The Birthday Honours List 2012 was released on 16 June 2012 in the United Kingdom,[1][2][3] on 11 June 2012 in Australia[4] on 4 June 2012 in New Zealand,[5][6] on 15 June 2012 in Antigua and Barbuda,[7] Barbados,[8] Grenada,[9] Belize,[10] Saint Lucia,[11] Solomon Islands,[12] and The Cook Islands.[13] The Birthday Honours List was released during the height of the Diamond jubilee celebrations, and was therefore styled The Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours 2012 in New Zealand, while United Kingdom celebrated the jubilee with a separate list later that year.
The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to as they were styled before their new honour and arranged first by country, honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander etc.) then division (Military, Civil, Overseas or Police list).