1955 New Year Honours, the Glossary

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1. 428 relations: Aberdeen Journals, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Aga Khan III, Agricultural and Food Research Council, Air Ministry, Alan William Greenwood, Alexander Oppenheim, Alfred Roberts (trade unionist), Allen Wheeler, Alun Oldfield-Davies, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Anne Burns, Anthony Mamo, Appledore Shipbuilders, Arnold Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley, Arthur Blackburn, Arthur Colegate, Arthur Gillespie Wilson, Arthur Sanders (RAF officer), Arthur Tange, Arthur van Langenberg, Arunachalam Mahadeva, Audrey Richards, Australian Inland Mission, Australian Medical Association, B. F. Perera, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Basil Henriques, BBC, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Benenden School, Bibby Line, Board of Trade, British and Foreign Bible Society, British Employers' Confederation, British Iron and Steel Federation, British Museum, British Optical Association, British Science Association, British Thomson-Houston, British Transport Commission, Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd., Brush Traction, Burke Trend, Burton and Uttoxeter (UK Parliament constituency), Buttala Electoral District, C. J. Gadd, Cardroom Amalgamation, Carlisle Cathedral, Cecil Brown (cricketer), ... Expand index (378 more) »

2. 1955 awards
3. 1955 in Australia
4. 1955 in Ceylon
5. 1955 in Pakistan
6. 1955 in the United Kingdom

Aberdeen Journals

Aberdeen Journals Ltd. is a newspaper publisher based in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who served as the first and only prime minister of Nigeria upon independence.

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Aga Khan III

Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah (2 November 187711 July 1957), known as Aga Khan III, was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam.

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Agricultural and Food Research Council

The Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) was a British Research Council responsible for funding and managing scientific and technological developments in farming and horticulture.

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Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.

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Alan William Greenwood

Alan William Greenwood CBE FRSE (29 June 1897 – 4 May 1981) was a Scottish zoologist and geneticist, who helped pave the way to creating Dolly the Sheep.

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Alexander Oppenheim

Sir Alexander Oppenheim, OBE, PMN, FRSE (4 February 1903 – 13 December 1997) was a British mathematician and university administrator.

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Alfred Roberts (trade unionist)

Alfred Roberts (30 November 1897 – 18 November 1963) was a British trade unionist.

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Allen Wheeler

Air Commodore Allen Henry Wheeler (27 September 1903 – 1 January 1984) was a Royal Air Force officer and pilot who served during the Second World War.

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Alun Oldfield-Davies

Alun Bennett Oldfield-Davies (18 April 1905 – 1 December 1988) was a Welsh broadcaster and public servant.

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Anglo-Persian Oil Company

The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC; شرکت نفت ایران و انگلیس) was a British company founded in 1909 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Persia (Iran).

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Anne Burns

Anne Burns (23 November 1915 – 22 January 2001) was a British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot.

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Anthony Mamo

Sir Anthony Joseph Mamo, (9 January 1909 – 1 May 2008) was the first president of Malta and previously served as the last Governor-General of the State of Malta before the country became a republic.

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Appledore Shipbuilders

Appledore Shipbuilders is a shipbuilder in Appledore, North Devon, England.

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Arnold Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley

Arnold Babb Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley, KBE (16 July 1878 – 27 July 1965) was a British Conservative politician.

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Arthur Blackburn

Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, (25 November 1892 – 24 November 1960) was an Australian soldier, lawyer, politician, and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for valour in battle that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces at the time.

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Arthur Colegate

Sir William Arthur Colegate (1884 – 10 September 1956) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1941 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1955.

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Arthur Gillespie Wilson

Major General Arthur Gillespie Wilson (29 September 1900 – February 1982) was an Australian Army officer.

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Arthur Sanders (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders, (17 March 1898 – 8 February 1974) was a Royal Flying Corps pilot during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War and the immediate post-war years.

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Arthur Tange

Sir Arthur Harold Tange (18 August 1914 – 10 May 2001) was a prominent Australian senior public servant of the middle to late 20th century.

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Arthur van Langenberg

Arthur van Langenberg (12 April 1909 – September 1970) was a Sri Lankan public servant, painter and actor.

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Arunachalam Mahadeva

Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG (translit; 5 October 1885 – 15 April 1966) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat.

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Audrey Richards

Audrey Isabel Richards, CBE, FRAI, FBA (8 July 1899 – 29 June 1984), was a pioneering British social anthropologist.

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Australian Inland Mission

The Australian Presbyterian Mission was founded by the Presbyterian Church of Australia to reach those "beyond the farthest fence" with God's word.

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Australian Medical Association

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is an Australian public company by guarantee formed as a professional association for Australian doctors and medical students.

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B. F. Perera

Benjamin Franklin Perera, CMG, OBE, CCS (1901-19??) was a Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat.

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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Bānlādēśa prakauśala biśbabidyālaẏa), commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Basil Henriques

Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques (17 October 1890 – 2 December 1961) was a British philanthropist of Portuguese Jewish origins, concentrating his work in the East End of London during the first half of the 20th century.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Bechuanaland Protectorate

The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom.

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Benenden School

Benenden School is a private boarding school for girls in Kent, England, in Hemsted Park at Benenden, between Cranbrook and Tenterden.

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Bibby Line

Bibby Line is a UK company concerned with shipping and marine operations.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for Business and Trade.

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British and Foreign Bible Society

The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world.

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British Employers' Confederation

The British Employers' Confederation (BEC), formerly the National Confederation of Employers' Organisations (NCEO), was an employers' association in the United Kingdom.

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British Iron and Steel Federation

The British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF), formed in 1934, was an organisation of British iron and steel producers responsible for the national planning of steel production.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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British Optical Association

The British Optical Association (BOA) was founded in February 1895 as the first professional body for ophthalmic opticians (optometrists) in the world.

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British Science Association

The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.

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British Thomson-Houston

British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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British Transport Commission

The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the separate Ulster Transport Authority).

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Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd.

Bruce Peebles & Co.

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Brush Traction

Brush Traction was a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives in Loughborough, England whose operations have now been merged into the Wabtec company's Doncaster UK operations.

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Burke Trend

Burke Frederick St John Trend, Baron Trend, (2 January 1914 – 21 July 1987) was a British civil servant and later Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.

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Burton and Uttoxeter (UK Parliament constituency)

Burton and Uttoxeter is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Jacob Collier of the Labour Party.

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Buttala Electoral District

Buttala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960.

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C. J. Gadd

Cyril John Gadd, (2 July 1893 – 2 December 1969) was a British Assyriologist, Sumerologist, and curator.

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Cardroom Amalgamation

The Cardroom Amalgamation or Cardroom Workers' Amalgamation (CWA) was a British trade union which existed between 1886 and 1974.

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Carlisle Cathedral

Carlisle Cathedral is a Grade I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

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Cecil Brown (cricketer)

Cecil Leonard Morley Brown (16 July 1895 – 6 December 1955) was an English cricketer active from 1920 to 1926 who played for Leicestershire.

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Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Norfolk was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk.

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Central Office of Information

The Central Office of Information (COI) was the UK government's marketing and communications agency.

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Cerebos

Cerebos is a brand of salt and, more recently, of other flavourings and nutritional supplements.

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Chad Valley (toy brand)

Chad Valley is a long-established brand of toys in the United Kingdom owned by Sainsbury's.

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Chamberlain of London

The Chamberlain of the City of London is an ancient office of the City of London, dating back to at least 1237.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

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Charles McFarlane

Sir Charles Stuart McFarlane (10 October 1895 – 4 February 1958) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.

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Charles Stewart (diplomat)

Andrew Charles Stewart (22 April 19071 January 1979) was a British diplomat, Ambassador to Iceland and Libya.

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Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China

The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (informally The Chartered Bank) was a bank incorporated in London in 1853 by Scotsman James Wilson, under a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria.

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Chief Justice of Bermuda

The Chief Justice of Bermuda is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.

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Chief Justice of Cyprus

The chief justice of Cyprus was the head of the Supreme Court of Cyprus until 1961.

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Chik Mohamad Yusuf

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Chik Mohamad Yusuf bin Sheikh Abdul Rahman (3 March 1907 – 26 June 1975), better known as C.M. Yusuf, was the third Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house in the Malaysian Parliament.

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Christian Salvesen

Christian Salvesen was a Scottish whaling, transport and logistics company with a long and varied history, employing 13,000 staff and operating in seven countries in western Europe.

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Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) is an ecumenical organisation.

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Cinematograph Films Council

The Cinematograph Films Council was established by the Cinematograph Films Act 1938 as a result of a Board of Trade report by a committee chaired by Lord Moyne, which recommended that such a statutory body should be created to advise the UK government on matters relating to the film industry.

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Civil Service Commission (United Kingdom)

The Civil Service Commission regulates recruitment to the United Kingdom Civil Service, providing assurance that appointments are on merit after fair and open competition, and hears appeals under the Civil Service Code.

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Civil Services Academy

Situated in Lahore, Pakistan, the Civil Services Academy Lahore is an academy for training the young bureaucrats of the country who are commissioned by the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) through a very competitive and tough exam known as Central superior services exam abbreviated as "CSS", (لاہوراکادمی برائے تربیتِ دیوانی ملازمین) was established in 1948 (on the advice of first governor general of Pakistan Mr.Muhammad Ali jinnah) for the training of fresh entrants to the Bureaucracy of Pakistan Central superior services and was originally called Pakistan Administrative Services Academy.

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Clerk of the House of Commons

The clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England.

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Clive Carey

Francis Clive Savill Carey (30 May 188330 April 1968), known as Clive Carey, was an English baritone, singing teacher, composer, opera producer and folk song collector.

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Colville Deverell

Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell (21 February 1907 in Dublin, Ireland – 18 December 1995 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England) was an Irish cricketer and colonial administrator.

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Commonwealth Grants Commission

The Commonwealth Grants Commission is an Australian independent statutory body that advises the Australian Government on financial assistance to the states and territories of Australia under section 96 of the Australian Constitution.

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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), previously known as the Empire Parliamentary Association, is an organisation which works to support good governance, democracy and human rights.

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Commonwealth realm

A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth that has Charles III as its monarch and ceremonial head of state.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars.

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Competition Commission

The Competition Commission was a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets and other enquiries related to regulated industries under competition law in the United Kingdom.

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Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander

Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (19 April 1909 – 15 February 1974), known as Hugh Alexander and C. H. O'D.

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Consett Iron Company

The Consett Iron Company Ltd was an industrial business based in the Consett area of County Durham in the United Kingdom.

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Cunard Line

The Cunard Line is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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Cyril Colquhoun

Major-General Sir Cyril Harry Colquhoun (1903 – 5 June 1996) was a British Army officer.

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Cyril Fernando

Cyril Francis Fernando (2 October 1895 – 3 December 1974) was a Sri Lankan clinician and researcher.

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Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly

Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly, (29 May 1914 – 6 November 1988), known as Dan Ranfurly, was a British Army officer and farmer, who served as Governor of the Bahamas.

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David Arnold Scott Cairns

Sir David Arnold Scott Cairns (5 March 1902 – 8 September 1987), was a British judge and Liberal Party politician.

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David Mowbray Balme

David Mowbray Balme (8 September 1912 – 23 February 1989) was a British expatriate professor and scholar who became the first principal of the University College of the Gold Coast which is now University of Ghana.

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Department for Education

The Department for Education (DfE) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (United Kingdom)

The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research was a department of the British Government responsible for the organisation, development, and encouragement of scientific and industrial research.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

The Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly referred to simply as the Deputy Commissioner, is the second-in-command of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

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Donald Randell Evans

Air Chief Marshal Sir Donald Randell Evans, (31 January 1912 – 9 April 1975) was a senior Royal Air Force commander who was an innovator in night fighting tactics in the Second World War and conducted the signals planning for the Sicily and Normandy invasions.

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Donald Scott (politician)

Sir Robert Donald Scott (13 November 1901 – 18 June 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician.

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Doris Fitton

Dame Doratea Alice Lucy Walkden Fitton, (3 November 18972 April 1985) was an Australian pioneering theatre entrepreneur, actress of stage and film and theatrical director and producer who established with 19 other actors The Independent Theatre Ltd. in North Sydney, New South Wales in 1930, which operated for forty-seven years.

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Dr Lee's Professorships

The Dr Lee's Professorships are three named statutory professorships of the University of Oxford.

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Dunlop Rubber

Dunlop Ltd. (formerly Dunlop Rubber) was a British multinational company involved in the manufacture of various natural rubber goods.

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Earl of Cranbrook

Earl of Cranbrook is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1892 for Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook.

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East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)

East Grinstead was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.

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East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

East Norfolk was a constituency in the county of Norfolk that returned two members of parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1868.

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Edgar Adrian

Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (30 November 1889 – 4 August 1977) was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons.

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Edward Beetham

Sir Edward Betham Beetham (19 February 1905 – 19 February 1979) was a British colonial official who was Resident Commissioner in Swaziland from 1946 to 1950 and in the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1950 to 1953.

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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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Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford

Lieutenant Colonel Edward Southwell Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford, (31 January 1907 – 3 January 1982), was the only son of Jack Southwell Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford, and Eva Carrington.

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Elizabeth Cockayne

Dame Elizabeth Cockayne, DBE (29 October 1894 – 4 July 1988) was Chief Nursing Officer from the inception of the National Health Service in 1948 until her retirement a decade later in 1958.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Ellerman Lines

Ellerman Lines was a UK cargo and passenger shipping company that operated from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century.

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English Steel Corporation

The English Steel Corporation Ltd was a United Kingdom steel producer.

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Eric Hamilton (bishop)

Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton (189021 May 1962) was an Anglican bishop.

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Eric Seal

Sir Eric Arthur Seal (16 September 1898 – 31 March 1972) was a British civil servant who served as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, during World War II; and as Principal Private Secretary to Winston Churchill in his role as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1939.

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Eric Shipton

Eric Earle Shipton, CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977), was an English Himalayan mountaineer.

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Eva Primrose, Countess of Rosebery

Eva Isabel Marion Primrose, Countess of Rosebery and Midlothian (Bruce; 17 June 1892 – 29 January 1987) was the English daughter of Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare and his wife, Constance.

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Evan George Stewart

Colonel Evan George Stewart (史伊尹上校) DSO, OBE, ED, MA (March 27, 1892 – December 17, 1958) was a British soldier and missionary to China.

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Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale

Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, (29 September 1903 – 10 March 1973) was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944, High Commissioner for Southern Africa from 1944 to 1951, and Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959.

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Evelyn Cheesman

Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (8 October 1881 – 15 April 1969) was a British entomologist and traveller.

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Evelyn Paget Evans

Evelyn Paget Evans (11 November 1881 – 10 April 1960) was an Australian administrator.

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ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation and the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.

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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation (CAF), was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern African territories: the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

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Financial Secretary to the Treasury

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a mid-level ministerial post in HM Treasury.

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First Commissioner of Works

The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was a position within the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and subsequent to 1922, within the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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First Potteries

First Potteries is a bus company based in Stoke-on-Trent operating services in North Staffordshire, England.

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Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which generally returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons, latterly that of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Francis Charles Morgan-Giles

Francis Charles Morgan-Giles (1883 – 19 March 1964) was a boat designer and builder from Devon, England.

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Francis House

The Ven. Francis Harry House OBE MA was Archdeacon of Macclesfield from 1967 to 1978.

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Francis Rome

Major General Francis David Rome, (11 September 1905 – 7 February 1985) was a senior officer in the British Army who served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1956 to 1959.

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Frank Kitto

Sir Frank Walters Kitto, (30 July 1903 – 15 February 1994), Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

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Frank Medlicott

Brigadier Sir Frank Medlicott CBE (10 November 1903 – 9 January 1972) was a National Liberal Party and later Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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Frank Meere

Sir Francis Anthony Meere (24 July 189515 April 1985) was a senior Australian public servant.

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Frank Perry (politician)

Sir Frank Tennyson Perry (4 February 1887 – 20 October 1965) was an industrialist and politician in the State of South Australia.

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Frederick Stratten Russell

Sir Frederick Stratten Russell (3 November 1897 – 5 June 1984) was an English marine biologist.

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Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Gainsborough is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Sir Edward Leigh of the Conservative Party, who, since the 2024 general election, is the Father of the House.

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Gawain Westray Bell

Sir Gawain Westray Bell (21 January 1909 – 26 July 1995) was a British colonial administrator who became the Governor of Northern Nigeria.

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General Post Office

The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969.

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Geoffrey Baker (British Army officer)

Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker, (20 June 1912 – 8 May 1980) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1968 to 1971.

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Geoffrey Harrison

Sir Geoffrey Wedgwood Harrison (18 July 1908 – 12 April 1990) was a British diplomat, who served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Brazil, Iran and the Soviet Union.

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Geoffrey Oliver

Admiral Sir Geoffrey Nigel Oliver (22 January 1898 – 26 May 1980) was a Royal Navy officer during the Second World War.

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George Frederick James Temple

Dom George Frederick James Temple FRS OSB (born 2 September 1901, London; died 30 January 1992, Isle of Wight) was an English mathematician, recipient of the Sylvester Medal in 1969.

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George Logie-Smith

George Logie-Smith OBE (2 December 191419 April 2007) was an Australian orchestra and choral conductor, music examiner, and music educator.

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George Wade (pottery manufacturer)

George Albert Wade (19 July 1891 – 27 January 1986) was an English pottery manufacturer.

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Gerald Kelly

Sir Gerald Festus Kelly KCVO PRA (9 April 1879 – 5 January 1972) was a British painter best known for his portraits.

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Giles Chippindall

Sir Giles Tatlock Chippindall (21 May 189320 December 1969) was a senior Australian public servant.

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Glasgow Woodside (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Woodside was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1974.

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GMB (trade union)

The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 560,000 members.

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Gordon Russell (designer)

Sir Sydney Gordon Russell, (20 May 1892 – 7 October 1980) was an English designer, craftsman and educationist.

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Government House, Hobart

Government House, Hobart, is the home and official residence of the governor of Tasmania, Australia.

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Governor of Northern Nigeria

The High Commissioner or Governor of Northern Nigeria, originally the High Commissioner of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate, after 1914 the Lieutenant Governor, Chief Commissioner, or Governor General of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria, was effectively the viceroy of Northern Nigeria, exercising British suzerainty as representative of the Crown.

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Governor of Queensland

The Governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland.

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Governor of Southern Rhodesia

The Governor of Southern Rhodesia was the representative of the British monarch in the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia from 1923 to 1980.

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Governor of Tasmania

The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the monarch, currently King Charles III.

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Governor-General of Ceylon

The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until it became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.

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Graham Sutton

Sir Oliver Graham Sutton CBE FRS (4 February 1903 – 26 May 1977) was a Welsh mathematician and meteorologist, notable particularly for theoretical work on atmospheric diffusion, boundary layer turbulence, and for his direction of the UK Meteorological Office.

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Hanningfield Reservoir

Hanningfield Reservoir is a large pumped storage reservoir located between Billericay and Chelmsford in Essex.

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Harland & Wolff

Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding and fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast, Arnish, Appledore and Methil.

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Harold Bird-Wilson

Air Vice Marshal Harold Arthur Cooper "Birdie" Bird-Wilson, (20 November 1919 – 27 December 2000) was a senior Royal Air Force officer, and a flying ace of the Second World War.

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Harringay Arena

Harringay Arena was a sporting and events venue on Green Lanes in Harringay, North London, England.

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Harry Broadhurst

Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, (28 October 1905 – 29 August 1995), commonly known as Broady, was a senior Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War.

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Harry Crookshank

Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank, (27 May 1893 – 17 October 1961), was a British Conservative politician.

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Harry Harcourt

Harry Gladwyn Harcourt, Only Commonwealth awards are shown as postnominals, thus Harcourt's French, Russian and US decorations are not listed.

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Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel

Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel (1887 in Cambridge – 21 June 1959 in Westminster, London) was a British architect, writer and musician.

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Head Wrightson

Head Wrightson was a big heavy industrial firm based at Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England.

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Henry Burrell (admiral)

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mackay Burrell, (13 August 1904 – 9 February 1988) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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Henry Johnson (railway executive)

Sir Henry Cecil Johnson (11 September 1906 – 13 March 1988), was Chairman of British Rail.

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Henry Spurrier

Sir Henry Spurrier (16 June 1898 – 17 June 1964), also known as Henry Spurrier III, was a British engineer and industrialist, and the third generation of the Spurrier family to head Leyland Motors.

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Herbert Brittain

Sir Herbert Brittain, KCB, KBE (3 July 1894 – 6 September 1961) was a British civil servant.

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Higgs and Hill

Higgs and Hill was a major British construction company responsible for construction of many well-known buildings in London.

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High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the apex court of the Australian legal system.

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Hilary Biggs

Vice Admiral Sir Hilary Worthington Biggs, (15 January 1905 – 2 January 1976) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

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HM Customs and Excise

HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was the collection of customs duties, excise duties, and other indirect taxes.

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HM Prison Holloway

HM Prison Holloway was a closed category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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HM Treasury

His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Ho Chung Chung

Ho Chung Chung MBE JP (1906-1979) was an educator in Hong Kong.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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House of Commons Library

The House of Commons Library is the library and information resource of the lower house of the British Parliament.

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House of Representatives (Ceylon)

The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of the parliament of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution.

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Hugh Martin (minister, born 1890)

Hugh Martin CH (born 7 April 1890 in Glasgow; died 2 July 1964 in East Grinstead) was a British Christian student leader, active in the ecumenical movement, and a publisher whose SCM Press brought out many theological books.

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Hugo Ironside

Brigadier Hugo Craster Wakeford Ironside OBE (14 June 1918 – 3 October 2008) was a British Army officer who, during World War II, tunnelled out of a Prisoner of War camp and later helped construct a glider, known as the 'Colditz Cock'.

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Ian Horobin

Sir Ian Macdonald Horobin (16 November 1899 – 5 June 1976) was a British Conservative Party politician, poet, and veteran of the First and Second World Wars.

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Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company.

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Imperial Typewriter Company

The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England.

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Indian Civil Service

The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.

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Inland Revenue

The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty.

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Intelligence Bureau (Pakistan)

The Intelligence Bureau (سررشتہِ سراغرسانی) is an intelligence and security agency in Pakistan focused primarily on non-military intelligence.

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J & E Hall

J & E Hall is an English manufacturer of refrigeration equipment (today part of the Daikin group).

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J. E. Neale

Sir John Ernest Neale (7 December 1890 in Liverpool – 2 September 1975) was an English historian who specialised in Elizabethan and Parliamentary history.

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Jack d'Avigdor-Goldsmid

Major-General Sir James Arthur "Jack" d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet, (19 December 1912 – 6 September 1987) was a British Army officer and British Conservative politician.

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James Heading

Sir James Alfred Heading (28 January 1884 – 9 April 1969) — Australian Dictionary of Biography.

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James Joseph Malone

James Joseph Malone MC (born 1883) was an Australian engineer prominent in the fields of telegraphy, wireless, broadcasting and communications.

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James Rowland (RAAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland, (1 November 1922 – 27 May 1999) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), serving as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1975 to 1979.

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James Storrar

James Eric Storrar, (24 July 1921 – 29 March 1995) was a British flying ace who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.

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John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles, (20 June 1898 – 1 March 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet from 1955 until his retirement in 1958.

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John Hood (diplomat)

John Douglas Lloyd Hood (31 May 1904 – 3 October 1991) was an Australian diplomat who served as Australia's second permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to Germany.

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John Jackson (cricketer, born 1898)

John Alfred Stewart Jackson (27 December 1898 – 13 March 1958) was a Chilean-British cricketer and school founder.

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John Landy

John Michael Landy (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor.

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John Lavarack

Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, (19 December 1885 – 4 December 1957) was an Australian Army officer who was Governor of Queensland from 1 October 1946 to 4 December 1957, the first Australian-born governor of that state.

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John Lloyd Waddy

John Lloyd Waddy, (10 December 1916 – 11 September 1987) was a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and as a minister in the New South Wales government.

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John Madden-Gaskell

John Charles Pengelley Madden-Gaskell OBE TD, also known as John Madden (1 March 1896 – 4 February 1975) was a soldier and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan and Somerset between 1922 and 1930.

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John Marlow Thompson

Air Commodore John Marlow Thompson, (16 August 1914 – 23 July 1994) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and a flying ace of the Second World War.

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John McCauley

Air Marshal Sir John Patrick Joseph McCauley, KBE, CB (18 March 1899 – 3 February 1989) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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John Readhead & Sons

John Readhead & Sons was a shipyard on the River Tyne in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England founded in 1865.

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John Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud

John Primatt Redcliffe Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud, (3 February 1906 – 20 November 1982), was a British civil servant and diplomat.

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John Ronald Shafto Adair

John Ronald Shafto "Ron" Adair OBE (22 May 189327 June 1960) was an Australian aviator, army officer and businessman.

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John Shaw Rennie

Sir John Shaw Rennie (12 January 1917 – 12 August 2002) was a British civil servant and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's Commissioner-General from 1971 to 1977.

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John Stevens (Royal Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Sir John Felgate Stevens KBE CB (1 June 1900 – 10 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.

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John Stopford, Baron Stopford of Fallowfield

John Sebastian Bach Stopford, Baron Stopford of Fallowfield KBE FRCS FRCP FRS (25 June 1888 – 6 March 1961) was a British peer, a physician and anatomist, and a Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester.

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John Troutbeck (diplomat)

Sir John Monro Troutbeck, (2 November 1894 – 28 September 1971) was a British diplomat.

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John Winterton

Major General Sir (Thomas) John Willoughby Winterton KCB, KCMG, CBE, DL (13 April 1898 – 14 December 1987) was a British Army officer who was the Military Governor and Commander of the British and US Zone of the Free Territory of Trieste from 1951 to 1954.

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Joseph Graeme Humble

Joseph Graeme Humble (10 July 1913 – 10 June 1980) was Professor of Haematology at Westminster Hospital Medical School and a pioneering contributor to the success of marrow transplantation who was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for personal services to the Royal Family.

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Joseph Trounsell Gilbert

Sir Joseph Trounsell Gilbert CBE QC (30 August 1888 – 23 January 1975) was a Bermudan barrister, judge and politician who ended a distinguished legal and political career as Chief Justice of Bermuda and as President of the Legislative Council of Bermuda.

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Kano Emirate

The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed and replaced by a new emirate which became a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliphate.

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Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven

Keith Anderson Hope Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven, KCB (28 July 1903 – 10 October 1993) was a British academic and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.

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Kent and Canterbury Hospital

The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, colloquially known among residents as the K+C, is a community hospital in Canterbury, Kent, England.

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Kobina Arku Korsah

Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (3 April 1894 – 25 January 1967)Makers of Modern Africa, London: Africa Journal Ltd, 1981, pp.

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Lady Reading Hospital

Lady Reading Hospital is located at Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.

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Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig; Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Land Settlement Association

The Land Settlement Association was a UK Government scheme set up in 1934, with help from the charities the Plunkett Foundation and the Carnegie Trust, to re-settle unemployed workers from depressed industrial areas,, Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading.

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Lashmer Whistler

General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler, (3 September 1898 – 4 July 1963), known as "Bolo", was a British Army officer who served in both the world wars.

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Laurence Helsby

Laurence Norman Helsby, Baron Helsby (27 April 1908 – 5 December 1978) was a British civil servant.

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Laurence Whistler

Sir Alan Charles Laurence Whistler (21 January 1912 – 19 December 2000) was a British glass engraver and poet.

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Law Society of England and Wales

The Law Society of England and Wales (officially The Law Society) is the professional association that represents solicitors for the jurisdiction of England and Wales.

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Leader of the House of Commons

The leader of the House of Commons is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom whose main role is organising government business in the House of Commons.

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Leo Fernando

Sir Leo Fernando, (18 November 1895 – 30 November 1954) was a Ceylonese businessman and politician.

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Leslie Harvey (RAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gordon Harvey, (11 April 1896 – 14 October 1972) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command from 1952 until his retirement in 1956.

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Leyland Motors

Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was an English vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses.

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Linden Lodge School

Linden Lodge School for the Blind is a specialist sensory and physical college located in Wimbledon, South London, England.

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List of ambassadors of Australia to Germany

The ambassador of Australia to Germany is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Federal Republic of Germany.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Colombia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Colombia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Bogotá.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iraq

The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Iraq is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Iraq, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Iraq.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Nepal

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Nepal is the United Kingdom's chief diplomatic representative in Nepal, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Portugal

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Portuguese Republic, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Portugal.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to South Korea

The British ambassador to South Korea is in charge of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to South Korea.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden

The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Sweden is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Sweden, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Stockholm.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States

The British ambassador to the United States is in charge of the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras

This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981.

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List of colonial governors and administrators of Kenya

This article contains a list of chairmen, administrators, commissioners and governors of British Kenya Colony.

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List of governors of the Bahamas

This is a list of governors of the Bahamas.

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List of governors of the Windward Islands

This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands.

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List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to India

Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors.

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List of presidents of the Royal Society

The president of the Royal Society (PRS), also known as the Royal Society of London, is the elected Head of the Royal Society of London who presides over meetings of the society's council.

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Liverpool Royal Infirmary

The Liverpool Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Pembroke Place in Liverpool, England.

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London Mithraeum

The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, is a Roman Mithraeum that was discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during a building's construction in 1954.

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London Museum (1912–1976)

The London Museum was a museum illustrating the history of London, England, and one of two precursors to the present-day Museum of London.

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London Welsh Centre

The London Welsh Centre (Canolfan Cymry Llundain) (founded as the Young Wales Association in 1920) is a community and arts centre on Gray's Inn Road, in the London Borough of Camden.

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Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire

The following is a list of people who have held the title of Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire.

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Lord Privy Seal

The Lord Privy Seal (or, more formally, the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain.

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Louis Cools-Lartigue

Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue, OBE (18 January 1905 – 21 August 1993) was a Dominican politician.

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Louis Francis Salzman

Louis Francis Salzman (26 March 1878 – 4 April 1971) was a British economic historian who specialised in the medieval period.

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Marconi Company

The Marconi Company was a British telecommunications and engineering company that did business under that name from 1963 to 1987.

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Marcus Cheke

Sir Marcus John Cheke (20 October 1906 – 22 June 1960) was a British diplomat and courtier.

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Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) is a learned society with a scientific laboratory that undertakes research in marine biology.

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Martin Dunbar-Nasmith

Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, (1 April 1883 – 29 June 1965) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Mary Ibberson

Ellen Mary Ibberson (13 December 1892 – 6 May 1979) was a British musician and teacher, who founded the first Rural Music School.

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Maurice Henry Dorman

Sir Maurice Henry Dorman (7 August 1912 – 26 October 1993) was the representative of the Crown in the then-Commonwealth Realms of Tanganyika, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta.

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Met Office

The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.

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Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.

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Metropolitan Special Constabulary

The Metropolitan Special Constabulary (MSC) is the volunteer police force of the Metropolitan Police Service.

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Metropolitan-Vickers

Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse.

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Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane

Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane, (30 September 1910 – 30 April 1984) was Private Secretary to Elizabeth II for 19 years, between 1953 and 1972.

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Michael Fraser, Baron Fraser of Kilmorack

Richard Michael Fraser, Baron Fraser of Kilmorack, CBE (28 October 1915 – 1 July 1996) was a British Conservative Party political administrator.

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Michael Strickland (British Army officer)

Major General Eugene Vincent "Michael" Strickland, (25 August 1913 – 19 December 1982) was a British Army officer who served as a military adviser to the King of Jordan.

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Michael Ventris

Michael George Francis Ventris, (12 July 1922 – 6 September 1956) was an English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, the ancient Mycenaean Greek script.

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Ministry of Defence (1947–1964)

The Ministry of Defence was a department of the British Government responsible for defence and the British Armed Forces.

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Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Sinhala: ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය Swadēsha Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration.

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Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Labour was a British government department established by the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916.

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Ministry of Power (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Power was a United Kingdom government ministry dealing with issues concerning energy.

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Ministry of Supply

The Ministry of Supply (MoS) was a department of the UK government formed on 1 August 1939 by the Ministry of Supply Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 38) to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply.

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Morton Shapcott

Morton Swan Shapcott (20 September 1901 – 15 April 1977) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.

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Muhammadu Sanusi I

Alhaji Sir Muhammadu Sanusi I KBE was the Acting Governor of Northern Nigeria (1957) and Emir of Kano from 1954 to 1963.

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Muriel Pelham-Johnson

Muriel Frances Ellen Pelham-Johnson (1903–1998), informally known as PJ, was an educational administrator in Tanganyika.

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Nancy Salmon

Air Commandant Dame Nancy Marion Salmon (2 May 1906 – 9 October 1999), also known after 1962 by her married name, Dame Nancy Snagge, was a senior British women's air force officer.

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Nandasara Wijetilaka Atukorala

Nandasara Wijetilaka Atukorala, (15 August 1915 – ?) was a Ceylonese civil servant.

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National Farmers' Union of England and Wales

The National Farmers' Union (NFU) is an employer association representing farming and growing businesses within England and Wales.

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National Federation of Building Trades Operatives

The National Federation of Building Trades Operatives (NFBTO) was a trade union federation in the United Kingdom, consisting of unions with members in construction and related industries.

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National Hospital of Sri Lanka

The National Hospital of Sri Lanka (sometimes General Hospital) is a government hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the national measurement standards laboratory of the United Kingdom.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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National Union of Wallcoverings, Decorative and Allied Trades

The National Union of Wallcoverings, Decorative and Allied Trades (NUWDAT) was an industrial union representing workers connected with the manufacture of wallpaper in the United Kingdom.

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New Zealand Shipping Company

The New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC) was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973.

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News Chronicle

The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper.

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Nicholas Bayard Dill

Sir Nicholas Bayard Dill CBE (28 December 1905 – 10 September 1993), known as Bayard Dill, was a prominent Bermudian politician, lawyer and military officer.

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Nicholas Sekers

Sir Nicholas Thomas "Miki" Sekers (born Miklós Szekeres, 12 December 1910 – 23 June 1972) was a British-based industrialist who, with his cousin, founded Sekers Fabrics.

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Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl

Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch, Baron Rhyl (18 November 1906 – 8 March 1981) was a British Conservative politician.

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Norris Kenyon

Norris Vaughan Kenyon (5 June 1903 – 28 April 1958) was a British Conservative Party politician, who became leader of the opposition on London County Council.

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North Wales Hospital

The North Wales Hospital (Ysbyty Gogledd Cymru) is a Grade II* listed building in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales.

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North Western State Railway

The North Western State Railway (NWSR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway, the Punjab Northern State Railway, the eastern section of the Sind–Sagar Railway and the southern section of the Sind–Pishin State Railway and the Kandahar State Railway.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.

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Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Oldham East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-east of Greater Manchester.

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Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher

Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher, (23 March 1881 – 8 October 1963) was a British peer and politician.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of the Commonwealth realms

Orders of Commonwealth countries.

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Otway Herbert

Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Otway Herbert, (19 November 1901 – 4 April 1984) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War and achieved high command in the 1950s.

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Owen Wansbrough-Jones

Sir Owen Haddon Wansbrough-Jones KBE, CB (1906, Long Stratton, Norfolk, England – 1983, Long Stratton), was a leading academic chemist and soldier whose career included serving as Chief Scientist to the British Ministry of Supply.

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Pakistan Mint

The Pakistan Mint is a Pakistani coin Manufacturing Industry located in Shalimar Town, Lahore, Pakistan.

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Pakistan Ordnance Factories

The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) is a major firearms and a defence contractor headquartered in Wah Cantt, Punjab, Pakistan.

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Pararajasingam Nadesan

Pararajasingam "Park" Nadesan, (20 December 1917 -) was a Ceylonese civil servant.

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Parliamentary secretary

A parliamentary secretary is a Member of Parliament in the Westminster system who assists a more senior minister with their duties.

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Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries was a junior ministerial office in the British government, serving under the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

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Patna High Court

The High Court of Judicature at Patna (commonly known as Patna High Court) is the High Court of the state of Bihar.

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Patrick Muir Renison

Sir Patrick Muir Renison GCMG (24 March 1911 – 10 November 1965) was a British colonial administrator.

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Patrick Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket

Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket, (8 September 1923 – 28 May 1975), was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and British Army officer who served as an equerry to Queen Elizabeth II and Deputy Master of the Household from 1954 until his death in 1975.

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Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency)

Penrith and The Border was a constituency in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Percival Nathan Whitley

Percival Nathan Whitley (1893–1956), eldest son of J. H. Whitley, was a cotton spinner and educationist.

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Peter Bairsto

Air Marshal Sir Peter Edward Bairsto, (3 August 1926 – 24 October 2017) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command from 1981 until his retirement in 1984.

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Philip Toosey

Brigadier Sir Philip John Denton Toosey (12 August 1904 – 22 December 1975) was, as a lieutenant colonel, the senior Allied officer in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp at Tha Maa Kham (known as Tamarkan) in Thailand during World War II.

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Plumbing Trades Union

The Plumbing Trades Union (PTU) was a trade union representing plumbers in Britain and Ireland.

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (abbreviated as PML) is a marine research organization and registered charity based in the city of Plymouth, England.

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Post-nominal letters

Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters, or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, an academic degree, accreditation, an office, a military decoration, or honour, or is a member of a religious institute or fraternity.

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Postmaster General of the United Kingdom

Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a Cabinet ministerial position in HM Government.

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Postmaster-General's Department

The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia.

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Presbyterian Church of Australia

The Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCA), founded in 1901, is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia.

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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers.

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Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service

Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Air Force.

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Prison Commission (England and Wales)

The Prison Commission was a public body of the Government of the United Kingdom established in 1877 and responsible for overseeing the operation of HM Prison Service.

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Private Secretary to the Sovereign

The private secretary to the sovereign is the senior operational member of the Royal Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom (as distinct from the great officers of the Household, whose duties are largely ceremonial).

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Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; known as the QAs) is the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services.

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Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Navy.

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Radio Society of Great Britain

The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is the United Kingdom's recognised national society for amateur radio operators.

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Ralph Clarke (British politician)

Colonel Sir Ralph Stephenson Clarke, (17 August 1892 – 9 May 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Grinstead from 1936 to 1955.

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Ravenhead Glass

Ravenhead Glass was a glassworks near Ravenhead Colliery, Lancashire, North West England.

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Reginald Scoones

Major-General Sir Reginald Laurence Scoones, (18 December 1900 – October 1991) was a British Army officer who served during the Second World War and its aftermath.

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Remploy

Remploy is an organisation in the United Kingdom which provides employment placement services for disabled people.

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Resident commissioner

Resident commissioner was or is an official title of several different types of commissioners, who were or are representatives of any level of government.

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Returned and Services League of Australia

The Returned and Services League of Australia, known as RSL, RSL Australia and RSLA, is an independent support organisation for people who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force.

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Rhoda Felgate

Rhoda Mary Felgate (1901 – 1990) was an Australian speech and drama teacher and theatre director.

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Risdon Beazley

Risdon Archibald Beazley (1904–1979) was the founder of Risdon Beazley Ltd, a Marine salvage company that operated from 1926 to 1981 in Southampton, England.

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RMS Duke of Lancaster (1927)

RMS Duke of Lancaster was a steam turbine passenger ship operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway from 1928 to 1956 between England and Northern Ireland across the Irish Sea.

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RMS Mauretania (1938)

RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner that was launched on 28 July 1938 at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, England, and was completed in May 1939.

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Robert Clarkson Tredgold

The Rt Hon. Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, KCMG, PC (2 June 1899 – 8 April 1977), was a Rhodesian barrister, judge and politician.

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Robert Conquest

George Robert Acworth Conquest (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British-American historian, poet, and novelist.

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Robert Freer (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert William George Freer, (1 September 1923 – 15 January 2012) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command from 1978 to 1979.

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Robert Goldsmith

Major-General Robert Burrell Frederick Kinglake Goldsmith CBE, CB (21 June 1907 – 7 April 1995) was a senior British Army officer who became colonel of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

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Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey

Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, (4 July 1905 – 28 October 1996) was a British diplomat and public servant.

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Robert Hotung

Sir Robert Ho Tung Bosman, (22 December 1862 – 26 April 1956, Chinese: 何東), also known as Sir Robert Ho Tung, was a businessman and philanthropist in British Hong Kong.

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Robert Macintosh

Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh (17 October 1897 – 28 August 1989, Oxford, England) was a New Zealand-born British anaesthetist.

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Robert Marett (diplomat)

Sir Robert Hugh Kirk Marett, (1907–1981) was a British writer, businessman, civil servant, and diplomat.

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Robert William Chapman (scholar)

Robert William Chapman (5 October 1881 in Eskbank, Scotland – 20 April 1960 in Oxford), usually known in print as R. W. Chapman, was a British scholar, book collector and editor of the works of Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen.

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Roberta Whyte

Air Commandant Dame Roberta Mary Whyte, (6 June 1897 – 25 January 1979) was a British nurse and Royal Air force officer.

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Rodney Moore (British Army officer)

General Sir James Newton Rodney Moore, (9 June 1905 – 19 May 1985), usually known as Sir Rodney Moore, was a senior British Army officer.

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Roger Jackling (diplomat)

Sir Roger William Jackling (10 May 1913 in Hythe, Kent, England – 23 November 1986 in London) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to West Germany 1968–72.

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Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield

Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, (3 February 1904 – 9 November 1996), was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956.

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Rolfe Arnold Scott-James

Rolfe Arnold Scott-James (birth registered as Rolfe Arnold S James, 21 December 1878 – 3 November 1959) was a British journalist, editor and literary critic.

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Ronald Howe

Sir Ronald Martin Howe CVO MC (5 September 1896 – 30 August 1977) was an English barrister and police officer in the London Metropolitan Police.

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Royal Arsenal

The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces.

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Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK.

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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is a professional association based in London, United Kingdom.

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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a medical royal college in Scotland.

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Royal College, Colombo

Royal College, Colombo (රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය, ரோயல் கல்லூரி also known as; Royal Colombo, Colombo Royal College or Colombo Royal) is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Royal Cornhill Hospital

Royal Cornhill Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Westburn Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Royal Hong Kong Regiment

The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)), formed in May 1854, was a local auxiliary militia force funded and administered by the colonial Government of Hong Kong. Its powers and duties were mandated by the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Ordinance. During the Imperial age, home defence units were raised in various British colonies with the intention of allowing regular army units tied up on garrison duty to be deployed elsewhere.

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Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton

The Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton was an acute general hospital in the All Saints inner city area of Wolverhampton.

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Royal Malaysian Navy

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: تنترا لاوت دراج مليسيا) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces.

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Royal Military College of Science

The Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) was a British postgraduate school, research institution and training provider with origins dating back to 1772.

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Royal Mint

The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins.

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Royal Observer Corps

The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain.

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Sark

Sark (Sercquiais: Sèr or Cerq, French) is an island, part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France.

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Scotland's Rural College

Scotland's Rural College (SRUC; Colaiste Dhùthchail na h-Alba) is a public land based research institution focused on agriculture and life sciences.

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Scottish Gas Board

The Scottish Gas Board was a state-owned utility providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in Scotland.

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Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The secretary of state for Commonwealth relations was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for dealing with the United Kingdom's relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies).

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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The secretary of state for health and social care, also referred to as the health secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Secretary of State for Transport

The secretary of state for transport, also referred to as the transport secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport.

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Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy

The Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy is the name of a chair at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford.

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Seneschal

The word seneschal can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context.

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Seymour Howard

Sir Harold Walter Seymour Howard, 1st Baronet (1886–1967) was an English stockbroker and Liberal politician who served as Lord Mayor of London.

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Shell-Mex and BP

Shell-Mex and BP Limited was a British joint venture between two petroleum companies – Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) and the British Petroleum Company (BP).

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Short Brothers

Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Siemens Brothers

Siemens Brothers and Company Limited was an electrical engineering design and manufacturing business in London, England.

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Singapore Volunteer Corps

The Singapore Volunteer Corps or the Singapore Special Constabulary, was a militia unit established in 1854 as the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps.

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Sir Richard Glyn, 9th Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Hamilton Glyn, 9th Baronet OBE, TD, DL (12 October 1907 – 24 October 1980) was a British army officer, Conservative politician and authority on breeding pedigree dogs.

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Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet

Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross, 1st Baronet, (9 May 1896 – 3 June 1968) was a British politician and diplomat.

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Sir William Arrol & Co.

Sir William Arrol & Co. was a Scottish civil engineering and construction business founded by William Arrol and based in Glasgow.

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Solicitor General of Sri Lanka

The solicitor general of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the attorney general of Sri Lanka.

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South Australian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia.

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Southern Rhodesia

Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River.

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Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Southwark (Br) Central was a borough constituency returning a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom through the first past the post voting system.

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Stanley Davidson

Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson (3 March 1894 – 27 September 1981) was a British physician, medical investigator and author who wrote the medical textbook Principles and Practice of Medicine, which was first published in 1952.

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Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockport is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Navendu Mishra of the Labour Party.

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Stockport South (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockport South was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.

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Stuart Greeves

Major-General Sir Stuart Greeves and Bar, (2 April 1897 – 1989) was a British Indian Army officer.

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Sultanate of Lahej

Lahej (لحج), the Sultanate of Lahej (سلطنة لحج), or, sometimes, the Abdali Sultanate (سلطنة العبدلي), was a Sheikdom based in Lahij in Southern Arabia.

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Swansea Borough Police

Swansea Borough Police was a British police force based in Swansea which existed from 1836 to 1969.

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T. D. Richardson

Thomas Dow "Tyke" Richardson OBE (16 January 1887 – 7 January 1971) was a British competitive pair skater, author and judge.

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T. S. Fernando

Thusew Samuel Fernando, CBE, QC (born 5 August 1906) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and judge.

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Tabeetha School

The Tabeetha School is a school on Yefet Street #21 in Jaffa, a district of Tel Aviv, Israel, run by the Church of Scotland which "welcomes all children regardless of race, nationality, gender or religion".

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Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.

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The Grange School, Santiago

The Grange School is a private school in La Reina, Santiago, Chile.

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The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust

The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust (RNBT) is a charity registered established under Royal Charter in 1922 in the United Kingdom for the welfare of current and past naval personnel and their families.

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The Scout Association

The Scout Association, which also uses the name Scouts UK, is the largest Scout organisation in the United Kingdom.

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The Seafarers' Charity

The Seafarers' Charity (Seafarers UK, formerly King George's Fund for Sailors) is the leading grant-making charity that was established in 1917 as The King George’s Fund for Sailors, to support the families of seafarers lost at sea during World War One, The Seafarers' Charity today supports seafarers throughout their seafaring careers and beyond.

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The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship

The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship (1901–present) is a voluntary charitable organisation that connects people from Commonwealth countries.

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The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)

The Wrekin is a constituency in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, located in the county of Shropshire in the West Midlands of England.

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Thomas Cook & Son

Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a company founded by Thomas Cook, a cabinet-maker, in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham.

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Tom Kruse (mailman)

Esmond Gerald "Tom" Kruse MBE (28 August 1914 – 30 June 2011) was a mail carrier on the Birdsville Track in the border area between South Australia and Queensland.

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Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales.

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Transport and General Workers' Union

The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland – where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate itself from the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union – with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world).

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Treasury (Australia)

The Department of the Treasury, also known as The Treasury, is the national treasury and financial department of the federal government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Trollope & Colls

Trollope & Colls was a British construction company.

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Turner & Newall

Turner & Newall was a manufacturing business based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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UK Export Finance

The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), branded as UK Export Finance (UKEF), is the export credit agency and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Ultra Electronics

Ultra Electronics Holdings is a British defence and security company.

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Under-Secretary of State for Air

The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the Secretary of State for Air in his role of managing the Royal Air Force.

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United Steel Companies

The United Steel Companies was a steelmaking, engineering, coal mining and coal by-product group based in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England.

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University Grants Committee (United Kingdom)

University Grants Committee was an advisory committee of the British government, which advised on the distribution of grant funding amongst the British universities.

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University Hospital Lewisham

University Hospital Lewisham (formerly known as Lewisham Hospital) is a teaching hospital run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and serving the London Borough of Lewisham.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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University of Ghana

The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana.

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University of Khartoum

The University of Khartoum (U of K) (جامعة الخرطوم) is a public university located in Khartoum, Sudan.

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University of London

The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom.

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University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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V. A. Sugathadasa

Vithana Arachchige Sugathadasa, OBE (7 July 1912 – 10 July 1973) was a Sri Lankan politician.

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Van Vanthoff

Percival Evert Russell "Van" Vanthoff (12 January 189430 July 1967) was a senior Australian public servant.

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Vickers-Armstrongs

Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927.

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Victor Secombe

Lieutenant General Victor Clarence Secombe, (9 January 1897 – 3 February 1962) was a general officer of the Australian Army.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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Vishnu Deo

Pt. Vishnu Deo (Hindi: विष्णु देव) OBE (17 July 1900 – 7 May 1968) was the first Fiji born and bred leader of the Indo-Fijians.

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W. F. Grimes

William Francis Grimes (known as Peter; 31 October 1905 – 25 December 1988) was a Welsh archaeologist.

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Wah Cantonment

The Wah Cantonment (واہ چھاونی; واہ کینٹ) (often abbreviated to Wah Cantt) is a military base in Wah, Pakistan.

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Walter Cheshire

Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Graemes Cheshire, (21 March 1907 – 10 December 1978) was a senior Royal Air Force intelligence officer during the Second World War, and a senior commander in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Walter John Macdonald Ross

Walter John Macdonald Ross, (1914–1982) was a British Army officer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright from 1977 to 1982.

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Walter Lawry Waterhouse

Walter Lawry Waterhouse MC (31 August 1887 – 9 December 1969) was an Australian agricultural scientist, a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Clarke Medallist.

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Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)

Wansbeck was a constituency in Northumberland in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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West Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales.

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White City Stadium

White City Stadium in London, England, was built for the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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Wilfred Fullagar

Sir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar, KBE, QC (16 November 1892 – 9 July 1961) was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1950 until his death in 1961.

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Wilfrid Le Gros Clark

Sir Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark (5 June 1895 – 28 June 1971) was a British anatomist, surgeon, primatologist and palaeoanthropologist, today best remembered for his contribution to the study of human evolution.

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William Cockburn (banker)

Sir William Robert Marshall Cockburn (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1957) was a Scottish banker who spent most of his career with the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.

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William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond

William Milligan Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond (3 November 1888 – 1 April 1970) was a Scottish oilman.

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William Gordon Bennett

Sir William Gordon Bennett (19 February 1889 – 5 October 1982) was Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Woodside from 1950 to 1955.

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William Henry Ansell

William Henry Ansell (23 November 1872 – 11 February 1959) was a British architect and engraver.

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William James Wright

William James Wright (1903-1994) was a Scottish farmer and agriculturalist.

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Women's Royal Air Force

The Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) was the women's branch of the Royal Air Force.

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YMCA

YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.

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See also

1955 awards

• 1955 Birthday Honours
• 1955 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
• 1955 New Year Honours
• 1955 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
• 1955 Pulitzer Prize
• 28th Scripps National Spelling Bee
• 9th Tony Awards
• List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1955

1955 in Australia

• 1955 New Year Honours
• 1955 in Australia
• 1955 in Australian literature
• Australian Labor Party split of 1955
• HMAS Goolgwai
• List of top 25 singles for 1955 in Australia

1955 in Ceylon

• 1955 Colombo Cup
• 1955 New Year Honours
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 109

1955 in Pakistan

• 1955 New Year Honours
• 1955 Poonch uprising
• 1955 in Pakistan
• List of Pakistani films of 1955
• PC Pak Search Sudhan Operation

1955 in the United Kingdom

• 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition
• 1955 New Year Honours
• 1955 RAF Shackleton aircraft disappearance
• 1955 United Kingdom heatwave
• 1955 in British music
• 1955 in British radio
• 1955 in British television
• 1955 in Northern Ireland
• 1955 in Scotland
• 1955 in Wales
• 1955 in the United Kingdom
• List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1955
• Operation Sandcastle
• Simonstown Agreement
• Strath Committee

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_New_Year_Honours

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