Birthday Honours 1980
James Lawson Kergan CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Kuwait.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Kuwait.
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“For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Kuwait.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 146 times in the Birthday Honours List 1980 — about 10% of the list.
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 Birthday Honours 1980
Abraham William Serfaty
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For public services in Gibraltar.”
Adolf Frankel
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For services to Export.”
Alastair Stuart Latng
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Albert Edward Sloman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Vice-Chancellor
Albert Ernest Evetts
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For services to Export.”
Albert Habib Hourani
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For services to Anglo- Middle East relations.”
Alec Green
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“for National Savings.”
Alexander Allan Rennie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Alexander John Carmichael
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For services to British commercial interests in Aus- tralia.”
Anthony Arthur Leonard Challis
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Arthur Alfred Hill
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For political and public service in the West Midlands.”
Arthur Pearson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For political and public service in Northern England.”
Arthur Shelley Prophet of Dental Surgery
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Bernard Crossland of Mechanical Engineering
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For political and public service in Scotland.”
British Air- ports Authority.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Second Secretary
British commercial interests in Nigeria: Paul Brauner
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For services to British commer- cial interests in Dubai.”
Cecil Allen Parker
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Cecil Herbert William Hodges
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Cecil Richardson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Charles Fred Ward
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Chairman
Charles William Noel Miles
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“for England and Wales.”
City of London Poly- technic.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Colin Michael Sutton Kaye Light Infantry.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
The Light Infantry
Cyril George Wickham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Chairman
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1980
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1980 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1980.
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