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49 UK honours recipients recorded as secretary general.

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Honours awarded to recipients recorded as secretary general, by year and award tier.

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Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire19Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire11Member Of The Order Of The British Empire7Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George4Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order3Knight Bachelor3Distinguished Service Order1Knight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George1

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49 people

2026

Officer (OBE)

Guy Platten
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Totnes, Devon
Neil Squires
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026

2025

Commander (CBE)

Andrew Wright
Person
Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2025
John May
Person
Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2025
Paul Smith
Person
Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2025

2024

Officer (OBE)

Christopher Warren
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024

2023

Officer (OBE)

Paolo Coniglio
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023

2020

Officer (OBE)

Nicholas Bunting
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Northamptonshire

2019

Commander (CBE)

Brigadier Flanagan
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Hampshire

2018

Officer (OBE)

Sarah Lewis
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Abroad

2017

Member (MBE)

Donald Cockrill
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Kent

2016

Officer (OBE)

Sara Oldfield
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Cambridgeshire

Commander (CBE)

Peter Unwin
Person
Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2016

2015

Commander (CBE)

Mark Thomson
Person
Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015

2014

Officer (OBE)

Madeleine Selina Rees,
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014

2009

Officer (OBE)

Ann Kenrick
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009

Commander (CBE)

Robert Upton
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Hampshire

2008

Member (MBE)

Karin Goodburn
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Northamptonshire

2007

Knight

Julian Gordon Priestley
Person
Knight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2007

2006

Commander (CBE)

John Christopher Stephenson Horrocks
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

2004

Officer (OBE)

Mark Cameron Angus Thomson
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004

Commander (CBE)

Anthony Paul Arengo Arengo-Jones
Person
Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order · 2004
William Andrew O’Neil
Person
Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2004

2003

Officer (OBE)

Richard Mills
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003

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