Birthday Honours 2022
Thomas Canning CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Headteacher
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
“For services to Education.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
“Headteacher, Tollgate Primary School, Newham, London. For services to local and national Education.”
Timeline
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Headteacher, Tollgate Primary School, Newham, London. For services to local and national Education.
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Topics
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Thomas CANNING O.B.E.
Chief Executive Officer, The Boleyn Trust and Co-opted Member, East of England and North East London Advisory Board
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2010- Role at the time
- Headteacher
- Region
- London
“Headteacher, Tollgate Primary School, Newham, London. For services to local and national Education.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer, The Boleyn Trust and Co-opted Member
- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer, The Boleyn Trust and Co-opted Member.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“For services to Music and to Diversity.”
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“For services to Arts and Culture.”
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David Blood
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“For services to Climate Finance.”
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David Nixon
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In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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Stephen Thurston Munby
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Debra Gray
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William Smith
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Dawn Tinley
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Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
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Catherine Grove
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Julia Downey
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Barbara Connell
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Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
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Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
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Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
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Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
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Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084024. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010).
Published 15 June 2010.
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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