New Year Honours
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The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system
, being a civic occasion on the New Year
annually in which new members of most Commonwealth Realms honours are named. The awards are presented by the reigning monarch or head of state, currently Queen Elizabeth II
. All Royal honours conferred by Her Majesty (in Commonwealth Realms presentation is usually by the Governer-General, her representative.) are published in supplements to the London Gazette
. Honours have been awarded at New Year since at least 1890, in which year a list of Queen Victoria's awards was published by the London Gazette on 2nd January.
British honours system
The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement, or service to the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories...
, being a civic occasion on the New Year
New Year
The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....
annually in which new members of most Commonwealth Realms honours are named. The awards are presented by the reigning monarch or head of state, currently Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
. All Royal honours conferred by Her Majesty (in Commonwealth Realms presentation is usually by the Governer-General, her representative.) are published in supplements to the London Gazette
London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published...
. Honours have been awarded at New Year since at least 1890, in which year a list of Queen Victoria's awards was published by the London Gazette on 2nd January.
New Year Honours lists
- 1990 New Year Honours1990 New Year Honours-Life Peers:*Admiral Sir John David Elliott Fieldhouse, GCB, GBE, former Chief of Defence Staff.*Daphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park, CMG, OBE, lately Principal, Somerville College, Oxford....
- 1991 New Year Honours
- 1992 New Year Honours
- 1993 New Year Honours
- 1994 New Year Honours
- 1995 New Year Honours
- 1996 New Year Honours1996 New Year Honours- Life Peers :* Sir David Howe Gillmore, GCMG – former Head of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.* Sir Robert Kilpatrick, CBE – lately President, General Medical Council.* Dick Taverne, QC – President, PRIMA Europe Limited.- Privy Counsellors :...
- 1997 New Year Honours
- 1998 New Year Honours1998 New Year Honours-O.N.Z.:-D.N.Z.M.:-K.N.Z.M.:-C.N.Z.M.:-O.N.Z.M.:-M.N.Z.M.:-M.N.Z.M.:-O.N.Z.M. Honorary:-Q.S.O. :-Q.S.M.:- References :*...
- 1999 New Year Honours
- 2000 New Year Honours
- 2001 New Year Honours2001 New Year HonoursNew Years' Honours are announced on or around the date of the New Year in the Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country...
- 2002 New Year Honours
- 2003 New Year Honours2003 New Year HonoursNew Years' Honours are announced on or around the new year in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The exact dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country...
- 2004 New Year Honours2004 New Year HonoursNew Years' Honours are announced on or around the new year in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The exact dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country...
- 2005 New Year Honours
- 2006 New Year Honours
- 2007 New Year Honours
- 2008 New Year Honours
- 2009 New Year Honours
- 2010 New Year Honours2010 New Year HonoursThe New Year Honours 2010, principally for the United Kingdom but also the Commonwealth Realms, were announced on 31 December 2009 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2010....
- 2011 New Year Honours2011 New Year HonoursThe New Year Honours 2011, principally for the United Kingdom but also the Commonwealth Realms, were announced on 31 December 2010 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2011....
See also
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia
- Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom