New Year Honours 2018
James Laurie CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Actor.
“For services to Drama.”
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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
30 December 2017
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
James Hugh Calum LAURIE O.B.E.
Actor
For services to Drama.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Actor.
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- London
“For services to Drama.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 104 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Actor..
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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London, Greater London
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Lisa Riley
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937948. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (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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