New Year Honours 2024
Margaret Beckett
Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire
Organisation: Political and Public Service
“For Parliamentary, Political and Public Service.”
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Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire
For Parliamentary, Political and Public Service.
View London Gazette notice ↗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:
G.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
The Right Honourable Dame Margaret Mary BECKETT D.B.E. M.P.
Member of Parliament for Derby South
For Parliamentary, Political and Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire
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- Derby, Derbyshire
“For Parliamentary, Political and Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire was awarded 5 times in the New Year Honours List 2024.
In their area
1 Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire recipient is from Derbyshire.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire in the New Year Honours 2024
Carol Black
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
James Mcdonald
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Stewarton, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Engineering, to Education and to Energy.”
Ridley Scott
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Abroad
“For services to the UK Film Industry.”
William Beaumont
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Lytham, Lancashire
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to Charity.”
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Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519976. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Derby, Derbyshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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