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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 ...
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.
Allan Stephen Quartermaine, CBE, MC. For services to civil engineering. President, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1951–1952. James Jackson Robertson, OBE, JP, Rector, Aberdeen Grammar School. Alderman Stanley Graham Rowlandson, MBE, JP. For political and public services in Middlesex. Brigadier Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, CBE, TD, JP, DL ...
Sir Alan was portrayed by actor Toby Jones in the ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, with the four-part mini-series helping to renew attention on the scandal. ... will be made a CBE for his ...
For political and public services. Basil Edward Nield, CBE, QC, Member of Parliament for the City of Chester, 1940–1956. For political and public services. William Leonard Owen, CBE, Director of Engineering, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's Industrial Group. Kenneth Wade Parkinson. For political and public services in the West Riding ...
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 ...
Ms Vennells, who joined the Post Office in 2007, handed back her CBE for services to the Post Office and to charity, after the screening of ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office and ensuing public ...
For services to the community, particularly in connection with the welfare of aborigines in the State of New South Wales. Patrick English, a pioneer farmer in the Malanda district, State of Queensland. For services to local government and the community. James Henderson Farquhar. For services to local government and education in Southern Rhodesia.