The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight,which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order". He did not revive the Order of the Bath,since it had never previously existed as an Order,in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred.
Robin Berry Janvrin,Baron Janvrin,is a British courtier who was private secretary to Elizabeth II from February 1999 to September 2007.
Dame Helen Frances Ghosh,DCB is a former British civil servant who has been Master of Balliol College,Oxford since 2018. She was previously Director-General of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty from November 2012 to April 2018.
Dame Susan Jane Owen is a former British civil servant,economist and former academic. She served as the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport from October 2013 until her retirement in March 2019.
Dame Linda Margaret Homer,is a retired British civil servant who served as chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs between 2012 and 2016.
Dame Lesley Ann Strathie,DCB was a British senior civil servant.
Dame Jilian Norma Matheson is the former National Statistician of the United Kingdom.
Dame Ursula Brennan is a retired British civil servant and a former Permanent Secretary at the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice where she was also the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.
Dame Anne Elisabeth Mueller,DCB was a British civil servant and academic. She was Second Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office from 1984 to 1987 and then at HM Treasury from 1987 to 1990. She was Chancellor of De Montfort University from June 1991 until 1995.
Dame Alison Margaret Saunders,is a British barrister and a former Director of Public Prosecutions. She was the first lawyer from within the Crown Prosecution Service and the second woman to hold the appointment. She was also the second holder of this office not to be a Queen's Counsel. She was previously the Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London. Her term of office ended 31 October 2018. She is now a Partner at the Magic Circle law firm Linklaters.
The Honours Committee is a committee within the Cabinet Office of the Government of the United Kingdom formed to review nominations for national honours for merit,exceptional achievement or service. Twice yearly the Honours Committee submits formal recommendations for the British monarch's New Years and Birthday Honours. Members of the Honours Committee—which comprises a main committee and nine subcommittees in speciality areas—research and vet nominations for national awards,including knighthoods and the Order of the British Empire.
Sir Richard Nicholas Heaton,KCB is a barrister and former senior British civil servant who was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from September 2015 until resigning in August 2020. He had previously served as Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary,and First Parliamentary Counsel. He currently serves as Warden of Robinson College,Cambridge.
Dame Melanie Henrietta Dawes is a British economist and civil servant. Since February 2020 she has been Chief Executive of Ofcom. She was previously the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing,Communities and Local Government,and before that worked at HM Treasury,HM Revenue and Customs,and in the Cabinet Office. She is a Trustee of the Patchwork Foundation,founded by Harris Bokhari.
Dame Elizabeth Anne Finlay Gardiner (Hon) is a British solicitor and senior civil servant who has served as the First Parliamentary Counsel since November 2015.
Dame Clare Moriarty DCB is the Chief Executive of Citizens Advice and former British civil servant,who served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs between 2015 and 2019 and as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) from March 2019 until January 2020. In November 2017,she was appointed the first civil service “faith and belief”champion,to represent all faiths and beliefs and promote interfaith dialogue. After leaving the Civil Service when DExEU was closed,she took up a new role as chief executive of Citizens Advice in April 2021.
Sir Christopher Stephen Wormald KCB is a British civil servant serving as Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care since 2016,having previously served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education from 2012 to 2016.
Dame Valerie Patricia Marie Strachan,is a retired British civil servant. From 1993 to 2000,she was Chair of HM Customs and Excise. Since February 2012,she has been a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Sir Charles Craik Cunningham,was a Scottish civil servant. From 1957 to 1966,he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office,its most senior civil servant. He had worked in the Scottish Office from 1929 until moving to the Home Office in 1957,and served as Secretary of the Scottish Home Department between 1948 and 1957.
Dame Bernadette Mary Kelly is a British senior civil servant who has served as permanent secretary for the Department for Transport since 18 April 2017.
Sarah Elizabeth Healey is a British civil servant,appointed as Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport in March 2019.
