
Birthday Honours 2009
June JACOBS CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
peace activist
“For services to Human Rights and to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Human Rights and to Inter-Faith Relations.
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- peace activist
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“For services to Human Rights and to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 102 times in the Birthday Honours List 2009 — about 11% of the list.
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707 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
peace activist.
How widely is this recognised?
2,161 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Alice Loretto Quinn
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Glasgow
“Headteacher, Castlemilk High School, Glasgow. For services to Education.”
Christine Joy Stewart
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Surrey
“Lately Director, Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy, Ministry of Justice.”
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Warwickshire
“Voice Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to Drama.”
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David Turrell
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Dr Judith Ann Hulf
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Dr Juliet Susan Durrant Williams
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“For services to the Tourist and Creative Industries.”
Dr June Munro Raine
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Corwen, Clwyd
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London, Greater London
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Bangor, County Down
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Sharifa Begum
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Hove, East Sussex
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Simeon John Yates
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Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
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Emma Whitfield
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Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
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Bangor, County Down
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Birchington, Kent
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2009.
Location (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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