The Queen's Birthday Honours 2009 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to recognise and reward 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 12 June 2009 in the United Kingdom, on 8 June 2009 in Australia, on 1 June 2009 in New Zealand, and on 15 June 2009 in The Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Belize, and Antigua & Barbuda.
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
Knight Bachelor
Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Professor and Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to Medicine. Professor David Charles Baulcombe, , Professor of Botany and Royal Society Research Professor, University of Cambridge. For services to Plant Science. Andrew John Cash, , Chief Executive, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. Paul Martin Ennals, , Chief Executive, National Children's Bureau. For services to Children and Young People. Nicholas Alexander Faldo, . For services to Golf. Paul Joseph Patrick Grant, Headteacher, Robert Clack School of Science, Barking and Dagenham, London. For services to local and national Education. Dr William George Hastings, , Chairman, Hastings Hotels. For services to the Tourism Industry and to the community in Northern Ireland. John Garry Hawkes, . For services to Business and to Vocational Training. Professor David Forbes Hendry, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford. For services to Social Science. Professor Deian Rhys Hopkin, Vice-Chancellor, London South Bank University. For services to Higher Education and to Skills. William Ian Ridley Johnston, , Chief Constable, British Transport Police. For services to the Police. Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, , Actor. For services to Drama and to Charity. Andrew Motion, lately Poet Laureate. For services to Literature. Professor Charles Duncan Rice, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen. For services to Higher Education. Professor Christopher Bruce Ricks, Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford and Professor of The Humanities, Boston University, USA. For services to Scholarship. Peter Rogers, Chief Executive, London Development Agency. For services to Local Government. Geoffrey Robert Rowland, Bailiff of Guernsey. For services to the Crown and the community in Guernsey. David Chetwode Samworth, . For charitable services. Professor William Arnot Wakeham, Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton. For services to Chemical Engineering and to Higher Education.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
Professor Ian Brownlie, , Emeritus Professor of International Law, Oxford University and lately Member and Chairman of the UN International Law Commission. For services to public international law. Henry Neville Lindley Keswick, Chairman, Jardine Matheson. For services to British business interests overseas and charitable activities in the UK.
Order of the Bath
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) Civil Division Karen Dunnell, National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales, Office for National Statistics.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Vice Admiral Alan Michael Massey, , C025962K. Lieutenant General Nicholas Ralph Parker, , late The Royal Green Jackets, 496852. Lieutenant General Peter Anthony Wall, , late Corps of Royal Engineers, 497536. Air Marshal Stephen Gary George Dalton, , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division
Hugh Henderson Taylor, , Permanent Secretary, Department of Health.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Rear Admiral David John Cooke, , C022522H. Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, C024536E. Rear Admiral Anthony John Rix, C023856A. Lieutenant General John Cooper, , late The King's Own Scottish Borderers, 499682. Major General Christopher Colin Wilson, , late Royal Regiment of Artillery, 495598. Air Vice-Marshal Timothy Michael Anderson, , Royal Air Force. Air Vice-Marshal Martin John Routledge, Royal Air Force.