New Year Honours 2023
Dean Creamer CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • Commonwealth Games and Blythe House Programme
“For Public Service.”
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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
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased 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:
Dean Philip CREAMER O.B.E.
Director, Commonwealth Games and Blythe House Programme, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2023- Role at the time
- Director, Commonwealth Games and Blythe House Programme
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- London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Commonwealth Games and Blythe House Programme.
How widely is this recognised?
2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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London, Greater London
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London, Greater London
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London, Greater London
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
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Wokingham, Berkshire
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Welton, Lincolnshire
“For Public Service.”
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London, Greater London
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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“For Public Service.”
Samuel Jenkins
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London, Greater London
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Southport, Merseyside
“For Public Service.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4246373. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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