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Central Chancery Of The Orders Of Knighthood. St. James's Palace, S.W.I. 1st January, 1954.
To be Ordinary Knights Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Sir Thomas Penberthy Bennett, C.B.E., Chairman, Crawley Development Corporation.
Sir Robert Bland Bird [aged 77], Bt, Member of Parliament for West Wolverhampton, 1922-1929 and 1931-1945. For political and public services.
Colonel Douglas Stephenson Branson, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., T.D., D.L., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Jacob Epstein [aged 73], Esq., Sculptor.
Whitehall, January 13, 1956. The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 12th instant, to confer the dignity of a Viscounty of the United Kingdom upon Colonel the Right Honourable William Philip [aged 46], Baron De L'Isle and Dudley VC, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount De L'isle Of Penshurst In The County Of Kent. [Jacqueline Vereker Countess de l'Isle [aged 41] by marriage Viscountess de Lisle of Penshurst in Kent.]
Whitehall, January 13, 1956. The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 13th instant, to confer the dignity of a Viscounty of the United Kingdom upon Captain the Right Honourable Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank [aged 62], C.H., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Crookshank, of Gainsborough in the County of Lincoln.
Whitehall, 22nd August, 1958. The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 22nd instant, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Sir Robert John Graham Boothby [aged 58], K.B.E., by the name, style and title of Baron Boothby, of Buchan and Rattray Head in the County of Aberdeen.
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Field-Marshal The Viscount MONTGOMERY of Alamein [aged 70], K.G., G.C.B., D.S.O. (8742), late Inf., relinquishes his appointment as Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Powers in Europe, remaining on full pay, 20th Sept. 1958.
Friday 30th June 1961.
The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 29th June to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon General Sir Brian Hubert Robertson [aged 64], St., G.C.B., G.B.E., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., M.C., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Robertson Of Oakridge, of Oakridge in the County of Gloucester
Whitehall, London S.W.1. 14th July 1961.
The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the. Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 12th July, to confer the dignities of a Viscounty and an Earldom of the United Kingdom upon The Right Honourable Sir Robert Anthony Eden [aged 64], KG, MC, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles and titles of Viscount Eden, of Royal Leamington Spa in the County of Warwick, and Earl of Avon.
Whitehall, London S.W.1. 20th July 1962. The QUEEN has been pleased: by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 17th instant, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United 'Kingdom, upon Major The Right Honourable Sir Reginald Edward Manmingham-Buller [aged 56], Baronet, QC, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and tide of Baron Dilhorne, of Towcester in the County of Northampton.
HONOURS AND AWARDS. HOME OFFICE. Whitehall, London S.W.I. 30th June 1964.
The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 29th instant, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Sir Roger Mellor Makins [aged 60], GCB, GCMG, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Sherfield, of Sherfield-on-Loddon in the County of Southampton.
30th June 1964. The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 30th instant, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon William Morgan Fletcher-Vane [aged 55], Esquire, T.D., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Inglewood, of Hutton in the Forest in the County of Cumberland.
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7th December 1964. The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 7th day of December 1964, to confer the dignity of a Viscounty of the United Kingdom upon Major the Right Honourable Reginald Edward Baron Dilhorne [aged 59], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Dilhorne, of Greens Norton in the County of Northampton.
CROWN OFFICE. House of Lords, London S.W.1.
22nd December 1964. The QUEEN has been pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual dated the 21st day of December 1964, to appoint Lieutenant William Lloyd Mars Jones, M.B.E., Q.C. (formerly R.N.V.R.), to be Recorder of the Borough of Swansea.
22nd December 1964. The QUEEN has been pleased, by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual dated the 21st day of December 1964, to appoint Captain William Hugh Griffiths, M.C., Q.C. (R.A.R.O.), to be Recorder of the City of Cambridge.
23rd December 1964. The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 23rd day of December 1964, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Sir Robert Burnham Renwick [aged 60], Baronet, K.B.E., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Renwick, of Coombe in the County of Surrey. [Edith Joan Clarke Baroness Renwick by marriage Baroness Renwick of Coombe in Surrey.]
1st January 1965. The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date in the forenoon of the 1st day of January 1965, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Major John Granville Morrison [aged 58], T.D., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Margadale, of Islay in the County of Argyll.
Crown Office. House of Lords, London SW1A OPW. 3rd October 1983. The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, dated 3rd October 1983, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the Right Honourable Sir John Benedict Eden [aged 58], Baronet, by the name, style and title of Baron Eden Of Winton, of Rushyford in the County of Durham. (1 SI) D. M. P. Malley.
The following notice is in substitution for that which appeared on page 6967 of The London Gazette dated 16th June 1997: House of Lords, London SW1A OPW. 11th June 1997. The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, dated the afternoon of the 11th day of June 1997, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the Right Honourable Henry Paul Guinness Channon [aged 61] by the name, style and title of Baron Kelvedon of Ongar, in the county of Essex. C. I. P. Denyer.
Crown Office. House of Lords, London SW1A OPW. 18th July 1997. The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, dated 18th July 1997, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Sir Michael Colin Cowdrey [aged 64], C.B.E., by the name, style and title of Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, of Tonbridge in the county of Kent. (1 SI) C. I. P. Denyer. [Anne Elizabeth Fitzalan Baroness Cowdrey [aged 59] by marriage Baroness Cowdrey of Tonbridge in Kent.].