Birthday Honours 2019
Rebecca Meredith CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Education.”
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
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:
Rebecca MEREDITH
Chief Executive Officer, Transform Trust, East Midlands and Humber
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
- Region
- Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 121 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 9% of the list.
In their area
11 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Leicestershire.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2019
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Andrew Heath
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Anna Vignoles (anna Griffiths)
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“For services to Social Sciences.”
Anna-Marie Morrison
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Hitchin, Hertfordshire
“For services to Apprenticeships.”
Anthony Laithwaite
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Oxfordshire
“For services to the UK and Global Wine Industry.”
Barnaby Lenon
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Benedict Evans
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London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Bharat Shah
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Northwood, London
“For services to Business, Economic Growth, to Exporting, Independent Pharmacy Sector and to Philanthropy.”
Bryan Appleyard
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London
“For services to Journalism and the Arts.”
Caroline Low
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London
“For public service.”
Catherine Bradley
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London
“For public service.”
Charles Donald Hendry
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“For services to UK trade and investment.”
Christina Hallett
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Bristol
“For services to Civil Society, to Mentoring and to Coaching.”
Colin Robertson
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Edinburgh
“For services to Exports and to the Bus and Coach Manufacturing Sector.”
David Evan Roberts
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Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Financial Services and to the NHS.”
David Gill
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Greater Manchester
“For services to Football.”
David Gray
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London
“For services to Regulation.”
David Southwood
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London
“For services to Space Science and Industry in the UK and Europe.”
David Strang
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Edinburgh
“For services to Law and Order.”
Deborah Gillatt, (mrs Goldsmith)
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Croydon, London
“For services to the Economy.”
Deidre Ford
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Radio.”
Derek Vaughan
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Swansea
“For political and public service.”
Elizabeth Barnes
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Staffordshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
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“For services to Further Education.”
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Julia Downey
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Barbara Connell
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Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3294132. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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