New Year Honours 2019
Margaret Wilson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Headteacher
“For services to Education.”
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
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:
Dr. Margaret Melrose WILSON D.L.
Headteacher, The King John School, Essex
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Essex
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Headteacher
- Region
- Essex
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 107 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Headteacher.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2019
Alison Baptiste
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Surrey
“For services to the Environment.”
Alison Brittain
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Bedfordshire
“For services to Business.”
Alison Park
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London
“For services to the Social Sciences.”
Andrea Wilson
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London
“For services to Law and Order and to Diversity in the Workplace.”
Andrew Fender
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Greater Manchester
“For political service.”
Andrew Goodall
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Bridgend
“For services to Health, to Social Care and to public service in Wales.”
Andrew Jackson
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Anthony Van Laast
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“For services to Dance and Choreography.”
Barry Burton
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Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Bridget Clare Rosewell
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London
“For services to the Economy.”
Brigadier Flanagan
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Hampshire
“For services to the UK Space Sector.”
Brigadier Van Orden
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“For political service.”
Catherine (Kate) Caithness
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Angus
“For services to Sport.”
Cecilia Mathieson
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London
“For services to Defence.”
Christine Ann Gaskell
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Cheshire
“For services to the community in Cheshire.”
Christopher Bailey
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London
“For services to Fashion.”
Christopher Nolan
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“For services to film.”
Christopher Packham
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Hampshire
“For services to Nature Conservation.”
Clair Baynton
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Berkshire
“For services to Emergency Planning and Response in Health.”
Claire Murdoch
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London
“For services to the NHS.”
Claire Stevens
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Children.”
Colonel Blashford-snell
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Dorset
“For services to Scientific Research Abroad and to Young People in the UK.”
David Doyle
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“For services to Manx Law.”
David Gothard
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London
“For services to Cinema and to Drama.”
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
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Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176416. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Location (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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