Birthday Honours 2025
John Watson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Education and to Charity.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His 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 Macgill WATSON O.B.E.
Businessman and Philanthropist
For services to Education and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Education and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 108 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
9 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Glasgow.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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Alison Turner
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Louise Sutherland
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Peter Scobie
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Audrey Moore
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
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Fiona Knight
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Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905999. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Glasgow, City of Glasgow) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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