Birthday Honours 2025
Sanjay Patel MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Managing Director
“For services to Cricket.”
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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
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Sanjay Mahendra PATEL
lately Managing Director, The Hundred
For services to Cricket.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Managing Director
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- Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Cricket.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 607 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
83 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
What organisation were they with?
Managing Director.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Kim Watson
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Colchester, Essex
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Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Jennifer Smyth
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
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David Smallwoods
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
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“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan Parker
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James Mcdonald
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Jason Land
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Lynn Hay
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London, Greater London
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Leslie France
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Blackpool, Lancashire
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Linda Gaine
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Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
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Barnham, West Sussex
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George Dodd
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Carlisle, Cumbria
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906643. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Marlow, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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