New Year Honours 1953
Harold Roxbee Cox
• For .political and public services'in Bradford
“For political and public services in Bradford.”
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- New Year Honours 1953
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- For .political and public services'in Bradford
“For political and public services in Bradford.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 1953 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For .political and public services'in Bradford.
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 New Year Honours 1953
Albert Henry Stanley Hinchliffe
Person1953
“For services to the Association of British Cham-" 1 bers of Commerce.”
Alfred (Edward Rowden White
Person1953
“For public and philan- thropic services.”
Edmund Britten Jones
Person1953
“For public services.”
Ernest Guy Richard Lloyd
Person1953
“for East Ren- frew since 1940.”
Harold Jeffreys
Person1953
“For political and public services in Wales.”
Harold Sutcliffe
Person1953
“for the Royton Division of Lan- cashire, 1931-1950, and for the Heywbod and Royton Division since 195.0.”
Herbert Read
Person1953
“For services to.”
Ian Leslie Orr Ewing
Person1953
“for Weston-super-Nfare since 1934.”
James Croysdale
Person1953
“For political and • public services in Leeds.”
John Helias Finnie McEwEN
Person1953
“for Berwick and Haddington, 1931-1945.”
John James
Person1953
“For political and public.services in Scotland.”
Stephen Herbert Pierssene"
Person1953
“For political services.”
Thomas Dalrymple Straker- Smith
Person1953
“For political and public services in Northumberland.”
Walter Fletcher
Person1953
“for Bury, 1945-1950, and for Bury and Radcliffe since 1950.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
· 1953
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1953 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1952.
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