Knights Bachelor
- Alan Ayckbourn, C.B.E., Playwright. For services to the theatre.
- Jack Mervyn Frank Baer, for services to the art trade.
- Nicholas Brian Baker, MP for Dorset North. For political service.
- Alec Victor Bedser, C.B.E., for services to cricket.
- Thomas Leon Blundell, F.R.S., for services to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and to scientific research.
- Alan Peter Budd, Chief Economic Adviser to Her Majesty's Treasury.
- Peter John Davis, chairman of the National Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets. For services to training and to industry.
- Simon James Day, for political and public service.
- Geoffrey James Dear, Q.P.M., D.L., Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary. For services to the police.
- Richard Charles Hastings Eyre, C.B.E., artistic director of the Royal National Theatre. For services to drama.
- David Harrison, C.B.E., Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. For services to education and to nuclear safety.
- John Smith Harvie, C.B.E., for political and public service.
- Robert Baynes Horton, chairman of Railtrack plc. For services to the railway industry.
- Gordon Minto Hourston, chairman of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body. For services to the armed forces and to industry.
- Michael Nicholas Howard Chiu, O.B.E., chairman of the Futures and Options Association and the London Clearing House. For services to the finance industry.
- John Martin Kirby Laing, C.B.E., D.L., chairman of John Laing plc. For services to the construction industry.
- James Paul McCartney, M.B.E., musician. For services to music.
- Prof. Samuel Roy Meadow, for services to paediatrics and to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
- Graeme David William Odgers, chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. For services to industry.
- Herman George Ouseley, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. For services to community relations and local government.
- John Michael Pickard, chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation. For services to urban regeneration.
- Brian Mansel Richards, C.B.E., executive chairman of Peptide Therapeutics Ltd. For services to the biotechnology industry.
- John David Rowland, chairman of Lloyd's of London. For services to the insurance industry.
- Cyril David Townsend, MP for Bexleyheath. For political service.
- Prof. Guenter Heinz Treitel, Q.C., former Vinerian Professor of English Law, University of Oxford. For services to law.
- Miles Walker, lately chief minister of the Isle of Man Government. For services to the Government of the Isle of Man.
- Ronald Matthew Watson, C.B.E., leader of the Conservative group of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. For services to local government.
- William Henry Weston Wells, regional chairman of South Thames NHS executive. For services to health care.
- Raymond William Whitney, O.B.E., MP for Wycombe. For political service.
- John Basil Zochonis, D.L., for political and public service.
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