The King's Birthday Honours 1942 were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 5 June 1942 for the United Kingdom and Canada.
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.
British Empire
Baron
John Maynard Keynes, , Member of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Consultative Council.
Privy Councillor
George Henry Hall, , Financial Secretary, Admiralty.
Baronet
The Right Honourable James Andrews, , Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, , lately Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. Captain Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, , lately Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Thomas Harrison Hughes, Director of the Liner Division, Ministry of War Transport. Sir Francis L'Estrange Joseph, . For public services. Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, , lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.
Knight of the Garter
Right Honourable Lawrence John Lumley, Marquess of Zetland, .
Knight of the Thistle
Major David Lyulph Gore Wolseley, Earl of Airlie, .
Knight Bachelor
Major Arthur Cecil Abrahams, , Chairman of the Stores Committee, War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John. Edward Samson Baron. For public and philanthropic services. Colonel Frank Benson, , General Manager, Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. William Bernard Blatch, , Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenue. His Honour Samuel Ronald Courthope Bosanquet, Official Referee of the Supreme Court. Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director-General, Mechanical Equipment, Ministry of Supply. John Clague, , lately Adviser to the Secretary of State for India and Burma. George Frederick Cotton, , Under-Secretary, Admiralty. John Cornelius Joseph Dalton, , Fuel and Power Controller, London & South Eastern Region (Honorary Colonel, Royal Corps of Signals). Lieutenant-Colonel Ivan Buchanan Davson, , Chairman of the West India Committee. John McLean Duncanson, Deputy Iron & Steel Controller. Charles Richard Fairey, , Chairman, Fairey Aviation Company. Director-General, British Air Commission, Washington. Professor Ralph Howard Fowler, , Plummer Professor of Mathematical Physics in the University of Cambridge; lately Liaison Officer in North America. Thomas Peirson Frank, Co-ordinating Officer for Public Utility Services, London Civil Defence Region. Chief Engineer and County Surveyor, London County Council. Captain Frederick Edward French, , Royal Naval Reserve (Retd.), Commodore Commander, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. William Hamilton Fyfe, , Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen. Arthur Wilfrid Garrett, HM Chief Inspector of Factories, Ministry of Labour and National Service. Holbrook Gaskell, , Director of the Board of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. William Gavin, , Chief Agricultural Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries. Frederick Godber, Chairman of the Overseas Supply Committee, Petroleum Board, and Managing Director of the Shell Transport & Trading Co. Ltd. John Frederick Heaton, Chairman and Managing Director of Thomas Tilling Ltd. Member of the Inland Transport War Council. Robert Stewart Johnson, , Chairman and Managing Director of Messrs. Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd, Shipbuilders. Alexander Korda, Film Producer and Managing Director, Alexander Korda Film Productions Ltd. William Oliphant MacArthur, , Chief Divisional Food Officer, North-East England. Frederick Wolff Ogilvie, , lately Director General, British Broadcasting Corporation. Frederick Handley Page, , Managing Director, Handley Page Ltd. Vice-Chairman of the Air Registration Board. Professor William Fletcher Shaw, , President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Edward Raymond Streat, , Chairman of the Cotton Board. Henry Edward Sparke Upcher, Chairman, Norfolk War Agricultural Executive Committee. Robert Bryce Walker, , Chairman of the Scottish Fire Commission. Commissioner for the Special Areas in Scotland. Robert Alexander Watson Watt, , Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Ernest Maclagan Wedderburn, , Deputy Keeper of His Majesty's Signet. For legal and public services in Scotland. Alderman Julian Osborn Whitehouse, Chairman of the Staffordshire County Council. Frederick Charles Yapp, Deputy Chairman of Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Acting Chairman of the English Steel Corporation Ltd.