1959 Birthday Honours


The Queen's Birthday Honours 1959 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.
The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were announced on 13 June 1959 for the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Australia, New Zealand, Ghana, and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes and then divisions as appropriate.

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Baron

;State of Queensland
;State of South Australia
;State of Victoria
;Overseas Territories

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

;Military Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division

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

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

;Fourth Class
;Fifth Class

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Honorary Knight Commander
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Home Civil Service
;State of South Australia and Southern Rhodesia
;Overseas Civil Service
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;United Kingdom
;;Basutoland
;;Pakistan
;;Overseas Territories
;In Silver
;Royal Navy
;Royal Air Force
;;Bar to Air Force Cross
;;Second Bar to Air Force Cross
;Royal Air Force
;Army
;Royal Air Force
;United Kingdom
;England and Wales
;Scotland
;Northern Ireland
;State of New South Wales
;Southern Rhodesia
;Overseas Territories
;England and Wales
;Scotland
;Overseas Territories
;Southern Rhodesia
;Basutoland
;Bechuanaland Protectorate
;Overseas Territories

Knight Bachelor

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division

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

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

;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Australian Navy
;;Australian Army
;;Royal Australian Air Force
;Civil Division
;Australian Civil Service
;Military Division
;;Royal Australian Navy
;;Australian Army
;;Royal Australian Air Force
;Civil Division

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

;Royal Australian Air Force
;Royal Australian Air Force

Ghana

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

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

Knight Bachelor

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Federation Of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Civil Service
;Military Division
;Civil Division