Birthday Honours 2010
Simon ARMITAGE CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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“Poet. For services to Literature.”
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“Poet. For services to Literature.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 104 times in the Birthday Honours List 2010 — about 11% of the list.
In their area
66 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
writer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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South Yorkshire
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Douglas Edwin Oakervee
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Newmarket, Suffolk
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Dr Jean Venables
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Surrey
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Dr Karl Joseph Mackie
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Dr Marshall Paul Elliott
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“Vice-President, Royal Academy of Engineering. For services to Engineering.”
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Helen Joyce Fannon
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2010.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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