New Year Honours 2017
Alan Motion MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chair • Institute of Chartered Foresters Examination Board
“For services to Sustainable Forestry and Arboriculture.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Sustainable Forestry and Arboriculture.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Alan Robert MOTION
Chair, Institute of Chartered Foresters Examination Board
For services to Sustainable Forestry and Arboriculture.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Stirling and Falkirk
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Chair, Institute of Chartered Foresters Examination Board
- Region
- Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Sustainable Forestry and Arboriculture.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 606 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 41% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Institute of Chartered Foresters Examination Board.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Antrim
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London
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Alex Scott
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Football.”
Alexandra Broadrick
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London
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Buckinghamshire
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“For services to Swimming.”
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Stephen Andrew Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
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Bangor, County Down
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Philip Stocker
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Badminton, Gloucestershire
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Caterina Goodhart
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London, Greater London
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Ian Glendinning
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Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
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Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
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Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
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Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
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Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
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Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
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“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
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Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
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Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
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Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
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Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2674290. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Stirling and Falkirk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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