Birthday Honours 2016
Adil Ray OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Actor. • Radio and Television Presenter
“For services to Broadcasting.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Adil RAY
Actor, Radio and Television Presenter
For services to Broadcasting.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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London
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2016- Role at the time
- Actor., Radio and Television Presenter
- Region
- London
“For services to Broadcasting.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 248 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 17% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Actor., Radio and Television Presenter.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2016
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“For services to Environmental Science and Research.”
Alexander Chesterman
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“For services to Digital Entrepreneurship.”
Alison Balsom
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“For services to Music.”
Alison Boulton
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Bristol
“For services to Education.”
Alison Mutch (mrs. Webb)
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Cheshire
“For services to Law and Order particularly Tackling Hate Crime.”
Allen Packwood
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Archives and Scholarship.”
Alyson Fender
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South Yorkshire
“For public service to Higher Education.”
Andrew Brown
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Fisher
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Berkshire
“For services to the Digital Economy.”
Andrew Jameson
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Andrew Paul Burns,
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Leicestershire
“For services to Education.”
Angela Barke
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London
“For services to Defence.”
Anthony Howlett-bolton
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Ex-offenders through the Langley House Trust.”
Anthony Larkin
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Herefordshire
“For services to Further Education and Disability Sport.”
Anthony Mcpartlin
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London
“For services to Broadcasting and Entertainment.”
Anthony Thompson
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London
“For services to Planning and voluntary services to Young People.”
Anthony Webborn
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East Sussex
“For services to Paralympic Sports Medicine and the British Paralympic Association.”
Antony Bannan
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Lancashire
“For services to the UK Economy, International Trade and Inward Investment.”
Arwel Ellis Owen
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“For services to Social Services and Social Care in Wales.”
Bernadette Rijnenberg
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Powys
“For services to Probation.”
Bhanu Ramaswamy
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Physiotherapy.”
Brian Blessed
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Surrey
“For services to the Arts and charity.”
Bryony Butland
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London
“For services to Science.”
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Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
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Mukesh Sharma
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Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
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Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2552037. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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