2008 Birthday Honours, the Glossary

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1. 553 relations: Adrian Hobbs, Advantage West Midlands, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Aileen Keel, Air Niugini, Air transport of the British royal family and government, Alan Beith, Alan C. Parker, Alex Wheatle, Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, Allegra McEvedy, Andrew Festing, Andrew McMichael, Andy Priaulx, Anna Wintour, Anne, Princess Royal, Anthony Bailey (PR advisor), Anthony Cohen, Anthony Dymock, Apethorpe Palace, Archie Bethel, Army Benevolent Fund, Arsenal W.F.C., Arts Council England, Association of Accounting Technicians, Association of Employment and Learning Providers, Association of School and College Leaders, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Augustine Taneko, Azra Meadows, BAE Systems, Balmoral Castle, Barbara Stocking, Barnardo's, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Barrister, Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, BBC Media Action, BBC World Service, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Bedwas High School, Belfast City Council, Belfast City Hospital, Benoy, Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency), Better Regulation Executive, Bill Beaumont, Birmingham Newman University, Birthday Honours, ... Expand index (503 more) »

2. 2008 awards
3. 2008 awards in the United Kingdom
4. 2008 in Barbados
5. 2008 in Belize
6. 2008 in Grenada
7. 2008 in Papua New Guinea
8. 2008 in Saint Lucia
9. 2008 in the Bahamas
10. 2008 in the Solomon Islands

Adrian Hobbs

Adrian Hobbs (born January 1946) is a British safety expert who specialises in vehicle crashworthiness with a background in accident and injury investigation/analysis.

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Advantage West Midlands

Advantage West Midlands was established in 1999 as one of nine regional development agencies (RDAs) in England.

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Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is a levy board funded by farmers and growers and some other parts of the supply chain.

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Aileen Keel

Aileen Margaret Keel CBE FRCPath FRCPG FRCPE FRCSE FRCGP (born 12 August 1952) is a Scottish medical doctor and academic who is serving as the Director of the Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme at the University of Edinburgh.

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Air Niugini

Air Niugini Limited is the flag carrier of Papua New Guinea, based in Air Niugini House on the site of Port Moresby International Airport, Port Moresby.

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Air transport of the British royal family and government

Air transport of the British royal family and government is provided, depending on the circumstances and availability, by a variety of military and civilian operators.

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Alan Beith

Alan James Beith, Baron Beith, (born 20 April 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.

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Alan C. Parker

Alan Charles Parker (born November 1946) is a British businessman, chairman of Mothercare, and former CEO of Whitbread.

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Alex Wheatle

Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE (born 3 January 1963) is a British novelist, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton riot in London.

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Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Alexandra Anastasia Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, (née Phillips; 27 February 1946 – 10 December 2018), usually known by family and friends as Sacha Abercorn, was a British peeress and philanthropist.

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Allegra McEvedy

Allegra Sarah Bazzett McEvedy MBE (born 23 November 1970) is an English chef, broadcaster and writer.

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Andrew Festing

Andrew Thomas Festing MBE PPRP (born 30 November 1941) is a British portrait painter, and fellow and former president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

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Andrew McMichael

Sir Andrew James McMichael, (born 8 November 1943) is an immunologist, Professor of Molecular Medicine, and previously Director of the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford.

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Andy Priaulx

Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE (born 7 August 1974) is a British racing driver from Guernsey.

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Anna Wintour

Dame Anna Wintour (born 3 November 1949) is a British and American media executive, who has been serving as editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988.

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Anne, Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is a member of the British royal family.

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Anthony Bailey (PR advisor)

Anthony John James Bailey (born 13 January 1970) is a British-born, Irish public relations consultant.

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Anthony Cohen

Professor Anthony Cohen, CBE, FRSE is a British social anthropologist and served as Principal & Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University.

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Anthony Dymock

Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Knox Dymock, (born 18 July 1949) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer.

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Apethorpe Palace

Apethorpe Palace (pronounced Ap-thorp), formerly known as "Apethorpe Hall", is a Grade I listed country house, dating to the 15th century, close to Apethorpe, Northamptonshire.

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Archie Bethel

Archibald Anderson Bethel (born February 1953) is a British businessman.

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Army Benevolent Fund

The Army Benevolent Fund, formerly ABF The Soldiers' Charity, is the national charity of the British Army.

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Arsenal W.F.C.

Arsenal Women Football Club, commonly referred to as just Arsenal, is an English professional women's football club based in Islington, London, England.

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Arts Council England

Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Association of Accounting Technicians

The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) is a professional body for Accounting Technicians, with over 124,000 students and members worldwide.

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Association of Employment and Learning Providers

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) is the leading trade association for vocational learning and employment providers in Britain.

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Association of School and College Leaders

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), formerly the Secondary Heads Association (SHA), is a UK professional association and trade union for leaders of schools and colleges.

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Atomic Weapons Establishment

The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is a United Kingdom Ministry of Defence research facility responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads for the UK's nuclear weapons. It is the successor to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) with its main site on the former RAF Aldermaston and has major facilities at Burghfield, Blacknest and RNAD Coulport.

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Augustine Taneko

Augustine Taneko (born October 3 1954) was a member of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, representing the Shortlands constituency.

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Azra Meadows

Azra Meadows is a Scottish lecturer of Pakistani descent.

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BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, based in London, England.

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Balmoral Castle

Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family.

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Barbara Stocking

Dame Barbara Mary Stocking, (born 28 July 1951) is a British public servant, former chief executive of Oxfam GB, and former president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.

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Barnardo's

Barnardo's is a charity headquartered in Barkingside in the London Borough of Redbridge.

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.

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Barrister

A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Barton Peveril Sixth Form College

Barton Peveril Sixth Form College is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' sixth form college located in Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK with approximately 4,800 students, aged 16–18.

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Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, commonly known as Barts or BL, is a medical and dental school in London, England.

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BBC Media Action, formerly known as the BBC World Service Trust, is the BBC's international development charity, funded independently by external grants and voluntary contributions.

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BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC.

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Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in England, consisting of the unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton.

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Bedwas High School

Bedwas High School, formerly known as Bedwas Comprehensive School, is a comprehensive school located east of the Welsh village of Bedwas, Caerphilly county borough, south Wales.

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Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland.

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Belfast City Hospital

The Belfast City Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a 900-bed modern university teaching hospital providing local acute services and key regional specialities.

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Benoy

Benoy is an international firm of architects, master planners, interior architects, and graphic designers working from design studios in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Montréal.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)

Berwick-upon-Tweed was a parliamentary constituency in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a Conservative.

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Better Regulation Executive

The Better Regulation Executive is a part of the British Department for Business and Trade.

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Bill Beaumont

Sir William Blackledge Beaumont (born 9 March 1952) is a former rugby union player, and was captain of the England rugby union team, earning 34 caps.

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Birmingham Newman University

Birmingham Newman University is a public university based in the suburb of Bartley Green in Birmingham, England.

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Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours, in some Commonwealth realms, mark the reigning monarch's official birthday in each realm by granting various individuals appointment into national or dynastic orders or the award of decorations and medals.

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Black Country

The Black Country is an area of England's West Midlands.

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England.

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Blackpool Council

Blackpool Council is the local authority of the Borough of Blackpool, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England.

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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Cyngor bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent) is the governing body for Blaenau Gwent, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.

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Blesma, The Limbless Veterans

Blesma, The Limbless Veterans (formerly known as the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association) is a British charity that helps all serving and ex-Service men and women who have lost limbs, or lost the use of limbs or eyes, to rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support.

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Bob Lambert (undercover police officer)

Robert Lambert MBE is a British academic and former undercover police officer.

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Bombardier Aviation

Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.

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Border and Immigration Agency

The Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) was an executive agency of the British Home Office, created on 1 April 2007 and replaced on 1 April 2008.

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Borough of Boston

The Borough of Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England.

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Bradt Travel Guides

Bradt Travel Guides is a publisher of travel guides founded in 1974 by Hilary Bradt and her husband George, who co-wrote the first Bradt Guide on a river barge on a tributary of the Amazon.

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Brian Duerden

Brian Ion Duerden (born 1948) is a British microbiologist.

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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is a drama school in Bristol, England.

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British Council

The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities.

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British Geological Survey

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.

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British Gymnastics

British Gymnastics (BG), officially the British Amateur Gymnastics Association (formerly abbreviated BAGA), is the sports governing body for competitive amateur gymnastics and trampolining in the United Kingdom.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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British Muslim Forum

The British Muslim Forum is a non-governmental Islamic organization of Barelvi movement of Sunni Muslims which represents 500 Mosques across the United Kingdom.

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British Racing School

The British Racing School is one of the two racing schools in the United Kingdom.

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British Red Cross

The British Red Cross Society (Y Groes Goch Brydeinig) is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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British Transport Police

British Transport Police (BTP; Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig) is a national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales and Scotland.

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Bronwyn Curtis

Bronwyn Nanette Curtis is a British Australian Economist.

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Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire in England.

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Building Regulations Advisory Committee

The Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the government of the United Kingdom.

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Business in the Community (BITC) is a British business-community outreach charity promoting responsible business, CSR, corporate responsibility, and is one of the Prince's Charities of King Charles III (formerly the Prince of Wales).

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Cadw

italic (a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keeping/preserving") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group.

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Caerphilly County Borough Council

Caerphilly County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) is the governing body for Caerphilly County Borough, one of the principal areas of Wales.

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Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the local territorial police force that covers the county of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough unitary authority.

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Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's largest independent cancer research organisation.

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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB; Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, in the south-east of Wales.

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Cardiff University School of Medicine

The Cardiff University School of Medicine (Ysgol Feddygaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd) is the medical school of Cardiff University and is located in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

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Carolyn McCall

Dame Carolyn Julia McCall (born 13 September 1961) is a British businesswoman.

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Caterpillar Club

The Caterpillar Club is an informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft.

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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood

The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, or simply the Central Chancery, is an office of the Lord Chamberlain's department within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Centre for the Study of African Economies

The has been researching economic and social development in Africa since 1986.

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Champneys

Champneys is an English country house and its associated estate near Tring, Hertfordshire.

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Charles Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon

Charles Michael Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon, KCVO (born 1937) is a British peer, stockbroker and courtier.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Chartered Governance Institute

The Chartered Governance Institute (previously known as The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, ICSA) is a qualifying and membership body for company secretaries and governance professionals operating in several common law jurisdictions.

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Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), formerly the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, is a global professional body working for the procurement and supply profession in many regions of the world.

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Chatham House

The Royal Institute of International Affairs, commonly known as Chatham House, is a British think tank based in London, England.

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Child Support Agency

The Child Support Agency (CSA) was a delivery arm of the Department for Work and Pensions (Child Maintenance Group) in Great Britain and the former Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor (born 10 July 1977) is a British actor.

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Chris Orr (artist)

Christopher Orr MBE RA (born 8 April 1943) is an English artist and printmaker who has exhibited worldwide and published over 400 limited edition prints in lithography, etching and silkscreen.

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Christian Life Centre

Christian Life Centre (commonly abbreviated to CLC) is or was a name given to a number of Pentecostal churches in Australia, many of them affiliated with the Australian Christian Churches (formerly Assemblies of God, or AOG) network.

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Christine Beasley

Dame Christine Joan Beasley, (born 13 June 1944, in Essex, England) is a British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator.

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Christopher Dyer

Christopher Charles Dyer (born 1944) is Leverhulme Emeritus Professor of Regional and Local History and director of the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester, England.

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Christopher Edwards (clinician)

Sir Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards (born 12 February 1942) is a former Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University.

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Cisco

Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Citizens Advice

Citizens AdviceCitizens Advice is the operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux which is the umbrella charity for a wider network of local advice centres.

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City College Manchester

City College Manchester was a network of further education campuses in Manchester, England.

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City of Doncaster Council

City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the City of Doncaster, a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England.

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City of London Corporation

The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the local authority of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United Kingdom's financial sector.

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City of London Police

The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, England, including the Middle and Inner Temples.

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City of London School for Girls

The City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is a private school in the Barbican in the City of London.

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Clara Furse

Dame Clara Hedwig Frances Furse DBE (born 16 September 1957) was the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange between January 2001 and May 2009, and was the first woman to occupy the position.

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CN Group

CN Group Limited was formerly an independent local media business based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, operating in print and radio.

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Codemasters

The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer and former publisher based in Southam, England, which is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts and managed under EA Sports division.

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Combined Cadet Force

The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), which operates in schools, sub divided into Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force sections.

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Commonwealth realm

A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth that has Charles III as its monarch and ceremonial head of state.

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Commonwealth Study Conference

The first Commonwealth Study Conference held in Oxford, United Kingdom in 1956 to study the human aspects of industrial issues across Commonwealth countries.

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Connexions (agency)

Connexions was a UK governmental information, advice, guidance and support service for young people aged 13 to 19 (up to 25 for young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities), created in 2000 following the Learning and Skills Act.

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Cookstown District Council

Cookstown District Council (Comhairle Cheantar na Coirre Críochaí; Ulster Scots: Districk Cooncil o Cookestoun) was a district council covering an area largely in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry.

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Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council (Konsel Kernow), known between 1889 and 2009 as Cornwall County Council (Konteth Konsel Kernow), is the local authority which governs the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in South West England.

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Costain Group

Costain Group plc is a British construction and engineering company headquartered in Maidenhead, England.

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Countryside Council for Wales

The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW; Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru (CCGC)) was a Welsh Assembly sponsored body responsible for wildlife conservation, landscape and countryside access in Wales.

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Cramlington Learning Village

Cramlington Learning Village, formerly Cramlington Community High School, is a large high school with academy status in Cramlington, Northumberland, England; it is a comprehensive school of around 2100 students.

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Cranfield School of Management

Cranfield School of Management, established in 1967, is a business school that is part of Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Crown Estate

The Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the British monarch as a corporation sole, making it "the sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's private estate.

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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Oifis a' Chrùin agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid a' Chrùin) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government.

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Crown Prosecution Service

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales.

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Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

The Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is the police, fire and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Cumbria Police in the English ceremonial county of Cumbria.

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Cyrille Regis

Cyrille Regis (9 February 1958 – 14 January 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Dave Johnston (police officer)

David Johnston is a former senior officer of the Metropolitan Police Service he served between 2004 -2008 as Commander of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command and as a hostage negotiator.

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David Darling (entrepreneur)

David Darling (born 17 June 1966 in London) is a British video game developer and entrepreneur, known for co-founding Codemasters, with his brother Richard Darling, and for being involved in a long succession of top ten games over more than 30 years.

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David Jonathan Healy (born 5 August 1979) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield.

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David Kelly (Bahamian sailor)

David Albert Kelly (March 25, 1932 in Nassau, Bahamas – March 11, 2009 in New York City, New York) was a Bahamian Olympic sailor in the Dragon class.

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David Morgan (cricket administrator)

Frederick David Morgan (born 6 October 1937), is a British cricket administrator, who served as President of the International Cricket Council from 2008 to 2010.

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David Shepherd (artist)

Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA (25 April 1931 – 19 September 2017) was a British artist and one of the world's most outspoken conservationists.

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David Slinn

David Arthur Slinn (born 16 April 1959 in Northampton, England) is a retired British diplomat.

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Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru

The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru (Comisiwn Democratiaeth a Ffiniau Cymru) is a Welsh Government sponsored body, responsible for defining local government boundaries and Senedd constituency boundaries in Wales, also known as Cymru.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Department for the Economy

The Department for the Economy (DfE, An Roinn Geilleagair) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Deputy assistant commissioner (Metropolitan Police)

Deputy assistant commissioner (DAC), formally Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, is a rank in London's Metropolitan Police Service between assistant commissioner and commander.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

The Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly referred to simply as the Deputy Commissioner, is the second-in-command of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

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Derby Moor Academy

Derby Moor Academy, the successor school to Derby Moor Community Sports College Trust, formerly known as Derby Moor Community School, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated on Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby.

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Des O'Connor

Desmond Bernard O'Connor (12 January 1932 – 14 November 2020) was an English comedian, singer and television presenter.

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Dianne Willcocks

Dianne Marie Willcocks CBE DL (born 5 May 1945) was the Vice-Chancellor of York St John University until retirement in April 2010 and is a former Deputy Principal of Sheffield Hallam University.

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Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the head of the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland, and is appointed by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.

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Dollond & Aitchison

Dollond & Aitchison was one of the oldest chains of retail opticians in the United Kingdom, having been established in 1750.

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Don Paterson

Donald Paterson (born 1963 in Dundee) is a Scottish poet, writer and musician.

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Don Warrington

Don Warrington MBE (born Don Williams, 23 May 1952) is a Trinidadian-born British actor.

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Donald Hardie

Brigadier Donald David Graeme Hardie CVO TD KStJ (born 23 January 1936) is a Scottish businessman and retired Territorial Army officer.

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Donna Kinnair

Professor Dame Donna Kinnair DBE is a British nurse and former Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

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Dorchester Abbey

The Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, more usually called Dorchester Abbey, is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about southeast of Oxford.

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Drummond Bone

Sir James Drummond Bone, FRSE, FRSA (born 11 July 1947), is a Byron scholar and was Master of Balliol College at the University of Oxford until April 2018.

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Duchy of Cornwall

The Duchy of Cornwall (Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Duncan Robinson (art historian)

David Duncan Robinson, (27 June 1943 – 2 December 2022) was a British art historian and academic.

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Dyfed–Powys Police

Dyfed–Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed–Powys) is the territorial police force in Wales policing Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (which make up the former administrative area of Dyfed) and the unitary authority of Powys (covering Brecknockshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire).

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Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Edward Fitzgerald (barrister)

Edward Hamilton Fitzgerald (born 1953) is a British barrister who specialises in criminal law, public law, and international human rights law.

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Embankment tube station

Embankment is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known by various names during its history.

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences, mainly to universities in the United Kingdom.

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England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the national governing body of cricket in England and Wales.

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England national rugby union team

The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union.

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England Netball

England Netball, formerly the "All England Netball Association", is the national body which oversees, promotes and manages netball in England.

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The England women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, has been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA).

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England (and until 2013 also Wales).

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Equerry

An equerry (from French 'stable', and related to 'squire') is an officer of honour.

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Essex Police

Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the East of England.

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Ethicon

Ethicon, Inc. is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

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Eurojust

The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) is an agency of the European Union (EU) dealing with judicial co-operation in criminal matters among agencies of the member states.

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Eve Pollard

Evelyn, Lady Lloyd, (Pollard, formerly Winkleman, born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several tabloid newspapers.

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Executive Council of New Zealand

The Executive Council of New Zealand (Te Komiti Matua o Aotearoa) is the full group of "responsible advisers" to the governor-general, who advise on state and constitutional affairs.

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Family and Parenting Institute

The Family and Parenting Institute is an independent charity that exists to make the UK a better place for families and children.

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Farrer & Co

Farrer & Co is a British law firm headquartered in London, England serving private individuals, charitable institutions and corporations.

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Fawcett Society

The Fawcett Society is a membership charity in the United Kingdom which campaigns for women's rights.

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Federation of Small Businesses

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is a UK business organisation representing small and medium-sized businesses.

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Festival Theatre, Malvern

The Festival Theatre, now known as Malvern Theatres, is a theatre complex on Grange Road in Malvern, Worcestershire, England.

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Fife Fire and Rescue Service

Fife Fire and Rescue Service was the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of Fife, Scotland.

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Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle

Dame Fionnuala Mary Jay-O'Boyle, (born 22 March 1960) is a British lobbyist, charity trustee, and public official.

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Fire and Rescue Services Association

The Fire and Rescue Services Association (FRSA) is a British trade union representing all fire service staff employed under grey or green book terms and conditions The Association was founded in 1976, as the Retained Firefighters' Union (RFU) and changed its name to "The Fire and Rescue Services Association" (FRSA) in 2018.

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FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen in the north-east of Scotland.

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Fitness First

Fitness First is an international fitness centre brand founded in 1993 in the United Kingdom.

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Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge.

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England.

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Forth Valley College

Forth Valley College (Colaiste Shrath Fhoirthe) is a college of further education located in Scotland.

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Fran Balkwill

Frances Rosemary Balkwill (born 1952) is an English scientist, Professor of Cancer Biology at Queen Mary University of London, and author of children's books about scientific topics.

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Frank Bowling

Sir Richard Sheridan Patrick Michael Aloysius Franklin Bowling (Richard Sheridan Franklin Bowling; born 26 February 1934), known as Frank Bowling, is a British artist who was born in British Guiana.

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Fred Landeg

Frederick John Landeg (born 1948) was the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom and for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), from November 2007 to April 2008.

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Freed of London

Freed of London Ltd, often referred to simply as Freed, is a designer and manufacturer of pointe shoes and other dance shoes.

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Gary Coward

Lieutenant General Sir Gary Robert Coward, (born 26 August 1955) is a retired senior British Army officer, who served as Chief of Materiél (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces from September 2009 until his retirement in May 2012.

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General Teaching Council for England

The General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) was the professional body for teaching in England between 2000 and 2012.

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Geoffrey Adams

Sir Geoffrey Doyne Adams (born 11 June 1957) served as the British Ambassador to Egypt from 2018 to 2021, as a member of the British Diplomatic Service.

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George Digweed

George Digweed MBE (born 21 April 1964, in Hastings, Sussex), is a multi-World and European English sport shooter clay-shooting champion.

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Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016) was a British landowner, businessman, aristocrat, Territorial Army general, and peer.

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Gerald Scarfe

Gerald Anthony Scarfe (born 1 June 1936) is an English cartoonist and illustrator.

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GKT School of Medical Education

GKT School of Medical Education (abbreviated: GKT) is the medical school of King's College London.

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Glasgow City Council

Glasgow City Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Baile Ghlaschu) is the local government authority for Glasgow City council area, Scotland.

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Glenn Torpy

Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Lester Torpy, (born 27 July 1953) is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander.

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Gloria Laycock

Gloria Laycock was the founding Director of the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London (UCL), and ran UCL's Centre for Security & Crime Science.

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Gloucestershire Constabulary

Gloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in South West England.

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Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service

The Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, England.

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Gosport (UK Parliament constituency)

Gosport is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Caroline Dinenage of the Conservative Party.

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Grampian Fire and Rescue Service

Grampian Fire and Rescue Service was the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of Grampian, Scotland from 1975 until 2013.

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Grampian Police

Grampian Police was, between 1975 and 2013 (replaced by Police Scotland), the territorial police force of the northeast region of Scotland, covering, from 1996, the council areas of Aberdeenshire, the Aberdeen City, and Moray (the former Grampian region).

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Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.

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Greater Manchester Police

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England.

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Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British-based mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Gwynedd Council

Gwynedd Council, which calls itself by its Welsh name Cyngor Gwynedd, is the governing body for the county of Gwynedd, one of the principal areas of Wales.

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Hadley Group

The Hadley Group is a privately owned multi-million pound British company, founded in 1964 by Philip Hadley, which is a large producer of cold rolled steel sections and allied products.

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in South East England.

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Harrogate District Hospital

Harrogate District Hospital is an acute general hospital in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.

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Health and Safety Executive

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a British public body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare.

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Health Protection Agency

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) was a non-departmental public body in England.

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Helen Ghosh

Dame Helen Frances Ghosh, (Kirkby; born 21 February 1956) is a former British civil servant who has been Master of Balliol College, Oxford since 2018.

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Henry Moore Foundation

The Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity in England, established for education and promotion of the fine arts — in particular, to advance understanding of the works of Henry Moore, and to promote the public appreciation of sculpture more generally.

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Henry Sandon

Henry George Sandon (10 August 1928 – 25 December 2023) was an English antiques expert, television personality, author and lecturer who specialised in ceramics and was a notable authority on Royal Worcester porcelain.

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Hertfordshire Constabulary

Hertfordshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Hertfordshire in England.

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Hilary Bradt

Hilary Bradt MBE (born 17 July 1941) is the founder of Bradt Travel Guides, a publisher which became an increasingly visible presence in the travel guide book world starting in the mid-1970s.

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Hilary King

Hilary King (born 1931) is a Welsh bowler and, as first woman President of the World Indoor Bowls Council (2001) and the first woman to be given Honorary Life Membership of the World Indoor Bowls Council, a pioneer for women in the sport.

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His Majesty's Prison Service

His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own prison services: the Scottish Prison Service and the Northern Ireland Prison Service, respectively).

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Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that manages six of the United Kingdom's royal palaces, five in London and one in Northern Ireland.

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Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland (Alba Aosmhor) was an executive agency of the Scottish Office and later the Scottish Government from 1991 to 2015, responsible for safeguarding Scotland's built heritage and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

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HM Courts Service

Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) was an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and was responsible for the administration of the civil, family and criminal courts in England and Wales.

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HM Prison and Probation Service

His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales.

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HM Prison Bedford

HMP Bedford is a Category B men's prison, located in the Harpur area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.

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HM Prison Birmingham

HM Prison Birmingham is a Category B men's prison in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, England, operated by HM Prison and Probation Service.

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HM Prison Glenochil

HMP Glenochil is a prison located near Tullibody, Scotland.

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HM Prison Hull

HMP Hull is a Category B men's local prison located in Kingston upon Hull in England.

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HM Prison Liverpool

HM Prison Liverpool (formerly Walton Gaol) is a category B local men's prison in Walton, Liverpool, England.

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HM Prison Low Newton

HM Prison Low Newton is a closed prison for female adults and young offenders in Brasside, County Durham, England.

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HM Prison New Hall

HMP New Hall. is a closed-category prison for female adults, juveniles, and young offenders.

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HM Prison Preston

HM Prison Preston is a Category B men's prison, located in the City Centre area of Preston in Lancashire, England.

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HM Prison Reading

HM Prison Reading, popularly known as Reading Gaol, is a former prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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HM Prison Stocken

HM Prison Stocken is a Category C men's prison located in the parish of Stretton, in the county of Rutland, England.

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HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs

HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (nicknamed "The Scrubs") is a Category B men's local prison, located beside Hammersmith Hospital and W12 Conferences on Du Cane Road in the White City in West London, England.

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HM Treasury

His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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HMS Victory

HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.

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Hockey Ireland

Hockey Ireland, previously known as the Irish Hockey Association, is the governing body for field hockey in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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House of Commons Library

The House of Commons Library is the library and information resource of the lower house of the British Parliament.

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Hugo Brunner

Sir Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner (born 17 August 1935) was Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, England, between 1996 and 2008.

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Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation

The Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation is an organization created by Abul-Qassim Khoei, a Grand Ayatollah who was considered by much of the Shia world as his time's premier leader of Shias across the world.

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Immigration Law Practitioners Association

Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) is a United Kingdom professional association of lawyers and academics practising in or concerned about immigration, asylum and nationality law.

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Inspector

Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank.

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Institute of the Motor Industry

The Institute of the Motor Industry is an international professional body for people working in the motor industry, providing retail industry information, standards and qualifications.

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Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is a global organisation for health and safety professionals, based in the UK.

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International Fund for Ireland

The International Fund for Ireland is an independent international organisation established in 1986 by the British and Irish governments with the objectives of promoting "economic and social advance and to encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between nationalists and unionists throughout Ireland." click on "about" The Fund operates with co-operation and financial contributions from the governments of United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the structures of the European Union.

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Invest Northern Ireland

Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) is Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency.

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Irene Higginson

Irene J. Higginson is a British professor, head of department and the director of King's College London's Cicely Saunders Institute.

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Jack Broughton (RAF officer)

Air Commodore Jack Broughton, (died 25 June 2023) was a retired senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Jacobs Solutions

Jacobs Solutions Inc. is an American international technical professional services firm.

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Jane Walker (charity founder)

Jane Walker MBE (born) is a British charity worker who founded the Philippine Community Fund, which is now called the Purple Community Fund.

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Janet Finch

Dame Janet Valerie Finch DBE, DL, FAcSS (born 13 February 1946) is a British sociologist and academic administrator.

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Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961. Derbrett's People of Today. Retrieved 31 December 2015. Births, Marriages, & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005; at ancestry.com) is an English actress.

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Janet Morgan, Lady Balfour of Burleigh

Janet Patricia Morgan, Lady Balfour of Burleigh CBE, FRSE (born December 1945) is a Canadian-born English writer and historian.

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Jennifer Bate

Jennifer Lucy Bate, (11 November 1944 – 25 March 2020) was a British concert organist.

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Jim Al-Khalili

Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster.

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Joan Bakewell

Dame Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, (née Rowlands; born 16 April 1933), is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer.

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Jobcentre Plus

Jobcentre Plus (Canolfan byd Gwaith; Ionad Obrach is Eile) is a brand used by the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom.

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Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe (born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008.

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John Cunningham (physician)

Sir John Cunningham (born 1949) is a British professor of nephrology at University College London Medical School and the Royal Free Hospital.

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John Grimshaw (cyclist)

John Grimshaw (born 1945) is a voice for cyclists in the UK.

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John Harry Dunning

John Harry Dunning (26 June 1927 – 29 January 2009) was a British economist and is widely recognised as the father of the field of international business.

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John Low (charity executive)

Sir John Menzies Low, CBE, CEng, FRSA (born 1 July 1953) is an international civil society leader, with a commercial background in science, technology and engineering.

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John Surtees

John Norman Surtees, (11 February 1934 – 10 March 2017) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver.

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John Wheatley College

John Wheatley College was founded in 1989 and had its main campuses in Shettleston, Easterhouse and Haghill in Glasgow.

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Jonathan Woodcock

Vice Admiral Sir Simon Jonathan Woodcock, (born 5 July 1962) is a retired Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord from 2015 to 2018.

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Jonathon Band

Admiral Sir Jonathon Band (born 2 February 1950) is a retired Royal Navy officer who was the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 2006 to 2009.

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Julia Cleverdon

Dame Julia Charity Cleverdon (born 19 April 1950), debretts.com; accessed 2 April 2014.

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Julia Slingo

Julia Mary Slingo (née Walker; born 13 December 1950) is a British meteorologist and climate scientist.

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Julie Fleeting

Julie Stewart MBE (born 18 December 1980) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward.

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June Boyce-Tillman

June Barbara Boyce-Tillman (born 1943) is a prominent British academic specialising in music, spirituality and theology, particularly women's role in church music.

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June Brown

June Muriel Brown (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author.

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Justice (organisation)

Justice (stylised "JUSTICE") is a human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom.

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Justin Fletcher

Justin Fletcher (born 1970) is an English children's television presenter, actor and comedian, appearing mainly on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies.

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Karen Pierce

Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce, Lady Roxburgh, (born 23 September 1959), is a British diplomat who is currently British Ambassador to the United States at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and was previously the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.

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Katherine Rake

Katherine Rake is director of Lucent, a consultancy supporting organisations with a social purpose to see clearly, make connections and inspire change.

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Keele University

Keele University is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England.

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Keith Bristow

Keith Bristow QPM served as the first Director-General of the National Crime Agency from 2011 to 2016.

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Kelly Smith

Kelly Jayne Smith (born 29 October 1978) is an English former football forward who spent three spells with FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies.

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Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.

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Kent County Council

Kent County Council is a county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Kent in England.

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Killyhevlin Hotel

Killyhevlin Hotel is a hotel situated 1 km from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, just off the main A4 Dublin Road.

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Kim Darroch

Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, (born 30 April 1954) is a former British diplomat.

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King's Official Birthday

The King's Official Birthday is the selected day in most Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated in those countries.

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Kingsmead School, Enfield

Kingsmead School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Enfield, north London, England.

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Lancaster University

Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

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Landscape Institute

The Landscape Institute (LI) is a UK based professional body for the landscape profession.

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Lawrence Dallaglio

Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio (born 10 August 1972), known as Lawrence Dallaglio, is an English retired rugby union player, former captain of England, and 2016 inductee of the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

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Learning and Skills Council

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was a non-departmental public body jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in England.

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Leeds International Piano Competition

The Leeds International Piano Competition, informally known as The Leeds and formerly the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, takes place every three years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Leonard Fenwick

Sir Leonard Raymond Fenwick, CBE (born 10 August 1947) is an English hospital executive, who until August 2017 was the Chief Executive of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, from where he was sacked after being found guilty of Gross Misconduct.

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Licensed Trade Charity

The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that cares for people working in, or retired from, the licensed drink trade and their dependents.

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Lin Homer

Dame Linda Margaret Homer, (born 4 March 1957) is a retired British civil servant who served as chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs between 2012 and 2016.

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Linlithgow Academy

Linlithgow Academy is a secondary school in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

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List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Iran

The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Iran is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Iran.

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Lloyd Dorfman

Sir Lloyd Marshall Dorfman (born 25 August 1952) is a British entrepreneur and philanthropist.

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Lloyd's of London

Lloyd's of London, generally known simply as Lloyd's, is an insurance and reinsurance market located in London, United Kingdom.

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Local strategic partnership

Local strategic partnerships (LSPs) exist in nearly all local authority areas in England.

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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London.

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London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a London borough in Inner London, England.

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London Borough of Havering

The London Borough of Havering in East London, England, forms part of Outer London.

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London Borough of Hillingdon

The London Borough of Hillingdon is a London borough in Greater London, England.

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London Fire Brigade

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom.

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a member institution of the University of London that specialises in public health and tropical medicine.

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London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.

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Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.

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Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

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Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for West Glamorgan.

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Lord Lyon King of Arms

The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, the oldest heraldic court in the world that is still in daily operation.

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Lord-in-waiting

Lords-in-waiting (male) or baronesses-in-waiting (female) are peers who hold office in the Royal Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Lothian and Borders Police

Lothian and Borders Police was the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian between 1975 and 2013.

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Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock

Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, (born 29 March 1965), is a Crossbench peer and former British government official.

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Louise Wilson

Louise Janet Wilson (23 February 1962 – 16 May 2014) was a British professor of fashion design.

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Lynda La Plante

Lynda Joy La Plante, CBE (née Titchmarsh; born 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.

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Magdalene Odundo

Dame Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo (born 1950) is a Kenyan-born British studio potter, who now lives in Farnham, Surrey.

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Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman (born 8 February 1962) is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015.

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Margaret Drabble

Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, (born 5 June 1939) is an English biographer, novelist and short story writer.

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Margaret Ross (computer scientist)

Margaret Ross MBE, FBCS is an Emeritus Professor of Software Quality at Southampton Solent University.

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Mari Kapi

Chief Justice Sir Mari Kapi (12 December 1950 – 25 March 2009) was a Papua New Guinean judge who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea from 16 August 2003 until his retirement in 2008 for health reasons.

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Marina Warner

Dame Marina Sarah Warner, (born 9 November 1946) is an English historian, mythographer, art critic, novelist and short story writer.

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Marion Stein

Maria Donata Nanetta Paulina Gustava Erwina Wilhelmine Stein (18 October 19266 March 2014), known as Marion Stein, was an Austrian-born British concert pianist.

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Maritime and Coastguard Agency

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom that is responsible for implementing British and international maritime law and safety policy.

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Mark Elder

Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor.

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Mark Haysom

Mark Haysom (born 1953) is a British former management executive.

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Mark Sedwill

Mark Philip Sedwill, Baron Sedwill, (born 21 October 1964) is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020.

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Medical Household

The Medical Household is the medical part of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.

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Mencap

The Royal Mencap Society is a charity based in the United Kingdom that works with people with learning disabilities.

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Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.

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Michael Apted

Michael David Apted (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer.

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Michael Burdekin

Frederick Michael Burdekin is a British civil engineer, and emeritus professor at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the University of Manchester.

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Michael Lynch (arts administrator)

Michael Francis Lynch (born 1950) is an Australian arts administrator.

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Michael Nali

Michael Nali CBE (born 1961) is a Papua New Guinean politician.

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Michael Nyman

Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker.

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Michael Snyder (accountant)

Sir Michael John Snyder (born 30 July 1950) is a British businessman and politician.

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Ministry of Defence Police

The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) is a civilian special police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence.

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Moir Lockhead

Sir Moir Lockhead OBE DHC (born 25 April 1945 in County Durham, England) is an English businessman.

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Monica Mason

Dame Monica Margaret Mason (born 6 September 1941) is a former ballet dancer, teacher, and director of The Royal Ballet.

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Mott MacDonald

The Mott MacDonald Group is a management, engineering and development consultancy headquartered in the United Kingdom.

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Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem

Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem,, is an Egyptian Islamic studies scholar and the King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at the SOAS University of LondonSOAS Staff: in London, England.

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Musgrave Park Hospital

Musgrave Park Hospital is a specialist hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Myrna Manzanares

Myrna Kaye Manzanares MBE (30 October 1946 – 21 December 2021) was a Belizean writer and activist, considered an ambassador of Belizean Creole culture.

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Naana Otoo-Oyortey

Naana Otoo-Oyortey is a Ghanaian social activist, the executive director of the Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development.

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National Association of Head Teachers

The NAHT is a trade union and professional association representing more than 49,000 members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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National Association of Local Councils

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is a membership organisation representing the interests of local (parish and town) councils in England.

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National Audit Office (United Kingdom)

The National Audit Office (NAO) is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

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National Centre for Atmospheric Science

The National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) is a world leading research centre, formed in 2002 and funded annually by the Natural Environment Research Council.

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National Cycle Network

The National Cycle Network (NCN) was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout the United Kingdom, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring.

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National Policing Improvement Agency

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom, established to support police by providing expertise in such areas as information technology, information sharing, and recruitment.

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National Video Archive of Performance

The National Video Archive of Performance is a film and video archive in London, England which holds recordings of stage performances.

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Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes

The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) is a company created by the British government on 9 December 1920 to run recreational establishments needed by the British Armed Forces, and to sell goods to servicemen and their families.

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Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (or simply Neath Port Talbot Council) is the local authority for the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales.

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New College Lanarkshire

New College Lanarkshire (Colaiste Ùr Shiorrachd Lannraig) is a further education institution in Scotland in North Lanarkshire.

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New Zealand Gazette

The New Zealand Gazette (Te Kāhiti o Aotearoa), commonly referred to as Gazette, is the official newspaper of record the New Zealand Government (government gazette), serving as the medium by which decisions of Government are promulgated.

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Newcastle City Council

Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England.

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Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the Shelford Group of University Teaching Hospitals and an NHS Foundation Trust.

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Newlyn Art Gallery

Newlyn Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Newlyn, Cornwall, UK.

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Newport City Council

Newport City Council is the governing body for Newport, one of the principal areas of Wales.

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Nicholas Wald

Sir Nicholas John Wald FRS, FRCP, FMedSci, qualified in medicine from University College London in 1967.

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Nick Houghton

General John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton, Baron Houghton of Richmond, (born 18 October 1954) is a retired senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the British Armed Forces.

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Nicolas Clark Adamson

Nicolas Clark Adamson CVO OBE (born 5 September 1938) was Private Secretary to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent from 1993 to 2011.

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Norfolk Constabulary

Norfolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Norfolk in East Anglia, England.

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North London Hospice

The North London Hospice (NLH) is a registered charity offering hospice care to patients with life-limiting and terminal illnesses.

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North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and the City of York in northern England.

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Northamptonshire Police

Northamptonshire Police (colloquially known as Northants Police) is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom.

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Northern Rail

Northern Rail, branded as Northern, was an English train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio that operated the Northern Rail franchise from 2004 until 2016.

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Northgate High School, Dereham

Northgate High School, formerly Northgate High School and Dereham Sixth Form College, is an academy situated in Dereham, Norfolk, England.

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Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service

Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Northumberland in North East England.

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Northumbria Police

Northumbria Police is a territorial police force in England, responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.

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Nottinghamshire Police

Nottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands area of England.

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Office of Fair Trading

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforced both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the United Kingdom's economic regulator.

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Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.

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Oliver Sacks

Oliver Wolf Sacks (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.

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Order of the Thistle

The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of the Commonwealth realms

Orders of Commonwealth countries.

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Oxfam

Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.

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Papua New Guinea Defence Force

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea Law Society

The Papua New Guinea Law Society is a professional association representing the legal profession in Papua New Guinea.

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Paul Collier

Sir Paul Collier, (born 23 April 1949) is a British development economist who serves as the Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and co-Director of the International Growth Centre.

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Paul H. Harvey

Paul H. Harvey One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 19 January 1947) is a British evolutionary biologist.

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Paul Lambert (Royal Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Sir Paul Lambert, (born 17 November 1954) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability) from 2009 to 2012.

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Paul Leinster

Paul Leinster is Professor of Environmental Assessment in the Centre for Environment and Agricultural Informatics at Cranfield University.

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Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady (14 June 1955 – 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, broadcaster, drag queen, actor, and writer.

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Paul Salveson

Paul Salveson,, is an English politician, activist and author.

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Paul Stephenson (police officer)

Sir Paul Robert Stephenson (born 26 September 1953) is a British retired police officer who was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2011.

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Pension, Disability and Carers Service

The Pension, Disability and Carers Service was an executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) which was created in April 2008.

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Permanent representative

A permanent representative is a diplomat who is the head of a country's diplomatic mission to an international organisation.

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Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union

The Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union was the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the European Union, and head of the United Kingdom Representation to the European Union (UKREP), while the United Kingdom was a member state of the European Union.

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Peter Liss

Peter Simon Liss CBE FRS (born 27 October 1942) is a British environmental scientist, and professorial fellow, at the University of East Anglia.

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Peter Viggers

Sir Peter John Viggers (13 March 1938 – 19 March 2020) was a British Conservative politician and lawyer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gosport for 36 years, from 1974 to 2010.

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Philip Hunter (educationist)

Sir Philip John Hunter CBE (born 1939, Northumberland) is an English educationist who was the Schools Adjudicator for England from 2002 to 2009.

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Phoenix Academy, Shepherd's Bush

Phoenix Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in White City area of Shepherd's Bush, London, England.

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Physician to the King

Physician to the King (or Queen, as appropriate) is a title (as postnominals, KHP, QHP) held by physicians of the Medical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Police Federation of England and Wales

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) is the statutory staff association for police constables, sergeants, inspectors, chief inspectors and special constables in the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales.

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Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Polis Service o Norlin Airlan), is the police service responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within Northern Ireland.

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Polly Courtice

Dame Veronica Anne Courtice, DBE, LVO, DL, born June 1952 in Johannesburg, known as Polly Courtice, has an MA from the University of Cambridge (1973) and is also a graduate of the University of Cape Town (1978).

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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick; born 9 October 1935) is a member of the British royal family.

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Princes Park (Liverpool ward)

Princes Park ward is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

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Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936), is a member of the British royal family.

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Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington

Princess Antonia of Prussia, Duchess of Wellington (Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Louise Mansfeld; born 28 April 1955) is a British aristocrat and philanthropist.

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Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service

Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Air Force.

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Provincial Reconstruction Team Helmand

The Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (HPRT) was established in September 2004.

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Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) was a charity, and an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for Education.

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Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; known as the QAs) is the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services.

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Queen Camilla

Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III.

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Queen Katherine School

The Queen Katherine School is an academy school located in Kendal, Cumbria, England.

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Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University (Oilthigh Bànrigh Mairead) is a university founded in 1875 and currently located in Musselburgh, East Lothian.

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Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England.

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Queen's Nursing Institute

The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) is a charity that works to improve the nursing care of people in their own homes in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

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Queen's University Belfast

The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (Ollscoil na Banríona; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba

Rajinder Paul Loomba, Baron Loomba, (born 13 November 1943, Dhilwan, Punjab, India) is a philanthropist, founder and executive chairman of clothing company Loomba Group, and a member of the House of Lords.

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Ravensbourne University London

Ravensbourne University London (formerly Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication) is a digital media and design university, with vocational courses in fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive product design, architecture and environment design, graphic design, animation, moving image, music production for media and sound design.

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Richard Calvocoressi

Richard Edward Ion Calvocoressi (b. 5 May 1951) is a British museum and gallery curator and art historian.

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Richard Gillingwater

Richard Dunnell Gillingwater CBE (born July 1956) is a British businessman and former public servant, chairman of Janus Henderson Group plc, former chairman of SSE plc, and the pro-chancellor of the Open University.

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Richard Harper-Smith

Dr John Richard Harper-Smith MBE, known as Richard Harper-Smith, was a medical doctor in Tetford, Lincolnshire.

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Richard Ibbotson

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Jeffrey Ibbotson, (born 27 June 1954) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet.

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Richard J. Roberts

Sir Richard John Roberts (born 6 September 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular biologist.

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Richard Rogers

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, (23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021) was a British-Italian architect noted for his modernist and constructivist designs in high-tech architecture.

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Robert C. Hastie

Commodore Robert Cameron Hastie KStJ CBE RD JP RNR (born 24 May 1933), was a British senior Royal Naval Reserve officer who was the Lord-Lieutenant for West Glamorgan from April 1995 to May 2008.

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Robert Clinton

Robert George Clinton, CVO, is a noted British lawyer.

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Robin Blair

Robin Orr Blair, CVO, WS (born 1 January 1940), former Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland, is a retired solicitor, and was a partner with Dundas & Wilson CS and later with Turcan Connell.

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Robin Newton

Robert "Robin" Gray Newton MBE (born 21 December 1945) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

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Roderick Hunt

Roderick James Hunt is a British children's author.

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Roger Bland

Roger Farrant Bland, (born 3 April 1955) is a British curator and numismatist.

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Roy Williams (playwright)

Roy Samuel Williams is a British playwright.

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Royal Archives

The Royal Archives, also known as the King's or Queen's Archives, is a division of The Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Royal Auxiliary Air Force

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF), formerly the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF), together with the Air Force Reserve, is a component of His Majesty's Reserve Air Forces (Reserve Forces Act 1996, Part 1, Para 1,(2),(c)).

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Royal Bolton Hospital

The Royal Bolton Hospital is an acute general hospital in Farnworth, Greater Manchester.

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Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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Royal Collection

The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world.

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Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City.

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Royal College of Nursing

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is a registered trade union and professional body in the United Kingdom for those in the profession of nursing.

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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands, and artistic performance teams on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the capital of Scotland.

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Royal Households of the United Kingdom

The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments that support members of the British royal family.

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Royal Marsden Hospital

The Royal Marsden Hospital (RM) is a specialist cancer treatment hospital in London based in Kensington and Chelsea, next to the Royal Brompton Hospital, in Fulham Road with a second site in Belmont, close to Sutton Hospital, High Down and Downview Prisons.

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Royal Meteorological Society

The Royal Meteorological Society is a long-established institution that promotes academic and public engagement in weather and climate science.

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Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.

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Royal Naval Reserve

The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom.

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Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary

The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) is a national police force with jurisdiction throughout Papua New Guinea.

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Royal Society of Portrait Painters

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a charity based at Carlton House Terrace, SW1, London that promotes the practice and appreciation of portraiture art.

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Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is the national police force of Solomon Islands and in January 2015 had an establishment of approximately 1,153 officers and 43 police stations across the country.

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Royal Voluntary Service

The Royal Voluntary Service (known as the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) from 1938 to 1966; Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) from 1966 to 2004 and WRVS from 2004 to 2013) is a voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Royal warrant of appointment (United Kingdom)

Royal warrants of appointment have been issued since the 15th century to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages.

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Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

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Sheffield Forgemasters

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Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

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SOAS University of London

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Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders

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Solent University

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South Yorkshire Police

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Special Constabulary

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Sport and Recreation Alliance

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SSAFA

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Staffordshire Police

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Stevenage Borough Council

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Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service

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Suffolk County Council

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Sure Start

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Surrey County Council

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Surveyor of the King's Pictures

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Susan Jebb

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Sustrans

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Swanley

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Sybil Phoenix

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Sylvia Walby

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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

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Tanika Gupta

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Thales Group

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Thames Valley Police

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The Guinness Partnership

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The Hallé

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The Homecare Association

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The Ramblers

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The Royal Ballet

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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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The Takeover Panel

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Thomas Brooman

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Tim Brain

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Tonbridge and Malling

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Tourism Ireland

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Trafford College

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Training and Development Agency for Schools

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Travelex

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Tribunals Service

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UCL Jill Dando Institute

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is a centre for excellence in environmental science across water, land and air.

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UKVisas

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Ulster University

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UNICEF UK

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Unite the Union

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University College London

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University of Bath

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University of Birmingham

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University of Dundee

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University of East Anglia

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University of Edinburgh

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University of Glasgow

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University of Leicester

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University of Liverpool

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University of Manchester

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University of Oxford

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University of Salford

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University of Stirling

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University of Strathclyde

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University of Surrey

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University of Winchester

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Upper Thames Rowing Club

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Uzo Iwobi

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Victoria Wood

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Walé Adeyemi

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West Midlands Fire Service

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West Northamptonshire Development Corporation

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West Yorkshire Police

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Western Infirmary

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Wey and Arun Canal

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Whitbread

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William Atkinson (teacher)

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Windsor Castle

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Windsor Great Park

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Wirral Grammar School for Boys

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World of Music, Arts and Dance

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Wychavon

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Yeomen of the Guard

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Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School

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York St John University

York St John University (originally established as York Diocesan College), often abbreviated to YSJ, is a public university located on a large urban campus in York, England.

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See also

2008 awards

• 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
• 2008 Birthday Honours
• 2008 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
• 2008 ENnie Award winners
• 2008 New Year Honours
• 2008 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
• 2008 New Zealand bravery awards
• 2008 Origins Award winners
• 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
• 2008 RLIF Awards
• 35th People's Choice Awards
• 60th Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards
• Bravery Meeting 70 (Australia)
• List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2008
• Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2008
• Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards 2008

2008 awards in the United Kingdom

• 14th National Television Awards
• 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
• 2008 Birthday Honours
• 2008 British Academy Scotland Awards
• 2008 British Academy Television Awards
• 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
• 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards
• 2008 Man Booker Prize
• 2008 Mojo Awards
• 2008 New Year Honours
• 2008 Turner Prize
• 62nd British Academy Film Awards
• Brit Awards 2008
• National Dance Awards 2008
• Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards 2008
• Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (2008)
• The Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation (Technology) (2008)
• The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2008)

2008 in Barbados

• 2008 Barbadian general election
• 2008 Birthday Honours

2008 in Belize

• 2008 Belizean constitutional referendum
• 2008 Belizean general election
• 2008 Birthday Honours
• 2008 in Belize

2008 in Grenada

• 2008 Birthday Honours
• 2008 Grenadian general election

2008 in Papua New Guinea

• 2008 Birthday Honours
• 2008 Bougainvillean presidential election
• 2008 Papua New Guinea floods
• George Constantinou

2008 in Saint Lucia

• 2008 Birthday Honours

2008 in the Bahamas

• 2008 Birthday Honours
• 2008 NAWIRA Women's Sevens

2008 in the Solomon Islands

• 2008 Aoke/Langalanga by-election
• 2008 Birthday Honours
• 2008 East Honiara by-election

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Birthday_Honours

Also known as 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Birthday Honours 2008.

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