New Year Honours 2023
Jacqueline Old CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • Children’s and Adult Services
“For services to the community in North Tyneside.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the community in North Tyneside.
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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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Jacqueline Ann OLD
lately Director, Children’s and Adult Services, North Tyneside Council
For services to the community in North Tyneside.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2023- Role at the time
- Director, Children’s and Adult Services
- Region
- Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
“For services to the community in North Tyneside.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
6 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Tyne and Wear.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Children’s and Adult Services.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4246432. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (Sunderland, 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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