New Year Honours 1969
James Torrance
Imperial Service Order
Chief Executive Officer • Scottish Development Department
Organisation: Scottish Development Department
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1969 with the Imperial Service Order.
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Imperial Service Order · 1969
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New Year Honours 1969- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Development Department
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How common is this award?
The Imperial Service Order was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 1969 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Development Department.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Imperial Service Order in the New Year Honours 1969
Albert John Thompson
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Cyril Bryan Sidney Seaman
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“for Housing, Hong Kong.”
Cyril James Lambourne
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Donald George Hunt
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Eric Edward Warn
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Ethel Frances Musto
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Chief Executive Officer
Evelyn Hanson
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George Frederick Kinton Grant
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Glyn Jeremiah
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James Crawford
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Chief Executive Officer
James Ronald Firth
PersonImperial Service Order · 1969
“for Housing, Hong Kong.”
John Charles Lancaster
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Chief Executive Officer
Kenneth Shuttleworth
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Chief Executive Officer
Mary McColl Langwell
PersonImperial Service Order · 1969
Ninian William Royer
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Richard Reginald Jury
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Stanley George Silhan
PersonImperial Service Order · 1969
Stephen Young
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Sydney James Perigo
PersonImperial Service Order · 1969
Chief Executive Officer
Temple Clifford John Ovenston
PersonImperial Service Order · 1969
William David Rusbatch
PersonImperial Service Order · 1969
Chief Executive Officer
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Imperial Service Order · 1969
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1969 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1968.
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