Birthday Honours 2022
Dr Susan Elizabeth Ion
Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire
Organisation: Imperial College
Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
“For services to Engineering.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
“Visting Professor, Imperial College, London and Chair, UK Fusion Advisory Board. For services to Science and Engineering.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Visting Professor, Imperial College, London and Chair, UK Fusion Advisory Board. For services to Science and Engineering.
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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
02 June 2022
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:
G.B.E.
To be an Ordinary Dame Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dame Susan Elizabeth ION D.B.E.
lately Chair, Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board and Honorary President, National Skills Academy for Nuclear
For services to Engineering.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2010- Region
- Lancashire
“Visting Professor, Imperial College, London and Chair, UK Fusion Advisory Board. For services to Science and Engineering.”
Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Region
- Preston, Lancashire
“For services to Engineering.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire was awarded 1 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022.
In their area
2 Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire recipients are from Lancashire.
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Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084020. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010).
Published 1 January 2010.
Location (Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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