Birthday Honours 2008
Prof Christine Joan BEASLEY DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Organisation: Department of Health
“Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health. For public and voluntary service.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health. For public and voluntary service.
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“Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health. For public and voluntary service.”
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“Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health. For public and voluntary service.”
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 9 times in the Birthday Honours List 2008 — about 1% of the list.
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100 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2008
Barbara Mary Stocking
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Oxfordshire
“Chief Executive, Oxfam GB. For services to Humanitarian work.”
Clara Hedwig Frances Furse
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange. For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
Donna Kinnair
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Director of Clinical Leadership, Southwark Primary Care Trust. For services to Nursing in London.”
Hilary Sharon Braverman Blume
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
Joan Dawson Bakewell
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Broadcaster and Writer. For services to Journalism and to the Arts.”
Lady Margaret Holroyd
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Author. For services to Literature.”
Monica Margaret Mason
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Director of the Royal Ballet. For services to Dance.”
Prof Janet Valerie Finch
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Staffordshire
“Vice-Chancellor, Keele University. For services to Social Science and to Higher Education.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
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Published 14 June 2008.
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