New Year Honours

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The New Year Honours are annual awards announced at the start of each year in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth realms to recognize individuals for outstanding achievements and service.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf award system
honours list
administeredBy Cabinet Office (United Kingdom)
announcedBy UK government
monarch of the United Kingdom
announcedOn 1 January
New Year
appliesTo citizens of Commonwealth realms
citizens of the United Kingdom
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth realms
United Kingdom
approvedBy monarch of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
follows Birthday Honours
previous year’s New Year Honours
frequency annual
hasCategory New Year Honours
hasPart Knight Bachelor appointments
Order of St Michael and St George appointments
Order of the Bath appointments
Order of the British Empire appointments
Order of the Companions of Honour appointments
civil honours
diplomatic service and overseas list
gallantry awards
life peerages
meritorious service awards
military honours
inception early 20th century
language English
partOf British honours system
precededBy previous honours lists
purpose recognition of contributions to national life
recognition of outstanding achievement
recognition of public service
recognizes charitable and voluntary service
contributions to arts and sciences
contributions to community
selectionProcess assessment by honours committees
nominations from the public
recommendations from government departments
startTime 19th century
topic orders, decorations, and medals
state awards
typicalPublicationMedium The London Gazette
official government press releases
usedIn Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom


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