New Year Honours 2020
Ruth Terry MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Head of Service • Children’s Social Work
“For services to Children and Families.”
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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
28 December 2019
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ruth TERRY
Head of Service, Children’s Social Work, Leeds City Council
For services to Children and Families.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Head of Service, Children’s Social Work
- Region
- Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Children and Families.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 500 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
194 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
Head of Service, Children’s Social Work.
How widely is this recognised?
3,337 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Pundrique Sharma
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Douglas Ormston
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“For services to Children and Young People.”
Steven Lowe
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Wendy Lowe
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455427. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Bradford, West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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