New Year Honours 2021
Irene Lucas-hays DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to Training, to Education and to Young People.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Training, to Education and to Young People.
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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 2020
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Irene LUCAS-HAYS C.B.E.
For services to Training, to Education and to Young People.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Training, to Education and to Young People.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 11 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
3 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Tyne and Wear.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
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 New Year Honours 2021
Alwen Williams
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Leadership in the NHS.”
Angela Eagle
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Wallasey, Merseyside
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Carol Propper
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Economic Policy and Public Health.”
Caroline Mason
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Charity Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 response.”
Jane Glover
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Music.”
Joanna Da Silva
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and to International, Sustainable Development.”
Karin Barber
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to the Study of African Culture.”
Patricia Mcgrath
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industry and to Diversity.”
Rachel Griffith
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Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Economic Policy and to Education.”
Sheila Cameron Hancock
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London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
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Others recognised for Education
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Shelagh Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
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Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703333. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Whitburn, Tyne and Wear) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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