2020 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 and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
Life Peerage
Conservative Party
- The Rt Hon. Nicola Morgan, to be Baroness Morgan of Cotes, of Cotes in the County of Leicestershire. – 6 January 2020 [1]
- The Rt Hon. Zac Goldsmith, to be Baron Goldsmith of Richmond Park, of Richmond Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames – 7 January 2020 [2]
- Sir Gerry Grimstone, to be Baron Grimstone of Boscobel, of Belgravia in the City of Westminster – 8 April 2020 [3]
- Stephen Greenhalgh, to be Baron Greenhalgh, of Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham – 16 April 2020 [4]
- David Frost, CMG, to be Baron Frost, of Allenton in the County of Derbyshire – 12 August 2020 [5]
- Keith Stewart, QC, to be Baron Stewart of Dirleton, of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian – 6 November 2020 [6]
- David Wolfson, QC, to be Baron Wolfson of Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Gwent – 30 December 2020 [7]
Crossbench
- The Rt Hon. Lord Reed, PC, to be Baron Reed of Allermuir, of Sundridge Park in the London Borough of Bromley. – 11 January 2020
- Sir Mark Sedwill, KCMG, to be Baron Sedwill, of Sherborne in the County of Dorset – 11 September 2020 [8]
Lord Lieutenant
- Mr James Saunders Watson – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire – 7 January 2020[9]
- The Lady Colgrain – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Kent – 8 January 2020[10]
- Major-General The Hon. Seymour Hector Russell Hale Monro, CBE LVO – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Moray – 29 January 2020[11]
- Ms Elizabeth Elaine Grieve – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Orkney – 29 January 2020[12]
- Mrs Roberta Louise Fleet – to be Lord-Lieutenant for West Glamorgan – 10 February 2020[13]
- Mrs Aileen Brewis – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown – 13 February 2020[14]
- Lt Colonel Richard Callander, LVO OBE TD – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Midlothian – 30 April 2020[15]
- Mrs Elizabeth Fothergill, CBE – to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire – 14 May 2020[16]
- The Countess Howe – to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Buckinghamshire – 26 June 2020[17]
- Mrs Jane Margaret MacLeod – to be Lord-Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute – 14 July 2020[18]
- Mrs Jill Williamina Young – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire – 12 August 2020[19]
- Mr Alastair Macphie – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire – 1 October 2020[20]
Privy Counsellor
- The Hon. Sir Stephen Phillips, QC – 12 February 2020[21]
- The Hon. Sir Richard Arnold, QC – 12 February 2020[21]
- The Hon. Sir Bernard McCloskey, QC – 12 February 2020[21]
- The Hon. Dame Ingrid Simler, DBE, QC – 12 February 2020[21]
- Prof. Andrew Burrows, QC – 12 February 2020[21]
- Suella Braverman, MP – 19 February 2020[22]
- George Eustice, MP – 19 February 2020[22]
- Amanda Milling, MP – 19 February 2020[22]
- Anne-Marie Trevelyan, MP – 19 February 2020[22]
- The Hon. Dame Sue Carr, DBE, QC – 23 June 2020[23]
- The Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell – 21 July 2020[24]
- The Hon. Lord Pentland, QC – 20 August 2020[25]
- The Hon. Lord Woolman, QC – 20 August 2020[26]
- The Hon. Dame Geraldine Andrews, DBE, QC – 11 November 2020 [27]
- The Hon. Sir Clive Lewis, QC – 11 November 2020 [28]
- The Hon. Sir Christopher Nugee, QC – 11 November 2020 [29]
- The Hon. Sir Jeremy Stuart-Smith, QC – 11 November 2020 [30]
- The Hon. Dame Elisabeth Laing, DBE, QC – 16 December 2020 [31]
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor ribbon
- Captain Thomas Moore – For charitable services to the National Health Service. – 20 May 2020[32]
Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George
Order of St Michael and St George ribbon
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
- Her Excellency Susan Dougan, OBE – Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – 29 January 2020[33]
Royal Victorian Order
Royal Victorian Order ribbon
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
- Michael Charles William Norreys Jephson, CVO - upon relinquishment of his appointment as Secretary of the Master of the Household’s Department, Royal Household - 16 December 2020.[34]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
- Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Shakerley – for her service to The Queen – 31 March 2020 [35]
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
- Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah – upon relinquishing his appointment as Equerry to The Queen – 27 November 2020 [36]
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire (Military)
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Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire (Civil)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
- Civil division
- Honorary
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor for The Philharmonia Orchestra. For services to music and UK-Finland relations.[37]
- Military division
- Honorary
- Joseph Dunford – Retired General and Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Military. For services to the support of the UK military.[38]
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Military division
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Military division
- Commander William Robert Charles King, Royal Navy – 27 March 2020[39]
- Colonel Andrew Timothy David Jackson – 27 March 2020[39]
- Wing Commander Neil Campbell Sefton, Royal Air Force – 27 March 2020[39]
- Captain Robert George Anders, Royal Fleet Auxiliary – 27 March 2020[39]
- Commander Suzy Helen Conway, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020[41]
- Commander Richard Paul Hewitt, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020[42]
- Colonel John Leslie Baynham – 27 November 2020[43]
- Civil division
- Honorary
- Nadim Abboud – Honorary Legal Adviser to the British Embassy in Beirut. For services to British interests in Lebanon.[38]
- Florence Garabedian – Chair, Self-Directed Support Scotland and Chief Executive, Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living. For services to the independent living movement.[38]
- Haruki Hayashi - Regional Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation, Europe and Africa and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation International (Europe) plc. For services to UK/Japan commercial and cultural relations
- Christos Psaltis – Senior Political Officer, British Embassy, Athens. For services to UK/Greece relations.[38]
- Renata Leal da Silva Ramalhosa – Department for International Trade Foreign Direct Investment Latin America and Deputy Consul General, Sao Paulo. For services to Her Majesty’s Government overseas.[38]
- Gerald Arthur Rolph – Owner of Allerton Castle. For services to historic preservation and conservation.[38]
- Peter Slosse – Director of Tourism, Ypres. For services to UK commemorations.[38]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Military division
- Acting Major (now Captain) Patrick Francis Bryan Keating, The Rifles – 27 March 2020[39]
- Lieutenant Commander Ben Russell Martin, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020[44]
- Major (now Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Philip O’Callaghan, Royal Marines – 27 November 2020[45]
- Lance Corporal Elham Sedeqi, The Parachute Regiment – 27 November 2020[46]
- Staff Sergeant Jason Peter Wilcox, Intelligence Corps – 27 November 2020[47]
- Civil division
- Honorary
- Daphine Aikens – Founder and Chief Executive, Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank. For services to the community in Hammersmith and Fulham.[38]
- Daniel Cordier – Second World War Resistance Fighter. For services to the United Kingdom in the Second World War.[38]
- Izabella Maria Cwetsch – British Vice Consul, British Embassy, Warsaw, Poland. For services British nationals in Poland.[38]
- Werner Fenner – Transport and Logistics Officer, British Embassy, Brasilia. For services to UK interests in Brazil.[38]
- Hubert Germain – Second World War Resistance Fighter. For services to the United Kingdom in the Second World War.[38]
- Alfredo Emilio Fierro Gonfiotti – Director, Department for International Trade Argentina, British Embassy, Buenos Aires. For services to international trade.[38]
- The Reverend Cannon Faez Jerjes – Parish Priest, St Georges Episcopal Anglican Church, Baghdad. For services to the Anglican, Christian and local community in Baghdad.[38]
- John Níall Gearoid McLaughlin – Architect. For services to architecture.[38]
- Eva Maria Prada – Director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain. For services to British business in Spain.[38]
- Francisco Rodilla Benito – Spanish Technical Director, member of Secondary SMT and teacher of Philosophy, Religion and History. For services to the development of bilingual education and UK-Spanish relations.[38]
- Pierre Simonet – Second World War Resistance Fighter. For services to the United Kingdom in the Second World War.[38]
- Angela Marie Tanzillo-Swarts – Forensic DNA Specialist, Health Services Authority, Cayman Islands. For services to the COVID 19 Response in the Cayman Islands
- Edgard Tupët-Thomé – Second World War Resistance Fighter. For services to the United Kingdom in the Second World War.[38]
- Erwin Ureel – Vice Chairman, Friends of the Passchendaele Museum and Events Organiser. For services to commemorations of the British contribution to the defence of Belgium in the First World War.[38]
- Martin Henderson Wells – President, the British Hospital, Montevideo. For services to the British community in Uruguay.[38]
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Ribbon bar of the British Empire Medal (Civil)
- Honorary
- Pa Assan Badjan – Emergency Services Porter, Royal London Hospital Emergency Department. For services to the NHS
- Haluk Metin Çekirdek – Protocol and Customs Officer, British Embassy, Ankara. For services to the British Embassy, Ankara.[38]
- Onyinye Aureola Enwezor – Shared Governance Clinical Educator, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS
- Linus Prodip Gomes – Head Bearer/Butler, British High Commissioner’s residence, Dhaka. For services to the UK/Bangladesh relations.[38]
- Ashraf Hamido Desouki – Chair, A Better Tomorrow community group. For service to supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Halton Borough during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Dušan Mihajilović – Head of Political and Public Diplomacy, British Embassy, Belgrade. For services to British Interests in Serbia and Commemoration of the First World War.[38]
- Bukola Muhydeen Olamijuwon – Welfare Secretary, Nasrul-Lahi-L-Faith Society (Nasfat) Millwall Branch. For services to Nasfat UK and Ireland during COVID-19
- Patricia Simoyi – Nurse, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For services to chronic kidney disease.[38]
Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)
Royal Victorian Medal ribbon
- Silver Medal
- Ferris Ash – Gentleman of the Chapel Royal Choir, Windsor Great Park – 17 April 2020[48]
- Bar to Silver Medal
Mentioned in Despatches
Palm of the Mentioned in Despatches
- Flight Lieutenant Aaron Mark Kerry, Royal Air Force – 27 March 2020[39]
Queen's Commendation for Bravery
Queen's Commendation for Bravery
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service
Palm of the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service
- Acting Captain (now Commander) Manson John Carnie, Royal Navy – 27 March 2020[39]
- Lieutenant Commander Samuel Nightingale, Royal Navy – 27 March 2020[39]
- Lieutenant Commander Jamie Vaughan, Royal Navy – 27 March 2020[39]
- Major (now Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Nigel Robert Campbell, The Royal Irish Regiment – 27 March 2020[39]
- Acting Major (now Major) Luke Denby-Hollis, Royal Regiment of Artillery – 27 March 2020[39]
- Lieutenant Colonel (now Acting Colonel) Matthew Thomas Ketterer, Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch) – 27 March 2020[39]
- Lieutenant Colonel Huw Charles Ewan Law, Army Air Corps – 27 March 2020[39]
- Acting Sergeant (now Corporal) Samantha Jane Lumb, Intelligence Corps – 27 March 2020[39]
- Warrant Officer Class 2 Benjamin James Medus, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment – 27 March 2020[39]
- Corporal (now Acting Sergeant) Martins Idoko Ushie, Royal Army Medical Corps – 27 March 2020[39]
- Lieutenant William Fraser Wheeler, The Rifles – 27 March 2020[39]
- Flight Lieutenant Philip Dawe, Royal Air Force – 27 March 2020[39]
- Wing Commander Matthew David Hoare, Royal Air Force – 27 March 2020[39]
- Flight Lieutenant (now Squadron Leader) Matthew Turl, Royal Air Force – 27 March 2020[39]
- Commander Benjamin Charles Keith, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020[52]
- Lieutenant (now Lieutenant Commander) Alexander Antony Szweda, Royal Navy – 27 November 2020[53]
- Corporal Louise Lillian Cooper, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) – 27 November 2020[54]
- Captain Alun Huw Morris, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – 27 November 2020[55]
- Colonel Roderick Miles Less – 27 November 2020[56]
- Lance Corporal Hannah Richardson, Royal Army Medical Corps – 27 November 2020[57]
- Sergeant (now Staff Sergeant) Ashley Jade Roylance, Intelligence Corps – 27 November 2020[58]
- Major Kerry Anne Schultz, The Royal Logistic Corps – 27 November 2020[59]
- Lieutenant Colonel Matthew James Edney Smith, Corps of Royal Engineers – 27 November 2020[60]
- Corporal Samuel David George Butler, Royal Air Force – 27 November 2020[61]
- Squadron Leader John Michael Plenty, Royal Air Force – 27 November 2020[62]
Order of St John
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Order of St John ribbon
Bailiff of the Order of St John
- Hon Major (Rtd) Marsden Madoka[63]
Dame of the Order of St John
- Dr Gillian Elisabeth Willmore[63]
- Dame Cécile Ellen La Grenade, GCMG, OBE[63]
Knight of the Order of St John
- The Very Reverend Dr Nicholas Arthur Frayling[63]
- John Percy Gill[63]
- Nigel Graham Heath[63]
- The Reverend Canon Barnabas John William Hunt[63]
- Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap[63]
- Oliver Mathias Patrick Ehinger[63]
- Dr Frederik Paulsen, OBE[63]
- John Henry Whitehead[63]
- Kenneth Ivan Williamson[63]
- John Douglas Wills[63]
- Lazaro Akunga Kimang’a[63]
- Sir Andrew John Cash, OBE[63]
Dame of the Order of St John
Commander of the Order of St John
- Edmund John Seward Anderson[63]
- Barrie George Davies, MBE[63]
- Andrew Jackson Coombe[63]
- Sir Charles James Hoare, 9th Baronet[63]
- Ian Dunlop Phipps[63]
- Andrew Barry Wapling[63]
- Janet Wilson[63]
- Susan Margaret Winfield, OBE[63]
- Fiona Woodrow[63]
- Fenella Anne Woolams[63]
- Carl Grover Berry[63]
- John Garland Pollard Boatwright[63]
- Daryl Glynn Byrd[63]
- Dr James Marvin Campbell[63]
- Lieutenant Commander John Curtiss Glynn Jr[63]
- Dr Gary Paul Kearney[63]
- James Howard Wells[63]
- Dr Patricia Kavanagh[63]
- Adrienne Leichtle Maxwell[63]
- The Honorable Mary Moncure Matthews Raether[63]
- Lynne Androus Smith[63]
- Geraldine Mary Costello[63]
- Valerie Mary Costello[63]
- Susan Jane Winter[63]
- Colonel Sir Brian Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 3rd Baronet, OBE, DL[63]
- Peter Sherlaw Coulson[63]
- Simon Patrick Pollock[63]
- Robert Andrew Voss, CBE[63]
- Danielle Louise Gillespie[63]
- Brenda Joy Hynes[63]
- Bruce John MacDonald[63]
- Kerry Daniel Mitchell[63]
- Most Rev. Sir David John Moxon KNZM[64]
- Andrew Zhu
Officer of the Order of St John
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