Birthday Honours 1984
Leslie Clarence Young
Knight Bachelor
Chairman • Merseyside Development Corporation
Organisation: Merseyside Development Corporation
“For service to the community.”
Recognised for
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Knight Bachelor · 1984
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 1984- Role at the time
- Chairman, Merseyside Development Corporation
“For service to the community.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 27 times in the Birthday Honours List 1984 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman, Merseyside Development Corporation.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 1984
Arthur John Page
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For Political Service.”
Christopher Raynor Hewetson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
David Lean
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For services to the British film industry.”
David Wolfson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For Political Service.”
Derek Coates Barber
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Chairman
Eric Sharp
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
George Neville Bowman-Shaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Chairman
George William Langham Christie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Gordon Hamish Martin Pirie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For public services.”
Gordon James Roberts
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Ian George McLEOD
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Jack Seddon Rumbold
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
President
James Edmund Sandford Fawcett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For service to the community.”
John Arnold Farr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For Political Service.”
John Julius Wells
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
John Maldwyn Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For Political Service in Wales.”
John Rigby Hale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For services to learn ing and the arts.”
Nigel Brqackes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Chairman
Owen Whitley Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Managing Director
Patrick John Rushton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Ralph Riley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Secretary
Richard John Harrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Chairman
Robert James Ball
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
Principal
Robert Lang Lickley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1984
“For services to aircraft design and engineering.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 1984
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1984 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1984.
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