New Year Honours 1970
“For services to Youth.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1970
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New Year Honours 1970- Role at the time
- University of Oxford
“For services to Youth.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 35 times in the New Year Honours List 1970 — about 3% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 1970
Alexander Robertson
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Arthur Gaitskell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“For services to overseas development.”
Charles Herbert Stuart-Harris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Charles Ronald Ironmonger
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Contents list om last page William Frederick Clock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“For services to Music.”
Desmond Heap
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Dudley Ross Chesterman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Warden
Edward Cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“For services to the community.”
Edward Grainger Muir
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Frank Milton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Frederic Seebohm
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“For services to Export.”
Gwilym Tecwyn Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“for England and Wales.”
Hubert Bennett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“For services to Youth.”
John Arthur Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
John Ramsay Blagden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
John Todd Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Leon Radzinowicz
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“For services to Technology and Export.”
Nigel Vernon Reed
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Noel Peirce Coward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
Philip Jack Oppenheimer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
“For services to Export.”
Richard Dawnay Lemon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1970
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Others recognised for Children, Young People & Families
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families. See the full list →
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance.”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Josef Taylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warrington, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Llandudno, Clwyd
“For services to Young People.”
Katie Misselbrook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Janet Cooper
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Speech and Language Development for Children and Young People.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Christopher Turner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hockley, Essex
“For services to Young People in Essex.”
Neerasha Singh
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Greenhithe, Kent
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Karen Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtown, Powys
“For services to Young People.”
Pamela Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Jeremy Penn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Young People.”
Michelle John
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Family Support and Advocacy.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1970
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1970 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1969.
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