The New Year Honours 1999 for various Commonwealth realms were announced on 30 December 1998, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1999. The Honours list is a list of people who have been awarded one of the various orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom. Honours are split into classes ("orders") and are graded to distinguish different degrees of achievement or service, most medals are not graded. The awards are presented to the recipient in one of several investiture ceremonies at Buckingham Palace throughout the year by the Sovereign or her designated representative. The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and The Princess Royal deputised for The Queen. The orders, medals and decorations are awarded by various honours committees which meet to discuss candidates identified by public or private bodies, by government departments or who are nominated by members of the public. Depending on their roles, those people selected by committee are submitted either to the prime minister, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, or Secretary of State for Defence for their approval before being sent to the Sovereign for final approval. As the "fount of honour" the monarch remains the final arbiter for awards. In the case of certain orders such as the Order of the Garter and the Royal Victorian Order they remain at the personal discretion of the Queen. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Life peers

Privy Counsellors

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Knights Bachelor

A Knights Bachelor is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry.

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry with three classes of member.

Knights Grand Cross of the Bath (GCB)

Knights Commander of the Bath (KCB)

Companions of the Bath (CB)

Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George is an order of chivalry used to honour individuals who have rendered important services in relation to Commonwealth or foreign nations;.

Knights Commander of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Companions of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms; admission remains in the personal gift of the monarch.

Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Knights/Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO/DCVO)

Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Members of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Royal Victorian Medal

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry comprising five classes in civil and military divisions. It is the junior of the British orders of chivalry, and the largest, with over 100,000 living members worldwide. The highest two ranks of the order, the Knight/Dame Grand Cross and Knight/Dame Commander, admit an individual into knighthood or damehood allowing the recipient to use the title Sir or Dame.

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.)

Knights/Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE/D.B.E.)

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Royal Red Cross

The Royal Red Cross is a military decoration awarded for exceptional services in military nursing.

First Class (RRC)

Second Class (ARRC)

Queen's Police Medal

England and Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Overseas

Queen's Fire Service Medal

England and Wales

Scotland

Colonial Police and Fire Service Medal

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Five individuals were named in the Bahamas' New Year Honours, these being:

New Zealand

Cook Islands

Order of the British Empire

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Grenada

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Papua New Guinea

Knight Bachelor

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Imperial Service Order

British Empire Medal

Solomon Islands

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Belize

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Antigua and Barbuda

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Saint Christopher and Nevis

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

British Empire Medal (BEM)