New Year Honours 2008
Peter Ivan JONES CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Lately Chair, Horserace Totalisator Board. For services to the Racing Industry.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Lately Chair, Horserace Totalisator Board. For services to the Racing Industry.
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“Lately Chair, Horserace Totalisator Board. For services to the Racing Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 10% of the list.
In their area
15 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Dorset.
How widely is this recognised?
3,730 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Alan Douglas Garwood
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“Chief Executive, West Lothian Council. For services to Local Government.”
Allan Edward Cook
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Andrew Cameron
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“Chief Constable, Central Scotland Police. For services to the Police.”
Angela Mason
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London
“Lately Director, Women and Equality Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government.”
Ann Denise Hogbin
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London
“Chef de Mission, Commonwealth Games Council for England. For services to Sport.”
Ann Judith Lloyd
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Gloucestershire
“Head of Health and Social Services Department and Chief Executive NHS Wales, Welsh Assembly Government.”
Anthony Gordon Douglas
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London
“Chief Executive, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. For services to Family Justice and to Adoption.”
Brendan Foster
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Bronwen Mary Curtis
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Claire Ighodaro
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Surrey
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David John Still
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Northumberland
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David William Quysner
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East Sussex
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Dennis Godfrey
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Diana Babar
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Dr Angela Isabella Agnes Lennox
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Dr Bill Kirkup
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Dr Brian Woods-Scawen
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Dr Charles Robert Saumarezsmith
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Dr Christine Braddock
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Dr David William Golding
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Kirsty Thatcher (Kirsty Leighton)
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Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“Chair, Focus SB. For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships”
Richard Scaife
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Dronfield, South Yorkshire
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Becky Ruddy
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Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“Managing Director, Laser Micromachining. For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing”
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Crewe, Cheshire
“Business Manager, Amiqus, Founder, G into Gaming and Co-Founder, Empower Up. For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
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Commander 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.
Location (Dorset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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