New Year Honours 1998
Michael James Thresher MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Taunton Deane Borough Council
Organisation: Taunton Deane Borough Council
“For services to Local Government in Taunton, Somerset.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Local Government in Taunton, Somerset.
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“For services to Local Government in Taunton, Somerset.”
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“For services to Local Government in Taunton, Somerset.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 731 times in the New Year Honours List 1998 — about 57% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1998
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1998 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1997.
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