Birthday Honours 1953
Carruthers Melvill Johnston CMG
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
• Colonial Administrative Service
Organisation: Colonial Administrative Service
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1953 with the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) · 1953
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Birthday Honours 1953- Role at the time
- Colonial Administrative Service
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George was awarded 41 times in the Birthday Honours List 1953 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the Birthday Honours 1953
— Richard Hugh Sedley Allen
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Amos John Cooke
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Archibald David Manisty Ross
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Arthur Edwin Young
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Arthur Norman Galsworthy
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Cecil Cuthbert Parrott
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Cecil Rex Niven
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Charles Ernest Lambert
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Charles Hepburn Johnston
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Charles Howard Ellis
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Christopher Thomas Saunders
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
David Charles Watherston
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Edward Henry Windley
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Eric John Carl Stopp
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
“for many years..”
Geoffrey Walter Nye
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
“for the Colonies.”
George Macdonald
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Granville Walton
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Henry Norman Brain
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Holland Alfred Aime Chaput De Saintonge
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
“for the United Kingdom in the Union of South Africa.”
Horace Anthony Claude Rumbold
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
Ivor Thomas Montague Pink
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
“for European Economic Co-operation in Paris.”
James Durward
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
James Thomson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1953
“for the United Kingdom in Canada.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George · 1953
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1953 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1953.
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