New Year Honours 1979
Edward Ronald Knapp CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Managing Director • Timken Europe
“For services to Export.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1979
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1979- Role at the time
- Managing Director, Timken Europe
“For services to Export.”
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“For services to Export.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 130 times in the New Year Honours List 1979 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Managing Director, Timken Europe.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1979
Alan Beckett Birt
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Consultant Surgeon
Alan James Dowling
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Albert Harry Hounsell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to Export.”
Albert Llewellyn Staine
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alexander MacDonald Hamilton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
President
Alfred Horace Wright
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Alfred James Kennedy
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Alfred John Suich
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Alick Ashmore
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Director
Alistair Angus Macaskill
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Bahrain.”
Arthur Edward Harvey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Arthur Edwin Stevens
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For charitable services, especially to Jesus College, University of Oxford.”
Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Arthur William Edge Wheeler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Bahrain. B Michael Morley-John
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Basil Brockett Parrish
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“for Scotland.”
Basil Henry Frank Fehr
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to the Baltic • .”
Benjamin George Jones
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“for the Welsh Language.”
Bright Harold Piper
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Cecil Krebs Carmody
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to the sugar industry, the business community and the people of North Queensland.”
Charles Edwin Merrett
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to local government in Bristol.”
Charles Ernest Mills
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“for Economic Planning, British Gas Corporation.”
Charles George Bennion
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Chairman
Colin North Smith
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Chairman
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Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1979
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1979 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1978.
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