New Year Honours 1937
Harry Duncan McGowan KCVO
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
“For public services.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order was awarded 62 times in the New Year Honours List 1937 — about 12% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the New Year Honours 1937
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Alexander Anderson Stewart
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“For public and social welfare services in the Common- wealth of Australia.”
Alfred Horace D'Costa
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“For public ser- vices in Jamaica.”
Alfred Wood
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Amos Lowrey Ayre
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Anthony Henry Wingfield
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“For public services in Bedfordshire.”
Arthur Michael Samuel
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“for Farnham since December, 1918.”
Arthur Streeton
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“For services to art in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
Asoke Kumar Roy
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Australia. NO. 34365 Henry John Sheehan
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Cambridge University Con- tingent
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Charles Gerald Trevor
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Clare Lees
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“For services to the British cotton and artificial silk industries.”
Cyril Fullard Entwistle
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for Bolton since October, 1931, and for South-West Hull, 1918 to 1924.”
Digby Livingstone Drake-Brockman
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Direc- tor of Bankers' Industrial Development Company Ltd.
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Director of Music of British Broadcasting Cor- poration.
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
Diwan Bahadur Siddappa Totappa Kambli
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for Education to the Governor of Bombay.”
Ernest Kaye Le Fleming
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
George Alexander Troup
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
George Harper
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
George Richard James Hennessy
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“for Winchester 1918 to 1931.”
George Sidney Herbert
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“For political"and public services in Wiltshire.”
Gilbert Tanner
PersonKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1937
“For political and public services in York- shire and Lancashire.”
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order · 1937
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1937 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1936.
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