
New Year Honours 2014
Dr Philip John Rycroft CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General
“Director General, Deputy Prime Minister's Office. For services to the UK's Devolved and Coalition Governments.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General, Deputy Prime Minister's Office. For services to the UK's Devolved and Coalition Governments.
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East Lothian
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Companion of the Order of the Bath
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
- Director General
- Region
- East Lothian
“Director General, Deputy Prime Minister's Office. For services to the UK's Devolved and Coalition Governments.”
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“Director General, Deputy Prime Minister's Office. For services to the UK's Devolved and Coalition Governments.”
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director General.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 2014
Bruce Fiddes Houlder
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
London
“Director of Service Prosecutions, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence, particularly Armed Forces Justice.”
Carew Lovell Wilks
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Dr Derek William Feeley
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
USA
“Lately Director-General, Health and Social Care, Scottish Government. For services to Healthcare.”
John Howard James Gower
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
John James Pullinger
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Kent
“Librarian and Director General, Information Services, House of Commons. For services to Parliament and voluntary service to the community through Great Culverden Park Ltd”
John McNiven Ross Henderson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Matthew John Parr
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Michael Anderson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
East Sussex
“Prime Minister's Envoy on UN Development Goals, Department for International Development. For services to International Development.”
Michael Charles Lancaster Carpenter
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Surrey
“Speaker's Counsel, House of Commons. For services to Parliament and voluntary service to the community in Surrey.”
Michael James Ellam
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
London
“Lately Director-General, International and Finance, HM Treasury. For services to International Finance Policy.”
Stephen John Rimmer
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Northamptonshire
“Director General, Crime and Policing Group, Home Office. For services to Criminal Justice and Policing Reform.”
Vice-Marshal Lindsay John Irvine
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Royal Air Force
Vice-Marshal Ross Paterson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
William Crothers
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Surrey
“Chief Procurement Officer, HM Government. For services to Government Efficiency and Commercial Capability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 1 January 2014.
Location (East Lothian) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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