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1978 New Year Honours

Index 1978 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1978 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1978. [1]

30 relations: Arthur W. V. Reeve, Charles Saxton (sportsman), Christopher Wallace (British Army officer), David Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall, Dorian Williams, Edward Bickmore Ellison Taylor, Eric Irons, Frank Merrick, Freddie Sowrey, Geoffrey Sim, George Smith (trade unionist), Graham Turbott, Henry Hunt (police officer), Ian Scott-Kilvert, Isobel Schenk, Jack Solomons, Jack Somerville, Jack Sullivan (rugby union), Jean Rhys, List of football personalities with British honours, Marie Patterson, Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, Nigel Cecil, Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond, Peter Franklyn, Ron Barclay, Stanley Rundle, Strathclyde Police, Tom Stoppard, Trevor Martin (umpire).

Arthur W. V. Reeve

Arthur Wellesley Vivian Reeve (2 December 1912 – 21 May 2002) was an author and international scout commissioner from New Zealand.

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Charles Saxton (sportsman)

Charles Kesteven "Charlie" Saxton (23 May 1913 – 4 July 2001) was a New Zealand cricketer, and rugby union player, coach and administrator.

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Christopher Wallace (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir Christopher Brooke Quentin Wallace (3 January 1943 – 7 January 2016) was a British Army general and military historian.

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David Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall

David Edward Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall OBE (born 2 November 1937) in Tyldesley, Lancashire) is a British trade unionist and Labour politician.

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Dorian Williams

Dorian Joseph George Williams OBE (1 July 1914 – 21 July 1985) was a British equestrian, journalist, broadcaster, author and patron of the arts.

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Edward Bickmore Ellison Taylor

Edward Bickmore Ellison Taylor (1 June 1906 – 5 May 1982) was a New Zealand lawyer and diplomat.

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Eric Irons

Eric George Irons OBE (1921–2007) was Britain's first black magistrate and a campaigner for equal rights.

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Frank Merrick

Frank Merrick CBE (30 April 1886 – February 1981) was an English pianist in the early 20th century.

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Freddie Sowrey

Air Marshal Sir Frederick Beresford 'Freddie' Sowrey, (born 14 September 1922) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Geoffrey Sim

Geoffrey Fantham Sim (2 April 1911 – 27 March 2002) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

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George Smith (trade unionist)

Sir George Fenwick Smith (1914 – November 1978) was a British trade unionist.

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Graham Turbott

Evan Graham Turbott (27 May 1914 – 12 December 2014), generally known as Graham Turbott, was a New Zealand ornithologist, zoologist, and museum administrator.

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Henry Hunt (police officer)

Henry James Ellis Hunt, CVO, CBE (8 June 1918 – 27 January 2008) was a British police officer in the London Metropolitan Police.

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Ian Scott-Kilvert

Ian Stanley Scott-Kilvert OBE (26 May 1917 – 8 October 1989) was a British editor and translator.

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Isobel Schenk

Isobel May "Mysie" Schenk, BEM (née Johnston; 10 January 1898 – 6 October 1980) was a Christian missionary who worked for many years alongside her husband, Rev.

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Jack Solomons

Israel Jacob Solomons (8 December 1902 – 9 December 1979), known as Jack Solomons, was a British boxing promoter who has been called "one of the greatest boxing promoters in history" and "England's greatest boxing impresario".

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Jack Somerville

The Very Reverend John Spenser Somerville (7 July 1910 – 5 October 1999) was a New Zealand Presbyterian leader.

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Jack Sullivan (rugby union)

John Lorraine "Jack" Sullivan (30 March 1915 – 9 July 1990) was a New Zealand rugby union player, coach and administrator.

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Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys, (born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a mid-20th-century novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica, though she was mainly resident in England from the age of 16.

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List of football personalities with British honours

This is a list of football personalities who have received Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom.

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Marie Patterson

Constance Marie Patterson CBE (born 1 April 1934) is a former British trade unionist.

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Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, (7 September 191323 December 1999) was a British Army officer and courtier of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Nigel Cecil

Rear-Admiral Sir Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil, KBE, CB (11 November 1925 – 10 March 2017) was a British naval officer.

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Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond

Patrick Richard Henry Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond (born 28 June 1931) is a retired British diplomat and former Head of HM Diplomatic Service.

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Peter Franklyn

Rear Admiral Peter Michael Franklyn CB, OBE (born 10 September 1946) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training.

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Ron Barclay

Ronald Morrison (Ron) Barclay (2 September 1914 – 29 April 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

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Stanley Rundle

Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle OBE (September 1913 – 17 September 1978) was a British politician and philologist.

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Strathclyde Police

Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire (The former Strathclyde local government region) between 1975 and 2013.

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Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter.

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Trevor Martin (umpire)

William Trevor Martin (19 February 1925 – 4 August 2017) was a New Zealand Test cricket umpire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_New_Year_Honours

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