1982 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1982 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced in The London Gazette on 31 December 1981 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1982. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate. Barons Sir Ian Powell Bancroft, . Lately Head of the Home Civil Service. Sir William Nicholas Cayzer, , Chairman, British & Commonwealth Shipping Co. Ltd. Sir Charles Forte. Executive Chairman, Trust-Houses Forte Ltd. Sir Crawford Murray MacLehose, . Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong. The Honourable Douglas Richard Hurd, . Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Member of Parliament for Mid-Oxfordshire. Timothy Hugh Francis Raison, . Minister of State, Home Office. Member of Parliament for Aylesbury. George Thomas Thalben-Ball, . For services to music. Lawrence Arthur Barratt, Chairman and Managing Director, Barratt Developments plc. James Arnold Stacey Cleminson, , Chairman, Reckitt & Colman plc. James Macdonald Cobban, . For Public Service. Douglas Peter Grossman, . For Political and Public Service in Eastern England. Peter Frank Hannibal Emery, . For Political and Public Service. Anthony Fell, . For Political and Public Service. Basil Mortimer Lindsay-Fynn. For Political and Public Service in London. Victor Henry Goodhew, . For Political and Public Service. Nicholas Proctor Goodison, Chairman, The Stock Exchange. James Learmonth Gowans, , Secretary, Medical Research Council. John Currie Gunn, , Cargill Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow. Professor Douglas Chalmers Hague, . For Political and Public Service. John Charles Hermon, , Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary.