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As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.

Life Peer

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Baronesses

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Professor Ilora Gillian Finlay, Vice Dean, School of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine.^[1]
Professor Susan Adele Greenfield, C.B.E., Director, Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Valerie Georgina Howarth, O.B.E., Chief Executive, Childline.
Elspeth Rosamund Morton, Lady Howe of Aberavon, C.B.E., lately Chairman, Broadcasting Standards Commission and Chairman, BOC Foundation for the Environment.

Barons

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Victor Olufemi Adebowale, C.B.E., Chief Executive, Centrepoint.
Richard Stuart Best, O.B.E., Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Amir Bhatia, O.B.E., Chairman and Managing Director, Casley Finance Ltd. and Forbes Campbell Ltd.
Sir Edmund John Phillip Browne, Group Chief Executive, BP Amoco plc.
Professor Michael Chew Koon Chan, M.B.E., Paediatrician and Chairman, Chinese in Britain Forum.
Sir Paul Leslie Condon, lately Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
General Sir Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, G.C.B., L.V.O., O.B.E., lately Chief of the Defence Staff.
Sir David Hugh Alexander Hannay, former Diplomat.
Professor Sir Robert McCredie May, President, Royal Society.
Sir Claus Moser, K.C.B., C.B.E., F.B.A., lately Head, Government Statistical Service and Professor, Social Statistics, London School of Economics.
Sir Herman George Ouseley, lately Executive Chairman and Chief Executive, Commission for Racial Equality.
Sir Stewart Ross Sutherland, Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh.

Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

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Order of St Michael and St George ribbon

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

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His Excellency Tomu Malaefone Sione, OBE, lately Governor-General of Tuvalu.^[2]

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

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Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire (Civil)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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Civil Division

Peter Schmeichel - for services to football.^[3]^[4]

References

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^ The London Gazette of Thursday 26 April 2001 Supplement No. 1
^ "Honours and Awards". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
^ "Footballers who have received UK honours". The London Gazette. 2 January 2025. Archived from the original on 19 January 2025.
^ "Schmeichel's MBE honour". BBC Sport. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 24 May 2025.

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New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 † Not issued because of Birthday Honours of the new monarch (1902) and World War II (1940)
Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863§ 1864§ 1865§ 1866 1867 1868§ 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876§ 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 § Not issued † Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)
Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953 2023† † Not issued
Jubilee Honours	1887 (Golden) 1897 (Diamond) 1935 (Silver) 1977 (Silver) 2002 (Golden) 2012 (Diamond) 2022 (Platinum)† † Not issued
Demise Honours	2002 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2021 (The Duke of Edinburgh) 2023 (Queen Elizabeth II)
Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900† 1906† 1910† 1918† 1922 1923† 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017† 2019 2024 † Not issued
Prime Minister's Resignation Honours	1895 1905 1916 1923 1924 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 2019 2022 (Johnson) 2022 (Truss) 2024 † Not issued
Special Honours	1923 1952 1972 1973 1974 1977 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1999 2001 2004 2006 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Additional Honours	1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1953 (Korea) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1990 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday)
Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

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