Birthday Honours 2017
Patricia Carrington MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Further Education and to the community in Peterborough..”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Further Education and to the community in Peterborough..
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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 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Miss Patricia CARRINGTON
Principal and Head of Service, City College Peterborough
For services to Further Education and to the community in Peterborough..
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Further Education and to the community in Peterborough..”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 543 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 39% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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South Yorkshire
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Alison Turner
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Peter Scobie
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Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
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Fiona Mccullough
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
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Fiona Knight
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804532. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 17 June 2017.
Location (Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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