1950 Birthday Honours

• Sir Gilbert Francis Montriou Campion, G.C.B., D.C.L. For public services.
• Ernest Greenhill, Esq., O.B.E., J.P. For political and public services in Glasgow.
• Ernest Walter Hives, Esq., C.H., M.B.E., D.Sc., Managing Director, Rolls Royce Limited.
• Sir Cyril William Hurcomb, G.C.B., K.B.E., Chairman, British Transport Commission.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Morris, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central, 1945–50, and for the Neepsend Division of Sheffield, February–March, 1950. For political and public services.
• The Right Honourable Lewis Silkin, Member of Parliament for Peckham, 1936–1950, Minister of Town and Country Planning, 1945–1950.
• Lieutenant-Colonel David Rees Rees-Williams, T.D., Member of Parliament for Croydon South, 1949–50. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, October 1947–50.

• The Right Honourable William Watson, Baron Henderson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since 1948. A Lord-in-Waiting to The King, 1945–48.

• Oswald Coleman Allen, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. United Kingdom representative on the Social Commission of the United Nations Organisation.
• Arthur Bliss, Esq., Mus. Doc., F.R.C.M., Composer.
• John Reginald Hornby Nott-Bower, Esq., C.V.O., Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
• Archibald John Boyd, Esq., Chairman, Railway Carriage and Wagon Builders' Association.
• Charles Blampied Colston, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., Chairman, Hoover, Ltd. For services to the Ministry of Labour and National Service.
• Alan Nigel Drury, Esq., C.B.E., M.D., F.R.S., Director, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
• Captain Edward Foster, C.B.E., Chairman, Shropshire Agricultural Executive Committee.
• Thomas Harry Gill, Esq., President of the Co-operative Wholesale Society.
• Walter Wilson Greg, Esq., Litt.D., D.Litt., LL.D., F.B.A. For services to the study of English literature.
• William Hadwick, Esq., Chief General Manager, National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
• Herbert Henry Harley, Esq., C.B.E., Chairman, Coventry Gauge and Tool Company, Ltd.
• Cecil Augustus Charles John Hendriks, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords.
• Captain Bruce Stirling Ingram, O.B.E., M.C., Editor of the "Illustrated London News".
• Professor Geoffrey Jefferson, C.B.E., M.S., LL.D., M.Ch., F.R.C.P., F.BL.C.S., F.R.S., Professor of Neuro-Surgery, University of Manchester.
• George Legh-Jones, Esq., M.B.E, a Managing Director, Shell Transport and Trading Company, Ltd.
• John Keay, Esq. For services to the china clay and housing industries in Cornwall.
• Norman Boyd Kinnear, Esq., C.B., lately Director, British Museum (Natural History).
• Richard Robert Ludlow, Esq., Umpire under the National Service and Reinstatement in Civil Employment Acts.
• Alfred John Ware Makins, Esq., General Manager, Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd.
• James Irvine Orme Masson, Esq., M.B.E., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield.
• Herbert Henry Merrett, Esq., J.P. For public services in South Wales.
• James Eckersley Myers, Esq., O.B.E., D.Sc., A.R.I.C., J.P., Principal, Manchester College of Technology.
• John Tresidder Sheppard, Esq., M.B.E., M.A., Litt.D., Provost of King's College, Cambridge. For services to the study of Greek literature.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Shiner, D.S.O., M.C., D.L., Chairman, West Sussex County Council.
• Harold Nevil Smart, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., J.P., President of The Law Society.
• Professor James Calvert Spence, M.C., M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P., Professor of Child Health, University of Durham.
• Ben Bowen Thomas, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Welsh Department, Ministry of Education.
• Captain Ronald Jordan Thomson, President, Association of County Councils in Scotland.
• Godfrey Russell Vick, Esq., K.C., Chairman of the General Council of the Bar.

State of Victoria

• Wilfrid Russell Grimwade, Esq., C.B.E., F.A.C.I. For public and philanthropic services in the State of Victoria.
• Wilberforce Stephen Newton, Esq., M.D., F.R.A.C.P. For public services in. the State of Victoria.

State of Western Australia

• Robert Ross McDonald, Esq., K.C., formerly Minister for Housing and Forests, State of Western Australia.

Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

• Charles Murray Murray-Aynsley, Esq., Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Singapore.
• James Henley Coussey, Esq., Puisne Judge, Gold Coast.
• Eldon Harvey Trimingham, Esq., C.B.E., Member of the Legislative Council, Bermuda.
• Mark Wilson, Esq., Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Gold Coast.
• Frederick George Richard Woodley, Esq., Mayor of the City of Nairobi, Kenya.

• General Sir James Stuart Steele, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., LL.D., A.D.C.(Gen.), Colonel, Royal Ulster Rifles, late Infantry.
• Sir Bernard William Gilbert, K.C.B., K.B.E., Second Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

• Vice-Admiral Michael Maynard Denny, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.
• Vice-Admiral Herbert Annesley Packer, C.B., C.B.E.
• Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., Colonel, 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, late Royal Armoured Corps.
• General Sir Gwilym Ivor Thomas, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Colonel Commandant Royal Regiment of Artillery, late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Air Marshal Thomas Melling Williams, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Marshal Robert Mordaunt Foster, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Henry Drummond Hancock, K.B.E., C.M.G., Secretary, Ministry of National Insurance.
• Rudolf Alexander Little, Esq., C.B., Director-General, General Post Office.
• Sir Ben Lockspeiser, LL.D., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S., F.R.S., Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Military Division

• Rear-Admiral The Right Honourable Edward Russell, Baron Ashbourne, D.S.O.
• Surgeon Rear-Admiral William John Colborne, F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., K.H.S.
• Rear-Admiral Robert Kirk Dickson, D.S.O.
• Rear-Admiral Ralph Alan Bevan Edwards, C.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral Douglas Henry Everett, C.B.E., D.S.O.
• Rear-Admiral Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett, C.B.E.
• Major-General John Edmund Leech-Porter, C.B.E., Royal Marines.
• Rear-Admiral (E) Ronald Gordon Murray, C.B.E., M.I.Mar.E.
• Major-General Roger Herbert Bower, C.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Infantry.
• Brigadier Wilfrid Algernon Ebsworth, C.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General Cecil Benfield Fairbanks, C.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General Laurence Douglas Grand, C.I.E., C.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major-General George Seton Hatton, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major-General Gerald William Lathbury, D.S.O., M.B.E., late Infantry.
• Colonel Robert Godfrey Llewellyn, C.B.E., M.C., T.D., D.L., Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Special List, Army Cadet Force (now retired).
• Major-General Thomas Menzies, O.B.E., M.B., K.H.P., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Brigadier (temporary) Roy Gilbert Thurburn, C.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General George Newsam Tuck, O.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Brigadier (temporary) Leslie Frederic Ethelbert Wieler, C.B.E., late Infantry.
• Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Percy Ledger, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Walter John Seward, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal David Francis William Atcherley, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Arthur Pethick Revington, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Group Captain David William Frederick Bonham-Carter, D.F.C, Royal Air Force.
• Principal Chaplain The Reverend Archibald McHardy, C.B.E., M.C., M.A., D.D., K.H.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Dennis Walter Bartington, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Supply.
• Harry Augustus Roy Binney, Esq., Under-Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Charles Kingsley Johnstone-Burt, Esq., M.I.C.E., Principal Deputy Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty.
• John Irvine Cook, Esq., O.B.E., Second Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland.
• George Harold Curtis, Esq., Chief Land Registrar, H.M. Land Registry.
• George Sangster Dunnett, Esq., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Percy Faulkner, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport.
• Charles Morrison Fife, Esq., Under-Secretary, War Office.
• Charles William Hardisty, Esq., Commissioner, Board of Customs and Excise.
• Eric Henry Edwardes Havelock, Esq., C.B.E., lately Administrative Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council. Secretary of the Development Commission.
• Noël Kilpatrick Hutton, Esq., Parliamentary Counsel.
• Egbert Joseph William Jackson, Esq., M.C, H.M. Inspector of Schools (Chief Inspector, Ministry of Education).
• John Cecil Wilson Methven, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Deputy Chairman, Prison Commission.
• Douglas Archibald Porteous, Esq., Deputy Government Actuary.
• Terence Robert Beaumont Sanders, Esq., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., Assistant Controller of Supplies, Ministry of Supply.
• Algernon Paul Sinker, Esq., Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury, serving as Chairman of the Selection Board, Civil Service Commission.
• Harold Ross Smith, Esq., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office.
• William Rees-Thomas, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., Medical Senior Commissioner, Board of Control.
• John Walley, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of National Insurance.
• Colonel William Talbot Woods, D.S.O., M.C., T.D., M.I.Min.E., J.P., D.L., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the County of Carmarthen.

• Sir William Strang, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.B.E., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.

• Arthur Espie Porritt, Esq., C.B.E., LL.D., M.Ch., F.R.C.S., Chairman of the Empire Games Federation.
• Major-General Thomas John Willoughby Winterton, C.B., C.B.E., High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Austria.
• Brigadier Robert Duncan Harris Arundell, C.M.G., O.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Windward Islands.
• Ronald Herbert Garvey, Esq., C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, British Honduras.
• Gerald Reece, Esq., C.B.E., Governor and Commander-im-Chief, Somaliland Protectorate.
• Charles Harold Bateman, Esq., C.M.G., M.C., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) to the Republic of Poland.
• John Cecil Sterndale Bennett, Esq., C.M.G., M.C., Deputy Commissioner-General for His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in South-East Asia.
• John Victor Thomas Woolrych Tait Perowne, Esq., C.M.G., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See.

• Brigadier Edward Riou Benson, C.B.E., Deputy Director, Military Government, British Element, Berlin.
• Neville Blond, Esq., O.B.E. For services as United Kingdom Trade Adviser in Canada and the United States of America.
• James Carmichael, Esq., D.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., Member of the Colonial Advisory Council on Agriculture, Animal Health and Forestry.
• Herbert Frederick Collins, Esq., H.M. Inspector of Schools (Staff Inspector, Ministry of Education).
• Henry Howard Eggers, Esq., O.B.E., Assistant Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• John Marcus Fleming, Esq., Deputy Director, Economic Section, Cabinet Office.
• Frederick Richard Howard, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry.
• Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Osbert Eustace Vesey, C.B.E. For services to the Government Hospitality Fund.
• Colonel John Skinner Wilson, O.B.E., Director, Boy Scouts International Bureau.
• Robert Hall Chapman, Esq., M.E., M.I.E. (Aust.), Railways Commissioner, State of South Australia.
• Walter James Garnett, Esq., O.B.E., Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in the Commonwealth of Australia.
• William Keverall McIntyre, Esq., M.C., M.D., F.R.C.O.G., of Launceston, State of Tasmania. For voluntary services at the Queen Victoria Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital.
• The Honourable Walter Eric Thomas, O.B.E., M.C., Judge of the High Court, Southern Rhodesia.
• Edwin Porter Arrowsmith, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Administrator of Dominica, Windward Islands.
• Ernest William Barltrop, Esq., C.B.E., D.S.O., Labour Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
• Cyril George Beasley, Esq., Economic Adviser to the Comptroller for Development and Welfare, British West Indies.
• Frederic Charles Courtenay Benham, Esq., C.B.E., PhD, Economic Adviser to the Commissioner-General for the United Kingdom in South-East Asia.
• George Digby Chamberlain, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Secretary, Western Pacific High Commission.
• Moroboe Vincenzo Del Tufo, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Federation of Malaya.
• Brian Joseph Hartley, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Agricultural Service, Director of Agriculture, Aden.
• George Arthur Jones, Esq., O.B.E., Principal, Colonial Office.
• Hugo Frank Marshall, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Administrative Secretary, Nigeria.
• Charles Mathew, Esq., K.C., Colonial Legal Service, Attorney-General, Tanganyika.
• William Bonnar Leslie. Monson, Esq., Chief Secretary, West African Council.
• Bryan Justin O'Brien, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Gibraltar.
• Bryan Evers Sharwood-Smith, Esq., E.D., Colonial Administrative Service, Senior Resident, Northern Provinces, Nigeria.
• William John Vickers, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Colonial Medical Service, Director of Medical Services, Singapore.
• Roger Allen, Esq., Head of the African Department of the Foreign Office.
• George Lisle Clutton, Esq., Counsellor at the United Kingdom Liaison Mission in Japan.
• Reginald Davies, Esq., Assistant Director-General, British Council.
• Harry Maurice Eyres, Esq., Minister at His Majesty's Embassy at Ankara.
• Brigadier Geoffrey Massey Gamble, O.B.E., A.D.C., until recently Chief British Administrator, Somalia.
• Ronald Johnstone Hillard, Esq., General Manager, Sudan Railways.
• Commander Clive Loehnis, R.N. (Retired), employed in a Department of the Foreign Office.
• Douglas MacKillop, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Frankfort.
• George Humphrey Middleton, Esq., Head of the Personnel Department of the Foreign Office.
• Norman Stanley Roberts, Esq., O.B.E., Counsellor (Commercial) at His Majesty's Embassy at Stockholm.
• Robert Heatlie Scott, Esq., C.B.E., Head of the South-East Asia Department of the Foreign Office.

Honorary Companion

• Adeyemi II, Alafin of Oyo, Nigeria.
• Dato Mahmud bin Mat, O.B.E., Mentri Besar, Pahang, Federation of Malaya.

• Sir Oliver Charles Harvey, G.C.M.G., C.B.

• Brigadier-General George Camborne Beauclerk Paynter, C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O.
• Colonel Henry Abel Smith, D.S.O.

• Philip Connard, Esq., R.A.
• Ronald Martin Howe, Esq., M.C.
• John Douglas McLaggan, Esq., M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.
• Basil Edward Nicolls, Esq., C.B.E.
• Eric Humphrey Savill, Esq., C.B.E., M.V.O., M.C.
• Sir John Mitchell Harvey Wilson, Bt.

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

• Commander (S) Richard Colville, D.S.C., Royal Navy.
• Miss Alice Mary Horsey.
• Thomas Leslie White, Esq.

• Air Chief Marshal The Honourable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane, K.C.B., K.B.E., A.F.C., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Kenneth Dugald Stewart, K.B.E., Chairman, Trustee Savings Banks Association.

• Miss Marjorie Sophie Cox, C.B.E., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Pensions.
• The Honourable Frances Margaret Farrer, General Secretary, National Federation of Women's Institutes.
• Grace Thyrza, Mrs Kimmins, C.B.E., Founder of the Heritage Craft Schools and Hospitals for Crippled Children, Chailey, Sussex.

• Vice-Admiral Arthur Robin Moore Bridge, C.B., C.B.E.
• Surgeon Vice-Admiral Clarence Edward Greeson, C.B., M.D., Ch.B., K.H.P.
• Lieutenant-General Philip Maxwell Balfour, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Lieutenant-General Richard Nelson Gale, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., Colonel, The Worcestershire Regiment, late Infantry.
• Lieutenant-General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson, C.B.E., D.S.O.
• Air Marshal Philip Clermont Livingston, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), L.R.C.P., D.P.H., D.O.M.S., K.H.S., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Marshal Francis Joseph Fogarty, C.B., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Eric Blacklock Bowyer, Esq., C.B., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Supply.
• Edward Herbert Ritson, Esq., C.B., Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue.
• Robert Parr, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., His Majesty's Consul-General at Lyons.
• Thomas Cecil Rapp, Esq., C.M.G., M.C., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Mexico City.
• Arthur Paul Benthall, Esq., a member of the United Kingdom business community in India; formerly President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India.
• Sir David Callender Campbell, C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor, Malta.

• John Klunder Jensen, OBE, for services in connexion with munitions production in Australia.
• Frank Keith Officer, OBE MC, His Majesty's Australian Ambassador at Paris
• John Stanley Storey, a prominent Australian engineering manufacturer. For public services.

Military Division

• Air Vice-Marshal Francis Masson Bladin, C.B.E.. Royal Australia Air Force

• Lieutenant-General John Northcott, C.B., M.V.O., Chief of the General Staff, Australian Military Forces 1942-45 ; now Governor of the State of New South Wales.

• Daniel McVey, Esq., A.M.I.E.(Aust.), formerly Director-General of Postal Services.

Military Division

• Lieutenant-General Stanley George Savige, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., E.D., Australian Military Forces.

Civil Division

• Douglas Berry Copland, Esq., C.M.G., D.Sc., Litt.D., Prices Commissioner, Commonwealth of Australia, 1939–45; Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University, Canberra.
• Neil Hamilton Fairley, Esq., C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S. For services to tropical medicine.

Military Division

• Engineer Rear-Admiral John Webster Wishart, O.B.E., Royal Australian Navy.
• Major-General Robert Harold Nimmo, Australian Military Forces.
• Air Commodore Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, D.S.O., A.F.C., Royal Australian Air Force.

Civil Division

• Giles Tatlock Chippindall, Esq., Director-General of Postal Services; was Director-General of the Department of War Organisation of Industry.
• Gilbert Dowling Henderson, Esq. For services to the Plastic Surgery Unit, Heidelberg Military Hospital, Victoria

Military Division

• Surgeon Commander (D) John Ellis Richards, L.D.S., B.D.Sc., Royal Australian Navy.
• Commander (Acting Captain) Ross Valdar Wheatley, A.D.C., Royal Australian Navy
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Edward Barrett, Australian Military Forces.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Alexander Goyne, Australian Military Forces.
• Squadron Leader Cyril Arthur Greenwood (800), Royal Australian Air Force.
• Matron-in-Chief Margaret Irene Lang, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (Retired).

Civil Division

• Rabbi Jacob Danglow, V.D. For services to the community, and as a chaplain in two World Wars.
• Florence Violet, Mrs. McKenzie, For voluntary services to the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps.
• Alfred Roy Nankervis, Esq., lately Secretary to the Department of the Navy.
• William Andrews Perrin, Esq., M.B.E., a blinded ex-service man. For public services, especially to the Red Cross.
• Miss Edna Mary Shaw, Matron, Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Sydney, New South Wales. For services to the Commonwealth of Australia.
• Jessie Mary, Mrs. Vasey. For social welfare services, especially to war widows.

Military Division

• Lieutenant (E) William Arthur Cook, Royal Australian Navy.
• Lieutenant Douglas Albert Holmes, Royal Australian Navy.
• Mr. Alexander Edward Leo Macleod, Senior Commissioned Instructor, Royal Australian Navy.
• Lieutenant-Commander (S) Charles Wilson, Royal Australian Navy.
• Captain Henry George Frith, Australian Military Forces.
• Captain (temporary Major) Rodney Charles Gabriel, Australian Military Forces.
• Major John Martin Mills, Australian Military Forces.
• Captain (temporary Major) Clyde Hedly Powditch, Australian Military Forces.
• The Reverend Thomas David Beyer, Chaplain 3rd Class, Royal Australian Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Charles William Butcher (1218), Royal Australian Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Alan King Martin (205163), Citizen Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Keith Manson Rundle (255306), Royal Australian Air Force.
• Captain John Protheroe Williams. For marine salvage work.
• Miss Strella Groves Wilson (Mrs. Smith), a well-known Australian singer. For voluntary services to the community.
• Mary, Mrs. Tenison Woods. For services in connexion with child welfare.

Civil Division

• Frances, Mrs. Derham. For social welfare services.
• John Finlay, Esq., General Manager of Lithgow Small Arms Factory.
• Miss Ida Grace Francis. For services to Nursing.
• Miss Gwendoline Hesketh. For social welfare services.
• Miss Hilda Blanche Jackson, a clerical assistant on the staff of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General.
• Miss Dorothy Mary Maye, a civilian nurse. For services rendered at Kaevieng European Hospital, New Island, New Guinea.
• George Paterson, Esq., Honorary Pensions Officer, Australian Legion of Ex-Service Clubs.
• Miss Evelyn Tildesley. For devoted service to soldiers' orphans and the Red Cross.

• Charles Ernest Jones, Esq., C.M.G., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, and Secretary to the Treasury.
• Kanthiah Vaithianathan, Esq., C.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence and External Affairs.
• Joseph Aloysius Donatus Victoria, Esq., C.B.E., Senator.

• Sir Richard Aluwihare C.B.E. Inspector General of Police

• Richard Lionel Spittel, Esq., C.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Consulting Surgeon, General Hospital, Colombo.
• George Crossette Thambyah, Esq., lately District Judge.

• Suriyacumara Nitchinga Senathiraja Ambalavaner Naganather, Esq. For public services in the Northern Province.
• Robert Singleton-Salmon, Esq., Deputy Chairman, Planters' Association of Ceylon.
• Vincent Steuart de Silva Wickremanayake, Esq. For political and public services.

• Ralph Norman Bond, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication.

Military Division

• Major Sidney Jayawardena, E.D., Ceylon Medical Corps.
• Major Leslie Pereria, E.D., Ceylon Garrison Artillery.