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Birthday Honours 1972

Sydney Thomas Franklin Ryder

Knight Bachelor

Chairman and Chief Executive • Reed International Ltd

Organisation: Reed International Ltd

Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1972 with the Knight Bachelor.

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Birthday Honours List 1972

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Knight Bachelor · 1972

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    Birthday Honours 1972
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    Chairman and Chief Executive, Reed International Ltd

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Knight Bachelor · 1972

Source & provenanceVerified against the London Gazette (PDF supplement)

London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗

No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.

Published 14 June 1972.

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