
Birthday Honours 2017
Sally Cheshire CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chair • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Chair
“For services to the NHS and Infertility Patients.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the NHS and Infertility Patients.
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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
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Mrs Sally Kaye CHESHIRE
Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Chair, Health Education England (North)
For services to the NHS and Infertility Patients.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Greater Manchester
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Chair
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- Greater Manchester
“For services to the NHS and Infertility Patients.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 110 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804134. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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