New Year Honours 2019
Ruth MISKIN CBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organisation: Read Write Inc
“For services to Education and Reading.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder, Read Write Inc. For services to Education.
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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
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased 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:
Ruth MISKIN O.B.E.
For services to Education and to Reading.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2012- Region
- London
“Founder, Read Write Inc. For services to Education.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2019- Region
- London
“For services to Education and Reading.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 109 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
707 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2012.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176384. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Location (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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