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38 UK honours recipients recorded as composer.

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Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire16Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire8Member Of The Order Of The British Empire7Knight Bachelor5Dame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire1

Year

202622024120232202112020120193201812017120152201412012120111200812007120052200412001220001199911998119951198811985119811197811977219761196911968119601

Time range

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Region

Greater London5Cambridgeshire1

38 people

2026

Officer (OBE)

Roxanna Macklow Smith (roxanna Panufnik)
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London

Commander (CBE)

Max Richter
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxfordshire

2024

Knight

John Milford Rutter
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2024
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

2023

Member (MBE)

Jennifer Muskett
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London

Commander (CBE)

George Howe (george Fenton)
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London

2021

Commander (CBE)

Julian Anderson
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London

2020

Member (MBE)

Helen Grime
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London

2019

Member (MBE)

Anna Meredith
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London

Officer (OBE)

Shirley Thompson
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London

Commander (CBE)

Jonathan Dove
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London

2018

Commander (CBE)

Thomas Ades
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London

2017

Knight

George William John Benjamin
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2017
London

2015

Commander (CBE)

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London

Knight

Karl Jenkins
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2015
London

2014

Member (MBE)

Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson,
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London

2012

Member (MBE)

John Metcalf
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Ceredigion

2011

Officer (OBE)

Colin Matthews
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London

2008

Commander (CBE)

Michael Laurence Nyman
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London

2007

Member (MBE)

Errollyn Wallen
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2007

2005

Officer (OBE)

Karl William Pamp Jenkins
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2005

Commander (CBE)

Brian May
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2005

2004

Member (MBE)

Debbie Wiseman
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004

2001

Officer (OBE)

Roger Greenaway
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001

Other

Harrison Birtwistle
Person
2001

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