Apothecary to the Royal Household – 20 March 2024^[19]
• John Lynes, LVO MBE - lately Private Secretary’s Office, Royal Household – 26 March 2024^[20]

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

• Jeffrey Wadley – lately Property Supervisor at Llwynywermod House – 11 March 2024^[21]
• Josephine Wadley – lately Housekeeper at Llwynywermod House – 11 March 2024^[21]

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE / DBE)

• Harriett Baldwin MP – Member of Parliament (MP) for West Worcestershire. Formerly Minister of State for Africa and International Development. Currently Chair of the Treasury Select Committee. For Public and Parliamentary Service – 29 March 2024
• Tracey Crouch CBE, MP – Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford. Formerly Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness. For Public and Parliamentary Service – 29 March 2024
• Emma Thomas – Film producer. For Services to Film – 29 March 2024

Honorary

• Vladimir Jurowski – Former Principal Conductor and Conductor Emeritus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Former Music Director, Glyndebourne Opera Festival and Principal Artist, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. For services to Music and The Arts^[22]
• Wei Shen Lim – Chair, COVID-19 Immunisation, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. For services to the COVID-19 Vaccination programme^[22]
• Sunil Bharti Mittal – Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises. For services to UK and India Business relations^[22]
• Stephen A. Schwarzman – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder, Blackstone Inc.. For services to Philanthropy^[22]

Military division

Honorary

• General Mark Milley – Former Chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. For services to UK/US Defence Relations^[22]

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Matthew Clifford MBE – Co-Founder of Entrepreneur First, Adviser to His Majesty’s Government on Artificial Intelligence and Chair of Advanced Research and Invention Agency. For Services to Artificial Intelligence - 29 March 2024
• Ian Hogarth – Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute. For Services to Artificial Intelligence - 29 March 2024
• Gregory Campbell MP – Member of Parliament (MP) for  East Londonderry, and the Democratic Unionist Party Spokesperson for International Development. For Public and Parliamentary Service - 29 March 2024

Honorary

• Lora E Fleming – Chair of Oceans, Epidemiology and Human Health, University of Exeter. For services to the Environment and Human Health^[22]
• Professor Edna Longley – Poetry critic. For services to Academia and the Arts^[22]
• Professor Andrea Nolan, OBE – Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Edinburgh Napier University. For services to Higher Education^[22]
• Shonda Rhimes – Screenwriter, Producer and Author. For services to UK/US relations^[22]
• Ted Sarandos – Co-Chief Executive Officer of Netflix. For services to Creative Industries
• Björn Savén – Chairman and Investor. For services to Philanthropy^[22]

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Honorary

• Robert Chartener – Chairman and Investor. For services to Philanthropy^[22]
• Francesco Giovannini – Co-founder, Green Arrow Capital. For services to Climate Change^[22]
• Yoshitaka Hori – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, HoriPro. For services to UK Culture and Performing Arts in Japan^[22]
• Martina Hunt – Formerly Director, Commercial Models Team, Cabinet Office. For Public Service^[22]
• Kirill Karabits – Chief Conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. For services to Music and promotion of symphonic works from Ukraine and Eastern Europe in the UK^[22]

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Honorary

• Frans Ammerlaan – WWII military commemoration volunteer. For services to Commemorations and British World War II Veterans^[22]
• Brigadier Rustom Darrah – Chairman, Commonwealth Ex-Services Trust. For services to Commonwealth Veterans living in Pakistan who served in the British Armed Forces^[22]
• Katsusada Hirose – Governor of Oita Prefecture. For services to UK-Japan Relations^[22]
• Gaurav Kapoor – Head of Investment Capital Team, British High Commission, New Delhi. For services to International Development in India^[22]
• Lynn Loacker – Founder and Managing Director, Project W. For services to Diversity in Business in the United States and the UK^[22]
• Linda Frances Robertson – Head of Digital Customer Experience, Virgin Money. For services to Ukrainian refugees^[22]
• Dr Maria João Rodrigues De Araujo – President, Portugal-UK 650. For services to UK/Portugal relations^[22]
• Barry Sweetbaum – Founder and Managing Director, SweetTree Home Care Services and SweetTree Farming For All For services to Vulnerable People^[22]
• Shakeel Ur-Rehman – Senior Security Manager, British High Commission Islamabad. For services to UK-Pakistan relations^[22]
• Arjan Veurink – Assistant Coach, England Women’s National Football Team. For services to Association football^[22]

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Honorary

• Junaid Ali – Philanthropist and Community Champion. For services to the community in East London during COVID-19^[22]
• Debbie Bulau – State-recognised Educator and Remembrance Project Leader. For services to the remembrance of British soldiers during World War II^[22]
• Bogumil Cwiklak – Area Operations Manager and High Dependency Support Unit Lead, The Orders of St John Care Trust. For services to social care during Covid-19^[22]
• Joseph Healy – Station Manager, Govia Thameslink Railway. For services to the Railway Industry^[22]
• Maria Petraitis-Williams – Enforcement Case Officer, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Vulnerable Children and Young Adults^[22]
• Petr Vojtisek – Volunteer, CATCH (Community Action to Create Hope). For services to Young People in Leeds, West Yorkshire^[22]

Knight Bachelor

• Philip Davies MP – Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley. For Public and Parliamentary Service – 29 March 2024
• Dr Demis Hassabis CBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA – CEO and Co-Founder of DeepMind. For Services to Artificial Intelligence – 29 March 2024
• Mohamed Mansour – Businessman, Philanthropist and Senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party. For Business, Charity and Political Service – 29 March 2024
• Christopher Nolan CBE – Filmmaker. For Services to Film – 29 March 2024
• Mark Spencer MP – Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sherwood. For Public and Parliamentary Service – 29 March 2024

Imperial Service Medal (ISM)

• Appointments 5 March 2024.^[23][24]

Order of St John

Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ)

• Peter Richard Bradley, CBE – 7 February 2023^[25]
• Michael David Cook – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Alderman Professor Michael Raymond Mainelli – 31 January 2024^[25]
• The Most Reverend Sir David John Moxon, KNZM – 31 January 2024^[25]
• James George Naphambo – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Dr Norman Jan Piet Walker, OBE – 31 January 2024^[25]

Dame of Justice of the Order of St John (DStJ)

• Margaret Ann Houston – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Sonya Louise Marshall – 31 January 2024^[25]

Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ)

• Alexander Lindsay Fraser Bowman, MBE – 31 January 2024^[25]
• The Honourable Adam Robert Bruce – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Ian Crowe, MBE – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Dr Richard Andrew Davies – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Mark Donald Dennis – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Jess Lawson Love Duncan – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Barbara Anne Everiss – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Arvind Michael Kapur, OBE – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Susan Jane Lousada – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Ewan Alexander Macdonald – 31 January 2024^[25]
• David Macleod Murdoch – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Ratu Vereniki Gordon Vula Raiwalui – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Elizabeth Ann Roads, LVO – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Johanna Louise Ropner – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Alison Ann Shepherd – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Kelvan Francis Smith – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Karen Susan Sunckell – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Derek John Watson – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Janice Helen Webster – 31 January 2024^[25]
• Michael George Arthur Will, MBE – 31 January 2024^[25]

Officer of the Order of St John (OStJ)

• – appointments 31 January 2024^[25]

Member of the Order of St John (MStJ)

• – appointments 31 January 2024^[25]

References

This page was last edited on 13 April 2024, at 00:55