New Year Honours 2012
Elizabeth RUSHTON CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, West Herts College. For services to Further Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Lately Principal and Chief Executive, West Herts College. For services to Further Education.
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“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, West Herts College. For services to Further Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 94 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 10% of the list.
In their area
45 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Sussex.
How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Anthony Charles Burton
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“Chair of the Board of the Royal Court Theatre. For services to Theatre.”
Catherine Elizabeth Bell
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Down
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Charles Giles Clarke
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Somerset
“Chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board. For services to Cricket.”
Charles William Holroyd
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Cheshire
“Philanthropist. For services to Young People and to the community in the North West.”
Clive Vivian Leopold James
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London
“Author, Poet and Broadcaster. For services to Literature and the Media.”
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Dr Andrew Oliver Tyler
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Wiltshire
“Lately Chief Operating Officer, Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence.”
Dr Andrew Sentance
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Essex
“Economist. For services to the Economy.”
Dr Bryan Jackson
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Derbyshire
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Dr Dannie Abse
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London
“Poet and Playwright. For services to Poetry and Literature.”
Dr Eileen Vizard
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London
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Dr Gillian Greer
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New Zealand
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Dr Neslyn Eugénie Watson-Druée
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Dr Paul Zollinger-Read
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Essex
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Dr Robert Frederick Mulder
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“Lately Chief Executive Officer, YouthNet. For services to Volunteering.”
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
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Fiona Jayne Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People”
Eleanor Keeley
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“School Cook and Catering Manager, Linden Lodge School, London Borough of Wandsworth. For services to Education”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
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Alan John Hiatt
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Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Jamie Paul Goddard
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Chepstow, Gwent
“Lately Deputy Headteacher. For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People”
Julie Gard
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Bracknell, Berkshire
“Tutor, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Berkshire. For services to Further Education”
Lilian Jane Field
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Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“Headteacher, Strathdon School and Crathie School, Aberdeenshire. For services to Rural Education”
Caroline Anne Dickinson
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Exeter, Devon
“Playgroup Leader, St Leonards Pre-School, Exeter. For services to Early Years Education”
Jacqueline Burton
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Waterlooville, Hampshire
“Nursery Practitioner and Manager, Children's Learning Centre, Emsworth, Hampshire. For services to Early Years Education”
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“Manager, Hulland Community Pre School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. For services to Early Years Education”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (West Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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