Birthday Honours 1998
Ronald James Kerr CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Regional Director • NHS Executive
Organisation: NHS Executive
“For services to Physics.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1998
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Birthday Honours 1998- Role at the time
- Regional Director, NHS Executive
“For services to Physics.”
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“For services to Physics.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 100 times in the Birthday Honours List 1998 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Regional Director, NHS Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“For services to the Police.”
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“For services to Broadcasting and to the Film Industry.”
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lately Head
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“For services to Education.”
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“For services to Medicine.”
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“For services to Surgery.”
Chris Humphries
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“For services to Training.”
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“For services to Dance.”
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Chief Executive
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“For services to Community Regeneration.”
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“For services to Technology Transfer.”
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Deirdre Mary Hutton
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“For public service.”
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“For services to Science.”
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“For services to Anglo-Irish relations.”
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“For services to the Regeneration of the Black Country.”
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Matthew Wilson
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Ann Watson
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Ghulam Ng
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James Markey
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Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
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Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
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Mark Downs
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Deal, Kent
“For services to Biology.”
Jonathan Boddington
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Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to Design and Innovation in Furniture Making.”
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“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
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London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
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Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
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“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
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Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1998
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1998 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1998.
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