1937 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Annual awards for New Zealanders January 2021 January 2021 1937 New Year Honours The 1937 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1936 and the beginning of 1937. This was the first honours list of George VI's reign, and its announcement was deferred until 1 February 1937.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19370201.2.10 New year honours: New Zealand list 1 February 1937 Wairarapa Daily Times 3 3 January 202134365 y 687–705 1 February 1937https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19370102.2.20 New year honours: announcement postponed 2 January 1937 4 Ashburton Guardian 3 January 2021 The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Knight Bachelor George Harper NZL OBE 85% – chairman of the Metropolitan Relief Committee, Christchurch. George Alexander Troup NZL CMG 85% – of Wellington. For public services. Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Companion (CMG) Professor Hugh Mackenzie MA 85% – foundation professor of English language and literature, Victoria University College, Wellington. Order of the British Empire Commander (CBE) Civil division Joseph William Allan Heenan LLB 85% – of Wellington; under-secretary, Department of Internal Affairs. Military division Captain Llewellyn Vaughan Morgan NZL MVO DSC 85% – Royal Navy; formerly second naval member of the New Zealand Naval Board. Officer (OBE) Civil division Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer – of Omatua, Rissington, Hawke's Bay; founder of the Women's Institute and the Townswomen's Guild movements in New Zealand. For social-welfare services. Eileen May Duggan MA 85% – of Wellington. For contributions to literature. Member (MBE) Civil division Richard Brown NZL JP 85% – formerly secretary, Wellington Hospital Board. Harold Archibald Sommerville – secretary, Auckland Hospital Board. William Shakespear Wharton JP 85% – secretary, North Canterbury Hospital Board, Christchurch. References Category:New Year Honours (New Zealand) Category:1937 awards Category:1937 in New Zealand Category:February 1937 in Oceania