1981 New Year Honours


The New Year Honours 1981 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 on 31 December 1980 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1981.
Names and titles of recipients are shown as they appeared in this honours list.

United Kingdom

Life barons

;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List

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

;Military Division
;Civil Division

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

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)

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

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Home Civil Service
;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Military Division
;Civil Division
United Kingdom
Overseas Territories

Member of the Royal Red Cross (RRC)

England and Wales
Northern Ireland
Overseas Territories
State of Victoria
State of Queensland
State of South Australia
Scotland
England and Wales
State of Victoria

Knight Bachelor

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

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

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

;Military Division
Air Marshal Neville Patrick McNamara, A.O., C.B.E., D.F.C. 011353, Royal Australian Air Force.
;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Australian Navy
;Australian Army
;Royal Australian Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Australian Navy
;;Australian Army
;;Royal Australian Air Force
;Civil Division

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

;Royal Australian Navy
;Australian Army
;Royal Australian Air Force
;Royal Australian Air Force

Mauritius

Knights Bachelor

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

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Order of the British Empire

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

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division

Order of the British Empire

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

;Military Division
;Civil Division

Knight Bachelor

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

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Military Division
;Civil. Division

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)