Birthday Honours 2010
John Furness WIDDOWSON CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education.
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“Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education.”
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“Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 104 times in the Birthday Honours List 2010 — about 11% of the list.
In their area
15 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Durham.
How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Bryan Davis
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Bracknell, Berkshire
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Exeter, Devon
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Waterlooville, Hampshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2010.
Location (Durham) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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