New Year Honours 2023
John Reyntiens MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Art and to Heritage.”
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
John Patrick REYNTIENS
Stained Glass Artist
For services to Art and to Heritage.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Art and to Heritage.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 546 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
1,239 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
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Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4247215. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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