New Year Honours 2025
Peter Thompson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Science and Technology.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
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:
Dr. Peter Anthony THOMPSON
Chief Executive Officer, National Physical Laboratory
For services to Science and Technology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- Salisbury, Wiltshire
“For services to Science and Technology.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
12 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Wiltshire.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
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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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782806. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Salisbury, Wiltshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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