New Year Honours 2024
Felicity Dahl DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Founder • Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and the Ronald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
“For services to Philanthropy, to Literature and to Young People.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Philanthropy, to Literature and to Young People.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Felicity Ann DAHL
Founder, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and the Ronald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
For services to Philanthropy, to Literature and to Young People.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy, to Literature and to Young People.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
81 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Founder, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and the Ronald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
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Mukesh Sharma
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Julia Catherine Donaldson
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“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
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“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
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John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
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Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
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Rebecca Chapman
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Marilyn Blieck
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Iain Varah
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Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
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London, Greater London
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Lisa Riley
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519985. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (London, Greater 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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