New Year Honours 2017
Michael Grant MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Conservation and the community in Billington, Bedfordshire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Conservation and the community in Billington, Bedfordshire.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
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:
Michael GRANT
For services to Conservation and the community in Billington, Bedfordshire.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Conservation and the community in Billington, Bedfordshire.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 606 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 41% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,438 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2674152. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Bedfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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