New Year Honours 1939
Will Spens Esq.
“For public services.”
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“For public services.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 27 times in the New Year Honours List 1939 — about 4% 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 same honour in the New Year Honours 1939
Adam Maitland
Person1939
“for the Faversham Division of Kent since 1928.”
Alfred Rowland Clegg
Person1939
“For political and public services in Shropshire.”
Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth
Person1939
“For political and public services.”
Charles Henry Cartwright
Person1939
“For political and public services in Bourne- mouth.”
Charles Manley Luke
Person1939
“For public services in the Dominion of New Zealand.”
Consulting Dental to Guy's • Hospital. John Pierce
Person1939
“For political and public services.”
Ernest Robert Canning
Person1939
“For political and public services in Birmingham.”
Francis Adams Beane
Person1939
“For political and public services.”
Frederick Masters
Person1939
Gilfrid Gordon Craig
Person1939
“For political and public services inMiddlesex.”
Harry Vincent
Person1939
“For public and philanthropic services in Birmingham.”
Henry Tom Hancock
Person1939
Jayatilaka Cudah Ratwatte
Person1939
“For public services in Ceylon.”
John George Hay
Person1939
John Ramsay
Person1939
John Wheen Kynoch
Person1939
Joseph Terence De La Mothe
Person1939
“For public services in Grenada.”
Laurence Richard Philipps
Person1939
“For political and public services.”
Peter Rylands
Person1939
“For political and public services in Lancashire and Cheshire.”
Reginald Charles Davies
Person1939
“For political and public services in Leeds.”
Robert Mayer
Person1939
“For services to music, especially in the organisation of concerts for young people.”
Thomas Andrews Bradford
Person1939
“For political and public services in the County of Durham.”
Vigor Fox
Person1939
“For political and public services in the Counties of Lincoln and Lindsey.”
William Dixson
Person1939
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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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· 1939
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1939 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1938.
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