New Year Honours 2020
Gabrielle Edwards CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Deputy Director • Chemicals
“For services to the Environment.”
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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
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN 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:
Gabrielle Anne EDWARDS
Deputy Director, Chemicals, Pesticides and Hazardous Waste, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
For services to the Environment.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Cambridgeshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Deputy Director, Chemicals
- Region
- Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Environment.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 105 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Director, Chemicals.
How widely is this recognised?
1,438 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Stewart Muir
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Alison Field
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454729. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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