New Year Honours 2021
Maureen Mcginn, J.p., (lady Elvidge) CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chair
“For services to Heritage and to a Civil Society.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Heritage and to a Civil Society.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
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:
Maureen Margaret Ann McGINN, J.P., (Lady Elvidge)
Lately Chair, National Lottery Community Fund Scotland Committee
For services to Heritage and to a Civil Society.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Heritage and to a Civil Society.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 89 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
31 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Edinburgh.
What organisation were they with?
Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Chester, Cheshire
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John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
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Southampton, Hampshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703364. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Edinburgh, City of 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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