Birthday Honours 2021
Paul Michael LINCOLN CB
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General, Border Force
Organisation: Ministry of Defence
“Director General, Border Force, Home Office. For services to Border Security”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive, National Heart Forum for Coronary Heart Disease Prevention (UK). For services to Healthcare.
View London Gazette noticeCompanion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General, Border Force, Home Office. For services to Border Security
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
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 Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Paul Michael LINCOLN O.B.E.
Director General, Border Force, Home Office
For services to Border Security.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Director General, Border Force
- Region
- Aylesbury, Surrey
“Chief Executive, National Heart Forum for Coronary Heart Disease Prevention (UK). For services to Healthcare.”
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Birthday Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Director General, Border Force
- Region
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
“Director General, Border Force, Home Office. For services to Border Security”
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 24 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
4 Companion of the Order of the Bath recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
What organisation were they with?
Director General, Border Force, Ministry of Defence.
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours 2021
Andrew Burns
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Andrew McCORMICK
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Bangor, County Down
“Director General, International Relations, Northern Ireland Executive. For public service”
Carol Bristow
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London, Greater London
“Director, Individuals Policy Directorate, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to the UK Economy during Covid-19”
Daniel Byron York-Smith
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Director, Strategy, Planning and Budget. HM Treasury. For public service”
David Bernard Kennedy
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Director General, Food, Farming and Animal and Plant Health, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For public service particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic”
Douglas McKenzie Chalmers
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Gareth Llywelyn Evans
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Deputy Director, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Legal Team, Government Legal Department. For services to the Law”
Guy Poppy
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Romsey, Hampshire
“Lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Food Standards Agency and Professor of Ecology, University of Southampton. For services to Food Safety and Security”
Helen Towers, (Helen MacNamara)
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Lately Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Office. For public service”
John Dominic Wilson
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
St Neots, Cambridgeshire
“Director General, Security Policy, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence”
Kate Josephs
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Lately Director General, Cabinet Office. For public service”
Kevin Charles Patrick Mcginty
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Tiverton, Devon
“Lately HM Chief Inspector of The Crown Prosecution Service. For public service”
Lindsey Jennifer Whyte
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Director, Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions. HM Treasury. For public service”
Matthew Taylor
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Director General, Cabinet Office. For services to European Negotiations”
Neil David Sexton
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Neil William Couling
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Liphook, Hampshire
“Director General, Change and Resilience Group and Senior Responsible Officer, Universal Credit, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Universal Credit”
Nicholas Karl Elliott
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Lately Director General, Vaccine Taskforce and lately Director General, Commercial, Defence Equipment and Support. For services to the Covid-19 Response”
Philip John Hally
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Simon David Ellard
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Simon Ridley
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
London, Greater London
“Director General, Cabinet Office. For public service”
Stephen Philip Oldfield
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Ewhurst, Surrey
“Director General, Chief Commercial Officer, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to EU Exit Preparedness and the Covid-19 Response”
Warren Austin William James
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Wendy Anne Hardaker
PersonCompanion Order Of Bath · 2021
Rochdale, Greater Manchester
“Director, Commercial Law Group, Government Legal Department. For services to the Law”
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Lee Allen Ralph
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Debra Padgett
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Maurice Neely
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Strabane, County Tyrone
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland”
Clare McCAWLEY
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Castlewellan, County Down
“Victorian Garden Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector”
Jenny Ann McBRIEN
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Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Patient Advocate. For services to Women Living with Breast Cancer”
Steven Lowe
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Wendy Lowe
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Edith Joyce Leask
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Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing”
Helen Mack
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“Lately Director of Income Generation, Wakefield Hospice. For services to Hospice Care”
Carmen Soraya Kelly
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Barry, South Glamorgan
“For services to Young People, to Cancer and Health Awareness and to Social Cohesion”
Jason John Kinghorn
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Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
“Staff Officer, Royal Air Force Career Fields. For services to Royal Air Force Career Management”
Leanne Johanna Howlett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“Expert by Experience and Specialist Perinatal Psychiatric Nurse, Institute of Health Visiting. For services to Health Visiting”
Alan John Hiatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Christopher Groombridge
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Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
“Chair, Teeth Team. For services to Child Dental Health Improvement”
Claire Elizabeth Griffiths
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Cancer Charities”
Paul John Gates
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Rayleigh, Essex
“Vice-Chair, British Association for Immediate Care. For services to Pre-Hospital Critical Care”
Susan Garner
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London, Greater London
“Volunteer Facilitator, Carers in Mind, Richmond Borough Mind. For services to Mental Health Carers in South West London”
Tyrrell George John Robert Evans
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London, Greater London
“Vice-President, St Christopher's Hospice. For services to Palliative Care”
Warren Dunkley
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Gravesend, Kent
“Founder, Off the Ropes and Occupational Therapist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Mental Health Support”
Francis Peter Cusack
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Musselburgh, East Lothian
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2007.
Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816555. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Aylesbury, Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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