New Year Honours 2016
Celia Edey OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Non-Executive Director
“For services to Higher Education and the community in Essex and Suffolk”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Higher Education and the community in Essex and Suffolk
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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 2015
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Mrs Celia Ann Malcolm EDEY
Non-Executive Director, University Campus Suffolk
For services to Higher Education and the community in Essex and Suffolk
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Essex
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- Non-Executive Director
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- Essex
“For services to Higher Education and the community in Essex and Suffolk”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Non-Executive Director.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Mary Boam
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Michael Hamblin
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Wilfred Eaton
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Elizabeth Eaton
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Tariq Obaide
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Simon Wood
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Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
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Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
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Pauline Smith
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Chatham, Kent
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454160. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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