New Year Honours 2021
Marcus Agius CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chairman
“For services to Botany and to Conservation.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
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:
Marcus Ambrose Paul AGIUS
lately Chairman, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
For services to Botany and to Conservation.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
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“For services to Botany and to Conservation.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 89 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 6% of the list.
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447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
1,438 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703321. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (London, Greater 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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