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1,987 UK honours recipients recorded as chief executive.

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Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire844Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire536Member Of The Order Of The British Empire406Knight Bachelor77Companion Of The Order Of The Bath37British Empire Medal31Dame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire27Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George7Lieutenant Of The Royal Victorian Order5Order-Of-St-John5Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order4Knight Commander Of The Order Of The Bath4Dame Commander Of The Order Of The Bath1Knight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order1Member Of The Royal Victorian Order1Queen's Ambulance Service Medal1

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2026632025742024672023662022792021602020712019642018712017582016742015722014602013532012512011622010562009492008762007752006702005612004592003622002432001402000421999271998231997161996181995301994121993131992201991201990121989111988131987919861019859198481983111982119816198011979101978619777197651975319743197311970119693

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Region

Greater London91West Yorkshire19Surrey17Greater Manchester14Cambridgeshire13Kent13Merseyside12Buckinghamshire10City of Belfast10Hertfordshire10Hampshire9North Yorkshire9Warwickshire9County Antrim8County Down8Gloucestershire8Northamptonshire8Tyne and Wear8Cheshire7City of Glasgow7Lancashire7Oxfordshire7City of Aberdeen6Cornwall6Derbyshire6Devon6East Sussex6Essex6Norfolk6City of Edinburgh5County Durham5Dorset5Northumberland5Nottinghamshire5South Glamorgan5West Midlands5Berkshire4Leicestershire4Powys4South Yorkshire4Suffolk4Ayrshire and Arran3Bedfordshire3City of Bristol3County Armagh3Lincolnshire3West Sussex3Wiltshire3Worcestershire3Cynon, Taff2Gwent2Herefordshire2Lanarkshire2Renfrewshire2Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale2Shropshire2Somerset2West Glamorgan2Aberdeenshire1Angus1Argyll and Bute1County Borough of Londonderry1County Fermanagh1County Tyrone1Cumbria1Dunbartonshire1Dyfed1Edinburgh1Inverness-shire1Isle of Wight1Kincardineshire1Midlothian1Perth and Kinross1Rutland1Shetland1Staffordshire1Stewartry of Kirkcudbright1Western Isles1

1,987 people

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BEM

David Ireland
Person
British Empire Medal · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
Lesley-Ann Simpson
Person
British Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
Sharon Brown
Person
British Empire Medal · 2026
Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Member (MBE)

Allison Raison (allison Mckay)
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darlington, County Durham
Anthony Perkins
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Ava Easton
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Malton, North Yorkshire
Emily Cherry
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Henri Murison
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Iain Varah
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
Janice Bunting
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Craigavon, County Armagh
John Mcmillan
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kirkcudbright, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
Laurence Beard
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Birmingham, West Midlands
Lucy Warner
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Woking, Surrey
Mark Downs
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Deal, Kent
Mark Major
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
Michael James
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Paula Bee
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Sarah Annable-gardner
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stephen Hedley
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Windsor, Berkshire
Susan Parsonage
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
Tanya Brown
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Timothy Evans
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cardigan, Dyfed
Vanessa Ford
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Totnes, Devon
Wesley Aston
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh

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