Birthday Honours 2019
Ian Davis
Knight Bachelor
Chairman
“Chairman, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. For services to Business.”
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Knight Bachelor
Chairman, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. For services to Business.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Ian Edward Lamert DAVIS
Chairman, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
For services to Business.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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