New Year Honours 1963
Leslie Montagu Thomas
• For political and public services
“for Canterbury since 1953.”
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- New Year Honours 1963
- Role at the time
- For political and public services
“for Canterbury since 1953.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 12 times in the New Year Honours List 1963 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For political and public services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the same honour in the New Year Honours 1963
Annie Harrison
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“For services to the sick and aged in Flintshire.”
Frederick Lawrence
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“For political and public services in London.”
George Pirie Thomson
Person1963
“For services as 'Secretary, Services, Press and Broadcasting Committee.”
Gerald David Nunes Nabarro
Person1963
“for Kidderminster since .1950.”
James Robert Holden
Person1963
“For public services in Bermuda.”
James Wilfred Cook
Person1963
Malcolm Trustram Eve
Person1963
“For public services.”
Richard Frank Bonallack
Person1963
“For political services in Middlesex and Essex.”
Richard van der Riet Woolley
Person1963
“For charitable and philanthropic services.”
William Johnson Taylor
Person1963
“for Bradford North since 1950.”
William Lindsay
Person1963
“For political and public services in Sussex.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
· 1963
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1963 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1962.
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