New Year Honours 2021
Caroline Mason DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to the Charity Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 response.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to the Charity Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 response.
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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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Caroline MASON C.B.E.
Chief Executive, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
For services to the Charity Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 response.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Charity Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 response.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 11 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
81 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2021
Alwen Williams
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Leadership in the NHS.”
Angela Eagle
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Wallasey, Merseyside
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Carol Propper
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Economic Policy and Public Health.”
Irene Lucas-hays
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Whitburn, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Training, to Education and to Young People.”
Jane Glover
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Music.”
Joanna Da Silva
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and to International, Sustainable Development.”
Karin Barber
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to the Study of African Culture.”
Patricia Mcgrath
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industry and to Diversity.”
Rachel Griffith
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Economic Policy and to Education.”
Sheila Cameron Hancock
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
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Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703339. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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