New Year Honours 1956
“For public services.”
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- University of Melbourne
“For public services.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 1956 — about 1% of the list.
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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 New Year Honours 1956
Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan
Person1956
“for Perth and Kinross, 1945-1950, and for Perth and East Perthshire since 1950.”
Allan. Spowers
Person1956
“For public services in the State of Victoria.”
Arthur Harold Bibby
Person1956
“For political and public services in Lanca- shire and Cheshire.”
Charles Edward Ponsonby
Person1956
“for Sevenoaks, 1935-1950.”
Eric Ommanney Skaife
Person1956
“For political and public ser- vices in Wales.”
Frederick Claude Stern
Person1956
“For services to Horticulture.”
Harry Hardy
Person1956
“For political and public services in the West Riding of Yorkshire.”
James Riley Holt Hutchison
Person1956
“for Glasgow Central, 1945-1950, and for the Scotstoun Division of Glasgow since Octo- ber, 1950; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary, War Office, 1951-1954.”
John Lenox Fisher
Person1956
“For services to Colonial Governments.”
Kamil Mohamed Ariff bin Kadir Mustan
Person1956
Paul BoFFA
Person1956
“For public services in Malta.”
Ralph George Hawtrey
Person1956
“For services to the study of economics.”
William Walker Frederick Shepherd
Person1956
“For political amd public services in Cheshire.”
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.”
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· 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 30 December 1955.
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