New Year Honours 2019
Mehmooda Duke MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
“For services to the Legal Profession and to the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the Legal Profession and to the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship.
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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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Mehmooda DUKE D.L.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Moosa- Duke Solicitors
For services to the Legal Profession and to the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Leicestershire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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- Leicestershire
“For services to the Legal Profession and to the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 527 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 37% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176776. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 29 December 2018.
Location (Leicestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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