New Year Honours 1976
John Barrett McINERNEY OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to commerce and the community.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to commerce and the community.
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“For services to commerce and the community.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 131 times in the New Year Honours List 1976 — about 9% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1976
Alec Lindow Gillibrand
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to com- merce and the British community in Saudi Arabia.”
Alexander George Gillon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to football and the community.”
Allan Fletcher
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Annie Huidah Bodden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For public services in the Cayman Islands.”
Arthur Douglas Willcox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Navy
Athol John Dundas Simpson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to British commercial interests and to the British community in Iran.”
Audrey Beryl Lambert
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Basil Richard Ryland Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Beryl Grant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to the community and nursing.”
Brian William Lavender
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
British Commercial interests in Bahrain
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
British community in Portugal Paul Bevan Gotch
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Cecil John Lang
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Charles Maurice Lisner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to the ballet and charity.”
Christian Association.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Clement Edmund Francis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services in local government and to charity.”
Colin John Richards
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Colin Thompson Fairless
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to the British community in Uruguay.”
Daniel Alexander Stewart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to British commercial interests in Kenya.”
David Aloysius McKENZIE-McHARG
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For municipal and community services.”
David Bruce Leech
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Air Force
David Charles William Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Navy
David Frank Lawrence
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Air Force
David Howard Humphreys
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to educa- tion and the British community in Cyprus.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1976
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1976 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1975.
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