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Born. ( 1947-02-05) 5 February 1947 (age 77) Education. Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Sir Michael Charles Wood KCMG KC (born 5 February 1947) is a member of the International Law Commission. He was the principal Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 1999 and 2006. During 35 years as a lawyer in the FCO, he attended many ...
Sir Roger Mellor Makins, GCB, GCMG, Chairman, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1960–1964. William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, TD, DL, MP, Member of Parliament for Westmorland since 1945. Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1951–1954; to the Joint Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1954 ...
The King's Birthday Honours 1945, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were announced on 14 June 1945 for the United Kingdom and British Empire.. 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.
The 1954 Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 1 June 1954, for the United Kingdom and Colonies, [1] Australia, [2] New Zealand, [3] Ceylon, [4] Pakistan, [5] and for various members of Commonwealth forces in recognition of services in Korea during the period 28 July 1953 to 31 January 1954. [6]
Michael David Wood, OBE, FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In ...
The Queen's Birthday Honours 1959 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were announced on 13 June 1959 for the United Kingdom and ...
Michael Caine celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday, and commemorated the milestone with a superstar friend, Tom Cruise.English comedian and TV personality David Walliams, who was also in ...
The 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 May 1968.