The 2013 Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 15 June 2013 in the United Kingdom, on 10 June 2013 in Australia, on 3 June 2013 in New Zealand, and on 15 June 2013 in Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia and Belize.
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.
United Kingdom
The 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours list was published on 15 June 2013 by The London Gazette.
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
The Right Honourable Sir Menzies Campbell – For public and political service. Sir Nicholas Serota – Director, Tate. For services to Art.
Knight Bachelor
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly – Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, for services to medical research. Professor Michael Stratton – Director, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, for services to medical research. Brendan Barber – Lately General Secretary, Trades Union Congress. For services to Employment Relations. Nigel Bogle – Co-Founder and Group Chairman, Bartle Bogle Hegarty. For services to the Advertising Industry. David Anthony Carter – Executive Principal, Cabot Learning Federation. For services to Education Andrew Dilnot – Chairman, UK Statistics Authority and Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford. For services to Economics and Economic Policy. Kenneth Archibald Gibson – Executive Headteacher, Harton Technology College and Jarrow School, South Tyneside, and Academy 360, Sunderland Malcolm Grant – President and Provost, University College London. For services to Higher Education. Doctor Andrew James Hall – Chair, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. For services to Public Health. John Hills – Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics. For services to Social Policy Development. Michael Hintze – Philanthropist. For services to the Arts Stephen Geoffrey Houghton – Leader, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. For parliamentary and political services. Stephen House – Chief Constable, Police Service of Scotland. For services to Law and Order. Anish Kapoor – Sculptor. For services to Visual Arts. Professor Peng Tee Khaw – Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Professor, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL, London. For services to Ophthalmology. Edward Leigh – Member of Parliament for Gainsborough and lately Chair, Public Accounts Committee. For public and political service. Gregory Michael Gerard Martin – Executive Head, Durand Academy, London Borough of Lambeth. For services to Education. David Metcalf – Chair, Migration Advisory Committee, London. For services to UK Migration Policy. Jonathan Mills – Director and Chief Executive, Edinburgh International Festival. For services to Culture. Richard Lake Olver – Chairman, BAE Systems. For services to Business. Howard Panter – Co-Founder, Joint Chief Executive and Creative Director, Ambassador Theatre Group. For services to Theatre. Professor Christopher Pissarides – School Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to Economics. Tony Robinson – For public and political service David Richard Alexander Scott – Chief Executive, Digital UK (now Everyone TV). For services to Digital Switchover. Professor Nigel Shadbolt – Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton. For services to Science and Engineering. The Rt Hon. Andrew Stunell – Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove. For public and political service. Professor Eric Thomas – Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol and President, Universities UK. For services to Higher Education.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division
General Sir Peter Wall – Late the Corps of Royal Engineers
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Military Division
Lieutenant General Richard Barrons – Late of The Royal Regiment of Artillery. Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw – Late of The King's Royal Hussars.