Birthday Honours 1953
Charles Mathew
Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire
• Federation of Malaya
Organisation: Federation of Malaya
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1953 with the Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire.
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Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
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Birthday Honours 1953- Role at the time
- Federation of Malaya
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How common is this award?
The Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire was awarded 76 times in the Birthday Honours List 1953 — about 3% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1953
Alan Cecil Tod
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For political and public services.”
Alfred Road
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Andrew Henry Strachan
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Andrew Naesmith
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Archibald Douglas Mac!nnes Shaw
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“for West Renfrewshire, 1924-29.”
Arthur John Gielgud
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Bernard Henry Coode
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Charles Richard Morris
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Common- wealth of Australia.
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“for Labour and National Service and Minister for Immigration.”
Consulting Physician to Univer- sity College Hospital
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For 'political and public services in Aiberdeenshire.”
David Campbell
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
David Edward Griffiths
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Dermot MoMorrough Kavanagh
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Dingwall Latham Bateson
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Donald Edward Jackson
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Edward Brown Ferguson
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Edward Crisp Bullard
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Edwin Frank McDAViD
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Eric Ernest Von Bibra
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“for the State of Tasmania.”
Ernest Wensley Lapthorn Field
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Ewen MacGregor Field Fergusson
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public services in Singapore.”
Field Alan Francis
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Frederick Messer
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
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Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 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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