Birthday Honours 2020
Thomas Hurd CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General
“For services to National Security.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
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 Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
The Honourable Thomas Robert Benedict HURD O.B.E.
Director General, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office
For services to National Security.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Companion of the Order of the Bath
Birthday Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Director General
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“For services to National Security.”
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The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 15 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
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68 Companion of the Order of the Bath recipients are from Greater London.
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Director General.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours 2020
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David Snowball
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Harvey Smyth
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James Macleod
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Julian Kelly
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London, Greater London
“For public service.”
Michael Green
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“For services to Education.”
Michael Utley
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Rowena Collins Rice
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Didcot, Oxfordshire
“For public service.”
Samantha Beckett
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London, Greater London
“For public service.”
Saverio Borriello
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London, Greater London
“For services to Global Animal Health and to Tackling Anti-Microbial Resistance.”
Sonia Clare Phippard
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London, Greater London
“For public service.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645538. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
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