Birthday Honours 1971
Richard James Webster
Knight Bachelor
“For political services.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1971
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 33 times in the Birthday Honours List 1971 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 1971
Anthony George Bernard Burney
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Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer
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Basil Arthur Parkes
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“For services 1o the fishing industry.”
Charles Clore
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“For charitable services.”
Charles Patrick Home McCALL
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Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
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Fred Harvey Hutty
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For services to Educa- tion.”
George Gray Macfarlane
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Godfrey William Rowland Morley
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Harry Ernest Jones
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Henry Martin Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
James Olva Georges
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For public services in the British Vjirgin Islands.”
James Wilson McKAY Provost of Edin- burgh.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
John Allen Clark
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
John Douglas Clague
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For public services in Hong Kong.”
John Henry Harris Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
Chairman and Chief Executive
John Robert Walton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For services to commerce.”
Justice Louis Georges Souyave
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For services to For industry.”
Leslie Charles Thiess
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For services to the coal export industry and for his philanthropic activities.”
Lincoln Carruthers Hynes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For services to the community.”
Michael James Lighthill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
Norman William Graham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
Ove Nyquist Arup
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
Percy Stephenson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1971
“For political and public services in Lancashire.”
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Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1971
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1971 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1971.
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