New Year Honours 2023
Dr Heather Mcgregor DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
“For services to Education, to Business and to Heritage in Scotland.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
“For services to Business, especially Employment Skills and Diversity in the Workplace.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Education, to Business and to Heritage in Scotland.
View London Gazette notice ↗Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Business, especially Employment Skills and Diversity in the Workplace.
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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
31 December 2022
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:
Professor Heather Jane McGREGOR C.B.E. F.R.S.E.
Provost and Vice Principal, Heriot-Watt University Dubai
For services to Education, to Business and to Heritage in Scotland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Oxfordshire
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2015- Region
- Oxfordshire
“For services to Business, especially Employment Skills and Diversity in the Workplace.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2023- Region
- Living Abroad
“For services to Education, to Business and to Heritage in Scotland.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 13 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2023
Alison Rose-slade (alison Rose)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to the Financial Sector.”
Anita Frew
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to the Economy.”
Cathryn Nutbrown
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Early Childhood Education.”
Dawn Childs
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Gloucestershire
“For services to Engineering.”
Denise Lewis
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sport.”
Julie Maxton
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Science and to the Law.”
Lyn Chitty
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
“For services to Medicine.”
Nicola Whitmount Dandridge
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Higher Education.”
Norma Redfearn
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
North Shields, Tyne and Wear
“For Political and Public Service.”
Robina Shah
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Patient Care.”
Sally Anne Sheila Dicketts
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Virginia Mckenna
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Dorking, Surrey
“For services to Wildlife Conservation and Wild Animal Welfare.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4246364. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 15 June 2015.
Location (Oxfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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