New Year Honours 2022
Peter John Robert Riddell
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lately Commissioner for Public Appointments
“Lately Commissoner for Public Appointments. For Public Service”
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Lately Commissoner for Public Appointments. For Public Service
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
01 January 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
The Right Honourable Peter John Robert RIDDELL C.B.E.
lately Commissioner for Public Appointments
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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