New Year Honours 2012
The Right Hon Joan Mary RUDDOCK DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For public and political services.”
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 7 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 1% of the list.
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100 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2012
Julie Moore
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
West Midlands
“Chief Executive, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Moira Gibb
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Lately Chief Executive, London Borough of Camden and Chair, Social Work Reform Board. For services to Local Government and Social Work.”
Penelope Margaret Lively
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Author. For services to Literature.”
Professor Glynis Marie Breakwell
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Somerset
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Bath. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Judith Eileen Hill
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Down
“Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Hospice. For services to People receiving Palliative Care in Northern Ireland.”
Sylvia Morris
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Headteacher, The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy, Southwark, London. For services to Education.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (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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