New Year Honours 2025
Sarah-Jane Lancashire CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
“For services to Drama.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Sarah-Jane Abigail LANCASHIRE O.B.E.
Actor
For services to Drama.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Sarah-Jane Abigail LANCASHIRE
For services to Drama.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2017- Region
- London
“For services to Drama.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Actor.
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Drama.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
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454 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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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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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782761. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804352. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 17 June 2017.
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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