New Year Honours 2024
Kathryn Caton MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder and Managing Director
“For services to Trade and to the community in Brighton.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Trade and to the community in Brighton.
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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
30 December 2023
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:
Kathryn Melanie Keele CATON
Founder and Managing Director, Brighton Gin
For services to Trade and to the community in Brighton.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Founder and Managing Director
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- Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Trade and to the community in Brighton.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 588 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 37% of the list.
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77 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from East Sussex.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Managing Director.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520493. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Brighton, East Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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