Birthday Honours 2013
Hermione Lee DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to Literary Scholarship.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) · 2013
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“For services to Literary Scholarship.”
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 9 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 1% of the list.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 Birthday Honours 2013
Anne Mandall Johnson of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
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London
“For services to the study of Infectious Diseases.”
Ardglass and Downpatrick
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Yorkshire
“For services to Nursing Research and Wound Care.”
Dana Ross-Wawrzynski
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Greater Manchester
“for Girls.”
Diana Margaret Ellis
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“For services to Rowing.”
Janet Wolfson de Botton
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For charitable services to the Arts.”
Judith Anne Rees
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Higher Education.”
Phyllis Somers
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Channel Islands
“For charitable services.”
Susan Mary Bourne
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Berkshire
“For services to Education.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013).
Published 15 June 2013.
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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