Birthday Honours 2021
Kate Josephs CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General
“For Public Service.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Kate Margaret JOSEPHS
lately Director General, Cabinet Office
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Companion of the Order of the Bath
Birthday Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Director General
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- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 24 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
1 Companion of the Order of the Bath recipient is from South Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
Director General.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours 2021
Andrew Burns
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Bangor, County Down
“For Public Service.”
Carol Bristow
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London, Greater London
“For services to the UK Economy during Covid-19.”
Daniel York-smith
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“For Public Service.”
David Kennedy
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic.”
Douglas Chalmers
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Gareth Evans
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Law.”
Guy Poppy
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Romsey, Hampshire
“For services to Food Safety and Security.”
Helen Towers, (helen Macnamara)
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
John Wilson
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St Neots, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Defence.”
Kevin Charles Patrick McGinty
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Tiverton, Devon
“For Public Service.”
Lindsey Whyte
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Matthew Taylor
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London, Greater London
“For services to European Negotiations.”
Neil Couling
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Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Welfare.”
Neil Sexton
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Nicholas Elliott
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Covid-19 Response.”
Paul Lincoln
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Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Border Security.”
Philip Hally
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Simon Ellard
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Simon Ridley
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Stephen Oldfield
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Ewhurst, Surrey
“For services to EU Exit Preparedness and the Covid-19 Response.”
Warren Austin William James
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Wendy Hardaker
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Rochdale, Greater Manchester
“For services to the Law.”
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Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
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Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816542. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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