{"id":405,"date":"2017-01-02T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/?p=405"},"modified":"2017-01-07T11:53:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T11:53:33","slug":"george-gillon-awarded-the-mbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"George Gillon awarded the MBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cordwainer Councilman George Gillon was awarded the MBE in the 2017 New Year Honours List.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulating George on the award Cordwainer&#8217;s Alderman Sir Roger Gifford said &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-171 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cordportrait4-1-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"cordportrait4\" width=\"212\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cordportrait4-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cordportrait4-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cordportrait4-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cordportrait4-1.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>&#8220;George richly deserves the MBE. He has an outstanding record in the City, having represented the Ward of Cordwainer since 1995. He has served as Chief Commoner and as Sheriff of London &#8211; two of the most senior positions in the City. He has also sat on numerous committees, including the Policy and Resources Committee and the Planning and Transportation Committee, and for three years chaired the Committee which oversees the City&#8217;s extensive property portfolio. He has been always diligent and thorough, but never seeking the limelight.<\/p>\n<p>George&#8217;s many friends were delighted to hear of his award. No one has been more deserving of such an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, advised many City Institutions on their real estate and was Master of the Chartered Surveyors\u2019 Livery Company.\u00a0The citation for his appointment also recognises his service to the Scottish community in London as well as to the City. He was for some years Chairman of the Caledonian Club \u2013 now Vice President &#8211; and is the Ambassador to the Royal Scottish Corporation &#8211; ScotsCare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cordwainer Councilman George Gillon was awarded the MBE in the 2017 New Year Honours List. Congratulating George on the award [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordwainer.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}