The New Year Honours 2015 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January.
The riband and badge of a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
Insignia of a Knight / Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Star of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon,, better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Internationally, he is recognised for his role as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006, following his vigorous lobbying for military action against Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
Formal portrait, 2005
Ashdown in Chippenham during the 1992 general election campaign
Ashdown (second from right) with US secretary of state Colin Powell in 2004
Ashdown accepting the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service from US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2004
