Birthday Honours 1959
Hubert Ashton KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
• For political and public services
“for the Chelmsford Division of Essex since 1950.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
for the Chelmsford Division of Essex since 1950.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1959
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 1959- Role at the time
- For political and public services
“for the Chelmsford Division of Essex since 1950.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
“for the Chelmsford Division of Essex since 1950.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 9 times in the Birthday Honours List 1959 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For political and public services.
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 Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1959
Chairman of Trustees
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Honorary Secretary
David Brunt
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Geoffrey Henry HUGHEs-ONSLOW
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“For public services.”
James Thyne Henderson
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John Anderson
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“for Scotland.”
Rear-Admiral Anthony Cecil Capel Miers
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Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Thisleton-Smith
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Vice-Marshal Francis Wilfrid Peter Dixon
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1959
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1959 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1959.
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