Birthday Honours 2024
Clare Marchant DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Higher 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
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Clare Kelly MARCHANT
lately Chief Executive, Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
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- Malvern, Worcestershire
“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 18 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
1 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipient is from Worcestershire.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
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 Birthday Honours 2024
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Hannah Rothschild
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Imelda Staunton
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“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
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Julia Hoggett
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“For services to Business and to Finance.”
Karen Buck
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“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Karen Holford
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“For services to Engineering.”
Professor Judith Irene Petts
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Professor Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Medical Research.”
Rebecca Harris
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Tracey Emin
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“For services to Art.”
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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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
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
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Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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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
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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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
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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.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644776. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Location (Malvern, Worcestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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