New Year Honours 2024
Angela Leitch CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Public Health in Scotland.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order
Angela Marie LEITCH
lately Chief Executive, Public Health Scotland
For services to Public Health in Scotland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Public Health in Scotland.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
31 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Edinburgh.
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Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
4,501 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520035. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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