New Year Honours 1974
John Cowdery Kendrew
Knight Bachelor
“For ser- vices to the Ministiy of Defence.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1974
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 44 times in the New Year Honours List 1974 — about 3% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 1974
Alan Graham Dawtry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Albert Edward Chadwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to the community.”
Alexander Reid Creswick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to horse racing.”
Arthur Ford Hetherington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Byrne Hart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Charles David Griffin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to the community.”
Charles John Curran
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Director General
Charles William Hayward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For charitable services, particularly in relation to the care of the elderly.”
Charles William Oatley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Charlie Dennis Pilcher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“for the New Towns.”
Daniel Eric Arthur Pettit
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Chairman
Daniel Norman Chester
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
David Fletcher Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to the decentralisation of industry and to the community..”
Emile Littler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to the Theatre.”
Francis Taylor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Founder
Frederick Henry Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Gregory Blaxland Kater
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to commerce.”
Harold Mario Mitchell Acton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Herbert Raymond Gower
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For political and public services.”
Herbert Reginald Mathys
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to patent law.”
Hugh Norwood Robson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Vice-Chancellor
James Frederick John Auswild
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For ser- vices to commerce and the community.”
James Henderson Waddell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
Jan Alfred Lewando
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1974
“For services to Export.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1974
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1974 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1973.
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