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  2. H. E. Bates - Wikipedia

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    Herbert Ernest Bates CBE (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974) was a British writer, known for his gritty realistic short stories (he wrote more than 25 collections) and novels set in the early to mid 20th century of England mainly. He was from the countryside and adored flowers and gardening (writing two books on gardening), so much of his writing ...

  3. 1956 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    Air Vice-Marshal Leslie John Vernon Bates, CB, CBE, Royal Air Force (Retired). Civil Division. Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver. For public services and services to industry. Sir Claude Dixon Gibb, CBE, chairman, C. A. Parsons and Company Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Alexander Glen, CB, MC, Secretary, Department of Agriculture for Scotland.

  4. 1956 Birthday Honours - Wikipedia

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    Heinerich Carl Meyer, ISO, MM, Commissioner and General Manager of the Harbours Board, State of South Australia. Colonel Richard William Spraggett, CVO, CBE, MC, Royal Marines (retired), Private Secretary and Comptroller to the Governor of the State of Victoria since 1949.

  5. 1952 Birthday Honours - Wikipedia

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    The Right Honourable Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, Bt, CBE, MC, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.; The Right Honourable Sir (Alfred) Duff Cooper, GCMG, DSO, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1934–1935; Secretary of State for War, 1935–1937; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1937–1938; Minister of Information, 1940–1941; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1941–1943; HM Ambassador to ...

  6. List of people who have declined a British honour - Wikipedia

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    Herbert Lionel Hart, Professor of Jurisprudence Oxford, in 1966 as he believed state honours should only be given for exceptional public service. Stanford G. Haughton, sound recordist/musician (in 1952). [63] Stephen Hawking CH CBE, physicist, reportedly turned down a knighthood because he "does not like titles." [86]

  7. 1957 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    Lieutenant-General Roger Herbert Bower, CB, CBE, (24360), late Infantry. Lieutenant-General William Alexander Duncan Drummond, CB, CBE, (31405), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Air Marshal The Right Honourable Percy Ronald Gardner, Earl of Bandon, CB, CVO, DSO, Royal Air Force. Acting Air Marshal Geoffrey William Tuttle, CB, OBE, DFC, Royal Air ...

  8. 21 people in Louisiana charged with stealing over $7 million ...

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    The 21 individuals from Louisiana allegedly stole money from USAA Bank, Chase Bank and Navy Federal.

  9. 1967 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    Henry Peart Wood, CBE, Principal, Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow. Diplomatic Service and Overseas List. Donald Falshaw, lately Chief Justice of the High Court, Punjab, India. John Ortcheson, CBE, lately Senior Judge of the High Court of West Pakistan. State of New South Wales. Warwick Oswald Fairfax. For services to the community.