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1945 New Year Honours

Index 1945 New Year Honours

The 1945 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. [1]

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  1. 66 relations: A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, A. R. Rawlinson, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Albert Napier, Alfred Howitt (politician), Alker Tripp, Andrew Common, Andrew Skeen (Rhodesia), Arthur Heneage, Arthur Sidgreaves, Aylmer Firebrace, Braj Kumar Nehru, Charles Bruce-Gardner, Charles Esmond de Wolff, Claude Auchinleck, Claude Gibb, David Lloyd George, Dermot Boyle, Douglas Savage, Edward Barnsley, Edward Battersby Bailey, Edward Fellowes (parliamentary official), Ellen Wilkinson, Ellis Minns, Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh, Frank McGowan (priest), Frank McNamara (RAAF officer), Frank Reginald Carey, Frederick Alfred Pile, Frederick Rees, Geoffrey Follows, Geoffrey Mander, Gerard Hodgkinson, Gordon Raphael (RAF officer), Hannah Billig, Harold Roper, Henry Marten (educator), Henry Pownall, Herbert Barritt, Hugh Beadle, James Chadwick, James Rankin Rutherford, John Pringle Appleby, John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John William Rayner, Kay Summersby, Keith Caldwell, Keith Park, Leslie Hancock (cricketer), Lionel Whitby, ... Expand index (16 more) »

A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar

Sir Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, FRCOG, FACS (14 October 1887 – 15 April 1974) was an Indian educationist and physician.

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A. R. Rawlinson

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Richard Rawlinson, OBE (9 August 1894 – 20 April 1984) was a British Army officer who served on the Western Front, and then in military intelligence in both World Wars.

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Adrian Carton de Wiart

Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was an officer in the British Army.

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Albert Napier

Sir Albert Edward Alexander Napier (4 September 1881 – 18 July 1973) was a British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department between 1944 and 1954.

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Alfred Howitt (politician)

Sir Alfred Bakewell Howitt CVO (11 February 1879 – 8 December 1954) was an English medical doctor who became a Conservative Party politician.

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Alker Tripp

Sir Herbert Alker Tripp CBE (23 August 1883 – 12 December 1954), usually known as Alker Tripp or H. Alker Tripp, was a senior English police official who served as an Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1932 to 1947.

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Andrew Common

Sir Lawrence Andrew Common (31 March 1889 – 6 April 1953) was a British shipping director.

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Andrew Skeen (Rhodesia)

Brigadier Andrew Skeen (– 11 May 1984) was a British Army officer, and Rhodesian politician who served as the last High Commissioner from Rhodesia to the United Kingdom.

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Arthur Heneage

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Pelham Heneage (11 July 1881 – 22 November 1971) was a British Conservative Party politician.

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Arthur Sidgreaves

Sir Arthur Frederick Sidgreaves (12 June 1882 – 7 June 1948) was a British businessman who was head of Rolls-Royce, notably during World War II.

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Aylmer Firebrace

Commander Sir Aylmer Newton George Firebrace, (17 June 1886 – 8 June 1972) was a British Royal Navy officer and fire chief.

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Braj Kumar Nehru

Braj Kumar Nehru MBE, ICS (4 September 1909 – 31 October 2001) was an Indian diplomat and Ambassador of India to the United States (1961–1968).

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Charles Bruce-Gardner

Sir Charles Bruce-Gardner, 1st Baronet (6 November 1887 – 1 October 1960), born Charles Bruce Gardner, was an English industrialist, specialising in mechanical and aircraft production.

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Charles Esmond de Wolff

Brigadier Charles Esmond de Wolff CB CBE (25 November 1893 − 12 October 1986) was a British Army officer.

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Claude Auchinleck

Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars.

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Claude Gibb

Sir Claude Dixon Gibb (29 June 1898 – 15 January 1959) was a South Australian engineer with a considerable career in Great Britain.

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David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.

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Dermot Boyle

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle, (2 October 1904 – 5 May 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.

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Douglas Savage

Douglas Alfred Savage, (1892–1967) was a British flying ace of the First World War, credited with seven aerial victories.

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Edward Barnsley

William Edward Barnsley (7 February 1900 2 December 1987) was an English designer and maker of furniture, teacher and important figure in the 20th-century British craft movement.

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Edward Battersby Bailey

Sir Edward Battersby Bailey FRS FRSE MC LLD (1 July 1881 – 19 March 1965) was an English geologist.

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Edward Fellowes (parliamentary official)

Sir Edward Abdy Fellowes, (23 June 189528 December 1970) was an official of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a former British Army officer who saw active service during World War I. He served as Clerk of the House of Commons from 1954 to 1961.

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Ellen Wilkinson

Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death.

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Ellis Minns

Sir Ellis Hovell Minns, FBA (16 July 1874 – 13 June 1953) was a British academic and archaeologist whose studies focused on Eastern Europe.

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Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh

Florence Gertrude Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh (13 October 1889 – 6 December 1969) was a Scottish Unionist Party and Conservative Party politician.

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Frank McGowan (priest)

The Ven. Frank McGowan, MBE (7 October 1895 – 21 February 1968) was an Anglican priest who was the Archdeacon of Sarum from 1951 until his death in 1968.

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Frank McNamara (RAAF officer)

Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara, (4 April 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of the British and Commonwealth forces.

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Frank Reginald Carey

Frank Reginald "Chota" Carey, (7 May 1912 – 6 December 2004) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace who served during World War II.

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Frederick Alfred Pile

General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, 2nd Baronet, (14 September 1884 – 14 November 1976) was a senior British Army officer who served in both World Wars.

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Frederick Rees

Sir James Frederick Rees (13 December 1883 – 7 January 1967), known as Frederick Rees, was a Welsh historian and academic born in Milford Haven, who specialised in economic history and the history of Wales.

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Geoffrey Follows

Sir Charles Geoffry Shield Follows (4 July 1896 – 7 August 1983) was a British colonial administrator.

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Geoffrey Mander

Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (6 March 1882 – 9 September 1962) was a Midland industrialist and chairman of Mander Brothers Ltd., paint and varnish manufacturers in Wolverhampton, England, an art collector and Liberal parliamentarian.

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Gerard Hodgkinson

Gerard William Hodgkinson (19 February 1883 – 6 October 1960) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1904 and 1911.

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Gordon Raphael (RAF officer)

Gordon Raphael, (25 August 1915 – 11 April 1945) was a Canadian flying ace who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.

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Hannah Billig

Hannah Billig, (4 October 1901 – 11 July 1987) was a British medical doctor who worked in the East End of London.

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Harold Roper

Sir Harold Roper, CBE, MC (2 September 1891 – 20 August 1971) was a British Conservative Party politician.

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Henry Marten (educator)

Sir Clarence Henry Kennett Marten (28 October 1872 – 11 December 1948) was the Provost of Eton and the private tutor of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Henry Pownall

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, (19 November 1887 – 10 June 1961) was a senior British Army officer who held several command and staff positions during the Second World War.

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Herbert Barritt

Herbert William Barritt (12 February 1904 – 26 May 1967) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

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Hugh Beadle

Sir Thomas Hugh William Beadle, (6 February 1905 – 14 December 1980) was a Rhodesian lawyer, politician and judge who served as Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia from March 1961 to November 1965, and as Chief Justice of Rhodesia from November 1965 until April 1977.

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James Chadwick

Sir James Chadwick, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932.

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James Rankin Rutherford

James Rankin Rutherford (1882 – 20 September 1967) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.

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John Pringle Appleby

Lieutenant-Colonel John Pringle Appleby (1892 – 29 March 1966) was the Postmaster General of Ceylon for seven years, between 1940 and 1947.

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John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971) was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.

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John William Rayner

Wing Commander John William Rayner (born 19 May 1897, date of death unknown) was a British military officer who began his career in the Army during World War I. He became a flying ace during the closing months of the war, being credited with five aerial victories.

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Kay Summersby

Kathleen Helen Summersby (née MacCarthy-Morrogh; 23 November 1908 – 20 January 1975), known as Kay Summersby, was a member of the British Mechanised Transport Corps during World War II, who served as a chauffeur and later as personal secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower during his period as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in command of the Allied forces in north west Europe.

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Keith Caldwell

Air Commodore Keith Logan "Grid" Caldwell, (16 October 1895 – 28 November 1980) was a New Zealand fighter ace of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War who also rose to the rank of air commodore in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War.

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Keith Park

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, (15 June 1892 – 6 February 1975) was a New Zealand-born officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Leslie Hancock (cricketer)

Leslie Frank Hancock (25 October 1899 – 12 July 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

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Lionel Whitby

Brigadier Sir Lionel Ernest Howard Whitby, CVO, MC (8 May 1895 – 24 November 1956) was a British haematologist, British Army officer and academic.

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List of knights and ladies of the Thistle

The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687.

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Milford Haven

Milford Haven (Rivers Cleddau) is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Patrick Abercrombie

Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (6 June 1879 – 23 March 1957) was an English architect, urban designer and town planner, best known as the man who created London.

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Reginald Hyde

Reginald Jack Hyde, (21 December 1912 – 23 March 1985) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) during the Second World War.

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Ritchie Calder

Peter Ritchie Ritchie-Calder, Baron Ritchie-Calder (1 July 1906 – 31 January 1982), was a Scottish socialist writer, journalist and academic.

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Ronald Armstrong-Jones

Major Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones, (né Jones; 18 May 1899 – 27 January 1966) was a British barrister and soldier.

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Ronald Brooks

Ronald Clifton Brooks (3 March 1899 – 14 August 1980) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

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Roy Bucher

General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher (31 August 1895 – 5 January 1980) was a British soldier who became the second Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and the final non-Indian to hold the top post of the Indian Army after Partition.

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S. Bhoothalingam

Subrahmanya Bhoothalingam OBE (22 February 1909 - 28 November 1990) was an Indian economist and civil servant who was instrumental in establishing India's steel industry.

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Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet

Commodore Sir Atwell Henry Lake, 9th Baronet, (13 February 1891 – 27 November 1972) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and the second Chief of Naval Staff of the Royal New Zealand Navy, serving from June 1942 to July 1945.

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Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet

Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, (27 January 1883 – 23 February 1952) was a Scottish industrialist who played a major role in restructuring the British shipbuilding and steelmaking industries in the 1930s in addition to playing an important role in formulating public policy and supervising wartime production.

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Syed Sultan Ahmed

Sir Syed Sultan Ahmed, KCSI (1880–1963, Patna, Bengal Presidency, British India) was an Indian barrister and politician who had a highly successful practice as a barrister, having victories over Motilal Nehru, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Sarat Chandra Bose.

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Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne

Thomas Lionel Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne, (20 July 1897 – 26 March 1977), known as Sir Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baronet from 1945 to 1959, was a British Conservative Party politician.

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Vijayasinhji Chhatrasinhji

Vijaysinhji Chhatrasinhji GBE KCSI, (30 January 1890 - 29 April 1951) was the last Maharaja of the Rajpipla State, who ruled from 1915 to 1948.

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William Stephenson

Sir William Samuel Stephenson (born William Samuel Clouston Stanger, 23 January 1897 – 31 January 1989) was a Canadian soldier, fighter pilot, businessman and spymaster who served as the senior representative of the British Security Coordination (BSC) for the western allies during World War II.

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William Taylor (civil servant)

Sir William Ling Taylor, CBE (29 May 1882 – 5 January 1969) was a British civil servant and forester.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_New_Year_Honours

, List of knights and ladies of the Thistle, Milford Haven, Patrick Abercrombie, Reginald Hyde, Ritchie Calder, Ronald Armstrong-Jones, Ronald Brooks, Roy Bucher, S. Bhoothalingam, Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Syed Sultan Ahmed, Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne, Vijayasinhji Chhatrasinhji, William Stephenson, William Taylor (civil servant).