New Year Honours 2023
Matthew Rycroft KCMG
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
lately Permanent Secretary
“For services to British Diplomacy, Development and Domestic Policy.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
For services to British Diplomacy, Development and Domestic Policy.
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
K.C.M.G.
To be Ordinary Members of the Second Class, or Knights Commander, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Matthew John RYCROFT C.B.E.
Permanent Secretary, Home Office
For services to British Diplomacy, Development and Domestic Policy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George was awarded 5 times in the New Year Honours List 2023.
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lately Permanent Secretary.
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2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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“For services to Charity and to Philanthropy.”
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Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
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“For Public Service.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Moira Chrystal
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“For services to Local Government and to the community in Ramsey, Isle of Man.”
Brian Robertson
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Charles Obazuaye
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“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Emily Jarvis
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Caroline Bird
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Graham Metcalfe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Welton, Lincolnshire
“For Public Service.”
Alison Lawson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Andrea Kinver
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For Public Service.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For Public Service.”
Samuel Jenkins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christopher Howarth
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Southport, Merseyside
“For Public Service.”
Anne Holland
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4245808. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
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