A list of those to be honoured is published twice a year, in either the New Year Honours or the Birthday Honours.
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In 1960 Croft became the first Commandant of the Metropolitan Police's Hendon Police College, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours for his successful development of the Corps of Cadets.
The vacancy arose when it was announced in the 1916 New Year Honours that Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan, the Liberal MP for Newington West since 1892, was to be elevated to the peerage.
She was awarded the MBE in the 1997 New Year Honours list for services to nursing and health care, and was awarded an RCN Award of Merit in 1995, and was Chair of RCN Council until August 2002 when she was pressured to resign after making a purportedly "inappropriate and offensive" remark at a meeting when she used the term "10 Little Niggers", the original title of Agatha Christie's very atypical murder mystery, And Then There Were None.
Having also edited the Evening Standard, Jenkins was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to journalism in the 2004 New Year honours.
In 1993 Orange was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and awarded DCNZM in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to historical research.
Baird was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours 2010, for services to motorsport.
Ellis was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for charitable services.
Mortimer was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours.
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and globally.
He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours.
He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the New Year Honours List 1 January 1901, in recognition of services in connection with the Federation of Australian Colonies and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia.
In the January 2002 New Year Honours List Keith Dunstan was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service as a journalist and author, and to the community, particularly as a supporter of the Berry Street Babies Home".
Murray was knighted in the 2011 New Year Honours for his services to medicine.
He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the people of Afghanistan.
In recognition of their contributions to the world of music, they received MBEs from the Queen in the 2005 New Year Honours List.
Hitchens was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2012 New Year Honours.
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Mary Brailsford of Chesterfield, Derbyshire was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) "for services to the War Widows Association of Great Britain".
Luhabe was appointed Honorary Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2014 New Year Honours for her services as a trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation.
He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to the town during the First World War.