Birthday Honours 2026
Henry Cyril GRUNWALD CBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark
“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to the Jewish community and to Inter-Faith Relations.
View London Gazette noticeCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.
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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
13 June 2026
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Henry Cyril GRUNWALD O.B.E. K.C.
lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark
For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark
- Region
- London, London
“For services to the Jewish community and to Inter-Faith Relations.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2026- Role at the time
- lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark
- Region
- London, Greater London
“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
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“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 101 times in the Birthday Honours List 2026 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
456 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark.
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2009.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 65091, notice 5153021. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2026).
Published 12 June 2026.
Location (London, 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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