New Year Honours 1969
John Kenneth Finlay MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to local government.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1969
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“For services to local government.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 498 times in the New Year Honours List 1969 — about 34% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1969
' Daniel John Bebbington
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The Royal Anglian Regiment
Abraham Scott
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Ada Gertrude Wass
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Adrian Francis Le Maitre
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Adrianne Shirley Jones
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“For services to Lawn Tennis.”
Albert Ernest Batchelor
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Director
Albert Fred Bailey
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Royal Air Force
Albert John Walford
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Albert Parrish
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Albert Schofield Sherwood Foresters .
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Alexander Richard ST. Pierre
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Alexander Rose
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
“for Scotland.”
Alexander Stenhouse
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Alfred Herbert Chandler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
“For services to local government and to the community.”
Alfred James Vincent Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Alfred McWHINNEY
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Alice Cornelia Maconochie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
“for Scotland, Inverewe Gardens, Ross-shire.”
Alice Eugenie Garrett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Alice Waterhouse
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Allastair Roy French
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Higher Executive Officer
Allen William Wakeford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Amy Joan Sheldon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
“For services to charities in Merthyr Tydfil and South Wales.”
Andrew Malcolm McDEARMID
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Andrew Malcolm McGREGOR
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Royal Air Force
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1969
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1969 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1968.
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