New Year Honours 2008
Matthew MacLeod MACIVER CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organisation: General Teaching Council for Scotland
“Chief Executive and Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive and Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education.
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“Chief Executive and Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Chief Executive and Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education.”
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“Chief Executive and Registrar, General Teaching Council for Scotland. For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 10% of the list.
In their area
75 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Edinburgh.
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How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Allan Edward Cook
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Angela Mason
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London
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Ann Denise Hogbin
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London
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Ann Judith Lloyd
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Gloucestershire
“Head of Health and Social Services Department and Chief Executive NHS Wales, Welsh Assembly Government.”
Anthony Gordon Douglas
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Bronwen Mary Curtis
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David John Still
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Northumberland
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David William Quysner
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East Sussex
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Dennis Godfrey
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Diana Babar
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Dr Brian Woods-Scawen
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Alan John Hiatt
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Jamie Paul Goddard
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Chepstow, Gwent
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Julie Gard
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Bracknell, Berkshire
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Lilian Jane Field
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Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
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Exeter, Devon
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Jacqueline Burton
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Waterlooville, Hampshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2007.
Location (Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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