New Year Honours 2009
Dr Melanie LEE CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
biologist
“Executive Vice-President, UCB and Deputy Chairman, Cancer Research UK. For services to Medical Science.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Executive Vice-President, UCB and Deputy Chairman, Cancer Research UK. For services to Medical Science.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Role at the time
- biologist
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“Executive Vice-President, UCB and Deputy Chairman, Cancer Research UK. For services to Medical Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 101 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 11% of the list.
In their area
707 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
biologist.
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Anthony Watson
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Ben Paul Oakley Dyson
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“Chair, North West Regional Development Agency. For services to Business and to the community in the North West.”
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Charles Donald Hendry
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“Chief Constable, Grampian Police. For services to the Police.”
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Leicestershire
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David Evan Roberts
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David George Flory
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David John Brailsford
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David Keith Dingle
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David Lee Pearson
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“For services to Equestrianism and Disabled Sport.”
David Prince
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Leicestershire
“Lately Chief Executive, Standards Board for England. For services to Local Government.”
David Whitlock Tanner
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Middlesex
“Performance Director, GB Rowing Team. For services to Sport.”
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Merseyside
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Derek Anthony Ludlow
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Bedfordshire
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Edith Joyce Leask
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Lerwick, Shetland
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Helen Mack
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Barry, South Glamorgan
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Jason John Kinghorn
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Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
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Leanne Johanna Howlett
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Christopher Groombridge
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Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Claire Elizabeth Griffiths
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan
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Paul John Gates
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Rayleigh, Essex
“Vice-Chair, British Association for Immediate Care. For services to Pre-Hospital Critical Care”
Susan Garner
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London, Greater London
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Tyrrell George John Robert Evans
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London, Greater London
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Warren Dunkley
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Gravesend, Kent
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (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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