New Year Honours 2023
Edward Hobart CMG
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Director • Security and Network Directorate
Organisation: Security and Network Directorate
“For services to British foreign policy and to National Security.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
For services to British foreign policy and to National Security.
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Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
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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 Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
C.M.G.
To be Ordinary Members of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Edward Andrew Beauchamp HOBART
Director, Estates, Security and Network Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
For services to British foreign policy and to National Security.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
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Director, Security and Network Directorate.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Emma Gardiner
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“For services to British foreign policy and to Climate Change.”
Lawrence Haddad
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“For services to International Nutrition, Food and Agriculture.”
Malcolm Johnson
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“For services to The United Nations, to the Commonwealth and to global Information and Communication Technologies.”
Martin Harris
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Matthew Burney
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“For services to UK cultural relations overseas.”
Maxine Molyneux
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“For services to International Development and UK/Latin America relations.”
Richard Graham
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“For services to Trade and Investment in South-East Asia.”
Richard Montgomery
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“For services to British foreign policy and to International Development.”
Stephanie Al-qaq
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Matthew Ellis
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Sapphire Dalton
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Charles Obazuaye
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Michael Mitchell
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Jack Emsley
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Cynthia Davis
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“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4245821. View the official notice ↗
Published 30 December 2022.
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