Birthday Honours 2017
Councillor Rodney Lister BASS OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: Essex County Council
“Lately Councillor, Essex County Council, For services to Local Government.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Councillor, Essex County Council, For services to Local Government.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Rodney Lister BASS
lately Councillor, Essex County Council
For services to Local Government.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 16% of the list.
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141 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Essex.
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How widely is this recognised?
2,602 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804223. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 14 June 2017.
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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