New Year Honours 1972
William Leslie Abernethy CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Treasurer • Greater London Council
Organisation: Greater London Council
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1972 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1972
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New Year Honours 1972- Role at the time
- Treasurer, Greater London Council
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 125 times in the New Year Honours List 1972 — about 10% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Treasurer, Greater London Council.
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 New Year Honours 1972
Alan John Wills Hill
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Albert Fogg
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“For services to Export.”
Albert William Cleeve Barr
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Alexander Edward Howard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Headmaster
Andrew Bowman Cameron
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Director of Education
Ann Parker Bowles
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Archibald Duncan Campbell of Applied Economics
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Arthur Bond
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Chairman
Arthur Grey
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Arthur Koestler
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Author
Arthur Robert Jenkins
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Basil Charles Player
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Royal Air Force
British Honduras.
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Charles Blyth
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Charles Henry Grierson Kinahan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Chairman
Charles Payne Sutcliffe
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Charles Roy Sims Colyer
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the Electricity Trust of South Australia and to sport.”
Christina Thompson
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David Elystan Owen
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Director
David James Waterston
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London.”
David Kinnear Thomson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
David Parry Martin Michael
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Headmaster
Dennis Edmund Hutchinson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Desmond Anderson Harvie Banks
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For political services.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1972
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 30 December 1971.
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