New Year Honours 2018
Christine Ryan DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Inspector
“For services to Education.”
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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 2017
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:
Ms Christine RYAN
lately Chief Inspector, Independent Schools Inspectorate
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
West Sussex
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Chief Inspector
- Region
- West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 13 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Inspector.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2018
Angela Pedder
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Devon
“For services to Healthcare.”
Catherine Warwick
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Midwifery.”
Cheryl Gillan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Surrey
“For political and public service.”
Clare Marx
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Suffolk
“For services to Surgery in the NHS.”
Darcey Andrea Bussell
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Dance.”
Jacqueline Daniel
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Yorkshire
“For services to Healthcare.”
Janet Beer
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Merseyside
“For services to Higher Education and Equality.”
Pratibha Gai, (mrs. Gai-boyes)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
North Yorkshire
“For services to Chemical Sciences and Technology.”
Professor Hilary Anne Chapman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
South Yorkshire
“For services to Nursing.”
Rice, (susan Ilene)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
East Lothian
“For services to Business, the Arts and charity in Scotland.”
Rosemary Anne Squire
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Surrey
“For services to Theatre and Philanthropy.”
Vivian Hunt
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to the Economy and to Women in Business.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
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London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937893. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (West Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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