Birthday Honours 2020
Sarah Worthington DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to English Private Law.”
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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
10 October 2020
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Sarah Elizabeth WORTHINGTON
Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge
For services to English Private Law.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to English Private Law.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 12 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
80 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2020
Clare Gerada
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to General Practice.”
Elaine Inglesby-burke
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
St. Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Nursing.”
Emma Walmsley
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry and to Business.”
Linda Pollard
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Healthcare.”
Mary Berry
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire
“For services to Broadcasting, to the Culinary Arts and to Charity.”
Maureen Lipman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity, Entertainment and the Arts.”
Prof Anne-Marie Rafferty
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Nursing.”
Professor Muffy Calder
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Research and to Education.”
Siobhan Davies
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Dance.”
Susan Hill
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
“For services to Literature.”
Victoria Heywood
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645920. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
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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