Birthday Honours 1954
Eric Cyril Boyd Edwards
• For political and public services in Essex
“For political and public services in Essex.”
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- Birthday Honours 1954
- Role at the time
- For political and public services in Essex
“For political and public services in Essex.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 1954 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For political and public services in Essex.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the same honour in the Birthday Honours 1954
Alfred Chester Beatty
Person1954
“For public services.”
Arnold Horace Santo Waters
Person1954
“For services to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.”
Arthur Beverley Baxter
Person1954
“for Wood Green, 1935-1950, and for Southgate since 1950.”
Arthur Deakin
Person1954
“For services to the Trade Union Movement.”
Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore
Person1954
“For public services.”
Herbert Charles Janes
Person1954
“For political vand public services.”
John Alfred Golding Howard
Person1954
“For political services in Bedfordshire.”
John DeLisle Chandler
Person1954
“For public •services in- Barbados.”
John Roland Robinson
Person1954
“for Widnes, 1931-35, Black- pool, 1935-45, and South Blackpool since 1945.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Lowry- Corry
Person1954
“For political and public services in Suffolk.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Mirehouse Hope
Person1954
“For political and public ser- vices in Cumberland.”
Percy Alan Sanders
Person1954
“For political and public services in Essex.”
Stanley Bell
Person1954
“For political and public services in Lancashire.”
Thomas Stuart Overy
Person1954
“For political and public services.”
William Kenneth Horne
Person1954
“For public ser- vices in Kenya.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
· 1954
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1954 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1954.
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