Birthday Honours 2019
Alexander Younger KCMG
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
“For services to national security.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
K.C.M.G.
To be Ordinary Members of the Second Class, or Knights Commander, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Alexander YOUNGER C.M.G.
Chief, Secret Intelligence Service
For services to national security.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3293903. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
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