New Year Honours 2025
Anthony Freeman CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory
“For services to UK/US Relations in Space and Earth Science.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to UK/US Relations in Space and Earth Science.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
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:
Dr. Anthony FREEMAN
Scientist and Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
For services to UK/US Relations in Space and Earth Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
“For services to UK/US Relations in Space and Earth Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
How widely is this recognised?
603 people have been recognised for International & Diplomatic.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Christina Miller
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Sarah Annable-gardner
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Daniel Horn-phathanothai
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Edith Caldwell
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783608. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
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