1948 New Year Honours

The 1948 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1948 for the British Empire^[1] and New Zealand^[2] to celebrate the past year and mark the beginning of 1948.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

British Empire

Viscount

• The Right Honourable John Scott, Baron Hyndley, GBE – Chairman, National Coal Board. Lately Controller-General, Ministry of Fuel and Power, and Chairman, Finance Corporation for Industry, Ltd.

Baron

• Sir Valentine George Crittall, JP – For political and public services.
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir (William) Sholto Douglas, GCB MC DFC – Commander-in-chief and Military Governor, Germany, 1946–1947.
• Sir Harold Vincent Mackintosh, Bt JP DL – Chairman, National Savings Committee.
• Colonel the Right Hon. Sir (David) John Colville, GCIE TD – Governor of Bombay, 1943-1947.

Privy Counsellor

• George Buchanan, MP – Minister of Pensions. Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, 1945–1947. Member of Parliament for the Gorbals Division of Glasgow since 1922.
• David Kirkwood, JP MP – Member of Parliament for Dumbarton Burghs since 1922. For political and public services.
• The Honourable William John McKell, KC – Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• The Honourable Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten, KBE – lately Judge of the High Court of Justice.
• George Heaton Nicholls – High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in London, 1944–1947.
• The Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, KCMG – Chief Justice of New Zealand.

Knight Bachelor

• Richard Harold Armstrong, Esq., LL.D., Chairman of the Royal Liverpool United Hospital.
• Michael Elias Balcon, Esq., Director and Production Head of Ealing Studios Ltd.
• Frederic Charles Bartlett, Esq., C.B.E., F.R.S., Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge.
• Leslie Cecil Blackmore Bowker, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., City Remembrancer.
• Colonel Eric Gore Browne, D.S.O., O.B.E., T.D., A.D.C., Chairman, Southern Railway Company.
• George Chester, Esq., C.B.E., General Secretary, National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives.
• Harold Claughton, Esq., C.B.E., M.A., Principal of the University of London.
• John Douglas Cockcroft, Esq., C.B.E., Ph.D., LL.D., M.Sc., M.I.E.E., F.R.S., Director, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Ministry of Supply.
• Commander Geoffrey Edgar Duveen, V.R.D., R.N.V.R. (Retired), Chairman of the Royal Ear Hospital, London.
• His Honour Tom Eastham, K.C., Senior Official Referee, Supreme Court of Judicature.
• Robert George Erskine, Esq., C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Navy Army and Air Force Institutes.
• Vincent Ziani de Ferranti, Esq., M.C., Chairman and Managing Director, Ferranti Ltd.
• Robert Macdonald Gould, Esq., C.B., Chief Industrial Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and National Service.
• Philip Buhner Johnson, Esq., President, Engineering and Allied Employers' National Federation.
• Edward Redmayne Redmayne-Jones, Esq., lately Chairman of the National Federation of Corn Trade Associations.
• Ralph Wilfred Lacey, Esq., Cotton Controller, Board of Trade.
• John Loudon, Esq., Director of Bacon and Ham, Ministry of Food.
• James Gow Mann, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Wallace Collection.
• John Parkinson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., Physician to the Cardiac Department, London Hospital.
• George Lionel Pepler, Esq., C.B. For services to town and country planning.
• Harry Platt, Esq., M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester.
• Charles Garonne Renold, Esq., J.P., Chairman British Institute of Management.
• Harry Ralph Ricardo, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Chairman and Technical Director, Ricardo and Company Ltd.
• William Dunkeld Robieson, Esq., LL.D., J.P.,Editor of The Glasgow Herald.
• Herbert Septimus Scott, Esq., C.M.G. For services to education in Africa.
• Richard Vynne Southwell, Esq., F.R.S., Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.
• Professor Frank Merry Stenton, D.Litt., Litt.D., F.B.A., President of the Royal Historical Society.
• John Walker Stephenson, Esq., C.B.E., J.P., General Secretary, Plumbers', Glaziers' and Domestic Engineers' Union.
• Philip Crawford Vickery, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Civil Assistant, War Office.

Dominions

• Francis Raymond Connelly, Esq., Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
• The Honourable Frank Ernest Gibson, a Member of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia. For public and municipal services.
• The Honourable Charles John Lowe, Judge of the Supreme Court, and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
• Ernest Augustus Lee Steere, Esq., a pastoralist. State of Western Australia. For public services.

Burma

• Ronald Nesbitt-Hawes, Esq., C.B.E., Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs, Burma.
• Charles Frederick Byrde Pearce, Esq., C.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Auditor-General, Burma.

Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

• Hussein Hassanal Abdool Cader, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in the Malayan Union.
• Tsibu Darku IXth, O.B.E., Omanhene of Asin Atandasu. For public services in the Gold Coast.
• William Ivor Jennings, Esq., Litt.D., LL.D., Vice-Chancellor, University of Ceylon.
• John Harry Barclay Nihill, Esq., M.C., Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Kenya.
• Professor Luigi Preziosi, M.D., President of the National Assembly, Malta.

India

• Albert Roderick Chisholm, Esq., Managing Director, Imperial Bank of India.
• Charles Beaupre Bell Clee, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Revenue Commissioner for Sind and Secretary to the Government of Sind in the Revenue Department.
• Colonel David Clyde, C.I.E., M.D., V.H.S., Indian Medical Service, Surgeon-General with the Government of Bengal.
• Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, (Messrs. Andrew Yule and Company, Limited, Calcutta, Bengal.
• Norman Frederick Frome, Esq., C.I.E., D.F.C., M.I.E.E., Chief Engineer, Posts and Telegraphs.
• Harry Greenfield, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Chairman, Central Board of Revenue.
• Lancelot Cecil Lepel Griffin, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Secretary to His Excellency the Crown Representative.
• Wilfred Vernon Grigson, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Revenue Minister, Hyderabad State.
• Mr Justice Arthur Comyn Happell, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St George, Madras.
• Francis Herbert du Heaume, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector of Police, Training and Technical, Punjab.
• Mr Justice Lionel Clifford Horwill, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St George, Madras.
• John Wardle Houlton, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar.
• Arthur Cecil Inskip, Esq., C.B.E., General Manager, Messrs. Cooper Allen and Company, Cawnpore.
• William Norman Prentice Jenkin, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Punjab.
• Mr Justice Ronald Francis Lodge, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal.
• Christopher Hughes Masterman, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Madras.
• Mr Justice Herbert Ribton Meredith, Indian Civil Service Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna.
• Charles Watt Miles, Esq., O.B.E., Senior Partner, Messrs. Shaw Wallace and Company, Calcutta.
• Samuel Harrison Yardley Oulsnam, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Health.
• Charles Ridley Pawsey, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C., Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills, Kohima, Assam.
• George Alfred Pearce, Esq., O.B..E., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces.
• Emil Athol Owen Perkin, Esq., C.I.E., Chairman, Joint Public Service Commission of Bihar, the Central Provinces and Berar, and Orissa.
• Major-General George de la Poer Beresford, C.B., M.C., Controller of Salvage, General Headquarters, India.
• Geoffrey Charles Frescheville Ramsden, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner (officiating), Central Provinces and Berar.
• William Robert Tennant, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Auditor-General of India.
• Joseph Herbert Thompson, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Resident on Special Duty in the Political Department Secretariat, India.
• Herbert John Todd, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, lately Resident for the Eastern States.
• Hugh Weightman, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations.
• Bernard James Whitby, Esq., J.P., A.C.A., R.A., Senior Partner, Messrs. A. F. Ferguson & Company, Chartered Accountants, Bombay.

Order of the Bath

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

• Admiral Sir Edward Neville Syfret, K.G.B., K.B.E.
• General Sir Montagu George North Stopford, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., A.D.C. Gen., late Infantry.
• Sir Thomas James Barnes, K.C.B., C.B.E., H.M. Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Lieutenant-General Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Marines.
• Vice-Admiral Charles Saumarez Daniel, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.
• Lieutenant-General Kenneth Noel Crawford, C.B., M.C., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (Brevet Colonel) William Henry Wiggin, C.B., D.S.O., T.D., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, for the County of Worcestershire.
• Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Oswald Brown, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir James Horace Barnes, K.B.E., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry.
• Sir (Thomas) Gilmour Jenkins, K.B.E., C.B., M.C., Secretary, Ministry of Transport.
• Sir Thomas Herbert Sheepshanks, K.B.E., C.B., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Town and Country Planning.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear-Admiral Arthur Robin Moore Bridge, C.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral Harold Hickling, C.B.E., D.S.O.
• Major-General Hubert Thomas Newman, C.B.E., Royal Marines.
• Surgeon Rear-Admiral Joseph Aloysius O'Flynn, M.D., B.Ch., D.T.M. & H., K.H.P.
• Rear-Admiral Robert Don Oliver, C.B.E, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral The Honourable Guy Herbrand Edward Russell, C.B.E., D.S.O.
• Rear-Admiral (E) Brian Leonard Geoffrey Sebastian.
• Rear-Admiral Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt.
• Major-General (temporary) (now Colonel) Stanley Arnott, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.D., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Major-General Rupert Tristram Oliver Cary, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Royal Corps of Signals.
• Major-General (acting) Kenneth Chisholm Davidson, M.C., late Infantry.
• Brigadier (temporary) Arthur Julian Hadfield Dove, C.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major-General (temporary) Oliver Pearce Edgcumbe, C.B.E., M.C., late Royal Corps of Signals.
• Major-General Edward Temple Leigh Gurdon, C.B.E., M.C., late Infantry.
• Major-General Joseph Charles Haydon, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Foot Guards.
• Brigadier (temporary) John Lingham, D.S.O., M.C., late Infantry.
• Major-General Cyril Lloyd, C.B.E., T.D., Royal Artillery, Territorial Army.
• Major-General (temporary) Geoffrey Woodroffe Palmer, C.B.E., Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
• Major-General (temporary) Fendall William Harvey Pratt, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., A.D.C., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General John Dee Shapland, D.S.O., M.C., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General (temporary) William Donovan Stamer, C..B.E., D.S.O., M.C., late Infantry.
• Major-General (temporary) Lechmere Cay Thomas, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., late Infantry.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) John Steventon Ballentine, C.I.E., Indian Army, Royal Deccan Horse.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Roderick Idrisyn Jones, C.B.E., Royal Indian Army Service Corps.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Walter David Alexander Lentaigne, C.B.E., D.S.O., 4th Gurkha Rifles.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Osmond de Turville Lovett, C.B.E., D.S.O., 2nd Gurkha Rifles.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Claude Ernest Pert, D.S.O., Probyn's Horse, Indian Army.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Frank Hollamby Skinner, C.I.E., O.B.E., The Kumaon Regiment, Indian Army.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Hugh Huntingdon Stable, C.I.E., Indian Army, late Cavalry.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Edward William Drummond Vaughan, D.S.O., M.C., Indian Army, late Cavalry.
• Air Vice-Marshal Harold Thomas Lydford, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Arthur Henzell Pidcock, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal William Edward Theak, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Cathcart Traill, O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Philip Clermont Livingston, C.B.E., A.F.C., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.(E), L.R.C.P., D.P.H., D.O.M.S., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Commodore Cyril Douglas Adams, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Lieutenant-Colonel (Brevet Colonel) John Peter Grant, M.C., T.D., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of Inverness.
• Colonel the Right Honourable Wentworth Henry Canning, Viscount Allendale, C.B.E., M.C., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, for the County of Northumberland.
• John Allan, Esq., F.B.A., F.S.A., Keeper of Coins and Medals, British Museum.
• Ben Lewis Barnett, Esq., M.C., Director of Inland Telecommunications, General Post Office.
• Arthur Fitzroy Dobbie-Bateman, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Supply.
• George Macdonald Bennett, Esq., Sc.D., Ph.D., Government Chemist.
• Henry Clifford Care, Esq., Director of Finance, War Office.
• Pierson John Dixon, Esq., C.M.G., lately Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, H.M. Ambassador, designate, to Czechoslovakia.
• Edward John Rogers Edwards, Esq., Undersecretary, Ministry of Works.
• Lionel Wray Fox, Esq., M.C., Chairman of the Prison Commission.
• Edwin Alan Hitchman, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service.
• John Jardine, Esq., O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S.Ed., Chairman, General Board of Control for Scotland.
• Lachlan Frederick Copeland Maclean, Esq., O.B.E., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Food.
• George Matthew McNaughton, Esq., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., Chief Engineer, Ministry of Health.
• Arthur Richard Manktelow, Esq., Undersecretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Edward Max Nicholson, Esq., Under-Secretary, Office of the Lord President of the Council.
• Frederick Joseph Orchin, Esq., O.B.E., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport.
• Cyril Albert Richardson, Esq., Chief Inspector, Ministry of Education.
• John Roughton Simpson, Esq., Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• Edgar William Verity, Esq., Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

Order of Merit (OM)

• Thomas Stearns Eliot, Esq., LL.D.

Order of the Star of India

These were the last appointments to the Order of the Star of India. They were made "as on the 14th August, 1947" – the last day of the Indian Empire. India gained independence as the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947.

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)

• His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye, G.C.I.E., K.C.B., K.B.E., M.C., Governor of Madras.
• His Excellency Sir Frederick John Burrows, G.C.I.E., Governor of Bengal.
• Major His Highness Maharaja Sir Shahaji Chhatrapati, K.C.S.I., A.D.C., Maharaja of Kolhapur.
• Lieutenant-General His Highness Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Hindustan Raj Rajindra Sri Maharajadhiraja Sawai Sir Man Singhji Bahadur, G.C.I.E., Maharaja of Jaipur.
• Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Shiromani Shri Sir Sadul Singhji Bahadur, G.C.I.E., C.V.O., Maharaja of Bikaner.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

• Colonel His Highness Maharao Bhim Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Kotah.
• Sir David Taylor Monteath, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O., O.B.E., lately His Majesty's Under Secretary of State for India.
• Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey John Audley Miles, K.C.B., Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy.
• Major-General (Local Lieutenant-General) Treffry Owen Thompson, C.B., C.B.E., K.H.P., Director of Medical Services, India.
• Sir John Thorne Masey Bennett, C.I.E., C.B.E., M.C., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Punjab.

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

• Lawrence Arthur Bishop, Esq., O.B.E., Inspecter-General-of Police, Madras.
• John Bowstead, Esq., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bihar.
• Philip George Braye, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner (officiating), Central Provinces and Berar.
• Captain (S) Ronald Vernon Brockman, C.I.E., C.B.E., Royal Navy, Personal Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy.
• Clarence James Creed, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., M.C., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Bihar.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Charles Lawrence Crichton, C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations (officiating).
• Walter Henry John Christie, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Joint Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy.
• Thomas Arthur Wyness Foy, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Irrigation Department.
• William Telford Hall, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Forest Service, Chief Conservator of Forests, United Provinces.
• Joseph Boyd Irwin, Esq., C.I.E., D.S.O., M.C., Indian Civil Service, lately Chairman Post-War Pay Committee and ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India in the Defence Department.
• Austen Havelock Layard, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) James Balfour Macdonald, D.S.O., O.B.E., Deputy Adjutant-General (I) and Director of Organisation, General Headquarters, India.
• Lieutenant-Colonel George Leslie Mallam, C.I.E., Barrister-at-Law, Indian Political Service, Revenue and Divisional Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province.
• Colonel (Temporary Major-General) Francis Malcolm Moore, C.I.E., Military Adviser-in-Chief, Indian States Forces.
• David Symington, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bombay.
• Rao Shri Hamirsinhji Hindusinhji, Rao of Vijayanagar State.
• Daintry Douglas Warren, Esq., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Transport Department.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• Sir (Crawfurd) Wilfrid Griffin Eady, K.C.B., K.B.E., C.M.G., Second- Secretary, His Majesty's Treasury.
• Major-General Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, G.B.E., C.B., Governor of Burma.
• The Right Honourable Alfred Duff Cooper, Esq., D.S.O., lately His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris.
• Sir Oliver Charles Harvey, K.C.M.G., C.B., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) to the French Republic.

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

• Henry Stanley Gregory, Esq., C.B., Head of the Trading with the Enemy Department and Administrator of Enemy Property, Board of Trade.
• Sir (John) Gilbert Laithwaite, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Burma Office.
• David John Lidbury, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Vice-Chairman of the Executive Commission of the Universal Postal Union.
• Walter Crossfield Hankinson, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., M.C., High Commissioner designate in Ceylon for His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
• Sir Charles Noble Arden Clarke, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Sarawak.
• Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, K.B.E., C.M.G., Financial Secretary, Ceylon.
• Edward Gerald Hawkesworth, Esq., C.M.G., M.C., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, British Honduras.
• Andrew Barkworth Wright, Esq., C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gambia.
• Alvary Douglas Frederick Gascoigne, Esq., C.M.G., United Kingdom Political Representative in Japan.
• Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick, Esq., C.M.G., an Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office.
• George Gordon Medlicott Vereker, Esq., C.M.G., M.C., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Montevideo.

Honorary Knight Commander

• His Highness Tunku Badlishah ibni Sultan Abdul Hamid Halimshah, K.B.E., C.M.G., The Sultan of Kedah, Malayan Union.

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

• Vernon Gordon Fitzell Bovenizer, Esq., For services as Director of Organisation, Control Commission for Germany (British Element).
• Ludovic James Dunnett, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
• Harry Cecil Jones, Esq., lately Ministry of Transport Finance Officer, New York.
• Ernest Muir, Esq., C.I.E., M.D., F.R.C.S., Honorary Medical Adviser to the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association.
• Rowland Hubert Owen, Esq., Senior Trade Commissioner for the United Kingdom in India.
• William Rowson Richardson, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Education.
• Robert Ely McGuire, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Burma.
• John Chrysostom Barnabas Wakeford, Esq., Chief Railway Commissioner, Burma Railways.
• Ben Cockram, Esq., O.B.E., an Assistant Secretary in the Commonwealth Relations Office, at present serving in His Majesty's Embassy at Washington.
• James Edgar Heritage, Esq. For public services in the State of Tasmania.
• Claude Hamilton Brazel, Esq., M.C., Chief Engineer and Manager, Department of Government Electrical Undertakings, Ceylon.
• James Galder, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Secretary, North Borneo.
• Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Esq., O.B.E., Assistant Under-Secretary, Colonial Office.
• George Conrad Green, Esq., M.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Administrator of Grenada, Windward Islands.
• Andrew Park Mitchell, Esq., Director of Land Surveys, Palestine.
• Roger Edward Norton, Esq., O.B.E., Commissioner, East Africa Office, London.
• Wheatley Alexander Robertson, Esq., Forestry Adviser, Colonial Office.
• Alfred William Langley Savage, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Financial Secretary, Nigeria.
• Stafford William Powell Foster-Sutton, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Legal Service, Member for Law and Order and Attorney-General, Kenya.
• George Edwin Thornton, Esq., M.B.E., Financial Secretary, Northern Rhodesia.
• Edward Rex Ward, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Gambia.
• Wilfrid Arthur Ward, Esq., M.C., Colonial Administrative Service, Resident Commissioner, Selangor, Malayan Union.
• Douglas Laird Busk, Esq., Counsellor in His Majesty's Embassy at Bagdad.
• William McCallum Clyde, Esq., M.A., Ph.D., employed on the staff of the Special Commissioner in South-East Asia.
• Brigadier John Gordon Deedes, O.B.E., lately Telecommunications Attaché at His Majesty's Embassy in Washington.
• William Louis Martial Dunlop, Esq., O.B.E., until recently Head of the Communications Department of the Foreign Office.
• John Dee Greenway, Esq., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Panama.
• William Goodenough Hayter, Esq., Head of the Services Liaison Department of the Foreign Office.
• Derwent William Kermode, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Seoul.
• Lionel Henry Lamb, Esq., O.B.E., Minister in His Majesty's Embassy at Nanking.
• Henry Cecil Sumner Maine, Esq., M.V.O., attached to a Department of the Foreign Office.
• Alan Charles Trott, Esq., O.B.E., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Jedda.

Honorary Companion

• His Highness Ismail ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, The Sultan of Trengannu, Malayan Union.

Order of the Indian Empire

These were the last appointments to the Order of the Indian Empire. They were made "as on the 14th August, 1947" – the last day of the Indian Empire. India gained independence as the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947.

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)

• His Excellency Sir Francis Verner Wylie, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Governor of the United Provinces.
• His Excellency Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Governor of the Punjab.
• His Excellency Sir Hugh Dow, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Governor of iBihar.
• His Highness Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Sri Sir Lakshman Singhji Bahadur, K.C.S.I., Maharawal of Dungarpur.
• Sir Eric Charles Miéville, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., C.S.I., C.M.G., Principal Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy.
• Sir Maurice Linford Gwyer, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

• His Highness Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Bhau Saheb Puar, Maharaja of Dewas (Junior Branch).
• His Highness Maharaja Shri Mayurdhwajsinhji, Maharaja Raj Saheb of Dhrangadhra.
• His Highness Raja Dileep Singh, Raja of Jhabua.
• The Honourable Charles Gordon Herbert, C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Resident at Hyderabad.
• Air Marshal Hugh Sydney Porter Walmsley, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief in India and Deputy Supreme Commander (Air).
• Major-General (Temporary Lieutenant-General) Harold Rawdon Briggs, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Indian Army, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Burma Command.
• Major-General (Temporary Lieutenant-General) Douglas David Gracey, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., General Officer Commanding, 1st Indian Corps.
• William Christie, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Chief Commissioner, Delhi.
• Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Defence Department.
• William Scott Brown, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras.
• Sir Ivon Hope Taunton, C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay.
• Major-General Robert Hay, C.I.E., M.B., Indian Medical Service, Director-General, Indian Medical Service.
• John Dawson Tyson, Esq., C.S.I., C.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal.
• John Rowlatt, Esq., C.B., M.C., Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, London.

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

• Brigadier Robert Denis Ambrose, O.B.E., M.C., Indian Army, Inspector-General and Secretary, Frontier Corps, North-West Frontier.
• Major-General Allan Cholmondeley Arnold, C.B.E., M.C., Regional Food Commissioner, North-Western Region, Department of Food, Government of India.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Malcolm Ashton, O.B.E., Director, Military Lands and Cantonments, India.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Donald Rowland Edwin Rowan Bateman, D.S.O., O.B.E., lately Commander, Wana Frontier Brigade Group.
• Neil Brodie, Esq., Partner, Messrs Gladstone Wyllie & Company, Calcutta, Bengal.
• Joseph Charles Brommage, Esq., O.B.E., Military Accountant-General, India.
• Oscar Henry Brown, Esq., O.B.E., Chief Presidency Magistrate, Bombay.
• Colonel Humphry Bullock, O.B.E., Judge Advocate-General in India.
• Albert Edward Caffin, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Police, Commissioner of Police, Bombay.
• Alan Campbell-Johnson, Esq., O.B.E., Press Attaché to His Excellency the Viceroy.
• Hadden Hamilton Carleston, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Collector and District Magistrate, Madras.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Innes Cox, O.B.E., Indian Medical Service, District Medical Officer, The Nilgiris, and Superintendent, Government Headquarters Hospital, Ootacamund, Madras.
• Major Donald Victor Deane, O.B.E., Mint Master, Bombay.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) James Gordon Elliott, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Cabinet Secretariat.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon Forbes Erskine-Crum, M.C., Conference Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy.
• Edward Arthur Rawlins Eustace, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Ambala Division, Punjab.
• Dundonald Gainsford, Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Jullundur Range, Punjab.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) John Evison Gordon, O.B.E., Brigadier in Charge, Administration, United Provinces Area.
• Donald Ross Hardwick, Esq., Indian Police, Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, Bengal.
• Reginald John James Hill, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Central Provinces and Berar.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Reginald Antony Hutton, D.S.O., O.B.E., Controller of Ordnance Services, Headquarters, 1st Corps, India.
• Captain Henry Richmond Inigo-Jones, Acting Commodore, 2nd Class, Royal Indian Navy.
• Darbar Shri Khachar Ala Vajsur, Chief of Jasdan.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Frank McCallum, O.B.E., M.C., lately Brigadier General Staff, Northern Command.
• George Maurice McKelvie, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Service of Engineers, Consulting Engineer (Roads) to the Government of India.
• Harold Charles Mitchell, Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Headquarters and Railways, United Provinces.
• Paul Robert James Morgan, Esq., Indian Police, Commandant, Provincial Additional Police, Punjab.
• William Lee Murrell, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Bihar in the Public Works Department.
• Herbert John Nichols, Esq., Member (Engineering) Railway Board, India.
• Claude Frederick Parry, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Central Provinces and Berar.
• James Edgar Pearman, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Orissa.
• John Petty, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., Chief Conservator of Forests, Sind.
• Arthur Walter Pryde, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Sind.
• Hugh Edward Richardson, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Political Service, British Trade Agent, Gyantse, and Officer in Charge of the British (Mission, Lhasa, Tibet, Sikkim Agency.
• Reginald Harry Saloway, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Regional Director of Resettlement and Employment, United Provinces.
• Charles Norman Sharples, Esq., India Supply Commissioner, London.
• John Burt Shearer, (Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department, Central Revenues.
• Colonel Paul Herbert Shelley Smith, O.B.E., M.B., B.Ch., Indian Medical Service, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals and Prisons, North-IWest Frontier Province.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Richard William Spear, O.B.E., Senior Deputy Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs, India.
• Hugh Southern Stephenson, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, District Magistrate, Cawnpore, United Provinces.
• Malcolm Moncrieff Stuart, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Dacca Division, Bengal.
• Humphrey Trevelyan, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Political Service, Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department.
• William Hovell Turner, Esq., Auditor, Indian Home Accounts, India Office, London.
• William Dixon West, Esq., Director, Geological Survey of India.
• Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, Esq., M.C., D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A., Director-General of Archaeology.
• John Stewart Wilcock, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Bihar in the Development and Employment Department.
• Collin Maxwell Wright-Neville, Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Orissa.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Gordon Drummond Young, O.B.E., M.C., Brigadier Electrical Mechanical Engineering (Headquarters, Southern Command), India.

Royal Victorian Order

Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester, C.I., G.B.E.
• Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent, C.I., G.B.E.
• Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, G.B.E.

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas, Bt., K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.S.I.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Roland Clive Wallace Burn, Esq., C.V.O.
• The Very Reverend Alan Campbell Don, D.D.
• Sir Bracewell Smith, Bt., B.Sc.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Colonel Geoffrey Ronald Codrington, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., T.D.
• Sydney Humbert Fisher, Esq.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Gibbs, M.A.
• Major Philip Reginald Margetson, M.C.
• Captain Stephen Hugh Van Neck, M.V.O., M.C.
• The Reverend Jocelyn Henry Temple Perkins, M.V.O., M.A., D.C.L.
• Captain Hugo Donald Ross, M.V.O., M.C.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• The Reverend Cyril Moxon Armitage, M.A.
• Francis Beaumont, Esq., O.B.E.
• Wladimir Kleinmichel, Esq.
• William Neil McKie, Esq., M.A., D. Mus., F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M.

Fifth Class

• Lieutenant-Commander Frank Vernon Cook, Royal Navy (Retired).

Order of the British Empire

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

• Beryl Carnegy, Lady Oliver, D.B.E., R.R.C. (Dame Beryl Oliver). For Services with the British Red Cross Society.
• Her Excellency the Right Honourable Edwina Cynthia Annette, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, C.I., D.C.V.O., C.B.E., Vicereine of India.

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

• General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison, Bt., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., late Infantry, Colonel, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), and 10th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Guy Roland Garrod, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., LL.D., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Edward Mellanby, K.C.B., M.D., Sc.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., Secretary, Medical Research Council.
• Sir Cyril John Radcliffe, K.B.E., K.C. For services to the British Commonwealth.

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

• Matron-in-Chief (Mrs) Louisa Jane Wilkinson, C.B.E., R.R.C., Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.

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

• Rear-Admiral (E) John Leigh Bedale, C.B.
• Rear-Admiral Arthur Rullion Rattray, C.B., C.I.E., Royal Indian Navy, Flag Officer, Bombay.
• Air Vice-Marshal Matthew Brown Frew, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Wilfrid Charles George Cribbett, Esq., C.M.G., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
• Sir John Forster, K.C., President of the Industrial Court.
• Herbert John Hutchinson, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., lately Second Secretary, Board of Trade (now Secretary, National Coal Board).
• Sir James Colquhoun Irvine, C.B.E., F.R.S., J.P., D.L., Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of St Andrews.
• George Henry Maddex, Esq., Government Actuary.
• Sir Frank Spencer Spriggs, Managing Director, Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company Ltd.
• James Wilson Robertson, Esq., M.B.E., Civil Secretary, Sudan Government.
• Francis Michie Shepherd, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., His Majesty's Consul-General at Batavia.
• Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Falconer, C.I.E., Indian Political Service, His Majesty's Minister in Nepal.
• Sir Joseph Aspden Kay, Managing Director, W.H. Brady & Co., Ltd, Bombay.
• Sir William Patrick Spens, O.B.E., Chief Justice of India.
• Bernard Ottwell Binns, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Burma (Lands and Rural Development).
• Sir Charles Ramsdale Lockhart, C.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Economic Adviser to the East African Governors' Conference.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• The Right Honourable Margaret Grace Bondfield, LL.D., J.P. For public services.
• Victoria Mary, the Honourable Mrs Harold Nicolson (Miss V. Sackville-West). For services to Literature.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable David Stanley Smith – judge of the Supreme Court, and chancellor of the New Zealand University.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• Rt Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett – Bishop of Aotearoa, Kohupatiki. For services to the Māori people.
• Guy Hardy Scholefield OBE DSc – parliamentary librarian and Dominion archivist.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• Joseph Bernard Dawson MD FRCS – professor of midwifery and gynaecology, Otago University.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Robert Caughley – formerly general manager of the Alliance Assurance Company in New Zealand. For public services.
• Walter Allison Gilmour MD – pathologist, Auckland Public Hospital.
• John Henderson – formerly director, New Zealand Geological Survey.

Military Division

• Group Captain Cyril Eyton Kay OBE DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• John Barr – chief librarian and director, public library, art gallery and old colonists' museum, Auckland.
• John Alexander Crawford. For services to the New Zealand Forces in Egypt, 1939–45.
• Kanapu Haerehuka – of Wanganui. For social welfare services.
• Miss Aileen Annie Joyce – matron, St Helen's Hospital, Auckland.
• Thomas Rowley Lees – a member of the National Rehabilitation Council and chairman of the Palmerston North Rehabilitation Committee.
• Miss Mary Letitia Lindsay – matron, public hospital, Timaru.
• James Murphy – Dominion vice-president of the Disabled Servicemen's League and president of its Canterbury branch.
• Henry Valder – of Hamilton. For services in promoting industrial relations.
• Wilfred Stanley Wallis MB ChB – of Rotorua. For services to returned ex-servicemen.
• John Wilson – a member of the Dunedin City Council for many years.

Military Division

• Colonel (temporary) Charles Ritchie Burns – 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) John Patrick Joyce DCM – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Squadron Leader Noel Alfred Vear – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Ada Emily Beer – of Gisborne. For patriotic services.
• John Bryce Berry. For social welfare services in Northland.
• Miss Pansy Helen Auld Chapman – charge nurse, Auckland Plunket Rooms.
• William Alfred Henry Corfield – constructive manager, HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.
• Mrs Dorothy Louisa Derig – of Auckland. For patriotic and social welfare services.
• John William Fenton – formerly mayor of Kaitangata.
• Miss Elsie Louisa Muriel Julius – sister in charge, maternity annex, Greymouth.
• Kenneth McKenzie – formerly chairman, Geraldine County Council.
• Rev. Leslie Bourneman Neale – formerly president of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, superintendent of the Dunedin Central Mission.
• James Baxter O'Neill – secretary, New Zealand Swimming Association.
• Miss Mirika Wehipeihana – district health nurse, Opunake.
• William Trickey Woods – of Christchurch. For services to ex-servicemen.

Military Division

• Acting Telegraphist Lieutenant William Lewis Brewer DSM – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) John William Barry – New Zealand Regiment.
• Major and Quartermaster Thomas Joseph Cronin – New Zealand Regular Force.
• Major Adam James Moore – New Zealand Regiment.
• Captain John Henry Leedham Trenwith – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
• Flying Officer Richard Langsford Brewer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Albert Ernest Chapman – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

• Electrical Artificer Fourth Class Alfred Ernest Crooks – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Ernest Robert Jackson – canteen tenant, Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Private (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) Donald Hughes Cross – New Zealand Regiment.
• Private (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) David Charles McGill – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
• Private (temporary Staff-Sergeant) Victor James Keane – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
• Flight Sergeant James Robert John Begg – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Tom Lewis Dimmock – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant William Henry James – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Basil Frederick White – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Cyril Henry Baigent DSO DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Windsor Wrennall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Douglas Owen Holloway – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

1. British Empire: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38161. pp. 1–42. 30 December 1947. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
2. New Zealand: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38162. pp. 43–47. 30 December 1947. Retrieved 7 March 2015.