Birthday Honours 2017
Raymond Briggs CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Cartoonist and Author
“For services to Literature.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Raymond Redvers BRIGGS
Illustrator, Cartoonist and Author
For services to Literature.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
East Sussex
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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- Cartoonist and Author
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- East Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 110 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Cartoonist and Author.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Lisa Riley
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804133. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (East Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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