Birthday Honours 1977
Reginald Gerard Hoban OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to banking and the community.”
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“For services to banking and the community.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 358 times in the Birthday Honours List 1977 — about 21% of the list.
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 Birthday Honours 1977
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Adrian Alan Russell
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Alan Cedric Dexter
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Royal Corps of Signals
Alan Derek Fair
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“For medical services to the com- munity in Tokyo.”
Alan Humphries
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“For services to education in Brussels.”
Alan John Waple
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Alan McEWAN
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Royal Navy
Alan Nathaniel Hunt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Chairman
Alan Percival Rudwick
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“For services to education in Ghana.”
Alan Vernon Hall Palmer
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Royal Air Force
Albert Francis Joseph Harris
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“For services to British ex-Servicemen in Belgium.”
Albert Richard Brannon
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lately Chief Fire Officer
Alexander Devlin
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Chairman
Alexander James Carter
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Alice Margaret Durbridge
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Allen Berkeley Bush
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Andrew Aladar Tessler
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“For services to Export.”
Andrew James Pascoe Crowden
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“For medical services to the community in East and West Africa.”
Anne Dorothea Hiatt .HEWER
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“For services to Ballet and the Arts in Scotland and Bristol.”
Anthony Denis Ockenden
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Anthony Patrick Millar
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“For services to sports medicine.”
Anthony Showan Jeapes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Archibald Dunlop Scott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur James Jarman
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“For services to British marine interests in Dubai.”
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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 · 1977
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1977 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1977.
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