New Year Honours 1970
Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington
Knight Bachelor
Technical Director • Pilkington Brothers Ltd.
Organisation: Pilkington Brothers Ltd
“For services to Technology and Export.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1970
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 1970- Role at the time
- Technical Director, Pilkington Brothers Ltd.
“For services to Technology and Export.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 35 times in the New Year Honours List 1970 — about 3% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Technical Director, Pilkington Brothers Ltd.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“For services to Music.”
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“For services to the community.”
Edward Grainger Muir
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Frank Milton
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Frederic Seebohm
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“For services to Export.”
Gwilym Tecwyn Williams
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“for England and Wales.”
Hubert Bennett
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“For services to Youth.”
John Arthur Edwards
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John Ramsay Blagden
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John Todd Lewis
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Leon Radzinowicz
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Nigel Vernon Reed
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Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers
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Philip Jack Oppenheimer
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“For services to Export.”
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Hayaatun Sillem
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“For services to Engineering.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
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“For services to Climate Science.”
Matthew Wilson
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
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Ann Watson
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Ghulam Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
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Deal, Kent
“For services to Biology.”
Jonathan Boddington
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Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to Design and Innovation in Furniture Making.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Geoffrey Underwood
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Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
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London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
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Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
Professor Rees
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 1970
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1970 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1969.
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