Birthday Honours 1978
Leonard Charles Mather DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1978 with the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) · 1978
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 97 times in the Birthday Honours List 1978 — about 7% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1978
Alan Thomas Brown
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Chief Executive
Albert Edward Vanstan Meredith
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Chairman
Anastasios Christodoulou
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Secretary
Anthony Elliot Ritchie
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to education and science in Scotland.”
Arnold Robinson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Deputy Chairman
Arthur David Wadey
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Beryl Catherine Platt
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Betty Tresyliian Compton
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Charles Kay Warrick
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Charles Philip Morley
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Charles Spencer King
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Director
Colin Mervyn Gordon Allen
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
General Manager
Denis Grenville Church
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Denis King Britton of Agricultural Economics
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Dennis John Crisp of Marine Biology
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Derek Vivian Gaulter
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Director General
Donald Davies
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Donald John Ingram West
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Headmaster
Donald William James Orchard
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Douglas Chalmers Hague
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Member
Edward Aylett Moore
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Chairman
Edward Hubert Fleming-Smith
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Edward Willett MAcGOWAN
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Eric Gerald Rubython
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Deputy Chief Executive
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1978
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1978 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1978.
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