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Birthday Honours 1979

John Henry Orr

Knight Bachelor

Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1979 with the Knight Bachelor.

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Birthday Honours List 1979

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Knight Bachelor · 1979

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Knight Bachelor · 1979

Source & provenanceVerified against the London Gazette (PDF supplement)

London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗

No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1979 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.

Published 14 June 1979.

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