New Year Honours 2021
Joe Butler OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Director
“For services to British foreign policy.”
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division Overseas and International List
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Joe Stephen BUTLER
Director, Corporate Services, British Embassy, Beijing, China
For services to British foreign policy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Director
“For services to British foreign policy.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 316 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 20% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2021
Adeela Warley
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“For services to Charity Communications.”
Adele Jones
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“For services to Vulnerable Women and Children.”
Adrian Hawkins
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Hitchin, Hertfordshire
“For services to Business.”
Alan Burnell
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London, Greater London
“For services to Adopted Children.”
Alan Cowdale
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Market Drayton, Shropshire
“For services to Defence.”
Alan Moore
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Mass Incident Emergency Planning in Northern Ireland.”
Alan Stewart
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Langbank, Renfrewshire
“For services to Hairdressing.”
Alan Watson
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Eastleigh, Hampshire
“For services to Maritime History and to Charity.”
Alice Fairbain
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Alicia Herbert
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“For services to Development.”
Alun Francis
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Education.”
Aman Ibrahimkhel
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“For services to UK/ Afghanistan relations.”
Amanda Bennett
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Halifax, West Yorkshire
“For services to Education in West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Barnett
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London, Greater London
“For services to Social Change.”
Andrew Beet
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Maplethorpe, Lincolnshire
“For services to Law and Order.”
Andrew Soper
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Angela O’brien
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Derby, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Angela Owen
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Alton, Hampshire
“For services to Women in the Defence Sector.”
Ann Fitchett
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Worcester, Worcestershire
“For services to Defence.”
Ann Mcvie
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Linlithgow, West Lothian
“For public service.”
Anne Paterson
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Minard, Argyll and Bute
“For services to Education.”
Anne-Marie Houghton
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Anthony Price
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Malmesbury, Wiltshire
“For services to the Energy Storage Industry.”
Anthony Spiro
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London, Greater London
“For voluntary service to Holocaust Remembrance.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3704233. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
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