New Year Honours 1956
Margot Fonteyn DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to the ballet.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) · 1956
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New Year Honours 1956“For services to the ballet.”
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“For services to the ballet.”
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“For services to the ballet.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to the ballet.”
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 2 times in the New Year Honours List 1956.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
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Published 30 December 1955.
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