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1943 Birthday Honours
The King's Birthday Honours 1943 were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by people of the British Empire. They were published on 2 June 1943 for the United Kingdom and Canada. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. British Empire Baron *Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, , Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command, 1936–40. Privy Councillor * Harcourt Johnstone, , Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Overseas Trade; Member of Parliament for South Shields, 1931–35; for East Willesden, 1923–24; and for Middlesbrough West since 1940. *Geoffrey William Lloyd, , Parliamentary Secretary (Petroleum), Ministry of Fuel and Power, and Chairman of the Oil Control Board; Member of Parliament for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949. The future George VI was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria; he was named Albert at birth after his great-grandfather Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was known as "Bertie" to his family and close friends. His father ascended the throne as George V in 1910. As the second son of the king, Albert was not expected to inherit the throne. He spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward VIII, Edward, the heir apparent. Albert attended naval college as a teenager and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Captain Of The Yeomen Of The Guard
The Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a Government of the United Kingdom, UK Government post usually held by the Government Whip (politics), Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords. The present Captain is Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler, The Baroness Wheeler, who was appointed to the position in the Starmer ministry in July 2024. 1485–present 15th century *1485: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford *1486–1509: Sir Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, Charles Somerset (created Baron Herbert 26 November 1506) 16th century *1509: Sir Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy, Thomas Darcy *1509: Sir Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney, Henry Marney *1512: Sir Henry Guildford *1513: Sir John Gage (Tudor politician), John Gage *1516: Sir Henry Marney *1530: Sir William Kingston *1539: Sir Anthony Wingfield *1550: Sir Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche, Thomas Darcy (created Baron Darcy of Chiche 5 April 1551) *1551: Sir John Gates *1553: Sir Henry Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Black (businessman)
Sir John Paul Black (10 February 1895 – 24 December 1965) held several senior positions in the British motor industry including chairman of Standard-Triumph. He was born in Kingston upon Thames on 10 February 1895 the fourth son of Ellen (Smith) and her husband John George Black, a clerk in the Public Record Office now Britain's national archives. He studied law at the University of London. During the First World War he served first in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve before transferring to the Royal Tank Regiment, where he gained the rank of captain. Hillman After the war he joined Hillman Motor Car Company as sales manager in 1918 and was appointed a director in 1919. In 1921 Black married Daisy Hillman one of the daughters of owner William Hillman, the marriage was dissolved in 1939. He was appointed joint managing director alongside his brother-in-law Spencer Wilks, who had married one of Daisy's sisters. When Hillman amalgamated with Humber and Commer in 1928 Black joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hugh Beaver
Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE (4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967) was an English-South African civil engineer, industrialist and bureaucrat, who founded the ''Guinness World Records'' (then known as Guinness Book of Records). He was Director-General of the Ministry of Works and managing director at Guinness Brewery. Biography Beaver was born on 4 May 1890 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. Beaver spent two years in the Indian police from 1910 and returned to England in 1921, joining the civil engineering firm Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, as the personal assistant of Sir Alexander Gibb. Upon the request of Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, he led a mission to Canada developing Canadian harbours. He directed the reconstruction of the harbour of Saint John in New Brunswick after it was destroyed by a fire in 1931. He then became partner at Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, and worked mainly on factory building and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
University Of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had been in existence since 1876. Bristol Medical School, founded in 1833, was merged with the University College in 1893, and later became the university's school of medicine. The university is organised into #Academic structure, six academic faculties composed of multiple schools and departments running over 200 undergraduate courses, largely in the Tyndalls Park area of the city. It had a total income of £1.06 billion in 2023–24, of which £294.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £768.7 million. It is the largest independent employer in Bristol. Current academics include 23 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 13 fellows of the British Academy, 43 fellows of the Academy of Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stanley Badock
Sir Stanley Hugh Badock, JP (27 April 1867 – 12 December 1945) was an English businessman and university administrator. Biography A director of the metal refiners Capper, Pass and Son Ltd, Badock was on the board from 1905 to 1936. A resident of Stoke Bishop, Bristol, in 1909 he was elected to the council of the newly founded University of Bristol. He became pro-vice-chancellor in 1922 and was then appointed to chair the council from 1926 (serving as pro-chancellor and chairman until his death). He was also treasurer from 1918 to 1936. He was (Civic) Sheriff of Bristol for the 1908–1909 year, and was chair of the Bristol Civic League of Social Service from 1908 to 1936, and chaired the Bristol West Unionist Association. He was knighted in 1943 and awarded an honorary doctor of laws A Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) is a doctoral degree in legal studies. The abbreviation LL.D. stands for ''Legum Doctor'', with the double “L” in the abbreviation referring to the early practic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edinburgh University
The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. The university played a crucial role in Edinburgh becoming a leading intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the " Athens of the North". The three main global university rankings ( ARWU, THE, and QS) place the University of Edinburgh within their respective top 40. It is a member of several associations of research-intensive universities, including the Coimbra Group, League of European Research Universities, Russell Group, Una Europa, and Universitas 21. In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2024, the university had a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Regius Chair Of Clinical Surgery
The Regius Professor, Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery is a royal List of Professorships at the University of Edinburgh, professorship in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established by George III of the United Kingdom, George III in 1802 in the university's University of Edinburgh Medical School, Faculty of Medicine. Regius Professors of Clinical Surgery * Professor James Russell (surgeon), James Russell (1802) * Professor James Syme (1833) * Lord Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, Joseph Lister (1869) * Professor Thomas Annandale (1877) * Professor Francis Mitchell Caird (1908) * Sir Harold Stiles (1919) * Sir John Fraser (surgeon), John Fraser (1927) * Sir James Learmonth (1946) * Sir John Bruce (surgeon), John Bruce (1956) * Sir Patrick Forrest (1971) * Sir David Carter (surgeon), David Carter (1988) * Professor O. James Garden (2000) *Professor Stephen Wigmore (2019) References {{reflist Medical education in Scotland Professorships at the University of Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Fraser (surgeon)
Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet, (23 March 1885 – 1 December 1947) was Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh University from 1925 to 1944 and served as principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1944 to 1947. His study of tuberculosis in children was to disprove the view of the Nobel prize winner Robert Koch that bovine tuberculosis did not play a major pathogenic role in human disease. The subsequent legislation led to the elimination of tuberculosis from milk supplies and resulted in a decline in incidence of bone and joint tuberculosis in children. In 1940 he was the first surgeon in Britain to ligate an uninfected patent ductus arteriosus. Early life and family Fraser, whose parents both came from families of farmers, was born 23 March 1885 in Tain, Rosshire. He was a few months old when his father died and he was raised as an only child by his mother. He went on to attend Tain Royal Academy. He then studied medicine, gaining admission to the medical facu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Milne Barbour
Sir John Milne Barbour, 1st Baronet PC (NI) JP, DL, usually known as Sir Milne Barbour (4 January 1868 – 3 October 1951) was a Northern Irish politician and baronet. Background and education Milne Barbour was the son of John Doherty Barbour, a mill owner, and Elizabeth Law Milne. He was born at The Fort in Lisburn, County Antrim, and was educated at Elstree School, Harrow School, Brasenose College, Oxford, and Darmstadt, Germany. The members of his family were wealthy linen manufacturers, owners of ''William Barbour Linen Thread Company of Hilden'' – the largest linen thread manufacturers in the world.Belfast Cathedral In business he was chairman of the family company, which exists today in the same factory as Barbour Campbell Threads. Career In politics, he served as a member of parliam ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stirling And Falkirk (UK Parliament Constituency)
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, comprising the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. It ceased to be a District of Burghs in 1950, but a constituency of the same name covering the same burghs continued in existence. In 1974 it became Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. This was in turn abolished in 1983; it was the last British constituency (apart from those including islands) to consist of non-contiguous parts. Boundaries The Representation of the People Act 1918 The Representation of the People Act 1918 ( 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act. The act extended the franchise in pa ... provided that the constituency was to consist of the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth.Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peebles And Southern Midlothian (UK Parliament Constituency)
Peebles and Southern Midlothian was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1918 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. Boundaries The Peebles and Southern Midlothian constituency was described in the Representation of the People Act 1918 as comprising: :The county of Peebles with all the burghs situated therein, and the Gala Water and Lasswade County Districts of Midlothian (except that part of the latter district which is included in the Northern Division) with all burghs situated therein except the burghs of Leith and Musselburgh. Until 1918 the area of the constituency was, at least nominally, partly within the Peebles and Selkirk constituency and partly within the Midlothian Midlothian (; ) is registration county, lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
