Barry Ferguson led Rangers to two league championship titles

The 28-year-old received recognition for services to the sport after leading Rangers to two league titles.

Radio DJ "Tiger" Tim Stevens was also honoured with an MBE in the list for services to broadcasting and charity.

Businessman Brian Ivory, the chairman of the board of the National Galleries of Scotland, gets a knighthood, along with top civil servant John Elvidge.

The 55-year-old permanent secretary to the Scottish Executive becomes a knight commander of the Order of the Bath.

The list also includes James Goodfellow, who invented the PIN security system, and child abuse crusader Sandra Brown who both received an OBE.

Olympic silver medal-winning rower Katherine Grainger got an MBE.

'Cultural scene'

The 30-year-old, who was born in Glasgow, is the most successful female rower in British history after collecting two world titles and second-place finishes in the Olympic Games of 2000 and 2004.

Former Scottish Rugby Union secretary Bill Hogg was awarded the OBE.

The 65-year-old retired in June 2005 after 27 years in the game and within the governing body.

James Ironside, a senior member of the unit investigating the human form of Mad Cow Disease received a CBE.

Olympic silver medal-winning rower Katherine Grainger got an MBE

Willie McDougall, the head of security at the Scottish Football Association and Perthshire-based balladeer Sheila Stewart have been awarded MBEs.

Other recipients included a grandmother who has run the fire brigade on Out Skerries in Shetland for the last 18 years.

Mother-of-three Alice Arthur, 46, who commands a team of 10 retained firefighters including five members of her own family, said she was "thrilled" at being awarded an MBE.

She also runs a guest house, teaches art restoration at the local school, works in the nearby scallop factory and does the weather reports for pilots before they leave the mainland.

Radio Clyde stalwart "Tiger" Tim Stevens, who has been battling multiple sclerosis for 20 years, has been singled out for his services to broadcasting in Scotland and his charity endeavours.

Brand new suit

The 54-year-old Glasgow-born DJ said he looking forward to heading to Buckingham Palace for the ceremony in a brand new suit with his proud mother by his side.

Scottish arts and business supremo Brian Ivory, 57, was chief executive and chairman of noted whisky-makers Highland Distillers before it was taken over in 1999.

He said he would celebrate his knighthood with a "wee dram".

For the past six years he has been chairman of the board of trustees of the world-renowned National Galleries of Scotland, as well as chairman of the National Piping Centre in Glasgow.