New Year Honours 2022
Susan Gray DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2022 with the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Military Division Ministry of Defence (Royal Air Force)
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
01 January 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be an Ordinary Dame Commander of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Air Marshal Susan Catherine GRAY C.B. O.B.E.
9564G
Royal Air Force
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Military service
Air Marshal
Royal Air Force- Division
- Military Division
- Service number
- 9564G
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 1% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2022
Diane Elizabeth Lees
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to Museums and Cultural Heritage.”
Dr June Munro Raine
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Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Healthcare and the Covid-19 Response.”
Emily Lawson
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Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire
“For services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19.”
Flora Duffy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
“For services to Sport in Bermuda.”
Helen Stokes-lampard
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to General Practice.”
Jennifer Harries
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Monmouth, Gwent
“For services to Health.”
Joanna Lumley
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama, to Entertainment and to Charitable Causes.”
Laura Kenny
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Marton, Cheshire
“For services to Cycling.”
Professor Julie Lydon
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Stroud, Gloucestershire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Sarah Springman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Egham, Surrey
“For services to Engineering and to International Sports Administration.”
Sara Khan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Watford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Human Rights and Counter Extremism.”
Sylvia Heal
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Egham, Surrey
“For Political and Public Service.”
Vanessa Redgrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama.”
Vivienne Cox
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
“For services to Sustainability, and to Diversity and Inclusion in Business.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3956185. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2022).
Published 31 December 2021.
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