New Year Honours 1961
Nyandika Maiyoro MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to athletics in Kenya.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1961
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New Year Honours 1961“For services to athletics in Kenya.”
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“For services to athletics in Kenya.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 538 times in the New Year Honours List 1961 — about 40% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1961
- John Geoffrey Unsworth
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Royal Navy
- Stanley Rudolph Bartlett
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Royal Navy
'Constance Gwenllian Thomas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Honorary Secretary
(Ethel Grace Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
) Douglas Jeffrey Cairns
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
) Robert Hugh Cuming Royal Scots Greys
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Abdullah Hamid Khalifa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“for Local Government, Aden.”
Ada Elizabeth Newby
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Adam Louis Mohamed
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Adolphus Jesse Skinner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Agnes Nimmo Carruthers
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Akio Nansowe Wamara Kamese
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alace Joan BATTEN. Lately Honorary Secretary
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“for the Preservation of Rural England.”
Alan Swainson Townsend
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Alan Wright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Edwin Young
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“For services to the community.”
Albert James Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Johnson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Ross Bowtell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Victor Adam Fiddes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Victor Bryant
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert William Parkin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alexander Aitken
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“For services in the field of localgovernment.”
Alfred Edward Bickerstaff
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
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Steven Thompson
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“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
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London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
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Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
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Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
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Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
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Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
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Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
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Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
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Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
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London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
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London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
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Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1961
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1961 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1960.
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