New Year Honours 2021
Nigel Priestley MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Solicitor
“For services to Children and Families.”
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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
31 December 2020
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:
Nigel Jonathan PRIESTLEY
Solicitor
For services to Children and Families.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Solicitor
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- Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Children and Families.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 608 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 38% of the list.
In their area
196 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
Solicitor.
How widely is this recognised?
3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Stephen Greene
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Hockley, Essex
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Greenhithe, Kent
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Jeremy Penn
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Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Young People.”
Michelle John
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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Source & provenance
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3704067. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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