New Year Honours 1974
Nora May Turner OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to agriculture.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 328 times in the New Year Honours List 1974 — about 23% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1974
Alan Blaney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Principal
Alan Edgar Jones
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
“For services to British com- mercial interests in Portugal.”
Alan Jeffrey Tomsett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Alan John Hume
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Royal Air Force
Alan John Le Brun
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Alan Raymond Taylor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
“For services to the community.”
Alan Wilson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Albert Ashforth
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Albert Edward De Barr
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Albert Percival Coldrick
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
lately General Secretary
Alec John Leggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Royal Air Force
Alex Peter Josephides
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Alexander Colquhoun Grant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
“For services to the "British community in Lagos.”
Alexander Hadley Capp
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
“For services to local government and the community.”
Alexander McINTOSH
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Alexander Philip
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
General Manager
Alexander Stewart Warren
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Alfred Edward Brownjohn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
“for England and Wales.”
Algernon Cory Swinburne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
“For services to local government and the community.”
Alison Margaret Tennant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
“For public services.”
Alistair Francis Macleod Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Allan Wallace Grant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Andrew Zinovieff
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
Chairman
Ann Gould Notman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
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Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.”
Adrian Isaac
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Badminton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Farming and to Animal Welfare.”
Caterina Goodhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Conservation and Heritage Crafts.”
Ian Glendinning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1974
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1974 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1973.
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