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Encyclopedia > List of Members of the Order of Merit

The following table lists the Members of the Order of Merit since its inception in 1902. For other Orders see Order of Merit (disambiguation). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


Honorary members are shown in the list at the bottom of the page.


Dates shown are for appointment or installation.

Name Life Date Notes
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar 1832-1914 1902  
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley 1833-1913 1902  
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener 1850-1916 1902 Later Earl Kitchener
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 1842-1919 1902  
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin 1824-1907 1902  
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister 1827-1912 1902  
Henry Keppel 1809-1904 1902  
John Morley 1838-1923 1902 Later Viscount Morley
William Edward Hartpole Lecky 1838-1903 1902  
Edward Hobart Seymour 1840-1929 1902  
William Huggins 1824-1910 1902  
George Frederic Watts 1817-1904 1902  
George Stuart White 1835-1912 1905  
Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher 1841-1920 1905 later Baron Fisher
Richard Claverhouse Jebb 1841-1905 1905  
Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1836-1912 1905 later Sir Lawrence
George Meredith 1828-1909 1905  
William Holman Hunt 1827-1910 1905  
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer 1841-1917 1906  
James Bryce 1838-1922 1907 Later Viscount Bryce
Joseph Dalton Hooker 1817-1911 1907  
Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 1907  
Henry Jackson 1839-1921 1908  
Alfred Russel Wallace 1823-1913 1908  
William Crookes 1832-1919 1910  
Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 1910  
George Otto Trevelyan 1838-1928 1911  
Sir Edward William Elgar 1857-1934 1911  
Arthur Knyvet Wilson 1842-1921 1912  
Joseph John Thomson 1856-1940 1912  
Archibald Geikie 1835-1924 1914  
John Denton Pinkstone French 1852-1925 1914 Later Earl of Ypres
Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane 1856-1928 1915  
Henry James 1843-1916 1916  
John Jellicoe 1859-1935 1916 Later Earl Jellicoe
Arthur James Balfour 1848-1930 1916 Later Earl Balfour
David Beatty 1871-1936 1919 Later Earl Beatty
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1861-1928 1919  
David Lloyd George 1863-1945 1919 Later Earl Lloyd George
Sir James Matthew Barrie 1860-1937 1922  
Francis Herbert Bradley 1846-1924 1924  
Charles Scott Sherrington 1857-1952 1924 later Sir Charles
James George Frazer 1854-1941 1925  
Ernest Rutherford 1871-1937 1925 Later Baron Rutherford
Charles Algernon Parsons 1854-1931 1927  
George Abraham Grierson 1851-1941 1928  
Robert Seymour Bridges 1844-1930 1929  
John Galsworthy 1867-1933 1929  
Samuel Alexander 1859-1938 1930  
Montague Rhodes James 1862-1936 1930  
George Macaulay Trevelyan 1876-1962 1930  
Charles Edward Madden 1862-1935 1931  
Philip Wilson Steer 1860-1942 1931  
William Henry Bragg 1862-1942 1931 later Sir William
John William Mackail 1859-1945 1935  
John Masefield 1878-1967 1935  
Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 1935  
Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1861-1947 1935  
Philip Walhouse Chetwode 1869-1950 1936 Later Baron Chetwode
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher 1865-1940 1937  
Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell 1857-1941 1937  
Arthur Stanley Eddington 1882-1944 1938 later Sir Arthur
Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield 1873-1967 1939  
James Hopwood Jeans 1877-1946 1939 later Sir James
Cyril Louis Norton Newall 1886-1963 1940 Later Baron Newall
George Gilbert Aime Murray 1866-1957 1941  
Edwin Landseer Lutyens 1869-1944 1942 later Sir Edwin
Augustus Edwin John 1878-1961 1942  
Edgar Douglas Adrian 1889-1977 1942 Later Baron Adrian
William Searle Holdsworth 1871-1944 1943  
Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound 1877-1943 1943  
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield 1859-1947 1944  
Henry Hallett Dale 1875-1968 1944  
Giles Gilbert Scott 1880-1960 1944  
Alfred North Whitehead 1861-1947 1945  
Winston Churchill 1874-1965 1946 later Sir Winston
Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford 1893-1971 1946  
Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke 1883-1963 1946  
Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope 1883-1963 1946  
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax 1881-1959 1946  
Jan Christian Smuts 1870-1959 1947  
William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 1947  
Thomas Stearns Eliot 1888-1965 1948  
Robert Robinson 1886-1975 1949  
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell 1872-1970 1949  
Alexander George Montagu Cadogan 1884-1968 1951  
Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard 1873-1956 1951  
George Edward Moore 1873-1958 1951  
Clement Richard Attlee 1883-1967 1951 Later Earl Attlee
Wilder Graves Penfield 1891-1976 1953  
Walter de la Mare 1873-1956 1953  
William Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey 1872-1969 1956  
John Douglas Cockcroft 1897-1967 1957  
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1882-1958 1957  
Frank Macfarlane Burnet 1899-1985 1958 later Sir Macfarlane
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel 1870-1963 1958  
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis 1891-1969 1960  
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood 1897-1967 1960  
Graham Vivian Sutherland 1903-1980 1960  
Geoffrey de Havilland 1882-1965 1962  
Basil Urwin Spence 1907-1976 1962  
Owen Dixon 1886-1972 1963 later Sir Owen
George Peabody Gooch 1873-1968 1963  
Henry Spencer Moore 1898-1986 1963  
Edward Benjamin Britten 1913-1976 1965 Later Baron Britten
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin 1910-1994 1965
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900-1979 1965  
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey 1898-1968 1965  
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett 1897-1974 1967  
Sir William Turner Walton 1902-1983 1967  
Ben Nicholson 1894-1982 1968  
Solly Zuckerman 1904-1993 1968 Later Baron Zuckerman
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh b. 1921 1968  
Edward Morgan Forster 1879-1970 1969  
Malcolm John MacDonald 1901-1981 1969  
William George Penney, Baron Penney 1909-1991 1969  
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor 1886-1975 1969  
Cicely Veronica Wedgwood 1910-1997 1969  
John Cawte Beaglehole 1901-1971 1969  
Lester Bowles Pearson 1897-1972 1971  
Isaiah Berlin 1909-1997 1971 later Sir Isaiah
George Robert Edwards 1908-2003 1971  
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin 1914-1998 1973 later Sir Alan
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac 1902-1984 1973  
Harold Macmillan 1894-1986 1976 Later Earl of Stockton
Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside 1901-1983 1976  
Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark 1903-1983 1976  
Ronald Syme 1903-1989 1976  
Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd 1907-1997 1977  
Oliver Shewell Franks, Baron Franks 1905-1992 1977  
Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton 1904-1988 1977  
John Boynton Priestley 1894-1984 1977  
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier 1907-1989 1981  
Sir Peter Brian Medawar 1915-1987 1981  
Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire 1917-1992 1981 Later Baron Cheshire
William Owen Chadwick b. 1916 1983  
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley b. 1917 1983  
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan 1917-1992 1983  
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett 1905-1998 1983  
Henry Graham Greene 1904-1991 1986  
Frederick Sanger b. 1918 1986  
Sir Frank Whittle 1907-1996 1986  
Sir Yehudi Menuhin 1916-1999 1987 Later Baron Menuhin
Ernest Hans Josef Gombrich 1909-2001 1988  
Max Ferdinand Perutz 1914-2002 1988  
Dame Cicely Saunders 1918-2005 1989  
George Porter 1920-2002 1989 Later Baron Porter
Margaret Thatcher b. 1925 1990 Later Baroness Thatcher
Dame Joan Sutherland b. 1926 1991  
Francis Harry Compton Crick 1916-2004 1991  
Dame Ninette de Valois 1898-2001 1992  
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah b. 1929 1992  
Lucien Freud b. 1922 1993  
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead 1920-2003 1993  
Aaron Klug b. 1926 1995  
Sir John Gielgud 1904-2000 1996  
Alfred Thompson Denning, Baron Denning 1899-1999 1997  
Norman Robert Foster b. 1935 1997 Later Baron Foster of Thames Bank
Denis Rooke b. 1924 1997  
Ted Hughes 1930 - 1998 1998  
George Basil Cardinal Hume 1923-1999 1999  
Sir James Whyte Black b. 1924 2000  
Anthony Alfred Caro b. 1924 2000  
Roger Penrose b. 1931 2000  
Tom Stoppard b. 1937 2000 later Sir Tom
HRH Charles, Prince of Wales b. 1948 2002  
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford b. 1936 2002  
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild b. 1936 2002  
Sir David Attenborough b. 1926 2005  
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd b. 1931 2005  
Sir Michael Howard b. 1922 2005  

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Robert Seymour Bridges (October 23, 1844 - April 21, 1930) was an English poet, holder of the honour of poet laureate from 1913. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Galsworthy (August 14, 1867 – January 31, 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samuel Alexander (January 6, 1859 - September 13, 1938) was an Australian-born philosopher. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Montague Rhodes James, (August 1, 1862, Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, England –June 12, 1936). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... George Macaulay Trevelyan (February 16, 1876 – 1962) was an English historian, son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan and great-nephew of Thomas Macaulay. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Philip Wilson Steer OM (28 Dec 1860-18 March 1942) was a British artist. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... This article is about the year. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Sir William Henry Bragg OM, Cantab, OKW (Westward, Cumbria, England July 2, 1862 – March 10, 1942) was an English physicist and chemist, educated at King Williams College, Isle of Man, and Trinity College, Cambridge. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... John William Mackail (Born 1859 on the Isle of Bute - died 1945, London). ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Edward Masefield, OM, (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967), was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958) was an influential British composer. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861 - 1947) was an English biochemist. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode (21 September 1869–1950) was a British cavalry officer during World War I. He served on the Western Front in smaller cavalry commands receiving little distinction. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (21 March 1865–18 April 1940) was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world scouting movement. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... One of Sir Arthur Stanley Eddingtons papers announced Einsteins theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, PC (1873-1967) was a British naval officer. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir James Hopwood Jeans (September 11, 1877 in Ormskirk – September 16, 1946 in Dorking) was a British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM (February 15, 1886 – November 30, 1963), was a British pilot and political figure who rose to the Royal Air Forces senior rank and served as Governor-General of New Zealand between... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Gilbert Murray (or George Gilbert Aime) (January 2, 1866 - 1957) was a British classical scholar and diplomat. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens OM KCIE (March 29, 1869 - January 1, 1944), was arguably the greatest British architect of the 20th century (some have said the greatest since Sir Christopher Wren, others, simply, the greatest). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Artist John, on a 1928 Time cover Augustus Edwin John OM (January 4, 1878–October 13, 1961) was a Welsh painter. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (born London, 30 November 1889, died London, 4 August 1977) was a British electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article is about the year. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... A self-portrait Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (July 13, 1859–October 13, 1947) was a British socialist, economist and reformer, normally referred to in the same breath as his wife, Beatrice Webb. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Sir Henry Hallett Dale (June 9, 1875 - July 23, 1968) was an English scientist. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880—February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Alfred North Whitehead, OM (February 15, 1861 – December 30, 1947) was a British mathematician who became a philosopher. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... RAF Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal (left) and Polish Commander in Chief WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Sikorski (right) visit an airbase of the 300th Polish Bomber Squadron in England. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Statue of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke, MoD Building, Whitehall, London Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (July 23, 1883 - June 17, 1963) was a British Field Marshal during World War II. He also served as Lord High Constable during the coronation of... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Bronze bust of Lord Cunningham, looking at Nelsons column and Whitehall Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (7 January 1883–12 June 1963), familiarly known as ABC, was the most famous British admiral of World War II, winning distinction in Mediterranean battles in 1940 and 1941... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Cover of Time Magazine April 12, 1926 Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as Lord Irwin from 1926 until 1934, (1881-1959) was a British Conservative politician. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Jan Christiaan Smuts, (May 24, 1870 - September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African statesman and soldier. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, LL.B, Ph. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, and Four Quartets, are considered defining achievements of twentieth... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Robert Robinson is the estranged son of Paul Robinson on the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours and is portrayed by Adam Hunter. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, working mostly in the 20th century. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Rt. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (February 3, 1873 - February 10, 1956) was the British Chief of the Air Staff during World War I, and was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force (RAF). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... George Edward Moore, usually known as G.E. Moore, (November 4, 1873 – October 24, 1958) was a distinguished and hugely influential English philosopher who was educated and taught at the University of Cambridge. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (3 January 1883–8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Wilder Graves Penfield (January 25/26, 1891 - April 5, 1976) was a American-born Canadian neurosurgeon. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Walter John de la Mare, OM (April 25, 1873 - June 22, 1956), was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist, probably best remembered (though not necessarily justly so) for his works for children. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: John Cockroft (politician) Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (May 27, 1897 - September 18, 1967) was a British physicist. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley of Westdean (8 July 1882 – 4 January 1958) was a British statesman. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet (born September 3, 1899 in Traralgon, Victoria; died August 31, 1985) was an Australian biologist. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC (November 6, 1870 - February 2, 1963) was a British politician and diplomat. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis KG GCB, MC, DSO (December 10, 1891 - June 16, 1969) was a British military commander and Field Marshal, notably during World War II as the commander of the 15th Army Group. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood was an English physical chemist. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Graham Vivian Sutherland (August 24, 1903 - February 17, 1980) was an English artist. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (July 27, 1882 - May 21, 1965) was one of Englands aviation pioneers. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Sir Basil Spence (13 August 1907_19 November 1976 was a notable Scottish architect, most famously associated with the Cathedral in Coventry, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist style. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Sir Owen Dixon, GCMG, KBE, PC (1886 - 1972), Australian judge and politician, was the sixth Chief Justice of Australia. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Reclining Figure (1951) outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is characteristic of Moores sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer, conductor and pianist. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin OM (May 12, 1910–July 29, 1994) was a British scientist, born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in Cairo. ... -1... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, KStJ, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey (September 24, 1898 - February 21, 1968) was a pharmacologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the extraction of penicillin. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (November 18, 1897—July 13, 1974) was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Sir William Walton on the set of one of his operas Sir William Turner Walton, OM (March 29, 1902–March 8, 1983) was a British composer whose style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky, Sibelius and jazz. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Ben Nicholson (April 10, 1894 - February 6, 1982), British abstract painter, was born in Denham, Buckinghamshire. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Solly Zukerman - died 1 April 1993 ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Duke of Edinburgh The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) (born 10 June 1921, Greece) is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Malcolm Ian Macdonald (born January 7, 1950, Fulham, England) was an English footballer always known as Supermac. Born in Fulham, London, Macdonald started out as a full back before switching to centre forward. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... William George Penney (June 24, 1909 – March 3, 1991) was a British physicist who was responsible for the development of British nuclear technology following the World War II. A mathematician by training, he became an expert on wave dynamics. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (7 March 1886 - 27 June 1975) was a physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (1910-1997) was a British historian. ... -1... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... John Cawte Beaglehole CMG (June 13, 1901–October 10, 1971) was born in Wellington, New Zealand. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson, PC, CC, OM, MA (April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Sir Isaiah Berlin, OM, (June 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997) was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th century. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (February 5, 1914 – December 20, 1998) was a British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Andrew Fielding Huxley on the basis of nerve action potentials, the electrical impulses that enable the activity of an organism... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, (August 8, 1902 - October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum physics. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Right Honourable Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894–29 December 1986), nicknamed Supermac and Mac the Knife, was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside (12 May 1901, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England – 22 June 1983, London, England) was an English nuclear engineer, and supervisor of the construction of Calder Hall, the worlds first large-scale commercial nuclear power station. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... This article is about Kenneth Clark the art historian, not Kenneth Clarke the politician. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Ronald Syme Sir Ronald Syme (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989), New Zealand-born historian, was the preeminent classicist of the 20th century. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... The Right Honourable Alexander Robert Todd, Baron Todd, PC , OM , FRS (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997) was a Scottish biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the 1957 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Oliver Franks, as Ambassador to the US, on the cover of Time Magazine. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Cinderella ballet — features Frederick Ashton and Robert Helpmann as the two Ugly Stepsisters (DVD cover) Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (September 17, 1904 - October 18, 1988) began his career as a dancer but is largely remembered as a choreographer. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Priestley at the microphone during one of his Second World War broadcasts John Matthew Smith Priestley, OM (September 13, 1894, Bradford, England - August 14, 1984, Stratford-upon-Avon) was an English writer and broadcaster. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Oscar winning English actor and director, regarded by many critics as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Peter Brian Medawar (February 28, 1915 - October 2, 1987) was a British medical scientist who won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, for research into the nature of the immunological meaning of self as evidenced in skin graft acceptance and rejection in both... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire VC OM DSO and 2 Bars DFC (September 7, 1917 - July 31, 1992) was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Reverend William Owen Chadwick, OM, KBE, FBA, FRSE (born 20 May 1916) is a British professor, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM FRS (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London, England, UK) is a British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve action potentials, the electrical impulses that enable the... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nolans Painting of Ned Kelly on trial Icon based on Ned Kelly painting series Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (April 22, 1917 - 28 November 1992) was one of Australias most well-known painters. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the writer Graham Greene. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frederick Sanger, OM, CH, CBE, FRS (born 13 August 1918) is an English biochemist and a two times Nobel laureate in Chemistry. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Whittle speaking to employees of NASA Glenn Research Center, USA, in 1946 Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was a Royal Air Force officer who invented the jet engine. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yehudi Menuhin album cover The Right Honourable Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22, 1916 – March 12, 1999) was a Jewish American-born violinist, violist, and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Max Ferdinand Perutz (May 19, 1914 - February 6, 2002) was an Austrian molecular biologist. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dame Cicely Saunders Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders, OM, DBE (22 June 1918–14 July 2005) was a prominent British nurse, physician and writer, involved with many international universities. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, OM, FRS (6 December 1920–31 August 2002) was an English chemist. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Joan Sutherland as Norma Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE (born November 7, 1926) is an Australian opera singer noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Francis Harry Compton Crick, OM (June 8, 1916 – July 28, 2004) was one of the discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... At age 16 Dame Ninette de Valois (June 6, 1898 – March 8, 2001) was the Irish founder of Londons renowned Royal Ballet. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, OM, FRS (born 22 April 1929) is a mathematician who was born in London. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Lucian Freud OM (born December 8, 1922) is a British painter and printmaker. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC (November 11, 1920 - January 5, 2003) was a British politician and a prominent Labour MP in the 1960s and 1970s and founding member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Sir Aaron Klug, OM, FRS (born 11 August 1926 in Zelvas, Lithuania ) is a Lithuanian-born British physicist and chemist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Gielgud as photographed in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten Arthur John Gielgud OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an English theatre and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest British actors in history. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Alfred Thompson Denning, Baron Denning (23 January 1899–6 March British barrister from Hampshire who became Master of the Rolls (the senior civil judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales) and was generally well liked, both within the legal profession and outside it. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Armadillo, Sir Norman Fosters Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank OM Kt (born June 1, 1935) is a British architect. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Denis Rooke OM CBE FRS FREng (born 2 April 1924) is a British industrialist and engineer. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward James Hughes, OM, referred to normally as Ted Hughes, (August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998) was an English poet and childrens writer. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Basil Cardinal Hume, OSB OM (2 March 1923 - 17 June 1999) was the Archbishop of Westminster and Primate of England and Wales from 1976-1999. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Sir James Whyte Black, OM, FRS (born 14 July 1924) is a Scottish pharmacologist who invented Propranolol, synthesized Cimetidine and received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for these landmark discoveries. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Sir Anthony Caro, OM (born 8 March 1924) is an English, abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblies of metal using found industrial objects. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE is a British playwright born in Czechoslovakia on 3 July 1937. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Prince of Wales The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Robert McCredie Bob May, Baron May of Oxford OM AC Kt (born 8 January 1936 in Australia) is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords and President of the Royal Society. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, OM, GBE (born 29 April 1936) is a British investment banker, philanthropist and a member of the prominent Rothschild family of Jewish bankers. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... David Attenboroughs autobiography Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS (born on May 8, 1926 in London, England) is one of the worlds best known broadcasters, humanists and naturalists. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (born 1931 in Dewsbury), is a widely respected British politician. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Michael Eliot Howard, OM, CH, KBE, MC (born 29 November 1922) is a retired British military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Honorary Members

The following people were made honorary members of the Order:

  • Admiral of the Fleet Marquis Heihachiro Togo (Japan; 1906)

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In 1916 Fisher was elected as Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam and joined the government of David Lloyd George as President of the Board of Education.
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The Order is presently limited to 120 Knights and Dames Grand Commanders, 355 Knights and Dames Commanders, and 1925 Companions.
The Civil Badge is an oval bearing the image of a rose, a thistle, and a shamrock, emanating from a sceptre, in between three Imperial Crowns, encircled by the motto of the Order.
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