New Year Honours 1974
Ralph Henry Thomas Alexander OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Managing Director • General Electric Company Overseas Ser- vices Ltd
“For services to export.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1974
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1974- Role at the time
- Managing Director, General Electric Company Overseas Ser- vices Ltd
“For services to export.”
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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.
What organisation were they with?
Managing Director, General Electric Company Overseas Ser- vices Ltd.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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
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Principal
Alan Edgar Jones
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“For services to British com- mercial interests in Portugal.”
Alan Jeffrey Tomsett
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Alan John Hume
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Royal Air Force
Alan John Le Brun
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Alan Raymond Taylor
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“For services to the community.”
Alan Wilson
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Albert Ashforth
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Albert Edward De Barr
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Albert Percival Coldrick
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lately General Secretary
Alec John Leggett
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Royal Air Force
Alex Peter Josephides
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Alexander Colquhoun Grant
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“For services to the "British community in Lagos.”
Alexander Hadley Capp
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“For services to local government and the community.”
Alexander McINTOSH
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Alexander Philip
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General Manager
Alexander Stewart Warren
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Alfred Edward Brownjohn
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“for England and Wales.”
Algernon Cory Swinburne
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“For services to local government and the community.”
Alison Margaret Tennant
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“For public services.”
Alistair Francis Macleod Matthews
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Allan Wallace Grant
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Andrew Zinovieff
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Chairman
Ann Gould Notman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1974
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Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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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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