Birthday Honours 2016
David John WHITING CBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Tax Director
Organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
“Tax Director, Office of Tax Simplification. For services to Tax Simplification.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Tax Director, Office of Tax Simplification. For services to Tax Simplification.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
David John WHITING O.B.E.
Tax Director, Office of Tax Simplification
For services to Tax Simplification.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Tax Director
- Region
- Hertfordshire
“Chartered Tax Adviser. For public service.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2016- Role at the time
- Tax Director
- Region
- Hertfordshire
“Tax Director, Office of Tax Simplification. For services to Tax Simplification.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 116 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
101 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Tax Director, Office of Tax Simplification.
How widely is this recognised?
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2008.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2551835. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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