New Year Honours 2026
Suzannah Lishman DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
“For services to the Medical Examiner System and to Patient Safety.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
“For services to Pathology.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to the Medical Examiner System and to Patient Safety.
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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
30 December 2025
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Suzannah Claire LISHMAN C.B.E.
lately President, The Association of Clinical Pathologists and Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners, Royal College of Pathologists
For services to the Medical Examiner System and to Patient Safety.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · 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
30 December 2017
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Suzannah Claire LISHMAN
Consultant Histopathologist, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
For services to Pathology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Rutland
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Region
- Rutland
“For services to Pathology.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- President, The Association of Clinical Pathologists and Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners
- Region
- Rutland
“For services to the Medical Examiner System and to Patient Safety.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
President, The Association of Clinical Pathologists and Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2026
Amanda Pritchard
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Anneliese Dodds
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Carol Grigor
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to the Arts, Culture and Women in the UK.”
Carol Homden
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Children and Families.”
Feroza Syal (meera Syal)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature, to Drama and to Charity.”
Fiona Rayment
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Salford, Greater Manchester
“For services to Nuclear Engineering.”
Jayne Christensen (jayne Torvill)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Heathfield, East Sussex
“For services to Ice Skating and to Voluntary Service.”
Lorna Dawson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Innovations in Soil and Forensic Science.”
Meena Upadhyaya
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Community Cohesion in Wales and to Medical Genetics.”
Polina Bayvel
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and to Optical Communications.”
Sarah Anderson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Mental Health and to Suicide Prevention. (To be dated 5 December 2025)”
Sonia Blandford
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Corsham, Wiltshire
“For services to Education.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027549. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937949. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (Rutland) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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