Birthday Honours 2017
John Sulston
Order Of The Companions Of Honour
“For services to Science and Society.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Companions of Honour
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following appointments to the Order of the Companions of Honour:
To be Members:
Sir John Edward SULSTON F.R.S.
For services to Science and Society.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Cambridgeshire
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How common is this award?
The Order Of The Companions Of Honour was awarded 9 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Order Of The Companions Of Honour in the Birthday Honours 2017
Beryl Grey
PersonOrder Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
West Sussex
“For services to Dance.”
Delia Ann Smith
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Suffolk
“For services to Cookery.”
James Mccartney
PersonOrder Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
London
“For services to Music.”
Joanne Rowling
PersonOrder Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
Edinburgh
“For services to Literature and Philanthropy.”
Mark Elder
PersonOrder Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
London
“For services to Music.”
Nicholas Stern Of Brentford
PersonOrder Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
“For services to Economics, International Relations and Tackling Climate Change.”
Terence Conran
PersonOrder Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
Berkshire
“For services to Design.”
Vera Shirley
PersonOrder Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
Oxfordshire
“For services to the IT Industry and Philanthropy.”
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Order Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2803465. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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