Birthday Honours 1956
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1956 with the Order-Of-St-John.
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Order-Of-St-John · 1956
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Order-Of-St-John
Birthday Honours 1956- Role at the time
- City Chamberlain
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How common is this award?
The Order-Of-St-John was awarded 310 times in the Birthday Honours List 1956 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Order-Of-St-John in the Birthday Honours 1956
- William Norman Marshall
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Agnes Henderson Meldrum
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Albert Edward Basford
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
“For political and public services in Hayes and Harlington.”
Albert Edward Winslade
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Albert George Jasper Latoy
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Albert Leslie Dawson
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Albert Wolsey Ha£e
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alexander James Frame
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alexander Jamieson
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alexander Welsh Somerville
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alfred Kelly
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alfred Madle
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
“For political and public services in Middlesex.”
Alfred Radford
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alfred Shaw
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alfred William Lennard
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Alice Tasker
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Andrew Sinclair Roxburgh
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Angus Macleod
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
“for Lewis and Harris, North of Scotland College of Agriculture.”
Anne Kyle Roe
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Annie Alice Flutter Key
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
“For political and public services in Hornchurch.”
Annie Evelyn Edwards
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
“For charitable work in the Isle of Man.”
Anstice Saffery Heath
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Higher Executive Officer
Archibald Fletcher
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Arthur Edwin Kent
PersonOrder-Of-St-John · 1956
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Order-Of-St-John · 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1956 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1956.
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