New Year Honours 2017
Paul Smithwick OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lawyer
“For services to British/Irish relations.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Lawyer
“For services to British/Irish relations.”
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Paul Smithwick
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to British/Irish relations.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 18% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Lawyer.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2017
Abdul Bhanji
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Education and Young People.”
Adrian Simper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to the UK nuclear industry in Japan.”
Aileen Walker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Improving Public Engagement with Parliament and voluntary service to the community in London.”
Ailsa Rutter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Tobacco Control.”
Alastair Graham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Alastair Whitehead
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For public service and voluntary services to Policing.”
Alexander Fox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
West Yorkshire
“For services to Social Care.”
Alexander Wyle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to the Introduction of the Scottish Legal System in Schools..”
Alice Walpole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to British Diplomacy.”
Alison Baum
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Tackling Child Health Inequalities.”
Alison Beane
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Isle of Wight
“For services to Education.”
Alison Kervin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Surrey
“For services to Sports Journalism.”
Alison Spurway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Glasgow
“For services to Girlguiding and charity.”
Alistair Adams
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Amanda Foister
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Oxfordshire
“For services to Young People.”
Amanda Nobbs (mrs. Mullarkey)
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Surrey
“For services to Flood and Coastal Risk Management and Environment Protection.”
Aminatta Forna
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Literature.”
Andrew Booth
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to children’s education in Cambodia.”
Andrew Gudgeon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Andrew Heywood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Andrew Stuart Garner Yorkshire Regiment.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Andrew Triggs-Hodge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Oxfordshire
“For services to Rowing.”
Andrew Young
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
East Sussex
“For services to Pension Policy and Pensioners.”
Angela Cox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
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Published 31 December 2016.
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