Birthday Honours 1959
William Edward China CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• British Museum (Natural History)
Organisation: British Museum (Natural History)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1959 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1959
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 167 times in the Birthday Honours List 1959 — about 11% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1959
Alan Trevor Oldham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Edward Bennett
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert George Thomas Shingler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alexander Hay White
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alexander Robert Mathewson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For political services in Edinburgh.”
Alice Margaret Battensby
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“for Girls.”
Aliyu Musdafa
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Allan Cuthbertson Monkhouse
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Andre Guy Sauzier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Arthur Appleton Jackson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Arthur Ernest Lowe
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Arthur Geoffrey Sowman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Royal Navy
Association Football.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Athelstan Norman Gardiner
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Athene Seyler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Actress
Barry John Anderson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Royal Navy
Basil Gordon Spurling
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Bernard William Alfred Crutchlow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Bertram Edward Lionell Burton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Bertram Schofield
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“for England and Wales.”
Cecil Anthony Maxwell-Lefroy
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Chandulal Kalidas Patel
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For public services in Uganda.”
Charles Edward Michael Terry
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For public services in Hong Kong.”
Charles Frederick Lawrence King
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1959
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1959 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1959.
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