1950 Birthday Honours
The King's Birthday Honours 1950 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI 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 King, and were published in supplements to the London Gazette of 2 June 1950 for the British Empire, Australia, Ceylon and New Zealand. At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. British Empire Baron Sir Gilbert Francis Montriou Campion, GCB, DCL For public services. Ernest Greenhill, OBE, JP For political and public services in Glasgow. Ernest Walter Hives, CH, MBE, DSc, Managing Director, Rolls-Royce Limited. Sir Cyril William Hurcomb, GCB, KBE, Chairman, British Transport Commission. Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Morris, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central, 1945–50, and for the Neepsend Division of Sheffield, February–March, 1950. For political and public services. The Right Honourable Lewis Silkin, Member of Parliament for Peckham, 1936–1950, Minister of Town and Country Planning, 1945–1950. Lieutenant-Colonel David Rees Rees-Williams, TD, Member of Parliament for Croydon South, 1949–50. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, October 1947–50. Privy Counsellor The Right Honourable William Watson, Baron Henderson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since 1948. A Lord-in-Waiting to The King, 1945–48. Knight Bachelor Oswald Coleman Allen, CB, CBE, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. United Kingdom representative on the Social Commission of the United Nations Organisation. Arthur Bliss, MusDoc, FRCM, Composer. John Reginald Hornby Nott-Bower, CVO, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. Archibald John Boyd, Chairman, Railway Carriage and Wagon Builders' Association. Charles Blampied Colston, CBE, MC, DCM, Chairman, Hoover, Ltd. For services to the Ministry of Labour and National Service. Alan Nigel Drury, CBE, MD, FRS, Director, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. Captain Edward Foster, CBE, Chairman, Shropshire Agricultural Executive Committee. Thomas Harry Gill, President of the Co-operative Wholesale Society. Walter Wilson Greg, LittD, DLitt, LLD, FBA For services to the study of English literature. William Hadwick, Chief General Manager, National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Herbert Henry Harley, CBE, Chairman, Coventry Gauge and Tool Company, Ltd. Cecil Augustus Charles John Hendriks, CBE, MC, Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords. Captain Bruce Stirling Ingram, OBE, MC, Editor of the Illustrated London News. Professor Geoffrey Jefferson, CBE, MS, LLD, MCh, FRCP, FBLCS, FRS, Professor of Neuro-Surgery, University of Manchester. George Legh-Jones, MBE, a Managing Director, Shell Transport and Trading Company, Ltd. John Keay For services to the china clay and housing industries in Cornwall. Norman Boyd Kinnear, CB, lately Director, British Museum (Natural History). Richard Robert Ludlow, Umpire under the National Service and Reinstatement in Civil Employment Acts. Alfred John Ware Makins, General Manager, Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd. James Irvine Orme Masson, MBE, DSc, LLD, FRS, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. Herbert Henry Merrett, JP For public