New Year Honours 2020
Jonson Cox CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chair
“For services to the Water Industry.”
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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
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased 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:
Jonson COX
Chair, Ofwat
For services to the Water Industry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Chair
- Region
- Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Water Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 105 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
28 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
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Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454732. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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