New Year Honours 1993
William Rainnie PORTEOUS T.D. OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1993 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1993
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 248 times in the New Year Honours List 1993 — about 20% of the list.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1993
Adrian Rudolph Lyon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Alan Jeffrey Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Air Force
Albert Samuel Watts
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For politicaland publicservice.”
Alberto Morrocco
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Artist
Alexander William Garroch
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Air Force
Alexandra Vivien Burslem
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Alfred George Kennedy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Ali Mustafa Gursoy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to British commercial interests in Cyprus.”
Andrew Henry Simon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Export and to Industry.”
Andrew Stuart Craig
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Corps of Royal Engineers
Angela Betty Yeoman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Environmental Protection.”
Angela Louise Comfort
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For political and public service.”
Anne Ferguson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Anthony George Eley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Anthony John Newman-Taylor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Chairman
Anthony Robert Norman Higgs
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Air Force
Anthony Sleight
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Export and to the Chemical Industry.”
AnthonySt.John Steiner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Navy
Antonia Frances Bagshawe
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For medical services to the community in Zambia.”
Arthur Denis Linfoot
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Registrar
Arthur Hall Sanderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For servicesto the Food Industry.”
Arthur John Frederick Stagg
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to British aviation interests in Saudi Arabia.”
Audrey Shore Henshall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Archaeology.”
Barry Richard Coward
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Navy
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1993
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1993 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1992.
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