Birthday Honours 2013
Adrian John TINNISWOOD OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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“For services to Heritage.”
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“For services to Heritage.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 224 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
114 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Somerset.
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How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2013
Adesola Olumide Adetosoye
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London, Kent
“Lately Divisional Director, Children and Young People’s Services, Lambeth Council. For services to Children and Young People.”
Adrian Winstanley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“Lately Director General , London Court of International Arbitration. For services to International Arbitration.”
Alan David Armstrong
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Antrim
“Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Almac Group. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Alan Glennie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Hertfordshire
“Deputy Departmental Records Officer, Cabinet Office. For services to the Cabinet Office and Public Records Management.”
Alan Mabbutt
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Buckinghamshire
“Head of Local Government, Conservative Campaign Headquarters. For services to Local Government and Political Engagement.”
Alan Opie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“Operatic Baritone. For services to Music.”
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Artist. For services to the Visual Arts.”
Alexander Daniel Holt-Wilson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Monmouthshire
“For Ophthalmologist services to People in Ethiopia.”
Alexandra Gray
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Edinburgh
“Nurse Consultant, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. For services to Blood Transfusion.”
Alison Mcinnes
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Aberdeenshire
“Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland. For public and political service.”
Allen Worgan Cotton
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Somerset
“For services to Agriculture and to the community in Somerset.”
Allison Tennant
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Nurse Consultant, Peaks Unit, Rampton Hospital. For services to Offender Health.”
Amanda Eliza Mcmillan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Glasgow
“Managing Director, Glasgow Airport. For services to Business and Tourism.”
Andrea Lesley Bilbow
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Middlesex
“Founder and Chief Executive, Attention Deficit Information and Support Service. For services to People with Attention Deficit and their Families.”
Andrew Campbell Ross
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Sussex
“Lately Chief Executive, The Children's Trust. For services to Children.”
Andrew James Clifford
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Berkshire
“Business Adviser and Head, Charity and Education Sector Advisory Team, Baker Tilly Chartered Accountants. For services to Social Investment.”
Andrew Robert Finding
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Warwickshire
“Chief Executive, British Equestrian Federation. For services to Equestrianism and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Andrew Stephen Vallance Jones
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Somerset
“Lately First Secretary (Migration) British Embassy Kabul. For services to International Migration Operations.”
Andrew Trace Allan Wates
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“For services to Family Business, charity and to the community in Surrey.”
Angela Marie Whelan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Midlands
“Lately Headteacher, St. Paul's School for Girls, Edgbaston. For services to Education in Birmingham.”
Ann Black
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Secretary, Constituency Labour Party, Oxford East. For parliamentary and political service.”
Anna Southall
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Bristol
“For public and charitable services.”
Anne Catherine Oxborough
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Devon
“Lately Assistant Principal, Exeter College. For services to Further Education.”
Anne Patricia Bull-George
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Wiltshire
“Headteacher, Weston All Saints Church of England Primary School, Somerset. For services to Education.”
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Jean Irene Routley
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Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
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Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough
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Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Location (Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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