Honours List: Order of the British Empire, DBE

Ms Patricia Anne Bacon. Principal, St. Helens College. For services to local and national Further Education. (Crewe, Cheshire)

Ms Anne Begg. For services to Disabled People and to Equal Opportunities. (Aberdeenshire)

Lady The Antonia Fraser, CBE. Historian and Author. For services to Literature. (London, W8)

Professor Caroline Humphrey. Professor of Collaborative Anthropology, University of Cambridge. For services to Scholarship. (Cambridgeshire)

Mrs Susan John. Headteacher, Lampton School, London Borough of Hounslow. For services to local and national Education. (London, TW11)

Miss Felicity Joan Palmer, CBE. Mezzo Soprano. For services to Music. (London, W4)

Mrs Indira Patel, OBE. For services to Human Rights. (London, SW20)

Professor Helen Sarah Wallace, CMG. Centennial Professor, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to Social Science. (London, SW17)

Ms Harriet Mary Walter, CBE. Actor. For services to Drama. (London, W1S)