New Year Honours 2023
Samuel Mcknight MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder
“For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industries.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industries.
View London Gazette notice ↗London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING 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:
Samuel McKNIGHT
Founder, Hair by Sam McKnight
For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industries.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Founder
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“For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industries.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 546 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
1,245 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4247110. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (London, Greater 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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