Birthday Honours 2025
Philip Barton GCMG
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
former Permanent Under-Secretary
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2025 with the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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London Gazette notice
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
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 Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
G.C.M.G.
To be an Ordinary Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Sir Philip Robert BARTON K.C.M.G. O.B.E.
former Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
For services to British Foreign Policy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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