New Year Honours 2012
Margaret Ann PAREN OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: South Downs National Park Authority
“Chair, South Downs National Park Authority. For services to the Environment.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chair, South Downs National Park Authority. For services to the Environment.
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 241 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 25% of the list.
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223 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hampshire.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,110 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. For services to Children.”
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Derbyshire
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Stewart William Muir
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Derry, County Londonderry
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Becki Lawson
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Stephen John Hughson
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Newbridge on Wye, Powys
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Caterina Goodhart
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London, Greater London
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Alison Field
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Winchester, Hampshire
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Sarah Eberle
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Witney, Oxfordshire
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Matthew Philip Lindsey-Clark
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Doynton, Gloucestershire
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Sarah Jane Chimbwandira
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Bordon, Hampshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (Hampshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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