New Year Honours 2026
Barbara Janet Woodward GCMG
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, UK Mission to the United Nations, New York, United States of America
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2026 with the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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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