As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
Hereditary Peerage
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex, the additional title Earl of Forfar – 10 March 2019
Life Peerage
Conservative Party
Nicola Blackwood, to be Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford, of North Oxford in the County of Oxfordshire – 1 February 2019
Lord Lieutenant
Colonel Peter Thomas McCarthy – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire – 13 March 2019 Professor Peter Vaughan, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan – 17 April 2019 The Rt Hon. The Lady Dannatt, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk – 28 May 2019 Joanie Aileen Whiteford – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty – 29 May 2019 David William McCorkell – to be Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim – 24 June 2019 James Dick, – to be Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. – 25 June 2019 Gordon Kenneth Stephen Leckie – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross – 23 July 2019 Patricia Ann Sawers – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Angus – 8 August 2019 Christopher Andrew Crawford Simpson – to be Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire – 9 August 2019
Privy Counsellor
Mark Drakeford, AM – 10 January 2019 (on appointment as First Minister of Wales) Elizabeth Saville Roberts, – 7 March 2019 (on appointment as the Westminster Group Leader for Plaid Cymru) The Hon. Sir Stephen Males, – 13 March 2019 (on appointment to the Court of Appeal) The Hon. Dame Vivien Rose, – 13 March 2019 (on appointment to the Court of Appeal) Rory Stewart, – 3 May 2019 (on appointment as Secretary of State for International Development) Dr. Andrew Murrison, - 22 May 2019 (on appointment as Minister of State for the Middle East & International Development) The Hon. Dame Ingrid Simler, – 10 July 2019 (on appointment to the Court of Appeal) Rishi Sunak, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Treasury) Mark Spencer, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Chief Whip of the House of Commons) Kwasi Kwarteng, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Minister of State for Business and Energy) Joseph Johnson, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy & Minister of State for Universities) Oliver Dowden, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Minister for the Cabinet Office) Jake Berry, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse) Alok Sharma, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Secretary of State for International Development) The Hon. Jacob Rees-Mogg, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Lord President of the Council & Leader of the House of Commons) Robert Jenrick, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Alister Jack, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Secretary of State for Scotland) Robert Buckland, – 25 July 2019 (on appointment as Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice) The Rt Hon. The Lord Ashton of Hyde – 28 August 2019 (on appointment as Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords) James Cleverly, – 28 August 2019 (on appointment as Minister without Portfolio & Chairman of the Conservative Party) Chris Skidmore, – 13 September 2019 Valerie Vaz, – 13 September 2019 Alec Shelbrooke, – 13 September 2019 Michael Ellis, – 13 September 2019 Conor Burns, – 18 September 2019 Thérèse Coffey, – 8 October 2019 Zac Goldsmith, – 8 October 2019 The Hon. Sir Christopher John Butcher, – 8 October 2019 Jesse Norman, – 6 November 2019 Simon Hart, - 17 December 2019 (on appointment as Secretary of State for Wales) The Hon. Sir Richard Arnold, – 17 December 2019 The Hon. Sir James Dingemans, – 17 December 2019 The Hon. Sir Andrew Popplewell, – 17 December 2019
Most Noble Order of the Garter
Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG) The Most Hon. The Marquess of Salisbury, – 27 February 2019
Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG) Dame Mary Peters, – 27 February 2019