New Year Honours 1981
Betty Fraser Ross Paterson DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1981 with the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) · 1981
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 4 times in the New Year Honours List 1981.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1981
Margaret Blackwood
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For service to education.”
Mary Patricia Bridges
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For political and public service in the Western Area.”
Shelagh Marjorie Roberts
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For political and public service in the Greater London Area, C.B.E.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1981
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1981 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1980.
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