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Biography: Porritt, Arthur Espie

Sir Arthur Porritt knighting Philip Proctor

Sir Arthur Porritt knighting Philip Proctor

Industrialist Philip Proctor, head of tyre company Dunlop, kneels to ‘get his K’ (knighthood) from Governor-General Sir Arthur Porritt in 1971. In the foreground, Comptroller of the Household Colonel Henry Hoare sports aiguillettes, the ornamental braided cords worn by defence officers on such occasions.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1971/2509

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Diana Beaglehole. 'Porritt, Arthur Espie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated May 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47479/sir-arthur-porritt-knighting-philip-proctor (accessed 4 June 2026).