New Year Honours 2015
Desmond Wilcox) C.B.E DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• Desmond Wilcox) C.B.E
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2015 with the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 21 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 1% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2015
Barbara Mary Plunket
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Surrey
“For services to British Fashion.”
Barbara Mary Plunket Greene, O.B.E
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Dianne Thompson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Buckinghamshire
“Lately Group Chief Executive Officer, Camelot. For services to the National Lottery and charitable services.”
Esther Louise Rantzen
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“For services to Children and Older People through ChildLine and The Silver Line.”
Fiona Marie Kendrick
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Surrey
“Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé UK and Ireland. For services to the Food and Drink Industry and to Skills Development.”
Fiona Woolf
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Surrey
“Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the Legal Profession, Diversity and the City of London.”
Joan Henrietta Collins, O.B.E.,
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
“For services to charity.”
Joyce Evelyn Plotnikoff
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Hertfordshire
“Director, Lexicon Ltd. For services to Justice, particularly Vulnerable and Child Witnesses.”
Kate Dethridge
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Berkshire
“Principal, Churchend Primary School, Reading and National Leader of Education. For services to Education.”
Kristin Scott
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“Actress. For services to Drama.”
Kristin Scott Thomas, O.B.E.,
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
“For services to Drama.”
Marina Sarah Warner, C.B.E., F.B.A.,
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
“For services to Higher Education and Literary Scholarship.”
Oremi Evans
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Herefordshire
“Headteacher, The Brookfield School, Herefordshire. For services to Education.”
Prof Marina Sarah Warner
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“Professor, School of Arts and Humanities, University of London and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. For services to Higher Education and Literary Scholarship.”
Professor Carol Ann Duffy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Greater Manchester
“Poet Laureate. For services to Poetry.”
Professor Eileen Sills
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“Chief Nurse and Director of Patient Experience, Guy's and St. Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing.”
Professor Teresa Lesley Rees
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
South Glamorgan
“Professor of Social Science, Cardiff University and lately Director for Wales, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. For services to Social Sciences.”
Rt Hon Anne Catherine Mcguire
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Dunbartonshire
“Member of Parliament for Stirling. For parliamentary and political services.”
Susan Margaret Bruce
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council. For services to Local Government in Scotland.”
Thomas’s Nhs
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
“For services to Nursing.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 31 December 2014.
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