Birthday Honours 2021
Matthew Taylor CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General
“Director General, Cabinet Office. For services to European Negotiations”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General, Cabinet Office. For services to European Negotiations
View London Gazette noticeLondon Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Matthew John TAYLOR
Director General, Cabinet Office
For services to European Negotiations.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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