• The New Year Honours 1970 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight...
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  • The 1970 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to...
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  • The New Year Honours 1971 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight...
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    black singers in British pop music. He was appointed an OBE in the 1970 New Year Honours list. Lynch was born in Stepney, East London, in 1938, where he...
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    British Empire (CBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours and was promoted to Dame Commander (DBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours. Plowright's vision declined...
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    pre-collection. Smith was appointed a CBE in the 1970 New Year Honours, and was made a Dame (DBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours, for services to the performing arts...
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  • 1971 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward...
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  • appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours for his military service. Regimentally within the Territorial Army...
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    appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours. More's later stage appearances included Signs of the Times (1973)...
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  • The 1970 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand that year. The...
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  • Honours and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1970 New Year Honours. MI5's Peter Wright, in his 1987 best-selling book Spycatcher: The...
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  • 1976 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward...
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    Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours. In 1972, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy...
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    'Young Businessman of the Year' in 1970. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 New Year Honours for services to Exports...
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  • The 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works...
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  • 1975 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward...
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  • 1977 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward...
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    Empire in the 1970 New Year Honours. He relinquished his appointment as naval ADC on 27 January 1970 and retired from the Royal Navy later in 1970. Brown flew...
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    Medals. He was a member of the BSA factory racing team. In the 1970 New Year Honours, Smith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)...
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    Shridath Ramphal (category Honorary Members of the Order of New Zealand)
    (CMG) in the 1966 Birthday Honours (the list was dated to 25 May of that year). He was knighted in the 1970 New Year Honours, and invested with his knighthood...
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    Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) held numerous titles and honours, both during and before her time as monarch of each of her Commonwealth...
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  • Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1970 New Year Honours, at the time he was serving at the British High Commission in Australia...
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    Personality of the Year Award in both 1969 and 1970. He received an OBE in the 1970 New Year Honours, upgraded to a CBE in the 1990 New Year Honours. Source: PGA...
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  • 1953 New Year Honours list and an Order of Merit in 1969. Michael Frayn, novelist and dramatist; declined a knighthood in the 2003 New Year Honours and...
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  • British Empire in the 1970 New Year Honours. He was made a life member of the MCC in 1980. He won the Sports Journalist of the Year Award in 1979, and was...
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  • Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1965 New Year Honours, she was later promoted to a Dame Commander (DCVO) in the 1970 New Year Honours and a Dame Grand Cross (GCVO)...
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  • the Order of the British Empire in 1953, and was knighted in the 1970 New Year Honours. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 People...
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  • (OBE) in the 1959 Birthday Honours and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1970 New Year Honours, for public services. "Prominent...
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  • Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours. He was knighted in the 1976 Birthday Honours for his service to export as Chairman of...
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  • and President of the Law Society in 1972. He was knighted in the 1970 New Year Honours, and awarded the Royal Town Planning Institute Gold Medal in 1983...
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