New Year Honours 2024
Prof Valerie Joan LUND DBE
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Emeritus Professor in Rhinology
“Emeritus Professor in Rhinology, University College London. For services to Rhinology”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Professor of Rhinology, Ear Institute and Honorary Consultant, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Royal Free NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.
View London Gazette noticeDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Emeritus Professor in Rhinology, University College London. For services to Rhinology
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Valerie Joan LUND C.B.E.
Emeritus Professor in Rhinology, University College London
For services to Rhinology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Emeritus Professor in Rhinology
- Region
- Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex
“Professor of Rhinology, Ear Institute and Honorary Consultant, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Royal Free NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Emeritus Professor in Rhinology
- Region
- Staines-upon-Thames, Berkshire
“Emeritus Professor in Rhinology, University College London. For services to Rhinology”
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
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.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519989. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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