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unusual facts about British honours system



Fernando Pessa

He joined Portugal's state radio in 1934, and covered World War II for BBC radio, for which he was subsequently appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by King George VI.

Henry William Carless Davis

Later that year, at the conclusion of the war, Davis served on the British delegation to the Paris Peace Conference between December 1918 and March 1919, and then spent a few weeks as the acting director of the Department of Overseas Trade at the invitation of Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland and in the New Years Honours of that year, Davis was made Commander of the British Empire.

Simon Jenkins

Having also edited the Evening Standard, Jenkins was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to journalism in the 2004 New Year honours.

William Farr

He received the Gold Medal of the British Medical Association for his work in the field of biostatistics and was made a Companion of the Order of Bath in 1880.


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