New Year Honours 2016
Joan Hailes MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Journalism, Broadcasting and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Journalism, Broadcasting and to the community in Northern Ireland.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Mrs. Joan Patricia Anne HAILES
For services to Journalism, Broadcasting and to the community in Northern Ireland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Journalism, Broadcasting and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 572 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 39% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Brian Heald
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John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454643. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Belfast) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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