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New Year Honours 1990
The New Year Honours 1990 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 30 December 1989 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1990.Saint Christopher and Nevis lists: United Kingdom Life Peers * Admiral Sir John David Elliott Fieldhouse, GCB, GBE, former Chief of Defence Staff. * Daphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park, CMG, OBE, lately Principal, Somerville College, Oxford. * Sir Francis Leonard Tombs, Chairman, T and N and Rolls-Royce; Chairman, ACOST. Privy Counsellors * Sir Nicholas Walter Lyell, QC, MP, Solicitor General; Member of Parliament, Mid-Bedfordshire. * John Haggitt Charles Patten, MP, Minister of State, Home Office; Member of Parliament, Oxford West and Abingdon. * The Honourable William Arthur Waldegrave, MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Realm
A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations that has the same constitutional monarch and head of state as the other realms. The current monarch is King Charles III. Except for the United Kingdom, in each of the realms the monarch is represented by a governor-general. The phrase ''Commonwealth realm'' is an informal description not used in any law. , there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Realm of New Zealand, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom. While the Commonwealth of Nations has 56 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, independent member states, only these 15 have Charles III as head of state. He is also Head of the Commonwealth, a non-constitutional role. The notion of these states sharing the same person as their monarch traces back to 1867 when Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
