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2021 New Year Honours, the Glossary

The 2021 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.^[1]

212 relations: Alan Curtis (footballer), Alwen Williams, Amir Hannan, Andrew Barnett, Andrew Kyte, Andrew Thompson (historian), Angela Eagle, Ann Jones (politician), Anne Keothavong, Anne-Marie Houghton, Anthony Browne (author), Apache Indian (musician), Art Fund, Autism Research Centre, Barry Douglas (pianist), Barry Hearn, Bashabi Fraser, Belfast North (Assembly constituency), Belize, Ben Key, Bill O'Hara (sailor), Bill Skelly, Birmingham Opera Company, Bob Champion, Brian Barwick, Brian Davidson, British Empire Medal, Carol Propper, Caroline Gardner, Caroline Mason (charity executive), Caroline Wilson (diplomat), Chris Grigg, Christina Scott, Christopher Le Brun, Commonwealth realm, COVID-19, Craig David, Curtis Woodhouse, Damian Hopley, Daniel Greenberg (lawyer), Daniel Harding, Dave Lewis (businessman), Dave Thompson (police officer), David Briggs (Lord Lieutenant), David Chipperfield, David Mason (marine), David Ormerod, David Pearson (social care administrator), David Stuart (structural biologist), Dawn Brooker, ... Expand index (162 more) »
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Alan Thomas Curtis (born 16 April 1954) is a former Wales international footballer, who played as a forward; he is currently the honorary club president of Swansea City.

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Alwen Williams

Dame Alwen Williams was Chief Executive of the Barts Health NHS Trust in London, England.

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Amir Simon Hannan MBE is an English doctor who works as a General Practitioner in Tameside and has pioneered patients having access and understanding to their Electronic health records in the English National Health Service.

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Andrew Barnett

Andrew Charles Robert Barnett (born 1968) is the Director of the UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

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Andrew Kyte

Vice-Admiral Andrew Jeffery Kyte, (born 1966) is a senior Royal Navy officer.

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Andrew Thompson (historian)

Andrew Stuart Thompson (born 3 June 1968) is a British historian and academic.

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Angela Eagle

Dame Angela Eagle DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since 1992.

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Ann Jones (politician)

Margaret Ann Jones (born 4 November 1953) is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician.

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Anne Keothavong

Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a British former tennis player.

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Anne-Marie Houghton

Group Captain Anne-Marie Houghton (née Dawe; born 26 August 1968) is an RAF officer and was the RAF's first female fully qualified navigator in 1991.

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Anthony Edward Tudor Browne (born 11 September 1946) is a British writer and illustrator of children's books, primarily picture books.

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Apache Indian (musician)

Steven Kapur (born 11 May 1967), known by the stage name Apache Indian, is a British singer-songwriter and reggae DJ.

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Art Fund

Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation.

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Autism Research Centre

The Autism Research Centre (ARC) is a research institute that is a part of the Department of Developmental Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, England.

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Barry Douglas (pianist)

William Barry Douglas (born 23 April 1960) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a classical pianist and conductor.

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Barry Hearn

Barry Maurice William Hearn (born 19 June 1948) is a British sports promoter who is founder and president of Matchroom Sport.

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Bashabi Fraser

Bashabi Fraser (born 1954) is an Indian-born Scottish academic, editor, translator, and writer.

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Belfast North (Assembly constituency)

Belfast North is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Belize

Belize (Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.

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Ben Key

Admiral Sir Benjamin John Key, (born 7 November 1965) is a senior Royal Navy officer.

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Bill O'Hara (sailor)

William Patrick Thomas O'Hara (born 28 November 1958) is an Irish sailor from Northern Ireland.

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Bill Skelly

William Alan Skelly was the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police in England.

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Birmingham Opera Company

Birmingham Opera Company is a professional opera company based in Birmingham, England, that specialises in innovative and avant-garde productions of the operatic repertoire, often in unusual venues.

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Bob Champion

Robert Champion (born 4 June 1948) is an English former jump jockey, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti.

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Brian Barwick

Brian Robert Barwick (born 21 June 1954) is an English rugby league administrator.

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Brian Davidson

Brian John Davidson (born 28 April 1964) is a British diplomat who is the British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau as of July 2021.

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British Empire Medal

The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown.

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Carol Propper

Dame Carol Propper is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, Professor of Economics of Public Policy at Bristol University, and Professor of Health Economics at Monash University.

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Caroline Gardner

Caroline Jane Gardner was the Auditor General for Scotland between June 2012 and July 2020.

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Caroline Mason (charity executive)

Dame Caroline Louise Mason has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation since 2013, a UK charity that supports improvement of life through strategic grants and investment.

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Caroline Wilson (diplomat)

Dame Caroline Elizabeth Wilson (born 12 August 1970) is a British diplomat and lawyer who assumed office as the British Ambassador to China in September 2020.

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Chris Grigg

Christopher Montague Grigg (born 6 July 1959) is a British businessman.

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Christina Scott

Christina Martha Elena Scott (born 25 December 1974) is a British civil servant and diplomat.

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Christopher Le Brun

Sir Christopher Mark Le Brun PPRA (born 1951) is a British artist, known primarily as a painter.

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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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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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Craig David

Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger.

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Curtis Woodhouse

Curtis Woodhouse (born 17 April 1980) is an English former professional footballer turned professional boxer and football manager, most recently in charge of Marske United.

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Damian Hopley

Damian Hopley (born 12 April 1970) is a former rugby union player for London Wasps and England.

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Daniel Greenberg (lawyer)

Daniel Isaac Greenberg (born September 1965) has been the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards since January 2023.

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Daniel Harding

Daniel John Harding (born 31 August 1975) is a British conductor.

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Dave Lewis (businessman)

Sir David John Lewis (born 1965) is an English businessman.

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Dave Thompson (police officer)

Sir David Thompson is the former chief constable of West Midlands Police, England's second-largest and the United Kingdom's third-largest police force.

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David Briggs (Lord Lieutenant)

Thomas David Briggs (born 25 August 1946, Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British businessman based in Cheshire, England.

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David Chipperfield

Sir David Alan Chipperfield,, (born 18 December 1953) is a British architect.

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David Mason (marine)

David Mason is a teacher and former Regimental Sergeant Major in the Royal Marines.

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David Ormerod

David Christopher Ormerod CBE, KC (Hon), DCL(Hon) is a professor of criminal law at University College London.

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Sir David Charles Pearson, CBE, is a British social care administrator and former social worker.

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David Stuart (structural biologist)

Sir David Ian Stuart (born 8 December 1953) is a Medical Research Council Professor of Structural Biology at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford where he is also a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.

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Dawn Brooker

Dawn June Ratcliffe Brooker (born 1959) is a British psychologist who is a professor at the University of Worcester and Director of the Association for Dementia Studies.

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Dee Bradbury

Donalda Macintyre Maclay Bradbury, known as Dee Bradbury, is a Scottish former rugby union player.

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Denzil Forrester

Denzil Forrester (born 1956) is a Grenada-born artist who moved to England as a child in 1967.

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Department for Education

The Department for Education (DfE) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.

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Dieter Helm

Sir Dieter Robin Helm (born 11 November 1956) is a British economist and academic.

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Diljit Rana, Baron Rana

Diljit Singh Rana, Baron Rana, (born 20 September 1938), is a British businessman and a former member of the House of Lords.

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Donna Fraser

Donna Karen Fraser (born 7 November 1972) in Thornton Heath, Croydon is an English former athlete, who mainly competed in the 200 and 400 m.

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Douglas Barrow

Douglas Gordon Fleming Barrow (born August 1951) is a board member, advisor and chairman in the international maritime and shipping sectors and the City of London.

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Edgar Feuchtwanger

Edgar Joseph Feuchtwanger (born 28 September 1924) is a German-British historian.

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Edward Peck (academic administrator)

Edward William Peck is vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.

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Eleanor Stride

Eleanor Phoebe Jane Stride is a Professor of Biomaterials at St Catherine's College, Oxford.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Ella Spira

Ella Spira MBE is a Grammy-nominated composer, visual artist and an award-winning theatre producer based in London, England.

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Eric Robson

Eric Bell Robson (born 31 December 1946) is a television broadcaster, author and documentary film maker who has lived for most of his life in Cumbria, where he has a sheep farm.

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Fergie MacDonald

Duncan Ferguson MacDonald MBE (24 April 1937 – 23 April 2024) was a Scottish accordionist who specialised in ceilidh music and played the button accordion.

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Fergus Henderson

Fergus Henderson (born 31 July 1963) is an English chef who founded the restaurant St John on St John Street in London.

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Formula One

Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

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Fozia Irfan

Fozia Tanvir Irfan is a Director of Children and Young People at Children in Need.

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Francesca Happé

Francesca Gabrielle Elizabeth Happé (born 1967) is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London.

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Geoffrey Cox (British politician)

Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox (born 30 April 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician and barrister who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Torridge and Tavistock, previously Torridge and West Devon, since 2005.

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Gerry McCormac

Sir Francis Gerard McCormac, FRSE, FSA, FRSA, FHEA (born 1 August 1958) is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Stirling.

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Giles Hill

Lieutenant General Giles Patrick Hill, is a retired senior British Army officer.

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Gillian Coultard

Gillian Coultard (born 22 July 1963) is an English former football player, and former England captain.

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Graham Vick

Sir Graham Vick (30 December 1953 – 17 July 2021) was an English opera director known for his experimental and revisionist stagings of traditional and modern operas.

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Guy Weston

Sir Guy Howard Weston (born 3 July 1960) is a British businessman and philanthropist.

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Gwyn Jenkins

General Gwyn Jenkins, is a senior Royal Marines officer, who served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from August 2022 to June 2024.

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Halima Cassell

Halima Jade Cassell FRSS (born 1975) is a British sculptor and ceramicist working in many materials.

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Heather Williams (physicist)

Heather Ann Williams (born 1977) is a British medical physicist working as a Consultant Medical Physicist for Nuclear Medicine at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

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Heidi Soulsby

Heidi Soulsby MBE, is a politician from the island of Guernsey.

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Hermione Cockburn

Hermione Anne Phoebe Cockburn (born 1973, Sussex, England) is a British television and radio presenter specialising in scientific and educational programmes.

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Humza Arshad

Humza Mohammed Arshad (حمزه محمد ارشد; born 3 June 1985) is an English actor, comedian and writer of Pakistani descent.

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Huw Thomas (physician)

Sir Huw Jeremy Wyndham Thomas (born 25 February 1958) is a British gastroenterologist at St Mary’s Hospital, London, and professor of Gastrointestinal Genetics at Imperial College London and St Mark's Hospital.

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Ian Duguid

Air Vice-Marshal Ian W. Duguid, (born 1 December 1966) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer, whose final post was as Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF, headquartered at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

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Ilse Crawford

Ilse Catherine Crawford (born 1962) is a British interior and furniture designer.

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Irene Hays

Dame Irene Lucas-Hays (née Lucas; born 4 February 1954) is a British businesswoman and former civil servant, and the chair of Hays Travel, the largest independent travel agent in the UK, which she jointly owned with her husband John Hays until his death in 2020.

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James Calder (orthopaedic surgeon)

James David Forbes Calder (born 22 February 1968) is a British orthopaedic surgeon specialising in sporting injuries.

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James Hockenhull

General Sir James Richard Hockenhull, (born 27 July 1964) is a senior British Army officer who has served as Commander Strategic Command since May 2022.

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Jan Thompson (diplomat)

Jan Thompson (born 25 August 1965 in Bexleyheath) is a British diplomat, who since April 2023 has served as the British Ambassador to Norway.

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Jane Glover

Dame Jane Alison Glover (born 13 May 1949) is a British conductor and musicologist.

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Jed Mercurio

Gerald Gary Mercurio (born September 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist.

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Jennifer Lee (potter)

Jennifer Elizabeth Lee (born 1956) is a Scottish ceramic artist with an international reputation.

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Jimmy Greaves

James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Jo da Silva

Dame Joanna Gabrielle da Silva (born 1967) is the Global Director of Sustainable Development at Arup Group.

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Jo Whitfield

Joanne Louise Whitfield (born 21 December 1968) is the Chief Executive of Matalan.

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John Kirkpatrick (musician)

John Michael Kirkpatrick (born 8 August 1947) is an English musician, playing free reed instruments such as the accordion and concertina and performing English folk songs and tunes.

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John McGuinness (motorcyclist)

John Warren McGuinness (16 April 1972) is an English motorcycle road racer, best known as a specialist at the Isle of Man TT, where he has won 23 races and sits 3rd in the all-time win list behind Michael Dunlop and Joey Dunlop.

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Judy Webb

Judith "Judy" Ann Webb is an ecologist and conservationist.

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Julian Anderson

Julian Anderson (born 6 April 1967) is a British composer and teacher of composition.

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Karin Barber

Dame Karin Judith Barber, (born 2 July 1949) is a British cultural anthropologist and academic, who specialises in the Yoruba-speaking area of Nigeria.

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Keith Weed

Keith Charles Frederick Weed (born 1961) is Unilever's former CMCO, a role he held from 2010 to 2019.

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Kim Leadbeater

Kim Michele Leadbeater (born 1 May 1976) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spen Valley, formerly Batley and Spen, since 2021.

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King's Ambulance Service Medal

The King's Ambulance Service Medal, formerly the Queen's Ambulance Service Medal, is awarded to members of the NHS Ambulance Service (and equivalents) in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands for distinguished service.

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King's Fire Service Medal

The King's Fire Service Medal, introduced in 1954, is awarded to members of the fire services in the United Kingdom for distinguished service or gallantry.

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King's Police Medal

The King's Police Medal (KPM) is awarded to police in the United Kingdom for gallantry or distinguished service.

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King's Volunteer Reserves Medal

The King's Volunteer Reserves Medal (KVRM), originally the Queen's Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM), was created by Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II on 29 March 1999.

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Knight Bachelor

The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Lesley Fitton

Josephine Lesley Fitton (born 1953) is a British classical archaeologist and from 2007–2023 the Keeper of the Department of Greece and Rome at the British Museum.

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Lesley Manville

Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films Grown-Ups (1980), High Hopes (1988), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Another Year (2010), and Mr. Turner (2014).

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Lewis Hamilton

Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver competing in Formula One, driving for Mercedes.

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Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester.

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Lorraine Maltby

Lorraine Lucy Maltby (born 1960, née Ward) is a British biologist and who is a professor of environmental biology at the University of Sheffield.

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Lynne Owens

Dame Lynne Gillian Owens, (born 29 January 1969) is a senior police officer in the United Kingdom.

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Maggie Carver

Margaret Adela Miriam Carver DL (née Hall; born 10 July 1964) is an English businesswoman.

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Marcus Agius

Marcus Ambrose Paul Agius (born 22 July 1946) is a British financier and former group chairman of Barclays.

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Margot Henderson

Margot Henderson (born 1964) is a New Zealand chef, caterer, and cookery writer who lives in the United Kingdom.

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Martin Blunden

Martin Blunden (born March 1968) is a British firefighter.

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Matt Hampson

Matthew "Hambo" Hampson (born is an English former rugby union prop who became paralysed from the neck down (C4/5 tetraplegic), after a scrummaging accident when practising with England under-21 squad in March 2005. His condition requires permanent use of a ventilator to breathe. Hampson took up rugby as a 5-year old for Oakham, joining Syston RFC when he was 12.

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Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs; Comhaltaí den Tionól Reachtach; Laa-Makkan Forgaitherars) are representatives elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Merceline Dahl-Regis

Merceline Dahl-Regis, CMG OD, is a Bahamian physician and public health expert.

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Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom)

The Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) is a British medal awarded to Senior Non Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers of the British armed forces for long and meritorious service.

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Michael Kuhn

Michael Ashton Kuhn (born 1949) is a Kenyan-born English film producer based primarily in England.

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Michael Landy

Michael Landy (born 1963) is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs).

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Michael Wood (historian)

Michael David Wood, (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster.

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Monarchy of the United Kingdom

The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.

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Mursal Hedayat

Mursal Hedayat MBE was awarded the Barclays Woman in the Community Award 2021.

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Natalie Clein

Natalie Clein (born Poole, Dorset) is a British classical cellist.

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Natural Capital Committee

The Natural Capital Committee (NCC) was an independent body set up in 2012, initially for a three-year period, to report to the UK Government and advise on how to value nature and to ensure England's 'natural wealth' is managed efficiently and sustainably.

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New Year

The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.

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New Year Honours

The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system, with New Year's Day, 1 January, being marked by naming new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours.

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Nigel Newton

Nigel Newton (born 16 June 1955) is an American-born British publisher.

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Nina Wadia

Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is an English actress and comedian.

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Nisreen Alwan

Nisreen Ala-Din A. S. Alwan MBE is a British–Iraqi public health researcher who is a professor of Public Health at the University of Southampton.

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Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England.

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NSPCC

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity founded as the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) by Thomas Agnew on 19 April 1883.

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Office for Budget Responsibility

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is a non-departmental public body funded by the UK Treasury, that the UK government established to provide independent economic forecasts and independent analysis of the public finances.

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Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Order of the Companions of Honour

The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of the Commonwealth realms

Orders of Commonwealth countries.

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Partha Kar

Partha Sarathi Kar (born 20 December 1973) is a British Indian doctor and Consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Pat McGrath (make-up artist)

Dame Patricia Ann McGrath (born 11 June 1971) is a British make-up artist.

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Paul Cosford

Sir Paul Anthony Cosford (20 May 1963 – 5 April 2021) was a British emeritus medical director at Public Health England (PHE), the UK's public health agency, later replaced by the UK Health Security Agency.

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Paul Williams (Labour politician)

Paul Daniel Williams (born 23 August 1972) is a British general practitioner (GP) and former Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton South from 2017 to 2019, when he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Matt Vickers in the 2019 general election.

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Peter Wanless

Sir Peter Thomas Wanless, (born 25 September 1964) is an English executive and former civil servant.

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Peter Warden

Peter Warden (born 7 July 1941) is a British hurdler and former National Coach.

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Petra Wend

Professor Petra Wend CBE, FRSA, FRSE was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University between 2009 and 2019.

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Phil Prosser

Major General Phillip David Prosser CBE is a British Army officer and engineer, who currently serves as Director Joint Support, UK Strategic Command.

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Philip Robinson (RAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal Philip Jeremy Robinson, is a decorated British pilot and senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Pietra De Mello-Pittman

Pietra-Marie de Mello-Pittman MBE (born 14 April 1983) is a Brazilian-British retired Royal Ballet dancer and co-founder and co-director of Sisters Grimm Ltd.

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Raad Shakir

Raad Shakir CBE is Professor of Neurology at Imperial College London and a Consultant Neurologist at Charing Cross Hospital.

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Rachel Glennerster

Rachel Glennerster (born 21 October 1965) is a British economist.

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Rachel Griffith

Dame Rachel Susan Griffith (born 16 May 1963) is a British-American academic and educator.

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Ravi Silva

Sembukuttiarachilage Ravi Pradip Silva CBE FREng (born May 1969), commonly known as S. Ravi P. Silva or Ravi Silva, is a Sri Lankan-British professor and the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) at the University of Surrey.

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Raymond Antrobus

Raymond Antrobus is a British poet, educator and writer, who has been performing poetry since 2007.

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Rhammel Afflick

Rhammel Emmanuel Basil Afflick (born 6 April 1994) is a British writer and political activist.

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Rhys McClenaghan

Rhys Joshua McClenaghan (born 21 July 1999) is a Northern Irish artistic gymnast competing internationally for both Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Richard Atkins (educational administrator)

Sir Richard James Atkins, CBE (born 10 May 1953) is a former Further Education College teacher and Principal, before becoming the Further Education Commissioner for England between 2016 and 2021.

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Richard Corbett

Richard Graham Corbett CBE (born 6 January 1955) is a former British politician who served as the final Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP), from 2017 to 2020.

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Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch

Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry, (born 14 February 1954), styled as Lord Eskdaill until 1973 and as Earl of Dalkeith from 1973 until 2007, is a Scottish landholder and peer.

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Richard Stanford (British Army officer)

Major General Richard James Aethelstan Stanford, (born 1966) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Support Command from 2015 to 2017.

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Rob Baxter

Robert Edward John Baxter (born 10 March 1971) is the Director of Rugby of English Premiership rugby team Exeter Chiefs.

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Rob Burrow

Robert Geoffrey Burrow (26 September 1982 – 2 June 2024) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half or hooker.

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Robbie Douglas-Miller, Baron Douglas-Miller

Robert Peter Douglas-Miller, Baron Douglas-Miller, (born January 1965) is a British landowner and life peer.

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Robert Chote

Sir Robert William Chote (born 24 January 1968) is a British economist and chair of the UK Statistics Authority.

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Roganie Govender

Roganie Govender is a British-South African speech and language therapist.

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Roger Deakins

Sir Roger Alexander Deakins (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer.

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Roger Jones (physician)

Roger Hugh Jones (born 1948) is a British general practitioner, a professor of general practice, and former editor of the British Journal of General Practice.

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Ron Flowers

Ronald Flowers (28 July 1934 – 12 November 2021) was an English professional footballer, who played as a midfielder, and was most known for his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly in London, England.

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Royal Red Cross

The Royal Red Cross (RRC) is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing.

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Royal Victorian Medal

The Royal Victorian Medal (RVM) is a decoration established by Queen Victoria in April 1896.

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Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order (Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria.

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Sally Dynevor

Sally Jane Dynevor (née Whittaker; born 30 May 1963) is an English actress, she is best known for her role as Sally Metcalfe in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, which she has played since 1986.

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Salutem Healthcare

Salutem Healthcare is a social care provider based in Windsor founded in 2016.

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Sam Webb (architect)

Samuel Webb (5 August 1937 – 24 September 2022) was a British architect who was famous for his work on the structural and fire safety of Tower Blocks following his investigation into the Ronan Point tower block.

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Shearer West

Shearer Carroll West is a British-American art-historian, academic and university administrator.

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Sheila Hancock

Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author.

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Sheila Rowan (physicist)

Sheila Rowan (born 25 November 1969) is a Scottish physicist and academic, who is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and director of its Institute for Gravitational Research since 2009.

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Shikandhini Kanagasundrem

Shikandhini Kanagasundrem also professionally known as Shico Visuvanathan MBE is a British-Sri Lankan microbiologist.

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Simon Baron-Cohen

Sir Simon Philip Baron-Cohen (born 15 August 1958) is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge.

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Simon Shercliff

Simon Shercliff (born 23 December 1972) is a British diplomat, and Ambassador to Iran.

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.

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Stephanie Macdonald

Stephanie Macdonald (born 15 October 1966 in Lewisham, London) is a British architect.

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Stephanie Tyler

Stephanie Joy Tyler, also known as Steph Tyler, is a British ornithologist, zoologist, naturalist, conservationist, and author from Monmouthshire.

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Stephen Deuchar

Sir Stephen John Deuchar (born 11 March 1957) is a British arts administrator, and was director of the UK's Art Fund from 2010 to 2020.

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Steve Shell

Air Marshal Stephen Jeffrey Shell, is a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Structural biology

Structural biology, as defined by the Journal of Structural Biology, deals with structural analysis of living material (formed, composed of, and/or maintained and refined by living cells) at every level of organization.

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Tameside

Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge.

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Tesco

Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.

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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Withington, Manchester, manages the Christie Hospital, one of the largest cancer treatment centres of its type in Europe.

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Toby Jones

Toby Edward Heslewood JonesBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com (born 7 September 1966) is an English actor.

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Tom Burke (RAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal Thomas James Patrick Burke, is a British pilot and senior Royal Air Force officer, who since August 2023 has been Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF.

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Tom Clarke (politician)

Sir Thomas Clarke, (born 10 January 1941) is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 until 2015, representing Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill from 2005 until losing his seat to Philip Boswell of the SNP in the May 2015 general election.

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Tom Emerson (architect)

Thomas Vincent Emerson (born 29 September 1970 in Paris) is a British architect based in London and Zürich.

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Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

Torridge and West Devon was a constituency in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Tyrone Urch

Lieutenant General Sir Tyrone Richard Urch, (born 12 June 1965) is a former senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding, Force Troops Command and later Commander, Home Command.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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University of Southampton

The University of Southampton (abbreviated as Soton in post-nominal letters) is a public research university in Southampton, England.

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University of Stirling

The University of Stirling (Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built within the walled Airthrey Castle estate. The university campus is approximately in size, incorporating the Stirling University Innovation Park and the Dementia Centre.

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University of Worcester

The University of Worcester is a public research university, based in Worcester, England.

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Usha Goswami

Usha Claire Goswami (born 21 February 1960) is a researcher and professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and the director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education, Downing Site.

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References

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