Birthday Honours 2015
Peter West CMG
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
High Commissioner
“For services to British foreign policy in Africa.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
For services to British foreign policy in Africa.
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Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AND OVERSEAS LIST
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday to give orders for the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
C.M.G.
To be Ordinary Members of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Peter WEST
High Commissioner, Freetown, Sierra Leone
For services to British foreign policy in Africa.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to British foreign policy in Africa.”
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George was awarded 10 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
High Commissioner.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the Birthday Honours 2015
Elizabeth Wright
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Jill Morris
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Mark Thomson
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“For services to global torture prevention.”
Paul Griffiths
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“For services to British prosperity in the United Arab Emirates and to music.”
Peter Batey
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“For services to UK relations with China.”
Rudolph Markham
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“For services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Management Board.”
Simon Smith
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“For services to British foreign policy interests in Ukraine.”
Thomas Drew
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“For services to British foreign policy interests.”
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Mark
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Michael Mitchell
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Jack Emsley
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Cynthia Davis
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“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347522. View the official notice ↗
Published 13 June 2015.
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