New Year Honours 2024
Penelope Endersby CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Meteorology, to Defence Science and to Technology.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Meteorology, to Defence Science and to Technology.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING 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
Penelope Clare ENDERSBY FREng.
Chief Executive Officer, Met Office
For services to Meteorology, to Defence Science and to Technology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- Newton Abbot, Devon
“For services to Meteorology, to Defence Science and to Technology.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
18 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Devon.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520002. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Newton Abbot, Devon) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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