Birthday Honours 2025
Peter Dawson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director
“For services to Prisoners and to Prison Reform.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Prisoners and to Prison Reform.
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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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Peter William DAWSON
lately Director, Prison Reform Trust
For services to Prisoners and to Prison Reform.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Prisoners and to Prison Reform.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 108 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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Director.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905929. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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