New Year Honours 1937
Constance Marianne Douglas Wade OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For public services in"Kenya.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1937
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For public services in"Kenya.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 98 times in the New Year Honours List 1937 — about 18% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1937
— Morris Bailey
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— Mount Barlow
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— Norah Augusta Juanita Annandale
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“For political and public services in Leith1 .”
Abdul 'Razzaq Ah Kleibo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Adelaide Laetitia Miethke
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“for the Festival Year, 1936.”
Alexander Moir Reid
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“For public ser- vices in the Leeward Islands.”
Alexander Smith Langlands
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Alexander Thomas Dodd
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Alfred Thomas Pike
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Alfred William Riggs
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“For social welfare services in the Dominion of New Zealand.”
Arthur Thomas Redfern
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Badri Prasad
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Beardsell & Co.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Bernard Hart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Carlyle Cecil Bensted
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Clifford Chaffer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Edward Ernest Howard Thorne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“For public services in Barbados.”
Eileen May Duggan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“For contribu- tions to literature in the Dominion of New Zealand.”
Ernest Arthur Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“for Fuel, H.M.”
Eustace Maxwell Shilstone
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“For public services in Barbados.”
Evan McLaren Watson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
Fanny Ada Caroline Peiris
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
“For philan- thropic services in Ceylon.”
Fanny Isabel Taylor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1937
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Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Simon Richardson
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1937
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1937 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1936.
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