New Year Honours 2017
Nigel Richardson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
lately Director of Children?s Services
“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 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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Nigel Paul RICHARDSON
lately Director of Children’s Services, Leeds City Council
For services to Children and Families.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
East Riding of Yorkshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- lately Director of Children?s Services
- Region
- East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Children and Families.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Director of Children?s Services.
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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Neil Martin
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Barbara Connell
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Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
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Josef Taylor
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“For services to Children and Young People.”
Claire Robinson
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Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
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Llandudno, Clwyd
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Katie Misselbrook
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Chester, Cheshire
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Steven Lowe
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Janet Cooper
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Mary Boam
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“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roderick Wood
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Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Christopher Turner
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Hockley, Essex
“For services to Young People in Essex.”
Neerasha Singh
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Greenhithe, Kent
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Karen Roberts
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“For services to Young People.”
Pamela Pattinson
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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
“For services to Family Support and Advocacy.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673671. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (East Riding of 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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