
New Year Honours 2014
Professor James Rex Knowlson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: University of Reading
“Emeritus Professor of French, University of Reading. For services to Literary Scholarship.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Emeritus Professor of French, University of Reading. For services to Literary Scholarship.
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“Emeritus Professor of French, University of Reading. For services to Literary Scholarship.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 296 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 19% of the list.
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North Yorkshire
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Alison Marjorie Wild
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Cheshire
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Alison Mary Gilchrist
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Renfrewshire
“For services to Business and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Alistair George Speirs
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“For services to British commercial and cultural interests and to charitable work in Indonesia.”
Allan Oliver Jagger
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West Yorkshire
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Allan Paul Marshall
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Royal Air Force
Amanda Felicity Mackenzie
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London
“Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Aviva. For services to Marketing.”
Andrea Lee Hough
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Greater Manchester
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Andrew Alfred Banks
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Orkney
“Managing Director, Pentland Ferries. For services to Transport and the community in Orkney.”
Andrew Baxendine
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London
“Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence.”
Andrew John Basford
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Northamptonshire
“Principal Officer, Manager Engineering Development, Serious and Organised Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement.”
Andrew Macfarlane Mills
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late Corps of Royal Engineers
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Bedfordshire
“Grade 7, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence Information Capability.”
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Kent
“Consultant, Department for International Development. For Humanitarian services particularly in Syria.”
Ann Cadman
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South Yorkshire
“Director, The Source Skills Academy. For services to the community in South Yorkshire.”
Anne Owen Wozencraft
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“For services to British education overseas.”
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London
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Staffordshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 1 January 2014.
Location (Berkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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