New Year Honours 2017
Douglas Squires MVO
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
“For services to Choreography and Stage Direction, Royal Pageants.”
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Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
For services to Choreography and Stage Direction, Royal Pageants.
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The Royal Victorian Order
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to make the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Royal Victorian Order:
M.V.O.
To be Members:
Douglas William SQUIRES O.B.E.
For services to Choreography and Stage Direction, Royal Pageants.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Member of the Royal Victorian Order was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
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Member of the Royal Victorian Order · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673490. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
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