Birthday Honours 2016
John Beechey CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• former President of the Court of the International Chamber of Commerce
“For services to international arbitration and legal practice.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to international arbitration and legal practice.
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Order of the British Empire
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AND OVERSEAS LIST Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
John BEECHEY
Independent Arbitrator, former President of the Court of the International Chamber of Commerce
For services to international arbitration and legal practice.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to international arbitration and legal practice.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 115 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
former President of the Court of the International Chamber of Commerce.
How widely is this recognised?
603 people have been recognised for International & Diplomatic.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“For charitable services to the community in North East England.”
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Bedfordshire
“For services to Cricket.”
Alison Hutchinson
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London
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London
“For political service and charitable services in Pakistan through the Jhok Aid Project.”
Allan Bell
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“For public service to the Isle of Man.”
Althea Efunshile
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Surrey
“For services to Arts and Culture.”
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Monmouthshire
“For services to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the community in South East Wales.”
Ann Moore
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East Sussex
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Derbyshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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“For services to Computer Science and Engineering.”
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Edinburgh
“For services to the Arts, Heritage and Education.”
Bridget Warr
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Somerset
“For services to Social Care and the Voluntary Sector.”
Bryan Morton
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Oxfordshire
“For services to the Healthcare Industry.”
Carol Davies
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Middlesex
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Oxfordshire
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Edinburgh
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Hampshire
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“For services to Education.”
Colin Diamond
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Somerset
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London
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
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Essex
“For services to Law Enforcement particularly to International Policing.”
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Wilfred Eaton
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Martha Holman
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Elizabeth Eaton
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Tariq Obaide
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Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
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Gary Millar
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Jonathan Lutwyche
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Lancaster, Lancashire
“For services to Sustainable Chemicals Management, to Economic Growth, to International Trade, and to Advancing Opportunities for Women and Young People.”
Joanna Keating
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to International Development.”
David Currie
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St Andrews, Fife
“For services to International Trade, Energy Transition and Economic Growth.”
Martin Kent
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“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
Paul Berman
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“For services to British Foreign Policy and to International Law.”
Amanda Brooks (amanda Kendall)
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London, Greater London
“For services to Economic Growth and International Trade.”
Katherine Drew
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“For services to UK/Solomon Islands relations.”
Nunzia Bertali
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Wirral, Merseyside
“For services to UK/Italy Relations and to the community in Wirral.”
Peter Sidebotham
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“For services to UK/Georgia relations.”
Richard Tilley
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“For services to UK/Eswatini relations and to British Nationals in Eswatini.”
Christina Miller
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK Foreign Policy.”
Sarah Annable-gardner
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“For services to International Development in Ghana.”
Kwangwook Cho
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“For services to UK/Korea Relations in the areas of Science and Health.”
Martin Uden
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“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
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“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Edith Caldwell
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“For services to International Humanitarian Aid and Development.”
Gary Green
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“For services to International Business, Industry and the UK Economy.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2553046. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
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