Rebecca Hay Elliot Walton CMG (born 1958) is a regional director of the British Council. [1] She was admitted as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to UK cultural relations in the 2019 Birthday Honours. [2]
The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language; encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom.
The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours for the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms were announced on 8 June, except the honours for New Zealand that were announced on 3 June and for Australia on 10 June.
Alice Louise Walton is an heir to the fortune of Walmart Inc. She is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton, Jim Walton and the late John T. Walton.
The Birthday Honours, in some Commonwealth realms, mark the reigning monarch's official birthday by granting various individuals appointment into national or dynastic orders or the award of decorations and medals. The honours are presented by the monarch or a viceregal representative. The Birthday Honours are one of two annual honours lists, along with the New Year Honours. All royal honours are published in the relevant gazette.
Sir Stephen Robert Tindall is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse, The Warehouse Group, and the Tindall Foundation. He attended Takapuna Grammar and has a Diploma of Management from the Auckland Institute of Technology.
The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system, with New Year's Day, 1 January, being marked by naming new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours. A number of other Commonwealth realms also mark this day in this way.
Anthony John Walton is an English set and costume designer.
The Medal for Gallantry (MG) is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force. It recognises acts of gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances. The MG was introduced on 15 January 1991, replacing the Imperial equivalent. It is ranked third in the Gallantry Decorations in the Australian Honours System. Recipients of the Medal of Gallantry are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "MG".
Sir Howard George Frank, 1st Baronet, was an English estate agent and public servant. He was a cofounder of Knight Frank.
Emily Justine Perkins is a New Zealand author.
Sir David Alexander Fagan is a New Zealand sheep shearer, who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. From Te Kuiti, Fagan has set 10 world records, and won five world, six world team, and 16 national titles, making him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer.
Sir Hamish Grenfell Hay was a New Zealand politician, who served as Mayor of Christchurch for fifteen years, from 1974 to 1989. He was Christchurch's longest-serving mayor.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hays County, Texas.
Dame Barbara Logan Hay is a British diplomat who served as Consul-General in Los Angeles from July 2009 to August 2013.
Alasdair George Hay, is a British firefighter. He was the first Chief Fire Officer of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Crown Honours Lists are lists of honours being conferred upon citizens of the Commonwealth realms. The awards are presented by or in the name of the reigning monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II or her vice-regal representative.
Philippa Margaret Black is a New Zealand academic specialising in geology, specifically mineralogy and metamorphic petrology. She studied at the University of Auckland, with an MSc in geology and a PhD in the geology of the Tokatea Reef in the hills behind Coromandel township. She later got an MA in History. She was appointed a professor there in 1986 and headed the department for 15 years.
Susan Margaret St John is an economist from New Zealand. She is a lecturer at the University of Auckland and spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group.
The Australia Day Honours 1990 are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 1990 by the Governor General of Australia, Bill Hayden.
The Australia Day Honours 1992 are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 25 January 1992 by the Governor General of Australia, Bill Hayden.
Robert Josiah Walton was a New Zealand police officer who served as Commissioner of Police between 1978 and 1983. His tenure was marked by the end of the Bastion Point occupation, the Mount Erebus disaster, the 1981 Springbok tour, and the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the convictions of Arthur Alan Thomas for the murders of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe.
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