New Year Honours 1979
John Ivor Disley CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
lately Vice-Chairman • Sports Council
Organisation: Sports Council
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1979 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1979
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 130 times in the New Year Honours List 1979 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Vice-Chairman, Sports Council.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1979
Alan Beckett Birt
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Consultant Surgeon
Alan James Dowling
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Albert Harry Hounsell
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“For services to Export.”
Albert Llewellyn Staine
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Alexander MacDonald Hamilton
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President
Alfred Horace Wright
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Alfred James Kennedy
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Alfred John Suich
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Alick Ashmore
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Director
Alistair Angus Macaskill
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“For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Bahrain.”
Arthur Edward Harvey
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Arthur Edwin Stevens
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“For charitable services, especially to Jesus College, University of Oxford.”
Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
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Arthur William Edge Wheeler
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Bahrain. B Michael Morley-John
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Basil Brockett Parrish
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“for Scotland.”
Basil Henry Frank Fehr
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“For service to the Baltic • .”
Benjamin George Jones
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“for the Welsh Language.”
Bright Harold Piper
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Cecil Krebs Carmody
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to the sugar industry, the business community and the people of North Queensland.”
Charles Edwin Merrett
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to local government in Bristol.”
Charles Ernest Mills
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“for Economic Planning, British Gas Corporation.”
Charles George Bennion
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Chairman
Colin North Smith
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Chairman
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1979
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 30 December 1978.
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