New Year Honours 2024
Richard Templer OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Climate Innovation.”
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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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Richard Hilary TEMPLER
lately Director of Innovation, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
For services to Climate Innovation.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Climate Innovation.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 298 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 19% of the list.
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841 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520410. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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