New Year Honours 2024
Michaela Benzeval CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Social Science.”
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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
30 December 2023
THE KING 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:
Professor Michaela Jane BENZEVAL
Professor of Longitudinal Research and Director of Understanding Society, University of Essex
For services to Social Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Social Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
16 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Essex.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519942. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Frinton on Sea, Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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