Birthday Honours 1974
John Lang Taylor CMG
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Organisation: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1974 with the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) · 1974
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George was awarded 15 times in the Birthday Honours List 1974 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the Birthday Honours 1974
Albert Thomas Lamb
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Arthur Geoffrey Dickens
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
“For services to Historical Research.”
Australian States
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Charles Edward Winston
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
“For services to medi- cine.”
Geoffrey Allan Crossley
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
George Wicks Marshall
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Howard Hadfield Eddey of Surgery
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
“For ser- vices to the sugar industry.”
John Alan Thompson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Counsellor
Michael Scott Weir
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Paul Henderson Scott
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Reginald Anderson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Richard James Stratton
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
William Nicoll
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
Willoughby Harry Thompson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 1974
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Where this record comes from
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George · 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 14 June 1974.
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