New Year Honours 2021
Anne Blake MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Adults with Learning Disabilities in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Adults with Learning Disabilities in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Anne BLAKE
For services to Adults with Learning Disabilities in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Adults with Learning Disabilities in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 608 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 38% of the list.
In their area
101 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from County Antrim.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703770. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Lisburn, County Antrim) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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