New Year Honours 2025
David QUARREY, KCMG
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2025
“For services to British Foreign Policy and International Security.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
For services to British Foreign Policy and International Security.
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Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
K.C.M.G.
To be an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
David QUARREY C.M.G.
UK Permanent Representative to NATO, UK Delegation to NATO, Brussels
For services to British Foreign Policy and International Security.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) · 2015
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782536. View the official notice ↗
Published 30 December 2024.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
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Published 31 December 2014.
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