New Year Honours 2018
Anthony O’hear OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Department of Education
“For services to Education.”
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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
30 December 2017
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Anthony O’HEAR
Professor of Philosophy and lately Head, Department of Education, University of Buckingham
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
London
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Department of Education
- Region
- London
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 252 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 18% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Department of Education.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
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 New Year Honours 2018
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“For services to the Protection of Women and Children in Unregistered Marriages.”
Alan Giles
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Oxfordshire
“For services to UK Business and the Economy.”
Alison Sellar
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to Business in Scotland and Abroad.”
Alwen Lyons
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West Sussex
“For services to the Post Office and to Equality and Diversity.”
Andrew Battye
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Andrew Fry
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Oxfordshire
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Andrew Shennan
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London
“For services to Maternity Care.”
Angela Thomas, (mrs. Brown)
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Edinburgh
“For services to the Regulation of Public Health.”
Angus Clarkson
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“For services to furthering UK interests in Jordan and Syria.”
Annika Small
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Social Innovation and Digital Technology.”
Anthony Delahunty
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West Sussex
“For services to the Fishing Industry.”
Antony Chapman
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Cardiff
“For services to Higher Education.”
Antony Pritchard
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Hampshire
“For services to the Royal Navy.”
Barbara Holm
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Adult Education.”
Barbara Rayment
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London
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Barbara Wickham
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“For services to UK/Bangladesh and UK/Pakistan cultural relations.”
Bartholomew Smith
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Berkshire
“For services to Young People.”
Bernard Lane
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Community Safety and Reducing Crime.”
Bernice Mccabe
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London
“For services to Education.”
Brian Bowsher
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Dorset
“For services to International and National Metrology.”
Carol Garrett
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Suffolk
“For services to Business.”
Caroline Docherty
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Edinburgh
“For services to the Legal Profession and The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet.”
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Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
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Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
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Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2938135. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 30 December 2017.
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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