New Year Honours 2024
Catherine Penny MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Plant Heritage and to the community in North Preston, Lancashire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Plant Heritage and to the community in North Preston, Lancashire.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
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:
Catherine PENNY
For services to Plant Heritage and to the community in North Preston, Lancashire.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 588 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
131 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Lancashire.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Crumlin, County Antrim
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Worthing, West Sussex
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520753. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Preston, Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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