Birthday Honours 1956
Ronald Lindsay Prain
• For public services
“For public services, in Northern Rhodesia.”
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- Birthday Honours 1956
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- For public services
“For public services, in Northern Rhodesia.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 18 times in the Birthday Honours List 1956 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For public services.
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 same honour in the Birthday Honours 1956
Alexander Mainwaring Spearman
Person1956
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Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith
Person1956
“For political and public services in Scotland.”
Allan Stephen Quartermaine
Person1956
“For services to civil engineering.”
Douglas Clarke
Person1956
“For political and public services in Stockport.”
Edwin Briers
Person1956
“For charitable services in Hebburn, County Durham.”
Frederic Collins Hooper
Person1956
“For services to Government Departments.”
Geoffrey Upcott Farrant
Person1956
“For political and public services in Somerset.”
Gerard Spencer Summers
Person1956
“for Northampton, 1940-45 and for Aylesbury since 1950.”
Jean Gately
Person1956
“For services during the flooding of the Feather River.”
John Burgoyne
Person1956
“For political and public services in Luton.”
Leonard Hutton
Person1956
“For services to Cricket.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Cecil Russell Moore
Person1956
“for Ayr Burgh.”
Norman Myer
Person1956
“For public and philan- thropic services in the State of Victoria.”
Stanley Graham Rowlandson
Person1956
“For political and public ser- vices in Middlesex.”
Thomas Algernon Brown
Person1956
Thomas Spurgeon Page
Person1956
“For public services in Northern Rhodesia.”
William John Anstruther-Gray
Person1956
“for North Lanarkshire, 1931-1945, and for Berwick and East Lothian since 1951.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Government & Public Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Simon Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christian Philip Hollier Turner
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
· 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1956 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1956.
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