Birthday Honours 2023
Neslyn Watson-dru�e DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to Women and to Ethnic Minorities.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Women and to Ethnic Minorities.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Neslyn Eugenie WATSON-DRUÉE C.B.E.
Voluntary Chair, Birmingham and Midlands Women Economic Forum
For services to Women and to Ethnic Minorities.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Women and to Ethnic Minorities.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 10 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
81 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Eleanor Milner-gulland
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“For services to International Conservation.”
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Jacqueline Baillie
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“For Political and Public Service.”
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“For services to Disabled People.”
Scott Rogers
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Sharon Brown
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Hollie Whittles
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Ronald Sawford
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“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
Karen Salter (kay Salter)
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Diane Redfern
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Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
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Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
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Imran Hafeez
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Literacy Development and Social Inclusion in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”
Pamela Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
John Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Douglas Bott
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Disabled People.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Chenelle Ansah
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London, Greater London
“For services to Investment, to Women in Business and to Charity.”
Yasmin Khan
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Ending Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women.”
Diana Brightmore-armour
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women and Diversity in Financial Services.”
Martin Coppack
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Social Equality and Inclusion.”
Janet Jeffrey
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“For services to Children with Disabilities in Lesotho.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4378053. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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