Birthday Honours 2022
Linda Colley DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• Princeton University
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
“For services to History.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
“For services to historical studies.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
02 June 2022
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 Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be an Ordinary Dame Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Linda Jane COLLEY C.B.E.
Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History, Princeton University, United States of America
For services to History.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette page
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2009
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Princeton University
“For services to historical studies.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Davis 1958 Professor of History
“For services to History.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 14 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Davis 1958 Professor of History.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2022
Arlene Foster
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
County Fermanagh
“For Political and Public Service.”
Christine Gilbert
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Young People and to Charity.”
Clare Grey
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science.”
Dr Ann Geraldine Limb
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Young People and to Philanthropy.”
Fiona Powrie
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Headington, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Science.”
Fionnuala Mary Jay-o'boyle
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to the community in Northern Ireland.”
Karen Jones
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to the Hospitality Industry.”
Louise Richardson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Maria Miller
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Hampshire
“For Parliamentary and Public Service.”
Nia Griffith
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Carmarthenshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Ruth Beverley (ruth May)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Nayland, Suffolk
“For services to Nursing, Midwifery, and the NHS.”
Sally Mapstone
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
St Andrews, Fife
“For services to Higher Education.”
Susan The Lady Sainsbury Of Turville
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts, particularly during Covid-19.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4085067. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009).
Published 30 December 2008.
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