Birthday Honours 1960
Godfrey Theaker OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Jacobs and Company
“For services to trade in the Island of St Helena.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to trade in the Island of St Helena.
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Birthday Honours 1960- Role at the time
- Jacobs and Company
“For services to trade in the Island of St Helena.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to trade in the Island of St Helena.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 331 times in the Birthday Honours List 1960 — about 24% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Jacobs and Company.
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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1960
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“For political and public services in Bradford.”
Agnes Ramsay Shaw
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“For public services in Kenya.”
Albans Medical Board.
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Albert Arthur Smales
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Albert Daniel Leo Carroll
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Albert Holden Bullock
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Royal Air Force
Alec Tunnington
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Alexander Daniel Jamieson Scott
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Alexander Edwin Halliday
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Alexander Lamb Cullen
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Alexander MoLEAN
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Alexander Robert Dean
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Alfred Harold Varcoe
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Alfred Jonathan Best
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Alice Mabysse Paterson
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Alick Ernest Mason
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Alison Hingley Izzett
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Alma Gertrude Hiett
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“For political and public services in Cumberland.”
Angus Roy Jenner McGREGOR
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Anne Shepherd
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Adviser
Arnold Douglas Breguet
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Arthur Boonham
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Royal Air Force
Arthur Edward Howells
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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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Natalie Wade
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“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
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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
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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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
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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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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1960
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1960 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1960.
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