New Year Honours 1981
William Myles Knighton KCB
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
• Robert Lane BAYNE-POWELL
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1981 with the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) · 1981
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 1981 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Robert Lane BAYNE-POWELL.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 1981
Andrew Smart
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Director
Anthony John Edward Brennan
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Clifford Bamfield
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Cyril George Ware
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David Brownrigg Craig
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Gillian Rachel Ford
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Gordon Edward Gammie
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Legal Adviser
Henry Butler McKENZIE Johnston
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“for Administration.”
James Edgar Hannigan
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John Anson
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John Bagot Curtiss
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Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Lovett Morony
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Paul Dean
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Director
Paul Rodney Billett
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Percy Douglas Davies
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Richard Anthony Lloyd Jones
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Roland Kelvin .GUY
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Thomas Bagnall
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William Kennedy Reid
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath · 1981
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1981 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1980.
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