Birthday Honours 2017
Xiangqian Jiang DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Director • UK EPSRC Future Advanced Metrology Hub
“For services to Engineering and Manufacturing.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Engineering and Manufacturing.
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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
17 June 2017
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Knights Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Xiangqian (Jane) JIANG
Director, UK EPSRC Future Advanced Metrology Hub, University of Huddersfield
For services to Engineering and Manufacturing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
West Yorkshire
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Birthday Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Director, UK EPSRC Future Advanced Metrology Hub
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- West Yorkshire
“For services to Engineering and Manufacturing.”
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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 Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, UK EPSRC Future Advanced Metrology Hub.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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 Birthday Honours 2017
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PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
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“For services to the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries.”
Carmen Callil
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London
“For services to Literature.”
Carolyn Hamilton
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London
“For services to Children’s Rights.”
Helena Louise Morrissey
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London
“For services to Diversity in Financial Services.”
Hilary Boulding
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Monmouthshire
“For services to Education and Culture in Wales.”
Julie Walters
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West Sussex
“For services to Drama.”
June Whitfield
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Drama and Entertainment.”
Olivia Havilland
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Abroad
“For services to Drama.”
Parveen Kumar, (mrs. Leaver)
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Surrey
“For services to Medicine and Medical Education.”
Priscilla Snowball
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London
“For services to Advertising, Diversity and Equality.”
Sarah Patricia Connolly
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Gloucestershire
“For services to Music.”
Theresa Marteau
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Public Health.”
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Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology. See the full list →
Hayaatun Sillem
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Matthew Wilson
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Ghulam Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
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Deal, Kent
“For services to Biology.”
Jonathan Boddington
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Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to Design and Innovation in Furniture Making.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Geoffrey Underwood
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Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
Professor Rees
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804102. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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