Birthday Honours 2025
Penelope Mordaunt DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• Leader of the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North
“For Political and Public Service.”
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
The Right Honourable Penelope Mary MORDAUNT
lately Lord President of the Privy Council, Leader of the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North
For Political and Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Leader of the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North
- Region
- Portsmouth, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
2 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hampshire.
What organisation were they with?
Leader of the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905904. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Portsmouth, Hampshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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