New Year Honours 1954
Hugh Hargreaves Robinson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• For public services in Kenya
“For public services in Kenya.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1954
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1954- Role at the time
- For public services in Kenya
“For public services in Kenya.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For public services in Kenya.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 13 times in the New Year Honours List 1954 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For public services in Kenya.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1954
— William Allan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Albert George Keyser
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For public services in Kenya.”
Anthony Montanaro Gauci
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Cyril John Austin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Geoffrey Campbell Gunter
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For public services in Jamaica.”
Henry Cronly
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
John Ernest Peniston Vesey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For public services in Bermuda.”
John Logan Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Kenneth Mellanby
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Lately Medical Superintendent
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Rear-Admiral Iain Gilleasbuig Maclean
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Serwano Wofunira Kulubya
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1954
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1954 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1953.
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