
New Year Honours 2019
Gillian Aitken CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General • General Counsel and Solicitor
“For services to Taxpayers and to Social Mobility.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
For services to Taxpayers and to Social Mobility.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Gillian Elizabeth AITKEN
Director General, General Counsel and Solicitor, HM Revenue and Customs
For services to Taxpayers and to Social Mobility.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Herefordshire
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New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Director General, General Counsel and Solicitor
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- Herefordshire
“For services to Taxpayers and to Social Mobility.”
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director General, General Counsel and Solicitor.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 2019
Andrew Turner
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James Richardson
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London
“For public service.”
John Stuart Weale
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Julie Gillis
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Surrey
“For public service.”
Martin Bricknell
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Myfanwy Barrett
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Hertfordshire
“For parliamentary service.”
Neil Thompson
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London
“For services to Defence.”
Patricia Hayes
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Surrey
“For services to Transport.”
Paul Methven
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Peter Watkins
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London
“For services to Defence.”
Richard West
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West Yorkshire
“For public service.”
Sean Reynolds
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Susan Ridge
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Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3175873. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Location (Herefordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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