New Year Honours 1972
Phyllis Esme Donaldson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to education in The Netherlands.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to education in The Netherlands.
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New Year Honours 1972“For services to education in The Netherlands.”
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“For services to education in The Netherlands.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 290 times in the New Year Honours List 1972 — about 22% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
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 1972
- Alexander Fergus Mackain-Bremner Royal Anglian Regiment.
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The Royal Anglian Regiment
Alan Gilbert Kennedy
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Royal Navy
Alexander d'Agapeyeff
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
President
Alexander Duncan McCOWEN
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Actor.
Alexander Martin Sellar
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Alexander Meston Milne
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Alexander Miller Stephen
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Principal
Alexander Skeffington Johnson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to medicine.”
Alfred Pollard
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Assistant Director
Alistair Edgar Gillespie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alvingham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Andrew Charles Blair
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Anthony Parker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Anthony Rowland Guy Standing
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For ser- vices to British interests in Kuwait.”
Archibald Hunter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Art History.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Arthur George Dye
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For local government and social services in Cheltenham.”
Arthur Graham Harrison
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Arthur James Bettridge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to local government and the elderly in Cheltenham.”
Arthur James Carrington
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Athole John Spalding Stewart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Barbara Macgregor Guest
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to charity.”
Basil Crandles Smith' Slater
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
General Medical Practitioner
Bernard Drake Scriven
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to Export.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Shelagh Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1972
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1971.
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