Birthday Honours 2025
Rachel O’reilly MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Chemistry.”
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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
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 Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Rachel Kerry O’REILLY F.R.S.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Birmingham
For services to Chemistry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Chemistry.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906624. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Birmingham, West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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