New Year Honours 1978
Francis William Spencer MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Senior Executive Officer • Board of Inland Revenue
Organisation: Board of Inland Revenue
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1978 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1978
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 514 times in the New Year Honours List 1978 — about 33% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Senior Executive Officer, Board of Inland Revenue.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1978
1 Brian John Stafford Bellas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Royal Marines
Adrian Henry Penrose
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the teach- ing of English in West Africa.”
Agnes Olive Paget
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alan Ellis Graham
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Executive Officer
Alan Patrick Thomas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to music.”
Albert Broomhead
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Albert Charles Maynard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Albert Edward Langton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Vice-President
Albert Edward Wijetunge de Silva
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“for Africa.”
Albert Roye Tribe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Albert Valentine Anderson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the community in the Cayman Islands.”
Albert William Mahoney
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alexander Lumsden Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the development of physical education in Kenya.”
Alexander Napier Douglas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alexander Nevvlands Steedman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alexander Scott Bonthron
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
General Manager
Alfred Dutton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alfred Fox
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the Girls' Friendly Society.”
Alfred Henry James Castle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to Export.”
Alice Harriet Hand
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the Wei- beck Nursery School, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne.”
Althea Davis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Andrew Hutchison Duff
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Andrew Robert Milbourne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Higher Executive Officer
Andrew Teabo Tongaiaba
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For public and com- munity services in the Gilbert Islands.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1978
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1978 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1977.
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