Birthday Honours 2026
Allison Gardner CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Film and Cinema in Scotland.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2026
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Allison GARDNER
Chief Executive Officer, Glasgow Film
For services to Film and Cinema in Scotland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Film and Cinema in Scotland.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 100 times in the Birthday Honours List 2026 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
31 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Edinburgh.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2026).
No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 12 June 2026.
Location (Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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