1970 Birthday Honours
The 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 5 June 1970.[1][2][3][4][5] At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.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.
orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realmsElizabeth IILondon GazetteCyril HamnettCo-operative MovementLaurence Kerr OlivierMax Leonard RosenheimRoyal College of PhysiciansLord WheatleyWilliam, Baron HughesScottish OfficeJohn MorrisLeonard Frederick BehrensGeorge Edward Gordon CatlinWilliam Collins, SonsSamuel Crowe CurranFrank Fraser DarlingArthur Eric Courtney DrakeBritish Petroleum CompanyImperial Metal IndustriesCharles ForteForte Holdings LtdRalph FreemanFreeman Fox & PartnersWilliam George GilliesHarry GodwinRegional Hospital BoardBritish Overseas Airways CorporationJulian Stephen Alfred HodgeUniversity of LiverpoolFrancis Avery JonesCentral Middlesex HospitalBritish LegionPeat, Marwick, Mitchell & CompanyJohn Laurence LonglandDavid Christie MartinRoyal SocietyThe Law SocietyNorman Robert ReidTate GalleryNorman Andrew Forster RowntreeRansome, Hoffman, Pollard LtdArnold WeinstockGeneral Electric and English Electric Companies LtdWest Mercia ConstabularyChief Justice, SwazilandEdward Trenton RichardsChief Justice, UgandaBernard SugermanCourt of AppealMurray Victor PorterRobert Joseph Henry RissonSupreme Court of South AustraliaThomas Edward Jewell WardleLord Mayor of the City of PerthHydro-Electric Commission of TasmaniaSir Peter John Hill-NortonSir Richard Michael Power CarverRoyal Armoured CorpsColonel CommandantRoyal Tank RegimentCorps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersSir Brian Kenyon BurnettRoyal Air ForcePhilip AllenPermanent Under-Secretary of State, Home OfficePeter Maxwell CompstonRoyal NavyPeter William Cradock HellingsRoyal MarinesBasil Oscar Paul EugsterFoot GuardsIrish GuardsJohn Aubrey Taylor SharpRoyal Regiment of ArtilleryJohn BarracloughWilliam Richard Joseph CookChief Adviser (Projects and Research), Ministry of DefencePhilip RogersPermanent SecretaryCivil Service DepartmentIan Stewart McIntoshAmbrose Walter Marcus WeekesFrancis James Cecil Bowes-LyonCecil Howard BeamishRuthven Lowry WadeArthur Hugh ChaplinBritish MuseumRoyal Radar EstablishmentCharles Addison Somerville Snowden GordonHM TreasuryMinistry of Overseas DevelopmentBernard Alexander Brocas BurrowsNorth Atlantic CouncilChurch of EnglandPeter Allix WilkinsonHM Ambassador-designate, ViennaCecil Terence IngoldForeign and Commonwealth OfficeDonald Frederick HawleyRichard John McMoran WilsonNew South Wales TreasuryRobert John SoutheyLaurence John Hartley TeakleAlan Hunter Cachemaille BoxerLord Adam Granville GordonSir David Lumsden WebsterPatricia, Marchioness of AbergavennyThomas Pierce ButlerDonald Hamish Cameron of LochielRoger Thomas Baldwin FulfordMary Anne MorrisonMetropolitan PoliceWalter John George Vercopost-nominal lettersThames Valley ConstabularyHer Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the GuardIan Frank BowaterLord Mayor of LondonDorothy Elizabeth AckroydConsumer CouncilMargaret Isabel ColeRandal John Somerled, Earl of AntrimThe National TrustJoseph Aloysius Sheehy