
New Year Honours 2015
Robin Christian Howard Niblett CMG
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Director • Royal Institute of International Affairs
“For services to promoting the UK as a global centre for foreign policy.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
For services to promoting the UK as a global centre for foreign policy.
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“For services to promoting the UK as a global centre for foreign policy.”
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The Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George was awarded 10 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 1% of the list.
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Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Year Honours 2015
Catherine Elizabeth Nettleton, O.b.e., H.m.
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Ambassador
David Quarrey
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Director Middle East and North Africa
George Benedict Joseph Pascal Busby, O.b.e.
PersonCompanion Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015
“For services to international security.”
Graham Andrew
PersonCompanion Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015
“For services to international diplomacy.”
James Jonathan Howard Morrison
PersonCompanion Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015
“for Common Foreign and Security Police.”
Laurence Stanley Charles Bristow
PersonCompanion Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015
“For services to British foreign policy interests and national security.”
Philip John Parham
PersonCompanion Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015
Ambassador and British Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Raymond Peter James Upton
PersonCompanion Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015
“For services to UK-Pakistan cultural relations.”
Richard David Spearman, O.b.e.
PersonCompanion Order Of St Michael And St George · 2015
“For services to international security.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2015
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Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 31 December 2014.
Retrieved from the London Gazette on 3 July 2026.
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