Birthday Honours 1981
John Howard Middlemiss
Knight Bachelor
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1981 with the Knight Bachelor.
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Knight Bachelor · 1981
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 34 times in the Birthday Honours List 1981 — about 3% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 1981
Alistair Gilchrist Frame
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For services to Export.”
Australian States K.C.B.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Bruce Roy Macklin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For services to commerce, charity and cultural affairs.”
Douglas Spottiswoode Morpeth
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Ernest Thomas Harrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For ser- vices to Export.”
Geoffrey Arden Peacock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Gordon Laidlaw Allard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For services to the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.”
Harry Donald Secombe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For services to entertainment and charity.”
His Honour Judge William Walter Stabb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Howard Christian Sheldon Guinness
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For Political Service, Wessex Area.”
Ivor Ralph Campbell Batchelor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
James Blair Duncan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Chairman
John Alec Biggs-Davison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For Political and Public Service.”
John Watson Cameron
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For Political Service, Northern Area.”
Jonathan Dennis Clarke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
President
Keith Stanley Showering
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Chairman and Chief Executive
Kenneth Ormrod Boardman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For Political and Public Service, North Western Area.”
Laurence Macdonald Muir
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For services to the community.”
Marcus Richard Kimball
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For Political and Public Service.”
Owen Arthur Aisher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Chairman
Patrick Henry Bligh Wall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For Political and Public Service.”
Peter Brian Baxendell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Peter Macadam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Chairman
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Knight Bachelor · 1981
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1981 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1981.
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