New Year Honours 2026
Barbara Woodward
Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George
• UK Mission to the United Nations
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
London Gazette notice
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
G.C.M.G.
To be an Ordinary Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Dame Barbara Janet WOODWARD D.C.M.G. O.B.E.
UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, UK Mission to the United Nations, New York, United States of America
For services to British Foreign Policy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George was awarded 1 times in the New Year Honours List 2026.
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Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027383. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
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