New Year Honours 2019
Paul Gotts MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the North East of England and to the UK Processing and Engineering Industries.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the North East of England and to the UK Processing and Engineering Industries.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
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:
Paul GOTTS
For services to the North East of England and to the UK Processing and Engineering Industries.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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North Yorkshire
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“For services to the North East of England and to the UK Processing and Engineering Industries.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 527 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 37% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Guildford, Surrey
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Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
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Dromore, County Down
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176893. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 29 December 2018.
Location (North 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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