New Year Honours 2026
Caroline Bayliss MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the community in Harrogate and North Yorkshire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the community in Harrogate and North Yorkshire.
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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 2025
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Caroline Jane BAYLISS
For services to the community in Harrogate and North Yorkshire.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the community in Harrogate and North Yorkshire.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 590 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
112 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from North Yorkshire.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Dharmesh Mistry
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York, North Yorkshire
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
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Chepstow, Gwent
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Audrey Flannagan
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5028085. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (Harrogate, North Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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