The New Zealand royal honours system, a system of orders, decorations and medals, recognises achievements of, or service by, New Zealanders or others in connection with New Zealand. Until 1975, New Zealand used the British honours system. Since then the country has introduced a number of uniquely New Zealand honours, and as of 2021, only the dynastic British honours continue in active use in New Zealand, with the exception of the Order of the Companions of Honour.
The following is the order of precedence in England and Wales as of January 2024. Separate orders exist for men and women.
The Williams, later Rhys Williams Baronetcy, of Miskin in the Parish of Llantrisant in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for Rhys Williams, member of parliament for Banbury from 1918 to 1922. He assumed in 1938 by deed poll the additional surname of Rhys. The second baronet was a Conservative politician. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's son, the third baronet, who succeeded in 1988.
There have been twenty one baronetcies created for persons with the surname Williams, eight in the Baronetage of England, three in the Baronetage of Great Britain and ten in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only six of the creations are extant as of 2017.
The Elliott Baronetcy, of Limpsfield in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 June 1917 for the civil servant Sir Thomas Elliott, KCB,. He was Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1892 to 1913.
Colonel Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet, (1860–1944) was a Welsh politician and Yeomanry officer.
Lieutenant General Sir Steuart Robert Pringle was a Scottish Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1981 to 1985. He was seriously injured by an IRA car bomb in 1981, in which he lost his right leg.
Six baronetcies have been held by the Grant family.
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence, also called the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, is the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence. The office holder is the government's principal civilian adviser on Defence matters. The office holder is a member of the Defence Council and the Defence Board. They are the MOD Principal Accounting Officer, and are called to give evidence to the Defence Select Committee.
General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet, was a British Army officer who was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Jeremy John Heywood, Baron Heywood of Whitehall, was a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to David Cameron and Theresa May from 2012 to 2018 and Head of the Home Civil Service from 2014 to 2018. He served as the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1999 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010. He also served as Downing Street Chief of Staff and the first Downing Street Permanent Secretary. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer, he took a leave of absence from June 2018, and retired on health grounds on 24 October 2018, receiving a life peerage; he died a fortnight later on 4 November 2018.
Admiral Sir St. John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1959 to 1961.
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Andrew Magowan, is a senior Royal Marines officer who serves as the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff since May 2022. He previously served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2021 to 2022.
Admiral Sir Timothy Peter Fraser, is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from May 2019 to August 2022.
Sir Geoffrey Storrs Fry, 1st Baronet, was private secretary to prime ministers Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, and a member of the Fry family.
General Gwyn Jenkins, is the senior Royal Marines officer, serving as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff since August 2022. He was concurrently appointed Commandant General Royal Marines in November 2022.
Shona Hunter Dunn is a British civil servant, serving since October 2018 as the Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.
Sir Henry Campbell de la Poer Beresford-Peirse, 5th Baronet, CB, FRSE was a British civil servant.
A permanent under-secretary of state, known informally as a permanent secretary, is the most senior civil servant of a ministry in the United Kingdom, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. Similar offices, often employing different terms, exist in many other Westminster-style systems and in some other governments. In the United States, the equivalent position is a Deputy Secretary of an executive department, though British permanent secretaries are career civil servants.
The Government Chief Commercial Officer, formerly the Chief Procurement Officer, is a director-general-graded job in the British Civil Service, working in the Cabinet Office. They lead across government on procuring goods and services, and planning commercial needs. They head the Government Commercial Function, one of the official vertical groupings of professionals working with the service. The GCCO reports directly to the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office in their role as Chief Executive of the Civil Service.
