New Year Honours 2024
Frances Sorrell CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Co-founder and Co-chair • the Sorrell Foundation
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
“For services to Design and to the Creative Industries.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
“For services to Art and Design Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Design and to the Creative Industries.
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London Gazette notice
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order
Lady (Frances Mary) SORRELL O.B.E.
Designer and Co-Founder, Sorrell Foundation and Co-Founder and Trustee, The Saturday Club Trust
For services to Design and to the Creative Industries.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Lady Frances Mary SORRELL
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, the Sorrell Foundation
For services to Art and Design Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2016- Role at the time
- Co-founder and Co-chair, the Sorrell Foundation
- Region
- London
“For services to Art and Design Education.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Sorrell Foundation and Co-Founder and Trustee
- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to Design and to the Creative Industries.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Sorrell Foundation and Co-Founder and Trustee.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520108. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2552069. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
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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